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CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL NEWS
Blue Energy Motors has unveiled India’s first LNG-fuelled green truck:
- Blue Energy Motors has unveiled India’s first LNG-fuelled green truck by launching a manufacturing plant at Chakan, Pune.
- The facility was inaugurated by the Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari.
- Blue Energy Motors’ trucks will be Liquified Natural Gas-fuelled, long-haul, heavy-duty trucks.
- Blue Energy Motors has already signed an agreement with FPT Industrial, the global powertrain brand of Iveco Group.
- The market entry of the LNG-fuelled trucks will start with the introduction of the 5528 4×2 tractors as the first model.
- Blue Energy Motors trucks have been designed and tested by the demanding Indian transport industry’s duty cycles.
- Powered by FPT Industrial engines generating high torque, these trucks deliver best-in-class TCO and offer unmatched ride comfort and safety for the drivers for long hauls.
- Anirudh Bhuwalka, CEO, Blue Energy Motors.
PLFS: Unemployment Rate Decreases From 7.6% in April to June this Year
- According to the National Statistical Office (NSO), the unemployment rate for urban residents of India who are 15 years of age or older decreased from 12.6% in April to June of last year to 7.6% in April to June of this year.
- The country had substantial unemployment from April to June 2021, mostly as a result of the crippling effects of Covid-related regulations.
- The most recent figures, which highlighted a reduction in the unemployment rate together with an improvement in the labor force participation rate, hint at a prolonged economic recovery from the pandemic’s aftereffects.
CURRENT AFFAIRS: STATE NEWS
Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki Becomes 29th District of Chhattisgarh
- Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Shri Bhupesh Baghel inaugurated Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki as the 29th district of Chhattisgarh.
- He is scheduled to inaugurate Sarangarh-Bilaigarh and Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai as the 30th and 31st districts of Chhattisgarh
- To reduce the travel distance for the people to reach the headquarters, it has been carved out of Rajnandgaon district, by reducing 170 kilometers to 70 kilometers.
- There are three tehsils in the newly formed district – Ambagarh Chowki, Mohala, and Manpur and three development blocks and Janpad Panchayat – Ambagarh Chowki, Mohala, and Manpur.
- During the Launch, the map of the new district was inaugurated as well as development works projects worth Rs 160 crore were unveiled by CM Shri Bhupesh Baghel.
About Chhattisgarh :
- Governor: Anusuiya Uikey
- Chief minister: Bhupesh Baghel
- Capital: Raipur
Generation global program launched for students in A.P. and Tamil Nadu
- United Kingdom (London) based Tony Blair Institute (TBI) for Global Change and Canadian Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Children Believe have jointly launched a ‘Generation Global Programme’ for schools and colleges in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, at the Zilla Parishad High School at Ragimanupenta in Bangarupalem Mandal, Andhra Pradesh.
- Tony Blair Institute for Global Change Director Lucy Hayter, launched the program.
Aim :
- To transform the mindset of school and college students in the age group of 13 to 17 years, and to make them ‘global citizens.
- The program was organized by the Rural Organization for Poverty Eradication Services (ROPES).
- More than 1,000 students from Bangarupalem and Palamaner mandals took part in the event.
- It will cover a maximum number of educational institutions in India in a phased manner.
Odisha’s nua Khai festival celebrated in western Odisha
- Nua Khai is an annual harvest festival in Odisha, celebrated to welcome the season’s new rice.
- It is the most auspicious and important social festival in Western Odisha and the neighboring areas of Simdega in
- The festival was celebrated by Chauvan Raja Ramai Deo at Patanagarh which is currently known as the Bolangir district of Odisha.
About Nua Khai :
- The word ‘nua’ translates to new and ‘Khai’ means food.
- It is observed on panchami tithi (the fifth day) of the lunar fortnight of the month of Bhadrapada or Bhadraba (August–September), the day after the Ganesh Chaturthi festival.
