DAILY GK: 28,29, 30 SEP 2021

 DAILY GK: 28,29, 30 SEP 2021

1. NEW GI TAG FOR PRODUCTS

•      Sojat Mehndi from Rajasthan, known for its medicinal values has received the geographical indication (GI) tag.

•      From the North East States, the traditional brew of Dimasa community, Judima from Assam and Naga Cucumber known for its high potassium content also bagged GI tags.

 

2. AYUSHMAN BHARAT DIGITAL MISSION

•      The PM Narendra Modi launched ‘Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission’ (ABDM) via video conference.

•      The program was organized on World Tourism Day.

•      It was launched in the presence of Mansukh Mandaviya.

•      Digital infrastructure of India-It is based on the principle of bringing from ration to administration (Ration to Prashasan) to the citizens in a fast and transparent manner.

•      The mission was launched under the pilot project National Digital Health Mission (NDHM).

•      Currently, over 1 lakh unique Health IDs have been created under the NDHM  this project is being implemented in the pilot phase across six states and Union Territories on a pilot basis on 15th August, 2020.

 

3. WORLD’S HIGHEST EV CHARGING STATION

•      The world’s highest Electric Vehicle (EV) charging station was inaugurated at 500 feet in Kaza, in the Spiti Valley, Lahaul and Spiti district, Himachal Pradesh.

•      The charging station will support all EV Scooters and cars.

•      The EV charging facility was installed by goEgo Network, a Pune-based EV Charging infra startup.

 

4. PM NARENDRA MODI’S VISIT TO USA

•      PM Narendra Modi visited the United States of America (USA) from 22 to 25 September 2021 and participated in the 1st in-person QUAD Leaders’ Summit in Washington D.C., the USA, along with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, and US President Joe Biden.

 

5. LUNAR CRATER NAMED AFTER MATTHEW HENSON

•      The International Astronomical Union(IAU) has named a crater at the Moon’s south pole after Matthew Henson, an African-American Arctic explorer, who was the 1st person to stand at the very top of the world.

•      Henson crater is located in the South Pole of the Moon, between Sverdrup and de Gerlache craters.

 

6. F1 DRIVER IN HISTORY TO SEAL 100 WINS

•      Lewis Hamilton sets a new record by registering his 100th win after finishing first in Russian Grand Prix held at Sochi Autodrom in Russia on September 28.

•      With this win, Hamilton became the first Formula-one driver in the history to reach 100 wins.

•      Max Verstappen finished second.

 

7. BOOK-THE BATTLE OF REZANG LA

•      ‘The Battle of Rezang La’, a book which describes the story of 120 soldiers who put up a strong fight against the 5,000 Chinese military troop in the 1962 Indi-China war, preventing a possible occupation of the Ladakh region.

•      The book was published by Penguin Veer and written by ex-naval officer and author Kulpreet Yadav.

 

8. WORLD RIVERS DAY 2021 – SEPTEMBER 26

•      World Rivers Day is annually observed across the globe on the fourth Sunday of September to create awareness about water bodies and to promote the conservation of water bodies across the globe.

•      World Rivers Day 2021 was observed on 26th September 2021.

 

9. WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DAY 2021

•      World Environmental Health Day (WEHD) is annually observed across the globe on September 26 to create awareness about the health of the environment.

•      The theme of WEHD 2021 is “Prioritizing Environmental Health for healthier communities in global recovery”.

•      Background:

•      The World Environmental Health Day was launched by the International Federation of Environmental Health council during the meeting held in Indonesia on 26th September 2011.

•      The first ever World Environment Health Day was observed on 26th September 2011.

 

10. WORLD TOURISM DAY – 27 SEPTEMBER

•      The United Nations(UN)’s World Tourism Day(WTD) is annually observed across the globe on 27th September to create awareness about the importance of tourism

•      The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has designated World Tourism Day 2021 as a day to focus on “Tourism for Inclusive Growth” .

