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Odisha Launched e-Receipt 2.0
• Odisha introduced the new model of electronic receipt “e-Receipt 2.0”.

• The revamped e-receipt “e-Receipt 2.0” will avail the new modes of payment of
taxes and other dues to the people of Odisha.

• In e-Receipt 2.0, The Odisha Treasury Portal has integrated with the Payment
Gateway Service providers of the Indian Bank and Axis Bank to avail services of
the bank through their Payment Gateway Service providers.
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Delhi implements “Business Blasters” programme
• Delhi launched the “Business Blasters” programme, which will be implemented in
all the Government run schools across Delhi. This program aims to inculcate
entrepreneurship mindset at the school-level, it is an initiative under Delhi’s
ambitious “Entrepreneurship Mindset Curriculum”

• Under the Business Blasters programme, Classes XI and XII of Delhi government
schools will be provided with a Seed Money of Rs. 2,000 to start a business.

• Top 10 projects under the Business Blasters programme will be directly admitted to
the BBA course in Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSTU) and Delhi
Technological University (DTU).
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‘Main Bhi Digital 3.0’ Campaign

• Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in association with the Ministry of

Electronics and Information Technology launched the “Main Bhi Digital 3.0” -A
special Campaign for Digital Onboarding and Training for street vendors under
Pradhan Mantri Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) Scheme on
the pilot basis in 223 cities in the country.

• The drive is in line with Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s vision of
“SabkaSaathSabkaVikas”

• BharatPe, Mswipe, PhonePe, Paytm, Aceware are participating in this drive to

issue UPI IDs, QR codes and provide digital training.
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Bail Pola Festival 2021
• Bail Pola festival or the Festival of cattle, is a thanksgiving festival celebrated by
the farmers to recognise and acknowledge the importance of oxen and bulls in
agriculture and farming activities.

• The Bail Pola is also celebrated as Pola Amavasya in parts of Madhya Pradesh
and Chhattisgarh. ‘Bail’ in Marathi means ‘Bull’

• The Bail Pola is annually celebrated on Pithori Amavasya or Amavasya in Shravan

month which falls between late August and early September.

• The Bail Pola festival is celebrated by the farmers across the states of
Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, and Karnataka after the
monsoon sowing and fieldwork.
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Tamil Nadu announced 1st ever Dugong
Conservation reserve in Palk Bay
• Tamil Nadu announced the plan to establish India’s first-ever Dugong (also known as Sea cows)
Conservation Reserve in the marine region of Palk Bay, in the southern coastal region of Tamil
Nadu.

• The conservation reserve aims to protect the Dugong and its habitat.

• The dugong, a herbivorous marine mammal that is one of the four living species of the order
Sirenia, is facing extinction due to water pollution, habitat loss and loss of seagrass.

• In India, dugongs are found in Palk Bay, Gulf of Mannar in Tamil Nadu, Gulf of Kutch in Gujarat and
Andaman and Nicobar islands.
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Only Locals In Ladakh To Get ‘Resident Certificate’

• Ladakh administration has decided to issue “Resident Certificate” only to the

Permanent Resident Certificate holders of Ladakh.‘Resident Certificate can be
received by any person who possesses a PRC issued by the competent authority
in the districts of Leh and Kargil.
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Paytm Money Partnered with WealthDesk Financial News

• Paytm Money has partnered with start-up WealthDesk to offer investment

portfolios called ‘WealthBaskets’ as the first step to build up the advisory
ecosystem.

• A ‘WealthBasket’ is a custom portfolio of stocks and exchange traded fund

created by Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)-Registered investment
professionals and users will be able to invest in multiple Wealthbasket.
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SBM-India partners with OneCard to launch ‘mobile-first’ Financial News

• SBM Bank-India has partnered with OneCard to launch a mobile-based credit

card namely ‘mobile-first’

• This credit card will be powered by a slick, smart OneCard app which, for the first
time ever, gives the customer full control of their credit card i.e spends, rewards,
limits, payments and more.

OneCard:
• Chief Executive Officer – Anurag Sinha
• Headquarter– Pune

SBM Bank (India):

• MD & CEO– Sidharth Rath
• Headquarter– Mumbai
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Amicus Insurance Broking will Merge Financial News
with First Policy Insurance Broker
• First Policy Insurance Brokers will merge with Amicus Insurance Brokers.

First Policy Insurance Broker Private Limited:

• Director- Ashok Jain
• Headquarters– Pune

Amicus Insurance Broking Services Private Limited:

• CEO– K.V. Satheesh Kumar
• Headquarters– Mumbai
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Jana Bank tied up with Karnataka’s Namma Financial News
Shaale Nanna Koduge Programme
• Jana Small Finance Bank made tie up with Karnataka Government to provide the payment
gateway service for Namma Shaale Nanna Koduge (My School, My Contribution) programme

• Namma Shaale Nanna Koduge is an initiative to create a platform for the donors who are willing to
donate money to government schools of Karnataka in the motive of strengthen the public
education system.

• The donation amount will be received in single account of Karnataka Text Book Society –
Department of Public Instruction and then it will be sent to respective school account.

Jana Small Finance Bank:

• MD & CEO – Ajay Kanwal
• Headquarters – Bengaluru
• Tagline – ‘Paise ki Kadar’
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New Governors of Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Nagaland and Uttarakhand & Resignations

• Ram Nath Kovind, President of India has appointed new governors for 4 states – Punjab, Tamil Nadu,
Nagaland and Uttarakhand.

• Banwarilal Purohit, Governor of Tamil Nadu who has been holding the additional charge of Governor of
Punjab has been appointed as regular Governor of Punjab.

• Ravindra Narayan Ravi Governor of Nagaland has been appointed as the Governor of Tamil Nadu.

• Prof. Jagdish Mukhi, Governor of Assam, has been given additional charge as Governor of Nagaland in
addition to his

• Lieutenant General (retired) Gurmit Singh, former Deputy Chief of Army Staff has been appointed
Governor of Uttarakhand.

• Gurmit Singh will succeed Baby Rani Maurya, who resigned from her post as governor of Uttarakhand.
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Appointments
Vaidyanathan appointed as MD & CEO of IDFC FIRST Bank & Resignations

• Reserve Bank of India approved the re-appointment of V.

Vaidyanathan as the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of
IDFC FIRST Bank for a period of 3-years

• V. Vaidyanathan took charge as the MD & CEO in 2018 after the

merger of IDFC Bank with Capital First Bank.

• Headquarter – Mumbai, Maharashtra

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Nirlep Singh Rai Appointed as CMD of National Fertilizer Limited & Resignations

• Nirlep Singh Rai is appointed as the new Chairman and Managing Director of
National Fertilizer Limited.

• He takes over from Virendra Nath Datt, who serves as the additional charge as
CMD of NFL after the superannuation of Manoj Mishra.

• Headquarters– Noida
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Moody’s projects India’s GDP growth to 9.6% for CY2021
• Moody in its ‘Global Macro Outlook 2021-22’ projected India’s growth for calendar year 2021 at 9.6% and 7% for 2022.

