Centre decides to rename the Rajpath as Kartavya Path

Centre decides to rename the Rajpath as Kartavya Path

• The Centre has decided to rename Rajpath and Centre Vista lawns stretching from the Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate as ‘Kartavya Path’.
• PM Modi will inaugurate the entire stretch on September 8, 2022, that has been renovated under the government’s ambitious Central Vista redevelopment project.
• The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has convened a special meeting on September 7 and the proposal will be placed before it.
• The Rajpath was known as Kingsway during British Rule.

Carnatic vocalist T.V. Sankaranarayanan passes away

• Renowned Carnatic musician, TV Sankaranarayan has passed away at the age of 77 due to cardiac arrest.
• He was the tourchbearer for Madurai Mani lyer style of Carnatic music. He had shared several stages with Madurai Mani lyer.
• He won the Madras Music Academy's Sangeeta Kalanidhi Award in 2003 and was honored with the Padma Bhushan in 2003.
• He was the son of musicians Tiruvalangal Vembu lyer and Gomati Ammal.

PM Modi announced PM-SHRI Yojana on National Teachers Day

• PM Modi has announced that 14,500 schools across the country, will be developed and upgraded under the Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India (PM-SHRI) Yojana.
• These PM-SHRI schools will become model schools which will summarize the full spirit of National Education Policy (NEP).
• These schools will provide modern infrastructure including latest technology, smart classrooms, sports and more. This initiative will benefit lakhs of students in the spirit of NEP.

UIDAI tops Grievance Redressal Index in August 2022

• Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has topped all Ministries/Departments for resolving Public Grievances in the ranking.
• The Report is published by Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances for August 2022.
• UIDAI has been a top performer in resolution of cases received through Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System. Its robust grievance redressal mechanism is enable to resolve around 92% of CRM Grievances within 7 days.

Captain B K Tyagi appointed as new CMD of Shipping Corporation of India

• Capt. B. K. Tyagi has assumed charge as Chairman & MD of the Shipping Corporation of India Ltd (SCI) on 3rd September, 2022.
• Prior to this, he was the director, who was looking after the liner and passenger services division at SCI.
• He started his career as a trainee nautical officer and sailed on board various ships in different ranks including as master in SCI in 1990.
• SCI is a Navratna CPSE under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW).

Tamilnad Mercantile Bank appoints S Krishnan appointed as MD & CEO

• The Board of Directors of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Ltd has approved the appointment of veteran banker, Krishnan Sankarasubramaniam (aka S Krishnan) as the Managing Director & CEO with effect from 4th September 2022 for a term of 3 years.
• He has replaced present MD & CEO, K V Rama Moorthy, whose tenure ended on 3rd September 2022.
• Earlier, he was the MD & CEO of Punjab and Sind Bank from 4th September 2020 to 31st May 2022. 

NGT fines West Bengal for waste management failure

• National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed environmental compensation of Rs 3,500 crore on West Bengal for failing to manage solid and liquid waste.
• In the budget of the financial year 2022-23, the West Bengal government had made a provision to spend about Rs 12818 crore on matters related to urban development and municipalities. But the state government did not do any special work in this direction.
• According to the NGT, urban areas of West Bengal generate 2758 million sewage per day while the treatment capacity through 44 sewage treatment plants is only 1505.85 MLD. Therefore, only 1268 MLD of sewage is treated and 1490 MLD of sewage remains untreated.