Delhi has emerged as the world’s most polluted city in a new study which has also found that its residents are on track to lose 11.9 years of life if the current levels of pollution persist. #Health #environment

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Philips will expand manufacturing in India by starting local manufacturing of mother & childcare products.

#Manufacturing #MakeInIndia

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🇨🇳 China's debt-hit real estate giant Country Garden reported half-year losses of 48.9 billion yuan ($6.7 billion) in a stock exchange filing on Wednesday, as it flirts with a potentially catastrophic default.

#Economy

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China defended its move on releasing the so called STANDARD MAP showing AP & Aksai Chin as its territory

"It is a ROUTINE PRACTICE in accordance with its law, urging India to STAY OBJECTIVE & CALM & refrain from OVER INTERPRETING the issue": Wang Wenbin 🇨🇳 spox

#Geopolitics

BHEL has secured an order from state-owned power producer NTPC for setting up the 2x800 MW Supercritical Thermal Power Project Stage-II at Lara in Chhattisgarh.

#Infra #Energy
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🚆 Vande Bharat Express to replace Rajdhani trains;

🚢 Govt to start 'made in India' VB trains export.

🇮🇳 The Indian Railways is all set to introduce sleeper versions of Vande Bharat Express trains, which would run at a speed of 200 km per hour.

#Railways #MakeInIndia

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🔴India is seen more favourably than not in
Most countries— PEW Research

1️⃣INDIA 🇮🇳
👉A median of 46% of adults hold a favorable view of India, while a median of 34% have unfavorable views.

👉Views of India are most positive in Israel, 71% have a favorable view
👉 South Africans 🇿🇦 see India more critically than favorably.
👉in the U.S.🇺🇸 liberals are 10% points more likely than conservatives to hold a favorable opinion of India.

👉Favorable views of India have declined by roughly 10% in European countries where past data is available.

2️⃣MODI
👉About 8-in-10 Indians (79%) have a favorable view of Modi, incl 55% with a very favorable view.
👉Around 7-in-10 Indians believe their country has recently become more influential.
👉Kenyans 🇰🇪 are especially confident of Modi with 60% saying they trust him regarding world affairs,

👉Just 12% in Argentines have confidence in Modi.

👉 Japan 🇯🇵 , Kenya 🇰🇪 and Nigeria 🇳🇬 are more likely to have confidence in Modi’s abilities.

#Geopolitics #India

India has a negative impression in Latin America. Work needs to be done in this area.
We can feel this by increasing stereotypes about India in this region.

https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2023/08/29/views-of-india-lean-positive-across-23-countries/

Ram ram laddar. Ke kah tha? Gaddi rokega? Asla ham bhi rakhte hai pehelwaan 💪🇮🇳

https://vxtwitter.com/tweetKishorec/status/1697102133240504679 #Infra

Chandrayaan-3 Mission:
In-situ Scientific Experiments

Another instrument onboard the Rover confirms the presence of Sulphur (S) in the region, through another technique.

The Alpha Particle X-ray Spectroscope (APXS) has detected S, as well as other minor elements.

This finding by Ch-3 compels scientists to develop fresh explanations for the source of Sulphur (S) in the area: intrinsic?, volcanic?, meteoritic?,......?.

#CH3 #Moon #Research #ISRO

Chandrayaan-3 Mission:
The rover was rotated in search of a safe route. The rotation was captured by a Lander Imager Camera.

It feels as though a child is playfully frolicking in the yards of Chandamama, while the mother watches affectionately.
Isn't it?

Tweets #ISRO #CH3

India's GDP growth rate for Q1-FY 2023-24 at 7.8 per cent, says the Government.

#Economy #India

🚨 Major Economies Q1 GDP Growth in FY24 (April-June)

India 🇮🇳 : 7.8%
USA 🇺🇸 : 2.1%
China 🇨🇳 : 6.3%
Japan 🇯🇵 : 6%
Germany 🇩🇪 -0.2%
UK 🇬🇧 : 0.4%

#Economy

Chandrayaan-3 Mission:
In-situ Scientific Experiments

Radio Anatomy of Moon Bound Hypersensitive Ionosphere and Atmosphere - Langmuir Probe (RAMBHA-LP) payload onboard Chandrayaan-3 Lander has made first-ever measurements of the near-surface Lunar plasma environment over the south polar region.

The initial assessment indicates that the plasma near the lunar surface is relatively sparse.

#CH3 #Moon

Nasscom released a report along with Deloitte revealing the 26 tier 2 cities which represent the next wave of technology hubs. #Economy #IT

🇺🇸 🍽 Staggering 45 million Americans depend on food welfare program (“SNAP”). Of those:

🔹42% skip meals

🔹55% eat less

because they cannot afford food.

The numbers have more than doubled since last year.

📎 S.L. Kanthan

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-30/poor-americans-tap-debt-buy-less-food-as-consumer-cracks-widen

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#InternationalNews

Indian Air Force to carry out major training exercise codenamed Trishul in the northern sector along the borders with both China and Pakistan. All major fleets of fighter aircraft including the Rafale, Mirage 2000 and the Su-30MKIs will be participating in the drills along with heavy-lift transport aircraft and choppers including the Chinooks and Apache. Garud Special Forces are also part of the drills where all elements of air power are likely to be exercised. Exercise to be held from September 4 to 14 in the northern sector including Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab: IAF officials

#Defence

Ex-ISRO chief K Sivan is now chairman of IIT Indore’s board of governors #Education

https://t.co/G6jk668Sf0