• Morgan Stanley maintained its estimate of India GDP growth at 10.5% for FY22.

• Care Ratings has estimated India’s GDP growth forecast in FY22 at the range of 8.8 to 9%.

• Indian economy contracted by 7.3% (-7.3%) in FY21.

• GDP grew 20.1% year-on-year (y-o-y) in the Q2FY22 (quarter ending June 2021).

• On a two-year CAGR (Compound annual growth rate) basis, real GDP contracted 4.7% in Q2FY22.

Morgan Stanley:
• Chairman and Chief Executive Officer – James Gorman
• Headquarters– New York

Moody:

• Chief Executive Officer – Rob Fauber

• Headquarters– New York
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TANGEDCO signs MoU with IREDA Partnership

• Tamil Nadu Generation & Distribution Corporation Limited signed a Memorandum

of Understanding with the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd to
receive technical expertise in renewable energy projects.

• Tamil Nadu targets to create 25,000 MW of new energy capacity in the next 10
years at an estimated cost of ₹1,32,500 crores.

IREDA:
• CMD– Pradip Kumar Das
• Headquarters– New Delhi
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Neeraj Chopra become Brand Ambassador of TATA AIA Insurance Ambassadors

• Tata AIA Life Insurance signed a brand partnership with Neeraj Chopra

• Neeraj Chopra who won the gold medal in Javelin Throw at recently concluded
2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

• Indian Army named a stadium after Subedar Neeraj Chopra at the Army Sports
Institute, Pune Cantt. to honour his victory at 2020 Tokyo Games.

• MD & CEO – Mr. Naveen Tahilyani

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Books Authors
Book Titled “Back to the Roots”
• Indian Actress Tamannaah Bhatia coauthored a book on Indian wellness, titled “Back to the
Roots: Celebrating Indian Wisdom and Wellness” with Luke Coutinho.

Other Books (Luke Coutinho)

• ‘Great Indian Diet’ and ‘the Magic Immunity Pill – Lifestyle’ coauthored with Shilpa Shetty.

• ‘The Dry Fasting Miracle – from Deprive to Thrive’ coauthored with Sheikh Abdulaziz Bin Ali Bin
Rashid Al Nuaimi

• ‘The Magic Weight-loss Pill: 62 Lifestyle Changes’ coauthored with Anushka Shetty

• ‘Circadian Rhythm: A New Way Of Living’

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Book ‘’Gita Govinda :Jayadeva’s Divine Odyssey ”
• The Union Minister of Culture, Gangapuram Kishan (GK) Reddy has launched the
book titled “ Gita Govinda: Jayadeva’s Divine Odyssey ” written by Dr Utpal K.
Banerjee.

• He also launched an exhibition on “Gita Govinda ” and a program ‘BujurgonkiBaat-

DeshKeSaath’ in New Delhi.

• Gita Govinda, an important text of the Bhakti Movement, depicts the relationship
between Lord Krishna and his consort Radha.
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Gujarat rolls out ‘Vatan Prem Yojana’ for
Non-Resident Gujarat People
• The state government of Gujarat initiated ‘Vatan Prem Yojana’ which encourages NRIs from Gujarat
or people living anywhere in India with Gujarati origins to fund development projects in their native
villages.

• Under this scheme, the state government envisages to develop public welfare projects worth Rs
1000 crore by December 2022.

• The donor can fund a minimum 60% of projects and the balance up to 40% will be provided by the
State government

• This scheme is the repackaged version of ‘Madar-e-Watan’ scheme launched by the state
government in the 2020 annual budget to encourage collaboration of NRI with the government for
village-level projects.
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National Level Meeting with all State Animal
Husbandry/Veterinary Ministers
• Under the chairmanship of the Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry
and Dairying, Parshottam Rupala, a National Level Meeting with all State Animal
Husbandry/Veterinary Ministers was conducted.

• Government of India granted Special Livestock Sector Package with an outlay of

Rs. 9800 crore for next 5 years leveraging total investment of Rs. 54,618 crore.

• Portal for the National Livestock Mission was also launched. It is developed by
Small Industries Development Bank of India in collaboration with the Department
of Animal Husbandry and Dairying.

• 50% capital subsidy will be provided to the farm producer for increasing the
production and supply of high genetic merit heifers
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‘Nuakhai’ Festival being celebrated in Odisha
• Nuakhai, the harvest festival of Odisha is celebrated on Bhadraba Shuklapakhya Panchami tithi,
the next day of Ganesh Chaturthi.

• It marks the consumption of the first harvested crops.

• It is celebrated by worshiping the Goddess Samaleshwari, the presiding deity of Western Odisha.

• The name is derived from ‘nua’ which means new and ‘khai’ means food. The festival is also called
Nuakhai Parab or Nuakhai Bhetghat.

Odisha:
• Capital- Bhubaneswar
• Governor- Ganeshi Lal
• Chief Minister- Naveen Patnaik
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Inaugural conclave of Shikshak Parv
• The inaugural conclave of Shikshak Parv 2021 was addressed by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi during which
PM Modi has launched various schemes in the education sector such as Indian Sign Language Dictionary,
Vidyanjali 2.0, NISHTHA 3.0, Talking Books and School Quality Assessment and Assurance Framework

• Shikshak Parv 2021 is being celebrated from September 5 to 17, 2021 by the Ministry of Education in order to
recognise the contributions of teachers in the formulation of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.

• The theme of the ‘Shikshak Parv-2021’ is “Quality and Sustainable Schools: Learnings from Schools in India”.

Indian Sign Language Dictionary:

• The dictionary is launched by Indian Sign Language Research and Training centre of DPwD and has 10,000 words
in it.

Vidyanjali 2.0:

• Vidyanjali is a portal initiated by the Ministry of Education, Government of India for facilitating education volunteers,
donors or CSR contributors for school development.
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NISHTHA 3.0 for NIPUN Bharat:

• NCERT in collaboration with States / UTs and autonomous bodies under Ministry of Education(MoE), Ministry
of Defence (MoD) and Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) (CBSE, KVS, NVS, CTSA, AEES, Sainik School,
CICSE etc) have initiated the NISHTHA (National Initiative for School Heads’ and Teachers’ Holistic
Advancement) online Integrated Teacher Training programme for different stages of school education.

• NISHTHA 1.0 for Elementary level (Class I-VIII)

• NISHTHA 2.0 for Secondary level (Class IX-XII)

• NISHTHA 3.0 for NIPUN Bharat (ECCE to Class V)

• Talking Books (audiobooks for the visually impaired)

School Quality Assessment and Assurance Framework (SQAAF) of CBSE:

• It addresses the deficiency of the absence of a common scientific framework for dimensions like curricula,
pedagogy, assessment, infrastructure, inclusive practices and governance process.
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Portal “PRANA” to Monitor Air Pollution in 132 cities
• Bhupender Yadav, Union Minister of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change launched
“PRANA” – Portal for Regulation of Air-pollution in Non-Attainment Cities a portal to monitor the
implementation of India’s National Clean Air Programme

• The portal was launched during the event organised as a part of the United Nations 2nd
International Day of Clean Air For Blue Skies.

