The world’s highest motorable road at 18,600 ft opens in Ladakh – All you need to know. Ladakh MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal inaugurated the world’s highest motorable road at 18,600 ft connecting Leh to the Pangong Lake. Read to know all about the strategically important road opened in Ladakh.

Indian paralympic shooter Avani Lekhara won the first gold medal for India at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 in the women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1 event.

The theme of World Coconut Day 2021 is ‘Building a Safe Inclusive Resilient and Sustainable Coconut Community Amid COVID-19 Pandemic & Beyond’.

Scientists at the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), Ropar and Kanpur, and the Faculty of Management Studies of Delhi University have jointly launched a living-plant based air purifier named “Ubreathe Life”, that will boost the air purification process in the indoor spaces, such as hospitals, schools, offices, and Homes. Ubreathe Life has been developed by the IIT Ropar incubated startup, Urban Air Laboratory.

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) and South Asian Institute for Advanced Research and Development (SAIARD) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create an academic platform for young students and develop a research and capacity building hub to support regional development in the eastern region.

India’s Mariyappan Thangavelu won the silver medal while Sharad Kumar brought home the bronze in men’s high jump (T63) at the Tokyo Paralympics on Tuesday. Thangavelu cleared the 1.86m mark to win the silver medal, while Sharad Kumar cleared 1.83m.

The Indian Navy has signed a contract with Navratna Defence public sector unit (PSU) Bharat Limited (BEL) for the supply of the first indigenous comprehensive Naval Anti Drone System (NADS), with both ‘hard kill’ and ‘soft kill’ capabilities

The meeting was chaired by the Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs and Petroleum and Natural Gas, and attended by Shri ManoharLalKhattar, Chief Minister of Haryana; ShriSidharthNath Singh, Minister of Khadi& Gram Udyog, Kapda, MSME, and NRI Deptt., Uttar Pradesh; Shri Shanti Kumar Dhariwal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a special commemorative coin of 125 rupees on the occasion of the 125th Birth Anniversary of Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on Wednesday through video conferencing. Addressing the gathering, Mr.

• Shanti Lal Jain has been appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Indian Bank.
• He was earlier serving as the Executive Director of the Bank of Baroda.
• Jain will replace Padmaja Chunduru, whose term ends on August 31, 2021.
• His tenure of three years would start from September 1 and will be extendable for another two years or until attaining the age of superannuation, whichever is earlier.

Parliament earlier this month passed the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 ensuring that account holders get up to Rs 5 lakh within 90 days of the RBI imposing a moratorium on the banks. … The enhanced deposit insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh came into effect from February 4, 2020.

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Saturday announced that the company-built Offshore Patrol Vessel ICGS Vigraha has been commissioned into the Indian Coast Guard.

South Africa’s pace great Dale Steyn announces retirement from all forms of cricket. South African fast bowling great Dale Steyn on Tuesday announced retirement from all forms of cricket, bringing the curtains down on an illustrious career during which he locked horns with some of the finest batsmen of his time.

The Taliban have formally announced a ban on coeducation in Afghanistan, saying men would not be allowed to teach girl students in the country.

Flipkart-owned digital payments platform PhonePe has received an insurance broking license from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI). This means that with the new ‘direct broking’ license, PhonePe can now distribute insurance products from all insurance companies in India, on its platform.

India’s Sumit Antil has won the gold medal in the men’s javelin throw F64 final event at the Tokyo Paralympics, and in the process set a new world record throw of 68.55m. The 23-year-old Sumit hails from Sonepat in Haryana.

At the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics 2020, India’s greatest Paralympian, Devendra Jhajharia won the silver medal in the men’s javelin throw – F46 final event on August 30, 2021.

Sumit Antil became the second Indian after Devendra Jhajharia to win a Paralympics gold in the javelin throw. The 22-year-old won the men’s javelin F64 final with an impressive throw of 68.55m.

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) is developing an innovative model to tackle electronic waste (e-waste) by linking stakeholders in the formal and informal economy.

The nine Judge Designates are Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka, Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari, Justice Hima Kohli, Justice BV Nagarathna, Justice Chudalayil Thevan Ravikumar, Justice MM Sundress, Justice Bela Madhurya Trivedi, and Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha.

• The Association of Renewable Energy of States (AREAS) is an initiative of the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE).
• It was formed as a Society in the year 2014 by MNRE. State Nodal Agencies (SNAs) for renewable energy (RE) interact and learn from each other’s experiences through this association.
• MNRE is the nodal agency at the central level for the promotion of grid-connected and off-grid renewable energy in the country.
• The Association of Renewable Energy of States (AREAS) recently celebrated its 7th Foundation Day.

He added, “Fit India Movement was launched on 29th August 2019, on the occasion of National Sports Day by Prime Minister with the aim to make fitness an integral part of the lives every Indian

India’s Nishad Kumar has clinched a silver medal in the men’s high jump T47 event at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 on August 29, 2021. This is the second medal for India at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

The International Day of the Disappeared is held on August 30 each year to draw attention towards an increase in enforced or involuntary disappearances of individuals in various regions of the world, including arrest, detention, and abduction unknown to their relatives and/or legal representatives.

The world’s highest movie theatre has recently been inaugurated in Ladakh, which got its first-ever mobile digital movie theatre in the Paldan area of Leh, at an altitude of 11,562 feet.

In table tennis, Indian paddler Bhavinaben Patel has claimed a historic silver medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo on August 29, 2021, in the women’s singles summit clash.

Max Verstappen (Red Bull – Netherlands) has been declared the winner of the Belgian Grand Prix 2021. The Belgian Grand Prix was stopped due to rain and only two laps were completed.

The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has launched the mobile application of its digital paperless solution, ANANDA, for LIC agents. ANANDA stands for Atma Nirbhar Agents New Business Digital Application.

• China’s Supreme People’s Court has recently announced that the overtime practice of “996”, working 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. six days a week, is illegal.
• The policy is regarded as a common practice among many Chinese technology firms.
• China’s top court and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security published guidelines and examples on what constituted overtime work.
• China recently announced a regulatory crackdown on technology giants, targeting monopolistic behavior to consumer rights.

Ministry of Textile in partnership with the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), New Delhi has launched the project ‘INDIAsize’ to develop Indian size charts based on body measurements of the Indian population for better fitting of ready to wear garments.