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.
