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CURRENT AFFAIRS
(OCTOBER-2021)

INDEX
1. BIHAR SPECIAL 1-9

2. NATIONAL 10-17

3. INTERNATIONAL 18-22

4. STATE SPECIAL 23-25

5. ECONOMY 26-29

6. SECURITY 30-32

7. SCIENCE & TECH 33-34

8. ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY 35-37

9. SPORTS 38-42

10. MISCELLANEOUS 43-48

11. OBJECTIVE QUESTION 49-56

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1.
Valmiki Tiger Reserve
@ Why in news - The Central Government
has honored Valmiki Tiger Reserve
(VTR) with Biodiversity Award on the
occasion of World Rhinoceros Day.
@ Reason for respect - Due to the
increasing number of animals and
increase in forest cover, the central
government has given this honor to VTR.
@ Increase in the number of tigers - The
increase in the number of tigers in VTR
is also considered very pleasant.
@ Valmiki Tiger Reserve - It is located in
the foothills of the Himalayas in the
West Champaran district on the Bihar-
Nepal border.
@ The wildlife found in the forests here
include wild mammals, tigers, bears,
leopards, deer and many species of
antelope, bison, wild boar, etc.
2.
Selection of three referees
from Bihar for grappling
@ Selected three Bihari referees -
Subodh Kumar Yadav, Rizwan-ul-Haq
and Sudama Kumar
@ World Grappling Committee - The
virtual training camp was organized
under the supervision of Richard Tado
of USA, the chief referee of this
committee.
@ Number of referees involved in the
training camp - 56
@ Grappling is a part of wrestling.
Wrestling is an Olympic sport, while
grappling is a non-Olympic sport.
@ Players - The game is of 4 minutes for the
age group from 9 to 15 years and 5 minutes
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for the players above the age of 16.
3.
Bihar Prohibition and Excise
Rules 2021
@ Why in news- Bihar cabinet on
September 22, 2021 approved the Bihar
Prohibition and Excise Rules 2021.
@ Main provisions of the new rules:
ü According to the new provision, if
liquor is found in a residential
premises, instead of sealing the
entire premises, now only the
marked part will be sealed.
ü If liquor is manufactured, bottled,
stored, sold or imported-exported in
any premises, the entire such
premises shall be sealed.
ü The activity of Grain Based
Distillery producing Grain Ethanol
will be carried out under CCTV
camera surveillance round the
clock.
ü Vehicles laden with liquor or other
intoxicants going through the state
to another state will have to leave
the state within 24 hours of entering
Bihar through the designated check
post.
ü The provisions of section 436 shall
have effect for grant of bail for the
rst offense if caught in
contravention of this law.
@ Complete Prohibition in Bihar - Bihar
Prohibition and Excise Act 2016 is in
force from October 2, 2016 to implement
complete prohibition in Bihar.
@ Need - With the implementation of
Bihar Prohibition and Excise Rules
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2021, ease of implementation of the
provisions of Prohibition and Excise Act
2016 and many types of statutory
difculties will be removed.
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4.
Buddhist and Jain Circuit
@ Why in news- Recently, Bihar State
Road Transport Corporation has
announced to run electric buses for
Buddhist and Jain pilgrimage sites.
@ Route of Electric Bus Transport -
Bodh Gaya via Patna to Rajgir
ü Patna to Darbhanga via Hajipur,
Vaishali, Muzaffarpur
@ Buddhist Circuit - It is the site of all the
sacred sites of high importance in
Buddhism, where Lord Buddha was
born, attained enlightenment, rst
preached and then attained Nirvana.
@ Mahabodhi Temple, Ashoka Pillar
Vaishali, Sujata Kutir, Kesariya Stupa
are the pilgrimage centers of Buddhist
circuits associated with the life and
teachings of Lord Buddha.
@ Jain Circuit - Bihar is the holy place as
the birthplace of 12 th Tirthankara 7.

“Vasupujya” and 24th Tirthankara
“Mahavir”.
@ The Pawapuri Water Temple located in
Nalanda district of Bihar, the Jain
temple Lachhuar located in Jamui, the
Jain temple Nathnagar Bhagalpur,
Basokund Vaishali Jain Temple,
Kundalpur Jain Temple, Kamaldah
Jain Temple Patna etc. are included in
the Jain circuit.
5.
Sharad Sagar
@ Why in news - Recently, Sharad Sagar
has been elected president of the
student union at Harvard Graduate
School of Education.
@ Selection - More than 12,000 students
from 50 countries studying at the
Harvard Graduate School of Education
have chosen their president.
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@ Tenure - Till May, 2022
@ Original residence - Jiradei (Siwan)
Establishment of super
computer in Patna
@ Establishment - The supercomputer
has been established on the 14 th oor
of Biscoman Bhawan in Patna, the
capital of Bihar.
@ Founder - C-DAC
@ Center - This will be the 12 th center of
C-DAC in the country.
@ Benets With this, work will be done in
Bihar keeping cyber security and
articial intelligence as well as
agriculture, health and education in
priority.
@ The Ganga, Kosi etc. rivers of the state
will be connected through articial
intelligence and will be monitored
through satellite. After this, the
information of ood in any area will also
be given to the concerned area eight to
10 hours before.
Commerce Festival
@ Venue - Patna
@ Commerce Festival - An exhibition of
the best products being made in Bihar
was organized on this occasion.
@ Amrit Mahotsav of Independence -
Preparations have been made to export
the products of Bihar to75 countries of
the world.
@ Products of Bihar selected for export
- Bhagalpuri Silk, Khadi Textile,
Makhana, Rice, Vegetable etc.
@ Presently exported goods from Bihar
- Makhana, Textiles, Fruits,
Vegetables, Medicines and Petroleum
products etc.
@ I n d i a n S i lk E x p o r t P r o m o t i o n
Council - Regional Ofce of Indian Silk
Export Promotion Council has been
proposed to promote silk industry in
the state.
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Rachit Raj
@ Why in news - Rachit Raj of Bihar has
become the rst transgender constable
of Bihar.
@ Achievement - Along with this, he has
been given the title of the country's rst
transman soldier.
@ Deployment - The constable made by
Rachna is currently posted in the secret
branch of Kaimur SP.
@ Rachit Raj - 23 year old Rachit is a
2018 batch constable.
9.
Family Planning Day
@ Why in news - Bihar Health Minister
Mangal Pandey announced to celebrate
family planning day on 21st of every
month
@ First event - September 21, 2021
@ Objective - To raise awareness of
family planning at the community level
@ Methodology - Various activities will
be organized to promote family
planning in all medical institutions on
the occasion of this day.
@ Signicance - Through this, the cases
of unwanted pregnancy, maternal
mortality, neonatal mortality and
complications related to childbirth will
be reduced.
10.
Patna
@ Why in news - According to a recently
released record, Patna is at third place
in the case of ATM fraud.
@ First place in fraud case - Mumbai
@ 2nd place - Hyderabad
@ Record Name - National Crime Records
Bureau
@ Patna - Capital of Bihar
11.
Mithila State Nirman Sena
@ Why in news - Mithila Rajya Nirman
Sena announced to start a renaissance
journey in the districts of North Bihar
from September 26, 2021
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@ Renaissance Yatra - This yatra will be
conducted in all the districts of Mithila
in ve phases, which will make people
aware of the demand for a separate
state.
@ Mithila Rajya Nirman Sena -
Voluntary organization demanding the
creation of a separate Mithila state from
Bihar
@ Mithila region - According to one
gure, about 60 percent of the
population of Bihar lives in Mithila
region.
@ Mithila - It was a state and cultural
center in ancient India. Presently it
included Tirhut, Darbhanga, Munger,
Kosi, Purnia and Bhagalpur divisions of
Bihar.
12.
World Physiotherapy Week
@ Organizer - Indian Association of
Physiotherapists Bihar Branch
@ Closing - September 18, 2021
@ Venue - IIM Hall, Patna
@ Inauguration - By Tarkishore Prasad,
Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar
@ Objective of the program - To make
people aware about physiotherapy
@ World Physiotherapy Day - World
Physiotherapy Day is celebrated on 8
September all over the world
13.
Bihta ESIC Hospital
@ Why in news - The Union Labor
Ministry has approved to run a medical
college in Bihta ESIC Hospital with 500
beds.
@ Full name of Bihta ESIC Hospital -
Employees State Insurance
Corporation (ESIC) Hospital State's 19
th Medical College
@ Location - Bihta (Patna)
@ State's 18th Medical College -
Established in Purnia
@ Union Labor Minister - Bhupendra
Yadav
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Digital Health Card
@ Why in news - The Bihar government
has made a plan to give digital health
cards to the population of 12.90 crores
of the state.
@ Digital Health Card - Unique digital
health card made on the lines of Aadhar
card
Key points regarding Digital Health Card:
@ In this card, every record related to the
health of the person concerned will be
kept.
@ After getting the card, the patient will
not need to carry the long parts of his
old treatment.
@ The doctor or hospital will be able to
know the entire history of that patient
through a single click on the computer.
@ The person's mobile and Aadhaar
number will also be there in the digital
health card. Unique digital health card
will be generated on the basis of these
two numbers.
@ The work of making digital health cards
has been started in Nalanda district as
a pilot project.
15.
State Award to the artists
associated with Mithila
Painting
@ Organized State Award Award - Bihar
Museum, Patna
@ State Award Award - 11 artists related
to the world famous Mithila painting
and other genres were honored with the
State Award
@ Honored Artist - Belongs to
Madhubani District
@ Politician to honor artists - Bihar's
Industries Minister Syed Shahnawaz
Hussain
@ State Award - Copper Patra,
Certicate, Shawl and Rs 50,000 in
cash
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16.
Asia Rugby Under-18 Girls
Rugby Sevens Championship,
2021
@ Why in news - 14-member Indian
women's team formed for Asia Rugby U-
18 Girls Rugby Sevens Championship,
2021
@ Players from Bihar in the team - 2
players from Bihar are included in the
14 players
@ Name of 2 players of Bihar - Aarti
Kumari (Nawada) and Sapna Kumari
(Muzaffarpur)
@ Organized Championship - 18-19
September, 2021
@ Venue - Tashkent (Uzbekistan)
@ Countries involved - India,
Kyrgyzstan, United Arab Emirates,
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
17.
Raj Mangal Nishad
@ Why in news - Rec ently Raj Mangal
Nishad was honored with Bhima Award
@ Raj Mangal Nishad - Martial arts player
from Bihar
@ Original Residence - Madhepura
District
@ Achievement - Gold in Inter College
Boxing Championship in 2019, Gold in
National Mix Martial Arts in 2017
@ Bhim Award - Raj Mangal Nishad was
given Bhim Award at the 21st Bihar
Samman ceremony
18.
Jamalpur Rail Workshop
@ Why in news - Now a crane with a lifting
capacity of 175 tons will be made in
Jamalpur Rail Factory. The engineers
and technicians here have sent the
design diagram of the crane and the
details of the cost to the Railway Board.
@ Germany and China - At present, only
cranes with a lifting capacity of 175
tons in the world are made in Germany
and China.
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@ Jamalpur Rail Workshop - Jamalpur
is the rst rail factory in the country
where after Germany a 140 ton lifting
crane was made.
@ Special - When Jamalpur had prepared
the rst crane 32 years ago, it was
called the rst successful crane after
Germany.
@ 51 Cranes - Between 1989 and 2021,
Jamalpur Rail Factory has
manufactured 51 cranes.
@ Crane feature - Jamalpur crane can
work at 90 degree. Today, only cranes
made in Jamalpur are used to lift
derailed bogies during rail accidents or
to unload and unload railway bridges
and containers.
19.
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
@ Why in news - On September 13, 2021,
the rst death anniversary of
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh was
celebrated in the state.
@ Introduction - Famous as Maharana
Pratap of Bihar politics
@ Born - June 6, 1946
@ Death - September 13, 2020
@ Place of Birth - Shahpur (Vaishali)
@ Political Career - Raghuvansh Prasad
Singh was a founding member of the
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) founded on
July 5, 1997.
ü He was a member of the 14th Lok
Sabha and a cabinet minister in the
United Progressive Alliance
government.
20.
Wrestler Deepak Kumar
@ Why in news - Recently, wrestler
Deepak Kumar won the Bihar State
State Champion Award in wrestling.
@ Career start in wrestling - Career
started in the year 2016 with Dangal of
Khagaria Gaushala In the year 2016
and 2018, he won the title of best
wrestler in Khagaria Gaushala Ke
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Dangal. Original Residence - Rohiar
Village (Khagaria District)
21.
Babita Mishra
@ Why in news - Babita Mishra of Bihar
has been declared the winner in the
recently held Mrs India contest.
@ Venue - New Delhi
@ Original Residence - Kishanganj
@ Mrs Bihar - Earlier, Babita Mishra had
also won the title of Mrs Bihar in
February 2021.
22.
Ram Vilas Paswan
@ Why in news - First death anniversary
of Ram Vilas Paswan was celebrated on
12th September
@ Introduction -Founder of Lok
Janshakti Party
@ Political journey - Started political
career with Janata Dal Party
ü 9 times Lok Sabha and 2 times
Rajya Sabha MP
ü He was the Railway Minister of India
from 1996-98.
ü During the tenure of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, he was the Minister
of Consumer Affairs from 2015-20.
23.
Mirza Rizwan
@ Why in news - Renowned educationist
and researcher Mirza Rizwan has
become the rst Indian to win the
prestigious George Washington Medal
of Honor from the Freedom Foundation.
@ Mirza Rizwan - Originally a resident of
Patna.
@ Achievement - They have developed a
course module dealing with the
problems of young children.
ü In the meantime, Rizwan has
partnered with investors in the US
to create a complete ecosystem of
research and development for its
students.
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@ George Washington Medal of Honor -
Established in 1949 by former US
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
ü The Freedom Foundation honors
the extraordinary contributions of
Americans to communities in
America.
24.
Chandragupta Institute of
Management, Patna (CIMP)
@ Why in news - Chandragupta Institute
of Management, Patna has got a place
in the ranking of NIRF, 2021.
@ Rank of CIMP in NIRF, 2021 Ranking
- 78th
@ Ranking Category - Top Management
Institutes
@ Director of CIMP - Dr. V.Mukund Das
@ Establishment of Chandragupta
Institute of Management - in the year
2008
25.
Audio Kumbh App launched
@ Delegate person - Mohan Bhagwat
(Sarsanghchalak of Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh)
@ Departure Venue - Patna (Bihar)
@ Audio Kumbh App - Through this app
people will be able to listen to books of
national importance for free.
@ Features - This app has been designed
keeping in mind the current availability
of smart phones and busy schedules.
26.
e-Kisan Bhawan
@ Why in news - Bihar Agriculture
Department has said that farmers in all
the blocks of the state will be able to get
all the agriculture related work done at
a single window in the e-Kisan Bhawan.
@ Construction - E-Kisan Bhawan is
ready in 455 blocks out of 534 of the
state.
@ Purpose - To provide all the facilities to
all the farmers of the state under one
roof
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@ Specialties - Apart from computer and
internet facility, soil testing laboratory,
dormitory facility for accommodation
etc. will be available in these buildings.
27.
Indian Institute of Technology
(IIT), Patna
@ Why in news - Five points improvement
in the ranking of IIT, Patna in the
ranking of engineering institutes
released by NIRF
@ Rank of IIT, Patna - 21st
@ Last year rank of IIT, Patna - 26th
@ Rank of IIT, Patna in Overall
Category - 51st
28.
Satyam Mishra
@ Why in news - Satyam Mishra among
50 teachers selected for Global Teacher
Award
@ Satyam Mishra - Teacher of
Mathematics (Bhagalpur, Bihar)
@ Meghna Musunuri - Social Studies,
English and Mathematics teacher from
Hyderabad who has been selected for
the Global Teacher Award.
@ Global Teacher Award - Awarded by
Varkey Foundation in collaboration
with UNESCO
@ Founder of Varkey Foundation -
Sonny Varkey
29.
Four mineral blocks allotted to
Bihar
@ Allotment - By Central Government
@ Allotted four mineral blocks -
Aurangabad, Sasaram and Gaya
districts
@ Mineral reserves - Potash in
Aurangabad and Gaya and Chromium
Nickel in Sasaram.
@ Benet from allocation - With the
creation of new jobs due to mining, the
economy of Bihar will be strengthened.
@ Union Minister of Coal and Mines -
Prahlad Joshi
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Sadanand Singh
@ Why in news - Senior leader of Bihar
Congress and former Speaker of the
Assembly Sadanand Singh passed
away
@ Home District - Bhagalpur
@ Beginning of active politics - from
1969
@ Political post - Speaker of the
Legislative Assembly (Term - 2000 to
2005)
ü Along with irrigation, he was also a
minister of state for energy in the
Bihar government.
31.
Ishan Kishan
@ Why in news - Bihar's cricketer Ishan
Kishan included in T20 World Cup
@ Pre Game - Kishan had performed
brilliantly while playing for the IPL team
Mumbai Indians.
@ Role - Wicket-keeper batsman
@ Special - Ishan Kishan will play for the
rst time in the T20 World Cup.
32.
Online portal launched for air
pollution reduction
@ Launching body - Bihar State Pollution
Control Council
@ Functioning of the Portal - This portal
will perform the work of identifying the
sources of air pollution and its
execution.
@ 170 Ofcers - 170 ofcers of
departments dealing with spreading
and controlling air pollution have been
linked to this.
@ Identied Air Pollutants - Air
pollutants generated by garbage,
private and public construction and
maintenance
@ Air Pollution Surveying Organization
- Air Pollution Action Group, Asian
Development Research Institute and
Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation
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Cloth Parcel Train
@ Why in news - Operation of cloth parcel
train to bring cloth material from
Gujarat to Bihar
@ Cloth Parcel Train First special train
with 25 modied wagons
@ Objective - To promote Surat's textile
market through economical, fast and
safe transport.
34.
Shubhanarayan Sharma
@ Why in news - Shubhanarayan
Sharma, a freedom ghter from Bihar,
passed away recently.
@ Residence - Kanti Block (Muzaffarpur)
@ Contribution to Indian Freedom
Struggle - Shubhanarayan Sharma
was actively involved in the Quit India
Movement of 1942.
ü He was jailed for 6 months at the age
of 15 during the Quit India
Movement.
@ Quit India Movement - Started on 8
August 1942
ü An all India movement, whose goal
was to end British rule in India.
35.
Center for Excellence
@ Why in news - Bihar State Art, Culture
and Youth Department Minister Dr.
Alok Ranjan announced to set up
Center for Excellence (Centre of
Excellence) for sportspersons in
Saharsa.
@ Center for Excellence - A place where
players of every sport will have access to
all kinds of state- of-the-art facilities
and resources.
@ Special - This will be the rst Center for
Excellence in Kosi Division.
36.
Chandraket Prasad Yadav
@ Why in news- Lance Naik Chandraket
Prasad Yadav was awarded the Yudh
Seva Medal by the Governor of Bihar,
Fagu Chauhan.
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@ Reason for the honor - This honor has
been given to Chandraket Prasad in
honor of destroying a Pakistani tank
while showing superior combat skills in
the Indo-Pak war of 1971.
@ Awarded Vir Chakra - He has also been
awarded the Vir Chakra by the
President for his signicant
contribution to the Indo-Pak war.
37.
Dr. Manmohan Mishra
@ Why in news - Dr. Manmohan Mishra
selected for Global India Excellence
Achievement Award
@ Selector - Bharat Ratna Publishing
House, New Delhi
@ Dr. Manmohan Mishra - retired former
head of department of postgraduate
Sanskrit department of Tilka Manjhi
Bhagalpur University
ü Awarded for Outstanding
Contribution in Your Field of Work
38.
Pramod Bhagat
@ Why in news- Pramod Bhagat won the
gold medal by defeating Daniel Bethel
of Great Britain in the nal of men's
singles SL3 badminton.
@ Achievement - Pramod Bhagat is the
rst Indian to win gold in the
badminton event of Paralympics.
@ Born - Hajipur (Bihar)
39.
university chancellor
@ Why in news - Recently, Bihar
Governor Fagu Chauhan approved
three different bills related to the
Chancellor of the University.
@ Chancellor of the University - After
getting the approval, Chief Minister
Nitish Kumar will be the Chancellor of
three newly created universities of
Bihar.
@ Previous Status - Earlier, the
Chancellor of Universities was the
Governor.
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40.
Prashant Patel and Abhishek
Kumar
@ Why in news - Prashant Patel and
Abhishek Kumar of Gopalganj district
of Bihar won gold medal in the National
Senior National Kick Boxing
Championship held in Goa.
@ Venue - Held at Mapusa Badminton
Hall, Goa
@ Event Date - 26 August to 29 August
@ Prashant Patel - Prashant won the gold
by defeating Chhattisgarh in the nal
ght followed by Maharashtra,
Uttarakhand, Telangana in total 4
matches.
@ Abhishek Soni - Abhishek won gold in
total 4 matches followed by West
Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Himachal
Pradesh by defeating Uttar Pradesh in
the nal.
41.
Government Teacher Award
@ Why in news - 20 teachers of Bihar
have been selected for the State
Teacher Award, 2021.
@ Awards - All these teachers will be
rewarded on the occasion of Teachers'
Day celebrated on 5 th September to
commemorate the birthday of Dr.
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
@ National Teacher Award - 44 teachers
from across the country have been
selected for this award, out of which two
teachers from Bihar are included.
@ Two teachers selected - Haridas
Sharma (Kaimur) and Chandana Dutt
(Madhubani)
42.
JDU Evaluation App
@ Introduction - Janata Dal United
(JDU) app to monitor the performance
of its leaders
@ Features of the App - There are
features available in the app where
party leaders can upload their daily
work related information.
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ü There is also a provision to be @ Ranking - Under this, a provision has

