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September 7 , 2019 1823 days 1093 0
  • Asia’s first 5th Generation – Virtual Reality based Advanced Driver Training Simulator Centre was launched at the Automobile Association of Southern India Centre (AASI), Chennai.
    • In the first 6 months, AASI will train 200 Ambulance drivers free of cost, under ‘Safe Drivers Campaign’.
  • Vijay Kumar Chopra, Chief Editor of the Punjab Kesari Group of newspapers was elected as Chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI), the country's premier news agency. He succeeds N. Ravi, Publisher and former Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu.
    • Vineet Jain, Managing Director of Bennett, Coleman and Company Limited (BCCL), the publisher of Times of India is the Vice Chairman.
  • The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) plans to set up a Centralised Technology Vertical (CTV) at a cost of 99 crore to facilitate “real-time information sharing” with investigators across the country.
  • High Commissioner of India to Canada Vikas Swarup inaugurated the India Pavilion at the 44th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2019.
    • TIFF also provides the ideal platform for the global outreach of the Indian cinema and the 50th International Film Festival of India 2019.
  • Robert Gabriel Mugabe, the founding father and former President of Zimbabwe has passed away.
  • Russia has offered India joint design and development of conventional submarines.
    • The proposal includes joint design and development of a conventional submarine with Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) as per the Indian Navy requirements and full access to technology and Intellectual Property Rights.

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