September 2021

Ford becomes the latest US car manufacturer to exit India

Ford becomes the latest US car manufacturer to exit India

Ford Motor Co. will stop making cars in India and record roughly $2 billion in restructuring charges, scaling back significantly in a country that past management saw becoming one of its three biggest markets. Ford will wind down an assembly plant in Gujarat by the fourth quarter, as well as vehicle and engine manufacturing plants in Chennai by the second quarter of

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Kushinagar Airport declared as Customs Notified Airport

Kushinagar Airport declared as Customs Notified Airport

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) notification no. 72/2021- Customs (N.T.) dated 13.09.2021, has declared Kushinagar Airport as a Customs notified airport. This would also facilitate international passenger movements including that of Buddhist pilgrims. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 About the airport: The Kushinagar airport is an international airport spread across an

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PM Modi launches Sansad TV along with LS Speaker Om Birla

PM Modi launches Sansad TV along with LS Speaker Om Birla

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rajya Sabha chairperson M Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla jointly launched Sansad TV on Wednesday. which has been created by merging Lok Sabha TV and Rajya Sabha TV, jointly with Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. Sansad TV programming will touch upon the functioning of the Parliament and democratic institutions, governance

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World Patient Safety Day : 17 September

World Patient Safety Day : 17 September

For World Patient Safety Day, 17 September 2021, WHO urges all stakeholders to “Act now for safe and respectful childbirth!” with the theme “Safe maternal and newborn care”. Approximately 810 women die every day from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. In addition, around 6700 newborns die every day, amounting to 47% of all under-5 deaths. Moreover, about

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PM Narendra Modi features in Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People 2021 List

PM Narendra Modi features in Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People 2021 List

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla have been named among the world’s 100 most influential people of 2021 by TIME magazine. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The List has named people in six categories- Icons, Pioneers, Artists, Leaders, Titans, and Innovators. Apart from

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Ministry of Defence constitutes High-Level Expert Committee for a comprehensive review of NCC; Chairman: Shri Baijayant Panda

Ministry of Defence constitutes High-Level Expert Committee for a comprehensive review of NCC; Chairman: Shri Baijayant Panda

Ministry of Defence has constituted a High-Level Expert Committee, under the chairmanship of former Member of Parliament Shri Baijayant Panda, for a comprehensive review of National Cadet Corps (NCC) in order to make it more relevant in changed times. The Terms of Reference of the Committee, inter-alia, broadly provide for suggesting measures which can empower NCC cadets to

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