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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs 1. Chandrayaan-2 orbiter spots Lander on moon The unioun territories of jammu & Kashmir and Chandrayaan-2 Lander vikram has been located ladakh will have common high court, state on lunar surface and it must had been a hard judicial academy‘s director Rajeev Gupta said. landing, ISRO chairman K.Sivan said. 108 central laws would be applicable to the two The Lander was spotted some distance away UTs, while 164 state laws would be repealed possibly half a kilometer from its intended and 166 state laws would continue to be touchdown point. The originally chosen region applicable. Existing law and procedure for was about 70 degree south of lunar equator and practice in the high court will remain same. about 600 km from lunar South Pole. The centre had on August 5 nullified article 370 The Lander module had lost communication of the constitution, revoking the special status with ground stations, just 2.1 km from the lunar of the state. Parliament approved the resolution surface during its final descent.Considered the in this regard and also passed the bill on the most complex stage of the country‘s second bifurcation of the state into UTs. expedition to the moon, the lander was on a powered decent for a soft landing when it lost 3. Teen sensation Andreescu overpowers Serena contact. The data on the last moments of the Lander is being analyzed, ISRO said soon after failure of the mission. What are the scientific objectives of Chandrayaan 2? Why explore the Lunar South Pole? The origin of Moon still needs further explanations. Extensive mapping of lunar Bianca andreescu became Canada‘s first grand surface to study variations in lunar surface slam champion by defeating serena Williams in composition is essential to trace back the origin the Us open final. Bianca andreescu entered and evolution of the Moon. Evidence for water finals by defeating Belinda Bencic in molecules discovered by Chandrayaan-1, semifinals. requires further studies on the extent of water 2018 US Open women‘s champion was Naomi molecule distribution on the surface, below the Osaka. surface and in the tenuous lunar exosphere to address the origin of water on Moon. 4. SLINEX 2019: 2 Sri Lankan naval ships The lunar South Pole is especially interesting arrive in Visakhapatnam because of the lunar surface area here that remains in shadow is much larger than that at the North Pole. There is a possibility of the presence of water in permanently shadowed areas around it. In addition, South Pole region Two Sri Lankan naval ships, Sindhurala and has craters that are cold traps and contain a Suranimala, participated in ‗SLINEX 2019‘, the fossil record of the early Solar System. bilateral maritime exercise between India and Chandrayaan-2 will attempt to soft land the Sri Lanka. Lander -Vikram and rover- Pragyan in a high The exercise signifies the desire of both plain between two craters, Manzinus C and countries to enhance co-operation and to further Simpelius N, at latitude of about 70° south. strengthen mutual trust and interoperability between the two navies. 2. UTs of J&K, Ladakh to have a common HC Further, it will enable both navies to rehearse and improve own capabilities and enhance
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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs operational effectiveness required to maintain The EAS meeting will discuss regional and maritime security in the Indian Ocean region. global economic developments and ASEAN‘s outlook on the Indo-Pacific regions. Matters 5. 7th RCEP ministerial meeting commence in related to promotion of trade and investment Bangkok among the partner countries will also be discussed in the India ASEAN AEM and EAS- EMM meetings.
6. Annual Asian achievers awards The 19th annual Asian Achievers Awards took place at prestigious Grosvenor House Hotel at Park Lane on 6th September. Highlighting the incredible achievements of South Asians in the UK. Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and ASIAN ACHIEVERS AWARDS 2019 Railways, Piyush Goyal, attendes the 7th RCEP WINNERS: Ministerial Meeting, 16th ASEAN India Winner Category Economic Ministers (AEM) meeting and the 7th East Asia Economic Ministers Summit being held in Bangkok from 8-10 September Onkardeep Singh Achievement in Community 2019. The meetings will be attended by MBE Services Achievement in Media, Arts Economic Ministers and senior leaders of ten Faisal Islam ASEAN member countries and eight East Asia & Culture Summit (EAS) countries. Vipul Vadera Businessperson of the Year Engagement with ASEAN is at the core of Kush Kanodia Entrepreneur of the Year India‘s ‗Act East‘ policy. ASEAN is the gateway to the Indian Ocean region and as Krishna Omkar Professional of the Year Sports Personality of the close partners, there is convergence of views in Harjit Singh Bhania India‘s and ASEAN outlook in the region. Year Trade and investment relations between India Uniformed, Civil and Public Hafsa Qureshi and ASEAN continue to show remarkable Services growth. India‘s bilateral trade jumped threefold Neeta Patel Woman of the Year from USD 21 billion in 2005-06 to USD 96.7 Lifetime Achievement billion in 2018-19. ASEAN countries together Anil Agarwal have emerged as the largest trading partner of Award India in 2018-19 (followed by USA), with a Rajesh Agrawal, Editor‘s Award for Public share of 11.47 % in India‘s overall trade, while London Deputy Mayor Services India was ASEAN‘s sixth largest trading Editor‘s Award for partner in 2018. Dr. Nilesh U Patel MD Contribution to Thoracic Investment flows are also substantial both Surgery ways. The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Editor‘s Choice Award for inflows into India from ASEAN between April Pradip Dhamecha Community service, 2018 to March 2019 was about USD 16.41 Philanthropy and Entrepre billion which is approximately 36.98 % of total FDI flow into India. FDI inflows from India to The Asian Awards is an annual award ASEAN in 20018 amounted to USD 1.7 billion, ceremony for the global Asian placing India as ASEAN‘s sixth largest source community which takes place in the United of FDI. Kingdom, with 14 categories that include business, philanthropy, entertainment, culture and sport
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7. 3 Animal Species in India Extinct Due To 9. 76th edition of the Venice International Film Desertification: Researchers Festival Three species of animals — the Indian Cheetah, 76th edition of the Venice International Film pink-headed duck, and the Great Indian Bustard Festival held at Venice , Italy. The Jury, chaired — have become extinct due to desertification in by Lucrecia Martel, and comprised of Stacy India, researchers said at the Conference of Martin, Mary Harron, Piers Handling, Rodrigo Parties to the United Nations Convention to Prieto, Shinya Tsukamoto, Paolo Virzì. Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP 14) held List of winners at New Delhi. Golden Lion: Joker, directed by Todd Phillips The database of more than 5.6 million Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize: An Officer and a specimens, collected from all over India and Spy, directed by Roman Polanski also from the neighboring countries before Silver Lion Best Director: Roy independence. This gives a lot of information Andersson, About Endlessness about how things have changed in more than Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Ariane Ascaride 100 years. Their distribution in geo-special in Gloria Mundi platforms, will realize how much changes have Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Luca Marinelli occurred because of the impact of deforestation in Martin Eden and desertification said by Director of the Best Screenplay Award: No. 7 Cherry Lane, Zoological Survey of India Kailash Chandra. written and directed by Yonfan These specimens have reduced to less than 150. Special Jury Prize: The Mafia Is No Longer Desertification is caused due to insecticides, What It Used to Be, directed by Franco Maresco pesticides, conversion to agricultural land, Marcello Mastroianni Award for Young Actor: industries and chemicals, indiscriminate Toby Wallace in Babyteeth, directed by development, researchers said. Shannon Murphy It was also stated in the forum that India faces a growing crisis of land degradation. More than 10. Hurricane Dorian: India announces USD 1 30 per cent of its land area has been degraded million disaster relief aid for Bahamas through deforestation, over-cultivation, soil India announced humanitarian assistance of erosion and depletion of wetlands. USD 1 million to help people in The Bahamas affected by Hurricane Dorian. 8. First helicopter summit held in Dehradun According to reports, the death toll from the The Aviation Ministry organized the country‘s calamity has risen to over 40 and is likely to first helicopter summit in Uttarakhand‘s increase even more, even as search and rescue Dehradun .where issues related to ―enhancing teams trying to reach out to Bahamian connectivity through helicopters ―were communities isolated by floodwaters and debris discussed. in the wake of Hurricane Dorian. First ever helicopter summit was organized by Hurricane Dorian was a long-lived, extremely Ministry of Civilian Aviation at Dehradun, powerful, and destructive Category 5 hurricane Uttarakhand. Indian Air Force was invited to that devastated the northwestern Bahamas and talk on ‗Role of IAF helicopters in MEDEVAC caused significant damage to the Southeastern (medical evacuation) at National level. United States and Atlantic Canada. It was the The conclave was attended by the Uttarakhand fifth tropical cyclone, fourth named storm, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, second hurricane, and the first major Aviation Secretary P S Kharola, Joint Secretary hurricane of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season in Aviation Ministry Usha Padhee, officials of The Bahamas, known officially as the Directorate General of Civil Aviation and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is a country state‘s Chief Secretary. within the Lucayan Archipelago, in
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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs the Caribbean. The archipelagic state consists Professor Deb from Pondicherry University of more than 700 islands, cays, and islets in will be awarded for his research in the field of the Atlantic Ocean, and is located north child protection, especially his focus on child of Cuba and Hispaniola Island (Haiti and abuse and neglect, student‘s mental health and the Dominican Republic), northwest of HIV/AIDS. the Turks and Caicos Islands, southeast of Professor Suri from the School of Physical the U.S. state of Florida, and east of the Florida Sciences in Jawaharlal Nehru University will be Keys. The capital is Nassau on the island awarded for his research in the field of non of New Providence equilibrium statistical physics and nonlinear dynamics. th 11. 8 September: International Literacy Day Professor Khan from the Inter-disciplinary International Literacy Day, celebrated annually Biotechnology Unit in Aligarh Muslim on 8 September, is an opportunity for University will be awarded for identifying Governments, civil society and stakeholders to Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) problem in highlight improvements in world literacy rates, India: mechanism of spread and control of and reflect on the world‘s remaining literacy AMR. challenges. The issue of literacy is a key The Visitor‘s Awards had been instituted in component of the UN‘s Sustainable 2014 to promote healthy competition amongst Development Goals and the UN‘s 2030 Agenda Central Universities and motivate them to adopt for Sustainable Development. best practices from around the world in pursuit 2019 Theme: Literacy and Multilingualism of excellence. Since then, the President International Literacy Day 2019 will focus on annually confers Visitor‘s Awards in various ‗Literacy and Multilingualism.‘ Despite categories. progress made, literacy challenges persist, distributed unevenly across countries and 13. US open: Rafael Nadal cherishes moment. populations. Embracing linguistic diversity in Rafael Nadal captured his 19th career Grand education and literacy development is central to Slam title by winning the US Open by addressing these literacy challenges and to outlasting Russia‘s Daniil Mahadev in final. achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Nadal entered final by defeating Matteo Background Berrettini in semifinals. 8 September was declared international literacy 2018 US Open men‘s champion was Novak day by UNESCO on 26 October 1966 at 14th Djokovic. session of UNESCO‘s General conference. It was celebrated for the first time in 1967. Its aim 14. India to restore more degraded land is to highlight the importance of literacy to India has raised by 10% the area of degraded individuals, communities and societies. land that the country has agreed to restore by 2030, Prime Minister Narendera Modi said. 12. Recipients of Visitor‟s Awards 2019 While high-level ministerial segment at the announced United Nation Conference of Parties summit on The award will be conferred by President Ram land degradation held at Greater Noida. Nath Kovind at an event to be held at India faces a severe problem of land Rashtrapati Bhavan. degradation, or soil becoming unfit for This year Visitor‘s Awards will be presented cultivation. About 29%, orabout 96.4 million for Research in – Humanities, Arts and Social hectares, of its land is considered degraded. Sciences; Physical Sciences; and Biological This January, India became part of the Sciences – and for Technology Development. ―BonnChallenge‖, a global effort to bring 150 Recipients million hectares of the world‘s deforested and
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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs degraded land into restoration by 2020, and350 including cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats and pigs million hectares by 2030. against the FMD. The programme also aims at vaccinating 36 15. Tamil Nadu ranks lowest in coverage of Million Female Bovine Calves annually in its iodized fight against the Brucellosis disease. TamilNadu has the lowest consumption of The Programme has two components – to iodized salt despite being the third biggest control the diseases by 2025 and eradication by producer of salt in the country, according to a 2030. first of its kind national survey to measure the coverage of iodized salt. The study shows 17. Panel formed to apportion J&K assets and that76.3% of Indian households consumed liabilities adequately iodized salt, which is salt with at The Home Ministry has formed a three member least 15 parts per million of iodine. committee headed by retired IAS officer and Top five states and % of households covered former Defence Secretary Sanjay Mitra to 1. J&k -99.80% apportion the assets and liabilities of Jammu 2. Nagaland-99.70% and Kashmir between the two Union Territories 3. Manipur-99.50% that will come into being on October 31. 4. Mizoram-99.20% ―As per Section 85 of the Jammu and Kashmir 5. Meghalaya-98.40% Reorganization Act, 2019,the Central Bottom five states and % of households covered government by an order establishes one or more 1. Tamilnadu-61.90% Advisory Committees for the apportionment of 2. Andhra pradesh-63.90% the assets, rights and liabilities of the 3. Rajasthan-65.50% companies and corporations constituted for the 4. Odisha-65.80% existing State of J&K between UT of J&K and 5. Jharkhand-68.80% UT of Ladakh,‖ the MHA said. The other Key recommendations members are retired IAS officer ArunGoyal and The key recommendation of the study by Controller General of Accounts GirirajPrasad Nutrition International is to sustain the Gupta. momentum so that iodine coverage does not fall 18. Multilingual Mobile App launched for below current levels. It also recommends that farmers the States and the Centre work together to Minister of State for Agriculture Parshottam address the current gaps and look into issues Rupala launched a multilingual Mobile App that vary from one State to another. ―CHC Farm Machinery‖ during a conference 16. Prime Minister Narendra Modi to launch on Crop Residue Management (with National Animal Disease Control collaboration of ICAR) in New Delhi. Programme on 11th September 2019 It will allow farmers to avail custom hiring In one of the major efforts towards doubling the services of CHCs located in a radius of 50 km. Farmers Income, Prime Minister Narendra The App connects the farmers with Custom Modi shall be launching the National Animal Hiring Service Centers in their area. It can be Disease Control Programme (NADCP) for downloaded on any android phone from Google eradicating the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) Play Store. and Brucellosis in the livestock, on The Minster sought ideas from farmers to 11th September from Mathura in Uttar Pradesh. ensure zero burning in all villages. He thanked With 100 Percent funding from the Central the farmers for bringing down incidents of Government, of Rs 12,652 Crores for a period stubble burning. Several farmers shared of five years till 2024, the programme aims at experiences and gave suggestions during the vaccinating over 500 Million Livestock conference. More than 1000 farmers attended the conference from four States.
