India wins silver at Paralympics
- Pavina Ben lost to the Chinese player in the final of the Table Tennis 4 Division at the Tokyo Paralympics. In the final, he lost to Chinese player Zhou Ying 3-0 in a set. Following this, Pavina Ben Patel won the silver medal. This is India's first medal at the Tokyo Paralympics
- In 2015, the Department of Defense contracted to purchase seven patrol vessels from L&T for the Coast Guard. Accordingly, 6 ships have already been delivered. In this case, the 7th patrol vessel 'ICG Vigraha' has been handed over to the Coast Guard. The dedication ceremony was held at the Chennai port.
- Defense Minister Rajnath Singh dedicated the ship 'Vigraha' at a ceremony presided over by the Director General of the Coast Guard K. Natarajan. The Vigraha patrol vessel is 98 meters long and 15 meters wide. Weight 2,200 tons. It is capable of traveling 5,000 nautical miles at a speed of 26 nautical miles per hour.
- Of these, a 40/60 Bofors gun, 12.7 mm. Helicopter landing gear equipped with rifles and twin engines can carry up to 4 high-speed boats. In addition, modern telecommunications equipment, guidance equipment, and equipment to prevent environmental pollution such as oil spills are fitted. Led by Commandant Anoop, the patrol vessel will have 11 officers and 110 crew members.
- When individuals move from one state to another for reasons including change of workplace, their car, bike and other vehicles must be re-registered within 12 months in the state of migration.
- Henceforth, they are not likely to experience such disturbances or distress. The reason is that to prevent such problems, the Union Ministry of Road Transport has introduced a new registration procedure called 'Bharat Series' (BH).
- From now on, this new registration procedure will only apply to newly purchased vehicles. That, too, applies only to employees belonging to the specific 4 categories prescribed by the United States Government. Not suitable for ordinary people.
- Eligible candidates to use this innovative practice are military personnel, Union Government employees, State Government employees and employees of private companies with branches in more than 4 States or Union Territories.
- Keeladi are more than a thousand items found so far. So far more than 1,300 pottery tiles with scratches have been found in seven phases. Currently the seventh phase excavation has found a pottery tile with a maximum of 13 characters. It is said to be the most pottery tile ever found in Tamil Nadu.
- President Ramnath Govind laid the foundation stone for Mahayogi Guru Gorakhnath AYUSH Vishwa Vidyalaya, the country's first AYUSH University to be set up in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.
- On August 26, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Manzuk Mandavia took over as chairman of the Stop TB Partnership Board. He will hold this position until 2024. The target is to eradicate tuberculosis from India by 2025.
- The Uttar Pradesh government is set to invest Rs 170 crore by 2032 to further promote wrestling in India, said Brij Bhushan Charan Singh, president of the Indian Wrestling Association.
