Modi to be honoured by Gates Foundation

New York: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be honoured later this month with the Global Goalkeeper Award by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for his leadership and commitment to the Swachch Bharat Abhiyaan. He will also speak at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum during his visit here for the high-level UN General Assembly session. So far, 90 million toilets have been built to eliminate open defecation by October 2. PTI 

Rushdie’s ‘Quichotte’ on Booker shortlist 

London: Mumbai-born Salman Rushdie’s tragicomic novel ‘Quichotte’ is among six titles on the shortlist of the 2019 Booker Prize for Fiction. He is shortlisted alongside another former winner Margaret Atwood, besides Lucy Ellmann, Bernardine Evaristo, Chigozie Obioma, and Elif Shafak. The winner will be announced on October 14, with a winning prize of 50,000 pounds. PTI

63% of Indian executives ‘overweight’

New Delhi: A report on fitness levels of corporate India by HealthifyMe health and fitness app has revealed that 63 per cent of executives are overweight with a Body Mass Index (BMI) greater than 23. The report has been compiled by reviewing the diet and activity levels of close to 60,000 working professionals across 20 plus companies over a period of 12 months. The data shows weekends are the least active days for workouts. IANS