• The Union Minister Bhupender Yadav virtually inaugurated India’s 1st functional Smog Tower at
Anand Vihar, Delhi during the event.

• The tower has been built over 20metre Height by Tata Projects Limited with NBCC (India) Ltd.

• The portal will track the physical and financial status of the implementation of the air action plan
across the 132 Non-Attainment Cities under NCAP.

• Around Rs 375.44 crores has been released to 114 cities during the FY 2019-20 & 2020-21 for
initiating actions under the city action plan.
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Mumbai became First South Asian City To Launch CAP
• Aaditya Thackeray launched the first ever Climate Action Plan for Mumbai.

• Mumbai has become the first South Asian city to launch CAP.

• Mumbai has joined C-40 Cities Network December 2020. By following the compliance with guidance of C-40
(The cities from India that are part of the C40 are Delhi NCT, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata and
Mumbai.(Bengaluru is Temporarily Inactive), a CAP will be drafted.

• BrihanMubai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is developing the climate action plan and technical support is
provided by the World Resource Institute of India.

• The final completion of the MCAP will be done by November 2021 which is also closer to the United Climate
Change Conference (COP26) in 2021 .

• This project, the first of its kind in India, will make use of a special machine developed by Finland’s River
Recycle, which would collect floating plastic waste to clean the river.

• It would have six thematic action areas such as sustainable waste management, urban greening and
biodiversity, urban flooding and water resource management, building energy efficiency, air quality and
sustainable mobility.
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Ministry of Coal constitutes Task Force & Expert
Committee for Coal-based Hydrogen Production
• The Ministry of Coal constituted a Task Force under the Chairmanship of Vinod
Kumar Tiwari, Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Coal and the Expert
Committee under the Chairmanship of R.K Malhotra, Director General of the
Federation of Indian Petroleum Industry.
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AIIA Signed MoU with NICM Western Sydney University Australia
• All India Institute of Ayurveda of Ministry of Ayush has signed a
Memorandum of Understanding with NICM Western Sydney
University Australia to appoint an Academic Chair in Ayurveda.

• It was signed between Professor Tanuja Nesari, Director, All India

Institute of Ayurveda, Ministry of Ayush and Vice-Chancellor and
President, Western Sydney University, Australia, Professor Barney
Glover
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Ayana Renewable power signed MoU
with Greenstat Hydrogen India
• A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Ayana Renewable Power,
majority of the holdings controlled by National Investment and Infrastructure Fund
(NIIF) and Greenstat Hydrogen India, a Norwegian organization.

• The aim is to collaborate building projects for green hydrogen. This initiative
would support the National Hydrogen Mission and decarbonise the environment.

• Managing Director and CEO-Shivanand Nimbargi

• Headquarter – Bengaluru, Karnataka
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Amazon Pay ties up with Kuvera

• Amazon Pay in partnership with Kuvera will provide wealth management services

Amazon Pay:
• Director (India): Vikas Bansal
• Headquarters – Washington

Kuvera
• Founder & CEO: Gaurav Rastogi
• Headquarters: Bangalore
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IPPB & LICHFL signed MoU for Home Loans
• India Post Payments Bank and LIC Housing Finance Ltd have signed a Memorandum of
Understanding to provide home loans

• It offers home loans starting from 6.66% for loans up to Rs 50 lakh for salaried individuals.

India Post Payments Bank (IPPB):

• Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer – Venkatram Jayanthy
• Headquarter– New Delhi, Delhi
• Tagline– Aapka Bank, Aapke Dwaar

LIC Housing Finance Ltd (LICHFL):

• MD & CEO– Y Viswanatha Gowd
• Headquarter– Mumbai, Maharashtra
• Tagline– Where Dreams come HOME
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SEBI to allow T+1 settlement cycle on
an optional basis from January 1, 2022
• The Securities and Exchange Board of India will initiate the T+1 settlement cycle
for equity transactions from January 1, 2022 under which Indian stock markets can
transfer shares and money into client accounts in under 24 hours. It is not
mandatory for the stock exchanges to go with the T+1 settlement cycle. They are
flexible to offer either T+1 or T+2 settlement cycle

• After opting for T+1 settlement cycle for a scrip, the stock exchange will have to
mandatorily continue with the same for a minimum of 6 months.
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Project Dunbar - To test CBDCs for international settlements
• The Central Banks of Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and South Africa have launched ‘Project
Dunbar’ under which Reserve Bank of Australia, Bank Negara Malaysia, Monetary Authority of
Singapore and South African Reserve Bank will test the use of central bank digital currencies
(CBDCs) for international settlements.

• This project will be led by the Singapore Centre of Bank of International Settlements Innovation
Hub.

• The project aims to develop prototype shared platforms for multi-CBDC settlement that fulfils the
needs and requirements of central banks and financial institutions.

• The results of this project will be published by 2022, but the platform prototypes will debut at the
Singapore FinTech Festival in November 2021.
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El Salvador Becomes First Country
to Adopt Bitcoin an Official Currency
• El Salvador becomes the first country to adopt bitcoin as a national currency.

• The country launched the digital wallet called “Chivo” or “Cool” which offered $30
of free Bitcoin for the adaption.

• It is world’s largest cryptocurrency which was invented in 2008 by an unknown

person or group of people using the name Satoshi Nakamoto of Japan.

President: Nayib Bukele

Capital: San Salvador
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Taliban’s Mullah Mohammad Hassan
Akhund as Acting PM of Afghanistan
• Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, a leading member of the Taliban has been
appointed as the acting Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

• Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, co-founder of Taliban and Molavi Abdul Salam
Hanafi has been appointed as the deputy Prime Ministers of Afghanistan.
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Aziz Akhannouch as New Prime Minister of Morocco
• Aziz Akhannouch is appointed as the new Prime Minister of Morocco.

• Akhannouch’s party RNI has won the election with 50% of votes.

• Akhannouch is CEO of the Akwa Group

About Morocco:
• Capital –Rabat
• Currency- Moroccan Dirham
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Rahul Dravid as Brand Ambassador of Piramal Realty
• Piramal Realty has appointed Former captain of Indian Cricket team Rahul Dravid as its brand
ambassador

• Rahul Dravid, who was called the “The Wall”, was appointed as the coach of the India A Team and
Under 19 cricket team.

Piramal Realty:
• Founder– Anand Piramal
• Headquarters– Mumbai, Maharashtra
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Guinness World Records Honoured Cristiano Ronaldo
• Guinness World Records has honoured Portugal football player Cristiano Ronaldo
for becoming the highest- scoring man in International football history with his
111th goal for Portugal against Ireland in a World Cup qualifier.

• He has surpassed the record held by Iranian footballer Ali Daei who has scored
109 goals in 149 games for Iran
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Poshan Maah 2021 (Nutrition Month) – September 2021
• The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development has decided to celebrate the Poshan Maah
across India throughout the month of September under the Poshan Abhiyan.

