Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today inaugurate the Kartavya Path - a stretch of the Central Vista from the Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate. It symbolizes a shift from erstwhile Rajpath being an icon of power to Kartavya Path being an example of public ownership and empowerment. The entire stretch has been revamped under the Modi government's ambitious Central Vista redevelopment project.

Over the years, Rajpath and adjoining areas of the Central Vista Avenue had been witnessing pressure of increasing traffic of visitors, putting stress on its infrastructure. It lacked basic amenities like public toilets, drinking water, street furniture and adequate parking space. In view of it, a need was felt to organise the Republic Day parade and other National events in a less disruptive manner with minimal restrictions on public movement. The redevelopment has been done bearing these concerns in mind while also ensuring the integrity and continuity of architectural character.

National Testing Agency (NTA) has declared the results of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Undergraduate - NEET (UG) 2022.  Candidates can check their results on www.nta.ac.in.

Female candidate Tanishka from Rajasthan has secured 1st rank while Vatsa Ashish Batra from Delhi got second and Hrishikesh Nagbhushan Gangule from Karnataka got third rank in the medical entrance examination.

This year, more than 18 lakh 72 thousand candidates had registered for the entrance test while around 17 lakh 64 thousand candidates appeared at the examination. Out of them around nine lakh 93 thousand qualified in the exam. The NEET UG was conducted on 17th July which was held across 3,570 centres in 497 cities across the country  India and in  14 cities outside India. 

Union Minister and Ex-Officio member of New Delhi Municipal Council, NDMC Meenakshi Lekhi has said that Rajpath has been renamed as Kartavyapath. Speaking to media after the meeting of NDMC today, Ms Lekhi said, the council passed a resolution to to rename Rajpath as Kartavyapath. She said, as India completes 75 years of Independence, it is only fitting to shed the colonial baggage and move towards India@100 in the Amrit Kaal with our own legacy. Ms Lekhi said, the renaming of Rajpath to Kartavyapath is a reminder that the spirit of public service is not right to rule but duty to serve. She congratulated all the citizens on this landmark decision saying it shall reaffirm our commitment to serve our motherland in this Amrit Kaal. 

Goa International Airport Limited, a subsidiary of GMR Airports Limited (GAL), has successfully completed RNP (Required Navigation Performance) procedure for both approaches - 10 & 28 - of the newly built Runway at the upcoming New Goa International Airport, today.

An Airbus 320 aircraft from Indigo Airlines equipped with RNP equipment tested and validated RNP for its accuracy and flyability.
RNP is a family of navigation specifications under Performance Based Navigation (PBN) which permit the operation of aircraft along a precise flight path with a high level of accuracy and the ability to determine aircraft position with both precision and integrity. The addition of RNP radius to fix arrivals, approaches, and departures increases airspace capacity by shortening the approach and departure paths.

SAI Kerala State Electricity Board Trivandrum team have become champions of the Khelo India Senior Women's Volleyball tournament which concluded today at the Eastern Railway Indoor Stadium in Behala, Kolkata.

The women's team, captained by Jini KS, an integral part of the India senior women's volleyball team since 2015. Jini and her team beat Indian Railways Red team in the final on Monday 3-0. The team, mostly consisting of trainees from SAI National Centre of Excellence Trivandrum won all their matches in the league cum knockout tournament in Kolkata, without dropping a single set.

In the other match of the day, Keral Police beat Indian Railways Blue team 3-1 to finish in the 3rd place.

Teachers' Day is being celebrated throughout the country today. The day is celebrated on the birth anniversary of educationist and former President Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.

President Droupadi Murmu has said that education in mother tongue is the cornerstone of inspiring talents in the fields of Science, literature and Social Sciences and National Education policy 2020, puts focus on this aspect. She said this while conferring the National Awards to 46 selected teachers on the occasion of Teachers' Day in New Delhi today. The  President said that the present age of knowledge economy is powered by research and innovation, and teachers should encourage the development of curious minds.  She said that teachers are the life force of Indian education, which is one of the largest education systems in the world, imparting education to more than 26 crore students in more than 15 lakh schools by about 97 lakh teachers.

The University Grant Commission has launched new research fellowship and research grants schemes. They are Savitribai Jyotirao Phule Fellowship for Single Girl Child, Dr Radhakrishnan UGC Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Superannuated Faculty Members Fellowship, Research Grant for In-Service Faculty Members and Dr D S Kothari Research Grant for Newly Recruited Faculty Members.

UGC Chairman Jagadesh Kumar said, UGC has been giving research grants from time to time in different kinds of fellowship to enable the research ecosystem in the Universities across the country. He said, earlier UGC had formed a committee to review all these scheme and come up with more focussed on research and fellowship schemes. Mr Kumar said, following which these five schemes has been launched. 

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully demonstrated a new technology with Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (IAD). Designed and developed by ISRO's Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC),  IAD is a game-changer with multiple applications for future missions including to Mars and Venus. The IAD was successfully test flown in a 'Rohini' sounding rocket from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station. Rohini sounding rockets are routinely used for flight demonstration of new technologies being developed by ISRO as well as by scientists from India and abroad. The IAD was initially folded and kept inside the payload bay of the rocket. At around 84 km altitude, the IAD was inflated and it descended through the atmosphere with the payload part of a sounding rocket. The IAD has systematically reduced the velocity of the payload through aerodynamic drag and followed the predicted trajectory. After witnessing the launch, ISRO Chairman S Somanath said, this demonstration opens a gateway for cost-effective spent stage recovery using the Inflatable Aerodynamics Decelerator technology and this IAD technology can also be used in ISRO's future missions to Venus and Mars.

On the occasion of Teacher’s day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with the winners of the National Awards to Teachers 2022 at his residence in New Delhi tomorrow. The purpose of National Awards to teachers is to celebrate and honour the unique contribution of some of the finest teachers in the country who through their commitment and hard work have not only improved the quality of school education but also enriched the lives of their students. The awards accord public recognition to meritorious teachers working in elementary and secondary schools. This year, 45 teachers from across the country have been selected for the awards through a rigorous and transparent online three-stage process.

Teachers' Day is being celebrated throughout the country today. The day is celebrated on the birth anniversary of educationist and former President Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.

President Droupadi Murmu will confer National Awards to 46 selected teachers for the year 2022 in New Delhi today. The Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education has been organising a national level function on Teachers Day every year to confer the National Awards to best teachers of the country. The selection is done through a transparent and online three stage selection process.

The purpose of National  Awards to Teachers is to celebrate the unique contribution of teachers in the country and to honour those teachers who through their commitment and industry have not only improved the quality of school education but also enriched the lives of their students.