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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs Sewa2019 campaign beginning from 19. Prime Minister to Launch Kisan Man Dhan 11thSeptember, 2019. Yojana The Department of Drinking Water and Prime Minister Narendra Modi shall launch the Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti, has requested Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana on the 12th of DPIIT to mandate the use of plastic waste by September at Ranchi, Jharkhand. cement kilns and DPIIT will ensure that all The Scheme shall secure the lives of 5 Crore collected plastic waste may be recycled in Small and Marginal Farmers by providing a cement kilns by Diwali this year. minimum pension of Rs 3000 per month, to The Ministry of Drinking Water and those who attain 60 years of age. Sanitation was a ministry of the Government The scheme has an outlay of Rs 10,774 Crores of India formed in 2011. From May 2019, the for the next three years. All the small and ministry has been merged with the Ministry of marginal farmers who are currently between the Jal Shakti. ages of 18 to 40 years can apply for the scheme. In 1999, the Department of Drinking Water Farmer‘s monthly contribution can be made Supply (DDWS) was formed under Ministry of from the installments of PM-KISAN or through Rural Development, for focused attention on CSCs. drinking water and sanitation . Later it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi shall also renamed as Department of Drinking Water and inaugurate 400 Ekalvya Model Residential Sanitation in 2010. In 2011, it was conferred Schools to provide quality upper primary, the Ministry status, keeping in view the extreme secondary, and senior secondary level importance given to the sector by the United education to ST Students in Tribal dominated Progressive areas. Alliance government.[neutrality is disputed] During his visit, he shall also inaugurate the The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation Multi-Modal Terminal at Sahebganj. was the nodal department for the overall policy, planning, funding and coordination of 20. DPIIT TO LAUNCH PLASTIC WASTE programmes of drinking water and sanitation in MANAGEMENT CAMPAIGN FOR the country. SWACHHTA HI SEWA 2019 The theme of this year‘s Swachhta hi Sewa is 21. M.P. to offer cows for adoption online Plastic Waste Management. Department for The Madhya Pradesh government is going to Promotion of Industry & Internal launch an online service for those wanting to Trade(DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce & adopt a cow and provide sheds to them at Industry ,is playing a critical two-fold role for gaushalas (cow shelters) across the State. While the success of the campaign as mandated by paying for a cow‘s feed for 15 days would cost Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, 1,100, one could take care of its diet for 10 Ministry of Jal Shakti. years for 3lakh. Feeding a cow for six months First, DPIIT will ensure recycling of plastic would cost 11,100. waste collected on 2ndOctober 2019 in cement Through the service, donors would be able to kilns and second, collect plastic waste through pick a gaushala from the 626 in the State, and nationwide shramdaan on 2ndOctober 2019. pay the amount to fulfill a cow‘s diet of half a For this DPIIT has requested all the State kilo of grain, five kilos of green feed and 10 Governments and Union Territories to mobilize kilos of wheat chaff a day, in case of a non- the Industrial Parks in States and Union lactating, nonpregnant cow. Territories for collection of plastic waste across all Industrial Estates, Parks, Corridors, Nodes 22. Two new species of ginger discovered in and Industrial Areas for the Swachhta hi nagaland
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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs 1. Scientists from the Botanical Survey of India domestic market. The project is being led by the (BSI) have discovered two new species of Indian Oil Corporation and the Nepal Oil Zingiber, commonly referred to as ginger, in Corporation, which built the infrastructure in Nagaland. While Zingiber pere nense has been Amlekhgunj. discovered from the Peren district of Nagaland, Zingiber dimapu-rense was found 25. TSENTR: multi-national military exercise in the Dimapur district of the State. Exercise TSENTR 2019 is part of the annual 2. The type specimens of Zingiber perenense were series of large scale exercises that form part of collected in September 2017, when botanists the Russian Armed Forces‘ annual training were working on the ‗State flora of Nagaland‘ cycle. The series rotates through the four main in the Peren district. The plant was found Russian operational strategic commands. Russia growing in moist shady places on the bank of a holds a major military exercise every year at small steam in the hilly terrain forest of the one of its four military Commands i.e. Vostok Tesen village under the Peren subdivision,‖ the (East), Zapad (West), TSENTR (Centre) and publication authored by four botanists said. Kavkas (South). This year the exercise is 3. The specimen of Zingiber di- mapurense was planned between 09 September to 23 collected in October 2016 from the He-kese September 19 at Donguz training ranges, forest under the Medzi-phema subdivision. Orenburg, Russia. Some rhizomes of this plant collected along This year‘s Exercise TSENTR 2019 will be with field data were planted in the Botani-cal conducted by Central Military Commission of Survey of India‘s Eastern Regional Centre Russia. Apart from host Russia, military garden in Shillong, where itself they began contingents from China, India, Kazakhstan, flowering in June2018. Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan and 4. The genus Zingiber has 141 species distributed Uzbekistan will also take part in this mega throughout Asia, Australia and the South event. Pacific, with its centre of diversity in Southeast The exercise TSENTR 2019 will comprise two Asia. modules. The first module will include counter- terror operations, repelling air strikes, 23. first paperless State Legislative Assembly reconnaissance operations and defensive Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to measures, while the second will focus on inaugurate Jharkhand‘s own Assembly building offensive operations. at Ranchi on September 12. It is being dubbed as India‘s first paperless Assembly. 26. BCCI partners with All India Radio for commentary 24. Cross-border oil pipeline connecting India The BCCI it is an initiative to enhance the and nepal coverage of Indian cricket and take it to the The India Nepal relationship will continue to nook and corner of the country,‖ it was intensify across multiple sectors, Prime announcing a two year radio rights arrangement Minister Narendra Modi said on during the with AIR. video link launch of the Motihari Amlekhgunj This initiative will offer millions of listeners energy pipeline during which he was invited to across India the opportunity to follow their visit Nepal by Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli. favorite sport via live radio commentary,‖ the Motihari Amlekhgunj pipeline, having a BCCI informed. It will be especially beneficial capacity of 2 million metric ton per annum, will for the visually impaired fans. provide cleaner petroleum products at The audio commentary will commence from affordable cost to the people of Nepal. the first game of India‘s upcoming Paytm T20I A first time effort in South Asia . It will help series against South Africa in Dharamsala on Nepal ensure stable energy supply for its Sept. 15. In addition to international matches,
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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs AIR will also provide coverage for the men‘s the Indian team from Ragasri in the under15 and women‘s domestic tournaments. The two girls event held in Chinese Taipei. year tenure starts on Sept. 10. All India Radio (AIR), officially known since 29. PK Mishra appointed as Principal Secretary 1956 as Akashvani (―Voice from the Sky‖), is to PM Modi the national public radio broadcaster of India and is a division of Prasar Bharati. It was established in 1930.[2] It is the sister service of Prasar Bharati‘s Doordarshan, an
Indian television broadcaster. Headquartered in The government has appointed PK Mishra as the Akashvani Bhavan building in New Delhi, the Principal Secretary to Prime Minister it houses the Drama Section, the FM Section, Narendra Modi. The Appointments Committee the National Service, and is also home to the of the Cabinet (ACC) approved the Indian television station Doordarshan Kendra, appointment of Dr. PK Mishra, who was (Delhi). currently serving as the additional Principal All India Radio is the largest radio network in Secretary to the Prime Minister. He replaces the world, and one of the largest broadcasting Nripendra Misra, who stepped down last month organizations in the world in terms of the as the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister. number of languages broadcast and the Former Cabinet Secretary PK Sinha has been spectrum of socio-economic and cultural appointed as the Principal Advisor to the Prime diversity it serves. AIR‘s home service Minister. He was currently functioning as the comprises 420 stations located across the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the Prime country, reaching nearly 92% of the country‘s Minister‘s Office. The Appointments area and 99.19% of the total population. AIR Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved originates programming in 23 languages and the appointment of P K Sinha. 179 dialects.
27. Knighthood for Boycott and Strauss 30. Consumer Protection Rule to be England cricket greats Geoffrey Boycott and implemented by Dec 30 Andrew Strauss have been given knighthoods by Theresa May in her resignation honors list. Boycott and Strauss both received the honor for their services to sport after outstanding careers for England. Boycott in 78 matches, scored 8,114 Test runs at 47.72 in an England career that ran between Union Minister of Food, Consumer Affairs and 1964 and 1982.Strauss hit 7,037 runs in 100 Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswanhas said Tests from 2004 to 2012 Consumer Protection Rule will be implemented by 30 December this year. Under this rule 28. India wins three bronzes in Asian jr.soft Consumer Protection Authority will be made tennis powerful for consumer interests. Under this Aniket Patel won the bronze in the under18 new law consumer can complain to authority boys‘ section in the Asian junior soft tennis not only after buying any product but before championship held recently in Bulacan, and during buying also. Philippines. In the under18 girls‘ section, Aadhya Tiwari and Tushita Singh won the 31. IAF resurrects 17 Squadron „Golden doubles bronze medal behind Japan and Arrows‟ for Rafale Thailand. There was a third bronze medal for The Indian Air Force (IAF) yesterday resurrected the Air Force Station Ambala-based 17 Squadron ‗Golden Arrows‘, which will
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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs operate the first squadron of Rafale fighter jets The missile was launched from a man-portable in the near future. The resurrection ceremony Tripod launcher and the target was mimicking a was presided over by IAF Chief Air Chief functional tank. The missile hit the target in top Marshal B.S. Dhanoa presented a memento to attack mode and destroyed it with precision. All Station Commander Group Captain Harkirat the mission objectives were met. Singh to commemorate the occasion. This was the third successful test-firing of the The squadron was formed at Ambala on 01st 100 per cent ATGM which is being developed Oct 1951 under the command of Flight for the infantry battalions of the Indian Army Lieutenant D L Springett and was then who would use them for taking out the enemy equipped with Harvard-II B aircraft. By Nov tank and other armored vehicles during war 1955, Squadron converted fully to De Havilland times. Vampire and by 1957, Hawker Hunter aircraft About MPATGM were flown by the Golden Arrows. The The Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile, Squadron converted to the Mig-21 M in 1975. is an Indian third-generation fire-and- On Nov 1988, the Squadron was presented forget anti-tank guided missile. It is currently colours by then honorable President of India under development by the Defence Research Shri R Venkataraman. Under the command of and Development Organisation in partnership then Wing Commander BS Dhanoa, Golden with Indian defence contractor VEM Arrows participated actively in Operation Technologies Private Limited.[2][4][1] The SafedSagar in 1999. missile is derived from India‘s India, Iceland sign agreements Nag ATGMThe MPATGM is a low weight, India and Iceland signed agreements to enhance fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile cooperation in the field of sustained fisheries (ATGM). It is fitted with a high-explosive anti- development and organize cultural exchange tank (HEAT) warhead.[1] The missile has a programme between 2019 and 2022. length of about 1,300 mm and a diameter of Iceland also declared exemption from Visa for about 120 mm. It has a weight of 14.5 kg, with Indian diplomatic and official passport holders. its command launch unit (CLU) weighing 14.25 The agreements and MoUs were signed in the kg. It has a range of about 2.5 km. The presence of President Ram NathKovind and his MPATGM is equipped with an Iceland counterpart Gudni Johannesson in advanced Imaging Infrared radar(IIR) Reykjavik in Iceland. seeker with integrated avionics. The missile has top attack capability 32. DRDO successfully tested Antitank guided missile 33. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is an agency of the Government of India, charged with the military‗s research and development, headquartered in New Delhi, India. It was formed in 1958 by the merger of the Technical Development Establishment and the Directorate of Technical Development and Defence Research and Development Production of the Indian Ordnance Factories Organization (DRDO) successfully flight tested with the Defence Science Organisation. It is indigenously developed low weight, fire and under the administrative control of the Ministry forget Man-Portable Antitank Guided Missile of Defence, Government of India. (MP-ATGM) from a firing range in Andhra Current chairman: Satish Reddy Pradesh‘s Kurnool. 34. Army to hold „HimVijay‟ from October
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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs Modi. Prime Minister Gonsalves, on a first ever visit of Prime Minister of St. Vincent and Grenadines to India, is also participating in high- level United Nations Convention on Combating Desertification (UNCCD) Symposium in New Delhi Prime Minister Modi noted the close cooperation between the two countries including in the The Army is scheduled to international for a and congratulated St. Vincent conduct a major Exercise and Grenadines for the historical achievement of ‗HimVijay‘ beginning October becoming ―the smallest country ever‖ to be in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam with its elected as a non-permanent member of the UN newly created Integrated Security Council. Battle Groups (IBG) involving 15,000 troops The Leaders agreed to enhance cooperation between the two countries including in the areas 35. Railways to help recharge phones of of skill development, training, education, passengers using plastic bottle crushers at finance, culture and disaster management. stations Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a Caribbean island nation. The country is made up of the island of Saint Vincent, which is the Main Island, and series of smaller islands in the Grenadines. The capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is Kingstown, which is located on the island of Saint Vincen.