rewarded by the party by evaluating
the works of the leaders through the
app.
@ Achievement JDU has become the rst
political party in the country to monitor
and evaluate the performance of its
leaders through the app.
43.
Pradeep Narwal
@ Why in news- Pradeep Narwal was
been made to give rst, second and
third prize at the state level to the
schools providing nutritious food with
cleanliness every year.
@ Monitoring - Monitoring will be done
with the help of mobile app.
@ Director of Mid-Day Meal Directorate -
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bought for a record 1.65 crores in the
auction of the eighth season of Pro
Kabaddi League 2021.
@ Achievement - With this he has
become the most expensive player of
the Pro Kabaddi League.
@ Pradeep Narwal's new team name -
UP Y oddha
@ Former Team Name - Patna Pirates
(Former Team of Pradeep Narwal)
@ Place of Birth - Haryana
44.
Mamta Devi
@ Why in news - Mamta Devi, the
national female Para Olympic player of
Bihar, was awarded the State Sports
Award for the fth time.
@ Awards - Earlier, Mamta has been
honored with the State Sports Award in
2010, 2013, 2018 and 2020 as well.
@ Gold medalist - Mamta Devi has won
four gold medals in the National Para
Olympics.
@ Mamta Devi - Resident of Sivasagar
block of Rohtas district
ü Her husband Shashikant Pandey is
also a Para Olympic.
45.
Mid Day meal
@ Why in news - Bihar Education
Department has decided to give
ranking among schools regarding
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1.
Inauguration of Arogya
Manthan 3.0
@ Politician who inaugurated – Union
Minister of Health and Family Welfare
Mansukh Mandaviya
@ Celebration - Inauguration to
commemorate the successful
implementation of three years of
Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB
PM-JAY)
@ Theme of Arogya Manthan 3.0 -
Service and Excellence
@ Current Process of Ayushman Bharat
PM-JAY – Presently it is doing noble
work of serving more than 54 crore
target people with free, accessible and
quality medical facility across India.
@ Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY – Prime
Minister Narendra Modi launched this
scheme from Ranchi on 23 September
2018 with a view to achieve Universal
Health Coverage (UHC).
@ Achievement - As on 23rd September
2021, more than 2.6 lakh patients
worth Rs 586 crore have been
3.

benetted by availing the pan India
portability facility of AB PM-JAY
scheme.
2.
Several initiatives launched in
the inaugural session of Arogya
Manthan 3.0
@ Union Health Minister Mansukh
Mandaviya launched initiatives like
Hospital Help Desk Kiosk, Beneciary
Facilitation Agency, PM JAY Command
Center and Nudge Unit, updated PM-
JAY technical platform.
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1. Hospital Help Desk Kiosk - The
objective of this initiative is to
directly connect the beneciaries
with the hospitals and ensure better
and seamless access to information
at the time of admission.
2. Beneciary Facilitation Agency -
Beneciary Facilitation Agency, AB
will check the eligibility of all IPD
patients in government hospitals
under PM-JAY and provide
necessary assistance.
3. PM JAY Command Center and
Nudge Unit - This command center
will ensure that real time updates of
the beneciary seeking treatment in
any of the empaneled hospitals
across India are taken.
4. Updated PM-JAY Technology
Platform - Based on the experience
of the last three years, the AB PM-
JAY IT platform has been launched
to improve the experience of
beneciaries, hospitals and agents
working for claim settlement.
Patents (Amendment) Rules,
2021 Notied
@ Notied date - September 21, 2021
@ Objective - To promote innovation and
develop new technology.
@ Need - To encourage innovation and
creativity in the knowledge economy
under Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.
@ Main provisions of the amendment:
ü The fee for patent applications and
prosecution for educational
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ü Patent rules have been amended in
2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 to address
the grievances of patent applicants.
ü Educational Institution means a
University established by or under
Central, Provincial or State laws. It
also includes any other educational
institution recognized by the
Central, State or Union Territories
designated authority. 6.

