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CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS
21 September- Alzheimer’s Day
- Every year on September 21, people all across the world mark World Alzheimer’s Day.
- The purpose of the day is to increase public awareness of the stigma associated with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
- To commemorate our tenth anniversary, World Alzheimer’s Day was established at the start of ADI’s annual conference in Edinburgh on September 21, 1994.
- Alzheimer’s is a progressive illness, meaning that over many years, the symptoms of dementia gradually get worse.
- Alzheimer’s disease causes modest memory loss in its early stages, but by the disease’s latter stages, people are unable to converse or react to their surroundings.
- This illness is a degenerative brain disorder that impairs memory and makes thinking coherently challenging or practically impossible.
International Day of Peace- September 21
- The International Day of Peace, also officially known as World Peace Day, is a United Nations- observed annually on 21 September.
- this year 2022 the slogan is: “End Racism, Build Peace”.
- The United General Assembly declared September 21, as World Peace Day, in 1981.
- The date initially chosen was the regular opening day of the annual sessions of the General Assembly.
- The day aims to promote and maintain peace among all people and 24 hours of global ceasefire and non-violence for groups in active combat.
CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL NEWS
PM has launched the world’s first Cheetah Rehabilitation Project:
- Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has released wild cheetahs in Kuno National Park and initiated the world’s first Cheetah Rehabilitation Project.
- Cheetahs from Namibia are being introduced into India as part of Project Cheetah, the world’s first inter-continental large wild carnivore translocation project.
- The Prime Minister’s release of wild Cheetahs is part of his efforts to revitalize and diversify India’s wildlife and habitat.
- There are five female Cheetahs and three males among the eight Cheetahs.
- Modi released two cheetahs in Kuno National Park.
- He also interacted with Cheetah Mitras, the Cheetah Rehabilitation Management Group, and students at the event.
India’s 1st lithium-ion cell factory inaugurated in Andhra Pradesh:
- Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, has inaugurated India’s first lithium-ion cell manufacturing facility in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.
- Munoth Industries Limited, based in Chennai, spent Rs 165 crores to build this cutting-edge facility.
- The factory is located in one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two Electronics Manufacturing Clusters established in the temple town in 2015.
- The facility now has a capacity of 270 MWh and can generate 20,000 cells of 10Ah capacity per day.
- These cells are utilized in power banks, and their capacity is approximately 60% of India’s current requirement.
- Cells for various consumer gadgets such as mobile phones, hearables, and wearables will also be manufactured.
- Currently, India imports all of its lithium-ion cell requirements from China, South Korea, Vietnam, and Hong Kong.
Andaman & Nicobar becomes India’s first UT/State to achieve 100 percent coverage of precautionary dose:
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands were the first Indian state/UT to attain 100% preventive dose coverage.
- More than 2,87,216 beneficiaries aged 18 have received a preventive dose of vaccination.
- Vaccination rates increased after July 15th, when the government decided to offer free preventative shots in honor of ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.’
- To ramp up the campaign, healthcare workers visited houses and established many camps.
- The camps were held in urban and rural regions and were highly accepted.
- The aim was met before the time limit of September 30th.
- The Nicobar district has been fully immunized as a preventive measure.
- Later, North, Middle, and South Andaman districts were entirely vaccinated.
- Corbevax and Covishield were among the preventive doses.
USAID and UNICEF launch series titled ‘Door Se Namaste’:
- At a ceremony in New Delhi, the Doordarshan and YouTube series “Door Se Namaste” was officially launched by UNICEF and the US Agency for International Development.
- During the occasion, a theatrical version of Duur Se Namaste was presented, taking the audience through the major plot and demonstrating how the entertainment education series has incorporated both the message of vaccine promotion and COVID-19 Appropriate Behaviour (CAB).
- In a post-pandemic society, a new television show called Door Se Namaste encourages healthy behaviors.
- It is a made-up Hindi television program that highlights the difficulties of living in a post-pandemic society and encourages the development of healthy habits.
- Every Sunday from 11 AM to 12 PM, the program will be broadcast.
- The series is made by Elleeanora Images Pvt. Ltd., the production company of Padmashee, a National Film Award winner, and Nil Madhav Panda.
CURRENT AFFAIRS: INTERNATIONAL NEWS
World’s first public database on fossil fuels launched
- According to the Carbon Tracker and Global Energy Monitor, The world’s first database for tracking global fossil fuel production, oil and gas reserves, and emissions is named Global Registry of Fossil Fuels and is set to launch.
- The registry was jointly developed by Carbon Tracker, a nonprofit think tank that researches the energy transition’s effect on financial markets, and the Global Energy Monitor, which tracks a range of global energy projects.
Key Highlights :
- The inventory includes data from more than 50,000 oil, gas, and coal fields in 89 countries, covering 75% of global production.
