DAILY GK 18 - 20 SEP
1.
MCA REVISES DEFINITION OF SMALL COMPANIES
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|
Criteria |
Prior
to 2021 |
Old
(2021) |
New
(2022) |
|
Paid-Up Capital |
Rs. 50 lakh |
Rs. 2 crore |
Rs. 4 crore |
|
Turnover |
Rs. 2 crore |
Rs. 20 crore |
Rs. 40 crore |
2.
IWA WORLD WATER CONGRESS IN COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
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A Whitepaper on ‘Urban Wastewater Scenario
in India’ was launched during International Water Association (IWA) World
Water Congress & Exhibition 2022 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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This whitepaper is an outcome of the Green
Strategic Partnership between India and Denmark with a focus on
green hydrogen, renewable energy and wastewater management.
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It was prepared by an
interdisciplinary team which was formed by the Government of India (GoI) with
partners from Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI
Aayog, MoJS, National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG),
Innovation Centre Denmark (ICDK), and Indian
Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB).
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It points out the current status of
wastewater treatment in India and potential pathways for future treatment
structures, co-creation and collaborations.
3.
HUNGARY IS NO LONGER A FULL DEMOCRACY
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The
Members of the European Parliament (MEP) declared in a non-binding
but highly symbolic report, that Hungary is no longer a fully
functioning democracy.
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The declaration states that Hungary will
be considered a ‘hybrid regime of electoral autocracy’,
in which elections will be held regularly without following basic democratic
norms.
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Article 7 of the Treaty
on European Union (EU) is a procedure in the treaties of the EU
to suspend certain rights from a member state.
4.
SAUDI ARABIA BECOME INDIA’S SECOND-LARGEST OIL SUPPLIER IN
AUGUST 2022
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Saudi
Arabia became the 2nd-biggest oil supplier to India overtaking Russia (first is
Iraq).
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India
also became Russia’s second biggest oil purchaser after China.
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India, the world’s 3rd biggest oil
importer and consumer, shipped in 8,63,950 barrels per day (bpd) of crude from
Saudi Arabia up from 4.8% from July 2022.
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In August 2022, the United Arab Emirates
(UAE) was the 4th, while Kazakhstan replaced Kuwait to become 5th-largest oil
supplier to India, followed by the United States (USA).
5.
DR SWATI PIRAMAL CONFERRED FRANCE’S LEGION OF HONOUR
AWARD
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Indian
Scientist-Industrialist and Padma Shri recipient Dr Swati Piramal, Vice-Chairperson
of the Piramal Group was honoured with the ‘Chevalier de la Legion
d’Honneur’ (Knight of the Legion of Honour), France’s
top civilian honour for her contribution to business, science,
medicine, arts, culture, and Indo-French ties.
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The
award is in recognition of her outstanding achievements and contributions in
the fields of business and industry, science, medicine, arts and culture, both
nationally and internationally.
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The Legion of
Honour award is conferred by the French Republic for outstanding service
to France, regardless of the nationality of the recipients, and the President
of France is the Grand Master of the Order of the Legion of Honour.
6.
INSPIRE AWARDS – MANAK TO 60 STARTUPS
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Union
Minister of State (MoS) for Science & Technology, Jitendra Singh presented INSPIRE (Innovation
in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research) awards – MANAK (Million
Minds Augmenting National Aspirations and Knowledge) to 60 startups
and financial support to 53,021 students.
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The award is instituted by the Department
of Science & Technology (DST).
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According to Minister Jitendra Singh, in
2020-2021, the annual INSPIRE Awards–MANAK competition attracted 6.53 Lakh
unique ideas and innovations from all States and Union Territories (UTs) of the
country.
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In India, out of 766 districts, 702 districts have
represented the ideas and innovations in the INSPIRE Awards–MANAK scheme.
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The INSPIRE Awards – MANAK, a
flagship scheme of the country is jointly implemented by the Department of
Science & Technology (DST) with the National Innovation Foundation – India
(NIF).
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It aims to motivate students in the age
group of 10-15 years and studying in classes 6 to 10.