ü Any innovator can now apply for a
patent online.
ü Earlier, after ling a patent, there
was a time limit of 72 months for
investigation and other formalities.
But now its time limit has been xed
at 12 to 30 months.
4.
Electric vehicle charger
@ Why in News - Indigenous charger has
been developed to give maximum boost
to the electric vehicle eco system in the
country.
@ Charger Development Institute -
Automotive Research Association of
India (ARAI)
@ Requirement - Currently mobility
chargers are imported into India. So
ARAI focused on developing these
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indigenous chargers.
@ MoU for EV Chargers – ARAI has tied
up with Bharat Electronics Limited for
EV Chargers.
@ Director of ARAI - Reji Mathai
5.
Blue ag certication
@ Why in News - Recently two beaches of
India have been awarded the "Blue Flag
certication”.
@ Two Indian beaches honored:
1. Kovalam (Tamil Nadu)
2. Eden (Puducherry)
@ Number of beaches in India that have
received Blue Flag certication – 10
(includes Kovalam and Eden)
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@ Blue Flag Certicate Awarding
Institute - Foundation for
Environmental Education (FEE),
Denmark
@ Blue Flag Beach – It is an eco-tourism
model that seeks to provide clean
bathing water, facilities, a safe and
healthy environment and sustainable
development of the area to the
tourists/beach tourists.
State Food Security Index
released
@ The index issuing body - Food Safety
and Standards Authority of India
(FSSAI)
@ State Food Safety Index - An Index
based on Food Safety Standards
ü Third Index released by FSSAI
@ Third Index released by FSSAI
@ Top ranked state among union
territories – Jammu and Kashmir
@ Ranking Basis:
1. Food Safety
2. HR and Institutional Statistics
3. Food Testing Facility
4. Training and Capacity Building
5. Consumer Empowerment
“Ek Pahal Drive” campaign
launched
@ Campaign Launching Body - Ministry
of Law and Justice
@ Launch date - September 17, 2021
@ Ek Pahal Drive” campaign – an
initiative of the Central Government to
provide door-to-door justice
@ Objective - To realize the aspiration of
citizens in India to have access to
justice
@ Requirement - Required to encourage
mass registration under Tele-Law
@ Telelaw – This panel works by lawyers
to provide pre-litigation advice or
counseling to the beneciaries.
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NITI Aayog-BYJU'S Agreement
@ Key provision of the agreement - to
provide free access to children in its
technology-based learning programs
in 112 'Aspirational Districts' across
the country
ü Envisions setting up of a working
group that will create knowledge,
innovation and strategy support
systems.
@ Main components of the agreement:
1. BYJU'S Career-Plus Program: This
program under Aakash BYJU'S will
be instrumental in providing high
quality coaching to 3,000
meritorious students of class 11
and 12.
2. Voluntary Program: Under the
social impact initiative, Education
for All, students can choose to
receive educational material from
BYJU's learning app for three years.
This program is for school going
children of classes 6-12.
@ Benets - Effective use of technology in
education can help in change. With the
addition of BYJU, students from these
aspirational districts will get an
opportunity to get quality education.
@ Byju's Founder and CEO - Byju
Raveendran
9.
Building Urban Planning
Capacity in India Report
Released
@ Report issuing body - NITI Aayog
@ Major recommendations of the
report:
ü Recommendation to build 500
'healthy cities' to ght disasters like
Covid
ü There is also an emphasis on the
need to reduce the carbon footprint
in urbanization.
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ü India needs a central sector plan to
build 500 'healthy cities' in the next
ve years
ü There is a need to address the gaps
in urban planning capacity in India.
@ NITI Aayog - Government of India's
public policy think tank
10.
Nutri-Cereal Stakeholders'
General Conference launched
@ Politician who started the General
Conference - Narendra Singh Tomar
@ Event - Organized to celebrate the
birthday of Prime Minister Narendra
Modi in the context of International
Nutritional Year 2023
@ Event Date - September 17, 2021
@ Organizers – Indian Millets Research
Institute, Hyderabad and Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO), Union
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers
Welfare, Department of Agricultural
Research and Education and NITI
Aayog
@ Participation in the conference -
More than one lakh farmers and
students present in about seven
hundred and seven hundred Krishi
Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) across the
country participated in the conference.
@ Decision to celebrate the
International Year of Nutritious
Cereals – in the year 2023
11.
P l a n e t a r i u m I n n o v a t i o n
Challenge
@ Introduction - A program launched for
Indian start-ups and tech
entrepreneurs
@ Program Launching Body - MyGov
India
@ Planetarium Evolution Challenge
launched by MyGov India – 11
September 2021
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@ MyGov India - an organization under
the Ministry of Electronics and
Information Technology
@ Objective - To bring together
technology companies and start-ups
(based out of India) with the capability
to build an indigenous Planetarium
System software using latest
technologies including Augmented
Reality, Virtual Reality and Merged
Reality.
@ 1st winner, 2nd winner and 3rd
winner Prize money - Cash prize of
Rs.5 lakh, Rs.3 lakh and Rs.2 lakh
respectively
12.
Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana
launched
@ Politician who launched - Railway
Minister Ashwini Vaishnav
@ Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana - launched
under the aegis of Pradhan Mantri
Kaushal Vikas Yojana
@ Scope of the scheme - To provide an
entry level training with the help of 75
Railway Training Institutes across
India.
@ Training – Under the scheme training
will be provided to ५०,००० candidates
over a period of three years.
@ Number of Training Trades – Four
(Electrician, Welder, Machinist and
Fitter)
13.
Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management
@ Why in News - The Union Cabinet on
September १५, २०२१ approved the MoU on
Cooperation in the eld of Disaster Risk
Reduction and Management
@ Compromising Countries – India and
Italy
@ India-Italy partner departments -
National Disaster Management
Authority (NDMA) and Department of
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Council of Ministers
@ Benet - Under this, both the countries
will benet from each other's disaster
management systems and will help in
strengthening the areas of
preparedness, response and capacity
building in the eld of disaster
management.
14.
Parliament TV launch
@ Politicians who launched – Vice
President and Chairman of Rajya
Sabha M. Venkaiah Naidu, Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla and Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
@ Launch date - September 15, 2021
@ Formation of Parliament TV - Formed
by merging Rajya Sabha TV and Lok
Sabha TV (in February 2021)
@ Parliament TV - Government of India's
television service, which will broadcast
programs on the two Houses of
Parliament and other public affairs
@ It will be based on the functioning of
Parliament and democratic
institutions, governance and
implementation of plans, policies,
history and culture of India and issues,
interests and contemporary nature
15.
"Project Udaan" launch
@ Launching Institute – IIT Bombay
@ Launching date - September 14, 2021
(on the occasion of Hindi Diwas)
@ Project Udaan - Program related to
translation of engineering and other
stream textbooks and study materials
from English to Hindi and other Indian
languages
ü articial intelligence-based
translation system
@ Objective - To address the language
related problems faced by many
students while joining higher
educational institutions
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space
@ Why in News - ISRO chief K. Sivan, in a
program of CII, talked about revising
the FDI policy soon to increase
investment in the space sector.
@ Program - Building NewSpace in India,
International Space Conference and
Exhibition on Theme
@ International Space Conference and
Exhibition - Organized by
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
@ Need - There are many foreign
companies willing to invest in the
19.
List of Ranking-2021 issued
Indian space programme. The future of
India's space program is very bright, so
everyone wants to join it.
@ Amendment in FDI policy to increase
investment in space sector - Under
this, private sectors will also be taken
along to increase foreign investment in
the space sector.
@ Signicance - This will open up huge
opportunities for space companies to
invest in India. This will ensure
continuous linkages between Indian
and foreign companies which will
greatly benet both.
17.
F o o d P r o c e s s i n g U n i t
Launch
@ Launched Person – Union Minister of
State for Health and Family Welfare,
Bharti Praveen Pawar
@ Launching Venue - University of Delhi
(Delhi)
@ Functioning of Digital Population
Clock – Providing minute by minute
estimates of the country's population
ü To compile data on Total Fertility
Rate, Infant Mortality Rate as well
as Maternal Mortality Rate
from National Institutional
Ranking Framework (NIRF)
@ Issued by : Central Education Minister
Dharmendra Pradhan
@ Various Categories of NIRF Ranking –
Total Ten categories; overall,
university, College, Management,
Engineering, Pharmacy, Medical,
Architecture, Research and Law.
Ranking Category Top Institute
Top engineering IIT Madras
colleges

inaugurated top management IIM Ahmedabad

@ Inaugurated - Union Minister of State institute
for Food Processing Industries Prahlad top architecture IIT Roorkee
Singh Patel colleges
@ Establishment of the unit - Morena
(Madhya Pradesh) Top Pharmacy Colleges Jamia Hamdard, New
Delhi
ü Established under Prime Minister
Kisan Sampada Yojana top medical colleges All India Institute of
@ Name of the Food Processing Unit - Medical Sciences,
Sahara Frozen Foods (AIIMS) Delhi
@ Cost - Project cost of Rs.21.09 crore
top university Indian Institute of
and Central grant of Rs.10 crore
Science (IIC), Bangalore
@ Benets - About 700 people will get
direct and indirect employment top colleges Miranda House, Delhi
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@ Parameters for ranking of colleges,
Universities and institutions -
Teaching, learning and resources;
graduate results, research and
vocational practice; Outreach and
inclusiveness.
20.
Swachh Survekshan Gramin
2021 launch
@ Launcher – Union Minister of State for
Jal Shakti Prahlad Singh Patel
@ Aarambh - Launched under the second
phase of Swachh Bharat Mission
@ Objective - To accelerate the pace of
sanitation outcomes by engaging the
22.
Emergency use of Zydus Cadila
country as an Open Defecation Free
(ODF) mediator
@ Survey - In this, ranking will be given to
the village, district and states using
certain set parameters.
@ Coverage - Under Swachh Survekshan
Gramin, 17,475 villages in 698 districts
across the country will be covered.
@ Online Application - An online
application has been created for the
participation of more and more people
in the cleanliness survey. People will be
motivated to give feedback on
cleanliness related issues using the
application.
@ Launching Year of Swachh Bharat
Initiative - 2014 (by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi)
21.
56 transport aircraft approved
@ Approving Body - Cabinet Committee
on Security
@ Approval of 56 aircraft - The
committee approved the purchase of 56
23.
Karbi Anglong Agreement
'C-295' aircraft to replace the old eet of
the Indian Air Force.
@ Purchase of aircraft – These aircraft
are procured by Airbus Defense &
Space S.A. from Spain.
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@ 16+40 aircraft – 16 aircraft will be
procured from Airbus Defense and
Space (Spain), while 40 aircraft will be
manufactured in India by the Tata
consortium within 10 years.
@ Aircraft Capacity – Capable of
carrying 5 to 10 tons of load
@ Features of C-295 MW aircraft - The
aircraft has a ramp door at the rear
which is perfectly suited for rapid 'para-
draw' movement of troops or baggage.
ü This will be the rst project of its
kind in which a military aircraft will
be manufactured in India by a
private company.
vaccine approved
@ Approving body - Drugs Controller
General of India (DCGI)
@ Features of Zydus Cadila - the world's
rst indigenous vaccine based on DNA.
@ Effective in preventing corona
infection - 67 percent
@ Signicance – According to scientists,
this vaccine based on DNA technology
can prove to be effective in the
development of vaccines for complex
diseases like cancer in the future.
@ DNA Vaccine – In this technique,
immune proteins are developed using
the DNA of the body.
ü This protein prevents virus infection
and protects the body's cells from
corona virus infection.
@ Characteristic of DNA vaccine – It
remains stable at normal temperature,
whereas RNA vaccine has to be kept in
temperature from -20 to -80 degree.
signed
@ Signatory Partners – Assam
government, ve insurgent groups from
the Center and the state
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@ The names of ve insurgent groups -
KAAC, Karbi Longri North Cachar Hills
Liberation Front, People's Democratic
Council of Karbi Longri, United People's
Liberation Army, Karbi People's
Liberation Tigers
@ Karbi - a major ethnic group of Assam,
surrounded by many factions and
fragments. The history of the Karbi
group has been associated with
murders, ethnic violence, kidnappings
and taxation since the late 1980s.
@ Key points of the agreement:
ü Armed groups will give up violence,
surrender their weapons and
disband their organizations within a
month of the date of the signing of
the Karbi Anglong Peace Accords.
ü Under the new agreement, people
from hill tribes will be entitled to
reservation under Schedule 6 of the
Indian Constitution
@ Signicance of the agreement - The
agreement will ensure transfer of more
autonomy to the Karbi Anglong
Autonomous Council (KAAC) without
affecting the territorial and
administrative integrity of Assam,
protection of the identity, language,
culture of the Karbi people and all-
round development in the council area.
24.
Atal Pension Yojana
@ Why in News – Atal Pension Yojana
(APY) has emerged as the most popular
social security scheme under the
National Pension System (NPS).
@ Total No. of APY Subscribers – 2.8
Crore
@ National Pension System – Under
this, more than 66% (2.8 crore) had
opted for APY by the end of 2020-21 out
of 4.2 crore subscribers.
@ Administrator and Regulator of NPS –
Pension Fund Regulatory and
Development Authority
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– May 2015
@ Provision – Under the scheme, a
subscriber is guaranteed a monthly
pension of Rs 1000 to 5000 depending
on his contribution after attaining the
age of 60 years.
25.
Plastic Pack
@ Why in News - Recently India became
the rst Asian country to implement the
Plastics Pact.
@ Development - Developed under the
joint aegis of World-Wide Fund for
Nature-India (WWF India) and
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
@ Purpose - economy and keeping plastic
packaging out of the natural
environment
@ Key provisions of the agreement:
ü 100% plastic packaging to be made
reusable or recyclable, effectively
recycle 50% plastic packaging,
ü Dening a list of unnecessary or
problematic plastic packaging and
items and addressing these
problems through redesign and
innovation by 2030
26.
5-Star Eat Right Station
@ Why in News - Chandigarh Railway
Station was awarded a 5-star 'Eat Right
Station' certicate on 2nd September.
@ Certicate awarding body - Food
Safety and Standards Authority of India
(FSSAI)
@ 5-Star Eat Right Station - This
certicate is awarded for providing high
quality nutritious food to the
passengers.
ü It is a part of the 'Eat Right India'
movement.
@ Chandigarh Railway Station - It is the
fth station in the country to get this
certicate.
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B u i l d i n g U r b a n P l a n n i n g @ Development – IIT Madras

Capacity in India Report @ Methodology - e-Source will act as an
exchange platform to act as an online
Released
marketplace for Waste Electrical and
@ Report issuing body - NITI Aayog Electronic Equipment (WEEE).
@ Major recommendations of the @ Role - Solve the e-waste problem by
report: connecting buyers and sellers of used
ü Recommendation to build 500 and waste electronic components
'healthy cities' to ght disasters like without compromising on their
Covid interests.
ü There is also an emphasis on the
30.
Jungle Tea Toy Train Safari
need to reduce the carbon footprint
in urbanization. @ Why in News - A regular 'Jungle Tea
Toy Train Safari' started on Darjeeling
ü India needs a central sector plan to
Himalayan Railway Route
build 500 'healthy cities' in the next
ve years @ Route - Siliguri Junction to Rongtong
Station
ü There is a need to address the gaps
in urban planning capacity in India. @ Concerned Zone - Northeast Frontier
Railways
@ NITI Aayog - Government of India's
public policy think tank @ Special - Due to the Covid-19 epidemic,
the operation of the Darjeeling
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P a r l i a m e n t a r y O u t r e a c h Himalayan Railway toy train was
Program inaugurated stopped.
@ Inauguration - by Lok Sabha Speaker @ Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Toy
Om Birla Train - Inducted into UNESCO World
@ Parliamentary Outreach Program - A Heritage Site (on December 5, 1999)
Unique Initiative for Empowerment of @ Other Toy Trains - Heritage Toy Train
Panchayati Raj Institutions
@ Operational - Operated between New
@ Objective - To empower institutions Jalpaiguri to Darjeeling (88 kms)
related to governance and planning at
the local level
@ Subject - Parliamentary Outreach *****
Program for Empowerment of
Panchayati Raj Institutions
@ Special – Third Program on Local Self-
Government
@ First program - Held on 8 January
2021 in Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
@ Second event - Held on 27th August at
Leh (Ladakh)
29.
e-Source
@ What is “e-Source” – an online
platform to deal with electronic waste
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Global Innovation Index, 2021
released
@ Issuing Institution - World
Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO)
@ India's rank in the index - 46th (an
improvement of two places from the
previous year)
@ Reason for improvement - This
improvement has come from the
emphasis on creating a conducive
environment for start-ups, research by
government and private organizations.
@ Global Innovation Index - This index
has become the basis for governments
around the world to understand their
3.

own social and economic changes.
@ The purpose of releasing the index is to
incorporate new ideas and technologies
into social and economic challenges
and changes.
@ Importance of the Index in the World
Scenario - Governments consider the
GII report as a way to improve their
policies, which helps in changing the
current situation.
2.
AUKUS
@ What is AUKUS - a joint partnership
organization of Australia, USA and UK
@ The purpose of the organization is to
work on nuclear powered submarines
while maintaining peace and balance of
power in the Indo-Pacic region.
@ Why the name Aukus- Articial
intelligence, cyber and quantum
technology also comes under its purview,
which is known by the name aucus.
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@ Signicance - This will enable these
three countries to protect their
common interests and better share
defense capabilities, including helping
Australia to acquire nuclear-powered
submarines.
@ The main initiative of the Aukus -
under this, Australia will build a eet of
nuclear-powered submarines with the
help of the US and UK, aimed at
promoting stability in the Indo-Pacic
region. Chinese reaction - China said
that the three countries should not
make this block. This shows the Cold
War mentality and ideological biases
that must be removed.
18th India-US Economic
Summit
@ Politician to address the conference -
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh
@ Event - Organized by Indo-American
Chamber of Commerce (IACC)
@ Event Date - September 15, 2021
@ Theme - 'Bouncing Back Resilient
Recovery Path Post COVID-19'
@ Objective - To help American
companies invest in India and realize
the dream of 'Make in India, Make for
the World' envisioned by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
@ 18th Indo-US Economic Summit - In
this event US companies were invited to
invest in India IACC is the apex bilateral
chamber aimed at harmonizing Indo-
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PM Modi included in Time
magazine's list of '100 Most
Inuential People'
@ Introduction - Time Magazine released
its annual list of the 100 Most Inuential
People on September 15, 2021
@ Indians in the list - three (Prime
Minister Narendra Modi, West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and
Serum Institute of India CEO Adar 6.