- It also makes previously disparate or hard-to-access data publicly available, including to investors, experts, and activists.
- It was released to coincide with the two important international climate talks – the UNGA, which is set to commence in New York on September 13, 2022, and COP27, which will be organized in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt in November 2022.
- The inventory would help remove gaps in knowledge about the global supply of oil, gas, and coal and enable policymakers to better manage their phase-out.
- According to this inventory, burning of the world’s remaining fossil fuels would release 3.5 trillion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.
- This is 7 times the remaining carbon budget to keep the global temperature at 1.5 °C.
Note :
- Founder of Carbon Tracker: Mark Campanale
Kazakhstan renames capital to Astana & extends the presidential term to 7 Years
- The president of Kazakhstan Mr. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed constitutional amendments that extended the presidential term to 7 years from 5 years and officially changed the name of the capital Nur Sultan to Astana.
- The changes are among political and economic reforms that President has called for after violent protests in January 2022, killing more than 200 people.
- The Amendment bar any president from running for a second term in office.
- Astana became the capital of Kazakhstan in 1997 when Nazarbayev, led the country for 3 decades under the Soviet Union.
- In 2019, Tokayev, moved to name it Nur-Sultan in honor of Nazarbayev, who retained enormous influence as head of the country’s ruling party and security council.
About Kazakhstan :
- President: Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
- Prime Minister : Älihan Smaiylov
- Currency: Tenge
Indo-Danish Hon’ble Ministers launch White Paper highlighting ‘Urban Wastewater Scenario in India’ at IWA World Water Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark
- Hon’ble Minister for Jal Shakti Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Hon’ble Minister Ms. Lea Wermelin, Minister of Environment, Denmark, and Hon’ble Minister Mr. Flemming Møller Mortensen, Minister of Development Co-operation, Denmark along with the Indian Delegation launched a Whitepaper on ‘Urban Wastewater Scenario in India’ at International Water Association (IWA) World Water Congress & Exhibition 2022 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
About the Whitepaper :
- It was prepared by an interdisciplinary team which was formed with partners from Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, Ministry of Jal Shakti and National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), international agency Innovation Centre Denmark (ICDK) and academia Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB).
- The whitepaper holistically captures the current status of wastewater treatment in India and potential pathways for future treatment structures, co-creation and collaborations collectively produced.
- It is an outcome of the Green Strategic Partnership with a focus on green hydrogen, renewable energy, and wastewater management between India and Denmark.
- Further, it highlights some success stories, the need for wastewater treatment, the scope for improvement and augmentation in existing infrastructure and technologies, methods for public participatory approach, financing and co-financing options, smart technologies for rapid data collection and dissemination and building capacity via training and stakeholder apex bodies.
- India has committed investments of more than US $ 140 Billion by 2024 in the water sector.
- Also, the GoI adopted a community-centric approach whereby at least 10% of funds are contributed by the community in every program ensuring community ownership and participation.
- Next Generation Water Action (NGWA) is an international initiative with the ambition to engage young talents from leading universities and innovation hubs before, during, and after the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 2022.
MEPs: Hungary is no longer a full democracy becomes an ‘electoral autocracy
- The Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) declared in a non-binding but highly symbolic report, that Hungary is no longer a fully functioning democracy.
- Hungary should be considered a “hybrid regime of electoral autocracy” in which elections are regularly held but without respecting basic democratic norms.
- A resolution was passed against Hungary with the support of 433 members, while 123 members voted against the resolution & 28 abstentions.
- This is the first time an EU institution declares a member state is not a proper democracy, an essential prerequisite to join the European Union (EU).
Key Highlights :
- Led by Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, a French MEP who sits with the Greens, the report examines the developments that have taken place in Hungary since the hemicycle triggered the Article 7 procedure in
- The European Commission launched in April 2022 is a new system that can freeze a country’s allocated share of the EU budget when the bloc’s financial interests are potentially endangered.
- The European Commissioner for Budget, Johannes Hahn, has proposed a 70% cut in Hungary’s funding if the government fails to implement the necessary measures to strengthen democratic standards and effectively fight corruption.
- Earlier, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán signed a decree to establish an anti-corruption agency, together with a separate task force with both governmental and non-governmental delegates.
Saudi Arabia overtakes Russia to become India’s second-biggest oil supplier in August 2022
- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has overtaken Russia by a narrow margin to become India’s second-biggest supplier of oil behind Iraq in August 2022 after a three-month gap.
- Iraq remained the top oil supplier to India in August 2022.
- India, the world’s third-biggest oil importer and consumer, shipped in 863,950 barrels per day (bpd) of crude from Saudi Arabia, up8% from Aug 2022, while purchases from Russia fell 2.4% to 855,950 bpd.
