DAILY GK 25,26 SEP
1.
INDIA’S 1ST
UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY TO OPEN IN TELANGANA
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The Telangana Legislative
Assembly and Council has approved the University of forestry (UoF) Act-2022.
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It will be India’s 1st &
world’s 3rd Forestry university.
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In the World, only Russia and China have forest universities.
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Telangana Government has decided to expand Forest College and Research
Institute (FCRI), Hyderabad, Telangana into a full-fledged University of
Forestry (UoF).
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Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao, Chief
Minister of Telangana will be the Chancellor of the University of Forestry.
2.
INDIA TO RECEIVE 1ST
100% ETHANOL & ELECTRIC CAR
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India will receive its 1st
Flex-Fuel Vehicle (FFV) which can run on ethanol blended
petrol and battery.
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Brazil-based Flex Fuel Strong Hybrid Electric Vehicles (FFV-SHEV)
will be used as a model to assess their reduced carbon emissions performance.
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FFV have engines that can operate on flexible fuel, a combination of
petrol and ethanol, producing up to 100% ethanol.
3.
UCO BANK BECOMES THE
FIRST LENDER TO RECEIVE RBI APPROVAL FOR RUPEE TRADE
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UCO Bank, a Public sector lender, has become the first bank
to receive approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to open a special
vostro account with Russian bank ‘Gazprombank’ (Joint
Stock Company) for the settlement of transactions in Indian Rupees (INR).
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In July 2022, the RBI published a circular enabling trade settlements
between India and other nations, including Sri Lanka and Russia, to be made in
Indian rupees (INR).
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Indian importers undertaking the INR trade mechanism will make payments
in INR for their purchases against invoices from international sellers and
suppliers.
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These payments must be credited to the special vostro account at the
correspondent bank of the partner country.
4.
COCHIN
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LIMITED WON AIRPORT SERVICE QUALITY AWARD 2022
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The Cochin International
Airport Limited (CIAL) has won the Airport Service Quality Award-2022 in the 5
to 15 million passenger category of airports operating in the Asia-Pacific
region.
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The award recognized CIAL’s implementation of ‘Mission
Safeguarding’ program that was implemented in 2021-22 to ensure
seamless traffic and passenger satisfaction after COVID-19 pandemic.
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CIAL also improved its position as the third-busiest
airport in India in terms of international traffic.
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The Airport Service Quality Award is instituted by the Airport Council
International (ACI).
5.
DILIPTIRKEY ELECTED
NEW HOCKEY INDIA PRESIDENT
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The former India captain and
Olympian DilipTirkey has
been elected unopposed as the new President of Hockey India (HI).
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He became the Hockey
India’s first player-president.
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Bhola Nath has been elected unopposed as secretary general.
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Adille Sumariwalla, who is also a former players, is president of
Athletics Federation of India (AFI).
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DilipTirkey hails from Sundargarh (Odisha).
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He is the only tribal hockey player to represent India in three
Olympics.
6.
MUNISHWAR NATH
BHANDARI APPOINTED AS CHAIRMAN OF PMLA APPELLATE TRIBUNAL
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Chief Justice of Madras High
Court (HC), Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari was appointed as the Chairman of
the Appellate Tribunal under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
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He was appointed by the President of India for a period of 4 years, or
till attaining the age of 70 or until further orders
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The Tribunal for Forfeiture of Property under the SAFEMA (Smugglers and
Foreign Exchange Manipulators Act) and the PMLA Appellate Tribunal were merged
in 2016 through the Finance Act, 2016.
7.
NPCI RE-APPOINTS
DILIP ASBE AS MD & CEO FOR 5 YEARS
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National Payments
Corporation of India (NPCI)
has approved the re-appointment of Dilip Asbe as the
Managing Director (MD)
& Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
of NPCI for a period of 5 years
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Dilip Asbe joined NPCI in
January 2010 as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and later served as Chief
Operating Officer from 2013 to 2018.
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In 2018, he was appointed as
the acting MD & CEO.
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NPCI Headquarters- Mumbai, Maharashtra,Establishment- 2008
8.
DR RAJIV BAHL
APPOINTED AS NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL OF ICMR
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Dr Rajiv Bahl was appointed
as the new Director General (DG)
of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
and Secretary of the Department of Health Research, for a period
of 3 years.
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Currently, Dr Rajiv Bahl is the Head of Research on Maternal, Newborn
Child, and Adolescent Health and Ageing, World Health Organization (WHO),
Geneva, Switzerland.
9.
ISRAELI NAVY
TEST-FIRES GABRIEL V ANTI-SHIP MISSILE
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The Israeli Navy
successfully tested the newest generation of anti-ship missiles namely ‘Gabriel
V’ which is the 5th generation of anti-ship missiles developed by Israeli
Aerospace Industries (IAI) and the Defense Ministry’s Directorate of Research
and Development (MAFAT).
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It is a surface-to-surface missile, also known as the Blue
Spear, and ANAM (Advanced Naval Attack
Missile)
