DAILY GK : 14 , 15 SEP 2021
1.MEDICINES
FROM THE SKY PROJECT
• Union
Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, Ministry of Civil Aviation launched
‘Medicines from the Sky (MFTS)’ in
Vikarabad district of Telangana to send medicines to primary healthcare
centres using drones.
• With
this Telangana became the first Indian state to use drones for Beyond Visual
Line of Sight (BVLoS) to deliver the payload.
• MFTS
is an initiative of the Government of Telangana in association with World
Economic Forum (WEF), NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog,
and HealthNet Global (Apollo Hospitals).
2.2+2
MINISTERIAL DIALOGUE WITH AUSTRALIA
• India
hosted the 1st ever 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue with Australia in New Delhi.
• In
this regard, Australia’ s Marise Payne, Minister for Foreign Affairs and
Minister for Women and Peter Dutton, Minister of Defence Minister visited
India.
• From
the Indian side it was attended by Union Ministers Subrahmanyam Jaishankar,
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), and Rajnath Singh, Ministry of Defence
(MoD).
3.OVER
HALF OF FARM HOUSEHOLDS STILL UNDER DEBT: NSO REPORT
• In
accordance with the National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics
and Programme Implementation, ‘Situation Assessment of Agricultural Households
and Land Holdings of Households in Rural India, 2019’ released, more than half of India’s
agricultural households were in debt, with an average outstanding of Rs 74,121
in 2018 as compared to Rs 47,000 in 2013, an increase of 57.7%.
• The
survey theme was “Land and Livestock Holdings of Households and Situation
Assessment of Agricultural Households” in the rural areas of India.
4.BRICS
SUMMIT 2021
• Prime
Minister of India Narendra Modi chaired the 13th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India,
China, and South Africa) Summit 2021 virtually on the theme ‘ BRICS@15:
Intra-BRICS Cooperation for Continuity, Consolidation and Consensus’ .
• The
summit saw the adoption of the ‘New
Delhi Declaration’.
5.SARDAR
IQBAL SINGH LALPURA APPOINTED AS CHAIRMAN OF NCM
• Sardar
Iqbal Singh Lalpura took charge as the Chairman of National Commission of
Minorities (NCM) in the presence of Minister of Minority Affairs, Mukhtar Abbas
Naqvi. The event was conducted in Delhi.
• He
succeeded the outgoing chairman of the
commission, Ghayorul Hasan.
6.BHUPENDRA
PATEL APPOINTED AS CM OF GUJARAT
• Bhupendra
Patel was appointed as the 17th Chief Minister (CM) of Gujarat by the Governor
Acharya Devvrat.
• He
succeeded Vijay Rupani, who had resigned earlier.
7.INDIA’S
LARGEST OPEN-AIR FERNERY
• India’s
largest Open-air Fernery, consisting 120 different varieties of ferns, was
inaugurated by the famous expert on Pteridophyte (Ferns), Dr Nilambar Kunetha
in Ranikhet, Uttrakhand.
• However,
it is the country’s first open-air fernery in natural surroundings which is not
under any poly-house/ shade house.
• The
fernery has the largest collection of fern species, second to only Jawaharlal
Nehru Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute (TBGRI), Thiruvananthapuram,
Kerala.
8.EARTH’S
NORTHERNMOST ISLAND
• A
team of researchers discovered a new island, the northernmost point of land on
Earth, off the coast of Greenland during a Danish-Swiss research expedition.
• This
island was revealed by the movement of the ice.
• The
researchers proposed to name the island “Qeqertaq Avannarleq”, which means ‘the
northernmost island’ in Greenlandic.
9.2021
US OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
• The
141st edition of the US Open Tennis Championship was held in USA’s New York
City, which is also the 4th & last Grand Slam title of 2021 being conducted
in a ‘Hard Court’ .
• Russia’s
Daniil Medvedev, the current World No.2 ranked tennis player, defeated Serbia’s
Novak Djokovic in the finals of Men’s Singles.
• 18-year
old Emma Raducanu from Britain defeated Canada’s Leylah Fernandez to win the
Women’s Singles Title.
