Today Current Affairs for Competitive Exams - Current Affairs 2021 Online – 02nd September 2021 Morgan Stanley maintains India GDP growth Sri Lanka declares economic emergency estimate of 10.5% Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Morgan Stanley has maintained its estimate has declared an economic emergency to of India's GDP growth at 10.5 percent for contain soaring inflation after a steep fall in FY2022 versus the general consensus of 9.2 the value of the country's currency caused a percent. spike in food prices. GDP grew 20.1 percent year-on-year in the The military will oversee the action which quarter ending June 2021. gives power to officials to ensure that On a two-year CAGR basis, real GDP essential items, including rice and sugar, are contracted 4.7 percent in QE June versus sold at government-guaranteed prices or plus 2.3 percent in QE March. prices based on import costs. Star Health launches new cancer care policies Actor Siddharth Shukla passes away Star Health and Allied Insurance has Actor and Bigg Boss 13 winner Sidharth announced the launch of two new variants of Shukla passed away in September 2021. its specialty products – Star Cancer Care Sidharth Shukla began his career as a model Platinum Insurance Policy and Star Cardiac and made his acting debut with a lead role in Care Platinum Insurance Policy. the television show ‘Babul Ka Aangann These products are designed to address the Chootey Na’. needs of people who are diagnosed with He also participated in reality shows, including cancer and cardiac conditions. Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 6, Fear Factor, and Bigg There are no premedical tests required to Boss 13. avail of these policies. He was also a part of the film Humpty Sharma IIM Kozhikode to offer supernumerary seats to Ki Dulhania. students J-K LG Sinha inaugurates 'Saath' initiative The Indian Institute of Management Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Kozhikode (IIM-K) has announced Manoj Sinha launched Rural Enterprises supernumerary seats for international Acceleration Programme titled 'Saath' for Self students to boost diversity in the campus. Help Group (SHG) women on 1 September The move from IIM-K comes after two of its 2021. management programs made a debut in 101+ There are 48000 SHGs in Jammu and rank group in the sub-sectoral QS World Kashmir. University Rankings 2020. Four lakh women are connected to these The supernumerary will be created in three SHGs. flagship programs including its two years MBA. 1 | P a g e This Saath initiative will stress mentoring and directions issued by RBI contained in the market linkages of products created by these Reserve Bank of India – (Know Your women. Customer (KYC)) Direction, 2016". This action is based on the deficiencies in Cristiano Ronaldo breaks men’s scoring record regulatory compliance. Cristiano Ronaldo broke the men’s BNP Paribas appoints Sanjay Singh as the new CEO international scoring record before adding a second goal as Portugal be at visiting Ireland French bank BNP Paribas has announced the 2-1 in World Cup qualifying. appointment of Sanjay Singh as CEO of India. Ronaldo grabbed his 110th goal in the 89th He will be succeeding Aymar de Liedekerke minute on 2 September 2021 to move ahead Beaufort, who has been nominated to become of former Iran striker Ali Daei. the Head of Territory, India. Six minutes into stoppage time, Ronaldo Sanjay Singh joined BNP Paribas Securities made it 111 in 180 games. India as Head of Global Markets and Deputy CEO India eight years ago. UN funds allocate $10 million for fuel crisis response ‘Rajiv Gandhi’ dropped from name of Orang National Park The United Nation's humanitarian funds have allocated USD 10 million to respond to the The Assam government has announced that fuel crisis in Lebanon and help avert the the Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park will be deterioration of the country's humanitarian known as the Orang National Park. situation. It is located in Darrang and Sonitpur districts The Under-Secretary-General for of Assam. Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief The development comes weeks after the Coordinator, Martin Griffiths allocated USD 4 Centre dropped former Prime Minister Rajiv million from the UN Central Emergency Gandhi’s name from the Khel Ratna award. Response Fund (CERF) to respond to the fuel The existing national parks in Assam are crisis. Kaziranga, Manas, Dibru-Saikhowa, Manas, and Orang. Wipro appoints Mohammed Areff as Country Head and MD Bangladeshi vaccine scientist wins Ramon Magsaysay award Wipro has announced the appointment of Mohammed Areff as the country head A Bangladeshi vaccine scientist and a and Managing Director (MD) for the Middle microfinance pioneer from Pakistan East. are among the five recipients of the Ramon Areff has over two decades of experience with Magsaysay Award 2021. various multinationals in the Middle East and The award is regarded as the Asian version of has held lead roles in spearheading client the Nobel Prize. transformations across various industries. Apart from Dr. Firdausi Qadri from In his most recent role, Areff was the Regional Bangladesh and Muhammad Amjad Saqib Director of Microsoft Gulf. from Pakistan, the other winners are Filipino fisher and community environmentalist RBI imposes ₹25 lakh penalty on Axis Bank Roberto Ballon, etc. