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1.International community has started extending humanitarian assistance to Taliban ruled Afghanistan and in a meet organised by the United Nations in Geneva on Monday, various countries including the US pledged nearly $1 billion in aid, according to reports in Afghanistan media. The US alone announced an additional $64 million in aid to Afghanistan today.-Times of India
2.Indian ambassador to Qatar Dr Deepak Mittal on Tuesday met Qatar's foreign minister Lolwah Alkhater and thanked her for the support to people being evacuated from Afghanistan. Dr Mittal also met the evacuees from Afghanistan and interacted with them in Qatar.-hindustantimes.com
3.The battle against COVID-19 has commenced once again in China after the Fujian province in the country has seen a sudden surge of cases of the delta variant in the past few days. In order to contain this as soon as possible, the government has imposed a lockdown in the southeastern province.-dnaindia.com
4.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch Sansad TV alongside Rajya Sabha Chairperson and Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu, and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. The three senior leaders of the country will unveil the new channel from the Parliament House Annexe at 6 pm today, on September 15.-dnaindia.com
5.India will be holding the first-ever global Buddhist conference in November, which will become an annual feature. The event is being planned by Indian Council for cultural relations or ICCR from November 19 to 20 in Nalanda, Bihar, the campus of the Nava Nalanda Mahavihara.Prime Minister Narendra Modi to give award on Buddhist studies.-dnaindia.com
6.An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 on the Richter scale hit Campbell Bay in Andaman and Nicobar Island on Wednesday morning, as per National Center for Seismology (NCS).The quake took place at a depth of 40 kilometres from the bay.Earthquake of Magnitude:5.0, Occurred on 15-09-2021, 01:43:59 IST, Lat: 3.30 & Long: 95.71, Depth: 40 Km, Location: 458km SSE of Campbell Bay, Andaman and Nicobar island, India," tweeted NCS.-hindustantimes.com
7.Kerala has passed its peak of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases, a leading health expert has said. The comments come as the southern state logged 15,876 fresh cases of the infection, nearly half of what it was recording during the peak of Covid-19 wave.-hindustantimes.com
8.Highrises and mobile towers can no longer be built in a 1.5-km radius behind the Taj Mahal to keep the skyline unobstructed. The Agra administration has incorporated the provision in the city’s master plan, which the government has to now approve. “No construction higher than 25m can come up behind the Taj Mahal so the panoramic view of the monument is visible without an obstruction in the background.-Times of India
9.IndiGo will be adding 38 daily flights on its 6E network this month. These new flights will include 24 6E only connecting flights, two new flights and 12 flights that the airline will be relaunching after the second wave of the pandemic. IndiGo will operate new flights between Raipur-Pune while restarting flights between Lucknow-Ranchi, Bengaluru-Visakhapatnam, Chennai-Indore, Lucknow-Raipur, Mumbai-Guwahati and Ahmedabad-Indore.-bwhotlier.com
10.Food-delivery operators such as Swiggy and Zomato may have to pay goods and services tax (GST) on restaurant services supplied through them. The GST Council in a meeting on Friday in Lucknow will take this up.Estimating GST losses of Rs 2,000 crore in 2019-20 and 2020-21, the fitment panel has recommended food aggregators be classified as e-commerce operators and pay GST on behalf of the restaurants concerned.-business-standard.com
11.The most acclaimed Asian & Oriental Chef Awards London 2021 which was recently organized at the House of Lords, London where The Asian Catering Federation (ACF), felicitated many hospitality, services and supplier sectors. Born & brought up in a small village- Bhojpura Kalan (Rajasthan, India), Four times Michelin Plate Winner Chef Dayashankar Sharma was awarded the Best Indian Chef of the Year Award London 2021 by the fraternity.-hospitalitybizindia.com
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