• September 2021 marks the observance of 4th Poshan Maah which will be celebrated as
“Thematic Poshan Maah”.

• The weekly theme for the activities to be taken up are,

• September 1 to 7 – Plantation Activity as “PoshanVatika”

• September 8 to 15 – Yoga and AYUSH for Nutrition
• September 16 to 23 – Distribution of ‘Regional Nutrition Kit’ to Anganwadi beneficiaries of High
Burden Districts.
• September 24 to 30 – Identification of children with SAM and distribution of nutritious food.

• Smriti Zubin Irani, the Union Minister for Women and Child Development inaugurated Poshan 2.0,
National Conference and urged all the districts to establish a Poshan Vatika (Nutrition Garden)
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National Nutrition Week 2021 – 1st to 7th September 2021
• National Nutrition Week has been annually observed across India in the first week of September
since 1982.

• The theme is ‘feeding smart right from start’.

Targets:

• To reduce stunting, underweight, and low birth weight, each by 6% at 2% per year

• To reduce anaemia among young children, adolescents and women each by 9%

at 3% per year

• To achieve malnutrition free India by 2022.

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World Coconut Day 2021 – September 2
• World Coconut Day is annually observed across the globe by the coconut growing countries on
2nd September.

• The theme of World Coconut Day 2021 is “Building a Safe Inclusive Resilient and Sustainable
Coconut Community Amid COVID-19 Pandemic & Beyond”.

• The day also marks the foundation day of the International Coconut Community (former Asian
and Pacific Coconut Community (APCC)). ICC is an Intergovernmental organization of coconut
growing countries established under the aegis of the United Nations Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific.

• Indonesia is the world’s largest producer of coconut which produces around 17.13 million
metric tons followed by the Philippines with 14.77 Million Metric Tons

• India is the 3rd largest producer of coconut in the world with 14.68 Million Metric Tons.
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International Day of Charity 2021 – September 5
• The United Nations International Day of Charity is annually observed across the
globe on 5th September

• The day commemorates the death anniversary of Nobel laureate Mother Teresa
of Calcutta. She was honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her work
for bringing help to suffering humanity. The government of India honoured her
with Bharat Ratna India’s highest civilian award in 1980 for Social work.

• The International Day of Charity was first celebrated by the Hungarian civil
society with the support of government of Hungary.
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National Teachers Day 2021 – September 5
• National Teachers day is annually observed across India on 5th September to commemorate the birth anniversary of the respected
teacher and prolific statesman Dr Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan

• He was born on 5th September 1888 in Tiruttani, Madras Presidency (Now Tamil Nadu).

• Dr Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan served as the first vice president of Independent India from 1952 to 1962 and later served as the 2nd
President of India from 1962 to 1967.

• The government of India honoured him with the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour, in 1954 for public affairs.

• On the occasion of National Teachers Day 2021, Ram Nath Kovind, President of India, presented the National Teachers Awards 2021 to
the 44 teachers who were selected from all over India.

• A documentary film on each of the 44 awardees was also shown at the online ceremony.

• The National Teachers Day 2021, 5th September 2021, also marks the beginning of Shikshak Parv 2021, which will be
celebrated till 17th September 2021 through virtual mode.

• The decision to celebrate the Shikshak Parv was made by the Department of School Education & Literacy(DOSEL), Ministry
of Education(MoE) to recognise the contributions of teachers and take the new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 a step
forward.
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Food Processing Week – 6th to 12th September 2021
• The Ministry of Food Processing Industries has announced the celebration of the Food
Processing Week from 6th to 12th September 2021

• A seed capital amount of Rs 1.06 crore has been transferred to 12 District Project Management
Units of State Rural Livelihood Mission for 311 Self Help Group enterprises under the Pradhan
Mantri Formalisation of Micro food processing Enterprises Scheme in the State of Chhattisgarh.

• Pashupati Kumar Paras, Union Minister for Food Processing Industries and Prahlad Singh Patel,
Minister of State for Food Processing Industries virtually inaugurated five food processing projects
in the states of Assam (1), Gujarat (3) and Karnataka (1).

• The total cost of these 5 projects is around Rs 124.44 crores and the grant from MoFPI is around
Rs 28.02 crores.
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International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies 2021 – September 7
• The United Nations International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies is annually observed on 7th September
to create awareness about the importance of healthy air and the effects of air pollution, one of the
environmental threats, on humans health.

• The official commemoration of the 2021 International Day of Clean Air for blue skies takes place in
Nairobi, Kenya; New York, United States of America and Bangkok, Thailand.

• The theme of the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies 2021 is “Healthy Air, Healthy Planet”.

• The BreathLife Campaign aims to mobilize cities and individuals to protect our health and environment
from the adverse effects of air pollution.

• The campaign is supported by the World Health Organization(WHO), the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP), the World Bank and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition.

• The report titled “European and Central Asian Actions on Air Quality” by UNEP along with the IVL
Swedish Environmental Research Institute has been launched ahead of the International Day of clear air
for blue skies.
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International Literacy Day 2021 – September 8
• The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization International Literacy Day is annually observed on September
8th to highlight the importance of literacy as a matter of dignity and human rights.

• The theme is “Literacy for a human-centred recovery: Narrowing the digital divide”.

• UNESCO adopted a new UNESCO Strategy for Youth and Adult Literacy for 2020 to 2025 at UNESCO’s 40th General Conference in
Paris with support from the Member States.

• The UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize was established in 1989 with the support of the Government of the Republic of Korea
which recognises mother language-based literacy development.Each prize consists of a medal, a diploma and 20000 USD.

Winners:
• National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), India.
• Puku Children’s Literature Foundation, South Africa.
• Limitless Horizons Ixil (LHI), Guatemala.

• The UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy was established in 2005 with the support of the Government of the People’s Republic of
China which considers functional literacy, leveraging technological environments, in support of adults in rural areas and out-of-
school youth.Each prize consists of a medal, a diploma and 30000 USD.

Winners:
• Construyendo y Creciendo, Mexico
• Ain-Shams University, Egypt
• ‘Association of Literacy Teachers Who Use Information and Communications Technology (GA-TIC)’, Côte d’Ivoire
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International Day to Protect Education from Attack 2021 – September 9

• The United Nations International Day to Protect Education from Attack is annually observed
across the globe on September 9th to create awareness about the importance of preserving
education and protecting it against attacks.

• The first resolution on children and armed conflict adopted by the United Nations Security Council
in 1999 identified and condemned six grave violations that affected children in times of war, they
are,

• Attacks against schools or hospitals;

• Killing and maiming of children
• Recruitment or use of children as soldiers
• Sexual violence against children
• Abduction of children
• Denial of humanitarian access.
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Himalaya Diwas 2021 – September 9
• Himalaya Diwas, also known as the Himalayan day is annually
observed across India especially in Uttarakhand on September 9th

• The first Himalaya Diwas was celebrated on 9th September 2015.

