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September 11 , 2018 2193 days 998 0
  • Six government hospitals in four districts – Trichy, Perambalur, Ariyalur, and Karur will offer varma therapy for patients at the AYUSH block in the respective hospitals from October 2018.
  • The Nilgiris district has decided to celebrate Sep 12th as ‘Kurinji Flower Day’ to celebrate the blossoms of blue Kurinji flower which occurs once in 12 years.
    • There are totally 9 different types of Kurinji flower that blossoms in Nilgiris and overall 32 types in entire India
  • Transplant Authority of Tamil Nadu (TRANSTAN) has made Aadhaar cards compulsory for Indians to register in the organ waitlist registry.
    • Foreigners have to submit a No Objection Certificate (NoC) from the respective Embassies.
  • Lucknow's famous 'Hazratganj Chauraha' will be renamed after former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee as 'Atal Chowk'
    • UP State Government has also announced to convert Vajpayee's ancestral house in Bateshwar, Agra into a memorial and develop a tourist circuit.
  • Union Ministry of Personnel and Public Grievances is organized a regional conference on 'Good Governance with Focus on Aspirational Districts' at Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh.
  • Snow leopard was spotted at height of about 4,000 meters in Lippa-Asra wildlife sanctuary in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh.
    • Last year, the snow leopard improved from 'endangered' to 'vulnerable' in terms of conservation status
  • Triple jumper Arpinder Singh becomes the first Indian to win a medal in the IAAF Continental Cup as he clinched a bronze.
  • Hun Sen has been re-elected as the Prime Minister of Cambodia.
  • G20 first-ever ministerial meetings on education and employment, held in Mendoza, Argentina.
  • Qatar becomes the first Gulf country to grant permanent residency cards and new rights to some of the foreigners.
    • Under the new rule, new permanent residency holders would be treated like Qatari nationals and will benefit from the state’s generous welfare system, including education and health-care services.
  • Bangladesh Naval Ship ‘Somudra Joy’ arrived Visakhapatnam (Eastern Naval Command) on a four-day goodwill visit.
  • Researchers from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal have developed cheaper and more flexible organic solar cells using a synthetic derivative of vitamin B12.
  • Union textiles minister Smriti Irani inaugurated a 'digital village' at the common service center of the Information and Technology ministry in Pindara Thakur village, Amethi.
    • Under the digital village project, there would be 206 programmes available for the people including Wi-Fi Chaupal, LED bulb manufacturing, a unit to make sanitary pads and PM digital literacy initiative.
  • Naomi Osaka became the first Japanese woman to win a Grand Slam title after winning over Serena Williams in the finals of the U.S Open.
  • Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu Released the Book ‘Constitutionalizing India - an Ideational Project’ authored by Bidyut Chakrabarty in New Delhi.

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