- The share of oil from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries in India fell to 59.8%, the lowest in at least 16 years as India cut African imports.
- In August 2022, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) stayed at 4 while Kazakhstan replaced Kuwait to become the 5th-largest oil supplier to India, followed by the United States (USA).
- India’s overall crude imports in August 2022 declined to a five-month low of 4.45 million bpd, down 4.1% from July, due to maintenance at some refinerie
- A higher intake of Caspian sea oil, mainly from Kazakhstan, Russia, and Azerbaijan, has hit India’s purchases from Africa and other countries.
- African oil’s share in August halved to 4.2% while Latin America’s share fell to 5.3% from about 7.7%.
CURRENT AFFAIRS: STATE NEWS
Manipur CM N. Biren Singh launches ‘CM Da Haisi’ web portal to address public grievances
- Manipur Chief Minister Shri N Biren Singh has launched a web portal named CM Da Haisi’ (Let’s Inform the CM) in Imphal, Manipur.
Aim :
- To enable people to redress their grievances, and provide a platform to raise corruption-related issues
- 3 phone numbers, including 2 meant for the anti-corruption cell, have been made available on the portal ‘CM da Haisi’ (Let’s inform the CM).
- The public can raise their grievances in the web portal by logging on to cmdahaisi.mn.gov.in & the complainants can also check the status of their complaints.
- The Public Grievance Redressal and Anti-Corruption Cell have received a total of 134 complaints since March 2022 and out of which 85% of the complaints have been resolved and communicated to the complainants.
- It will enable fast redressal of public grievances and also provide a platform to raise corruption-related issues.
- This will further enable the government to bring transparency and accountability in governance and delivery of public services.
About Manipur :
- Governor: La. Ganesan
- Chief Minister: N. Biren Singh
- Capital: Imphal
CURRENT AFFAIRS: BANKING & FINANCE
SBI WeCare FD scheme for senior citizens extended till March 31, 2023
- The State Bank of India (SBI) has extended the deadline to invest in its senior citizen FD scheme, SBI WeCare FD up to March 31, 2023.
- In 2022, SBI, launched the special FD scheme “SBI WECARE” to secure senior citizens’ income by paying additional interest on term deposits.
- The scheme is offered for new deposits as well as the renewal of maturing accounts.
Features of the scheme :
- Period of Deposit: Minimum- 5 years. Maximum- 10 years
- Interest Rate: Additional premium of 30 bps (over and above existing premium of 50 bps) over card rate for Public i.e. 80 bps over card rate for Public.
- Payment of Interest: Term Deposit – At monthly/ quarterly interval Special Term Deposit- On maturity Interest, net of TDS, shall be credited to Customer Account
- Loan Facility:
- Apart from SBI, lenders like HDFC Bank, and ICICI Bank had also introduced this special FD scheme for senior citizens.
SBI join hands with Remitly for secure and easy remittance to India
- The nation’s largest lender, State Bank of India (SBI), has collaborated with Remitly for safe and simple remittances to India.
- The collaboration now enables NRIs to send money through SBI via Remitly to their family members while relaxing at home using mobile and web applications.
- Depending on the form and amount of transfers, Remitly provides superior exchange rates, immediate credits, and no remittance charge.
- With this Partnership, NRIs can now transfer money to 17 Remitly nations.
Key Highlights :
- Remitly is only a partner of SBI and not part of SBI.
- The current partnership is only for processing the remittances upon receiving from Remitly and crediting to the beneficiary accounts in India through Direct Credit, National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) / Immediate Payment Services (IMPS) / Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS),
- Remittances initiated through Remitly may not necessarily be routed through SBI and it may depend on Remitly internal policy.”
About SBI :
- Founded: 1 July 1955
- Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Chairman: Dinesh Kumar Khara
CURRENT AFFAIRS: AWARDS AND HONOURS
Swati Piramal was conferred with top French civilian honor:
- Vice Chair of the Piramal Group, Swati Piramal, has received the Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur title (Knight of the Legion of Honour).
- The highest civilian honor in France is given to Piramal in honor of his great accomplishments and contributions to commerce and industry, research, medicine, art, and culture on a national and international level.
- On behalf of President Emmanuel Macron, the honour was given to her by E. Catherine Colonna, France’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs.
- She also received the second-highest civilian honour in France, the Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite (Knight of the Order of Merit), in 2006.
- Swati Piramal is a proponent of creating frameworks and policies to support women in leadership roles and a winner of the Padma Shri, one of India’s highest civilian honors.
CURRENT AFFAIRS: APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS
Shri Vijoy Kumar Singh was appointed as Secretary, of Ex-Servicemen Welfare
- The Ministry of Defence announced that Senior bureaucrat Shri Vijoy Kumar Singh assumed charge as Ex-Servicemen Welfare Secretary.