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World EV Day 2021 – September 9
• World EV Day is annually observed across the globe on 9th September to mark the celebration of
e-mobility.

• It is an initiative created by Green TV, a sustainability media company.

• ABB partnered with Green.tv to observe this day.

• China is the largest EV market worldwide. Currently, the automotive industry of India is the fifth
largest worldwide and is set to become third largest by 2030.
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World Suicide Prevention Day 2021 – September 10
• World Suicide Prevention Day is annually observed across the globe on
September 10 to create awareness about suicide prevention across the world.

• WSPD is annually organised by the International Association for Suicide

Prevention

• The theme of WSPD 2021 is “Creating hope through action”

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National Forest Martyrs Day 2021 – September 11
• The National Forest Martyrs Day is annually observed across India on September
11th

• The 11st September was chosen to commemorate the Khejarli massacre on 11th
September 1730.

• More than 360 people from the Bishnoi community of Rajasthan, led by Amrita
Devi Bishnoi, were killed for protesting against the cutting down of Khejarli trees,
ordered by Maharaja Abhay Singh of Rajasthan.

• The Khejarli trees were considered sacred by the people that belonged to the
Bishnoi community in Rajasthan’s Khejarli village
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International Day for People of African Descent – 31st August 2021
• First-ever International Day for the people of African Descent was observed across
the globe on 31st August 2021.

• The day aims to promote the contributions of the African diaspora across the globe
and to eliminate all forms of discrimination against the descents of Africans.

• Costa Rica led the efforts to establish the International Day for People of African
Descent.

• International Decade for People of African Descent: 2015 to 2024

• International Year for People of African Descent – 2011

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Haryana first State in Installation of
Solar Pumps under PM KUSUM Scheme
• Haryana has become the first state in the country to install off-grid solar pumps under the Pradhan Mantri
Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Uttan Mahabhiyan

• So far, Haryana has installed 14,418 pumps against the sanctioned 15,000 pumps for the year 2020-21.

• Under the PM KUSUM scheme, the target was to set up 20 lakh standalone solar pumps, under which
Haryana was given a target of setting up 15,000 pumps

• New target has increased at setting up 22,000 pumps for financial year 2021-22.

• The PM-KUSUM scheme was launched by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy to support installation
of off-grid solar pumps in rural areas and reduce dependence on grid, in grid-connected areas.

• The government’s Budget for 2020-21 expanded the scope for the scheme with 20 lakh farmers to be provided
assistance to install standalone solar pumps; another 15 lakh farmers to be given help to solarise their grid-
connected pump sets.
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Telangana became 1st Indian State to launch Beyond
Visual Line of Sight drones to send medicines
• Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, Ministry of Civil Aviation launched ‘Medicines from the Sky in
Vikarabad district of Telangana to send medicines to primary healthcare centres using drones.

• With this Telangana became the first Indian state to use drones for Beyond Visual Line of Sight to
deliver the payload.

• MFTS is an initiative of the Government of Telangana led by the emerging technologies wing of
Telangana’s IT Department in association with World Economic Forum (WEF), NITI (National
Institution for Transforming India) Aayog, and HealthNet Global (Apollo Hospitals).

• The first delivery was carried out by a Delhi-based drone delivery tech firm Skye Air Mobility for its
Consortium partner Blue Dart Express. It delivered a 5-kg box of vaccines from Vikarabad District
hospital to a community health centre which was three kilometres away in ten minutes.
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Chhattisgarh CM Launches ‘Millet Mission’
• The Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Bhupesh Baghel launched the Millet Mission.

• He signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Indian Institute of Millet Research Hyderabad and the
Collectors of 14 districts of the state. The mission will provide affordable accurate prices to farmers for small
cereal crops and input assistance, procurement arrangements will also be provided.

• Under this mission, farmers will produce Kodo-Kutki and Ragi crops. Rs.9000 per acre and Rs.10,000 per acre
input assistance will be given to farmers who grow Kodo-Kutki and Ragi crops respectively

• Krishi Vigyan Kendras are set up to provide training to the farmers.

• Seed banks for small grain crops would be established in Bastar, Surguja, Kawardha and Rajnandgaon.

• After processing, these crops will be used in schemes like midday meals, public distribution systems and
nutrition programmes

• Women of self-help groups engaged in collection and processing work have been provided employment for
more than 850 days.
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PM Modi Inaugurated Sardardham Bhavan in Ahmedabad
• Narendra Modi inaugurated the Sardardham Bhavan at Ahmedabad over a virtual
platform.

• The Sardardham Bhavan, Ahmedabad was built at a cost of Rs 200 crore by

Vishwa Patidar Samaj

• Sardardham is working towards the educational and social transformation and

upliftment of weaker sections of society.

• Also PM Modi announced the setting up of the Subramania Bharati chair in the
memory of Legendary Tamil Poet Subramania Bharati at the Banaras Hindu
University(BHU) for Tamil Studies.
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13th BRICS Summit 2021
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the 13th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South
Africa) Summit 2021 virtually on the theme ‘ BRICS@15: Intra-BRICS Cooperation for
Continuity, Consolidation and Consensus’ .

• The summit saw the adoption of the ‘New Delhi Declaration’.

• The meeting also attended by India’s National Security Adviser (NS) Ajit Doval, President of
the New Development Bank (NDB) Marcos Troyjo, the pro tempore chair of the BRICS
Business Council, Onkar Kanwar and pro tempore Chair of the BRICS Women’s Business
Alliance, Sangita Reddy.

• Indian side called for enhanced BRICS cooperation under the motto of ‘Build-back, Resiliently,
Innovatively, Credibly and Sustainably

• This is the third time that India will be hosting the BRICS Summit after 2012 and 2016.
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DBS partnered with Society for Worldwide Financial News
Interbank Financial Telecommunications
• DBS in partnership with Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications Global
Payments Innovation has launched real-time online tracking for cross-border collections

• DBS became the first bank in India and Asia-Pacific to offer this service to its clients.

• DBS was also the first bank in Asia to launch outbound payments with end-to-end tracking with
SWIFT gpi.

DBS Bank India Limited:

• MD & CEO – Surojit Shome
• Headquarters – Mumbai

Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications:

• CEO – Javier Pérez-Tasso
• Headquarters – La Hulpe, Belgium
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Paytm Payments Bank Ltd enables India’s first FASTag Financial News
based metro parking facility in partnership with the DMRC
• Paytm Payments Bank Ltd enables India’s first FASTag based metro parking facility in partnership
with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation

• PPBL has also enabled a UPI based payment solution for 2 wheelers, that enters the parking
facility.

• The parking facility of Kashmere Gate metro station becomes the first facility to be powered by the
digital payment solution of PPBL.

• DMRC partnered with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to launch a 100% digital
parking plaza with the National Electronic Toll Collection (NETC) FASTag contactless parking
solution at Kashmere Gate metro station, Delhi.

Paytm Payments Bank Ltd (PPBL):

• Managing Director and CEO- Satish Gupta
• Headquarter – Noida
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Bhupendra Patel Appointed as Chief Minister of Gujarat & Resignations

• Bhupendra Patel was appointed as the 17th Chief Minister of Gujarat.