37. India & ADB sign $200 million loan to improve rural connectivity in Maharashtra The railways will install 400 bottle-crushing machines at stations, in which a passenger wanting to use them will have to key in his phone number into the machine and his phone will be recharged, later railway staff to collect all the used plastic bottles at railway stations and send them for recycling Railway Board Chairman V.K. Yadav said. Currently, 160 bottle-crushing machines are available at 128 stations The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the In his Independence Day speech, Mr. Modi had Government of India signed a $200 million loan appealed to the nation to eliminate single-use to upgrade rural roads to all-weather standards plastic and find alternatives to plastic water in 34 districts of Maharashtra State to improve bottles on a priority basis. Railways have issued road safety and better connect rural areas with directions that from October 2 this year, single- markets and services. use plastic will not be used on its premises. The project will improve the condition of about 2,100 kilometers (km) of rural roads to all- 36. PM modi meets PM of St. Vincent and weather standards, with climate resilience and Grenadines safety features, connecting rural communities Prime Minister of St. Vincent and with productive agricultural areas and Grenadines Dr. Hon‟ble Ralph Everard socioeconomic centers. Gonsalves met Prime Minister Shri Narendra
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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs Accompanying the loan is a technical assistance a standard ratio set by the WHO, by 2022, grant of $1 million for institutional against the current ratio of 1/1,400. Also, the strengthening of the Maharashtra Rural Road government plans to increase the number of Development Association (MRRDA) in areas MBBS seats in the country from 42,000 to one such as road asset management, road safety, lakh. climate-resilient design and construction and web-based real-time project monitoring, build 39. India exporting bulletproof jackets to over awareness of road safety, gender issues, 100 nations including human trafficking, and enhancing India has begun exporting bulletproof jackets as women‘s road construction and maintenance per its own standards to over 100 countries skills. including European nations. India is the fourth The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a country after the US, UK and Germany to have regional development bank established on 19 its own national standard on the bulletproof December 1966, which is headquartered in jacket which provides 360-degree protection. the Ortigas Center located in the city Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan of Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines. said today, he is glad that Bureau of Indian The company also maintains 31 field offices Standards has set standards better than around the world to promote social international standards for bulletproof jackets and economic development in Asia. The bank and India has become the fourth country to do admits the members of the United Nations so. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and 40. PK Sinha appointed Principal Advisor to the Pacific (UNESCAP, formerly the Economic Prime Minister Commission for Asia and the Far East or Shri PK Sinha, currently functioning as OSD in ECAFE) and non-regional developed the Prime Minister‘s Office, has been appointed countries. From 31 members at its the Principal Advisor to the PM NarendraModi. establishment, ADB now has 68 members, Sinha served as Cabinet Secretary from 13th Current president: Takehiko Nakao June 2015 to 30th August 2019. He was a 1977 Batch IAS officer from Uttar Pradesh Cadre. 38. Health Minister announces plans of Genomic During his illustrious career, Sinha has served grid for India-specific cancer research as Secretary in the Ministries of Power and The government has plans to set up a National Shipping. He also served as Special Secretary Genomic Grid, which will study genomic data in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. of cancer patients from India, said Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Aswini 41. GeM and Punjab Government sign MoU for Kumar. Setting up Project Management Unit The grid to be formed will be in line with the Government e Marketplace (GeM) under the National Cancer Tissue Biobank (NCTB) set up Department of Commerce, Ministry of at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Commerce & Industry and Government of and will collect samples from cancer patients to Punjab, signed MoU to set up a GeM study genomic factors influencing cancer and Organizational Transformation Team (GOTT) identifying the right treatment modalities for Project Management Unit (PMU) in the state. the Indian population. GeM, the national public procurement portal The first set of 350 genomic data of stomach launched in August 2016 has transformed the and breast cancer patients developed from the public procurement landscape in the country 3,000 samples at NCTB will be released by the with transparency, efficiency and inclusion. It end of October. has facilitated procurement worth over Rs. The government was on a mission to achieve 34,000 crore of goods & services by various the target of one doctor for every 1,000 people,
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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs Government Departments, Organizations and Adoption of life skills is the key to success and PSUs. quality in life. To further strengthen and enable Government The University Grants Commission of departments towards market based India (UGC India) is a statutory body set up by procurement, Department of Expenditure, the Indian Union government in accordance to Ministry of Finance, Government of India has the UGC Act 1956 under Ministry of Human advised Ministries and Departments of Central Resource Development, and is charged with and State Governments to consider services of coordination, determination and maintenance of GOTT on an outcome based self-sustenance standards of higher education. It provides model. GOTT will assist the buyer agency to recognition to universities in India, and redesign the procurement processes and disbursements of funds to such recognized enhance competencies to derive maximum universities and colleges. Its headquarters is in benefit from the online marketplace. New Delhi, and has six regional centers in Government of Punjab is the first State which Pune, Bhopal, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Guwahati will establish GOTT PMU for effectively and Bangalore. utilizing this transformational initiative towards Current chairman: D P Singh inclusive, efficient and transparent procurement. Among the CPSUs, SAIL has 43. Tata Group private partner in Indian already signed MoU for setting up of PMU. Institute of Skills Many other states and CPSUs are in the process . MahendraNathPandey, Minister for Skill of setting up GOTT PMUs. Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), laid the foundation stone for Indian Institute of 42. HRDministry launches Curriculum for Life Skills (IIS) at Mumbai. Skills (JeevanKaushal) designed UGC The objective of the institute is to provide skill Union Minister of State for Human Resource training in highly-specialized areas to students Development SanjayDhotre, launched who want to pursue technical education after the Curriculum for Life Skills (JeevanKaushal) completing Class X and XII. The Ministry feels designed by University Grants Commission that the IIS will be a tertiary care institute in the (UGC), in New Delhi. skills ecosystem and offer best of required Examination-driven education encourages courses in emerging and high demand areas narrow and selective reading and rote learning, such as deep technology, aerospace, among which ultimately leads to deficit in actual others. learning. In real life, one also needs to be The concept of IIS was envisaged by Prime skilled for coping with diverse situations that Minister NarendraModi when he had visited the one may encounter in life. Highlighting the Vocational Education and Training Centre in crucial importance of this new curriculum on Singapore. It will aspire to earn a similar life skills, this initiative of UGC will surely lead reputation, stature and world-class to improvement in the collective efficiency of infrastructure to cater to the demands of the country‘s young population,Sanjay Dhotre said. international market and modern requirements. Life skills (JeevanKaushal) curriculum cover Just like how the country is known for ‗Make in the set of human talents acquired by an India‘. individual via classroom learning or life Tata Education Development Trust (TEDT) experience that can help them to deal with was selected as the private partner for setting up problems encountered in day to day life. This IIS at NSTI campus in Mumbai through a includes the core skills each individual must competitive bidding process. The Tata Group is possess internally as well as externally for the investing about ₹300 crore in the 4.5-acre betterment of self and the society as a whole. campus.
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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs The aim of the institute is to ensure that 5,000 December.To make the travel attractive, on trainees will be passing out every year with 70 offer are free travel insurance worth Rs.25 lakh, per cent placement opportunities. on board infotainment services, door step The Union Cabinet had given its nod to set up baggage collection, local food and notatkal Indian Institute of Skills (IISs) in three cities — quota. IRCTC, a public sector undertaking, will Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Kanpur — to give pay the Railways lease and haulage charges for wings to the Skill India Mission. These running these trains. However, the loco pilots, institutes will be constructed and operated on a guards and station masters will be from the PPP (Public-Private Partnership) model and on railways a not-for-profit basis 44. Drought Toolbox launched: COP14 46. Rise in infant mortality rate in Karnataka The 14th Conference of Parties (COP14) to Raising concerns over thehealth scenario in United Nations Convention to Combat Karnataka,the Infant Mortality Rate(IMR) in Desertification (UNCCD) which is currently the State has gone up from 24 to 25 in 2017, underway at India Expo Centre & Mart, Greater accordingto the Sample RegistrationSystem Noidadedicated day 10 to the theme of (SRS) 2017.Karnataka had Drought. The success and challenges of the successfullybrought down IMR from 28in 2015 current tools, methodologies and policies to 24 in 2016. supporting drought preparedness, across the IMR is defined as the infantdeaths (less than globe were discussed in Conference at the Rio oneyear) per thousand livebirths in a given time Pavilion Centre. periodand for a given region. TheSRS taken up India is the host country of the ongoing by the office ofthe Registrar General of Indiais UNCCD COP14 which began from a large-scale demographicsurvey for 2ndSeptember and will culminate on 13th providingreliable annual estimates ofinfant September 2019. mortality rate, birthrate, death rate, and Drought tool box:The toolbox is being otherfertility and mortality indicatorsat the designed to provide drought stakeholders with national and regionallevel. easy access to tools, case studies and other resources to support the design of National 47. FerozeshahKotla Stadium renamed Drought Policy Plan with the aim to boost the resilience of people and ecosystems to drought. The drought toolbox collates a large number of tools organized in 3 modules. Drought Monitoring and Early Warning. Drought Vulnerability and Risk Assessment. Drought Risk Mitigation Measures. The Delhi and District Cricket Association 45. IRCTC plans to allow private sector (DDCA) on Thursday renamed the Ferozeshah The Delhi Lucknow Tejas Express will be the Kotla Stadium as Arun Jaitley Stadium in first train that will not be operated bythe memory of the late politician cum sports Railways, from as early as the first week of administrator. Union Home Minister AmitShah October. The Ministry of Railwaysplans to digitally inaugurated the renamed Arun Jaitley allow private players to operate certain trains, Cricket Stadium in presence of late finance and as part of its 100 day agenda, the Indian minister‘s family. DDCA also unveiled a new Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation pavilion stand at the Kotla inthe name of Virat (IRCTC) have been asked to run two trains. Kohli, who recently became the most successful The second, the Mumbai Ahmedabad Tejas Indian Test captain, surpassing M.S. Dhoni. Expess, is likely to start operations this
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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs 48. Hima Das named brand ambassador of play an important role in transportation of Gatorade domestic coal from the local mines in Rajmahal India ace sprinter Hima Das named as the brand area to various thermal power plants located ambassador of Gatorade India. The 19-year-old along NW-1. Other than coal, stone chips, from Assam, nicknamed the Dhing Express, fertilizers, cement and sugar are other thus joins ace badminton player PV Sindhu and commodities expected to be transported through star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra as the the terminal. brand‘s ambassador in the country. The multi-modal terminal will also help to The brand will be paying tribute to the sprint create direct employment of about 600 people runner by giving a new twist to its ‗Nothing and indirect employment of about 3000 people Beats Gatorade‘ philosophy. Gatorade India in the region. The convergence of Road-Rail- will also work with Hima Das during the period River Transport at Sahibganj through the new of partnership to understand her training and multi-modal terminal will connect this part of race-day nutrition better. the hinterland to Kolkata, Haldia and further to the Bay of Bengal. Also, Sahibganj will get 49. PM inaugurates Multi Modal Terminal at connected to North-East States through Sahibganj in Jharkhand Bangladesh by river-sea route. The capacity of the terminal is 30 lakh tones per annum. It will grow to 54.8 lakh tones per annum after an investment of Rs 376 crores for capacity enhancement in Phase II under PPP mode. The development in Phase II will be entirely made by the private concessionaire.
