DAILY GK 25,26 SEP

 DAILY GK 25,26 SEP

1.             INDIA’S 1ST UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY TO OPEN IN TELANGANA

·               The Telangana Legislative Assembly and Council has approved the University of forestry (UoF) Act-2022.

·               It will be India’s 1st & world’s 3rd Forestry university.

·               In the World, only Russia and China have forest universities.

·               Telangana Government has decided to expand Forest College and Research Institute (FCRI), Hyderabad, Telangana into a full-fledged University of Forestry (UoF).

·               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

·               India will receive its 1st Flex-Fuel Vehicle (FFV) which can run on ethanol blended petrol and battery.

·               Brazil-based Flex Fuel Strong Hybrid Electric Vehicles (FFV-SHEV) will be used as a model to assess their reduced carbon emissions performance.

·               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

·               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).

·               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).

·               Indian importers undertaking the INR trade mechanism will make payments in INR for their purchases against invoices from international sellers and suppliers.

·               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

·               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.

·               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.

·               CIAL also improved its position as the third-busiest airport in India in terms of international traffic.

·               The Airport Service Quality Award is instituted by the Airport Council International (ACI).

 

5.             DILIPTIRKEY ELECTED NEW HOCKEY INDIA PRESIDENT

·               The former India captain and Olympian DilipTirkey has been elected unopposed as the new President of Hockey India (HI).

·               He became the Hockey India’s first player-president.

·               Bhola Nath has been elected unopposed as secretary general.

·               Adille Sumariwalla, who is also a former players, is president of Athletics Federation of India (AFI).

·               DilipTirkey hails from Sundargarh (Odisha).

·               He is the only tribal hockey player to represent India in three Olympics.

 

6.             MUNISHWAR NATH BHANDARI APPOINTED AS CHAIRMAN OF PMLA APPELLATE TRIBUNAL

·               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).

·               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

·               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

·               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 years

·               Dilip Asbe joined NPCI in January 2010 as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and later served as Chief Operating Officer from 2013 to 2018.

·               In 2018, he was appointed as the acting MD & CEO.

·               NPCI Headquarters- Mumbai, Maharashtra,Establishment- 2008

 

8.             DR RAJIV BAHL APPOINTED AS NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL OF ICMR

·               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 years.

·               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

·               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).

·               It is a surface-to-surface missile, also known as the Blue Spear, and ANAM (Advanced Naval Attack Missile)