- Nabanna (new rice) is offered to Maa Samaleswari, the presiding deity of Sambalpur, at the stipulated lagna as per rituals
About Odisha :
- Governor: Ganeshi Lal
- Chief minister: Naveen Patnaik
- Capital: Bhubaneswar
CURRENT AFFAIRS: BANKING & FINANCE
Induslnd Bank Partners With Asian Development Bank To Promote Supply Chain Finance Solutions in India
- IndusInd Bank announced a strategic partnership with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for a partial guarantee program with an initial outlay of USD 70 million (Rs 560.0 crore).
Aim :
- To support and promote Supply Chain Finance (SCF) solutions in
- To grow its Micro Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) financing & strengthen its strategies for the MSME sector.
- The bank has initiated a host of strategic efforts including the launch of new product structures for SCF.
Recent News :
- Recently, IndusInd Bank launched a state-of-the-art digital portal for SCF – ‘early credit’ enabling 24*7 seamless processing of SCF transactions for corporates, suppliers & dealers.
About Induslnd Bank :
- Founded: April 1994
- Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra
- MD & CEO : Sumant Kathpalia
About ADB :
- Founded: 19 December 1966
- Headquarters: Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines
- President : Masatsugu Asakawa
- Membership: 68 countries
SEBI Restructures Panel On Cyber Security; Expands To 6 Members
- The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has restructured its high-level panel on cyber security that suggests measures to safeguard the capital markets from cyber attacks.
- The committee, which now has six members, will be chaired by Navin Kumar Singh, Director General at National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Center (NCIIPC).
- Earlier, the committee had only four members.
Other Members :
- Sanjay Bahl Director General at Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In)
- H Krishnamurthy, who was a chief research scientist at IISC Bangalore.
- Sandeep Shukla and Debdeep Mukhopadhyay -who are professors at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Kanpur and IIT Kharagpur, respectively,
- Sugata Gangopadhyay head of the department of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Roorkee
About the Committee :
- The committee would provide recommendations for the strengthening of processes to audit cyber security and cyber resilience setups in the Indian securities market.
- It will engage in continuous dialogues with relevant external agencies, such as CERT-In, National Cyber Coordination Center (NCSC), Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), & leading academic institutions and organizations, among others, to further strengthen cyber security and cyber resilience.
- It has been entrusted with the task of overseeing and providing overall guidance on cyber security initiatives for Sebi as well as for the entire capital market.
- In May 2017, the capital markets regulator set up the panel, which was headed by the whole-time member Mr. Madhabi Puri Buch, currently the chairperson of Sebi.
About SEBI :
- Established: on 12 April 1988 as an executive body and was given statutory powers on 30 January 1992 through the SEBI Act, 1992.
- Headquarters : Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Chairman : Madhabi Puri Buch
- SEBI is the regulatory body for securities and commodity markets in India under the ownership of the Ministry of Finance, GoI.
RBI launches pilot project to digitize Kisan Credit Card in MP, Tamil Nadu
- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched the pilot project for end-to-end digitalization of lending via Kisan Credit Cards (KCC).
Aim :
- To transform the rural credit delivery system.
- It is developed by the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH) in association with the Rural Bank of India (RBI).
- The pilot will commence in September 2022 in select districts of Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu with Union Bank of India and Federal Bank,
- The project is being launched as a part of the initiative for the digitalization of Rural Finance in India.
Key Highlights :
- The pilot project would entail the automation of various processes within banks and the integration of their systems with the service providers.
- The proposed digitalization of the KCC lending process will make it more efficient, reduce costs for borrowers and reduce turnaround time (TAT)
- The TAT from loan application to disbursement has also been rather high, ranging from 2 to 4 weeks.
- At present, the process for getting such finance requires customers to visit a bank branch in-person along with proof of land ownership and other documents.
About KCC :
- The Kisan Credit Card (KCC) scheme is a credit scheme introduced in August 1998.