50. MukhyaMantri Dal PoshitYojana launched in Uttarakhand Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh The Prime Minister Rawat on launched a scheme MukhyaMantri ShriNarendraModiinagurates India‘s second Dal PoshitYojana , under which ration card riverine Multi Modal terminal built at holders in the state will get two kgs of pulses at Sahibganj in Jharkhand. This is the second of subsidized rates every month. the three Multi Modal Terminals being The 23.32 lakh ration card holders of the state constructed on river Ganga under JalMargVikas will benefit from the scheme.They will get two Project (JMVP). Earlier, in November, 2018 kgs of Chana dal (chickpeas split) at the rate of the Prime Minister had inaugurated first MMT Rs 44 per kg this month. Chana dal comes at Rs at Varanasi. 65-Rs 70 per kg in the open market. Built at a cost of Rs 290 crores in a record time of about two years, the Prime Minister himself 51. NGT forms committee to stop illegal had laid the foundation stone of IWAI‘s groundwater extraction Sahibganj multimodal terminal in April, 2017. This is the second of the three Multi Modal Terminals being constructed on river Ganga under JalMargVikas Project (JMVP). Earlier, in November, 2018 the Prime Minister had Expressing concern over depleting groundwater inaugurated the MMT at Varanasi. levels, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has The Multi-Modal terminal at Sahibganj will set up a committee to formulate steps required open up industries of Jharkhand and Bihar to to prevent its unauthorized extraction. the global market and provide Indo-Nepal cargo connectivity through waterways route. It will
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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice MAITREE is an annual training event which is Adarsh Kumar Goel directed the committee to being conducted alternatively in Thailand and evolve a robust mechanism to ensure that India since 2006. groundwater is not illegally extracted and to MAITREE with Thailand is significant in terms monitor manning and functioning of the Central of the security challenges faced by both the Ground Water Authority (CGWA). nations in the backdrop of changing facets of The committee comprises joint secretaries of global terrorism. The scope of this exercise Ministry of Environment and Forests and covers company-level joint training on counter- Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR), Central terrorism operations in jungle and urban Ground Water Board, National Institute of scenario. Hydrology, Roorkee, National Remote Sensing Joint military exercise will enhance the level of Centre and Central Pollution Control Board defense cooperation between Indian Army (IA) (CPCB). and Royal Thailand Army (RTA) which will The National Green Tribunal has been further foster defense cooperation and bilateral established on 18.10.2010 under the National relations between the two nations. Green Tribunal Act 2010 for effective and expeditious disposal of cases relating to 53. Rajasthan launches information portal environmental protection and conservation of Thefirstever public information portal was forests and other natural resources including launchedin Rajasthan on Fridaypromising to enforcement of any legal right relating to provide information about government environment and giving relief and authorities and departments to thepublic in the compensation for damages to persons and true spirit of property and for matters connected therewith or Right to Information Act. incidental thereto. It is a specialized body Chief Minister AshokGehlot inaugurated equipped with the necessary expertise to handle theportal at B.M. Birla Auditorium in the environmental disputes involving multi- presenceof former Chief Information disciplinary issues. Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah, formerLaw Commission chairman Justice A.P. Shah anda 52. MAITREE :India, Thailand joint military galaxy of RTI activists,including Magsaysay exercise Award winner Aruna Roy. The State governmentcollaborated with the civilsociety groups to developthe portal, the first of itskind in the country, initially giving information pertaining to 13 departmentson a single platform. Thenew web portal, namedthe Jan SoochnaPortal2019, would ensurecompliance with Section4(2) of the RTI Act mandating the MAITREE, the joint military exercise between public authorities to disclose information inthe India and Thailand, will be conducted at public domain, so thatthe people need not file Foreign Training Node, Umroi, in Meghalaya, applications under the lawto obtain information. from September 16 to 29. Indian and Royal Thailand Army (RTA) 54. Andhra Bank board Okays merger with UBI contingents comprising 50 soldiers each will The board of directors of Andhra accorded in- participate in the exercise with an aim to share principle approval for the amalgamation of experience gained during various counter- Andhra Bank and Corporation with Union Bank terrorism operations. of India as the anchor bank.
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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs Finance Minister NirmalaSitharaman recently Guha will succeed Danish Lieutenant General announced the merger of Oriental Bank of Michael Lollesgaard, who served in these posts Commerce and United Bank with Punjab from January 31 to July 31, 2019.He served NationalBank, Syndicate Bank with Canara from 2009-2013 as the Deputy Military Adviser Bank, while Andhra Bank and Corporation and the Military Adviser within the Office of Bank would merge with Union Bankof India. Military Affairs of the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations, while 55. Indian Bank to work on card less cash also establishing the Office of Peacekeeping withdrawal system and Strategic Partnerships in 2013. Public sector lender IndianBank will start He also previously served as a Military working onsystem under which customers can Observer as part of the United Nations withdraw cash without using a debit card. Transitional Authority in Cambodia during Indian Bank would startworking on the system, 1992-93. with interoperability facility, soon after the National Payments Corporation of Indiacomes 58. President Kovind inaugurates Mahatma out with specifications. ―In all probability, it Gandhi‟s bust in Switzerland would happen by June 2020,‖ said S. Rengarajan, general manager (digital banking) Indian Bank
56. Tata firm launches India‟s first maritime broadband VSAT solutions providerNelco, a Tata enterprise announced thelaunch of maritime President Ram NathKovind inaugurated a communication services, becomingIndia‘s first bronze bust of Mahatma Gandhi in Villeneuve company to provide broadband services tothe in Switzerland. The President is on a five- day maritime sector. visit to Switzerland to boost business and Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister for cultural ties. Communications, Electronics & Information The bust was unveiled to mark the visit of Technology and Law& Justice, and Mahatma to Villeneuve in 1931.The AnshuPrakash, Secretary, Department of inauguration also coincides with 150th birth Telecommunications, inaugurated the services. anniversary of the Father of the nation. MD & CEO of NELCO: P J Nath The idol sculpted by Ram VanajiSutar is placed on a high pedestal made of sandstone extracted 57. UN appoints Indian Army veteran from Switzerland. AbhijitGuha as head of Hodeidah mission 59. India to conduct special training programme for Maldivian civil servants United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Lieutenant General (Retired) AbhijitGuha as the head of the UN mission in Hodeidah, Yemen. Besides leading the UN Mission in support of the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA), Guha will also assume the chair of the Redeployment Coordination Committee (RCC), tasked with India will conduct a two-week special training redeploying forces of the Yemeni warring programme for Maldivian civil servants in parties in accordance with their agreement. Delhi and Mussoorie.
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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs It is part of a bilateral MoU on Training and Lokayukta of the state after its bifurcation in Capacity Building Programme between the 2014. National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) Governor Biswabhusan Hairchandan and the Maldives Civil Service Commission administered the oath of office to Justice Reddy (CSC). A 32-member delegation from the at a function in Vijayawada. Maldives reached the NCGG campus in Justice Lakshmana Reddy will be in office for Mussoorie five years. The YSR Congress government Senior policy makers, including Director amended the Lokayukta Act in the recent LalBahadurShastri National Academy of budget session, enabling appointment of a Administration, would address participants in retired judge as Lokayukta, paving the way for the training programme. constituting the corruption-probing body.
60. Railways to undertake “MassiveShramdan” 63. IBSF World Billiards Championship: drive PankajAdvani wins record 22nd world title Railways will undertake – Massive Shramdan PankajAdvani, one of India‘s most consistent drive with main focus on collection of plastic sportspersons, on Sunday increased his tally of waste. Ministry of Railways said, in the recent world titles to 22 by winning a fourth straight past such drives are being undertaken by final in the 150-up format at the IBSF World Railways. Billiards Championship. This Shramadan is for enhanced cleanliness, The 34-year-old has brought home a world through collection of plastic waste from all trophy every year ever since returning from a railway premises and creating awareness for a professional stint in the UK in 2014. In the greater impact against single use plastic. short format of billiards, this is Pankaj‘s fifth Railway Board has also sent a letter to all title in last six years. Divisional heads, directing that this massive Sharamdan should be arranged at each and 64. Survey of India to deploy 300 drones for every station and nearby localities. The mapping country Ministry has asked all Divisional Heads to provide plastic bottle crushing machines, at over four thousand stations by the 2nd October.
61. Army to conduct „ham vijay‟ exercise India‘s oldest scientific department, the Survey
The Army is scheduled to conduct a major of India (SoI) — historically tasked with Exercise ‗HimVijay‘ beginning October in mapping the country — will for the first time Arunachal Pradesh and Assam with its newly rely on drones to map the country. created Integrated Battle Groups (IBG) Other than unprecedented detail, a consequence involving 15,000 troops. of the mapping will be creating high resolution
The exercise will coincide with the proposed maps of land in villages facilitating the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping for the digitization of land titles in villages, according second informal summit with Prime Minister to officials involved with the survey. NarendraModi. Currently the best SoI maps have a resolution
of 1:250000, meaning a 1 cm on the map 62. Justice P Lakshmana Reddy appointed as represent 2500 cm on the ground. The maps first Lokayukta of AP being prepared, according to senior officials
The board of directors Justice P Lakshmana associated with the project will be of 1:500 Reddy, a retired judge of the erstwhile Andhra resolution, meaning 1 cm will represent 500 Pradesh High Court, sworn-in as the first cm. 65. Agreements and MoUs
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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs 66. PM Modi to participate in Namami Devi NarmadeMahotsav in Gujarat Prime Minister NarendraModi, will visit the site of the Gujarat‘s SardarSarovar Dam on the Narmada River whose water level has reached its highest mark for the first time to celebrate the feat and inaugurate Namami Narmade festival to celebrate the water level milestone For the first time since the height of the dam President Ram NathKovind and his Slovenian was raised in 2017, the water level reached its counterpart BorutPahor have agreed to highest peak at 138.68 meters. strengthen multilateralism and promote multi- The SardarSarovar Dam is a gravity dam on the polar world in a bilateral meeting held at Narmada River near Navagam, Gujarat in India. Lubliyana, the capital city of Slovenia. Four Indian states, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Sl. Name of Agreement/MoU Maharastra and Rajasthan, receive water and No. electricity supplied from the dam. The Programme of Scientific and Technological foundation stone of the project was laid out by Cooperation between the Ministry of Science Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on 5 April 1. and Technology of India and the Ministry of 1961. Education, Science and Sport of Slovenia for The project took form in 1979 as part of a the period 2020-2022 development scheme funded by the World MoU on Cooperation in the field of Sport Bank through their International Bank for between the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Reconstruction and Development, to increase 2. Sports of India and the Ministry of Education, irrigation and produce hydroelectricity, using a Science and Sport of Slovenia loan of US$ 200 million.The construction for dam begun in 1987, but the project was stalled Programme of Cooperation in the fields of by the Supreme Court of India in 1995 in the 3. Culture, Arts, Education, Sports and Mass backdrop of Narmada Bachao Andolan over Media concerns of displacement of people. Programme of Cooperation between the In 2000-01 the project was revived but with a Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and the lower height of 110.64 meters under directions 4. Slovenian Institute for Standardization (SIST) from SC, which was later increased in 2006 to on Technical Cooperation in the field of 121.92 meters and 138.98 meters in 2017. The Standardization water level in the SardarSarovar Dam at MoU between Invest India and SPIRIT Kevadiya in Narmada district reached its 5. Slovenia highest capacity at 138.68 meters on September Memorandum of Understanding between IIT 15, 2019. 6. Kanpur (for cGanga / India) and VGB (Slovenia) 67. DRDO hands over new-generation war gaming software to Navy Memorandum of Understanding between IIT 7. Kanpur (for cGanga / India) and Space-SI (Slovenia) Cooperation Agreement between Chamber Of Commerce And Industry Of Slovenia (CCIS) 8. and the Associated Chambers Of Commerce And Industry Of India (ASSOCHAM) The DRDO handed over to the Navy a new- generation wargaming software, aimed at
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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs creating an environment that would enable the optional. But in two years large number of fly- Maritime Warfare Centers (MWCs) to train by-night operators is registering themselves as using the latest technological and computing GST dealers. They make fake invoices also,‖ tools Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar The software has been developed by the Modi, who heads the group of ministers of GST Institute for Systems Studies and Analysis Network, said. (ISSA) in Delhi, a premier Defense Research Goods and Services Tax (GST) is an indirect Development Organization (DRDO) laboratory, tax (or consumption tax) imposed in India on in collaboration with the MWC, Visakhapatnam the supply of goods and services. It is a to meet the contemporary operational and comprehensive multistage, destination based tactical level war gaming requirement of the tax: comprehensive because it has subsumed Indian Navy almost all the indirect taxes except few; multi- The wargaming software was handed over by G staged as it is imposed at every step in the Satheesh Reddy, Secretary, Department of production process, but is meant to be refunded Defense R&D and Chairman, DRDO, to Vice to all parties in the various stages of production Admiral G Ashok Kumar other than the final consumer. The key focus has been to create a wargaming The tax came into effect from July 1, 2017 environment, which enables the Maritime through the implementation of One Hundred Warfare Centers (MWCs) to train using the and First Amendment of the Constitution of latest technological and computing tools. The India by the Indian government. The tax software has versatile and user-friendly replaced multiple flowing taxes levied by the features, which enable globally playable war central and state governments. gaming scenarios between multiple forces. It also enables exercises to be conducted between 69. Spain captures second FIBA basketball geographically-dispersed locations over a wide World Cup title area network. The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) is an agency of the Government of India, charged with the military‘s research and development, headquartered in New Delhi, India. It was formed in 1958 by the merger of the Technical Spain captured its second FIBA basketball Development Establishment and the Directorate World Cup title after defeating Argentina in the of Technical Development and Production of gold medal game at the Wukesong Arena in the Indian Ordnance Factories with the Defense Beijing. Science Organization. It is under the Point guard Ricky Rubio led Spain with 20 administrative control of the Ministry of points, seven rebounds and three assists, and Defense, Government of India. was named most valuable player of the international competition 68. Aadhaar verification to be mandatory for new dealers from January 2020: GST 70. Indian successfully flight-tested indigenous air-to-air missile Astra The GST Network decided to make Aadhaar authentication or physical verification mandatory for new dealers from January 2020 to check malpractices in Goods and Services Indian Air Force has successfully flight-tested Tax. ―Aadhaar authentication of new registered air-to-air missile Astra off the coast of Odisha. dealers will be mandatory. Earlier it was
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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs The missile was launched from a Sukhoi Su-30 1948 he merged with the Union of India after MKI combat aircraft as a part of User trials. Police Action under the leadership of India‘s A live aerial target was engaged accurately by first Home Minister SardarVallabhbhai Patel, the Astra while the mission profile was which forced the Nizam and his army to executed in a text book manner. The missile surrender. was tracked using radars, electro-optical The region, comprising Bidar, Ballari, tracking sensors and struck its target Kalaburagi, Koppal, Raichur and Yadgir, successfully. enjoys special status under the Constitution The missile has been developed by the Defense (Article 371J) owing to its backwardness. Research and Development Organization The name Kalya comes from the Kingdom of (DRDO), the premier research and development Kalyana, which was the epicenter of Sharana organization of the armed forces. movement and VachanaSahitaya preached and followed by several social reformers, including 71. HP CM launches helpline for public Basvanna grievances 73. National center for clean coal R&D opened Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur launched the Mukhya Mantri Seva Sankalp Helpline ‗1100‘ for speedy and time- bound redressal of public grievances. The helpline will function six days a week (Monday-Saturday) from 7 am to 10 pm. CM himself regularly monitors progress of the helpline. He said those handling the helpline Minister of Science & Technology Harsh should be very ―courteous and polite to the Vardhan inaugurated the National Centre for complainants‖ so that they could comfortably Clean Coal Research and Development at and easily register their complaints. Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru. The center has been established as a national 72. Hyderabad-Karnataka Region Renamed consortium on clean coal research and “Kalyana Karnataka” development with IISc leading it. The new centre would address several critical R&D challenges towards the development of clean coal technologies in tandem with developing supercritical power plant technologies, both at the materials and system level. The minister also formally launched an Interdisciplinary Centre for Energy Research On the occasion of the commemoration of (ICER) equipped with modern facilities for Hyderabad-Karnataka Liberation Day, On conducting a wide spectrum of energy research September 17, 1948, Hyderabad-Karnataka through the knowledge network. region merged with the Union of India under the leadership of India‘s first Home Minister, SardarVallabhbhai Patel. 74. MFIN, Sa-Dhan release code for responsible The region was under the Nizams of Hyderabad lending for micro-credit industry even after independence as the last Nizam, Mir Three self-regulatory organizations jointly Osman Ali Khan Bahadur, refused to annex his released a code for responsible lending for the kingdom to the Indian Union.On September 17, micro-credit industry with an aim at bringing
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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs more transparency and address customer- awareness among people on conservation of the centric issues. natural resource. The Code for Responsible Lending (CRL) was According to an official release, the Ministry is launched by Microfinance Institutions Network also organizing a two day International (MFIN) and Sa-Dhan along with FIDC. Workshop which will be attended by experts The Code, launched at Sa-Dhan‘s 15th Annual from India and abroad. National Conference, aims to lay down uniform The outcome of the workshop will be a principles for customer-conduct in micro-credit, blueprint for establishing the proposed National and is sector specific and entity agnostic, MFIN Water Museum under the aegis of Jal Shakti said. Ministry. During the workshop, possible broad One of the major guidelines in CRL mandates composition, content of the museum including that only three microcredit entities can lend to a highlighting importance of water and its current client at the same time.This means that if a state in different regions of the country, client has three active loans from any provider, possible solutions, traditional and modern water then a fourth entity will not be able to lend to management practices and localized success the client. stories are proposed to be discussed.