• He succeeded Vijay Rupani

• He is Member of Legislative Assembly from Ghatlodia (Gandhinagar)

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Sardar Iqbal Singh Lalpura Appointed as & Resignations
Chairman of National Commission for Minorities
• Sardar Iqbal Singh Lalpura took charge as the Chairman of National Commission
of Minorities

• Initially five religious communities, named as Muslims, Christians, Sikhs,

Buddhists and Zoroastrians were notified as minority communities by the Union
Government. Further by the notification dated 27th January 2014, Jains were also
notified as another minority community.
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IIT Kanpur signs MoU with Indian Air Force Partnership

• Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and Indian Air Force Signed an

Memorandum of Understanding for Collaboration in the field of Academics and
Research in the domain Aerospace Technology & for the establishment of the Air
Vice Marshal Harjinder Singh, VSM Class I MBE, Chair of Excellence and
Research Scholar Program for Indian Air Force Officers.

• The Program will allow the qualified serving officers from the IAF will be eligible for
direct admission to Ph.D, M.Tech and eMasters Programmes

Indian Air Force :

• Air Chief Marshal – Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria
• Headquarter – New Delhi
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France’s Naval Group and India’s GRSE Collaborated
• Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd and European Naval
Defence Industry from France signed MoU in the field of offering high-
end surface ships

Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd

• Chairman and MD – Rear Admiral V K Saxena
• Headquarters – Kolkata
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INS Tabar maritime exercise with Sudanese Navy

• Indian navy and Sudan Navy had conducted the bilateral

maritime exercise in the Red Sea off the Sudanese coast.

• INS Tabar participated in the maiden exercise.

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Military Exercise Zapad 2021 with Russia
• Russia’s Multi Nation Exercise Zapad 2021 is conducting at Nizhniy in Russia.
Indian Army took part in ‘ZAPAD 2021’ with 200 personnel mainly from the Naga
Regiment participated

• More than dozen countries from Eurasia and South Asia will also participate in the
same exercise.

• Zapad, meaning “west”.

• For the first time, Armenia participated in Russia’s Zapad 2021 after the military
defeat of 2020.
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South Korea tests first submarine-launched ballistic missile News

• The South Korean military conducted its first successful underwater test of a
Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile

• This launch makes South Korea the 8th country with this capability joining the
United States, China, Russia, the U.K., France and India.
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Italian Grand Prix
• McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) won the 2021 Italian Grand Prix, this is
McLaren’s 1st win after 9-years.

• McLaren’s Lando Norris and Mercedes Valtteri Bottas finishing the race in 2nd
and 3rd position.
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New Book “A Rude Life: The Memoir” Authors

• Veteran journalist Vir Sanghvi has authored a memoir titled “A Rude

Life: The Memoir” which shares his views and experience as an
Indian journalist.
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India’s first Indigenously Designed High Ash Coal
Gasification Based Methanol Production Plant
• India’s 1st Indigenously Designed High Ash Coal Gasification Based Methanol
Production Plant was inaugurated in Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited Hyderabad,
Telangana.

• The project was supported by the Department of Science and Technology with a
Rs 10 crore grant.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL):

• Chairman & Managing Director– Dr. Nalin Shinghal

• Headquarter – New Delhi
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Tamil Nadu signed a Memorandum of Understanding with DP World
• The government of Tamil Nadu signed a Memorandum of Understanding with
Dubai-based DP World for an investment of Rs 2000 crore to establish a series of
projects in Tamil Nadu.

• In 2019, DP World signed an MoU with the TN Government to invest Rs 1000

crore in establishing a free trade warehousing zone and Integrated Chennai
Business Park

DP World:
• Group Chairman & CEO– H.E. Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem
• Headquarters– Dubai
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AMTRON Partners with iBus
• The Assam Electronics Development Corporation Limited has appointed iBus Networks as its
Exclusive Business Partner for operating and managing digital infrastructure.

• They will provide better connectivity solutions such as IT parks, hospitals, Special Economic Zones
and other infrastructure.

• This partnership will provide access to better Internet services in the state.

iBus:
• Chief executive officer-Ram Sellaratnam
• Headquarter – Bengaluru

Assam Electronics Development Corporation Limited:

• Managing Director– MK Yadava
• Headquarter – Guwahati
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‘iRASTE’ Road Safety Project to Reduce Road Accidents
• The Union Minister for Road Transport, Nitin Gadkari launched ‘ iRaste
{Intelligent Solutions for Road Safety through Technology and Engineering} - a
two year pilot project in Nagpur, Maharashtra.

• It is a project developed by Intel India, International Institute of Information

Technology, Hyderabad (IIIT-H), Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
(CSIR) – Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), Mahindra and Mahindra and
Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC).

• The initiative will bring down 50 percent of road accident.

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Digital Population Clock inaugurated in Delhi

• Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar, Minister of State Ministry of Health and Family Welfare inaugurated a
digital population clock at the Institute for Economic Growth inside the University of Delhi.

• The Population Clock will provide a minute-by-minute estimate of the population of India.

• The clock will also help in capturing the data regarding the Infant Mortality Rate, Total Fertility Rate,
and Maternal Mortality Rate.

• She also launched a book titled ‘Infant and Child Mortality In Assam – Demographic and Socio-
Economic Interrelations’ written by Dr Dipanjali Haloi and Dr Suresh Sharma and a Health
Management Information System (HMIS) Brochure during the event.
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Navy gives on lease Passenger Variant Dornier aircraft to Mauritius
• India handed over Indian Navy’s Dornier aircraft to Mauritius on lease
as part of Vision SAGAR (Security and Growth for All in the Region) for
enhanced maritime security of the Indian Ocean region

About Mauritius:
• Prime Minister: Pravind Jugnauth
• Capital: Port Louis
• Currency: Mauritian rupee
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Coal India Ltd. inaugurated Remotely Piloted
Aircraft System at Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd

• Coal India Ltd. under the Ministry of Coal, an innovative Remotely Piloted Aircraft
System was inaugurated at Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd to remotely monitor
automated systems.

• Designed by the MCL’s Innovation Cell and the Department of E&T, the portal
named “Vihangam’

• Pramod Agrawal, Chairman of CIL also laid the foundation stone for Rs 285.05
crore first mile connectivity (FMC) project — Lajkura SILO.
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India’s largest Open-Air Fernery in Ranikhet
• India’s largest Open-air Fernery, consisting 120 different varieties of ferns, was inaugurated in
Ranikhet, Uttrakhand.

• The fernery has the largest collection of fern species, second to only Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical
Botanical Garden and Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

• Ferns are non-flowering pteridophytes.They belong to one of the ancient groups of plants that
propagate through spores.

• They are the first plants to have a fully developed vascular system.

• They help in filtering heavy metals from polluted water and the nitrogen fixation process.
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5th World Conference of Speakers of Parliament 2021 Meetings

• The 5th World Conference of Speakers of Parliament 2021 was held in Vienna, Austria.

