Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: September 8, 2022

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for September 8, 2022

INDIA

– New Delhi: Rajpath to be called ‘Kartavya Path’ now as NDMC Council passes proposal
– Cabinet approves Rs 27,360-crore for PM Schools for Rising India (PM-SHRI) covering over 14,000 schools across the country
– Karnataka minister Umesh Katti dies at 61 in Bengaluru
– Bhojpuri folk artiste Ram Chandra Manjhi dies at 97 in Patna
– Mongolia: President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh gifts horse ‘Tejas’ to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

– 14th CII Global MedTech Summit organised in New Delhi
– Cabinet approves policy on long-term leasing of Railways’ land; lease period increased from 5 to 35 years, fee cut from 6% to 1.5%
– Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal launches SETU (Supporting Entrepreneurs in Transformation and Upskilling) initiative in San Fransico to connect startups in India to US-based investors
– Bangladesh: Cargo vessel on trial run from Kolkata port arrives at Chattogram Port
– India, Bangladesh sign agreements on training employees and IT collaboration to deepen railway cooperation
– Cabinet clears 2nd phase of Kochi Metro Rail project costing Rs 1,957 crore
– India and UK conduct Counter Ransomware Exercise for 26 nations

WORLD

– Britain’s new PM Liz Truss appoints Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor of the Exchequer. James Cleverly as Foreign Secretary
– 7th Eastern Economic Forum being held in Vladivostok, Russia from Sept 5 to 8; theme: ‘On the Path to a Multipolar World’
– Pakistan floods: Rains damage 5000-year-old ruins of Mohenjo Daro in Sindh province near the Indus River
– International Day of Clean Air for blue skies observed on Sept 7, theme: “The Air We Share”

Month: Current affairs - September, 2022