Poonawalla)
@ Others on the list - US President Joe
Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris,
Chinese President Xi Jinping, Duke
and Duchess of Sussex Prince Harry
and Meghan, Israeli Prime Minister
Neftali Bennett, Iranian President
Ibrahim Raisi, Tesla CEO Elon Musk,
Taliban The names of co-founder
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar are
included.
@ List of categories - 6 categories
(Pioneer, Artist, Leader, Icon, Titan and
Innovator)
5.
Agreement to monitor Iran's
nuclear program
@ C o m p r o m i s i n g
country/organization - International 7.

Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Iran
@ Agreed Issues - Iran has agreed that it
will allow the IAEA to install
surveillance cameras at its nuclear
sites. While the IAEA has agreed that it
will not ask for recordings of the
cameras installed on Iran's nuclear
weapons.
@ The aim of the talks is to reduce the
standoff between Iran and the West.
@ Iran and US talks - started in 2015
with the aim of withdrawing the US to
the Iran nuclear deal.
@ Iran Nuclear Agreement - Approved
during the reign of US President Barack
Obama.
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@ America out of Iran nuclear deal Former
US President Donald Trump withdrew
his country from this deal in 2018.
@ Jo Biden - He had promised during the
last presidential election that if he won
the election he would bring America
back to this agreement.
@ Head of the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) - Rafael Grossi
Countries to make EV chargers
mandatory
@ Country name - UK
@ Why in news - Recently the British
government has proposed a law,
according to which, all newly built
homes and ofces in Britain will have
the facility of electric vehicle charger
@ Achievement - Britain will be the rst
country in the world to do so after this
law related to EV chargers is made.
@ Provisions of the proposed law:
ü Smart charging devices will be
mandatory in all new homes and
ofces
ü New ofce blocks will be mandated
to set up charging points for every
ve parking spaces
US-India Strategic Clean
Energy Partnership (SCEP)
@ Persons who signed the partnership -
Hardeep Singh Puri (Minister of
Petroleum and Natural Gas) and
Jennifer Granholm (US Secretary of
Energy)
@ US-India Strategic Clean Energy
Partnership - Launched under the US-
India Climate and Clean Energy
Agenda 2030 Partnership
@ The ve pillars of SCEP
intergovernmental coalition
cooperation - power and energy
efciency, oil and gas, renewable
energy, sustainable development,
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@ Target - Installing 450 GW of
renewable energy capacity by 2030
@ Indo-US Task Force - A new India-US
Task Force on Biofuels has also been
announced.
@ India-US Nuclear Cooperation
Agreement Signed - Year 2008
8.
India-Australia rst 2 2 talks
@ Ministers involved in the talks -
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar
and Defense Minister Rajnath Singh
(India) and External Affairs Minister
Maris Payne and Defense Minister Peter
Dutton (Australia)
@ Topics - Strategic partnership in the
Indo-Pacic region, strengthening ties
in areas such as bilateral trade,
vaccines, defense production,
community connectivity, maritime
security, cyber and climate cooperation
@ Key points of the talk:
ü To support India's Indo-Pacic
Ocean Initiative.
ü Emphasizing the need for renewed
efforts by the Quad member states
to enhance cooperation in the
region.
ü The two countries have agreed to
work jointly with a Comprehensive
Strategic Partnership.
ü This will expand the military
partnership based on a shared
vision of a free, open, inclusive and
rules-based Indo-Pacic region.
@ 2+2 Dialogue - India conducts 'two-
plus-two' level talks with Australia,
Japan and the US.
9.
13th BRICS Summit
@ Events - September 9, 2021 (Held
Virtually)
@ President - Prime Minister Narendra
Modi
@ Countries involved in the conference -
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South
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@ Theme - BRICS@15: Intra-BRICS
Cooperation for Continuity,
Consolidation and Consensus
@ The main topic of discussion - in the
meeting, through the 'New Delhi
Declaration', the leaders discussed the
avoidance of violence in Afghanistan
and the situation in a peaceful manner
through an inclusive intra-Afghan
dialogue to ensure stability, civil peace,
law and order in the country. called to
settle
@ Special Initiatives of the 13th BRICS
Summit:
1. 1st BRICS Digital Health Summit
2. Virtual BRICS Vaccine R&D Center
3. BRICS Anti-Terrorism Action Plan
4. BRICS Alliance on Green Tourism
etc.
5. First BRICS Ministerial Joint
Statement on Multilateral Reforms
6. Agreement on cooperation in the
eld of remote-sensing satellites
@ Upcoming BRICS Chair - China
10.
India-Japan 6th Maritime
Dialogue
@ Events -September 10, 2021
@ Objective - To develop in the areas of
regional cooperation activities,
maritime security environment as well
as opportunities for cooperation
between the two countries in the Indo-
Pacic region
@ First event of India-Japan Maritime
Dialogue - in 2013 (New Delhi)
@ Importance of Dialogue - This
dialogue allows access to each other's
military bases.
ü Through the dialogue, India's
access to the Japan Base in Djibouti
and the Japanese Navy's access to
the Indian Naval Base in the
Andaman and Nicobar Islands is
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possible.
@ JIMEX Bilateral Maritime Exercise
Organized - Held on the occasion of
India-Japan Maritime Dialogue
@ Countries involved - India and Japan
11.
San Francisco
@ Why in news- The "San Francisco city"
of America has been declared the best
city in the list of the best cities in the
world.
@ List issuing institute - International
Media Institute Time Out
@ Number of cities included in the list -
37
@ Basis - Food, Culture and Nice Nightlife
@ List of top 5 cities:
1. San Francisco
2. Amsterdam
3. Manchester
4. Copenhagen
5. New York
@ San Francisco: a city famous for its red
bridges, eye-catching restaurants, and
the tech industry.
12.
A b o r t i o n i n c l u d e d i n t h e
category of non-crime
@ Country included in the category of
non-crime - Mexico
@ Why in news - Recently the Supreme
Court of Mexico ruled that punishing
for abortion is unconstitutional.
@ Coahuila - The decision of the Supreme
Court of Mexico, penalizing abortion is
unconstitutional, unanimously
revoked several provisions of the state
of Coahuila
@ Signicance of Decision - Women
jailed for having abortions will now be
released with immediate effect.
13.
I n d i a - D e n m a r k J o i n t
Commission meeting
@ Event - September 5, 2021
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@ Venue - Copenhagen
@ President and Co-Chair Danish Foreign
Minister Jeppe Kofod and Indian
Foreign Minister S Jaishankar
respectively
@ Denmark India's only green strategic
partner
@ India-Denmark Relations:
ü Denmark is a very unique partner of
India because of the strength,
experience and best practices of the
Central European nation.
@ Denmark can prove to be very helpful in
the development of a country like India
to reach the green path.
@ The two countries work through a joint
commission, through which a joint
action plan for the next ve years is
prepared.
14.
Declaration of food emergency
@ Country that declared emergency -
Sri Lanka
ü Reason - Due to Covid- 19, the main
source of income of Sri Lanka, the
tourism industry is badly affected.
ü Sri Lanka's economy declined by a
record 3.6 percent last year
ü Food prices rise due to a sharp fall in
the value of the country's currency
ü Expiry of foreign exchange with Sri
Lankan banks
@ Effect of announcement -
Instructions to implement new rules to
prevent hoarding of sugar, rice and
other essential food items
ü A top Army ofcer has been
appointed as the Commissioner
General of Essential Services to
coordinate the supply of paddy, rice,
sugar and other consumer goods.
@ President of Sri Lanka - Gotabaya
Rajapaksa
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15.
Afghanistan resolution passed

@ The body that passed the resolution -
United Nations Security Council
(UNSC)
@ Date of passing the resolution -
August 30, 2021
@ President - India
@ Proposal - The land of Afghanistan
should not be allowed to be used
against any other country and should
not be allowed to become a safe haven
for terrorists.
@ Expectations from Taliban - The
Taliban will follow their commitments
regarding the return of Afghans and
citizens of other countries from
Afghanistan.
@ Proposal sponsors - France, UK and
US
@ Votes cast in favor of motion - 13
(Motion passed unanimously)
@ Withdrawal of US forces - On August
31, US forces completely evacuated
Afghanistan.

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1.
World's tallest EV charging
station launched
@ Location – Kaza, Lahaul-Spiti District
(Himachal Pradesh)
@ Objective of Establishment - To
promote clean and green environment
3.

@ Specialty - This is the world's highest
electric vehicle charging station at 500
feet in Kaza.
@ Founder of EV Charging Station - go
ego networking company
@ National Electric Mobility Mission
Scheme – This scheme was launched to
encourage electric vehicles by providing
subsidy.
2.
Meghalaya Enterprise
Architecture Project
(MEGHEA) launched
@ Politicians who launched – Ashwini
Vaishnav (Union Minister of
Electronics and Information
Technology) and Conrad Kongkal
Sangma (Chief Minister of Meghalaya)
@ Six Pillars of the MEGHA Initiatives -
Governance, Human Resources,
Entrepreneurship, Priority Sector,
Infrastructure and Environment
@ Concept - To make Meghalaya a high
income state by 2030
@ Project Objective - To improve service
delivery and governance for people
harnessing the power of digital
technologies
4.

@ Meghalaya Selected as Pilot State –
During the launch of Northeast Vision
Document in August 2018, Meghalaya
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preparation of Meghalaya Enterprise
Architecture Project (MEGHEA) and for
design and implementation of
Meghalaya Integrated Finance Solution
Architecture
Spin Plan
@ Full name of SPIN Scheme -
Strengthening the Potential of India
(SPLIN) Scheme
@ Scheme Initiating Body - Khadi and
Village Industries Commission
@ Spin Scheme – It enables registered
potters to get direct loans from banks
under Pradhan Mantri Shishu Mudra
Yojana.
@ Objective - To communicate self-
reliance in the eld of pottery in India
@ Salient Features of Spin Scheme:
ü It is a non-subsidized program
ü This will not put any nancial
burden on the exchequer
ü Beneciaries can repay the loan in
easy installments.
@ First Pottery Cluster set up by KVIC
under SFURTI Yojana - Established in
Varanasi
@ Pottery Cluster - This cluster is
equipped with latest equipments like
Furnace, Electric Potter Wheels,
Blunger Machine, Pug Mill and other
modern equipments for high
production of pottery.
Uttar Pradesh Mathrubhumi
Yojana
@ Why in News - Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Yogi Adityanath announced
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the launch of 'Uttar Pradesh 6.

Mathrubhumi Yojana' for the proper
development of the state.
@ Uttar Pradesh Mathrubhumi Yojana -
Under this, every person will get a
chance to directly participate in various
works of infrastructure development in
the villages.
@ Areas of infrastructure development
- Establishment of health centers,
Anganwadi, libraries, stadiums,
gymnasiums, open gyms, cattle breed
improvement centers, re service
stations etc. in villages. 7.

@ Expenditure of the total cost - 50% on
the State Government and 50% on the
willing person
@ Public participation area - installation
of CCTV, development of funeral site,
solar lights, installation of STP plant for
sewerage etc.
5.
Millet Mission
@ Introduction – Chhattisgarh
government's ambitious plan launched
with the aim of making the state a millet
hub
@ Starting Date - September 14, 2021
@ Objective - To give farmers the right
price for small grain crops and provide
them with input support, procurement
arrangements and processing
@ Number of districts covered under
Millet Mission - 14
@ Features of Millet Mission - Bringing
prosperity in terms of their food
productivity to minor cereal crops, like
minor forest produce
@ MoU for Millet Mission - MoU signed
between Indian Millet Research
Institute, Hyderabad and Collectors of
14 districts of Chhattisgarh 8.

@ Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh -
Bhupesh Baghel
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Inauguration of Sardardham
Bhawan
@ Inaugurating person - Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
@ Date - September 11, 2021
@ Establishment of Sardardham
Bhawan – Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
@ Cost - Rs 200 crore
@ Benets - Modern facilities like library,
hostel, career guidance and training
center will be available for boys and
girls coming from rural areas.
Mathura-Vrindavan
@ Why in News - The Uttar Pradesh
government has declared 22 wards of
Mathura-Vrindavan Municipal
Corporation area as holy pilgrimage
site.
@ Effect of announcement - With the
effect of the order, there will be a ban on
the sale of liquor and meat and sh in
the notied area (22 ward of the
Municipal Corporation).
@ Mathura-Vrindavan - Birth place and
sports place of Lord Krishna
@ Important from the point of view of
tourism - In the Mathura-Vrindavan
region, lakhs of devotees from the
country and abroad come to visit and
gain merit.
@ Braj Teerth Vikas Parishad also
formed – Uttar Pradesh government
has also constituted Braj Teerth Vikas
Parishad to promote tourism and
development of Mathura and
surrounding areas.
@ Braj region - includes areas like
Govardhan, Barsana, Nandgaon,
Radhakund, Vrindavan, Gokul, Baldev etc.
Varanasi-Chunar Cruise
Service
@ Commencement of cruise service -
September 5, 2021
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@ Transport - From Varanasi to the @ Related Pass - Kela Pass

historic Chunar Fort in Mirzapur @ Signicance - This road will play a
@ Related River - Ganges River major role in boosting the socio-
@ Major tourist places - economic status of the local residents,
Shultankeshwar Mahadev Temple, especially the people of Lalok region of
Maa Vindhyavasini Temple and Ladakh in future, as it will facilitate
Chunar Fort etc. tourism.
@ Fee - Three thousand rupees per @ Formerly Highest Road - Khardung La
person Pass at 18,380 feet was the highest
@ Tourism Triangle - Creating a tourist motorable pass in the world till now.
triangle by connecting Prayagraj, Kashi 11.
App developed for forecasting
and Vindhya region. natural disasters
@ Purpose - Tourists coming to Prayag @ The body developing the app -
and Kashi can now be introduced to the National Disaster Management
Vindhyas, as well as they can get the Authority (NDMA) and IIT Roorkee
benet of the darshan of Mother
@ App Feature - It will give early alerts
Vindhyavasini.
about possible natural calamities
9.
Ladakh Apricots ü Along with this, it will also help in
@ Why in the News- The rst commercial nding ways to avoid disaster.
shipment of apricots from the Union @ Formation of Expert Committee –
Territory of Ladakh was exported to This committee will give information
Dubai about the amount of rainfall in each
@ Specialties of Ladakh Apricots - The area with the help of the app.
apricots of Ladakh are very sweet and
give a great taste as they dissolve
completely. *****
@ Export Potential - This export of
Ladakh apricots opens up the
possibility of exporting other
temperate-season fruits and organic
products to Middle-East countries.
@ Ladakh - Produces about 15,789
metric tonnes of apricots. Out of which
four to ve varieties are suitable for
export.
@ APEDA - Presently assisting exports in
manufacturing the brand of Ladakh
Apricots.
10.
world's highest road
@ Inauguratiing person – Ladakh MP
Jamyang Tsering Namgyal
@ Road elevation - 18,600 feet
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1.
Global Startup Ecosystem
Report, 2021
@ Why in news - Bengaluru has jumped
three points to rank 23rd in the world in 3.

the global startup ecosystem.
@ 1st place - Silicon Valley (California)
@ 36th place - Delhi
@ Top position in 'Top Emerging
Ecosystem' ranking - Mumbai
@ Global Startup Ecosystem Releasing
Body - Startup Genome
@ Startup Genome Report - It analyzes
the cities around the world where early
stage startups have the best shot at
building global success.
2.
National Single Window
System launched
@ Launching - The National Single
Window System (NSWS) has been
launched to make doing business more
easier in the country.
@ Politician who launched NSWS portal
- Piyush Goyal (Union Industries
Minister)
@ Departments and states covered in
the portal - 18 central departments
and 9 states (14 other central
departments and 5 states to be added
by December, 2021)
@ Signicance - This portal (NSWS) will
eliminate the need to visit government
ofces for approval and registration.
Also, it is a big step towards ease of
doing business.
4.

