• India has secured the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) U-17 Championship title after defeating Nepal by 4-0 in the final in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
• India has played well to lift the title for the fourth time (2013, 2017, 2019, 2022).
• India captain, Vanlalpeka Guite has named the Most Valuable Player of the Tournament, while goalkeeper, Sahil won the Best Goalkeeper awards
• SAFF members: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

• India observes National Engineer’s Day on September 15 every year to recognise the contribution of engineers in the development of the nation.
• This day commemorates the birth anniversary of Sir Moksha Gundam Visvesvaraya, who is considered one of the greatest engineers of India.
• MV was the Chief Engineer of Krishna Raja Sagar dam in the north-west suburb of Mysuru city.
• Along with India, Sri Lanka and Tanzania also celebrate Engineers Day on September 15, 2022.

• The US President Joe Biden has appointed Dr Renee Wegrzyn as the inaugural director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) for five years.
• Purpose of the ARPA-H: To seek innovative solutions to biomedical problems
• She is a biologist and former government scientist.
• Dr. Renee Wegrzyn is currently serving as the vice president of business development at Ginkgo Bioworks and Head of Innovation at Concentric by Ginkgo.

• Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya will launch a countrywide mega drive 'Raktdaan Amrit Mahotsav' for voluntary blood donation from 17th September to 1st October 2022.
• The special drive is a part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
• The registrations for the Raktdaan Amrit Mahotsav have been started on the E-Raktkosh portal and Aarogya Setu app.
• Nation will observe 1st October as the National Voluntary Blood Donation Day.

• Vedanta and Foxconn have signed an MoU with the Gujarat government to set up a semiconductor and display manufacturing unit in the state.
• Benefits: To create a huge ecosystem for ancillary industries and help our MSMEs
• Total Investment: Rs 1.54 lakh crore
• Display Fab Unit: This unit will set up with an investment of Rs 94,500 crore.
• The Integrated Semiconductor Fab Unit and OSAT (Outsourced semiconductor assembly and test) facility with an investment of Rs 60,000 crore

• BharatPe has appointed the two independent directors are BP Kanungo (former Deputy Governor of RBI) and Kaushik Dutta (Chairman and Independent Director at Zomato).
• B P Kanungo: He served as the Deputy Governor of the RBI from 2017 to 2021 and here, he will be resonponsible to build a profitable business.
• Kaushik Dutta: He previously held leadership positions at PwC
• Chairman of the Board, BharatPe: Rajnish Kumar
• Co-Founder of BharatPe: Shashvat Nakrani

• The Finance Ministry has set up a six-member, high-level panel to look into issues being faced by venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) investors.
• The panel is headed by former SEBI chairman, M Damodaran.
• The committee will suggest steps for scaling up investment by VC and PE funds.
• Members: G Mahalingam (former member Sebi); D P Nagendra Kumar (former member CBIC); Ashish Verma (former Principal Commissioner Income Tax) Poonam Gupta, and P R Acharya.

• The navies of India and Japan are carrying out the sixth edition of Japan-India Maritime Exercise (JIMEX 22) hosted by the Indian Navy in the Bay of Bengal.
• Aim: To enhance operational understanding
• The Japan Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) has deployed Izumo (helicopter carrier) and Takanami (guided missile destroyer) for this exercise.
• The Indian Navy has represented by multi-purpose stealth frigate Sahyadri and anti-submarine warfare corvettes Kadmatt.

• HDFC Life has launched a term insurance plan named Click2Protect Super.
• Offers: It enables customisation as per protection needs and only pay for the benefits/plan options that you have chosen.
• It is a non-linked, non-participating, individual, pure risk premium/ savings life insurance plan.
• It provides with multiple flexibilities such as changing life cover, extending the policy term, getting coverage for accidental death and terminal illness, etc.

• Iconic French filmmaker, Jean-Luc Godard has been passed away at the age of 91 in Switzerland.
• He was known for his debut feature Breathless.
• He was considered as the father of the French New Wave and one of the most influential filmmakers of the 20th century.
• His notable movies: My Life to Live; Contempt; Pierrot le Fou; A Woman Is a Woman; Histoire(s) du cinéma
• He had been awarded the Golden Lion (1983); Golden Bear (1965) and Honorary Academy Award (2010).

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