- It was prepared by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) on the recommendations of the V. Gupta Committee
About RBI :
- Established: 1 April 1935
- Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Governor : Shaktikanta Das
- Deputy governors: Mahesh Kumar Jain, Rajeshwar Rao, Michael Patra, and T. Rabi Shankar
CURRENT AFFAIRS: BUSINESS NEWS
India’s exports contracted by 1.15 percent to USD 33 billion in August:
- India’s exports contracted by 1.15 percent to USD 33 billion in August, for the first time in over 20 months, while the trade deficit more than doubled to USD 28.68 billion due to increased crude oil imports.
- According to the preliminary data released by the commerce ministry, imports rose by 37 percent to USD 61.68 billion in August this year.
- The trade deficit in August 2021 stood at USD 11.71 billion.
- During April-August 2022-23, exports registered a growth of 17.12 percent to USD 192.59 billion.
- Imports during the five months of this fiscal grew by 45.64 percent to USD 317.81 billion.
- The trade deficit widened to USD 125.22 billion in April-August this fiscal as against USD 53.78 billion in the same period last year.
NPPA Launched Apps for Enhancing Ease of Business:
- During the celebration of the silver jubilee on August 29, 2022, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) unveiled the Pharma Sahi Daam 2.0 app and Pharmaceutical Database Management System 2.0.
- The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority has always offered high-quality goods.
- During the opening ceremony, the Pharma Sahi Daam 2.0 app and Pharmaceutical Database Management System 2.0 were released.
- The Integrated Pharmaceutical Database Management System 2.0 (IPDMS) is a cloud-based application that is developed by NPPA with the technical support of the Centre for Advance Computing (C-DAC).
CURRENT AFFAIRS: AWARDS AND HONOUR
Barack Obama won an Emmy Award for the best narrator Emmy:
- Obama won the best narrator Emmy for his work on the Netflix documentary series, Our Great National Parks.
- The former president won an Emmy Award to go with his two Grammys.
- The five-part show, which features national parks from around the globe, is produced by Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company, “Higher Ground.”
- He was the biggest name in a category full of famous nominees for the award handed out at night’s Creative Arts Emmys, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, David Attenborough, and Lupita Nyong’o.
- Barack Obama is the second president to have an Emmy. Dwight D. Eisenhower was given a special Emmy Award in 1956.
- Barack Obama previously won Grammy Awards for his audiobook reading of two of his memoirs, The Audacity of Hope and “A Promised Land.
- Michelle Obama won her own Grammy for reading her audiobook in 2020.
- EGOT refers to a special category of entertainers who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony.
- The late Chadwick Boseman also won an Emmy for his voice work.
- The Black Panther actor won for outstanding character voiceover for the Disney+ and Marvel Studios animated show “What If…?”
- On the show, Boseman voiced his “Black Panther” character T’Challa in an alternate universe where he becomes Star-Lord from Guardians of the Galaxy.
- It was one of the last projects for Boseman, who died in 2020 of colon cancer at age 43.
CURRENT AFFAIRS: MOUS AND AGREEMENT
Bharti Airtel has partnered with Odisha to offer bill payment solutions:
- Bharti Airtel has launched a pilot project in partnership with TP Northern Odisha Distribution to offer bill payment solutions to more than two million registered customers of the utility.
- The initiative will mobilize the 4,000 banking points of Airtel Payment Banks (APB) in north Odisha to facilitate bill payments.
- Customers of the joint venture between Tata Power and the Odisha government simply need to visit the store and provide their contact numbers and consumer numbers at the banking point.
- Airtel IQ is working on providing more simplified payment solutions.
- For example, it is currently developing UPI over IVR service where customers can make payments over a call.
- Once the customer decides to make the payment, we can pull the UPI id attached to the number and send a payment link through which the customer can make the payment.
- The project is at the National Payments Corporation of India certification stage.
- The certification ensures that the process has minimal risk of digital fraud.
KCCI signed an MoU with BSMES in Manama, Bahrain:
- The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) Srinagar signed an MoU with Bahrain Small & Medium Enterprises Society (BSMES) in Manama, Bahrain.