@ National Single Window System - It is
a digital platform that aims to allow
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operational approvals required to start
a business in the country.
Announcement to stop
publication of Ease of Doing
Business report
@ The body that announced the closure
of publication - World Bank
@ Reason - Allegations of irregularities
against the World Bank Group
@ Allegation of data irregularity - This
step has been taken after a case of data
irregularity came to light due to
pressure on top ofcials of the bank to
increase the ranking of China in the
year 2017.
@ Authorization to issue reports by
World Bank - Received from the year
2003
@ Ease of Doing Business Report - This
report tells which country is right and
how much is right in terms of doing
business in the world.
@ Impact on India
ü A stay on this report could cause a
lot of damage to India, as its ranking
was improving rapidly.
ü In the last few years, India has been
consistently performing well in
terms of investment. Especially due
to the ban imposed on China during
the Trump regime, foreign investors
there were looking at India as an
option for themselves.
Bad bank
@ Why in news - Union Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman has announced
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that the government will guarantee the
security receipts issued by the bad
banks to the banks.
@ Guarantee amount - Rs 30,600 crore
@ Validity of government guarantee on
security receipts - 5 years
@ Function of Bad Bank - It will take over
the bad loans (NPA) of the banks and
recover the bad loans
ü The government will give a
guarantee of Rs 30,600 crore for the 6.

security receipt issued by the bad
bank to other banks in lieu of bad
loans.
@ Proposed amount for acquisition of
bad loans by bad bank - Rs 2 lakh crore
@ Acquisition - 15 per cent by cash and
85 per cent by way of security receipts
@ India Debt Resolution Company
Limited - A service company, which
will manage the asset
@ Bad Bank - is an economic concept
whereby loss-making banks transfer
their liabilities to a new bank during
times of economic crisis.
5.
Report on Indian Economy
released by RBI
@ Why in news - Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) released a comprehensive report
on the impact of Corona on the
economy of the states
@ Feature of the report - In this report,
the report on the economic condition of
the states from the year 7.

@ 1997-98 to the year 2020-21 has been
presented.
@ Key points of the report:
ü The GDP of 15 states has decreased
in the nancial year 2020-21 as
compared to the year 2019-20.
ü There are 9 states where it has
slipped to the level of the last two
nancial years, in which Uttar
Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana,
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Jharkhand are prominent.
ü In the nancial year 2020-21,
India's economic growth rate was
down from 0 to 7.3 percent.
ü Rise in Per Capita Income of Bihar -
Bihar is one of the states in which
per capita GDP has increased from
Rs 29,092 to Rs 31,017 during this
period.
India's economic growth is
estimated to be 7.2%: UNCTAD
@ Estimating body - United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD)
@ Title of the report released by
UNCTAD - Trade and Development
Report, 2021
@ Report release date - September 15,
2021
@ UNCTAD forecast in terms of India's
economic growth rate - 7.2%
@ India's Global Position at 7.2%
Growth - Second Fastest Growing
Economy
@ First fastest growing economy -
China (Economic growth forecast at
8.3%)
@ Factors affecting the Indian
economy - rising food and general price
ination, widespread lockdowns and
heavy consumption and investment
adjustments
Union Agriculture Ministry
signs ve MoUs
@ Why in news - Ministry of Agriculture
and Farmers Welfare signed ve MoUs
with private companies to take forward
digital agriculture.
@ Five private companies signed -
Cisco, Ninjakart, Jio Platforms Ltd.,
ITC Ltd. and NCDE Excel e-Markets
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@ Objective - To increase the income of
farmers and protect their produce
@ Digital Agriculture Mission launched
- Government has launched a Digital
Agriculture Mission keeping in mind
the period 2021-25 for the use of
Articial Intelligence, Block Chain,
Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques,
Drones and Robots etc.
@ Signicance - Based on these pilot
projects, farmers will be able to make
decisions about which crop to grow,
what type of seed to use and the best
practices to maximize yield.
8.
UPI and PayNow linking
announced
@ Declaring Countries - India and
Singapore
@ Objective - To enable users to transfer
funds instantly, at a low cost
@ Plan to link UPI and PayNow - a
project by Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
and Monetary Authority of Singapore
(MAS) to connect fast payment systems
of both the countries
@ Expected date of launch of the
scheme - July 2022
@ Unied Payments Interface (UPI) -
Mobile Based Fast Payment System
@ PayNow - Singapore's Fast Fund
Transfer System
9.
Approval of PLI scheme for
textile industry
@ Approving body - Union Cabinet
@ Textile Industry - A PLI scheme of Rs
10,683 crore has been approved for the
textile industry.
@ Rs 10683 crore package - For the next
5 years, a package of more than Rs
10683 crore will be given for 10
different products related to textiles
@ Textile related products - 10 products
including MMF apparel, MMF fabrics
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and technical textiles
@ Benets - This scheme will help in
promoting domestic manufacturing
and exports. Also new employment
opportunities will be created
@ PLI - Production-Linked Incentive
10.
HDFC Bank ties up with NSIC
@ Subject of the agreement - Providing
credit assistance for Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)
@ The main provision of the agreement
- HDFC Bank will provide specially
designed schemes for MSMEs to
enhance their competitiveness.
@ Defense National Small Industries
Corporation Limited (NSIC) - It is a
Mini Ratna Government Agency. It was
established in 1955 by the Ministry of
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
(MSMEs).
@ HDFC Bank Limited - It is the largest
private sector bank in India by assets
and market capitalization.
11.
Kisan Store
@ Why in news- Amazon India has
started an online store for the sale of
agricultural equipment. Launching - by
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Minister Narendra Singh Tomar
@ Objective - To introduce machine
learning technology for better
production and build a strong supply
chain infrastructure
@ Benets - Farmers across the country
will have easy access to agriculture
related items like seeds, farm
equipment and accessories, plant
protection, nutrition etc at their
doorsteps at affordable prices.
12.
Eastern Economic Forum
@ Why in news- Prime Minister Narendra
Modi addressed the Eastern Economic
Forum virtually on 3 September.
@ Established - Year 2015 (by Russian
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@ Headquarters - Vladivostok
@ Eastern Economic Forum - This
forum provides a forum to address key
issues of the world economy, regional
integration, development of industrial
and technological sectors as well as the
challenges facing Russia and other
countries.
@ Signicance - Through this forum,
strategies are prepared to develop
political, economic and cultural
relations between Russia and the
countries of the continent of Asia.
13.
ATI bond
@ Why is it in the news - State Bank of
India (SBI) garnered Rs 4,000 crore
through Additional Tier 1 (ATI) bonds
@ ATI bond coupon rate - 7.72%
@ AT1 Offering Rating - AA+
@ AT1 Bond - A bond that the issuing
bank can call or redeem on receipt of
the money at a cheaper rate.
@ State Bank of India is the largest public
bank in India.
ü In 2016, SBI became the rst bank
to raise capital through ATI bonds.
14.
Three new countries join
BRICS Bank
@ Three new member countries - United
Arab Emirates, Uruguay and
Bangladesh (included under expansion
plan)
@ Total members - 8 (5 founding
members +3 new members)
@ Five founding members - Brazil,
Russia, India, China and South Africa
@ President of the New Development
Bank (NDB) - Marcos Troyjo
@ Formation of NDB - in 2015
@ Headquarter - Shanghai
@ Tasks - To mobilize resources for
projects related to infrastructure and
sustainable development in member
countries and other developing
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countries.
@ Signed 80 projects - About 80 projects
worth 30 billion US dollars have been
signed in all the ve member countries
on transport, water, sanitation, clean
energy and social infrastructure etc.
15.
Central bank digital currency
@ Introduction- a joint scheme of the
central banks of Australia, Singapore,
Malaysia and South Africa Central
Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) - It is a
virtual form of currency in a particular
region or country.
@ Uses - It is used by various central
banks to assess whether it allows
transactions to be settled cheaply and
easily.
16.
A n n o u n c e m e n t t o s t o p
publication of Ease of Doing
Business report
@ The body that announced the closure
of publication - World Bank
@ Reason - Allegations of irregularities
against the World Bank Group
@ Allegation of data irregularity - This
step has been taken after a case of data
irregularity came to light due to
pressure on top ofcials of the bank to
increase the ranking of China in the
year 2017. Authorization to issue
reports by World Bank - Received from
the year 2003
@ Ease of Doing Business Report - This
report tells which country is right and
how much is right in terms of doing
business in the world.
Impact on India
ü A stay on this report could cause a
lot of damage to India, as its ranking
was improving rapidly.
ü In the last few years, India has been
consistently performing well in
terms of investment. Especially due
to the ban imposed on China during
the Trump regime, foreign investors
there were looking at India as an
option for themselves.
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1.
Bilateral exercise 'Samudra ü Two of these lions will be kept in

Shakti' organized
@ Countries involved in the exercise -
India and Indonesia
@ Edition - Third
@ Venue - Sunda Strait
4.

@ Objective - To strengthen bilateral
relations by enhancing mutual
understanding and inter-operability in
maritime operations between the two
navies.
@ Utility - This exercise provides a
suitable platform to share best
practices and develop a common
understanding of maritime security
operations.
@ Bilateral Exercise Samudra Shakti - It
was conceived in 2018 as a bilateral
exercise IN-IDN in pursuance of India's
Act East policy.
2.
Mandar Ropeway inaugurated
@ Inauguration Politician - Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar
@ Opening date - September 21, 2021
@ Location - Banka District, Bihar
@ Mandar Ropeway - Bihar's second
ropeway
5. Exercise Peaceful Mission
@ 1 st Ropeway - Located in Rajgir
3.
Rajgir Eco Tourism
@ Why in news- Rajgir Eco Tourism is
being developed as Zoo Safari along
with Nature Safari.
@ Arrival of six lions - Recently six lions
have been brought from Gujarat for zoo
safari in Rajgir.
the zoo in Patna.
@ Two-horned rhinoceros - In addition
to the lion, two-horned rhinoceros in
Bihar are planned to be imported from
Vietnam.
Exercise Surya Kiran begins
@ Partner Countries - India and Nepal
@ Venue - Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand)
@ Order - 15 th Joint Exercise
@ Objective - To increase security,
mutual reconciliation and military
relations between the two countries 
@ The battalions involved in the joint
exercise - soldiers of the 6th Garhwal
Rie of India and soldiers of the
Ripumardan Battalion of Nepal.
@ Focused topics of military exercises -
combating terrorism in military
exercises, disaster management,
special operations, humanitarian work,
learning the tricks of medical aid in
difcult times and also playing mutual
friendship.
@ Exercise Surya Kiran - This exercise is
a biennial program of the armies of
India and Nepal.
@ Events - Orenburg region (Russia)
ü Held from 13 to 25 September
@ Countries involved in the exercise -
India and Russia
@ Exercise Peaceful Mission -
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@ Organizer - Organized under the aegis
of Shanghai Cooperation Organization
(SCO) 7.

@ Objective - To foster closer ties among
SCO member states and enhance the
ability of military ofcers to command
multinational troops
@ Signicance - The exercise will provide
an opportunity to the armed forces of
the SCO countries to train in counter-
terrorist operations in an urban
scenario in a multinational and joint
environment.
@ SCO - It is an eight member economic
and security organization.
@ Establishment year of SCO - 2001
6. Japan-Vietnam Defense
Agreement
@ Need for agreement - Agreement to
defend its sovereignty and promote
mutual defense cooperation in the
backdrop of China's growing military 8.

inuence
@ Main provisions of the agreement:
ü Japan and Vietnam agreed to
maintain freedom of navigation and
overight in the Indo-Pacic, and to
cooperate in a number of defense
areas, including cyber security
ü Japan and Vietnam will work to
strengthen mutual defense ties
through multinational joint
exercises
ü Special - With this Vietnam
became the 11th country, which
has signed an agreement with
Japan for the transfer of defense
equipment and technology.
ü Spratly and Paracel - These are
two such islands for which there is a
territorial dispute between Vietnam
9.

and China.
ü There is a dispute between
Japan and China over these two
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Diaoyu Island.
MRSAM system
@ Why in News - Research and
Development Organization (DRDO)
handed over the rst ring unit (FU) of
the MRSAM system to the Indian Air
Force
@ MRSAM System - Medium Range
Surface to Air Missile
@ Development - by DRDO and Israel
Aerospace Industries
@ Firing Unit of MRSAM - This includes
Missile, Mobile Launcher System
(MLS), Combat Management System
(CMS), Advanced Long-Range Radar,
Reloader Vehicle (RV) etc.
@ Signicance - This is a big step
towards becoming a self-reliant India,
which will prove to be a game changer
in the air-defense system.
INS Hans
@ Why in News - INS Hans celebrated its
Diamond Jubilee on 05 September
2021.
@ INS Hans - Major Air Station of the
Indian Navy
@ Background - Established in 1958 at
Coimbatore with Sea Hawk, Alizee and
Vampire aircraft, The Naval Jet Flight
was commissioned as INS Hansa on 5
September 1961.
@ Dabolim Aireld - After the liberation
of Goa, Dabolim Aireld was taken over
by the Navy in April 1962 and INS Hans
was transferred to Dabolim in June
1964.
@ Present Status - INS Hans currently
operates more than 40 aircrafts.
Symbex - 2021
@ What is SIMBEX - bilateral naval
exercise between India and Singapore
@ Events - 02 to 04 September 2021
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@ Venue - South China Sea

@ Edition - 28th
@ First Event Year - 1994
@ The ships involved in the exercise -
INS Rannvijay, INS Kilton, a ship-borne
helicopter etc. (India) and RSS
Steadfast, an S-70B naval helicopter, a
Victory class missile ship (Singapore)
@ India-Singapore Defense Relations -
These cover a very broad spectrum of
cooperation, from conventional military
to military exchanges to HADR and
cyber security.
10.
Algeria-India naval exercise
@ Why in News - Indian Navy conducts
maritime exercises with Algeria as part
of its ongoing goodwill visit to Europe
and Africa
@ Events - Algerian Coast
@ Ships involved in the exercise -
Indian Ship INS Tabar and Algerian
Naval Ship Ezzadjer
@ Activities Involved in Exercise - A
number of activities were conducted
including coordinated maneuvers,
communication procedures and steam
pasts between Indian and Algerian
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1.
Henson Crater
@ What is Hansen Crater - This is the
name given to a crater located at the
South Pole of the Moon.
@ This is the same area on the Moon
where the NASA Artemis program aims
to land its lunar explorers.
@ Location - It is located at the south pole
of the Moon between de Gerlache and
Sverdrup craters.
@ Matthew Henson - one of the rst
people to reach the top of the world 3.

