Exports boosted by “Self-reliant India” programme:
- The aim is to support local products through the “Self Reliant India programme”.
- On May 12 last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a policy announcement to rein in 30 years of liberal, globalizing economic policy to make the country self-reliant.
- Its aim is to substitute domestic products for foreign manufactured and imported goods.
- Companies should manufacture world-class products in India.
- Industrial companies and start-ups should come forward to manufacture all products in India without compromising on quality.
- Self-reliant India and Make in India programs are similar programs and focus on manufacturing and exports.
- Self-reliance means promoting the advantages of national competitiveness.
List of 100 Best Educational Institutions in the World:
- Three Indian Institutes of Management and the ‘Indian School of Business’, Hyderabad, feature in the world’s top 100 institutions for postgraduate business management courses.
- Global QS Ranking List 2025 Released
- America’s ‘Stanford School of Business’ has topped the list for the 5th consecutive year.
- From India, IIM Bangalore is ranked 53rd, IIM Ahmedabad is ranked 60th and IIM Kolkata is ranked 65th.
- The Indian School of Business, Hyderabad is ranked 86th.
- The list includes 14 Indian institutes offering full-time MBA courses.
September 26: World Environmental Health Day
- Reported by the International Federation for Environmental Health.
September 26: World Contraception Day
- World Contraception Day is observed annually on September 26.
Last Sunday of September:
- Day of the Deaf or International Week of the Deaf begins in the last week of September and ends on the last Sunday of the month.
Important Facts:
- The Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), together with researchers of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, has developed light weight bullet proof jackets, named ABHED (Advanced Ballistics for High Energy Defeat), which offer 360 degree protection.
- The ‘Make in India’ scheme was launched by the Central Government on 25th September 2014.
- Air Marshal S.P. Dharkar has been appointed as the next Vice Chief of Air Staff in the Indian Air Force (IAF).
- Mariappan has won a gold medal in the 2016 Para Olympic Games held in Rio, Brazil, a silver medal in the 2020 Para Olympic Games held in Tokyo, Japan and a bronze medal in the 2024 Paris Para Olympic Games, France, and has won medals in three Para Olympic Games.
- Japan’s Naomi Osaka and America’s Sophia Kenin won the China Open tennis tournament.
- Shang Juncheng made his debut in men’s singles at the Chengdu Open, an ATP 250 tournament in China.
- China test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
