• Daniel A. Spielman has been honoured with the 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics for multiple discoveries in theoretical computer science and mathematics.

In Fundamental Physics:

• Charles H. Bennett, Gilles Brassard, David Deutsch and Peter Shor
• Reason: Discovering the fundamental physics that underlie quantum computation.

Life Sciences:

• Clifford Brangwynne and Anthony Hyman
• Demis Hassabis and John Jumper
• Emmanuel Mignot and Masashi Yanagisawa

• The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced to provide financial assistance of USD 1.27 billion to address poverty and social inequalities.
• A per the annual Goalkeepers report, that every indicator of the UN SDGs are off track for achieving them by 2030.

2022 Goalkeepers awards:

• Global Goalkeeper Award: Ursula von der Leyen (Germany)
• Campaign Award: Vanessa Nakate (Uganda)
• Changemaker Award: Zahra Joya (Afghanistan)
• Progress Award: Dr. Radhika Batra (India)

• External Affairs Minister of India, Dr. S Jaishankar has hosted the G-4 meeting of Foreign Ministers. 
• The summit was attended by Foreign Ministers 
• Carlos França (Brazil)
• Yoshimasa Hayashi (Japanese)
• Annalena Baerbock (German)
• He is on visit USA from 18-28 September 2022.
• He led India delegation for the High Level Week at the 77th Session of UNGA.
• 77th UNGA theme: Watershed Moment: Transformative Solutions to Interlocking Challenges

• RBI has cancelled the licence of Maharashtra-based the Laxmi Co-operative Bank.
• Reason: Lack of adequate capital
• Claim: Every depositor would be entitled to receive a deposit insurance claim amount upto 5 lakh rupees.
• The Commissioner for Cooperation and Registrar of Cooperative Societies (Maharashtra) has also been asked wind up the business and appoint a liquidator for the bank.
• As per the data, 99% of the depositors are entitled to receive the full amount of DICGC.

• Ayush Minister, Sarbananda Sonowal has inaugurated the international conference on Consciousness at NIMHANS, Bengaluru.
• Theme 2022: Exploring Consciousness- From Non- Locality to Non- Duality: The Man- Machine Debate
• The conference was organized by India Foundation and NIMHANS and supported by Ministry of Ayush.
• He has also inaugurated the Centre of Excellence project in the Department of Integrative Medicine at NIMHANS, Bengaluru as part of Ayurswasthya Yojana.

• National Cadet Corps (NCC) has signed an MoU with and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
• Aim: To tackle the issue of plastic pollution and achieve the universal goal of clean water bodies through Puneet Sagar Abhiyan and Tide Turners Plastic Challenge programme.
• The MoU was signed in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
• Puneet Sagar Abhiyan, was launched by the NCC on 1st December 2021.
• National Cadet Corps DG: Lt. Gen. Gurbirpal Singh

• The bench of SC, headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud, has appointed former apex court judge Justice L Nageswara Rao for amending constitution of Indian Olympic Association.
• Responsibility: To prepare a road map for amending the constitution and holding elections by December 15, 2022.
• Background: IOC had issued a final warning to IOA to resolve its governance issues and hold elections by December.
• Impact: If failed to do so, then the world sports body will ban India.

• VP, Jagdeep Dhankhar has inaugurated 3rd edition of the Lok Manthan programme at Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra in Guwahati.
• Theme of 2022 biennale is Lokparampara (Lok traditions).
• Kerala Governor, Arif Muhammad Khan will be the Chief Guest at the concluding session (24th September).
• Lokmanthan: It is an occasion where artists, intellectuals, and academicians are come from different parts of the country converge and brainstorm on the questions that haunt the society.

• MUFG Bank (Japan) has boosted the capital of its branches within India by ₹3,000 crore ($380m).
• Reason: As the bank looks to expand its India business
• Impact: It will strengthen its financial base in India and better respond to the diverse financing needs of its clients
• With this capital injection, the total capital of MUFG Bank in India will rise to ₹5,207 crore.
• The bank has already expanded its presence by opening a branch at Gujarat International Finance TecCity.

• Max Life Insurance has appointed Indian men’s cricket team captain, Rohit Sharma and his wife, Ritika Sajdeh as their new brand ambassadors for two years.
• The core message of Max Life Insurance is to be prepared mentally, physically, and financially for emerging challenges.
• Aim: To promote the Max Life brand ethos of valuing the 'self' to determine the right financial value to protect themselves and their family.