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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe Indian Army contingent will participate in the multi-nation military exercise, \u2018ZAPAD 2021\u2019, at Nizhny in Russia from Friday. The 14-day-long activity is aimed at enhancing military and strategic ties amongst the participating nations. ZAPAD 2021 is one of the theatre level exercises of the Russian Armed Forces and will focus primarily on operations against terrorists. Over a dozen countries from the Eurasian and South Asian Regions will participate in this signature event..<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About the exercise:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Union Territory Government of Ladakh on September 02 has announced snow leopard as its state animal and black-necked crane as state bird. Ladakh MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal said, \u201cLadakh Union Territory administration has announced snow leopard as its state animal and black-necked crane as its state bird. Black-necked crane is found in eastern Ladakh\u2019s high-altitude wetlands and marshes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The decision was taken keeping in view bifurcation of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh into separate administrative divisions in 2019. In the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, the\u00a0black-necked crane<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Kashmir stag (Hangul)<\/strong>\u00a0were the state bird and animal respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After the hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan, US foreign policy is under serious criticism from policy experts across the globe. Following the US exit from Afghanistan, governments in Southeast Asia are watching if their region will now have priority as Washington refocuses its foreign policy goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The calamity of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan over the past two weeks has drawn scathing rebukes of US foreign policy, while raising serious questions over how the US intends to project power in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Details<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The debacle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Importance of Southeast Asia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Nature of relationship<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Change in stance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n China\u2019s new maritime rules designed to control the entry of foreign vessels in what Beijing calls \u201cChinese territorial waters\u201d take effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Background<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n China considers South China Sea and the surrounding regions as Chinese territorial waters and wants to regulate foreign presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Details<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Controversy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n International position<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n ormer Rajya Sabha MP and senior journalist Chandan Mitra passed away on Wednesday night in Delhi, said his son Kushan Mitra. Mitra was nominated as a member of the Rajya Sabha from August 2003 to 2009.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In June 2010, Mitra was elected to another term in the Rajya Sabha by BJP from Madhya Pradesh. His term ended in 2016. In July 2018, he resigned from the BJP and joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n The overall Bird Photographer of the Year was awarded to Alejandro Prieto for his image of a greater roadrunner at the USA-Mexico border wall<\/strong>. \u201cPrieto\u2019s image immediately caught the attention of the judges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mexican photographer Alejandro Prieto<\/strong> has emerged as the winner of the Bird Photographer of the Year (BPOTY) 2021.<\/strong> He has won for capturing a photograph of a greater roadrunner staring up at the barbed-wire-clad border wall between the USA and Mexico,<\/strong> with what almost looks like a sense of bewilderment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The image has been given the title as\u00a0\u2018Blocked\u2019.<\/strong>\u00a0The Bird Photographer of the Year comes with a cash prize of\u00a0\u00a35,000.<\/strong>\u00a0He was chosen from among 22,000 entries from 73 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday released a special commemorative coin of Rs 125 to mark the 125th birth anniversary of ISKCON founder Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada via video conferencing.\u00a0In July 1966, Prabhupada founded the\u00a0International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON)<\/strong>\u00a0commonly known as the\u00a0\u2018Hare Krishna movement\u2019.<\/strong>\u00a0The spiritual leader was born as Abhay Charan De on September 1, 1896, in Calcutta and later came to be known by the honorific A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Assam Cabinet on Wednesday decided to rename Rajiv Gandhi National Park, also a Tiger reserve, as Orang National Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Taking cognisance of the Adivasi and tea tribe community\u2019s demands, the Cabinet has decided to rename Rajiv Gandhi National Park as Orang National Park, government spokesperson and Water Resources Minister Pijush Hazarika said at a media briefing after the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Located on the North Bank of Brahmaputra, Orang National Park spread over\u00a078.80 sq km<\/strong>\u00a0is the oldest forest reserve in the state. It was named a wildlife sanctuary in\u00a01985<\/strong>\u00a0and declared a national park in\u00a01999.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Goods and Service Tax collections for the month of August clocked more than 1 lakh crore but were lower than the collections of July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Background<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n GST is an indirect tax in which business and service collect taxes from people and transfer it to the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Details<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Indications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In Jammu and Kashmir,<\/strong> Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha<\/strong> has launched a Rural Enterprises Acceleration Programme titled \u2018Saath\u2019<\/strong> for Self Help Group (SHG) women. The programme aims to transform the lives of women and make them independent and strong in social and financial aspects, by mentoring the women associated with SHGs and create market linkages of products created by these women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Lieutenant-Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, Manoj Sinha on September 1, 2021, launched Rural Enterprises Acceleration Programme titled \u2018Saath\u2019 for Self-Help Group women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n LG Manoj Sinha while talking about the initiative and the expansion of SHGs in Jammu & Kashmir said that there are 48,000 SHGs in the region and 4 lakh women are connected to these SHGs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jammu and Kashmir already has 48000 SHGs, with around four lakh women connected to these SHGs. The J&K administration further aims to create 11000 more SHGs in the coming year. This will transform the lives of these women and make them independent and strong in social and financial aspects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)<\/strong> will set up a committee to scrutinize applications and give recommendations on New Umbrella Entity (NUE) licenses.