 

11. SWACHH SURVEKSHAN 2022

•      Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, launched the 7th consecutive edition of Swachh Survekshan (SS)-2022 themed on ‘People First’ from New Delhi.

•      SS 2022 has incorporated specific indicators focusing on frontline workers like improvement in their working conditions and livelihood opportunities.

•      MoHUA also released a coffee table book titled ‘A Change of Heart’ featureing inspirational stories of individuals and communities related to urban India’s cleanliness drive.

 

12. SUSTAINABLE FINANCE ROAD MAP

•      The government of India has set up a task force under Ajay Seth, Secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry of Finance, to strengthen the road map to enhance the sustainable finance architecture of India.

 

13. INDIA’S 1ST SPORTS ARBITRATION CENTRE

•      Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju inaugurated India’s 1st ‘Sports Arbitration Centre of India’ (SACI) in Gujarat.

•      The SACI will serve as an independent body to redress the disputes in the sports sector and expand the country’s sports sector.

•      The Ministry of Law and Justice will provide all the legal backing to the SACI.

 

14. GOVERNMENT SET UP IDRCL TO CLEAR NPAS

•      The government has set up the India Debt Resolution Company Ltd (IDRCL), an asset management company (AMC) that will work with the National Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd (NARCL)/Bad Bank to clean up bad loans (i.e Non-Performing Assets (NPAs)).

•      Objective: To carry out all kinds of debt management, operational management, resolution advisory, support, and consultancy services in relation to debt resolution, and insolvency resolution.

•      IDRCL was set up with a paid-up capital of Rs 80.5 lakh on an authorized capital of Rs 50 crore.

•      Canara Bank is the sponsor bank.

 

15. GOVT DISSOLVES ORDNANCE FACTORY BOARD

•      As part of the Atmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India) to corporatize the production in Defence sector, Defence Ministry of India had dissolved the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB).

•      As per the announcement issued by the Government of India on May 16,2020, the management, control, operations and maintenance of 41 production units and identified non-production units under OFB will be transferred to the wholly government owned seven defence PSUs (Public Sector Units) with effect from October 1,2021.

SEVEN NEW COMPANIES ARE:

•      Troop Comforts Ltd. and Gliders India are reorganised for manufacturing textiles.

•      Munitions India Ltd., India Optel Ltd., Armoured Vehicles Nigam Ltd., Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Ltd., and Yantra India Ltd. are into manufacturing machinery and equipment.

 

16. INDIA’S 1ST PLATFORM TO ACCEPT INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCES DIRECTLY INTO DIGITAL WALLET

•      Paytm Payments Bank has partnered  with Ria Money Transfer, a cross-border money transfer firm and a business segment of Euronet.

•      It will facilitate users to receive money from their relatives abroad.

•      With this partnership, Paytm Payment Bank becomes the first digital wallet in India to accept deposits from international remittances while Ria Money Transfer has become the first money transfer company that will connect with 333 million Paytm’s wallet users.

 

17. DRDO SUCCESSFULLY FLIGHT-TESTED ‘AKASH PRIME’

•      Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested the new version of Akash Missile namely ‘Akash Prime’ from Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur, Odisha.

•      Akash Prime is a medium-range mobile surface-to-air missile (SAM) system developed by the DRDO and produced by Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL).

 

18. U.S. SUCCESSFULLY FLIGHT-TESTS RAYTHEON HYPERSONIC WEAPON

•      According to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of United States, the country has successfully tested a Raytheon hypersonic weapon, an air-breathing hypersonic weapon, the next generation of arms that plunder the reaction time of rivals and traditional defeat mechanisms for Air Force.

 

19. ‘MY LIFE IN FULL: WORK, FAMILY AND OUR FUTURE’

•      Indra Nooyi, former Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo Inc, has penned her memoir titled ‘My Life in Full: Work, Family and Our Future’.

•      The book is published by Hachette India.

•      Indra Nooyi is an Indian-American business executive, who served as the chairperson and chief executive officer (CEO) of PepsiCo from 2006 to 2019.