- Focusing on MSME development the pact aims to create and deliver suitable services and programs for the member clients of the Bahrain SME Society and KCCI.
- Initially, Kashmir can offer medical packages to the citizens of Bahrain as Kashmir has one of the best doctors in the country, suggested the ACS.
- BSMES delegation can act as ambassadors of India in general and Kashmir in particular so that more and more people would visit J&K and added that the MoU signing is a step in that process.
IIT Madras is collaborating with MDA to offer a remediation program for children with dyslexia studying in Tamil medium:
- The National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), IIT Madras, is collaborating with Madras Dyslexia Association (MDA) to offer a remediation program for children with dyslexia studying in Tamil medium.
- This program is being offered in online mode, completely free of charge through NPTEL.
- Dyslexia, a language-based processing difficulty, manifests itself as a difficulty in processing not just English but other languages as well; hence, MDA has designed and developed ‘Tamil Vazhi Payirchi’ to provide support to children studying in Tamil medium primary schools.
- MDA has designed and developed ‘Tamil Vazhi Payirchi’ – a complete package to address the remediation needs of such children.
- It includes a screening tool that can be administered in a Tamil medium primary class, a remedial kit, and a training program that equips the teachers with strategies they can impart to children with dyslexia.
CURRENT AFFAIRS: APPS AND PORTAL
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics has developed an app named Gibsonify:
- For the first time, here are a nutrition app that targets vulnerable groups, developed by researchers at ICRISAT, the app Gibsonify, can help nutrition program planners, health professionals, nutritionists, and local health and nutrition functionaries to feed data from communities get a diet plan in realtime.
- A team of researchers from the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Centre for Global Equality, and the University of Cambridge developed the solution.
- It will be made available soon on digital devices for free.
- This app can help plan mid-day meals effectively and customize approaches according to locally available food items in different regions of India,” Padmaja, Cluster Leader (Knowledge and Capacity Building) at the Patancheru-based ICRISAT.
- ‘Gibsonify’ provides a user-friendly interface to collect information about local recipes and nutrient intake, replicating the tested 24-hour dietary recall methodology developed by Gibson and Ferguson 14 years ago.
- The app can benefit Anganwadi (childcare centers) and Accredited Social Health Activist (Asha) workers in conducting nutrition programs for pregnant and lactating women and children dependent on breastfeeding up to the age of two years.
- It is headquartered in Patancheru.
CURRENT AFFAIRS: APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS
Secretary General Lok Sabha Utpal Kumar Singh gets charge of Sansad TV; Ravi Capoor relieved as Sansad TV CEO
- Rajya Sabha Chairman and Lok Sabha Speaker jointly decided that Utpal Kumar Singh, currently holding the post of Secretary General Lok Sabha, will additionally discharge the functions of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sansad TV.
- Meanwhile, Ravi Capoor has been relieved of his duties as the CEO of Sansad TV.
About Sansad TV :
- Launched: September 2021 after merging the Lok Sabha TV and Rajya Sabha TV channels.
- Headquarters: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- The channel was launched by the Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi, Vice President of India Shri Venkaiah Naidu, and Speaker of Lok Sabha Shri Om Birla
Actor Kiccha Sudeep Appointed as Brand Ambassador of Punyakoti Dattu Yojana
- The Karnataka government has appointed Kannada star Kiccha Sudeep as the brand ambassador for its ‘Punyakoti Dattu Yojana’ (cattle adoption scheme).
- The announcement was made by Animal Husbandry Minister Shri Prabhu B Chavan.
Aim :
- To promote and publicize the Punyakoti cattle adoption scheme which is implemented to promote people’s partnership in cow conservation.
- Sudeep is known for his remarkable role in films such as ‘’Pailwan’, ‘’Eega (Makkhi)’, ‘’Vikrant Rona, ‘‘Sparsha’, ‘’Huchcha’, and ‘’No 73 Shanthi Nivasa’.