<\/strong> The 5 member committee will be headed by Shri. P. Vasudevan.<\/strong> The committee will be responsible for looking into several aspects of NUE, from the macroeconomic impact of such a step to the security risks. The committee\u2019s recommendations will be taken into consideration before doling out the licenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The (RBI) will set up a committee to scrutinize applications and give recommendations on new umbrella entity licenses, people aware of the development said. The five-member committee will be headed by RBI chief general manager P Vasudevan, they said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NUEs will establish their own payment infrastructure to compete with the\u00a0National Payments Corp. of India (NPCI).<\/strong>\u00a0The government hopes to build a settlement system similar to the unified payments interface (UPI) with the NUEs. The system will be focused on small and medium enterprises, merchants and consumers. The RBI had in August 2020 issued guidelines for creating \u201cfor-profit NUEs\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Praveen Kumar<\/strong> bagged the silver medal in the men\u2019s high jump T64 category with a jump of 2.07m on Friday at the Tokyo Paralympics. World No. 3 Kumar\u2019s effort took India\u2019s medal tally to 11 in the ongoing Paralympics. Doing so, the 18-year-old set the new Asian record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Praveen Kumar<\/strong> became India\u2019s fourth medallist<\/strong> in men\u2019s high jump and 11th medallist overall<\/strong> at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 as he won silver with an Asian record jump of 2.07m.<\/strong> Praveen cleared the Asian record with a 2.07m jump, finishing behind Great Britain\u2019s Jonathan Broom-Edwards, who managed the best jump of 2.10m on a rain-soaked track at the Olympic Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Praveen is India\u2019s fourth medallist in men\u2019s high jump at Tokyo Games after\u00a0Nishad Kumar, Mariyappan Thangavelu, and Sharad Kumar.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Avani Lekhara<\/strong> won the bronze medal<\/strong> in the women\u2019s 50m rifle 3 positions<\/strong> SH1 event with a score of 445.9 to become the first Indian woman<\/strong> to win two medals at the Paralympics. Avani Lekhara had also won gold in the 10m air rifle standing SH1 event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Indian teen shooter Avani Lekhara held her nerve to win her second medal at the Tokyo Paralympics, a bronze in women\u2019s 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 in a thrilling finale on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She is the first Indian woman to win two Paralympic medals. She had earlier become the first Indian woman to win a Paralympic gold winning the women\u2019s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n India\u2019s medal tally now stands at 12 at these Paralympics. It has now won two golds, six silvers and four bronze medals. This is India\u2019s best tally at a single edition of the Para Games. It had won four medals at Rio 2016 and four at the 1984 Paralympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pankaj Kumar Singh, a 1988-batch IPS officer, on Tuesday took over as the new director general (DG) of the Border Security Force while his batch-mate Sanjay Arora assumed charge of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). Singh, from the Rajasthan cadre of the IPS, has been serving as the special DG of the country\u2019s largest border guarding force that mans over 6,300 km of Indian boundary with Pakistan and Bangladesh and has about 2.65 lakh personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Apart from this, Sanjay Arora,<\/strong> a 1988-batch IPS officers from Tamil Nadu cadre, has taken over as the new DG of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister\u00a0Narendra Modi\u00a0had issued the order for appointment of Singh as the new BSF DG on August 25<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Shanghai-based New Development Bank (NDB)<\/strong> has approved the United Arab Emirates, Uruguay and Bangladesh<\/strong> as its new member countries. In 2020, the NDB Board of Governors initiated the negotiation to expand its membership. As a result UAE, Uruguay and Bangladesh have been admitted as the first new member countries of the NDB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The New Development Bank (NDB) established by the BRICS ((Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries in 2015 has approved Bangladesh as its new member.<\/strong>\u00a0The bank supports public or private projects through loans, guarantees, equity participation and other financial instruments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID),<\/strong> a Maharatna CPSU under Ministry of Power, Government of India has been awarded the coveted \u201cAssociation for Talent Development (ATD) 2021 BEST Award\u201d.<\/strong> POWERGRID securing 8th<\/strong> rank among the 71 organizations from around the globe, thus becoming the only PSU to win this award and one of the only two companies of India in the Top 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Association for Talent Development (ATD, formerly ASTD) is the world\u2019s largest association dedicated to those who develop talent in organizations and ATD\u2019s BEST Award is the talent development industry\u2019s most rigorous and coveted recognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n POWERGRID has won this International recognition for its diligent efforts in talent development practices and programmes. The talent development initiative in POWERGRID is driven by POWERGRID Academy of Leadership (PAL).<\/p>\n\n\n\n PAL is POWERGRID\u2019s state-of-the-art Institute of Learning in Management and Technology catering to both domestic and international clients. At PAL, trainings and initiatives are organized for enhancing employee performance, boosting employee productivity, improving and strengthening company culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\nLadakh announces snow leopard as state animal, black-necked crane as state bird<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Senior Journalist and former Rajya Sabha MP Chandan Mitra passes away<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nTokyo Paralympics: Praveen Kumar wins silver in men\u2019s high jump<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nPankaj Kumar Singh appointed new BSF DG, Sanjay Arora to head ITBP<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nRBI imposes Rs 25 lakh fine on Axis Bank for flouting KYC norms<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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