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• 1. India crossed 2.5 crore Covid vaccinations in a day for the first time on Friday as the government raced to deliver a record on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted.
  2. World Health Organisation's (WHO) approval for the emergency use authorisation (EUA) to COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin, developed by the Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech, is likely to be delayed till October 5.
  3. UN chief Antonio Guterres on Friday appointed Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi as new Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Advocate ahead of the start of the 76th UN General Assembly.
  4. A Delhi court on Friday came down heavily on the city police for its "lackadaisical approach" and said that no steps for the proper prosecution of 2020 riots cases have been taken by the Police Commissioner and other top officials.
  5. Food delivery apps like Zomato and Swiggy must pay GST, or Goods and Services Tax, instead of the restaurant they pick up orders from, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Friday after a meeting of the GST Council in Lucknow.
  6. Noted theoretical physicist and recipient of Padma Shri award, Professor Thanu Padmanabhan died due to cardiac arrest in Pune on Friday, a former colleague said. He was 64.
  7. The Union home ministry has given its go-ahead to the Central Reserve Police Force to deploy its women constables for VVIP security duty.
  8. The Orissa High Court on Friday rejected the petition filed by Balu Bazar Puja committee, one of the oldest Durga Puja committees of Cuttack, seeking relaxation on limiting the height of the Durga idol to four feet high.
  9. The Narendra Modi government scrambled on Thursday to reinstate Justice Ashok Iqbal Singh Cheema as chairperson of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) to enable him to complete his term on September 20 after the Supreme Court threatened to suo motu stay the Tribunal Reforms Act, 2021.
  10. Time limit for intimation of Aadhaar number to the Income tax Department for linking of PAN with Aadhaar has been extended from 30th September, 2021 to 31st March, 2022.
  11. Concessional GST rates on COVID-19 related medicines were announced earlier, applicable till Sep 30. The concessions have now been extended till Dec 31, 2021.
  12. Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday inaugurated or laid foundation stones of 34 road projects worth Rs 9,577 crore in Madhya Pradesh
  13. Anupam Kher, known for his acting prowess, will be conferred with the Honorary Doctorate in Hindu Studies by The Hindu University of America.
  14. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday announced that the Chardham Yatra in the state will begin from September 18. The announcement comes as Nainital High Court on Thursday lifted the ban on Chardham Yatra and allowed only fully COVID vaccinated people with a mandatory COVID-19 negative report for the annual pilgrimage.
  15. With a view to cut down carbon emissions, the Odisha Cabinet in August had approved the Electric Vehicle Policy 2021. Odisha became the 10th state in the country to have a full-fledged policy for the ambitious project.

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