Breaking News, September 22 | HIGHLIGHTS

President Biden and Prime Minister Modi hailed a watershed arrangement to establish a new semiconductor fabrication plant focused on advanced sensing, communication, and power electronics for national security, next generation telecommunications, and green energy applications. The fab, which will be established with the objective of manufacturing infrared, gallium nitride and silicon carbide semiconductors, will be enabled by support from the India Semiconductor Mission as well as a strategic technology partnership between Bharat Semi, 3rdiTech, and the U.S. Space Force.

Two people have been arrested in connection with the alleged derailment bid of the Naini Jan Shatabdi Express by placing six-metre-long iron pole on track between Bilaspur Road and Rudrapur City railway stations on September 18 here, police said.

The driver of the Naini Jan Shatabdi Express on Wednesday averted a possible accident when he slammed the emergency brakes on finding an iron pole across the tracks near Uttarakhand's Rudrapur, officials said, alleging that it could be sabotage.

CM Chandrababu Naidu's announced after consulting with Agamshastra advisors that Tirupati temple will be purified. Shanti Hawan will be performed tomorrow from 6 am to 10 am. 

After this, the temple will be purified with Panchagavyam. Shanti Hawan and Vastu Puja will be performed in the Yagyashaala of the temple premises

After that, the entire temple premises will be purified with Panchagavyam which includes cow ghee, milk, curd, cow urine and cow dung.

Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya on Sunday visited Ramrai Kutir, the last Indian village along the international border with Bangladesh, in Dhubri district, an official statement said.

He spent some time at the border outpost and interacted with the BSF personnel, the statement issued by Raj Bhavan said. Addressing the BSF jawans, Acharya lauded their dedication to safeguarding the nation's frontier. 

NPP leader Anura Dissanayake set to take oath as Sri Lanka's new president on Monday. Dissanayake, Sri Lanka's Marxist won the presidential elections recently.

The CPI(M), which had ruled Tripura for 35 years in two phases, on Sunday said the party lost over 60,000 members after the BJP came to power in the state in 2018.

Addressing a meeting organised in memory of the party's general secretary Sitaram Yechury at Udaipur in Gomati district, Tripura CPI(M) secretary Jitendra Chaudhury said, "The party had over 98,000 members before the 2018 assembly elections but it has now come down to 37,000".

Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, along with Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh, holds a meeting with officials at Krishi Bhawan in New Delhi. 

On the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, Union Minister Giriraj Singh said, "A law should be made in the Waqf Board and poor Muslim women and Pasmanda should get a place in it. Waqf should not grab land. Congress gave so many rights to the Waqf Board, 'No account, no ledger, whatever the Waqf says is right."

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said on the newly appointed West Bengal Congress president Subhankar Sarkar, "We do not want to say anything. Anyone can become president... what is the big deal in this, it does not matter... the party high command has the right to choose the state president."

A three-year-old male tiger was found dead on Sunday following a territorial battle in Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, located in Rajasthan's Sawai Madhopur district, an official said. Ramanand Bhaskar, Deputy Conservator of Forest told PTI that the forest guards discovered the tiger's body in the Khandar range, showing signs of injury.

"Preliminary evidence suggests that the tiger, T-2312, died during a territorial dispute," Bhaskar said

India has announced a new initiative to award fifty Quad scholarships, worth USD 500,000, to students from the Indo-Pacific. These scholarships will enable students to pursue a four-year undergraduate engineering programme at a Government of India-funded technical institution, said the Wilmington Declaration issued after the fourth in-person Quad Summit.

Hosted by President Joe Biden, the Quad Leaders' Summit took place on Saturday in his hometown Wilmington, Delaware. It was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia, and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on World Rhino Day reiterated his government's commitment to protect "one of our planet's most iconic species" and hailed the efforts of those involved in rhino conservation. World Rhino Day, celebrated on September 22 every year, highlights global efforts to protect rhinos.

"Today, on World Rhino Day, let us reiterate our commitment to protect one of our planet's most iconic species--”rhinos. Compliments to all those involved in rhino conservation efforts over the last many years," Modi said on X. "It is a matter of immense pride that India is home to a large number of one horned rhinos. I also fondly recall my visit to Kaziranga in Assam and urge you all to visit there as well," he said.

YSRCP Chief and former CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has written to PM Modi over allegations of ghee adulteration in the Tirumala laddu, accusing CM Chandrababu Naidu of attempting to tarnish the sanctity of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD).

West Bengal: To ensure the safety of the women, the Siliguri Metropolitan Police (SMP) introduced pink patrol vehicles.

J-K: National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah attends the Shikara Rally organised by JKNC Zadibal, in Srinagar. 

J-K elections: Visuals of security arrangements ahead of Home Minister Amit Shah's rally in Nowshera.

A fire broke out at a chemical factory in the Shahbad Daulatpur area of Delhi. Eight fire tenders were present at the spot. Firefighting operations are underway, said Delhi Fire Services.

Andhra Pradesh: Devotees visit Tirumala Venkateshwara Temple in Tirupati in the month of Poratasi, amid Laddu Prasadam row. 

 Goa CM Pramod Sawant holds 'Janta Darbar' at Ravindra Bhavan, Sankhali.

 Delhi: BJP leaders sit on a dharna and protest against former CM and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal. Visuals from Connaught Place.

The Border Security Force (BSF) on Sunday foiled an infiltration attempt by a terrorist along the International Border here, and recovered a large quantity of arms and ammunition. The infiltration attempt was scuttled by the troops in R S Pura border area during the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, a BSF spokesperson said.

UP CM Yogi Adityanath holds 'Janata Darshan' programme in Gorakhpur.

Delhi: AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal to address 'Janta Ki Adalat' at Jantar Mantar today.