(Arctic) in 1909
@ International Astronomical Union
(IAU) - the institution that recognizes
the nomenclature of Hansen Crater
@ The Artemis Program - a program
initiated by NASA, aimed at landing
lunar explorers at Henson Crater.
2.
SpaceX
@ Why in news - SpaceX, the company of
businessman Alan Mask, launched its
rst all-civilian crew into space
@ Launch site - Kennedy Space Center in
Florida, USA
@ Launching Rocket - Crew Dragon
Capsule Falcon-9
@ Achievement - This is the rst time no
one in a rocket is a professional 4.

astronaut.
ü Two men and two women in
SpaceX's Dragon Capsule will
spend three days orbiting the globe
from an orbit 100 miles (160
kilometers) above the International
Space Station.
@ Four passengers on the ight - Jared
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Payments Inc., Hayley Arsinaux (29)
recovering from cancer, sweepstakes
winner Chris Sambrowski (42) and
Sean Proctor (51), a community college
teacher in Arizona
@ Signicance - This mission is expected
to usher in a new era of human
spaceight for common people rather
than just government sponsored
astronauts.
Chandrayaan-2
@ Why in news - ISRO organized a lunar
science workshop on the occasion of
completion of two years of
Chandrayaan-2.
@ Inauguration -By ISRO chief K. Sivan
@ Orbiting the Moon - Recently,
Chandrayaan-2 completed more than
9000 thousand revolutions around the
Moon.
ü During this round, he is providing
excellent data to ISRO through the
imaging and scientic equipment
installed in it.
@ Payloads of Chandrayaan-2 - Its eight
payloads are being used by scientists
on the Moon through remote sensing
technology.
Planet-X
@ Why in news - Scientists are
considering Planet X, a larger body
than Earth, moving outside the orbit of
Neptune (Varun) as the ninth planet.
@ Reason for discovery - Like Neptune,
it has been discovered due to the
presence of gravitational force.
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@ Discoverer - California scientist Prof.

mike brown
@ Name - P-9 (name given by Prof. Mike
Brown)
@ Requirement - After Pluto was out of
the category of planet, scientists are
engaged in the search for the ninth
planet.
@ Planet X - This planet is six times
bigger than Earth and is orbiting the
Sun.
@ Orbit inclination - 16 degrees

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1.
Call to decarbonize
@ Why in news- About 150 leading
companies and organizations,
including oil majors and port
authorities, called for a complete
decarbonization of the global shipping
industry on September 22, 2021.
@ Target - by 2050
@ The United Nations Shipping Agency
aims to reduce total greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions from ships by 50% by 3.

2050 compared to 2008 levels.
@ The share of maritime transport in
world trade - about 90%
@ CO2 emissions share of global
shipping - 3 percent
@ 'Call to Action' initiative - Developed
by the World Economic Forum, the
non-prot Global Maritime Forum and
other partners.
@ Objective - This initiative calls for
decarbonization of shipping.
2.
Colossal Biosciences
@ Why in news - Recently Colossal
Biosciences announced its plan to save
the woolly mammoth or their ilk from
extinction and bring them to the cold
landscape of Siberian tundra (the
treeless polar desert).
@ Colossal Biosciences - A US-based
startup company
@ Mammoths (genus Mammthus) -
belong to an extinct group of elephants
whose fossils were found on every
continent except Australia and South
America in the Pleistocene epoch, and
in North America in the late Early
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Holocene epoch.
@ Woolly Mammoth The Wuli, the
Northern or Siberian Mammoth
(Mammathus primigenius) is by far the
most famous of all the mammoths.
@ Cause of Extinction - Mammoths are
believed to have become extinct due to
climate change, disease, hunting by
humans or perhaps some other
combination of these.
Bandhavgarh, Pench and
Sanjay Tiger Reserve
@ Why in news - Band havgarh, Pench
and Sanjay Tiger Reserve of Madhya
Pradesh can get recognition of
Conservation Assured Tiger Standard.
ü Three phases of its evaluation have
been completed. The evaluation of
the fourth and nal phase has also
started. 
@ Recognition Basis - 17 key parameters
and their sub-components (planning,
monitoring, training, wildlife conict
management, community
participation, protection and
prevention measures etc.)
@ Accrediting body - International
Committee for Conservation Assured
Tiger Standards and WWF Nature
(World Wide Fund for Nature)
@ Effect of recognition of all three tiger
reserves - If all three tiger reserves get
recognition of Conservation Assured
Tiger Standard, then Madhya Pradesh
will be at the top position among all
other states in the management of tiger
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@ Other Recognized Tiger Reserves of
Madhya Pradesh - Satpura, Kanha and
Pannai Tiger Reserves
@ Number of Tiger Reserves recognized
so far in the country - 14
4.
New species of hybodont shark
discovered
@ Search Location - Jaisalmer
(Rajasthan)
@ Inventors - Team of Geological Survey
of India (GSI)
@ Discovery - The discovery of the teeth
of a new species of hybodont shark of
the Jurassic era
@ Hybodont - an extinct group of sharks,
was a major group of sh found in both
oceanic and riverine environments
6.

during the Triassic and early Jurassic
eras.
@ New broken teeth - This represents a
new species named by the research
team, Strophodusjasalmerensis.
@ Exclusive - The genus Strophodus has
been identied for the rst time from
the Indian subcontinent and is only the
third such case from Asia. (Japan and
Thailand rst and second respectively)
@ Signicance - This discovery is a
milestone in the study of Jurassic
vertebrate fossils in the Jaisalmer
region of Rajasthan. And it opens a new
door for further research in the eld of
vertebrate fossils.
@ Establishment of Geological Survey 7.

of India (GSI) - in 1851
5.
Climate Action and Finance
Mobilization Dialogue (CAFMD)
@ Introduction - An Environmental
Initiative of India and the United States
@ Climate Action and Finance
Mobilization Dialogue - It is one of the
two tracks of the India-US Climate and
Clean Energy Agenda 2030
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Partnership.
@ Venue - New Delhi
@ Involved participants - India's Union
Minister of Environment, Forest and
Climate Bhupendra Yadav and US
President's Special Envoy on Climate
John Kerry
@ Signicance - This partnership will
provide an opportunity for both the
countries to renew their cooperation on
climate change and to address the
nancial aspects.
@ Background - The background of
CA F M D wa s p r e p a r e d b y P r im e
Minister Narendra Modi and US
President Joseph Biden at the Leaders'
Summit on Climate in April, 2021.
Plant to absorb carbon dioxide
from the air
@ Country to set up plant - Iceland
@ Plant Name - Orca (Icelandic word,
meaning - energy)
@ Specialty - World's largest plant
designed to absorb carbon dioxide
(CO2) from the air and turn it into rock
@ Manufacturer of Plant - Clime Works
(Switzerland) and Carbx (Iceland)
@ Plant Capacity - Capable of absorbing
4,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2)
per year from the air
@ Signicance - Can prove effective in
solving the problem of environmental
pollution and climate change.
Country's rst 'Dolphin
Breeding Center'
@ Construction site - Meerut
@ Utility of Breeding Center - Here the
dolphins produced by breeding will be
released into the Ganges river
@ Dolphin Rescue and Conservation
Center - Bhagalpur (Bihar)
@ National Aquatic Fauna - The
Gangetic Dolphin was declared as the
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@ Gangetic dolphin - a clear-water
mammal
@ Site with highest number of Gangetic
dolphins - from Bijnor barrage to
Hastinapur and Narora barrage
8.
Carbon ux tower
@ Why in news - Chhattisgarh's rst ux
tower was installed in the dense forests
of Raghunath Nagar, Balrampur
district bordering Uttar Pradesh and
Madhya Pradesh
@ Flux Tower - This tower records how
much carbon dioxide is being absorbed
by trees and converted into oxygen.
ü Through this record, along with
conserving forests and plants, works
like increasing them will be done.
@ Height of Flux Tower - 140 meters
@ Functions of Flux Tower - This tower
measures the amount of gases in the air.
ü On the basis of the database
received from this tower, work will
be done for the availability of
sufcient oxygen in the atmosphere.
ü The importance of forest in human
life can also be studied through this
tower.
9.
Largest Triceratops auction
@ The country that organized the
auction - France
@ Name of Triceratops - Big John
@ Skeleton of Big John - about 66
million years old
ü Length approx 26 feet and width
approx 6.6 feet
@ Big John - Tri-horned Triceratops in
North America during the Cretaceous
period
@ The discovery of the fossil of
Triceratops - Paleontologist Walter W.
by Stein (in 2014)
10.
I n d i a ' s  r s t D u g o n g
Conservation Reserve
@ Why in news - Announcement of
setting up of India's rst Dugong
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Government of Tamil Nadu.
@ Location 500 square kilometer area in
Palk Bay (southeast coast)
@ Dugong - is an endangered marine
mammal. It is also called sea cow.
ü It is the only living species of the
order Sirenia.
@ Habitat of Dugong in India - Gulf of
Mannar, Gulf of Kutch, Palk Bay and
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
11.
B a n d h a v g a r h , P e n c h a n d
Sanjay Tiger Reserve
@ Why in news - Bandhavgarh, Pench
and Sanjay Tiger Reserve of Madhya
Pradesh can get recognition of
Conservation Assured Tiger Standard.
ü Three phases of its evaluation have
been completed. The evaluation of
the fourth and nal phase has also
started.
@ Recognition Basis - 17 key parameters
and their sub-components (planning,
monitoring, training, wildlife conict
management, community
participation, protection and
prevention measures etc.)
@ Accrediting body - International
Committee for Conservation Assured
Tiger Standards and WWF Nature
(World Wide Fund for Nature)
@ Effect of recognition of all three tiger
reserves - If all three tiger reserves get
recognition of Conservation Assured
Tiger Standard, then Madhya Pradesh
will be at the top position among all
other states in the management of tiger
conservation areas.
@ Other Recognized Tiger Reserves of
Madhya Pradesh - Satpura, Kanha and
Pannai Tiger Reserves
@ Number of Tiger Reserves recognized
so far in the country – 14
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1.
The Word 'Batter'
@ Why in news - The Marylebone Cricket
Club (MCC) announced that the term
'gender neutral''batter' will now be used
for both men and women instead of
'batsman' with immediate effect.
@ Marylebone Cricket Club - Guardian
of the Laws of the Game
@ Gender-neutral - that is, in which no
attention is given to any man or woman.
@ Batter - The use of this term is a
natural progression, which is
consistent with both bowlers and
elders in the rules.
@ Need - Women's cricket has made
phenomenal growth at all levels around
the world, so there was talk of adopting
more and more 'gender neutral' words
to encourage women and girls to play
cricket.
@ Signicance - Using this terminology
will help improve the standard of
cricket if it is common for all.
2.
Mithali Raj
@ Why in news- Mithali Raj, the
legendary female player of Indian
cricket, has created history in the ODI
match against Australia on 21
September.
@ Achievement - She has become the
rst female cricketer to score 20,000
runs in her career.
ü This feat has been achieved by
scoring runs in all the three formats
of First Class, List-A, T20 and
International matches.
@ Mithali Raj's place in the ICC Women's
ODI Rankce
@ 2nd place in the ranking - Lizelle Lee
(South African batsman)
@ 4th place in the ranking - Jhulan
Goswami (Indian fast bowler)
@ Seventh place in the ranking - Smriti
Mandhana
3.
Pankaj Advani's 24th World
Cup title
@ Title Name - IBSF 6 Red Snooker World
Cup
@ Event - Doha (Qatar)
@ Winner - Pankaj Advani (Star cue
player of India)
@ Runner up - Babar Masih (Pakistani
player)
@ Final Match - Advani defeated Babar
Masih of Pakistan 7-5 in the nal.
@ 11th Asian World Cup - Earlier,
Advani had won the 11th Asian World
Cup title.
4.
Shiv thapa
@ Why in news - Shiv Thapa has made it
to the Indian team for the World
Championships by winning a gold
medal in the recently held National
Boxing Championships.
@ Achievement - Five-time Asian
Championship medalist
@ Native - Assam
@ Organized World Championship -
Belgrade (Serbia)
@ Organizing Date - October 24 to
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Virat Kohli
@ Why in News - Royal Challengers
Bangalore (RCB) captain Virat Kohli
has made another record in his career.
@ Record - Kohli has become the rst
player to play 200 matches for the same
franchise in the IPL.
@ Date - September 20, 2021
@ Achievement -He achieved this feat
while taking the eld against Kolkata
Knight Riders (KKR).
@ Former players who played 200
matches in IPL - Mahendra Singh
Dhoni, Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Karthik
and Suresh Raina
6.
Harmilan Kaur Bains
@ Why in News- Indian player Harmilan
Kaur Bains broke the 19-year-old
record in the National Open Athletics to
win the 1500 meters race title.
@ Previous Record - Recorded in the
name of Sunita Rani (4 minutes, 6.03
seconds)
@ Tournament - Asian Games held in
Busan in the year 2002
@ Harmillon's record - 4 minutes, 5.39
seconds
@ Taranjit Kaur - Taranjeet scored the
best performance of 11.50 seconds in
100m. Won the title
7.
Virat Kohli and Lokesh Rahul
@ Why in news - Indian captain Virat
Kohli and star batsman Lokesh Rahul
have been included in the list of top 10
batsmen in the latest T20 International
rankings of the International Cricket
Council.
@ Rank - Indian captain Virat Kohli (4th)
and star batsman Lokesh Rahul (6th)
@ Top Batsman - David Malan (England)
@ Top Bowler - Tabrez Shamsi
@ Indian bowlers included in the
bowling rankings - Bhuvneshwar
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(18th)
8.
Lasith Malinga
@ Why in news- Sri Lankan fast bowler
Lasith Malinga announced his
retirement from all forms of cricket.
@ Malinga in cricket career - 30 Tests
(101 wickets),
ü 226 ODIs (338 Wickets)
ü 84 T20s (107 Wickets)
@ Malinga's last T20 match was against
West Indies in March 2020.
@ T20 World Cup title - Sri Lankan cricket
team won the T20 World Cup title in
2014 under the captaincy of Lasith
Malinga.
@ Records in Malinga's name:
ü Known as the king of T20
ü Record of taking ve wickets
twice in 84 T20 International
matches.
ü He gained fame as the highest
wicket taker in international cricket
with 107 wickets.
ü Best T20 performance - Taking
5 wickets for 6 runs (against New
Zealand in Pallikal in 2019)
ü Highest wicket taker in IPL (179
wickets in 122 matches played)
9.
Emma Radukanu
@ Why in news- Britain's Emma
Radukanu has created history by
winning the nal match of US Open
women's singles at the age of 18.
@ Emma Radukanu defeated Canada's
Leelah Fernandes 6-4, 6-3 in the nal
to win the US Open title.
@ Radukanu has become the rst woman
player from Britain to win the US Open
title after 53 years.
10.
T o k y o O l y m p i c s c l o s i n g
ceremony
@ Venue - Tokyo (Japan)
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@ Chief Guest - Crown Prince Akishino, performance in Paralympics

