PM Modi pitched India as an emerging manufacturing hub, ED searches 40 locations, Roger Federer announces retirement: Top headlines | Let's Catch Up Ep-81 I 16 September 2022

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• SCO summit: PM Modi pitched India as an emerging manufacturing hub; Xi Jinping pledges support for India on plans to host SCO summit in 2023. 
• Iran is set to become a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in 2023 when India takes over as the chair of the bloc.
• Ethereum, the second most valuable cryptocurrency, is ditching its ‘miners’.
• Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict: The 'other' war on doorstep.

 

 

NATIONAL NEWS

• Pan-India raids: ED searches 40 locations as part of Delhi liquor policy case.
• Odisha to get 5G service in the first phase of launch, says Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. the 5G service will provide users 10 times the speed of 4G, and around 13 cities are likely to get this new telecom service across the country in the first phase.
• Former chief minister and Punjab Lok Congress chief Amarinder Singh will join the BJP next week, party spokesperson said on Friday. Singh will also merge his newly formed party with the BJP.
• The customized jumbo jet reached the Namibian capital of Windhoek to transport the world’s fastest animal as part of one of the world's biggest inter-continental translocation projects.
• The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested three more people, including an Afghan national, in connection with the September 2021 Mundra port drug haul case.

 
 ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

• Ranbir Kapoor-Alia Bhatt’s film Brahmastra box office collection day 7 all set to overtake Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, passes Rs 300 crore globally.
• Sajid Nadiadwala was re-elected as president of the Indian Film & TV Producers Council (IFTPC) for the 11th time at the 31st annual general meeting.
• Cardi B pleads guilty to assault charges in 2018 incident, sentenced to 15-day community service.
• Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's highly-publicised defamation trial is being adapted into a film. Titled 'Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial', the film is set to debut exclusively on the free Tubi streaming service.
• Sukesh Chandrasekhar money laundering case: TV stars Nikki Tamboli and Chahatt Khanna in ED’s list after Jacqueline Fernandez and Nora Fatehi.

 

 

SPORTS NEWS

• Pranav Anand becomes India’s 76th Chess Grandmaster. The 15-year-old, having already met the other requirements that are necessary for a GM title, achieved the honour late on Thursday.
• Roger Federer, who is hailed as one of the greatest players ever to step onto the tennis court,announces shock retirement after the Laver Cup.

 

 

STOCK MARKET

• Sensex crashes 1100 pts, Nifty below 17,600; all sectors end in red. Among sectors, autos, IT, metals, capital goods, power and realty shed over 2 percent each
• IndusInd Bank, Axis Bank were top gainers in the NIFTY today, The losers included - UPL, Tech Mahindra, UltraTechCement, Infosys, M&M