1.In a bid to attract world’s top talents, the UK government has introduced new Scale-up visa and pointed out ‘it will help the go top high-growth businesses to attract skilled professionals, including scientists, engineers, architects, programmers, to work for them.’Using the Scale-up visa, businesses, now, will be able to employ skilled individuals who will receive 2 years’ leave to remain in the UK without requiring further sponsorship or permission beyond the first 6 months.-livemint.com
2.The death toll from ravaging monsoon floods in Pakistan crossed 1,000 as several countries, including Qatar and Iran, pledged emergency support in the wake of a deluge described as a “humanitarian disaster of epic proportions”.-aljazeera.com
3.American travel tech giant Sabre Corporation president Kurt Ekert has planned an “incremental” multi-million dollar investment in India to tap the country’s vast potential in both its airlines and hotels. Sabre currently runs a tech centre at Bengaluru where it employs about 1,500 people.-The Times of India
4.Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people to take part in efforts to eradicate malnutrition during the month of September which is observed as a ‘Poshan Maah’ every year.-theindianexpress.com
5.Ekal Run’ was flagged off by Olympic bronze medalist Yogeshwar Dutt on Sunday morning ahead of National Sports Day which falls on Monday.A non-profit organization Ekal Yuva – Bharat Lok Shiksha Parishad organised the event at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.Ekal Yuva aims to bring basic education to every child across rural India.-theprint.in
6.Moonlighting is becoming a major issue in tech companies. While some tech companies like Swiggy are in favour of moonlighting— the policy which allows employees to take up alternative jobs apart from their primary job. Wipro CEO Rishad Premji has strongly voiced his opinion against the concept of moonlighting and TCS COO N Ganapathy Subramaniam has also joined the troops against moonlighting.-indiatoday.in
7.The state tourism department along with the municipal corporations in Mumbai, Thane, Pune and Nagpur has planned a special drive to take senior citizens to see important Ganesh pandals in their respective areas. The 10-day festival will commence on August 31.-theindianexpress.com
8.Bigger than the Taj Mahal and St Paul’s Cathedral in Vatican, an under-construction temple in West Bengal’s Mayapur will be the largest religious monument in the world.Temple of Vedic Planetarium in Nadia district will reportedly replace Cambodia’s 12th century-built Angkor Wat temple complex, spread over 400 acres of land, as the world’s largest religious structure.-theprint.in
9.Indian Hotels Limited (IHCL) has continued to chart its journey of rapid expansion, with an industry-leading signing of 50 new hotels in addition to opening 27 new hotels in the past 24+ months. This period marks IHCL signing the most number of hotels in India in both, 2020 and 2021, adding over 5,500 keys to its portfolio*.-hospitalitybizindia.com
10.India’s apex hospitality Association - Federation of Hotel & Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) has submitted a representation to the Hon’ble Union Minister of Finance - Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman requesting to increase the ECLGS loan term with rationalized norms for all loans for the hospitality sector.-hospitalitybizindia.com
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