75. RBI extends coverage of Bharat Bill 77. Documentary „MotiBagh‟ nominated for Payment System Oscars
A short movie made with the financial assistance from PrasarBharati has been nominated for Oscars. The movie ―MotiBagh‖ revolving around the life and hard work of an octogenarian farmer from Uttarakhand has been directed by a three time national award winner Nirmal Chandra Dandariyal. The film is about The RBI expanded the scope of Bharat Bill the life of an 82 year old farmer from Payment System (BBPS) to cover all repetitive Uttarakhand, Vidyadutt Sharma. Mr Sharma bill payments, which may include school fees, lives in Saanguda village of Kaljikhal block of insurance premiums and municipal taxes. Pauri district. It is the first film from Currently, the facility of payment of recurring Uttarakhand which will be showcased on a bills through BBPS is available only in five prestigious global platform like Oscars. segments – direct to home (DTH), electricity, MotiBagh is the name of farm of the gas, telecom and water. Octogenarian farmer which was set up in 1967. BBPS functions under the aegis of National He has been putting in his hard work and efforts Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). in Motibagh since then. In February this year, a BBPS is an integrated bill payment system giant radish grown in Vidyadutt‘s farm was which offers interoperable bill payment service showcased at a district level event organized by to customers online as well as through a the horticulture department, which was a record network of agents on the ground. The system will provide multiple payment modes and 78. 5tn international Ramayana festival held in instant confirmation of payment. Delhi 76. Jal Shakti Ministry to develop National Water Museum The International Ramayana Festival is being Jal Shakti Ministry has taken an initiative to organized for the fifth year in a row, during develop National Water Museum to raise which 17 countries have participated with their artists and rendered their versions of Ramayana.
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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs Ramayana is one such scripture that has Appointed judges are: transcended personal, societal, religious, V Ramasubramanian from Himachal Pradesh cultural and national boundaries to reach a high court global audience, Amit Shah said. Krishna Murari from Haryana high court The event was organized by The Indian Council S RavindraBhat from Rajasthan high court for Cultural Relations (ICCR) for conducting Hrishikesh Roy from Kerala high court the festival. 1988, the judge strength of the SC was The Indian Council for Cultural Relations increased from 18 to 26, and then again in (ICCR) is an autonomous organization of the 2009, it was increased to 31, including the CJI. Government of India, involved in India‘s external cultural relations, through cultural 81. Cabinet approves ban on e-cigarettes exchange with other countries and their peoples. It was founded on 9 April 1950 by MaulanaAbulKalam Azad, the first Education Minister of independent India.The ICCR Headquarters are situated in Azad Bhavan, New Delhi.
79. ISRO, DRDO ink MoUs to provide The Union Cabinet approved a ban on e- technologies for Human Space Mission cigarettes, citing the need to take early action to The Indian Space Research Organisation protect public health. (ISRO) joined hands with Defence Research Upon promulgation of the ordinance, any and Development Organisation (DRDO) for production, manufacturing, import, export, development of human-centric systems for the transport, sale (including online sale), Human Space Mission to demonstrate its distribution or advertisement (including online human space flight capabilities. advertisement) of e-cigarettes shall be a The purpose behind the development is to cognizable offence punishable with provide technologies for human-centric systems imprisonment of up to one year, or fine up to and technologies specific to the Human Space Rs.1 lakh, or both for the first offence; and Mission. imprisonment of up to three years and fine up to ISRO aims to demonstrate human spaceflight Rs.5 lakh for a subsequent offence. Storage of capability before the 75th anniversary of India‘s electronic-cigarettes shall also be punishable independence in 2022. with imprisonment of up to 6 months or a fine of up to ₹50,000 or both. 80. Four New Supreme Judges appointed 82. 2 of 3 child deaths due to malnutrition Two-thirds of the 1.04 million deaths in children under five years in India are still attributable to malnutrition, according to the first comprehensive estimate of disease burden due to child and maternal malnutrition and the trends of its indicators in every State from Four new judges were appointed to the 1990. Supreme Court, taking its strength to 34, the The report states that the disability-adjusted life highest ever. year (DALY) rate attributable to malnutrition in The Parliament recently increased the number children varies 7-fold among the States and is of judges in the apex court from 31, including highest in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and the Chief Justice of India (CJI), to 34.
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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs Assam, followed by Madhya Pradesh, Earlier, the Presidents of the Maldives, Ghana Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Nagaland and Tripura. and Mauritius received the prestigious award The report was published in The Lancet Child since its introduction in 2015. & Adolescent Health by the India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative. The report says the 84. World Bank to provide Rs 3,000 crore aid overall under-five death rate and the death rate for food parks due to malnutrition has decreased substantially from 1990 to 2017, but malnutrition is still the leading risk factor for death in children under five years, and is also the leading risk factor for disease burden for all ages considered together in most States. The India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative The World Bank will provide three thousand is a joint initiative of the Indian Council of crore rupees assistance to finance, mini and Medical Research (ICMR), Public Health mega food parks across the country Foundation of India, and Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation in collaboration with Thiswill help boost farmers‘ income, Union the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Minister of State for Food Processing Industries along with experts and stakeholders associated RameswarTeli said in the 15th Indo-US with over 100 Indian institutions, involving Economic Summit organized by the Indo- many leading health scientists and policy American Chamber of Commerce-North India makers from India. Council (IACC-NIC) in New Delhi. State university rankings 83. Bangladesh: PM Hasina receives Dr.Kalam Manipal Academy of Higher Education Smriti International Excellence Award (MAHE), Manipal, has been rated as the top university in Karnataka by the Karnataka State Universities Rating Framework 2018-19. MAHE had a score of 841 out of 1,000. The ratings are a comprehensive assessment of all universities in the state including state, private and deemed-to-be universities. The survey was done by ICARE Ratings, the research and analysis division of Indian Centre for Academic Rankings and Excellence. Universities are divided into four categories- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh new university (0-5 years), young university (5- was conferred the DrKalamSmriti International 10 years), established university (10 plus years) Excellence Award 2019 in Dhaka. The award and specialist university. has been instituted in the memory of former Estshed universities ranking Indian President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. Manipal academy of higher education Chief Adviser of DrKalamSmriti KLE University International Advisory Council and former Kuvempu University Ambassador T.P. Sreenivasan handed over the Karnataka University award to Sheikh Hasina. The award citation VTU lauded Prime Minister Hasina for her vision of New university ranking a peaceful and prosperous South Asia, free of PES University tension, conflicts and terrorism. It MS Ramaiah University acknowledged her contribution to fostering Reva University cooperation between India and Bangladesh. Dayanandsagar University
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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs Kle technology University Arunachal Pradesh share 1126 km length of the Young university ranking India China border called the Line of Actual JSS University Control. Border of Arunachal Pradesh with Jain University Myanmar is 526 km long. NITTE University Yenepoya University 87. Telangana government declares 2020 as Chirst University artificial intelligence year
85. Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria appointed as new Air Chief
The Telangana government has decided to declare 2020 as Artificial Intelligence year by organizing various activities related to the emerging technology Government has signed up with NITI Aayog, which has come out with the ‗National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence‘ to run pilot projects in Telangana. IT industry body NASSCOM is setting up a Air Marshal Bhadauria, who took over as the Centre of Excellence in Data Sciences and, Vice Chief of the Indian Air Force in May this which is expected to start its activities in year, will take charge from the incumbent Chief 2020.IIT, Khargapur, which is coming up with Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa on 30th of its regional centre, would take up the first September. programme in AI. An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Bhadauria was commissioned into the fighter 88. India Post expands speed post service to six stream of the IAF in June 1980 and won the new foreign countries coveted Sword of Honour for standing first in the overall order of merit. India Post on Wednesday expanded speed post service to six new foreign destinations in Asia, 86. IAF reopens Advanced Landing Ground in Europe and South America. The event was Arunachal organized by The Indian Council for Cultural The strategically located Advance Landing Relations (ICCR) for conducting the festival. Ground (ALG) at Vijaynagar has been re- The Department of Posts has announced dedicated to the nation and the people of commencing of International Speed Post (EMS) Arunachal Pradesh thereby connecting it by air Service to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, with the rest of the country. Vijaynagar ALG Ecuador, Kazakhstan, Lithuania and North was non-operational for fixed-wing operations Macedonia,‖ the postal department said in a since 2016. statement. The operations started with the landing of AN- EMS or Express Mail Service is a premium 32 transport aircraft of Air Force.The ALG will service that enables its users to send documents assist in the effective management of borders and merchandise faster and with the added with Myanmar and with China as well due to its facility of being able to track the movement of location and proximity to both the borders. the item on the internet. India shares 3488 km of the border with China and 1643 km of border with Myanmar. State of
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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs 87. HRD ministry launches waste management adverse events occur each year in hospitals in summit for women entrepreneurs low middle income countries (LMICs) contributing to 2.6 million deaths annually. However, about 80 per cent of harm in these settings could be avoided. To mark the importance of patient safety, the first-ever World Patient Safety Day is being observed on September 17, 2019. Launched by WHO as a global campaign ‗Medication without Harm‘, the day aims to create Union Human Resource Development Minister awareness around patient safety and urge Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‗Nishank‘ launched people to show commitment to making several initiatives of All India Council for healthcare safer. The theme for this year Technical Education (AICTE)in New Delhi is „Patient Safety: a global health today. It includes Facilitation through priority‟ and the slogan is ‗Speak up for Margadarshan and Margadarshak, Model patient safety‟. Curriculum for Diploma Courses, Waste Management Accelerator for Aspiring Women 89. Tumakuru Smart City Ltd. MD wins award Entrepreneurs (WAWE Summit 2019) and 360- degree Feedback of Faculty The WAWE Summit will be held in November- December 2019. It will be jointly organized by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Institute of Waste Management (IIWM) at Jaipur. The conclave will be part of a series of activities to encourage entrepreneurship amongst young graduates. Margadarshan and Margadarshak is initiative in which the topmost institutions will mentor other institutions, so that they can improve their rankings and follow best practices of the mentor institute. The teachers (Margdarshak) will also be guiding other institutions for their betterment. Managing director and CEO of Tumakuru 360 degree feedback of faculty scheme will Smart City Ltd. T. Bhoobalan has won the increase the quality of education. This scheme ‗Best MD and CEO Award‘ given by Smart will encourage both students and teachers. Cities Council India. The winner is chosen Theme: Make your own bag – empowering based on the implementation of projects in the women to take up income generation activity smart cities and also on the opinion of the and entrepreneurship in waste management people. The award will be conferred on Mr. through making a business out of this record Bhoobalan, who is also Tumakuru City creating concept. Corporation Commissioner, during the two-day Smart Urbanisation and Convention Expo – 88. World Patient Safety Day 2019 to be held in Bengaluru from on According to World Health Organization September 24. (WHO), up to four out of 10 patients are harmed in primary and ambulatory care 90. PM Modi, Mongolian President jointly settings. Data also suggests that 134 million unveil statue of Lord Buddha
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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mongolian The government has cut the corporate tax from President Khaltmaagiin Battulga jointly nearly 35 to about 25 per cent for domestic unveiled a statue of Lord Buddha at Gandan investors. The new domestic manufacturing Monastery in Ulaanbaatar through video- companies will have to pay 15 per cent tax. conferencing in New Delhi. Mr Modi had The new provision in the Income-tax Act with offered prayers at the Gandan Tegchenling effect from Financial Year 2019-20, which Monastery during his visit to Mongolia in 2015 allows any domestic company an option to pay and had announced to gift a statue of Lord income-tax at the rate of 22 per cent if they do Buddha to the monastery, underlining the not avail any exemption/incentive. common Buddhist heritage and civilizational The corporate tax rate for domestic companies links between the two countries and peoples. shall be 25.17 per cent inclusive of surcharge & Gandan Tegchenling Monastery is a prominent cess, which was earlier nearly 35 per cent. Also, centre of Mongolian Buddhists and a treasure such companies shall not be required to pay house of valuable Buddhist heritage. Minimum Alternate Tax. Under the new provision a new domestic 91. India, Mongolia sign MoUs in areas company incorporated on or after 1st October including space, disaster management & 2019 making fresh investment in manufacturing culture and commences their production on or before 31st March, 2023, will have to pay income tax at the rate of only 15 per cent. The government also decided to expand the scope of 2 per cent CSR spending. Total revenue foregone for the reduction in corporate tax rate and other relief are estimated India and Mongolia have exchanged documents to be at 1.45 lakh crore rupees. in areas including space, disaster management and culture. Two MoUs were signed in the 93. Government to set-up National Police fields of disaster management and space University at Greater Noida cooperation in the presence of President Ram A National Police University (NPU) will be set- Nath Kovind and Mongolian President Battulga up in Greater Noida with a dynamic, state-of- Khaltma in New Delhi. the-art learning and working environment for Other documents which were exchanged the advancement and dissemination of include Cultural Exchange Protocol and a education and research in policing science and Comprehensive Work Plan between Ministry of related areas. Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, The proposed multi-disciplinary university will India and Ministry of Food, Agriculture and be established at a prime location in the NCR Light Industry of Mongolia. region on a plot of 100 acres located at IT Park, Reciprocating India‘s gesture of exploring the Tech zone in Greater Noida. e-visa scheme for Mongolian short-term It will offer to the students formal education travellers, Mongolia announced a visa-on- programmes leading to the award of the arrival scheme for short-term travellers from bachelor‘s, masters‘ and doctoral degrees as India. On Mongolian request, India announced well as PG Diploma in specialised niche areas an additional 236 million dollars Line of Credit in police sciences, cyber forensics, criminology, for the ongoing Petrochemical Refinery Project criminal justice, forensic science, risk in Mongolia. management and allied subjects with special papers in specified areas using classroom 92. Govt cuts corporate tax rate for domestic teachings initially and later also through investors distance learning mode.