About ‘Punyakoti Dattu Yojana’ :
- The Karnataka government has launched the ‘Puknyakoti Dattu Yojane’ to facilitate the adoption of cows from Goshalas.
Aim :
- To encourage adoption by the public to rear cattle in ‘goshalas’ (cow shelters).
- Under this initiative, Individuals may adopt cattle by paying rupees 11,000 per animal, for the year.
- However, anyone can also choose the length of time, which can be anywhere from 3 months to 5 years.
The President nominates Dr. Justice D. Y. Chandrachud as an Executive Chairman of NALSA
- The President of India Shri Droupadi Murmu has nominated a second senior-most judge in the Supreme Court, Dr. Justice DY Chandrachud as the next executive chairperson of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA).
- The term of Mr. Justice Chandrachud to the post would last till November 8, 2022.
- He has replaced Shri Justice U.U. Lalit was elevated as the 49th Chief Justice of India.
Note :
- According to the Bar and Bench, after CJI Lalit’s retirement, Justice Chandrachud will take over as the 50th Chief Justice of India in November 2022.
About NALSA :
- Established: 9 November 1995
- Headquarters: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- The NALSA was formed under the authority of the Legal Services Authorities Act 1987.
Purpose :
- To provide free legal services to eligible candidates & to organize Lok Adalats for the speedy resolution of cases.
- The Chief Justice of India is the patron-in-chief of the NALSA.
CURRENT AFFAIRS: DEFENCE NEWS
Indian Army contingent participates in Ex Vostok-2022 in Russia
- The Indian Army contingent of the Gorkha Regiment troops began the multilateral strategic and command Exercise Vostok – 2022 at the training grounds of the Eastern Military District of Russia which will take place Sep 01 to 07 2022.
Aim :
- Interaction and coordination amongst other participating military contingents and observers.
- The Indian Army contingent of troops from 7/8 Gorkha Rifles had arrived at the exercise location & will undertake joint manoeuvres to include joint field training exercises, combat discussions, and firepower exercises.
About Exercise Vostok – 2022 :
- The Vostok 2022 exercise will be held at 7 firing ranges in Russia’s Far Eastern Federal District of Russia & the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan.
- The 7-day drills have land, air, and sea components.
- The exercises will allow the armies of the participating countries to “practice defensive and offensive operations”.
- It involved 50,000 troops and more than 5,000 items of armaments & military hardware, in particular, 140 aircraft, 60 combat ships, gunboats, and support vessels.
- The exercise will engage troops from China, India, Laos, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Syria, and several ex-Soviet nations like Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, and
About the Indian contingent :
- According to the Ministry of Defence, the Indian Army Contingent will share practical aspects and also put into practice the validated procedures, drills, and through discussions to practice amalgamation of new technology and also tactical exercises.
The warships of the Russian Navy’s Pacific Fleet and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) will however be participating in the drill to take place in the Sea of Japan and Sea of Okhotsk.
CURRENT AFFAIRS: SPORTS NEWS
Former captain and wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim announced his retirement:
- Former captain and wicketkeeper-batsman of Bangladesh Cricket Team Mushfiqur Rahim announced his retirement from T20 international cricket.
- The cricketer also informed that he will continue to play in ODI, Test, and league matches.
- His decision came two days after Bangladesh was knocked out of Asia Cup 2022.
- Mushfiqur was going through a below-average form in the T20 format.
- His last half-century in the format was in the last T20 World Cup when he scored 57 (not out) against Sri Lanka.
- This is the second blow for the Bangladeshi Team after star opener Tamim Iqbal too retired from T20Is earlier this year.
- He also gave almost the same reason for focusing more on longer formats.
Grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram emerged champion in the 22nd Dubai Open chess tournament:
- Grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram emerged champion in the 22nd Dubai Open chess tournament, with 7.5 points as seven Indians finished in the top 10 with R Praggnanandhaa sharing the second spot with five others.
- The 22-year-olds, Chithambaram and Praggnanandhaa, settled for a draw in the ninth and final round, which enabled the former to finish with seven points, half a point ahead of the rest of the field.
