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News Updates Highlights: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief S Somanath said that the launch of India's first solar mission, Aditya-L1, is significant and that it will take the satellite 125 days to reach the L1 point.
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The countdown for India's first solar mission, Aditya-L1, began on friday.Aditya-L1 will launch on September 2 at 11:50 hrs IST.
Several relics will be on display at the 'Culture Corridor' opening soon at the G20 Summit location in Delhi, including manuscripts of the Rig Veda from India, a rare copy of the Magna Carta from the UK, and an anamorphic digital version of the Mona Lisa from France. Other items that will be included in the corridor include Panini's "Ashtadhyayi" from India, a fahua lidded jar from China, and certified original copies of the US and US Charters of Freedom.
Under India's G20 presidency, the Ministry of Culture conceptualised the "Culture Corridor - G20 Digital Museum." This "phygital" project will be launched at the Bharat Mandapam on September 9 to coincide with the summit's start.
ShaktikantaDas, the governor of the Reserve Bank, stated on Friday that the central bank anticipates a slowdown in inflation beginning in September while giving a speech at the DeviAhilyaUniversity.The governor of the RBI made this statement while pointing to decreased costs for produce like tomatoes, limits placed on the export ofnon-basmatirice, and lower costs for local LPG cylinders.
The merger of Tata SIA Airlines and Air India has been approved by the Competition Commission of India (CCI). The approval is also for Singapore Airlines' purchase of a portion of Air India subject to the parties' compliance with voluntary obligations made by them.
Shri Amarjeet Singh took leadership as Whole Time Member,Securities and ExchangeBoard of India (SEBI). He held the position of Executive Director at SEBI before this. Shri Amarjeet Singh will be in charge of a number of divisions, including those for investment management, market intermediaries regulation and supervision, office of international affairs, investigations, and human resources.
The Supreme Court ordered the centre and Manipur government on Friday to make sure that basic necessities like food, medicine, and other necessities are distributed to individuals impacted by the violence in Manipur so that no person is left without access to these necessities. The removal of the barrier on National Highways and other areas preventing rations was discussed by the bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice JB Pardiwala, who stated that the way the blockade is dealt with falls under law enforcement.
Updates: Subcommittees made in the INDIA alliance meeting to discuss 2024 elections
NCP leader Anil Deshmukh said that in the INDIA alliance meeting today, a number of significant decisions were made, and subcommittees were established. In separate meetings, these subcommittees will define INDIA's roadmap for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in further meetings.
Uddhav Thackeray, the leader of the Shiv Sena (UBT), declared, "We have not announced the next meeting (INDIA alliance)."
Union Minister Piyush Goyal spoke on the INDIA bloc meeting held today in Mumbai saying, "Ye INDIA alliance 'anda' alliance ban jayega."
To participate in the G20 Leaders’ Summit, US Secretary of the Treasury, Janet L. Yellen will be coming to Delhi from September 7 to September 10.
"In the third meeting of the so-called alliance, there was no vision for the development of India, no roadmap for the upliftment of the poor, and no strategy to address concerns of the farmers or women," claims BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad about the INDIA coalition conference that took place earlier today in Mumbai.