brother of the Emperor of Japan @ Number of Indian medals in Rio
@ Theme - A world inspired by the Paralympics, 2016 - 4 (4 medals
Paralympics, where variation shines. including 2 gold)
@ Flag bearer of Indian team - Avani @ India included in top 25 in Tokyo
Lekhara Paralympics:
@ Achievement - Avani has become the ü Top Place - China (207 medals
rst female athlete to become a ag including 96 gold, 60 silver, 51
bearer in Para Olympic Games. bronze)
11.
Fuyuki Kono's world record ü Second place - Britain (41 gold,
@ Why in news - Fuyuki Kono entered the 38 silver, 45 bronze including 124
Guinness Book of World Records at the medals)
age of only 13. ü Third place - America (a total of
@ World Record - Fuyuki achieved two 104 medals including 37 gold, 36
records by doing 78 front splits and 60 silver, 31 bronze)
horizontal rotations in the air in one ü 24th place - (19 medals
minute. including 5 gold, 8 silver, 6 bronze)
@ Fuyuki Kono - Citizen of Japan @ List of Indian winners in Tokyo
(Saitama) Paralympics:
12.
Durand Cup 2021 ü Shooting
@ Starting Date - September 5, 2021 „ Avani - Gold Bronze (2 medals)
@ Edition - 130th „ Manish - Gold Medal
@ Teams participating in the „ Singhraj - Silver Bronze (2
tournament - 16 teams (divided into medals)
four groups) ü Athletics
@ 2020 Edition - The 2020 edition was „ Sumit - Gold Medal
canceled due to the Corona Virus „ Nishad - Silver Medal
(COVID-19) pandemic. „ Yogesh - Silver Medal
@ Host - Football Federation of India „ Devendra - Silver Medal
(AIFF) and Government of West Bengal „ Mariyappan - Silver Medal 
@ Establishment year - 1888 „ Praveen - Silver Medal
@ First Event - Dagshai (Himachal „ Sundar - Bronze Medal
Pradesh)
„ Sharad - Bronze Medal
@ Durand Cup - Asia's oldest and third
ü Table Tennis
oldest football tournament in the world
„ Bhavina Patel - Silver Medal
@ The nomenclature was named after
Mortimer Durand (the then Foreign ü Archery
Secretary in charge of India). „ Harvinder Singh - Bronze
Medal
13.
Tokyo Paralympics at a glance
ü Badminton
@ Total number of Indian medals in
Tokyo Paralympics - 19 (5 Gold, 8 „ Pramod Bhagat - Gold Medal
Silver and 6 Bronze) „ Krishna Nagar - Gold Medal
@ Exclusive - India's best ever „ Suhas Yathiraj - Silver Medal

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„ Manoj Sarkar - Bronze Medal scored during Euro 2020.

14.
Cristiano Ronaldo
@ Why in News- Ronaldo has become the
highest goalscorer in international
football.
@ Achievement - He achieved this feat by
scoring 2 goals against Ireland in a
match of the World Cup Qualier. The
team won this match 2-1.
@ Goals - Ronaldo has scored 111 goals.
He has left behind Ali Dei of Iran. He
had a record of 109 goals.
@ Equals - Cristiano Ronaldo, 36,
equaled Ali Dei's record for most goals
15.
I n d i a i n A s i a n Y o u t h
Championship
@ India's total medals - nine silver and
ve bronze medals including six gold
@ Venue – Dubai
PRIZE MONEY :
@ Gold Medalist - USD 6,000
@ Silver Medalist - $3,000
@ Bronze medalist - $1,500
@ India's total medals in junior
category - eight gold, ve silver and six
bronze medals

List of medal winners of India in Asian Youth Championship

Women's Section Men's Section

Gold Medalist Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze

Medalist Medalist Medalist Medalist Medalist

Preeti Dahiya Preeti Lashu Vishwamitra Vishwanath Daksha

(60kg) (57 kg) Yadav Chongtham Suresh (67 kg)
(70kg) (51kg) (48kg)

Sneha Kumari Khushi Vishal Descendants Deepak

(66kg) (63 kg) (80 kg) (63.5 kg) (75 kg)

Khushi (75 kg) Tanisha Jaideep Abhimany

Sandhu Rawat (71kg) u (92 kg)
(81kg)

Neha (54kg) Nivedita Aman

(48 kg) Singh
Bisht
(above
92kg)

Tamann
a (50 kg)

Simran
(52kg)

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@ India in the last Asian Youth

Championships (Ulaanbaatar,
Mongolia) - 12 medals including ve
gold
16.
Sumit Antil
@ Why in News- Sumit Antil broke his
own world record and won the gold
medal in Javelin Throw.
@ In his fth attempt, Sumit won the gold
by throwing a javelin from a distance of
68.55 meters.
@ Resident - 23 year old Sumit is from
Sonipat (Haryana).
@ Accident - He lost his left leg below the
knee in a motorbike accident in 2015.

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MISCELLANEOUS (DAY)
1.
International Sign Language
3.

Day
@ Event – 23 September every year
@ Organizer - United Nations
@ Why only 23 September - On this day
the World Federation of the Deaf was
formed. It is the World Federation of the
Deaf that came up with the concept of
celebrating International Sign
Language Day.
@ Objective - To raise awareness of sign
language among people and strengthen
sign language. 4.

@ Sign Language - There are many people
around the world who cannot speak or
hear. He talks with his hands through
facial expressions to make his point.
This language is called sign language.
2.
International Peace Day
@ Event – 21st September every year
@ Theme - Recovering better for an
equitable and sustainable world
@ Purpose - To promote peace among
countries around the world and to end
mutual dispute.
@ Declaration as a day of non-violence
and ceasere - by the United Nations
General Assembly in 2001
@ Signicance - Will prove to be very
effective in maintaining peace and
order among all the countries of the
world, ending international wars and
promoting brotherhood among
countries.
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@ Establishment of International Day
of Peace - in 1981
World Alzheimer's Day
@ Events - 21 September every year
@ Objective - To raise awareness about
Alzheimer's disease and its associated
misconceptions.
@ Started on – It was started on 21
September 1994 at the inauguration of
ADI's Annual Conference in Edinburgh.
@ Alzheimer's – This is a disease related
to the brain, in which a person
gradually loses his memory.
World Ozone Day
@ Event – 16 September every year
@ Declaration to celebrate
International Ozone Day - by the
United Nations General Assembly (on
19 December 1964)
@ Theme of the year 2021 - Montreal
Protocol – Keeping us, our food, and
vaccines cool
@ Objective - To highlight the importance
of the ozone layer present in the Earth's
atmosphere and its role in the
environment
@ Montreal Protocol - The United
Nations and 45 other countries signed
the Montreal Protocol on Substances
that Deplete the Ozone Layer on
September 16, 1987.
@ The Montreal Protocol aims to protect
the ozone layer by reducing the
production of substances responsible
for the depletion of the ozone layer.
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@ Ozone layer – This is a layer of gas that
protects the earth from the harmful 7.

rays of the sun
@ First event - 16 September 1985
5.
international democracy day
@ Event – 15 September every year
@ Objective - To raise awareness about
democracy
@ The theme of 2020 was 'Covid-19: A
Spotlight on Democracy'. At the same
time, the theme in 2019 is
'Partnership'.
@ Resolution – A resolution passed by
the United Nations General Assembly
in the year 2007
@ First event - in 2008
@ Democracy - a system in which the
citizens of any country elect a
representative by exercising their
franchise
@ Importance - Urges all people,
government to respect human rights
and provide meaningful participation
in democracy
6.
Hindi day
8.

@ Event – 14 September every year
@ Objective - To mark the importance of
Hindi language in the country.
@ Hindi - the fourth most spoken
language in the world after English,
Spanish and Mandarin
ü Hindi is an Indo-Aryan language,
written in Devanagari script.
@ History of Hindi Divas - The
Constituent Assembly accepted Hindi
as the ofcial language of India on
September 14, 1949.
@ It was decided by the then Prime
Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to
celebrate 14 September every year as
Hindi Diwas.
@ First Hindi Day celebration -
September 14, 1953
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International Day for South-
South Cooperation
@ Event – 12 September every year
@ Objective - To mark the economic,
political, social development made
every year by the regions and countries
of the South.
@ South-South Cooperation – This day
refers to the efforts of the United
Nations to promote mutual cooperation
among the developing countries of the
South.
ü It also reects the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development, along
with national and collective self-
reliance of people and the
achievement of internationally
agreed development goals.
@ South-South cooperation began with
the establishment of the United Nations
Technical Assistance Program by the
Economic and Social Council in 1949
and the creation of the United Nations
Development Program (UNDP) in 1969.
great poet day
@ Why in News - Recently the Tamil Nadu
government has decided to celebrate
the death anniversary of famous poet
and freedom ghter Subramaniam
Bharati as Mahakavi Diwas.
@ Event - September 11, 2021
@ Special - The year २०२१ marks the १००th
death anniversary of poet
Subramaniam Bharti.
@ Mahakavi Diwas – A prize of Rs 1 lakh
“Bharti Yuva Kavi Puraskar” will be
presented on the occasion of it.
@ Subramaniam Bharathi - Tamil writer,
poet, social reformer, journalist and
Indian independence activist
ü Known as "Mahakavi Bharati”
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International Literacy Day
@ Events - September 8 every year
@ Organizer – UNESCO
@ Objective - To propagate the
importance of literacy to the individual,
community and society
@ Theme - Literacy for a human-centred
recovery: Narrowing the digital divide
@ Declaration - Declaration at the १४th
session of the UNESCO Conference on
26 October 1966
@ Literacy goals are an important part of
the United Nations' Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) as well as
its 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development.
10.
World Coconut day
@ Events - Every year on 2nd September
ü Organized in commemoration of the
founding day of the International
Coconut Community, an
intergovernmental organization of
coconut producing countries.
@ First Event – Year 2009
@ Objective - To promote coconut
cultivation and productivity
@ India's rank in coconut production -
3rd in the world
@ Coconut production in the country
during 2020-21 - 21207 million nuts
(34% of global production)
@ Theme (23rd World Coconut Day) -
Building a safe, inclusive, strong and
sustainable coconut community amid
and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
11.
International day for people of
african descent
@ Event - August 31, 2021
@ Organizer - United Nations
@ Objective - To recognize the immense
contribution made by people of African
descent in the eld of life and humanity
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@ Resolution – In December 2020, the
United Nations General Assembly
adopted a resolution to establish an
International Day for People of African
Origin.
@ Signicance - The day seeks to
promote respect for the human rights
and fundamental freedoms of the
African people.
12.
United Nations Secretary-
General – Antonio Guterres
@ Permanent Forum (Forum) - A
Permanent Forum (Forum) of the
United Nations was established by the
United Nations General Assembly in
early August 2021, for people of African
descent.
ü A 10-member advisory body, based
in Geneva, will work closely with the
UN Human Rights Council.
POPULAR (PERSON)
13.
Satoshi Nakamoto
@ Introduction - pseudonymous creator
of bitcoin
@ Why in the News – The rst statue of
Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of
bitcoin, was recently unveiled
@ Unveiling of Statue - Budapest
(capital of Hungary)
@ Satoshi Nakamoto Statue – This
statue is a statue of a man wearing a
hoodie with the Bitcoin (BTC) logo
engraved on it.
@ Sculptors – Gergeli Reka and Tamas
Gili
@ Announcement of Satoshi Statue
Project – May, 2021
ü The coin was backed by Crypto
Academy, Blockchain Hungary
Association and Blockchain
Budapest.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi
@ Why in News - PM Narendra Modi has
been chosen as the world's most
favorite leader in a survey by America's
data intelligence rm Morning Consult.
@ Top Position - PM Modi ranks rst in
the list of global leaders in terms of
approval rating.
@ Ahead of other politicians - Prime
Minister Narendra Modi has also left
behind US President Joe Biden and
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
in this matter.
@ Morning Consult Approval Rating
List;
1. Narendra Modi : 70%
2. Lope Obrader : 64%
3. Mario Draghi : 63%
4. Angela Merkel : 53%
5. Joe Biden: 48%
@ Morning Consult - US data and
political intelligence rm
MISCELLANEOUS
(APPOINTMENT)
15.
Rajeev Agarwal
@ Why in News – Facebook has
announced the appointment of former
IAS ofcer Rajiv Agarwal as Director of
Public Policy (India).
@ Taking ofce - Taking over in place of
Aankhi Das
@ Task - According to Facebook, Rajiv
Agarwal, who has been appointed
Director of Public Policy, will lead the
policy formulation and compliance for
Facebook in India.
@ Public Policy – This includes user
protection, data and privacy protection,
inclusion and Internet governance, etc.
@ Vice President and Managing
Director of Facebook India – Ajit
Mohan
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@ Rajeev Agrawal is a UP cadre ofcer in
the 1993 batch of the Indian
Administrative Service (IAS).
16.
Ajay Devgn
@ Why in the news – Gallant Group, one
of the largest integrated steel
companies in the country, has roped in
Bollywood superstar Ajay Devgn as its
brand ambassador.
@ Tenure – Ajay Devgn will be associated
as the brand ambassador of the
company for the next two years.
@ GALANT GROUP – This company has
targeted for peak sales by marketing
TMT Bars under GALANT and GALANT
ADVANCE brands across India.
17.
Charanjit Singh Channi
@ Appointment - Charanjit Singh
Channi has been appointed as the
Chief Minister of Punjab following the
resignation of Captain Amarinder
Singh.
@ Prior Position - He was the former
Minister of Technical Education and
Industrial Training in the Government
of Punjab.
@ Political Career - He is a thrice MLA
from Chamkaur Sahib Assembly
Constituency.
ü Prior to this, he was the Leader of
the Opposition in the Punjab
Legislative Assembly from 2015 to
2016.
ü He won the 2007 election as an
independent.
ü Channi comes from the Dalit Sikh
community.
18.
Bhupendra Patel
@ Appointment - Appointed as Chief
Minister of Gujarat
@ Bhupendra Patel - 17th Chief Minister
of Gujarat
@ Political Career - In the 2017assembly
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ü Member of Bharatiya Janata Party
and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
ü Chairman of the Standing
Committee of the World Umiya
Foundation
@ Governor of Gujarat - Acharya Devvrat
@ Former Chief Minister - Vijay Rupani
19.
Piyush Goyal
@ Appointment - India's Sherpa
appointed for G20
@ Introduction – Working as the Minister
of Commerce and Industry of the
Central Government
@ G20 summit to be held from October 30
to 31, 2021
@ President - Italy
@ G20 will be chaired from December 1,
2022– India
@ The G20 is a joint inuential grouping
of 19 countries and the European
Union (EU), which provides a platform
to the world's major economies.
@ Sherpa - personal representative of the
head of state or government
MISCELLANEOUS (DAY)
20.
C I P S E x c e l l e n c e i n
Procurement Awards 2021 (
CIPS Awards)
@ SIPS Awards Winner - Government e-
Market Place (GeM)
@ Selection Category - GeM's selection
in the Best Uses of Digital Technology
category
@ SIPS Award – It is one of the foremost
procurement related honors globally.
@ Organizer - Chartered Institute of
Procurement and Supply (SIPS),
London
@ SIPS – A global non-prot organization
and professional body dedicated to
promoting good practices in
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with a community in 150 countries.
@ Government e-Market Place – It is a
100% Government owned Section 8
Company established under the aegis
of Department of Commerce, Ministry
of Commerce and Industry for
purchase of goods and services by
Central and State Government
organizations.
21.
Hindi Sevi Samman 2018
@ Why in News - Kendriya Hindi
Sansthan announced the names of 26
scholars to be awarded Hindi Sevi
Samman 2018 in 12 categories.
@ Awards - 26 scholars will be given
prizes in 12 categories.
@ Ganga Sharan Singh Award – Under
this award, four scholars will be
honored.
@ Other Category – Two scholars will be
awarded in this.
@ Prize money - Rs 5 lakh, shawl and
citation
@ Hindi Sevi Samman Yojana - Under
this, scholars working for Hindi are
honored.
22.
SDG Progress Award
@ Awarded - Sheikh Hasina (Prime
Minister of Bangladesh)
@ Reason for the honor – This honor has
been given to PM Sheikh Hasina for her
efforts to end poverty, protect the earth
and ensure peace and prosperity for all.
@ Awarding Organization - Sustainable
Development Solutions Network, SDSN
(United Nations Sponsored)
@ Establishment of Sustainable
Development Solutions Network – in
the year 2012
@ Founder - Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs
@ The objective of the institute is to
mobilize global scientic and technical
expertise to promote practical solutions
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23.
Ramakrishna Bajaj Memorial
Global Award
@ Honored Person - Gautam Adani
@ Gautam Adani - Chairman of the Adani
Group and a renowned industrialist
@ Achievement - This award was given to
him in honor of his remarkable
contribution to the industry of the
country and the creation of a self-
reliant India.
24.
Earthshot award
@ Why in the News - Two Indian projects
were included in the 15 nal
participants for the Earthshot Prize
@ Selected Indian Projects:
1.
solar powered iron

