DAILY GK 21,22 SEP

 DAILY GK 21,22 SEP

1.              EXERCISE PARVAT PRAHAR IN LADAKH

·                General Manoj Pande, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) reviewed exercise Parvat Prahar, on his 2-day visit to Ladakh.

·                The exercise took place amid the  disengagement process of India and China Patrolling Point (PP) 15 in the Gogra-Hot Springs area on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh.

·                ParvatPrahar was held in the Ladakh plateau at an altitude of 14,000 feet, by the Mathura-based 1 strike Corps of the Indian Army.

 

2.              WORLD DAIRY SUMMIT 2022

·                Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi inaugurated International Dairy Federation World Dairy Summit (IDF WDS) 2022 at India Expo Centre & Mart, Greater Noida.

·                Theme – Dairy for Nutrition and Livelihood.

·                The last such Summit was held in India in 1974.

·                IDF Director General – Caroline Emond,Headquarters – Brussels, Belgium

 

3.              MULTINATIONAL NAVAL EX KAKADU 2022 IN AUSTRALIA

·                The Indian Naval Ship (INS) Satpura and a P8 I Maritime Patrol Aircraft of the Indian Navy reached Darwin in Australia to participate in the multinational Exercise Kakadu 2022 (KA22).

·                Theme:Partnership, Leadership, Friendship

·                Exercise Kakadu was Initiated in 1993, it is a joint-enabled, biennial exercise hosted by the Royal Australian Navy and supported by the Royal Australian Air Force.

 

4.              SBIF & WWF INDIA PARTNERS FOR RED PANDA TRANSBOUNDARY CONSERVATION

·                State Bank of India Foundation (SBIF) and World Wide Fund for Nature – India (WWF India) partnered to generate fine-scale information on the Red Panda species at a transboundary level and engage in safeguarding the habitats of the Red Panda in Khangchendzonga area of Sikkim and West Bengal.

·                An event was organised at the Himalayan Zoological Park in Gangtok, Sikkim to celebrate International Red Panda Day.

·                International Red Panda Day is celebrated every year on the 3^rd Saturday of September (17th September in 2022) to support Red Panda conservation.

·                The Himalayan Zoological Park is the first of its kind, where animals are kept in their natural habitat.

 

23.           INS Ajay Decommissioned

·                The Indian Naval Ship (INS) Ajay (P34), the second Abhay class anti-submarine warfare ship of the Western Naval Command, was decommissioned at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai, Maharashtra, after 32 years of outstanding service to the nation.

·                INS Ajay (P34) was commissioned on January 24, 1990 in Poti, Georgia, in the former Soviet Union.

·                INS Ajay (1960) was the first indigenously built ship in Independent India, delivered in 1961 by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata, West Bengal.

·                It was gifted to Bangladesh in 1974, where it served as Bangladesh Naval Ship (BNS) Surma.

 

24.           2022 SAFF Women’s Championship

·                Bangladesh won the 2022 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Women’s Championship.

·                The tournament was played at Dashrath Rangshala Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal.

·                Bangladesh defeated Nepal by 3–1 goals in the final match.

·                Bangladesh skipper Sabina Khatun  was also named as the ‘Most Valuable Player’ of the tournament for her extraordinary game. Bangladesh team won the ‘Fair Play Award’ also.

·                Bangladesh goalkeeper Rupna Chakma was named the ‘Best Goalkeeper’ of the tournament

 

25.           ABHYAS-INDIA-USA COAST GUARD JOINT EXERCISE 

·                A joint exercise ‘Abhyas-01/22’ between the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and the United States Coast Guard (USCG) was held off Chennai coast in Tamil Nadu (TN).

·                It promotes a ‘free and open’ Indo-Pacific.

·                It should be noted that the US Coast Guard cutter Midgett took part in the exercise who was on a 4-day goodwill visit for at-sea & in-port pro exchanges with the ICG. Over the course of this voyage, the Midgett interacted with counterparts in the Philippines, Singapore, and also taken part in bilateral exercises.

 

26.           AIBD’S 47TH ANNUAL GATHERING 2022

·                Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur inaugurated the 47th Annual Gathering and 20th Asia-pacific Institute of Broadcasting Development (AIBD) General Conference (GC) and Associated Meeting 2022 in New Delhi.

·                India’s Presidency of the prestigious AIBD has been extended for another year and the decision was unanimously taken by the AIBD member countries at this 2-day GC.

·                Theme of the event is ‘Building a stronger future for broadcasting in the post pandemic era’.

 

27.           NPCI INTRODUCES UPI PAYMENTS THROUGH RUPAY CREDIT CARDS

·                The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has introduced Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payments via credit cards on the RuPay network, potentially expanding the credit market.

