India has climbed to the 40th rank in the Global Innovation Index of World Intellectual Property Organization. This is a huge leap of 41 places in 7 years.

In a tweet, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said innovation is the buzzword across India. He expressed pride at country's innovators saying India has come a long way and there are even newer heights to scale.

Union Commerce and Textiles Minister Piyush Goyal in a tweet said, India is innovating Like Never Before. He said, the steady rise testifies that India under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi is rapidly emerging as a global innovation hub.

Ministry of Women and Child Development is organizing Poshan Utsav from today till 2nd October at Kartavyapath in New Delhi to celebrate the culmination of the 5th Rashtriya Poshan Maah.  

It will be inaugurated this evening by Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Zubin Irani. The inaugural function will be followed by a musical performance by artist Shaan. The invitees to the inaugural event will include children from Anganwadi Centres, Government Schools as well as Child Care Institutions in Delhi.

Lieutenant General Anil Chauhan (Retired) today assumed charge as the 2nd Chief of Defence Staff CDS. Before taking over, he paid tributes at the National War Memorial. He was given Tri-Service Guard of Honour at the South Block Lawns. Army Chief General Manoj Pande and Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari along with Navy vice chief Vice Admiral SN Ghormade and Air Marshal BR Krishna were present on the occasion along with other senior officials of Armed Forces.

Later talking to the media, Lt Gen Chauhan said, he is proud to assume the responsibility of the highest rank in the Indian Armed Forces. He said, he will try to fulfil the expectations of the three defence forces as the Chief of Defence Staff. Lt Gen Chauhan said, we will tackle all challenges and difficulties together.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 36th National Games at a grand Opening Ceremony to be held at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad on Thursday. He will also address athletes from across the country taking part in the National Games. Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur and other dignitaries will attend the opening ceremony.

National Games are being held in the state of Gujarat for the very first time. It will begin tomorrow and will continue upto 12th October. Nearly 15,000 sportspersons, coaches, and officials from across the country will be participating in 36 sports disciplines, making it the biggest National Games ever. The sporting events will be organised in six cities of Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot and Bhavnagar. Under the leadership of the then Chief Minister and the current Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Gujarat embarked on the journey to create a robust sports infrastructure of international standards, which helped the state to prepare for the games in a very short span of time.

The Government has appointed Lieutenant General Anil Chauhan (Retired) as the next Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). Lieutenant General Chauhan will also function as Secretary, Department of Military Affairs with effect from the date of his assumption of charge.

In a career spanning over nearly 40 years, Lieutenant General Anil Chauhan held several command, staff and instrumental appointments and had extensive experience in counter-insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir and North-East India.

The post of Chief of Defence Staff has been lying vacant since death of General Bipin Rawat in a helicopter crash on 8th December last year.

Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Thakur will launch Clean India 2.0 Programme on 1st of next month. This month-long nationwide programme will be launched to collect waste material mainly single-use plastic and create awareness among people.

Briefing media in New Delhi yesterday, Secretary of Youth Affairs and Sports Ministry Sanjay Kumar said, one crore kilogram waste material including plastic and e-waste will be collected and disposed off with the support and voluntary participation of citizens.

He said, the programme is being organised in all the villages across the country through the network of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan, affiliated Youth Clubs and National Service Scheme Affiliated Institutions. 

Senior advocate R Venkataramani has been appointed as the new Attorney General of India. The Ministry of Law and Justice in a notification said, the President has appointed Mr Venkataramani as the new Attorney General for a period of three years from 1st of October. He will succeed Mr K K Venugopal, whose term will be ending tomorrow.

After being appointed as the next Attorney General of India, Mr Venkataramani thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju for reposing confidence in him to take up this sensitive assignment.

Defence Research and Development Organization has conducted two successful test flights of Very Short Range Air Defence System missiles. The test flight was conducted at the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur, Odisha yesterday. The Very Short Range Air Defence System is a Man Portable Air Defence System, designed and developed by DRDO in collaboration with Indian industry partners. The missile is designed to neutralize low-altitude aerial threats at short ranges. The design of the missile including the launcher has been highly optimized to ensure easy portability.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has complimented and appreciated the efforts of DRDO and industry partners. He said, the new missile equipped with modern technologies will give a further technological boost to the Armed Forces. Chairman of DRDO Dr Samir V Kamatal also congratulated the entire team for this tremendous success. 

The nation celebrates sixth anniversary of surgical strike today. On this day in 2016, the Indian Army launched surgical strikes against terrorist camps situated in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Eleven days after the Uri attack that claimed the lives of 18 soldiers, the Indian Army carried out Surgical Strikes on the night of 28 and 29 September 2016, inflicting heavy casualties on terrorists.  Indian Army including the commandos from various units of the Para (Special Forces) units deployed in Jammu and Kashmir carried out raids across the border on multiple targets. All these targets were launch pads for terrorists for infiltrating into Jammu and Kashmir to carry out attacks against military and civilian targets. With this action, India gave the befitting message that it can strike on terror launchpad by crossing the border if the need arises.

Recalling the night of the surgical strike, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an interview said that the strike was planned as there was a rage building up within him after the Uri attack.

Chandigarh airport will be named after Shaheed Bhagat Singh on his birth anniversary today. In his Mann ki Baat Programme on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced this while paying rich tributes to freedom fighters. Mr Modi has said that the decision has been taken as a tribute to Shaheed Bhagat Singh. Prime Minister had also congratulated the people of Chandigarh, Punjab, and Haryana and of the entire country for this decision.