current affairs 31 August 2022

Indian city, Bengaluru ranked second in Asia-Pacific in Tech Hubs.

According to a report by Cushman and Wakefield, China’s Beijing has been topped tech hubs list, followed by Bengaluru.
Report title: Tech Cities: The Global Intersection of Talent and Real Estate.
The list followed by Chennai, Delhi and Hyderabad.
Mumbai and Pune also made it to the top-10 list with eighth and ninth position in a list.
Bengaluru leads India with 2,30,813 tech job creation, followed by Chennai with 1,12,781, Hyderabad (1,03,032) and Delhi (89,996 jobs).

Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, Manoj Sinha has inaugurated the 8th India International MSME Start-up Expo & Summit at New Delhi.
This Expo provides a platform to SMEs, startups, trade, industry, service providers to explore new opportunities for buyers and sellers, and exchange information about federal, state, and local programmes.
J&K has one of the fastest growing horticulture markets in the country.
MSME Minister: Narayan Rane

The 50th edition of All Manipur Shumang Leela Festival 2021-2022 has been started at Iboyaima Shumang Leela Shanglen in Imphal, Manipur.
The inaugural function was attended by Manipur Governor, La Ganesan and CM N. Biren Singh.
Shumang Leela:

It is a traditional form of theatre in Manipur.
The roles of female artists are all played by male actors and male characters are played by female artists in case of female theatre groups.

Reliance Industries (RIL) chairman, Mukesh Ambani has announced to invest a whopping ₹2 lakh crore to build its Pan-India true 5G network.
The Reliance Jio Infocomm has prepared an ambitious and fastest ever 5G rollout plan for the country.
Jio plans to roll out Jio 5G by this Diwali 2022 in metropolises of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Chennai.
He also announced that Reliance will launch the Nita Mukesh Ambani Junior School.
Jio Chairman: Akash Ambani; MD: Sandip Das.

India's top oil refiner, Indian Oil Corp (IOC) has planned to invest more than Rs 2 lakh crore (or $25 billion) to achieve net-zero emissions from its operations by 2046.
The target set is in line with India's aim to reach net-zero emissions by 2070.
IOC oil refining and petrochemicals business has a total emission of 21.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2)
IOC has already prepared a road map to achieve its net zero scope 1 and 2 emissions.
IOC chairman: S.M. Vaidya