·                Shaktikanta Das, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), unveiled this at the 3rd edition of Global Fintech Fest 2022 (GFF 2022) along with “UPI Lite” for small-value UPI transactions via a wallet-like feature

·                To enable offline payments, RuPay credit cards will be linked to a Virtual Payment Address (VPA) or a UPI ID.

·                The first banks to launch UPI on RuPay credit cards using the BHIM app are Punjab National Bank (PNB), Union Bank of India (UBI), and Indian Bank. [BHIM stands for Bharat Interface for Money].

·                Theme for GFF 2022 – “Creating A Sustainable Financial World—Global | Inclusive | Green”

 

28.           ADB CUTS INDIA’S GDP GROWTH FORECAST FOR FY23 TO 7.0 %

·                The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in its September 2022 update of the report titled “Asian Development Outlook 2022: Entrepreneurship in the Digital Age”, reduced India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth forecast for fiscal year 2022-23 (FY23) to 7% from 7.2 % earlier

·                Every year, ADB releases the flagship ADO report in April month.

·                It had then projected the Indian economy to grow at 7.5 per cent in FY23 and 8 per cent in FY24.

·                According to the ADO, the Chinese economy would rise by 3.3 % in 2022, lower than the previously predicted 5.0 %.

 

29.           GATES FOUNDATION HONOURS 4 LEADERS WITH 2022 GOALKEEPERS GLOBAL GOALS AWARDS

·                Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation honoured 4 changemakers, Dr Radhika Batra (India), Zahra Joya (Afghanistan), Vanessa Nakate (Uganda), and Ursula von der Leyen (Germany), with the 2022 Goalkeepers Global Goals Awards as a part of its annual Goalkeepers campaign.

·                Dr Radhika Batra (India) is given 2022 Progress Award

·                The award recognises their efforts to advance progress towards the United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in their communities and around the world.

·                Dr Radhika Batra is the Co-founder of the nonprofit organization ‘Every Infant Matters’, which provides last-mile health solutions to disadvantaged children in India.

·                She is progressing SDG 3: Good Health & Well-Being and SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities.

·                In September 2022, UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) appointed Vanessa Nakate as its Goodwill Ambassador.

 

30.           RATAN TATA & 2 OTHERS APPOINTED AS TRUSTEES OF PM CARES FUND

·                Government has appointed Tata Sons Chairman Emeritus, Ratan Tata; retired Justice K.T. Thomas, former Supreme Court judge; and former deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha Kariya Munda as the trustees of the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM CARES Fund).

·                PM CARES Fund is chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

·                The Trust has decided to nominate other eminent persons for the Constitution of Advisory Board of PM CARES Fund, they are:Rajiv Mehrishi, Former Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

·                Sudha Murthy, Former Chairperson, Infosys Foundation.Anand Shah, Co-founder of Teach for India and Former CEO of Indicorps and Piramal Foundation.

 

31.           NASA’S MOXIE INSTRUMENT SUCCESSFULLY MAKES OXYGEN ON MARS

·                NASA’s Experiment Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilisation Experiment (MOXIE), a lunchbox sized instrument has successfully generated oxygen (O2) by carrying out the work of a tiny tree on Mars.

·                Since February 2021, the MIT-led MOXIE, has been producing oxygen from the carbon-dioxide (CO2) rich atmosphere of Mars.

·                Moxie is capable of producing O2 at almost any time of the Mars Planet’s day and year but the current version of the instrument is small by design in order to fit aboard the Perseverance rover.

 

32.           INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE 2022- SEPTEMBER 21 

·                The United Nations (UN) International Day of Peace, also known as World Peace Day is annually observed across the globe on 21 September to strengthen the ideals of peace by following 24 hours of non-violence and cease-fire.

·                The theme of International Day of Peace 2022 is “End racism. Build peace”.

·                (UN) General Assembly: President- Csaba Korosi (77th President of the General Assembly).

·                Headquarters- New York, United States.

 

33.           WORLD ALZHEIMER’S DAY 2022- SEPTEMBER 21

·                World Alzheimer’s Day is annually celebrated across the globe on 21 September to raise awareness about Alzheimer’s disease, dementia and the importance of a timely diagnosis, warning signs of dementia.

·                Alzheimer’s is a progressive neurologic disorder that causes the brain to shrink (atrophy) and brain cells to die.

·                It is the most common type of dementia that affects around 50-60% of people with dementia.

·                The theme for World Alzheimer’s Month in September 2022 is ‘Know dementia, Know Alzheimer’s’, continues on from the 2021 campaign.