• The Loksabha Speaker Om Birla participated in the conference, organized by the Austrian
Parliament, Inter-Parliamentary Union and the United Nations

• The 5WCSP took place in two parts. First part was held in August 2020 virtually and second part in-
person held in Vienna.

• The conference followed by the first Global Parliamentary Summit on Counter-Terrorism in Vienna

Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU):

• Secretary General- Martin Chungong
• Headquarters- Geneva
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India & Denmark Launch ‘Centre of
Excellence on Offshore Wind’
• Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy R. K. Singh & Danish
Minister for Climate, Energy, and Utilities Dan Jorgensen jointly launched ‘Centre
of Excellence on Offshore Wind’ as part of the Green Strategic Partnership during
their meeting in New Delhi.

• India has set a target of 450 Gigawatt of renewable energy capacity by 2030.

• The two countries already have an agreement on ‘Strategic Sector Cooperation in

the field of Renewable Energy with a focus on Offshore Wind Energy’.
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SBI Raised Rs 4000 crore through AT1 bonds Financial News

• State Bank of India has raised Rs 4000 crores through the Basel Compliant
Additional Tier 1 bonds at a coupon rate of 7.72%, the lowest pricing ever offered
on such debt, issued by an Indian bank since the implementation of Basel III
capital rules in 2013.
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Justice M Venugopal Appointed as Acting Chairperson of NCLAT & Resignations

• Justice M Venugopal, Judicial Member of the NCLAT (Chennai bench of NCLAT),

has been appointed as the acting chairperson of the National Company Law
Appellate Tribunal

• Headquarters– New Delhi

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‘Orca’- World’s Largest Plant Capturing Affairs
Carbon Dioxide From Air Starts In Iceland
• The World’s Largest Plant to Capture Carbon Dioxide from air, ‘Orca’ Starts
Operating in Iceland.

• The Plant will suck in CO2 and store it underground in the form of rock. It was
started by a Swiss startup Climeworks AG in partnership with Icelandic carbon
storage firm Carbfix.

• The plant can capture up to 4,000 tons of CO2 per year.

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Earth’s Northernmost Island Off Greenland Affairs

• A team of researchers discovered a new island, the northernmost point of land on Earth, off the
coast of Greenland during a Danish-Swiss research expedition.

• This island was revealed by the movement of the ice.

• The island was discovered by a group of 6 scientists, working with the Arctic Station research
facility in Greenland, who set out to collect the samples from Oodaaq island, which was
discovered by a Danish survey group in 1978.

• The researchers proposed to name the island “Qeqertaq Avannarleq”, which means ‘the
northernmost island’ in Greenlandic.

• The newly discovered island measuring around 30 by 60 metres in size is the closest point of land
to the North pole.
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Eight esports included in medal events at 2022 Asian Games
• For the first time in Asian games, eight electronic sports are included in the medal events at the 19th Asian
Games 2022 which are going to be held in Hangzhou, China.

• Hong Kong based Asian Electronic Sports Federation (AESF) is appointed as the technical delegate of the
esports competition.

• The AESF will manage and operate esports competition in Hangzhou.

• Earlier, esports were introduced in South Asian Games 2019 which took place in the Philippines.

➢ Arena of Valor Asian Games Version

➢ Dota 2
➢ Dream Three Kingdoms 2
➢ EA SPORTS FIFA branded soccer games
➢ HearthStone
➢ League of Legends
➢ PUBG Mobile Asian Games Version
➢ Street Fighter V
 Obituary
Former Indian footballer Bhabani Roy passed away
• Former India international football player and Mohun Bagan legend
Bhabani Roy died

• Roy joined Mohun Bagan in 1966 and played for the club till 1972

• He made his international debut in the Merdeka Cup in 1969

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Former Union Minister Oscar Fernandes Passed Away
• Former Union Minister and Congress leader Oscar Fernandes passed away

• Fernandes was also a trained performer of Yakshagana, the traditional art form of coastal Karnataka.

• He served as a member of the Lok Sabha from Udupi from 1980-98, and was a member of Rajya Sabha since
1998.

• As a Union minister in the UPA government, Mr. Fernandes held the portfolios of Road Transport and
Highways, Labour and Employment, Statistics and Programme Implementation and Overseas Affairs both as a
Cabinet Minister and Minister of State.

• He has also served as the Chairman of the Central Election Authority of the All India Congress Committee
(AICC).

• He is the founder of the ” Jolly Club” NGO.

• He was the Director of the Young Indian and Director of the Associated Journals Private limited.
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‘SVAMITVA dashboard’

• Giriraj Singh, Union Minister for Panchayati Raj and Rural Development launched
a dashboard– “SVAMITVA (Survey of Villages Abadi & Mapping with Improvised
Technology in Village Areas Scheme): A Stepping-Stone Towards Upliftment of
Rural Economy”

• The dashboard is set to monitor the implementation of SVAMITVA Scheme, which

is targeted to be implemented across India by 2024.

• Currently, at least five villages per drone team per day are used for framing land
records.
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India hosted First-Ever 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue with Australia Meetings

• India hosted the 1st ever 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue with Australia in New Delhi.

• It was attended by Union Ministers Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Ministry of

External Affairs and Rajnath Singh, Ministry of Defence

• Australia will contribute $10 million to India’s initiative towards disaster-resilient

infrastructure as Australia is exploring collaboration with India on low emission
technologies in order to ensure a clean energy future.

• Both nations are also working towards an ‘early harvest trade deal’
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Ministry of Tourism MOU with IRCTC to promote domestic tourism Partnership

• Ministry of Tourism has signed a memorandum of understanding with Indian

Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation to promote domestic tourism at
Conference of Tourism and Culture Ministers of North Eastern States held in
Guwahati, Assam

• Under the ‘Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Augmentation Drive’ (PRASAD)

scheme, Union Minister for Tourism G Kishan Reddy sanctioned Rs 200 crore for
the tourism development in the North Eastern Region.

• Rs 68,020 crore had allocated to north eastern states in the Union budget of
2021-22 for the development of North Eastern Regions.

• PRASAD Scheme aims at integrated development of pilgrimage destinations in a

prioritised, planned, and sustainable manner in order to provide a complete
religious tourism experience.
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NITI Aayog’s AIM in collaboration with ISRO & CBSE Partnership

• National Institution for Transforming India Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission in

collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organisation and Central Board of
Secondary Education launched the Atal Tinkering Lab ‘Space Challenge 2021’ for
all school students across the country.

• ATL has aligned with the World Space Week 2021(4-10 October) at global level.

• ATL Space Challenge 2021 aligns with this year’s theme of celebrating 75 years of
India’s independence “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav”

• Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) is a flagship initiative set up by the NITI Aayog to
promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in the country.
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J&K Launched Digital Banking Mission –
“One Gram Panchayat-One DIGI-Pay Sakhi”
• Manoj Sinha, Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir launched a digital banking mission “One
Gram Panchayat-One DIGI-Pay Sakhi” at the event organised at the Jammu & Kashmir
Entrepreneurship Development Institute Pampore, Pulwama

• Under this mission, the DIGI Pay facility will be provided to more than 2000 remote villages of J&K.