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed THE World University Rankings 2022 released a monetary penalty of ₹25 lakh on Axis Bank Limited for violation of rules. The Times Higher Education (THE) The penalty was imposed for “contravention has announced the results of the THE World of/non-compliance with certain provisions of University Rankings 2022. 2 | P a g e The UK’s University of Oxford – which led the The existing rakes of Rajendra Nagar – New way in the global search for a Covid-19 Delhi Rajdhani Special Express, are being vaccine – retained top spot for sixth replaced with brand new Tejas-type sleeper consecutive year. coaches. IISc Bangalore, is India’s best-ranked The new train will have special smart features institution, maintaining its position in the 301- for enhanced passenger safety and comfort. 350 band for a third consecutive year. Max Verstappen wins Belgian Grand Prix India’s month-long Presidency of UNSC ends Max Verstappen has won the Belgian Grand India's month-long Presidency of the powerful Prix. United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The race was shortened to last one hour with ended on 31 August 2021 with substantive only half points awarded to the winner, who outcomes on key global issues. needed to complete only two laps to earn The event was the first time when there was a points. comprehensive debate on the holistic concept Verstappen's sixth win of the season was the of maritime security. 16th of his career and stopped Hamilton India is currently a non-permanent member earning a record-extending 100th win, while (for a two-year term) of the 15-nation UNSC. also trimming his overall lead from eight points to three. 61st Foundation Day of NCERT: 1 September 2021 GST Council meeting to be held on September 17 Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan addressed the 61st Foundation Day of the The meeting of the GST Council will be held National Council of Educational Research and on 17 September 2021. Training (NCERT) on 1 September 2021. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman NCERT is an autonomous organisation of the will chair the 45th meeting of the GST Council Government of India which was established in at Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh. 1961 as a literary, scientific, and charitable The previous meeting of the GST Council was Society under the Societies Registration Act. held via video conferencing on 12th June It has its headquarters in New Delhi. 2021 during which tax rates on various Covid essentials were reduced till 30th September World Coconut Day: 2 September 2021. World Coconut Day is observed every year on ITPO CMD LC Goyal gets extension till September 1, 2 September. 2022 The first World Coconut Day was celebrated on September 2, 2009, by the Asia Pacific L C Goyal, Chairman and Managing Director Coconut Community (APCC). of the India Trade Promotion Organisation The theme for the year 2021 is "Building a (ITPO), has been granted a one-year Safe Inclusive Resilient and Sustainable extension till September 1, 2022. Coconut Community Amid COVID-19 Goyal, who had briefly worked as the Union Pandemic & Beyond". home secretary, was on August 31, 2015, The coconut palm is often called the ‘tree of appointed the ITPO chief. life’ owing to its versatile use. This is his fifth extension on the post. ITPO is the premier trade promotion agency Indian Railways starts new Rajdhani Express of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Indian Railways has started to run Rajendra BBC's first Hindi news reader Rajni Kaul dies Nagar Terminal (Patna) – New Delhi Rajdhani Express with new upgraded Tejas rake from 2 Rajni Kaul, a distinguished broadcaster who September 2021. became the first woman to read a news 3 | P a g e bulletin in Hindi on BBC nearly 60 years ago, Payments Interface (UPI) has logged more passed away in Faridabad in September than 3 billion transactions for the second 2021. consecutive month in a row in August 2021. She was the first woman to join BBC Hindi as On a month-on-month basis (MoM), UPI’s a staffer and became the first woman to read volume of transactions was up 9.5 per cent in a news bulletin in Hindi on the network in August 2021, and the value of transactions up 1961. 5.4 per cent. She had also worked with All India Radio ICICI Bank crosses ₹5-trillion m-cap (AIR) in New Delhi.