Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: September 12, 2022

September 12, 2022

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for September 12, 2022

INDIA

– Navy launches stealth frigate Taragiri, built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders, in Mumbai
– President Droupadi Murmu nominates Gulam Ali from J&K to Rajya Sabha
– Rajasthan launches ‘Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Scheme’ to provide 100 days of employment in a year to families residing in urban areas
– India signs MoU with Gulf Cooperation Council to facilitate consultation
– External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar addresses diplomats at the Prince Saud Al Faisal Institute of Diplomatic Studies in Riyadh.
– Army conducts Exercise Parvat Prahar in Ladakh sector
– Centre fixes total number of seats in Municipal Corporation of Delhi at 250
– Veteran actor and former union minister Krishnam Raju dies aged 83 in Hyderabad
– Dwarka peeth Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati dies at 99 in Narasinghpur (MP)

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

– Two-day National Defense MSME Conclave and Exhibition begins in Kota, Rajasthan
– Production of Vande Bharat train to begun from October: Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw
– Centre imposes 20% duty on rice exports of various grades

BUSINESSLINE CHANGEMAKER AWARDS

– Presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi in six categories
– Changemaker of the year: Bharat Biotech
– Iconic Changemaker of the year: Mithali Raj
– Changemaker Digital Transformation Award: DeHaat
– Changemaker Financial Transformation Award: Zerodha
– Changemaker Social Transformation Award: Ramesh Raliya
– Young Changemaker Award: Akash Singh and Prachi Shevgaonkar

WORLD

– Russia announces troop pullback from two areas in Kharkiv region of Ukraine
– Last reactor at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant stopped says operator Energoatom
– 3 dead after 7.6 earthquake hits remote part of Papua New Guinea

SPORTS

– US Open tennis in New York: Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz (men’s), Poland’s Iga Swiatek (women’s) win singles titles
– Max Verstappen of Red Bull wins Formula One Italian Grand Prix at Monza
– Sri Lanka (170/6) defeat Pakistan (147/10) by 23 runs in final at Dubai to win Asia Cup
– Karnataka win 75th Senior National Aquatic Championships held in Guwahati

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