• Manoj Sinha also distributed 80 Aadhaar Enabled Payment Systems (AEPs) among the DIGI-Pay
Sakhis under the Jammu & Kashmir Rural Livelihoods Mission (JKRLM).

• He also stated that the 3 new initiatives of DIGI Pay, Krishi, and Pashu Sakhi and other women
empowerment programs like Hausla, Tejaswini, UMEED, Rise Together will speed up the efforts of
the J&K government to empower women and make them a part of the development of J&K.
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BLS International partners with NHA Partnership

• BLS International was authorised by the National Health

Authority for digital processing of ‘Ayushman Bharat cards’
under Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana
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Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2021
• Prahlad Singh Patel, Minister of State, Ministry of Jal Shakti presided over the virtual launch of
Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2021 under Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) Phase- II during
the event organised by the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation

• He also released the SSG 2021 Protocol document; SSG 2021 Dashboard and the mobile App
for Citizens feedback.

• DDWS will carry out SSD 2021 across India to expedite Open Defecation Free (ODF) Plus
interventions and improve the ODF Sustainability as well as Solid and Liquid Waste Management
(SLWM) activities across the villages in the country.

• This is one of India’s largest surveys with around 17475 villages, that provides publicity to the
programme and ODF Plus goals and enhance the sanitation, overall cleanliness and waste
management of the districts and states.
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United States - India Strategic Clean Energy 2021 Meetings

• The Ministerial meeting of the United States -India Strategic Clean Energy
Partnership 2021 held virtually was co-chaired by Union Minister Hardeep Singh
Puri , Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas with the US Secretary of Energy
Jennifer Granholm to launch the revamped U.S.-India SCEP.

• A India-US Task Force on Biofuels will be set up to look after cooperation in the
biofuels sector.

• Both sides have initiated institutionalisation of India Energy Modeling Forum with
the constitution of Six Task Forces for carrying out research and modelling in
different areas.
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Govt Enhanced the Scope of Transport and
Marketing Assistance Scheme for Agri Exports
• The Government of India has enhanced the scope of the Transport and Marketing
Assistance for specified agriculture products schemes by including dairy products
under its purview and increasing the rates of assistance.

• The rates of assistance have been increased by 50% for exports by sea and
100% through the air.

• According to the notification of the Department of Commerce, under the Ministry

of Commerce and Industry, the revised TMA for specified agriculture products
scheme for exports is effected on or after 1st April 2021 to 31st March 2022.

• The existing scheme will remain in operation for exports effects up to March 31,
2021.
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Punjab & Sind Bank ties up with Indiabulls Financial News

• Punjab & Sind Bank signed co-lending alliance with Indiabulls Commercial Credit
and Indiabulls Housing Finance Limited

Punjab and Sind Bank:

• Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer– S. Krishnan
• Headquarter– New Delhi
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IndusInd Bank signed MoU with Escorts Limited Financial News

• IndusInd Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Escorts Limited

(Escorts Agri Machinery)

• This partnership between IndusInd Bank and Escorts Agri Machinery will enable
the farmers to invest in modern farm machinery to increase their farm productivity
and income.

IndusInd Bank:
• MD & CEO- Sumant Kathpalia
• Headquarters– Pune
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Punjab National Bank begins exit from Financial News
Canara HSBC OBC Life Insurance
• PNB is all set to sell its entire stake (23%) in its Canara HSBC OBC Life
Insurance (CHOICE). In CHOICE, PNB is the promoter after the amalgamation of
Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) and United Bank of India (UBI) with it in April
2020. Prior to this amalgamation, OBC held a 23% stake in CHOICE.

• As per the IRDAI’s (Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India)

norm, a commercial bank should not hold more than 10% stake in two life
insurance ventures at the same time.
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SEBI levied Rs 1 lakh fine on Employee of Titan Financial News

• Securities and Exchange Board of India has levied a monetary penalty

of Rs 1 lakh on Chandan Gupta, an employee of Titan Company
Limited for disclosure lapses, in violating the insider trading norms.

• He transacted in the firm’s securities on two occasions in the calendar

quarter ending on September 30, 2018. The total value traded was
more than Rs 10 lakh.
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President of International Road Federation-India & Resignations

• Ashoka Buildcon Managing Director Satish Parekh has taken over as the
president of International Road Federation (IRF)-India.

• He Succeeded Subhmay Gangopadhyay

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2021 International Young Eco-Hero Recognition

• Ayaan Shankta, environmental activist from Mumbai has been named as “2021
International Young Eco-Hero”.

• He won the 3rd prize under the Age Group: 8-14 for his project “Conservation and
Rehabilitation of Powai Lake” and became one of the 25 global winners of the
Young Eco-Hero Award 2021.

• The award presented by “The Action for Nature”, San Francisco based NGO,
recognize young people (8 to 16 years old) for their environmental achievements.
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Yamin Hazarika Woman of Substance Award 2021 Recognition

• Writer Namita Gokhale Receives the 7th Yamin Hazarika Woman of Substance
Award for the year 2021.

• She is the co-founder and co-director of the Jaipur Literature Festival

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Overview of 2021 US Open Tennis Championship
• The 141st edition of the US Open Tennis Championship was held in USA’s New York City.

Category Winners Runner-ups

Men’s Singles Daniil Medvedev (Russia) Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Women’s Singles Emma Raducanu (Britain) Leylah Fernandez (Canada)
Rajeev Ram – Joe Salisbury Bruno Soares – Jamie Murray
Men’s Doubles (USA – UK) (Brazil – UK)
Sam Stosur – Zhang Shuai Coco Gauff – Caty McNally (USA)
Women’s Doubles (Australia – China)
Desirae Krawczyk – Joe Salisbury Giuliana Olmos – Marcelo Arevalo
Mixed Doubles (USA – UK) (Mexico – El Salvador)
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Sports
Sri Lankan player Lashith Malinga retires from all formats of cricket

• Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga announced his retirement from all forms of
cricket. He retired from Test cricket in 2011 and ODI in 2019.

• He picked 546 wickets across formats.

• He is the only bowler to take 4 wickets in 4 balls in a row on two occasions in

international cricket and to take 3 ODI hat-tricks and two in T20I cricket.

• First bowler to take 100 and 150 wickets in the history of Indian Premier League
 Obituary
Writer Dr Aziz Hajini Passed Away
• Sahitya Akademi winner Dr Abdul Aziz Parrey an eminent Kashmiri writer, poet, and critic passed
away in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.

• He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2016 for his book ‘Aane Khane’ written in Kashmiri.

• He has also won the Sahitya Akademi Translation Award in 2013 for Za Gaz Zameen, Kashmiri
translation of Abdul Samad’s Urdu novel Do Gaz Zameen.

Some of his Books:

• Paer Zaan
• Noor-e-Nooran
• Asi Chi Puran Hamsayan tal
• Me and My Animal