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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs sanitation, as part of its drive toward 94. DSCI, MeitY and Google India join hands achievement of the UN Sustainable for „Digital Payment Abhiyan‟ Development Goals Modi is being recognized by the foundation in New York on September 24 for the Swachh Bharat Mission of which the constructions of toilets are a key element.
96. Home minister launches ERSS, E-Beat Book system and E-Saathi app Nasscom‘s Data Security Council of India Union Minister for Home Affairs, Amit Shah (DSCI) has collaborated with the electronics launched three citizen centric services of the and IT ministry (MeitY) and Google India to Chandigarh Police, in Chandigarh. The services launch a nationwide awareness campaign include the Emergency Response Support ‗Digital Payment Abhiyan‘. System (ERSS - Dial 112), ‗E-Beat Book‘ Communications and Electronics & IT Minister System and the ‗E-Saathi App‘ Ravi Shankar Prasad launched the campaign ERSS is one of the key projects of the Union that will educate end-users on the benefits of Ministry of Home Affairs under Nirbhaya Fund. making digital payments and urge them to It has been designed to play a pivotal role in adopt security and safety best practices. mitigation or preventing escalation of crime, To drive the campaign objectives and amplify especially against women and children. ERSS outreach to users across all states, DSCI has on provides a single emergency number (112), boarded various digital payments ecosystem computer aided dispatch of field resources to the partners. location of distress. Citizens can send their These partners include representation from emergency information through call, sms, and banking, card networks as well as fin-tech email through the 112 India mobile app. segment. The ‗Dial 112‘ emergency response service is an Airtel Payments Bank Ltd, Axis Bank, initiative to strengthen proactive community BharatPe, CID Karnataka, Google Pay, policing that would end confusion amongst Government of Telangana, HDFC BankNSE distress callers, who at times end up dialing 100 8.95 %, MasterCard, NABARD, National in fire or medical emergency cases. Till now, Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), Paypal, there were more than 20 numbers that were Paytm Payments Bank Limited, PayU, State running for the help of public for various Bank India (SBI) and VISA have committed emergency situations, which were creating their partnership towards the initiative confusion to the distress callers .But after The pan-India campaign has crafted in seven starting this service, public will not face these languages — Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu, problems. In future, the Emergency Number for Kannada, Bengali and Marathi — and will Road Accidents (1073), Women Helpline (1091, engage with users and make them aware of the 181), Child Help Line (1098), including other dos and don‘ts for different payment channels Helpline services would be added under the 112 including UPI, wallets, cards as well as net unified emergency response number. banking and mobile banking The ‗E-Beat Book‘ is a web and mobile based application which will ease the collection, 95. Gates Foundation to give PM Modi global updating and analysis of the information related award to crime and criminals in a real time. Chandigarh The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will be has been divided in 54 divisions. In each awarding the Global Gatekeepers Award to division, there is one ‗Atal Sehbhagita Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his Kendra‘that is under the supervision of a Beat leadership in India‘s progress in improving
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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs Officer, having an Android Phone to the use the (ED), Directorate of Revenue Intelligence app. The E-Beat Book would be linked with (DRI), Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), Central Systems (CCTNS), which would help in a real Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), time updation of crime/criminal data. The citizen Directorate General of Central Excise and can directly approach the‗Atal Sehbhagita Intelligence (DGCEI) and Narcotics Control Kendra‘ for redressal of their grievances and can Bureau (NCB). render their suggestions too. The ‗E-Saathi‘ App would help the general 98. Sonu Nigam wins Award at 21st Century public, including senior citizens, to remain in Icon Award in UK touch with the police and also give suggestions Popular Bollywood playback singer Sonu to facilitate participative community policing Nigam has been honoured with the Magnificent (‗Your Police at Your Doorstep‘ initiative). The Performing Arts Award at the annual 21st beat officer would be able to provide services Century Icon Awards in London. Nigam was like passport verification, tenant verification, among a host of winners across a range of servant verification, character certification etc. at categories at a gala awards ceremony last week, a click of a button through the app, without the devised as a celebration of dynamic people needing to visit the police station. With entrepreneurs and successful individuals chosen this initiative, on one hand, where the beat from hundreds of nominations from around the officer would become more efficient in his/her world. working, this would make police-people communication a two-way process, on the other. 99. Madhukar Kamath elected as chairman of the Audit Bureau of Circulations 97. National Intelligence Grid to be ready by Madhukar Kamath, chairman emeritus of DDB early 2020 Mudra group and mentor of Interbrand India, The NATGRID - a robust intelligence gathering has been as elected chairman of the Audit mechanism related to immigration, banking, Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for 2019-20. individual tax payers, air and train travels - is Kamath has also been the president of likely to be operational by January 2020, Advertising Agencies Association of India officials said on Sunday. The work on the National Intelligence Grid 100. Sebastian Vettel wins Singapore Grand (NATGRID) set up to track any terror suspect Prix and prevent terrorist attacks with real time data, Sebastian Vettel raced to victory in floodlit has been accelerated after Union Home Singapore Grand Prix, leading a one-two with Minister Amit Shah recently reviewed the Ferrari team mate Charles Leclerc. While Lewis progress of the ₹3,400 crore project, Hamilton finished fourth but stretched his conceptualized following the 26/11 Mumbai championship lead to 65 points. terror attacks. The German, whose last victory was in In the first phase, 10 user‘s agencies and 21 Belgium in August 2018, took the chequered service providers will be connected with the flag 2.641 seconds ahead of Monegasque team NATGRID while in the later stages 950 mate Charles Leclerc. organizations and in subsequent years another Singapore Grand Prix 2018 was won by Lewis 1,000 organizations will be connected with it. Hamilton The 10 agencies which will be able to access the NATGRID data on real time basis are: 101. Divij Sharan wins St. Petersburg doubles Intelligence Bureau (IB), Research & Analysis title Wing (R&AW), Central Bureau of Divij Sharan and partner Igor Zelenay wins the Investigation (CBI), Enforcement Directorate men‘s doubles title at ATP Tour tennis
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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs tournament in St. Petersburg, Russia. In the 103. Gully Boy official entry to Oscars 2020 final, they defeated the Italian pair of Matteo Film Federation of India has nominated Berrettini and Simone Bolelli 6-3, 3-6, 10-8. Director Zoya Akhtar's "Gully Boy", featuring The champion team collected 250 ATP points Ranveer Singh in the lead, as India's official and USD 66,740. The runners-up won 150 entry in the International Feature Film category points and USD 34,200. Oscars 2020's. The movie, which released It was the fifth Tour doubles title for the 33- commercially across the country in February year-old Divij, who had started the season this year, also features Alia Bhatt, Vijay Raaz, brightly, winning the Maharashtra Open ATP Kalki Koechlin, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Vijay title in Pune with Rohan Bopanna. Varma and Amruta Subhash. Divij and Bopanna, who had won the Asian Other than India‘s official entry for Oscars, Games gold last year in Palembang, had tried to Ranveer and Alia Bhatt starrer Gully Boy has compete together in the professional circuit in received a number of awards including the the first quarter of the season, but opted to NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film at the partner others later in an attempt to get into the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, bigger events. South Korea; and Best Film at the Indian It was the third title of the season for Divij, who Festival of Melbourne in August this year had won the USD 125,000 Ningbo Challenger a fortnight ago with Matthew Ebden of Australia. 104. Anushka Sharma in Fortune India‟s list of The 49th-ranked Divij has so far won 16 most powerful women Challenger and 19 Futures doubles titles, apart Actress Anushka Sharma has been named in from the five Tour titles. Fortune India‘s top 50 lists of Most Powerful Women of 2019. The actress, who ventured into 102. CBDT to setup National centre for I-T e- Bollywood in 2008 with the film Rab Ne Bana assessment in Delhi Di Jodi, is the youngest woman on the list and A national e-assessment centre (NeAC) will be ranks at 39. She is also the only Bollywood set up in the national capital as part of the actor to feature on the list. government‘s ambitious plan to launch faceless and nameless assessment for income tax payers 105. Ladakhi Shondol dance created history from next month. Ladakhi Shondol dance has created history by The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), breaking into the Guinness book of world that frames policy for the Income-tax records as the largest Ladakhi dance. 408 department, has issued an order for the creation women artists in traditional dresses performed of the Centre. The Centre will have 16 officials gracefully the Shondol dance on the occasion of and will be headed by a Principal Chief the Annual Naropa Festival. Commissioner of Income-tax (PCCIT) as its The ongoing Buddhist carnival near the 11th- chief. century world-famous Hemis Monastery in The NeAC will be an independent office Ladakh has ended last evening with creating looking after the exclusive work of e- history as one of the folk dance namely assessment, a senior official told PTI. While Shondol has broken the previous record of 299 1984-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) artists dance of Shondol in the 2018 festival. officer K M Prasad has been appointed as the Shondol is famous dance, which used to be chief or PCCIT of the new Centre, 1993-batch performed by artists for King of Ladakh on IRS officer Ashish Abrol has been appointed as special occasion. It was organised by the Live the Commissioner or second-in-command of to Love India, Drukpa Charitable Trust and the new unit, e-assessment scheme will be Young Drukpa Association. During the festival, rolled out from October 8. it was not only focused on Zero usage of Plastic but also sensitise the religious and community
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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs leaders on plastic waste management and For the first time, the US and India will be recycling. holding the tri-service military exercise. India earlier conducted such tri-service exercise with 106. World Wrestling Championship Russia. India's Rahul Aware bagged a bronze medal after defeating his opponent Tyler Lee Graff in 108. International Day of Sign Languages the 61kg category bout at the World Wrestling International Day of Sign Languages is being Championships observed Sep 23. The objective of the day is to India finished with their best-ever medal haul at raise awareness of the importance of sign the World Championships with 5 medals in language in the full realization of the human Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan that includes 1 silver rights of people who are deaf. and 4 bronze medals. Sign languages are fully-fledged natural India's previous best show was in 2013, when languages, structurally distinct from the spoken the country had three in their kitty courtesy languages. Amir Dahiya (silver), Bajrang Punia (bronze) The theme of the day is Sign Language Rights and Sandeep Tulsi Yadav (bronze in Greco- for All. Roman) Deepak Punia was the fourth Indian wrestler to 109. “Howdy Modi” event held in Houston secure his berth at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Narendra Modi addressed 50,000 Indian- Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia and Ravi Kumar Americans in Houston, which is reportedly the were the other wrestlers to qualify for the 2020 largest gathering ever for a foreign leader Olympics in their respective weight categories. visiting the United States. Punia, meanwhile also became only the fifth Howdy Modi is one of the highlights of the Indian to reach the final at the senior World Prime Minister‘s seven-day tour in the US. As a Championships. special gesture, US President Donald Trump, too, will share the stage with Modi at the event 107. Exercise Tiger Triumph: India-US Tri- As part of the event, he will address 50,000 Services Indian-Americans in Houston, reportedly the India and the United States are set to hold their largest gathering ever for a foreign leader first tri-services exercise code-named "Tiger visiting the country. The crowd at Houston is Triumph" at Visakhapatnam and Kakinada in expected to be larger than Modi‘s US visit in November this year. 2014 during the Obama era, where about "India-US tri-services ''Exercise Tiger 19,000 people had turned up. According to the Triumph'' is being organized under the aegis of Pew Research Center analysis of US Census the headquarters of the Integrated Defense data, the United States is home to about 4 Staff. million Indian-Americans, including about Final Planning Conference (FPC) for India-US 300,000 in Houston and nearby Dallas. Tri-Services Humanitarian Aid and Disaster The event is being organized by the Texas India Relief (HADR) concluded at Headquarters Forum (TIF), Inc. According to the official Eastern Naval Command on September 20.The website of Howdy Modi, TIF is a not-for-profit conference commenced on September 16 and organization that brings together Indian- was attended by delegates from the US Navy American organisations and institutions in order and the Marine Corps and representatives from to promote collaboration within the region and the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force. develop opportunities for engagement with During the conference, participants had a India. The event has been organized with the discussion on the planning of the exercise and help of more than 1,000 volunteers and 650 interactions on issues related to the conduct of Texas-based Welcome Partner organizations. the exercise.