About Shri Vijoy Kumar Singh :
- Shri Singh is a 1990-batch IAS officer of the Punjab cadre & he has an experience of more than 32 years in administration.
- He recently served as a special secretary in the Ministry of Textiles.
- Before this appointment, he had served as joint secretary in the Department of Personnel & Training.
- He had extensive interactions with serving as well as retired Armed Forces personnel during his career in Punjab.
CURRENT AFFAIRS: BOOKS AND AUTHOR
Manoj Bajpayee publishes the book “Muskurate Chand Lamhe aur Kuchh Khamoshiyan”:
- Apurva Chandra, the secretary of information and broadcasting, attended a function in New Delhi where popular actor Manoj Bajpayee released a book titled Muskurate Chand Lamhe aur Kuchh Khamoshiyan.
- The book has a wide range of poems.
- It was written by Jiwesh Nandan.
- The book is focused on humour and philosophy, Mr. Apurva Chandra said when he voiced his ideas at the time.
- Indian actor Manoj Bajpayee, often referred to as Manoj Bajpai primarily performs in Hindi-language movies but has also made appearances in Telugu and Tamil-language productions.
- On April 23, 1969, he was born.
- In addition to six Filmfare Awards and three National Film Awards, he has received two Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
CURRENT AFFAIRS: OBITUARIES
Ex-Union minister & Congress leader Manikrao Gavit Passes away
- Former union minister and Congress leader Manikrao Hodlya Gavit Passed away at the age of 87 in Nashik, Maharashtra.
About Manikrao Hodlya Gavit :
- Manikrao Hodlya Gavit was an Indian politician from the Nandurbar district of Maharashtra, India.
- A member of the Indian National Congress (INC), he represented the Nandurbar constituency from 1980 to 2014, winning the Indian general elections consecutive 9 times, marking a record.
- He served as a member of the 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th, 15th Lok Sabha.
- He served as the Union minister of state for home affairs in the Manmohan Singh government in 2004 and minister of state social justice in 2013.
- He had been appointed a pro-tem speaker of the 15th Lok Sabha by President Pratibha Patil.
Daily CA on September 21:
- Every year on September 21, people all across the world mark World Alzheimer’s Day.
- The International Day of Peace, also officially known as World Peace Day, is a United Nations- observed annually on 21 September.
- Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has released wild cheetahs in Kuno National Park and initiated the world’s first Cheetah Rehabilitation Project.
- Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, has inaugurated India’s first lithium-ion cell manufacturing facility in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands were the first Indian state/UT to attain 100% preventive dose coverage.
- At a ceremony in New Delhi, the Doordarshan and YouTube series “Door Se Namaste” was officially launched by UNICEF and the US Agency for International Development.
- Vice Chair of the Piramal Group, Swati Piramal, has received the Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur title (Knight of the Legion of Honour).
- Apurva Chandra, the secretary of information and broadcasting, attended a function in New Delhi where popular actor Manoj Bajpayee released a book titled Muskurate Chand Lamhe aur Kuchh Khamoshiyan.
- According to the Carbon Tracker and Global Energy Monitor, The world’s first database for tracking global fossil fuel production, oil and gas reserves, and emissions is named Global Registry of Fossil Fuels and is set to launch.
- The president of Kazakhstan Mr. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed constitutional amendments that extended the presidential term to 7 years from 5 years and officially changed the name of the capital Nur Sultan to Astana.
- Hon’ble Minister for Jal Shakti Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Hon’ble Minister Ms. Lea Wermelin, Minister of Environment, Denmark, and Hon’ble Minister Mr. Flemming Møller Mortensen, Minister of Development Co-operation, Denmark along with the Indian Delegation launched a Whitepaper on ‘Urban Wastewater Scenario in India’ at International Water Association (IWA) World Water Congress & Exhibition 2022 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- The Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) declared in a non-binding but highly symbolic report, that Hungary is no longer a fully functioning democracy.
- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has overtaken Russia by a narrow margin to become India’s second-biggest supplier of oil behind Iraq in August 2022 after a three-month gap.
- Manipur Chief Minister Shri N Biren Singh has launched a web portal named CM Da Haisi’ (Let’s Inform the CM) in Imphal, Manipur.
- The State Bank of India (SBI) has extended the deadline to invest in its senior citizen FD scheme, SBI WeCare FD upto March 31, 2023.
- The nation’s largest lender, State Bank of India (SBI), has collaborated with Remitly for safe and simple remittances to India.
- The Ministry of Defence announced that Senior bureaucrat Shri Vijoy Kumar Singh assumed charge as Ex-Servicemen Welfare Secretary.
- Former union minister and Congress leader Manikrao Hodlya Gavit Passed away at the age of 87 in Nashik, Maharashtra.