MoU for Rs 1.53 Lakh Crore at Gujarat Defense Fair
- The 12th exhibition of the Defense Department has been going on since the 18th in Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat. Prime Minister Modi will inaugurate the weapons exhibition. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh visited the exhibition. In this case, 451 new arms and logistics MoUs worth Rs.1.53 lakh crore have been signed in the last 2 days during this exhibition.
- Only the leader of the ruling conservative party can become prime minister. Liz Truss was elected as the country's third female Prime Minister.
- Following this, the Interim Budget was presented recently. In order to fulfill the promises made during the elections for the post of President, various tax concessions were included in the Interim Budget.
- But, it had a big impact on the country's economy. Britain plunged into recession due to the stock market crash. Subsequently, Kwasi Kwarthenk was removed as Finance Minister and Jeremy Hunt was appointed as the new Finance Minister.
- In this case, Indian-origin Home Minister Suella Braverman resigned from her post. Following this, Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned from her post.
- Tamil civilization is one of the oldest civilizations in the world. The government is now taking steps to investigate the Palandamis. Chief Minister Stalin had announced that this year new excavation work will be conducted at 7 places including Keezadi, Gangaikonda Cholapuram and Vembakottai.
- Accordingly, the excavation works were started in the Vembakottai area located on the northern bank of the river. Meanwhile, the carnelian beads found there are helping to uncover new information about our trade relations with Afghanistan. These carnelian beads are usually found in Afghanistan.
- In a grand event held in Ekta, Gujarat, Prime Minister Modi, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres jointly inaugurated the event. UN in Egypt next month. India's action plan 'Mission Life' has been launched as a preview for the world countries to participate in the climate conference led by the world.
- Speaking at the event, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that unity is the most important reason to fight against climate change. Leaders of countries including France, Argentina, Mauritius and Maldives have welcomed India's Mission Life programme.
- UN has come to India for 3 days. Secretary General Antonio Guterres met and held talks with Prime Minister Modi before the event.
- Indian athletes have won gold and bronze at the World Junior Shooting Championships. India's Ramitha won the gold medal in the 10m Air Rifle category. Dilothama, another Indian athlete who participated in the same event, won the bronze medal. India's Vijay Veer and Didam Sangwan won silver in the 25m pistol event.
- India's Ramitha clinched gold in the individual category at the ISSF World Shooting Championships. In the junior women's individual 10m air rifle final on Wednesday, she beat China's Ying Chen 16-12 to clinch the gold medal.
- In the same category, another Indian, Dilothama Sen, bagged a bronze medal. Indian women won all 3 medals in 50m pistol junior women's category. Divyanshi stood first (547), Varsha Singh 2nd (539) and Dhyana 3rd (523).
- In the 25m standard pistol women's individual category, Rhythm Sangwan lost to China's Jiao Jiaruizwan by a score of 573-575 to claim silver. Vijayveer Sidhu bagged bronze in the men's 25m standard pistol individual category with 574 points.
- Earlier, Isha Singh, Sika Narwal and Varsha Singh defeated China 16-6 in the 10m air pistol junior women's team final. In the air rifle junior women's team final, the Indian team consisting of Ramitha, Nancy and Dilothama Sen defeated China 16-2 to clinch the gold.
- In the air rifle junior men's team category, the team consisting of Aishwari Pratap Singh Tomar, Srikarthik Sabariraj Ravi Shankar and Vidit Jain beat China 17-11 in the final.
- Finally on the day, India's Payal Khatri and Adarsh Singh pair of India's Payal Khatri and Adarsh Singh clinched the medal in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Mixed Team, defeating their Chinese counterparts by 17-9.
- In the same category, another Indian pair of Sameer and Tejaswini won the bronze medal by defeating the Chinese team with a score of 16-2. This is Sameer's 2nd bronze medal in the competition.
- India is currently at the 2nd position with 25 medals including 10 gold, 5 silver and 10 bronze. China tops the list with 37 medals, including 18 gold.
- India's Sajan Bhanwala won a bronze medal at the World Under-23 Wrestling Championships in Spain. He has created the record of being the first Indian to win a medal in this competition.
- Indian player Vikas participated in the 72 kg category. He met Taiko of Japan in the bronze medal match. Vikas, who performed well in this, won 6-0 and won the bronze medal.
- India's Nitesh Abaram won bronze in the 97kg category with a 10-0 victory. Indian team has won 3 bronze medals so far.
- Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for various development projects worth Rs.1970 crore at Tapi, Viara, Gujarat.
- These projects include upgrading the road from Saputhara to the Statue of Unity along with infrastructure for unconnected areas, a Rs 300 crore drinking water supply project in Tabi and Narmada districts.
- HUDCO has signed an MoU with the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to set key targets for the financial year 2022-23.
- The agreement was signed by Mr. Manoj Joshi, Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Mr. Kamran Rizvi, Chairman and Managing Director, Hatco.
- Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Additional Secretary Mr. Surendra Kumar Bagde, Hatco Director (Corporate Planning) Mr. M Nagaraj, Director (Finance) Mr. D Gugan presided.