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110. President Kovind conferred National 112. Amitabh Bachchan named for Dada Service Scheme Awards 2017-18 Sahab Phalke award President Ram Nath Kovind conferred Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan has been National Service Scheme Awards 2017-18 named for the prestigious Dada Sahab in a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhawan. Phalke award for his outstanding Department of Youth Affairs under the contribution to the film industry. The Ministry confers the National Service award is conferred by the Government for Scheme Award every year to recognize and outstanding contribution to the growth and reward outstanding contributions towards development of Indian Cinema. It consists voluntary community service made by of a Swarn Kamal and a cash prize of ten Universities and Senior Secondary lakh rupees. Councils, NSS Units/ Programme Officers and NSS Volunteers. The NSS Scheme was 113. Jal Shakti Minister inaugurates launched on 24th September, 1969. This Exhibition of 6th India Water Week year is the Golden Jubilee year of NSS. Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat inaugurated an Exhibition of 111. Amit Shah launches Private Security Sixth India Water Week at Indira Gandhi Agency Licensing Portal National Centre for Arts in New Delhi. Home Minister Amit Shah launched the Projects related to Namami Gange, various Private Security Agency Licensing Portal at river interlinking projects, technologies a function in New Delhi. Speaking on the used in Rain Water Harvesting and other occasion, the portal will become functional water projects have been displayed in the in all official languages like Hindi, Gujarati, Exhibition. Telugu and Tamil within three months. The The week-long India Water Week event number of licensed agencies in the states organized by Jal Shakti Ministry was will also be available on the portal so that inaugurated by President Ram Nath Kovind. people do not fall prey to the fraudulent It provides a platform to the stakeholders to private security agencies. This portal will discuss issues related to waters and find an also help the people cross check police innovative solution. verification of each and every security The theme of the India Water Week is - guard. Water Cooperation- Coping with 21st Century Challenges. It has potential of providing employment to at least two to three crore people. 114. India committed to eradicate TB before At present 90 percent police stations are 2025: Health Minister linked with computer and people can check Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. criminal records of security guard, if any to Harsh Vardhan launched 'TB HAREGA whom they are deploying. There are a DESH JEETEGA' campaign in New Delhi. number of dimensions that can be added to India is committed to eradicate TB before the portal including training and other 2025. One-third of the people in the world aspects to it. This will give multi have TB bacteria, and 10 per cent of them dimensional speed to private security can become a victim of TB at any time. guards' sector The people who have been cured of TB will be made campaign ambassadors. Government will be providing free TB medicines not only to the patients of
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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs government hospitals but also to patients It would not be conferred posthumously arriving in private hospitals. except in very rare and highly deserving On this occasion, the Health Minister cases. launched a van equipped with state-of-the- art testing facilities for the prevalence 116. New initiative launched at UN Climate survey of TB with a sample size of 5 lakhs. Action Summit 25 such vans will go to 625 clusters of the A new initiative was launched at the UN country and check for TB. This sample Climate Action Summit held in New York survey is to be completed by 2020. to help guide the world‘s heaviest greenhouse gas emitting industries toward 115. Centre institutes national unity award the low-carbon economy. India and Sweden named after Sardar Patel together with Argentina, Finland, France, The Centre has instituted the highest Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, the civilian award for contribution to the unity Netherlands, South Korea and the UK, as and integrity of India, in the name of Sardar well as a group of companies announced a Vallabhbhai Patel. The award seeks to new Leadership Group for Industry recognize notable and inspiring Transition yesterday. contributions to promote the cause of This Leadership Group will drive national unity and integrity and to reinforce transformation in hard-to-decarbonize and the value of a strong and united India. energy-intensive sectors. An official release The award will be announced on the said this global initiative will ensure heavy occasion of the National Unity Day on the industries and mobility companies can find birth anniversary of Sardar Patel on 31st of a workable pathway to deliver on the Paris October. The award will be conferred by the Agreement. President by a Sanad under his hand and seal and presented by him in a presentation 117. Gandhi Solar Park inaugurated at UN ceremony along with the Padma award HQ presentation ceremony at Rashtrapati Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with Bhawan. others world leaders inaugurated the Gandhi An Award Committee would be constituted Solar Park at the UN headquarters, New by the Prime Minister, which would include York and released a commemorative stamp the Cabinet Secretary, Principal Secretary to issued by the UN on the occasion of the Prime Minister, Secretary to the Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary. President, Home Secretary as Members and three-four eminent persons selected by the 118. 9th India-China Financial Dialogue held Prime Minister. The award would consist of to strengthen cooperation a medal and a citation. No monetary grant 9th India-China Financial Dialogue was or cash award would be attached to this held in New Delhi. A high-level Chinese Award. Not more than three awards would delegation led by Ms. Zou Jiayi, Vice be given in a year. Minister, Ministry of Finance, China Any Indian national or institution or interacted with the Indian delegation led by organization based in India would be able to Atanu Chakraborty, Secretary and nominate an individual for consideration for Department of Economic Affairs on wide- this Award. Individuals may also nominate ranging issues of mutual interest. themselves. State Governments, Union The India-China Financial Dialogue is a Territory Administrations and Ministries of mechanism between the two countries with Government of India may also send an aim to promote cooperation in the nominations. financial sector. During this dialogue, both
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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs sides had an in-depth exchange of views on macroeconomic situation and policy, 120. International tour operator Thomas cooperation in a multilateral framework, Cook collapses bilateral investment and financial International tour operator Thomas Cook cooperation. has collapsed after last-minute negotiations The two sides also committed to promoting aimed at saving the 178-year-old holiday a favorable environment to enable firm failed. UK Civil Aviation Authority continuous growth of bilateral trade and said the tour operator has ceased trading investment, strengthen efforts to promote with immediate effect. more balanced and healthier development of The collapse of the firm has also triggered trade and economic cooperation. the biggest ever peacetime repatriation The Financial Dialogue reflecting the aimed at bringing more than 150,000 British mutual understanding and shared the vision holidaymakers home. The tour operator's of both the countries to further strengthen failure puts 22,000 jobs at risk worldwide, cooperation in the financial sector. The next including 9,000 in the UK. round is to be held in China. The firm collapsed after it failed to meet the demand of the Royal Bank of Scotland and 119. Chilahati- border railway link a range of other banks to pay them 250 upgradation work inaugurated to connect million US dollar. Since May 2018, shares West Bengal with Bangladesh have fallen by more than 96 per cent amid Railway Minister of Bangladesh, Md. Nurul Brexit uncertainty and intense competition Islam Sujan and High Commissioner of in the tourism sector. India, Riva Ganguly Das laid the foundation Cabinet maker Thomas Cook created the stone at Chilahati in Bangladesh for travel firm in 1841. undertaking the work of up-gradation and lying of missing tracks from Chilahati to the 121. 71st Emmy Awards border with India near Haldibari. The 71st Emmy Awards honored the best in US The 7.5-kilometre long railway track will prime television programming from June 1, help in providing connectivity from West 2018 to May 31 2019, as chosen by academy of Bengal into Assam via Bangladesh. television arts and sciences. The ceremony was Construction of immigration and customs held at Microsoft theatre in downtown los post will also be done on it. On completion, angles, California. this will provide a big boost to trade, travel List of award winners: and tourism between Bangladesh and India. OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES: Game of The Haldibari- Chilahati railway track was Thrones (HBO) part of the broad gauge main route from OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES: Fleabag Kolkata to Siliguri during British undivided (Amazon) India. Trains from Bangladesh to Darjeeling LEAD ACTOR, DRAMA: Billy Porter, Pose via Siliguri operated till 1965 which LEAD ACTRESS, DRAMA: Jodie Comer, stopped functioning after the 1965 Indo-Pak Killing Eve war. LEAD ACTOR, COMEDY: Bill Hader, Barry Indian Railways has already restored the LEAD ACTRESS, COMEDY: Phoebe Waller- tracks up to international border till Bridge, Fleabag Haldibari station. Member of Parliaments SUPPORTING ACTOR, DRAMA: Peter Asaduzzaman Nur and Aftab Uddin Sarkar Dinklage, Game of Thrones were also present on the occasion. SUPPORTING ACTRESS, DRAMA: Julia Garner, Ozark
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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs SUPPORTING ACTOR, COMEDY: Tony Best men's goalkeeper: Alisson Becker Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (BRA/Liverpool) SUPPORTING ACTRESS, COMEDY: Alex Best women's goalkeeper: Sari van Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Veenendaal (NED/Atletico Madrid) OUTSTANDING LIMITED SERIES: Men's World 11 team of year: Alisson Chernobyl (HBO) Becker (BRA/Liverpool); Sergio Ramos OUTSTANDING TELEVISION MOVIE: (ESP/Real Madrid), Virgil Van Dijk Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (Netflix) (NED/Liverpool), Matthijs De Ligt SUPPORTING ACTOR, LIMITED SERIES (NED/Juventus), Marcelo (BRA/Real OR MOVIE: Ben Whishaw, A Very English Madrid); Luka Modric (CRO/Real Madrid), Scandal Frenkie De Jong (NED/Barcelona), Eden SUPPORTING ACTRESS, LIMITED SERIES Hazard (BEL/Real Madrid); Lionel Messi OR MOVIE Patricia Arquette, The Act (ARG/FC Barcelona), Kylian Mbappe COMPETITION PROGRAM: RuPaul‘s Drag (FRA/PSG), Cristiano Ronaldo (POR/ Race Juventus) VARIETY SKETCH SERIES: Saturday Night Women's World 11 team of year: Sari Van Live Veenendaal (NED/Atletico Madrid); Lucy Bronze (ENG/Lyon), Wendie Renard 122. Russia gives formal support to Paris (FRA/Lyon), Nilla Fischer (SWE/ climate agreement Linkopings), Kelly O'Hara (USA/Utah Russian Prime minister Dmitry Medvedev Royals); Amandine Henry (FRA/Lyon), gave formal support to the Paris climate Julie Ertz (USA/Chicago), Rose Lavelle agreement and ordered Russian laws to be (USA/Washington); Marta (BRA/Orlando), adapted to its obligation. Alex Morgan (USA/Orlando), Megan The document signed by Prime Minister Rapinoe (USA/Reign FC) Dmitry Medvedev said that Russia is Men's coach: Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool) formally adopting the 2015 Paris agreement Women's coach: Jill Ellis (USA) and will now allocate financial resources to Puskas Award best goal: Daniel Zsori developing countries for prevention and (HUN/Debrecen) adaptation to climate change. Fair-play award: Marcelo Bielsa and Leeds United 123. Bulgaria's Kristalina Georgieva appointed new IMF chief 124. Delhi HC launches official mobile app for Bulgaria's Kristalina Georgieva has been lawyers, litigants selected as the new head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). She is the first The Delhi High Court launched an official person from an emerging market economy mobile application for providing digital access to lead the IMF. The economist succeeds of its services to lawyers and litigants. The Christine Lagarde for a five-year term from application, which was inaugurated by Chief October. Justice D N Patel, provides details of case FIFA football awards status, display board, cause list and access to The best FIFA football awards 2019 was held at other important links of the high court website. Teatro scala in Milan, Italy The advocates registered with the High Court‘s List of winners e-filing software will also be able to apply for Best men's player: Lionel Messi e-inspection and online gate pass. The (ARG/Barcelona) application, which can also be accessed by Best women's player: Megan Rapinoe anyone as a guest user, will allow litigants to (USA/Reign FC)
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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs apply for the issuance of new entry pass to visit central theme of ‗Integrity – A way of Life‘, the the High Court. bank introduced technology based solutions The advocates and litigants will also be able to through the Preventive Vigilance (PV) portal, view the display board of the High Court and which is the first of its kind. the Supreme Court using the app. The The PV portal will facilitate all staff members important links‘ option of the application to contribute towards arresting procedural allows accessing information on Chief Justice lapses and unhealthy practices, and will usher and sitting judges, their roster, judgments and in a coherent climate conducive to banking for case histories among others. the modern age.