7.
ROGER FEDERER ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT FROM
PROFESSIONAL TENNIS
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A
Professional Tennis Player from Switzerland, Roger Federer has announced his
retirement from the ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) Tour and Grand
Slams at the age of 41.
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The 5th Laver Cup 2022 from September
23-25 that will be held at The O2 in London, United Kingdom (UK) will be his
final appearance on the ATP circuit.
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He played a total matches of 1,526, and
won 1,251, 2nd in the Open Era behind United States’ (US) Jimmy Connors (1274)
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He has won 20 Grand Slam victories, and finished 5 seasons ranked No.1.
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His victories include- the Australian Open
six times, the French Open once, the US Open five times, and Wimbledon, a
record eight times (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 and 2017).
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His 20 Grand Slam titles are 3rd highest
behind Spain’s Rafael Nadal (22), and Serbia’s Novak Djokovic (21).
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He also won the most Grand Slams Men’s
singles main matches (369) in the Open Era.
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He holds the record of becoming the oldest
ever world No. 1 at age 36 years, 320 days and remaining at the top of the
rankings for a record 237 consecutive weeks.
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He is also the oldest men’s player to win
Wimbledon in 2017 at the age of 35 years, 342 days.
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He is the only men’s player to win at
least 10 titles on clay, grass, and hard courts.
8.
WORLD YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP IN ROMANIA
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India’s Pranav Anand (Karnataka) won
the Under-16 (Open) title
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A R Ilamparthi (Tamil Nadu) won the Under 14
(Open) title at the World Youth Chess Championship 2022 held in
Mamaia, România.
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In
the girls Under-18 event,
S Kanishka secured 6th place and Rakshittaravi finished 8th.
9.
NATIONAL LOGISTICS POLICY LAUNCHE
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The
Prime Minister (PM) of India, Narendra Modi launched the National Logistics Policy (NLP) at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi (Delhi)
that will act as single point of reference for all logistics and trade
facilitation matters.
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The
NLP, in conjunction with the PM-Gati
Shakti Programme, Sagarmala and Bharatmala
(waterways and roadways) schemes, the Dedicated Freight Corridors, etc.,
can be transformational.
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A
new digital platform, Ease of logistics Services or E-Log has
also been launched through which industry associations can take up any issues
regarding operations and performance with the government.
10.
WORLD’S FIRST INTERCONTINENTAL CARNIVORE TRANSLOCATION: WILD
CHEETAHS REINTRODUCED IN INDIA
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Prime
Minister Narendra Modi has reintroduced wild Cheetahs (Scientic Name- Acinonyx jubatus)
in Kuno National Park, Sheopur and Morena districts ,Madhya
Pradesh, as part of “Project Cheetah”, the
world’s first inter-continental large wild carnivore translocation project.
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Of the eight Cheetahs that were introduced
in India, five are females and three are males.
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Since Cheetahs were proclaimed extinct in
Indian forests in 1952, these Cheetahs have been brought from Namibia (Africa) and are being
introduced into India.
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The very last cheetah was killed in India
in 1947.
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The International Union for Conservation
of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species classifies the Cheetah as ‘Vulnerable’ species.
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Kuno River is Tributary of Chambal River.
Kuno national park is situated in Vindhyan Hills of Central India
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The translocated cheetahs are currently
named -- Elton, Freddie, Oban, Siyaya,
Aasha, Tbilisi, Sasha and Savannah
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Namibia Capital –
Windhoek
11.
KAZAKHSTAN RENAMES CAPITAL TO ASTANA
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The
President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, signed constitutional
amendments that extended the nation’s presidential term to 7 years from 5
years, and brought back the old name of the country’s capital to Astana from
the current Nur-Sultan.
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Astana
became the capital of Kazakhstan in 1997. Then in 2019, its capital was named
‘Nur-Sultan’ in honour of outgoing President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who ruled
the nation for 3 decades.
12.
VISIT OF PM NARENDRA MODI TO UZBEKISTAN FOR THE SCO SUMMIT
2022
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Prime
Minister (PM) Narendra Modi visited Samarkand,
Uzbekistan, to attend the 22nd Meeting of the Council of
Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) 2022.