- The former Indian national champion, seeded 13th, remained unbeaten through the nine rounds, winning six games, and drawing three.
- His victories included those against Rinat Jumabayev and in-form compatriot, Arjun Erigaisi.
Daily CA on September 6:
- Blue Energy Motors has unveiled India’s first LNG-fuelled green truck by launching a manufacturing plant at Chakan, Pune.
- According to the National Statistical Office (NSO), the unemployment rate for urban residents of India who are 15 years of age or older decreased from 12.6% in April to June of last year to 7.6% in April to June of this year.
- India’s exports contracted by 1.15 percent to USD 33 billion in August, for the first time in over 20 months, while the trade deficit more than doubled to USD 28.68 billion due to increased crude oil imports.
- During the celebration of the silver jubilee on August 29, 2022, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) unveiled the Pharma Sahi Daam 2.0 app and Pharmaceutical Database Management System 2.0.
- Obama won the best narrator Emmy for his work on the Netflix documentary series, Our Great National Parks.
- Bharti Airtel has launched a pilot project in partnership with TP Northern Odisha Distribution to offer bill payment solutions to more than two million registered customers of the utility.
- The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) Srinagar signed an MoU with Bahrain Small & Medium Enterprises Society (BSMES) in Manama, Bahrain.
- The National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), IIT Madras, is collaborating with Madras Dyslexia Association (MDA) to offer a remediation program for children with dyslexia studying in Tamil medium.
- For the first time, here are a nutrition app that targets vulnerable groups, developed by researchers at ICRISAT, the app Gibsonify, can help nutrition program planners, health professionals, nutritionists, and local health and nutrition functionaries to feed data from communities get a diet plan in realtime.
- Former captain and wicketkeeper-batsman of Bangladesh Cricket Team Mushfiqur Rahim announced his retirement from T20 international cricket.
- Grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram emerged champion in the 22nd Dubai Open chess tournament, with 7.5 points as seven Indians finished in the top 10 with R Praggnanandhaa sharing the second spot with five others.
- Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Shri Bhupesh Baghel inaugurated Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki as the 29th district of Chhattisgarh.
- United Kingdom (London) based Tony Blair Institute (TBI) for Global Change and Canadian Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Children Believe have jointly launched a ‘Generation Global Programme’ for schools and colleges in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, at the Zilla Parishad High School at Ragimanupenta in Bangarupalem Mandal, Andhra Pradesh.
- Nua Khai is an annual harvest festival in Odisha, celebrated to welcome the season’s new rice.
- IndusInd Bank announced a strategic partnership with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for a partial guarantee program with an initial outlay of USD 70 million (Rs 560.0 crore).
- The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has restructured its high-level panel on cyber security that suggests measures to safeguard the capital markets from cyber attacks.
- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched the pilot project for end-to-end digitalization of lending via Kisan Credit Cards (KCC).
- Rajya Sabha Chairman and Lok Sabha Speaker jointly decided that Utpal Kumar Singh, currently holding the post of Secretary General Lok Sabha, will additionally discharge the functions of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sansad TV.
- The Karnataka government has appointed Kannada star Kiccha Sudeep as the brand ambassador for its ‘Punyakoti Dattu Yojana’ (cattle adoption scheme).
- The President of India Shri Droupadi Murmu has nominated a second senior-most judge in the Supreme Court, Dr. Justice DY Chandrachud as the next executive chairperson of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA).
- The Indian Army contingent of the Gorkha Regiment troops began the multilateral strategic and command Exercise Vostok – 2022 at the training grounds of the Eastern Military District of Russia which will take place Sep 01 to 07 2022.
- Former chairman of Tata Sons, Cyrus Mistry has Passed away at the age of 54 in a road accident near Mumbai.
- Eminent historian Professor B Sheikh Ali Saheb passed away at the age of 98
- Renowned Carnatic musician Tiruvalangadu Vembu Iyer Sankaranarayan has passed away at the age of 77