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By EXAM JOB EXPERT Published: September 09, 2024
Day of the Year
International Sudoku Day
- While many people believe that Sudoku is a game that has ancient roots in Asia, the game is actually a fairly modern invention. In the late 1700s, a Swiss mathematician named Leonhard Euler invented a similar game that he called Latin Squares. The difference is that the game was not subdivided into blocks of nine at the time.
- Almost two hundred years later, Howard Garns, a freelance puzzle inventor from Connersville, Indiana, submitted his puzzle to an American puzzle magazine called Dell Pencil Puzzles and Word Games.
Latest Updates
Govt. dissolves panel on statistics, surveys amid delayed Census
- The Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has quietly dissolved the 14-member Standing Committee on Statistics (SCoS), headed by economist and former Chief Statistician of the country Pronab Sen, allegedly after its members questioned the delay in conducting the Census.
- The reason it is being dismantled, according to an email sent to the members by Geeta Singh Rathore, Director-General of the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), is that its work overlapped with that of the recently formed Steering Committee for National Sample Surveys.
News Capsule
Delhi to oppose GST on online payments below ₹2,000: Atishi
- The Delhi government will oppose the Centre’s proposal to impose a tax on payment aggregators for online transactions below ₹2,000 in value at the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council meeting as the move is likely to hit small businesses and consumers, said Finance Minister Atishi on Sunday.
- Ms. Atishi’s remarks come a day ahead of the crucial 54th GST Council meeting, where the proposal to impose an 18% GST on payment aggregators for facilitating online transactions of small value might come up for discussion, among a host of other issues.
Amit Shah’s two-day visit to Mumbai ahead of poll sparks Oppn. criticism
- Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah arrived in Mumbai on Sunday for a two-day visit, sparking Opposition criticism over “his politics” and speculation about the political significance of his trip to election-bound Maharashtra.
- Mr. Shah’s visit began with the unveiling of a documentary, Mumbai Samachar – 200 Not Out, which chronicles the history of the Mumbai-based Gujarati newspaper. Addressing the gathering, he emphasised the importance of ideology in politics and journalism, stating, “There should be no political leader without an ideology, and no journalist with an ideology.”
India, U.S. agree to swap turns, Biden to host Quad Summit in home State
- India and the United States have “swapped” hosting the Quad Summit to allow U.S. President Joseph Biden to hold the summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in his home State of Delaware, said sources.
- India will host the Quad Summit in 2025, they said, which indicated that the new U.S. President, Donald Trump or Kamala Harris, will visit India next year.
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Simran braved the odds to bag the bronze in women’s 200m (T12). Born premature, she spent 10 weeks in an incubator and was found to be visually impaired. The 24-year-old, who became a World champion in Kobe earlier this year, faced numerous challenges in her life, including her father’s chronic illness and eventual demise.
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