10.2021
ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
• McLaren’s
Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) won the 2021 Italian Grand Prix, making his 1st
victory since 2018, notably this is McLaren’s 1st win after 9-years.
• Ricciardo
was closely followed by McLaren’s Lando Norris and Mercedes Valtteri Bottas
finishing the race in 2nd and 3rd position.
11.BOOK-
“A RUDE LIFE: THE MEMOIR”
• Veteran
journalist Vir Sanghvi has authored a memoir titled “A Rude Life: The Memoir”
which shares his views and experience as an Indian journalist.
• The
book has been published by Viking Penguin India.
12.WORLD
FIRST AID DAY 2021 – SEPTEMBER 11
• World
First Aid Day is annually observed across the globe on the 2nd Saturday of
September to promote and celebrate the importance of first aid in preventing
injuries and saving lives in critical situations.
• The
theme of World First Aid Day 2021 is “Be a hero at school and in your community”.
13.TN
CELEBRATES 11TH SEPTEMBER AS “MAHAKAVI DAY”
• M.K.
Stalin, Chief Minister(CM) of Tamil Nadu(TN) announced that the 11th September
of every year starting from 2021 will be observed as the “Mahakavi Day”.
• The
day aims to pay tribute to the Freedom fighter, eminent Tamil Poet Mahakavi
Subramania Bharati.
• 11th
September 2021 marks the 100th Death anniversary of Subramania Bharati.
14.‘IRASTE’
ROAD SAFETY PROJECT TO REDUCE ROAD ACCIDENTS
• Nitin
Gadkari launched ‘ iRaste- a two year pilot project in Nagpur, Maharashtra.
• It
is a collaborative project, developed by Intel India, International Institute
of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIIT-H), Council of Scientific &
Industrial Research (CSIR) – Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), Mahindra
and Mahindra and Nagpur Municipal
Corporation (NMC).
• It
stands for Intelligent Solutions for Road Safety through Technology and
Engineering.
15.WORLD
BANK REPORT
• The
World Bank released the updated Groundswell report “Groundswell Part 2: Acting
on Internal Climate Migration” on 13th September 2021.
• According
to the report, Climate Change could force more than 216 million people from
across 6 regions(South Asia; Latin America; Sub-Saharan Africa; East Asia and
the Pacific; North Africa; and Eastern Europe and Central Asia) to migrate from
their own countries by 2050.
16.GOVT
APPOINTED 10 MERCHANT BANKERS FOR MANAGING IPO OF LIC
• The
Government of India has appointed 10 merchant bankers for managing Initial
Public Offering (IPO) of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC).
• The
IPOs of LIC will be launched in the month of January to March 2022.
• The
government also has selected Concept Communications as their advertising agency
and Kfintech as the Registrar and Share transfer agent of the IPO.
17.NUCLEAR
MISSILE TRACKING SHIP INS DHRUV
• India
has launched its first satellite and nuclear-missile tracking ship INS (Indian
Naval Ship) Dhruv.
• It
is the first of its kind ocean surveillance ship (OSS) that is capable of
tracking ballistic missiles at a long-range.
• It
was launched by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval in the presence of Chief
of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh from Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), its
commission site.
• It
is built by the Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) in collaboration with the
DRDO.
18.INDIA
LEADS IN TEST SERIES AGAINST ENGLAND
• India
lead in the 5-match Test Series against England by winning 2 of the 4-matches
played and drawing the 1st match.
• The
Fifth match of the series was cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak among 4 of the
Indian crew members.
• Virat
Kohli – Fastest Cricketer to reach 23,000 International runs
• Jasprit
Bumrah becomes Fastest Indian to take 100 Test wickets
19.OSCAR
FERNANDES PASSED AWAY IN KARNATAKA
• Former
Union Minister and Congress leader Oscar Fernandes passed away in Mangaluru,
Karnataka. He was 80 year old.
• Fernandes
was also a trained performer of Yakshagana, the traditional art form of coastal
Karnataka.
20.NATIONAL
HINDI DIWAS 2021 – SEPTEMBER 14
• National
Hindi Diwas is annually observed across India on September 14th to commemorate
the adoption of Hindi in the Devanagari Script as one of the official languages
of India.