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The summit was chaired by the President of
Uzbekistan, H.E. Mr. Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
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At the 22nd Meeting of the SCO Council of
Heads of State in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, the city of Varanasi in
Uttar Pradesh, India, was nominated as the first-ever SCO Tourism
and Cultural Capital for the years 2022–2023.
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During the 22nd Meeting India took over
the rotating presidency of the SCO from Uzbekistan.
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India will hold the presidency of the
group for a year, till September 2023.
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The next meeting of the SCO Council of
Heads of State in 2023 will be held in India.
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Prime Minister (PM) – Abdulla
Aripov,Capital – Tashkent
13.
UNEP LAUNCHED ‘GREEN FINS HUB’ TO ENCOURAGE SUSTAINABLE
MARINE TOURISM
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The
United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), along
with Reef-World Foundation, the United Kingdom
(UK) based charity, launched a global digital platform, ‘Green
Fins Hub’.
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Green Fins Hub is the first ever global
marine tourism industry platform.
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It is a global digital platform which will
help diving and snorkelling operators worldwide to make simple, cost efficient
changes to their daily practices by utilizing tried and tested solutions.
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UNEP Headquarters-Nairobi, Kenya,Executive
Director-Inger Andersen
14.
AMADOU BA APPOINTED AS SENEGAL’S PM
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Macky
Sall President of Senegal reinstated the post of Prime Minister(PM), appointing
former Economy Minister Amadou Ba(61 years old) as the PM of Senegal.
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The
post of Prime Minister was abolished in April 2019.
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Senegal Capital- Dakar
15.
WORLD WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2022
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17th edition of
the World Wrestling Championships or World Wrestling
Championships 2022 was held in Belgrade, Serbia.
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United
states of America lead the table with 15 medals followed by Japan and Turkey.
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India is ranked 24th with 2 medals.
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India’s Bajrang
Punia (Haryana) has won the men’s 65 kg bronze
medal by defeating Sebastian Rivera of Puerto Rico in the
World Wrestling Championships 2022.
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Vinesh Phogat won the bronze medal in the 53kg category .
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She defeated
European champion Emma Malmgren of Sweden
16.
DURAND CUP FOOTBALL 2022
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Sunil Chhetri-led Bengaluru
FC (BFC) won their 1st ever Durand Cup 2022 by
defeating Mumbai City FC (MCFC)
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It
is the 131st edition of Durand Cup, Asia’s
oldest football tournament held at Salt Lake Stadium or Vivekananda Yuba
Bharati Krirangan stadium, Kolkata in West Bengal.
17.
WORLD BAMBOO DAY 2022 – SEPTEMBER 18
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World
Bamboo Day (WBD) is annually observed across the globe on 18th September to
create awareness about Bamboo, which is considered to be Green
Gold.
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The
Indian Forest Act 1927, declared bamboo as a tree which prohibited it from
cutting and transporting.
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In 2017, after the amendment of section 2(7) of
the Indian Forest Act 1927 , parliament declared that bamboo is not a tree and
does not require permission for felling and transporting.
18.
SEPTEMBER 17: HYDERABAD LIBERATION DAY
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On
17th September 2022 Union Home Minister Amit Shah started off Hyderabad Liberation Day
(or National Integration Day) celebrations from the Parade
ground in Telangana’s Secunderabad to commemorate 75 years of liberation of
Hyderabad.
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At
the time of the Partition of India, in 1947, India was divided into British
India and Princely states. The states were acceded to either Pakistan or
India.Hyderabad was one of the large princely state.
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Indian
Home Minister Sardar Patel decided to annex Hyderabad, and that led to ‘Operation
Polo’ (Police action against Hyderabad).
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Nizam of Hyderabad Mir Osman
Ali Khan, the 7th in the line of the AsafJahi dynasty, had surrendered
Hyderabad during the Operation and the state was integrated into the territory
of India on 17th September 1948, which is now celebrated as Hyderabad
Liberation Day.
