To commemorate this Teachers’ Day, the Punjab School Education Department on Friday, paid solemn respect to ‘Bharat Ratna’ Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, India’s second President, respected philosopher, and educationist. Teachers’ Day is celebrated every year to mark the latter’s birth anniversary on September 5.

On the occasion, special tribute ceremonies were held in all districts where officers, staff, and teachers gathered to honour the contribution of Dr. S. Radhakrishnan and to reaffirm the invaluable role of teachers in shaping society and guiding future generations.

Meanwhile, Punjab Education Minister S. Harjot Singh Bains also remembered Dr. S. Radhakrishnan on Teachers’ Day. He said Teachers are role models who play a vital role in shaping students' lives by not only imparting knowledge but also inspiring and motivating them to become better individuals. S. Bains also exhorted teachers to continue extending their support in flood relief efforts to overcome this challenge.

Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated India’s first port-based Green Hydrogen Pilot Project at V.O. Chidambaranar (VOC) Port in Tamil Nadu on Friday, marking a milestone in the country’s clean energy transition.

The facility, set up at a cost of ₹3.87 crore, has a capacity of 10 Nm³ per hour and will generate green hydrogen to power streetlights and an electric vehicle charging station in the port colony. With this, VOC Port has become the first port in the country to produce green hydrogen.

The minister also laid the foundation for a Green Methanol Bunkering and Refuelling Facility with a capacity of 750 m³, to be built at a cost of ₹35.34 crore. The project is aligned with the proposed Coastal Green Shipping Corridor between Kandla and Tuticorin and is expected to make VOC Port a key green bunkering hub in South India.

Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal has launched Angikaar 2025 campaign under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban 2.0.

The campaign is an outreach programme, which will accelerate the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban by creating widespread awareness about the scheme across the country. It will also fast-track verification of applications under the scheme and expedite the completion of already sanctioned houses.

Under PMAY-U, one crore 20 lakh houses have been sanctioned, out of which over 94 lakh pucca houses have already been completed and delivered to beneficiaries. The Ministry said, Angikaar campaign will facilitate the completion of the remaining houses.

The campaign will ensure last-mile delivery and holistic development outcomes through active community mobilisation, targeted engagement and convergence with other central government schemes.

Every year, September 3 is observed as National Skyscraper Day 2021. Across the globe, skyscrapers have defined people's vivid imagination and creativity. A skyscraper is a tall habitable building with multiple floors. These high rise buildings are around 100 metres or 150 metres in height.

National Skyscrapers Day is celebrated every year on September 3, on the birth anniversary of Louis H. Sullivan, often called the 'father of modern skyscrapers'. This name was coined in the 1880s for the high rise buildings of the United States.

Sullivian is known as the 'father of modern skyscrapers' as he was the chief architect behind famous buildings such as the Wainwright Building, the Bayard-Condict Building, the Krause Music Store and more.

Tata Electronics Private Limited, a pioneering leader in India's electronics and semiconductor manufacturing sector, and Merck, a leading science and technology company, on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on a strategic collaboration, to jointly develop capabilities in semiconductor materials, semiconductor fabrication infrastructure, and specialty chemical and gas distribution in India.

The companies have come to an understanding whereby Merck will offer its full suite of products and services, including high-purity electronic materials, advanced gas and chemical delivery systems, turnkey fab infrastructure services, and its Material Intelligence™ solutions powered by AI, for Tata Electronics' upcoming Fab in Dholera, Gujarat.

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, in its 56th meeting which lasted over 10 hours Wednesday, cleared the next-generation reforms under the eight-year old indirect tax regime. This effectively paves the way for a broad two-slab structure of 5 per cent and 18 per cent with a demerit rate of 40 per cent rate only for super luxury, sin and demerit goods.

The aim: lower tax burden on common people with sweeping rate cuts and reduction in GST slabs, ease blocked working capital, and facilitate ease of doing business with automated refunds and registration process.

All the rate changes, except those for tobacco and tobacco-related products, will come into effect from September 22, the first day of Navratri, said Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman who chaired the meeting that was attended by ministers from 31 states and Union Territories.

For decades, the golden blooms of Senna spectabilis deceived South India’s forests. Introduced from South America in the 1980s, the fast-growing tree was planted for shade, beautification and firewood. Its resemblance to Kerala’s beloved state flower Cassia fistula, known locally as kanikkonna, sealed its popularity among forestry officials.

What seemed a miracle species has since turned into one of India’s most destructive ecological mistakes. Senna forms dense, sterile thickets, choking out native plants, altering soil chemistry and depriving herbivores of food. Its rapid spread across one of Asia’s most critical wildlife corridors, Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, has quietly accelerated biodiversity collapse and intensified human-animal conflict.

Now, in a corner of Kerala’s Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, a different story is beginning to take root.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has granted safety clearance to Air India SATS Airport Services Pvt Ltd (AISATS) for the first time. With this, India has become the second country after Malaysia in the Asia Pacific region to implement such a comprehensive framework in alignment with ICAO guidance. The DGCA has said, this move reinforces its commitment to strengthening safety management systems (SMS) and enhancing regulatory oversight in ground handling operations across India. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday virtually launched the Bihar Rajya Jeevika Nidhi Saakh Sahkari Sangh Limited, a new cooperative initiative aimed at providing affordable credit to rural women entrepreneurs.

According to an official release, Jeevika Nidhi has been designed as “an alternative financial system to reduce dependence on microfinance institutions (MFIs) and ensure the availability of larger loans at lower interest rates.”

The initiative will be jointly funded by the Bihar government and the Centre.

As part of the launch, PM Modi transferred Rs 105 crore into the institution’s bank account to kick-start operations.

Union Minister for Electronics & Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw presented Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a memento containing the ‘Made in India’ Vikram 32-bit Processor Launch Vehicle Grade chip at the Semicon India 2025 on Tuesday (September 2, 2025).

The microprocessor chips were designed and developed by the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre of the Indian Space Research Institute (ISRO) and the Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL), Chandigarh. Utilised for space flights, it is an advanced version of the indigenously designed 16-bit VIKRAM1601 microprocessor, which has been utilised in the Avionics system of ISRO’s launch vehicles since 2009.

Other than containing the ‘Made in India’ chip, the memento also contained 31 more prototype chips created by academic institutions, including IIT Jammu, IIT Roorkee, IIT Dhanbad, NIT Durgapur, NIT Calicut and IIT Ropar, among others.