DAILY GK 27,28 SEP
1.
UNION
MOS&T MINISTER DR.JITENDRA SINGH’S VISIT TO USA
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He the first-ever “Global
Clean Energy Action Forum 2022,” a joint convening of the 13th
Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM 13) and the 7th Mission Innovation (MI 7)
ministerials, which was held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
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He also addressed the forum’s Roundtable on “Net Zero Built
Environment with Connected Communities.”
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During the first roundtable on “Sustainable
Bioenergy and Bio-Refineries” at the Global Clean Energy Action
Forum 2022, Dr.Jitendra Singh announced the launch of the “Innovation
Roadmap of the Mission Integrated Biorefineries”.
2.
National
Service Scheme Awards for the Year 2020-21
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The President of
India, Droupadi Murmu presented
the National Service Scheme (NSS) Awards for
the year 2020-2021 at New Delhi
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A total of 42 awards have been awarded including 2 Universities, 10 NSS
units, their programme officers, and 30 NSS volunteers received the awards.
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The NSS awards are conferred every year by the Department of Youth Affairs,
under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
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The NSS is a Central Sector Scheme (CSS) of
the Government of India (GoI), under the Ministry of Youth Affairs &
Sports (MoYAS) that
was launched in 1969,
with an aim to provide experience to young students of schools and universities
in delivering community services.
3.
INDIAN
CRICKETER JHULAN GOSWAMI ANNOUNCED RETIREMENT
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Indian cricketer Jhulan Nishit
Goswami, the bowling legend of Indian Women’s cricket team, announced her
retirement from international cricket.
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The match at Lords’ England
in September 2022,Indian Women’s Team 3rd One Day International (ODI) against
England, was her last international match.
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She is famously known as
‘Babul’.
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She served as the Captain of
Indian Women’s Cricket Team (2008–2011)
4.
WORLD
PHARMACIST DAY 2022 – SEPTEMBER 25
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World Pharmacists Day(WPD)
is annually observed across the globe on 25th September to encourage pharmacists
and value their contributions and to promote and raise awareness about their
profession.
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The theme of
World Pharmacists Day 2022 is “Pharmacy united in action for a
healthier world”.
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25th September was chosen to
celebrate World Pharmacy Day(WPD) to mark the date of the establishment of the
International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP). FIP was established on 25th
September 1912.
5.
WORLD
RIVERS DAY 2022- SEPTEMBER 25
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World Rivers Day is annually
observed across the globe on the 4th Sunday of September to
promote awareness about the importance of rivers and the increasing threat
posed to rivers by climate change.
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The theme for World Rivers Day 2022 is ‘The
importance of Rivers to Biodiversity’.
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World Rivers Day was 1st
observed in 2005 following the launch of the United Nations (UN)’s
‘International Decade for Action, “Water for Life”, 2005-2015‘.
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The day (World Rivers Day)
was initiated by Mark Angelo, a Canadian river
conservationist.
6.
WORLD
ENVIRONMENT HEALTH DAY 2022 – SEPTEMBER 26
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The World Environmental
Health Day (WEHD) is annually observed across the
world on 26th September to raise awareness about the important role of
environmental health and to highlight the environmental concerns on human
health.
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The theme for the 2022
WEHD is “Strengthening Environmental Health
Systems for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals”.
7.
SUELLA
BRAVERMAN WINS 1ST QUEEN ELIZABETH AWARD
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Indian-origin UK (United
Kingdom) Home Secretary Suella Braverman has
been named the winner of the 1st Queen Elizabeth II Woman of the
Year award at the Asian Achievers Awards (AAA)
2022 ceremony in London, England.
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She is a British politician
and barrister who was appointed as the UK’s Home Secretary by
British Prime Minister Mary Elizabeth Truss (Liz Truss) at the AAA 2022
ceremony.
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The awards have been given
in order to recognise the achievements of individuals from different spheres of
life across Britain’s South Asian community through public nominations.
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Broadcaster Naga Munchetty
won in the media category
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Namit Malhotra in the Arts and Culture category
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Captain Harpreet Chandi in the Uniformed and Civil Service category
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Karenjeet Kaur Bains won the Sports Personality of the Year
8.
GIORGIA MELONI TO
BECOME ITALY’S 1ST WOMAN PM
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Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Far Right nationalist Fratellid’Italia (Brothers of
Italy) party won 26% of the vote in Italy’s National Election by defeating
Mario Draghi and becoming Italy’s 1st Woman Prime
Minister.
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The Italian Parliament
consists of two housesThe Chamber of Deputies has
630 elected members.
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The Senate of
the Republic has 315 elected senators.
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Italy President- Sergio Mattarella,Capital- Rome
9.
NASA
SUCCESSFULLY TESTS DART AS IT CRASHES INTO ASTEROID DIMORPHOS
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National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA)’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART),
the world’s first planetary defence technology demonstration, successfully
crashed into the asteroid Dimorphos 6.8m miles from
Earth.
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This marks humanity’s first attemt to move another celestial body, with
an aim to see if a larger asteroid hurtling towards Earth could be diverted.
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Dimorphos is an asteroid that was discovered in 1996 and is about 9.6
million kilometres from Earth.
10.
2022
DULEEP TROPHY CRICKET
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The West zone has defeated
the South zone by 294 runs to win their 19th
title in 2022 Duleep Trophy at the SNR
College Cricket Ground, Coimbatore
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The 2022 Duleep trophy was the 59th season of the Duleep Trophy.
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Sarfaraz Khan scored most runs with 127 runs for 178 balls and
Jaydev Unadkat of West zone became the player of the series.
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Duleep Trophy is also known as Mastercard Duleep trophy for
its sponsorship and it is also the first-class cricket tournament in India.
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It is named after Duleepsinhji of Nawanagar, who is also known as
Duleep.
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The competition was originally contested by teams representing
geographical zones of India.
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But from 2016, the BCCI selected the teams for the trophy.
11.
WORLD
TOURISM DAY 2022 – SEPTEMBER 27
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The United Nations (UN)’s World
Tourism Day (WTD)
is annually observed across the globe on 27 September to
raise awareness among the international community of the importance of tourism
and its social, cultural, political and economic value.
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The WTD was initiated by the United Nations World Trade Organisation (UNWTO)
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Host Country of WTD 2022: Indonesia
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The theme of World
Tourism Day for 2022 is ‘Rethinking Tourism’.
