In West Asia, UN agencies in the Gaza Strip have launched an ambitious campaign to vaccinate 640,000 children against polio today. The campaign relies on a series of localised pauses in fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas fighters, with the first window beginning today.

The vaccination campaign began today in areas of central Gaza and will move to other areas in the coming days. During this campaign, war will pause for at least eight hours on three consecutive days.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said at least 90% of children under 10 must be immunised in a short time frame. Last month, WHO confirmed that a baby was partially paralysed by the type 2 polio virus, the first such case in the territory in the last 25 years. UN experts warned that more children may be infected and that there could be a wider regional outbreak if the virus is not dealt with.

In a significant development amid ongoing conflict, Israel’s military and Hamas have also reached an agreement to implement three separate, zone-wise, three-day pauses in fighting across Gaza to facilitate a polio vaccination campaign.

India's Rubina Francis won a bronze medal in the women's air pistol SH1 event final to continue the strong show from the country's shooters in the Paris Paralympics on Saturday.

Rubina scored a total of 211.1 to finish third in the eight-woman final. She had qualified for the final at seventh spot in the qualification round earlier in the day.

This was India's fourth medal in shooting and fifth overall at the Paris Paralympics.

On Friday, Avani Lekhara had created history by successfully defending her women's 10m air rifle gold medal which she had clinched in Tokyo Paralympics, with compatriot Mona Agarwal clinching the bronze.

Air Marshal Tejinder Singh on Sunday took over as Deputy Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force, the Defence Ministry said.

After taking charge at the Air Headquarters (Vayu Bhawan), the Air Marshal paid homage to the brave hearts, who made the supreme sacrifice, by laying wreath at the National War Memorial here.

An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Air Marshal Singh was commissioned in the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on June 13, 1987. He is a Category 'A' Qualified Flying Instructor with over 4,500 hours of flying and an alumnus of the Defence Service Staff College and National Defence College, the Ministry said in a statement.

Former Coal Secretary Amrit Lal Meena, who was repatriated to his home cadre on August 30, has been appointed Chief Secretary of Bihar. Meena took charge of his new post on Saturday. Earlier, an order issued by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on August 30 said, "The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved repatriation of Shri Amrit Lal Meena, IAS (BH:89), Secretary, Ministry of Coal, to his parent cadre on the request of Government of Bihar."

Meena made a courtesy call on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday. He succeeds outgoing Chief Secretary Brijesh Mehrotra.

Meena took over charge of the post of Secretary, Ministry of Coal, in November 2022, while he was on Central deputation. The highlight of his tenure was a momentous increase in India's coal production, with the country's total coal production crossing the 1 Billion Tonne (BT) mark in FY 2023-24. When he took charge of the ministry in 2022, India had been facing a scarcity of coal every summer season (when power demand spikes) since 2020.

The Government of Karnataka has introduced the Karnataka Digital Advertising Guidelines 2024 to enhance the usage of digital media in public communication. Under this, it will approach social media influencers to advertise government schemes and programmes.

The announcement was made by the Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) on August 28. The guidelines by the DIPR made it compulsory for all government departments, corporations, authorities, boards, local governing bodies, town municipalities, city corporations, etc. to follow them.

Apart from defining roles, the guidelines also laid down eligibility criteria for digital entities. The digital entities must be at least one year old and should have a continuous record of publishing content for at least one year. They must also adhere to other unspecified guidelines for content and ethical standards.

The Uttar Pradesh government is planning to build global technology hubs with a $4 billion investment as it targets 10x growth in the Information Technology (IT) & IT-enabled Services (ITeS) sectors in the next five years.

The investments will be made in new-age technologies that are being adopted in various domains spanning industry, e-commerce, education, health, tourism, space, electronics, energy, etc.

The Yogi Adityanath government is drafting a strategy to woo global investors, including the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), to partner with the state’s artificial intelligence and drone ecosystem.

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has become the first Indian company to surpass Rs 10 lakh crore in annual revenue. This significant milestone was announced by RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani during the company's Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on Thursday.

During the AGM, Ambani revealed that Reliance achieved a record consolidated turnover of Rs 10,00,122 crore (USD 119.9 billion) for the financial year 2023-24.

For the same period, RIL reported an EBITDA of Rs 1,78,677 crore (USD 21.4 billion) and a net profit of Rs 79,020 crore (USD 9.5 billion).

Rajasthan chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma said his government signed preliminary investment deals worth ₹4.5 lakh crore during a roadshow meeting with investors and industrialists in Mumbai on Friday. It was the first roadshow for the 'Rising Rajasthan' Global Investors Summit 2024 to be held in Jaipur in December. In an interview to ET's Krishna Kumar, Sharma said his government is taking unique and offbeat steps to boost investments and create jobs in Rajasthan, unlike the previous Congress government that he claimed focused on freebies.

State-owned NTPC on Thursday said it has commissioned its 160 MW capacity of the 320 MW Bhainsara solar project in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. With this, the total installed and commercial capacity of the NTPC group will go up to 76,294 MW, the company said in a regulatory filing.

The company said that consequent upon successful commissioning, NTPC REL, a stepdown subsidiary of NTPC Ltd through its wholly owned subsidiary NTPC Green Energy Ltd, has commenced commercial operations with effect from August 28.

NTPC share price settled at ₹411.10 apiece on the NSE, up half a percent. So far this year, the stock has gained 33%.

The Inspire Institute of Sport (IIS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United World Wrestling (UWW), the global governing body for wrestling, to develop the sport in India.

The MoU was formalised at UWW’s hospitality venue, the Wrestling House, located on a boat near the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The agreement aims to establish a collaborative framework for developing wrestling in India through various mutually beneficial programs, initiatives, projects, and activities.

“We are thrilled to have signed an MoU with United World Wrestling that’s aimed at furthering the progress India has made in the sport. Historically, India has produced some of the best wrestlers worldwide, and the support from UWW will take our programs to the next level,” IIS Founder Parth Jindal said in a release.