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310
dead, 450 injured in Haj stampede in Saudi Arabia
World
> Haj
Disaster > 24th September
At
least 717 pilgrims from around the world were killed in a crush
outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi authorities said, in the
worst disaster to strike the annual haj pilgrimage for 25 years.
India,
US sign $3-billion deal for Apache,Chinook copters
India
> India-US
Deal > 29th September
India
signed a nearly $3 billion deal for purchase of 22 Apache attack
helicopters and 15 Chinook heavy-lift choppers with American aviation
giant Boeing and the US government. The first helicopter is likely to
be handed over to India in the next three to four years.
India
pips US, China as No. 1 foreign direct investment destination
India
> Foreign
Direct Investment > 30th September
India
has emerged on top of the foreign direct investment league table,
overtaking China and the United States, according to the FT data
service. A ranking of the top destinations for greenfield investment
(measured by estimated capital expenditure) in the first half of 2015
shows India at number one, having attracted roughly $3 billion more
than China and $4 billion more than the US, according to the
Financial Times newspaper.
India-built
biggest warship INS Kochi commissioned to navy
India
> INS
Kochi > 30th September
India’s
biggest, indigenously-built warship INS Kochi was commissioned into
the Indian Navy by Union defence minister Manohar Parikkar at the
Mumbai dockyard. Commissioning it, Parikkar described the 7,500-tonne
vessel, capable of speeds of more than 30 knots and there is renewed
enthusiasm among defense production units, PSUs and private sectors.
Others
India,
Iran and Afghanistan come together for international transit corridor
Economy
>
International
Transit Corridor > 24th September
India
is looking to step up the pedal over its ambitious Chabahar port
project in Iran by signing an international transit corridor
agreement with Iran and Afghanistan. One of the reasons why the port
project is important for India as it will facilitate access to
Afghanistan, bypassing Pakistan.
India
to 'hike green energy targets' to combat climate change
Politics
and Government >
Renewable Energy > 24th September
India
promises to hike renewable energy targets to reduce its greenhouse
gas emissions, in long-awaited pledges to be announced next week for
upcoming UN climate change talks. India will increase solar and wind
energy capacity but it's unclear whether it will commit to a timeline
for reducing its overall carbon emissions blamed for climate change.
PM
Modi to host G-4 meet in New York to push for UNSC reforms
India
> G-4
Meet > 24th September
India
announced a summit of G-4 countries, the leading proponents of UN
Security Council expansion, shortly after Prime Minister Narendra
Modi’s arrival in the US. The summit, which was mooted by India,
will be hosted by Modi at the hotel Waldorf Astoria and will be
attended by Japanese Prime Minster Shinzo Abe, German chancellor
Angela Merkel and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.
India
launches its first space observatory Astrosat
India
> Space > 28th September
India
launched its first space observatory, Astrosat, from the country’s
main space centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, becoming a member
of the select group of space organisations to have a lookout in orbit
after the US, Japan, Russia and Europe. The satellite was zoomed into
space by a PSLV C-30 rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at
10am.
Government
unveils framework for ranking Indian institutes, list to be out in
2016
India
> Indian
Institutes Ranking > 30th September
The
government unveiled a framework for ranking annually engineering and
management institutes taking into account placement,
entrepreneurship, compensation package, research activity and
inclusiveness through reservations among others.
Madhesi
border blockade sparks anti-India feelings in Nepal
World
>
Nepal > 30th September
The
disruption in cross-border trade between India and Nepal following
protests by Madhesis has affected markets and citizens across both
sides of the un-demarcated border.
Pakistan
hits back over PoK report, claims visuals doctored, propaganda of
Indian media
World
> PoK
Report > 30th September
A
day after Pakistan government's brutality in the Pakistan Occupied
Kashmir was exposed, the nation claimed that the visuals were
doctored and called it a propaganda of the Indian media.
PM
Modi meets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, urges him to pass on
info on Indians held captive in Mosul
World
>
PM Modi Meets
Palestinian President > 30th September
Prime
Minister Narendra Modi, in his meeting with Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas, discussed the condition of the Indians taken as
prisoners in Iraq and Libya in New York before leaving for India.
Modi also urged Abbas to pass on any information that he might have
on the status of 39 Indians held captive.
Barack
Obama says that Syria leader Assad must go if Islamic State is to be
defeated
World
> Islamic
State > 30th September
US
President Barack Obama said that Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad must
go if the Islamic State group is to be defeated, as he rallied world
leaders to revitalize the coalition campaign against the jihadists.
A
day after clashing with Russian President Vladimir Putin over how to
handle the crisis in Syria, Obama hosted a counterterrorism summit at
the United Nations to take stock of the one-year air war against IS
fighters in Iraq and Syria.
