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1. Every city in the country should become a Smart City: Vice President 

He was addressing the gathering after performing Bhoomi Poojan for the Ranchi Smart City, in Ranchi, Jharkhand today. He also laid foundation stone for Urban Civic Tower, Convention Centre and Jharkhand Urban Planning and Management Institute in the Campus of Ranchi Smart City Area. The Vice President said that the state of Jharkhand is adorned with natural beauty and forty percent of India's mineral wealth is in the state.

2. Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurates two-day “North East Calling” festival ..... (IMP)

Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated the “North East Calling” festival, here today. The “North East Calling” event is being organised by the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), Government of India under its ‘Destination North East’ series of this year. The purpose of the event is to promote the art, culture, heritage, cuisine, handicrafts, business and tourism of North East India. 

On the above occasion, Dr Jitendra Singh also launched ‘North East Venture Fund’, which is a joint initiative of Ministry of DoNER and North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd. The objective of the fund is to promote entrepreneurship and Start up in the North Eastern Region with a corpus of Rs 100 crores. The Minister also launched North East Tourism Development Council with objective to promote sustainable tourism in North East India. 

Highlighting the initiatives taken by the Ministry for the North East region, the Minister said that the DoNER Ministry had introduced a concept of “DoNER at doorstep”. He said that during each given fortnight, at least eight Union Ministers from New Delhi visit Northeast which means that one Minister each is available in each of the eight States every 15 days.. He said that ‘Purbashree’ stalls have been set up at Dilli Haat .
He also talked about setting up of “Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Centre for Policy Research & Analysis” at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Shillong and Brahmaputra Study Centre in the Guwahati University. 

3. Successful Flight Test of 3rd Generation Anti Tank Guided Missile

– NAG  India’s indigenously developed 3rd generation Anti Tank Guided Missile (ATGM), Nag has been successfully flight tested twice by DRDO on 8-9-2017 against two different targets in the ranges of Rajasthan.

The ATGM Nag missile has successfully hit both the targets under different ranges and conditions with very high accuracy as desired by the Armed Forces.

4. Union Home Minister arrives in Srinagar on a four-day visit to J&K ....... (IMP)

The Union Home Minister asked the authorities to expedite the implementation of the Prime Minister's Development Package ( PMDP ) in a time bound manner. Shri Rajnath Singh said it will create jobs for the people of J&K. 

The PMDP, a Rs.80,068 crore package announced by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on November 7, 2015, covers 63 projects pertaining to 15 Ministries of the Government of India.

Five of the 63 projects have been completed including the prestigious Chenani-Nashri tunnel costing Rs.781 crore, announcement of remuneration to Special Police Officers (SPOs) from Rs.3,000 per month to upto Rs.6,000 per month as well as assistance provided for Pucca and Kuchcha houses damaged during the 2014 flood. 

The four-laning of Jammu-Udhampur section of National Highway, NH-1A, is nearing completion.
An investment of about Rs.5,810 crore under Power Sector is being made . Besides, the Central Government is supporting the State with an investment of Rs.3,790 crore on Pakaldul hydroelectric project. 
For the construction of AIIMS at Awantipora and Jammu, Rs.2,000 crore each are being made available and an amount of nearly Rs.91 crore has been released. Besides, IIT, Jammu and IIM, Jammu are functioning. The rehabilitation plan for migrants of Jammu, PoK and Kashmiri Pandits was also reviewed.

5. Technology Advancement uplifts Productivity at India’s Major Ports 

12 Major Ports Handle 273.96 Million Tonnes Cargo from April-August,2017 cloaking an overall growth of 3.26%.
The RFID tagging at gates has been implemented at all ports. This enables seamless entry-exist of trucks and in-port movement to optimize cargo flow, besides enhancing security.
The Ministry has also been proactively undertaking legislative reforms to weed out old obsolete laws and enhancing connectivity of ports to improve their efficiency under its Sagarmala Programme.
The resounding success of IPO of Cochin Shipyard Ltd is one such example of the positive investor sentiments. The issue got oversubscribed 76 times. Recently the RBI report has also acknowledged higher growth in cargo traffic as well as efficiency gains measured in turnaround time at ports which is helping in transforming Indian economy.