125. Social media platforms to observe 127. Hurun India Rich List 2019: Mukesh voluntary code of ethics in elections Ambani richest India With Rs 3.8 lakh crore net worth, The social media platforms will observe a MukeshAmbani is India‘s richest man for the voluntary code of ethics in the ongoing Haryana eighth consecutive year, as mentioned in the and Maharashtra Assembly polls as well as in IIFL Wealth-Hurun India Rich List 2019. The all future elections. Reliance Industries chief is also the 8th richest The Internet and Mobile Association of India man in the world, the report states. and social media platforms Facebook, Following Ambani is London-based SP Hinduja Whatsapp, Twitter, Google, Sharechat and and family with Rs 1.5 lakh crore. On the third TikTok have agreed to observe the code of spot is Wipro founder AzimPremji with Rs 1.2 ethics during the elections. lakh crore, while Cyrus Poonawalla bagged the Under it, social media platforms have created a fourth spot with Rs 89,800 crore. On the fifth high priority dedicated grievance redressal spot is Lakshmi Mittal with Rs 87,900 crore, channel for taking prompt action on the cases UdayKotak with Rs 75,600 crore is ranked reported by the Election Commission. The sixth, GautamAdani with Rs 70,600 crore is social media platforms and the Commission seventh, Dilip Sanghvi with Rs 67,300 crore is have developed a notification mechanism by eighth, Cyrus PallonjiMistry and Shapoor which poll panel can notify the platforms for Pallonji Mistry with Rs 67,100 crore are the potential violations of electoral laws. ninth richest Indians. The platforms will ensure that all political Out of the Indian cities, Mumbai topped the list advertisements on their platforms are pre- with 42 billionaires, while Delhi followed on certified from the Media Certification and the second spot with 25 billionaires. Bengaluru Monitoring Committees of ECI. Besides, they and Hyderabad were ranked third and fourth will voluntarily undertake information, respectively. education and communication campaigns to No women made it to the top ten richest Indians build awareness related to electoral laws and list. The richest woman in India is Godrej other related instructions. Group‘s Smita V Crishna with Rs 43,400 crore, who is ranked 302 globally. RoshniNadar and 126. PNB launches Preventive Vigilance portal KiranMazumdar Shaw are on the second and third spot with Rs 32,800 crore and Rs 25,100 Punjab National Bank (PNB) launched crore. a Preventive Vigilance portal to facilitate its Madhukar Parekh and family of Pidilite saw an staff members to check procedural lapses and increase of 60 per cent to Rs 11,200 crore, promote good practices. while Ranjan Pal of Manipal Education saw an Besides other activities, such as inauguration of increase of 54 per cent to Rs 14,300 crore. e-pledge mission, social outreach through AzimPremji and MukeshAmbani saw an technological platforms for promoting the increase of 42 per cent and 20 per cent.
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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs According to the report, twenty five of the ―Singapore India Hackathon‖, an initiative of wealthiest Indians have wealth equal to 10 per Prime Minister NarendraModi, is the first of its cent of India‘s GDP kind joint international hackathon between India and any other country. India is the host of 128. First India-Caribbean Summit this event. Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the leaders The aim of this joint international hackathon is of the Caribbean Community and Common to promote engagement and collaboration of Market during the first-ever India-Caricom student community in India with the rest of the leaders‘ summit in New York. The meet world and to develop innovative and out-of-the- focused on fighting climate change and box solutions for some of the daunting increasing India‘s participation with the problems faced by our societies said by R grouping. Subrahmanyam, Secretary, Department of India announced a 14 million US dollar grant Higher Education. for community development projects in the The first edition of the Singapore India Caricom and another 150 million line of credit Hackathon was held in Singapore in November, for solar, renewable energy and climate change 2018, based on the theme ‗Smart Campus‘.This related projects. Leaders and representatives year the hackathon is focused on three including from Antigua & Barbuda, themes, „Good Health and well-being‟, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago „Quality Education‟ and „Affordable and attended the meeting. Clean Energy‗. Caricom leaders welcomed the Indian Singapore India Hackathon 2019 has 20 teams initiatives to strengthen cooperation and and for the first time each participating team reassured full support from their respective would comprise of three students each from governments. India and Singapore.
129. Sep 27: World Tourism day 131. PT Usha conferred with IAAF Veteran Pin World Tourism Day 2019: This year for the Award first time India will be hosting World Tourism Former Indian athlete and Olympian PT Day which has the theme „Tourism and Jobs: Usha (Golden Girl, Payyoli Express) have been a better future for all‟ conferred with the prestigious International Background: Since 1980, the United Nations Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) World Tourism Organization has celebrated Veteran Pin Award. Usha received the award at World Tourism Day as international the 52nd IAAF conference in Doha. observances on September 27. This date was The PT Usha was also awarded with the chosen as on that day in 1970, the Statutes of prestigious Arjun award in 1983 and Padma the UNWTO were adopted. The adoption of shri in 1985 these Statutes is considered a milestone in global tourism. The purpose of this day is 132. Corps of Army Air Defense honored with to raise awarenesson the role of tourism within President‟s Colours Award the international community and to demonstrate President Ram Nath Kovind presented the how it affects social, cultural, political and prestigious President‘s Colours to the Corps of economic values worldwide. Army Air Defence at a function in Gopalpur in Ganjam district of Odisha. 130. Singapore-India Hackathon 2019 The award was given to the Corps on the Prime Minister NarendraModi will address the occasion of 25 years of Army Air Defense second edition of the joint hackathon with College, AADC. It was received by Army AD Singapore - the ―Singapore India Hackathon Centre on behalf of the Corps of Army Air 2019‖- at IIT Madras on September 30 Defense.
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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs The President‘s Colours are the highest military the charge as the Chief of Air Staff after his honor for the armed forces bestowed in predecessor and the incumbent IAF Chief BS recognition of exceptional services rendered to Dhanoa retires on September 30. the nation, both during the war and in peace Meanwhile, Air Marshal B Suresh has been times. appointed as Western Air Commander of the One of the youngest corps of Army, the Army Air Force. He will succeed Kargil war hero Air Air Defense Corps bifurcated from the Marshal Raghunath Nambiar on October 31. Regiment of Artillery in 1989 and established Prior to being appointed the Vice Chief of Air the Army Air Defense College. The AADC is Staff, Bhadauria was heading IAF's Bengaluru- the training school for the personnel of the Air based Training Command. As the Deputy Defense Corps. Chief, he was the chairman of the Indian negotiating team for the 36 Rafale combat 133. COAS Gen Bipin Rawat takes charge as aircraft deal with France. Chairman of COSC Bhadauria was commissioned into the fighter Army Chief Gen. Bipin Rawat to receive the stream of the Air Force on June 15, 1980, with baton of Chairman of Chiefs of Staff the 'Sword of Honour. Committee from outgoing IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa who retires by end of the 135. Punyabhushan Award to eminent month. archeologist Dr. G. B. Deglurkar The Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC) M. Venkaiah Naidu presented Punyabhushan comprises chiefs of the Army, the Navy and the Award to eminent Archeologist, Dr. G.B. Air Force and the senior most members are Deglurkar, in Pune, Maharashtra. The award appointed its chairperson. has been instituted by the Punyabhushan The Chairman of COSC is tasked with ensuring Foundation. synergy among the three services and evolves The Founder of Sancheti Hospital, Dr. K.H. common strategy to deal with external security Sancheti, the Founder of Symbiosis challenges facing the country. International University, Dr. S.B. Majumdar, Air Chief Marshal Dhanoa had taken charge of eminent classical vocalist, Dr. Prabha Atre, Chairman of COSC from then Navy Chief former Captain of Indian Cricket Team, Shri Admiral Sunil Lanba on May 29.Gen. Rawat Chandrakant Borde, the President, had assumed charge as Chief of Army Staff on Punyabhushan Foundation, Dr. Satish Desai December 31, 2016. and other dignitaries were present on the Before becoming Army Chief Bipin Rawa occasion. handled various operational responsibilities in many areas, including along the LOC with 136. K Siva Reddy to get Saraswati Samman Pakistan, the LAC with China and in the Telugu poet K Siva Reddy is to be conferred Northeast. the prestigious Saraswati Samman, 2018, for his collection of poems titled Pakkaki Ottigilite 134. Air Marshal HS Arora appointed IAF vice (Turning Aside While Lying Down). Chief The award, instituted by the KK Birla Air Marshal HS Arora has been appointed the Foundation, is given annually for an Vice Chief of Indian Air Force. He will succeed outstanding literary work written in any official Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria who will take over Indian language and published during the as the Chief of Air Staff on September 30. preceding 10 years. The Center appointed Air Marshal Rakesh It is the highest recognition in the field of Kumar Singh Bhadauria the next chief of the Indian literature and carries a cash purse of Rs India Air Force (IAF). Bhadauria, who is 15 lakh, apart from a citation and a plaque. currently Vice Chief of Air Staff, will take over
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SEPTEMBER - 2019 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs Reddy has also published critical essays on RailTel roped in Tata Trust for providing Wi-Fi poetry. According to the citation provided by at B, C, D and E category stations across the the foundation, Reddy attributes his poetic country. Once completed all Railway stations excellence to his faith in poetry as a weapon in (except the halt stations) of Indian Railways combating injustice and calls himself a will have fast and free RailWire Wi-Fi. wanderer who is forever in search of equality and humanity. 138. Suresh Chitturi appointed International Pakkaki Ottigilite, published in 2016, is an Egg Commission chief anthology of 104 poems in blank verse. It Suresh Chitturi, Vice Chairman and Managing captures the responses of the poet over the Director of India's leading poultry firm years to social change, the evolution of his own Srinivasa Farms, has been appointed as self and his dynamic relationship with the chairman of the International Egg Commission world. (IEC) for the next two years. Reddy was chosen for the award after a The appointment was made at the IEC Global selection process carried out by the Chayan Leadership Conference in Copenhagen in Parishad, or selection committee, which Denmark. includes renowned scholars and writers and was Suresh Chitturi will be the first chair from Asia headed by Dr Subhash C Kashyap, former in the history of the institution, as he assumes secretary general of the Lok Sabha secretariat. the role as the Chairman of IEC. He will hold The Chayan Parishad is assisted by five Kshetra the position for the next two years. Samities, or regional committees, and 22 He leads Srinivasa Farms, which is recognized Bhasha Samities, or language committees, as one of the builders of the Indian Poultry consisting of eminent writers, scholars and industry in the last 50 years. critics in various languages from all parts of the country. 139. World Digital Competitiveness ranking To felicitate writers, the KK Birla Foundation India ranks 44th position in 2019 from 48th rank has instituted three awards in the field of in 2018, with the biggest improvement in the literature. These are the Saraswati Samman, technology sub-factor level, holding first Vyas Samman (for Hindi) and Bihari Puraskar position in telecommunications investment," (for Hindi and Rajasthani writers of Rajasthan). according to the IMD World Digital Past recipients of the Saraswati Samman Competitiveness Ranking 2019 (WDCR). include poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan, and The US was ranked as the world's most digitally writers Vijay Tendulkar, Shamsur Rahman competitive economy, followed by Singapore in Faruqi and Dr Indira Parthasarathy Ramanujar, the second place. Sweden was ranked third on among many others. the list, followed by Denmark and Switzerland in the 4th and 5th place, respectively. 137. Midnapore becomes 5000th railway station to be Wi-Fi enabled Midnapore in West Bengal has become the 5000th railway station to be Wi-Fi enabled. Locals and passengers are now connected to free and fast internet in and around 5000 stations of the country. RailTel started the project of providing Wi-Fi facility at railway stations in January 2016 from Mumbai Central station in Maharashtra. It was the first station to have fast and free RailWire.
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