2.
Agricultural Waste Management
Techniques
@ Solar powered iron - designed by
Vinisha Umashankar
@ Category - Selection in the category
'Clean our air'
@ Vinisha Umashankar - 14 year old
schoolgirl from Tamil Nadu
@ Agricultural Waste Management
Technique - Co-Founded by Vidyut
Mohan, Co-Founder of Takachar
@ Category – Selected in the “Clean Our
Air Category” for affordable, small-
scale, portable technology
@ Vidyut Mohan - An Entrepreneur from
Delhi
ü Vidyut Mohan's project is related to
recycling agricultural waste
material.
@ Award Beginning - Launched in 2020
by Britain's Prince William
ü Provided by Royal Foundation,
England
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25.
A s s o c i a t i o n f o r T a l e n t
Development (ATD) 2021
Award
@ Awarded Company – POWERGRID
CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED
(POWERGRID)
@ Rank of POWERGRID – 8th among 71
organizations across the world
@ POWERGRID CORPORATION OF
INDIA LIMITED – A Maharatna Public
Sector Undertaking working under the
Ministry of Power, Government of India
@ Special – POWERGRID has become the
only PSU to win this award.
26.
Pushkin Award-2017
@ Nominee – Pankaj Subir, litterateur
from Madhya Pradesh
@ Pushkin Samman – Russia's
prestigious award, which is given every
year to a Hindi litterateur
@ Subir's Literary Works - A total of 17
books in various genres (seven story
collections, three novels, two ghazals
and editing)
@ Publisher - Bharat Mitra Samaj
(Moscow, Russia)
@ Resident – Sehore District (Madhya
Pradesh)
@ Other Awards - Awarded with
Bharatiya Jnanpith Navlekhan Award
(2009), Vagishwari Award, Vanmali
Katha Samman etc.
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1.
What is the rank of India in the 8.
Which of the following organization
recently released Global Innovation has developed indigenous charger for
Index 2021 ranking? electric vehicles in India?

(a) 42nd
(b) 44th
(a) Tata Steel
(b) Infosys

(c) 46th
(d) 48th
(c) Automotive Research Association of
2.
Recently on which date India
International Day of Peace was
(d) Wipro
observed? 9.
In which of the following year NASA

(a) 21st May (b) 15th June plans to land a rover to search for

(c) 20 July
(d) 21 September water and ice on a region of the
3.
Who was recently Ramakrishna Bajaj Moon's South Pole?
Award?
(a) year 2023
(b) year 2025

(b) Gautam Adani
(c) year 2028
(d) year 2030

(d) Ratan Tata of India have been 10.
Who among the following Union
awarded the "Blue Flag" certication? Minister, who inaugurated the

(b) Eden Export Promotion Center “Jammu

(d) Both A and B Haat” in Jammu -
4.
The rank of Bihar in the list of 20 big
(a) Amit Shah
states in the State Food Security
(b) Dr. Jitendra Singh
Index is -
(c) Dr. Harsh Vardhan

(a) 5th
(b) 10th
(d) Jaishankar Prasad

(c) 15th
(d) 20th 11.
Surya Kiran is a bilateral military
5.
Which of the following actor has been training exercise between which two
appointed as its brand ambassador countries?
by the steel company Gallant Group?
(a) India and Japan


(a) Vicky Kaushal
(b) Ajay Devgan
(b) India and America

(c) Shahrukh Khan (d) Salman Khan
(c) India and Nepal
6.
According to the Food Safety and
(d) India and Sri Lanka
Standards Authority of India, by 12.
Which of the following court has
which year India will become dismissed the central government's
industrial trans fat-free? plea to postpone the entry of women

(a) year 2021
(b) year 2022 in NDA?

(c) year 2023
(d) year 2024
(a) Delhi High Court

(b) Rajasthan High Court

(c) Uttar Pradesh High Court

(d) Supreme Court

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Which of the following company has 20.
Recently Eden and Kovalam beach
made India's rst hybrid ying car? has been awarded with International

(a) Vinta Aeromobility Blue Flag certication? Both these

(b) Sunita Aeromobility beaches are located at -

(c) Mahindra
(a) Puducherry and Goa

(d) DRDO
(b) Puducherry and Kerala
14.
Recently on which date World Rose
(c) Puducherry and Gujarat
Day was celebrated?
(d) Puducherry and Tamil Nadu

(a) 09 February (b) 12 March 21.
Which of the following date was

(c) 14th June
(d) 22nd September observed as International Sign
15.
World Rose Day is celebrated with Language Day?
the aim of spreading awareness
(a) 23 July
(b) 23 August
about which disease?
(c) 23 September
(d) 23 October

(a) Cancer
(b) TB 22.
Which of the following actress has

(c) covid 19
(d) heart disease been appointed as its new brand
16.
Who among the following took over ambassador by mobile accessories
as the newly appointed Chief of Air brand Umbrane?
Staff?
(a) Katrina Kaif

(a) Air Marshal Rahul Sachdeva
(b) Disha Patani

(b) Air Marshal VR Choudhary
(c) Nora Fatehi

(c) Air Marshal Vikram Singh
(d) Deepika Padukone

(d) Air Marshal Anil Tyagi 23.
World Rhinoceros Day is observed on
17.
Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia which of the following date?
announced the use of Asia's rst
(a) 08 July
(b) 22 July
hybrid ying car for which type of
(c) 30 August
(d) 22 September
emergency? 24.
Recently how many writers have

(a) External aggression been selected for Sahitya Akademi

(b) Riot Fellowship?

(c) Medical emergency
(a) four
(b) ve

(d) Natural calamity
(c) six
(d) seven
18.
Which of the following country has 25.
The Union Cabinet has approved the
banned the telecast of IPL? Memorandum of Understanding

(a) Pakistan
(b) China between India and which country for

(c) Afghanistan
(d) England cooperation in the eld of Disaster
Risk Reduction and Management?
19.
Recently which Indian woman

(a) Pakistan
(b) Italy
cricketer has become the rst
woman cricketer in the world to
(c) Bangladesh
(d) Sri Lanka
complete 20,000 runs? 26.
Who has been appointed as the Chief

(a) Mithali Raj (b) Smriti Mandhana Minister of Gujarat recently?

(c) Shefali Verma
(d) Deepti Sharma
(a) Charanjit Singh Sunny

(b) Anandi Ben Patel

(c) Bhupendra Patel

(d) Vijay Rupani

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Colossal Biosciences has announced 34.
Which state assembly has recently
a plan to save the woolly mammoth passed a bill to allow registration of
or their ilk from extinction. Colossal child marriages?
is a startup company from which
(a) Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
country?
(b) Madhya Pradesh Legislative

(a) India
(b) Australia Assembly

(c) America
(d) China
(c) Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
28.
Indian women's team captain Mithali
(d) Punjab Legislative Assembly
Raj has made a record of completing 35.
Harmilan Bains has set a new record
how many thousand runs? in the women's run of how many

(a) 10,000
(b) 15,000 meters at the National Open

(c) 20,000
(d) 25,000 Athletics Championships?
29.
Which country has recently applied
(a) 800
(b) 900
to join the Asia-Pacic Free Trade
(c) 1000
(d) 1500
Group? 36.
World Patient Safety Day is observed

(a) India
(b) America on which of the following date?

(c) China
(d) Britain
(a) 16 September
(b) 17 September
30.
Name the rst Dalit Chief Minister of
(c) 18 September
(d) 20 September
Punjab? 37.
Who has been appointed by the

(a) Charanjit Singh Channi Governor of West Bengal Jagdeep

(b) Navjot Singh Sidhu Dhankhar as the new Solicitor

(c) Captain Amarendra Singh General of the state?

(d) Harsimrat Kaur
(a) Gopal Mukherjee
31.
Recently which educational (b) Subrata Mukherjee
institution BYJU has partnered with
(c) Anindya Mitra
(d) Sunil Mishra
NITI Aayog to provide free education 38.
Which political party has recently
in how many aspirational districts of launched 'Sele with Temple'
India? campaign in Uttarakhand?

(a) 110
(b) 111
(a) Bharatiya Janata Party

(c) 112
(d) 113
(b) Congress
32.
Which of the following commission
(c) Aam Aadmi Party
has released the report “Building (d) Janata Dal United
Urban Planning Capacity in India”? 39.
The Indian player, who has won the

(a) NITI Aayog
Asian Snooker Championship title

(b) Finance Commission for the second time in a row?

(c) Education Commission
(a) Aditya Mehta
(b) Saurav Kothari

(d) Planning Commission
(c) Y asin Merchant (d) Pankaj Advani
33.
Recently Padma Shri awardee Thanu 40.
Recently Indian cricket team
Padmanabhan has passed away. He captain Virat Kohli has announced to
was related to - quit the captaincy of which cricket

(a) Physics
(b) Chemistry format?

(c) Geology
(d) Medical Science
(a) T20
(b) Test cricket

(c) ODI cricket
(d) IPL

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At what percent India's growth rate hydrogen fuel vehicle production?
has been estimated by the United
(a) Rs 23,938 crore

Nations in the year 2021?
(b) Rs 24,938 crore

(a) 6.2 percent
(b) 7.2 percent
(c) Rs 25,938 crore


(c) 8.2 percent
(d) 9.2 percent
(d) Rs 26,938 crore
42.
The Union Cabinet has approved 49.
How much assistance has recently
MoU with which country on been announced by the international
cooperation in the eld of Disaster community for the humanitarian
Risk Reduction and Management, on crisis of Afghanistan?
15 th September 2021?
(a) about $1 billion


(a) Japan
(b) Italy
(b) about $1.2 billion

(c) America
(d) Israel
(c) about $1.5 billion
43.
Recently, how many ministers of the
(d) about $1.8 billion
newly formed Bhupendra Patel 50.
The Union Ministry of Agriculture
government in Gujarat have taken and Farmers Welfare signed how
the oath of ofce and secrecy? many MoUs with private companies

(a) 18
(b) 20 on 14 th September 2021?

(c) 22
(d) 24
(a) ve
(b) six
44.
World Ozone Day is celebrated on
(c) seven
(d) eight
which of the following date? 51.
Which of the following state

(a) 16 July
(b) 16 August government has launched 'Bajra

(c) 16 September
(d) 16 October Mission' to increase the income of
45.
On which of the following date did farmers?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Bihar
launch Parliament TV?
(c) Chhattisgarh (d) Madhya Pradesh

(a) June 30, 2021
(b) July 05, 2021 52.
Recently Lasith Malinga announced

(c) August 08, 2021 (d) Sep 15, 2021. his retirement from all forms of
46.
Who among the following has been cricket. He is a bowler from which
appointed as the new High country?
Commissioner of India to Maldives?
(a) West Indies
(b) Sri Lanka

(a) Munu Vohra
(b) Munu Mahavar
(c) South Africa
(d) Bangladesh

(c) Sushil Kumar
(d) Arun Shukla 53.
In view of the dire consequences of
47.
Former veteran cricketer Michael air pollution, which state
Holding announced his retirement government has banned crackers on
from commentary. Which country this year's Diwali as well?
player is he from?
(a) Punjab
(b) Uttar Pradesh

(a) West Indies
(b) South Africa
(c) Delhi
(d) Bihar

(c) Australia
(d) Britain 54.
Which company has been ned Rs
48.
Recently, the Central Government 1305 crore by South Korea's
has released a package of how many Competition Commission for
crore rupees under the Production abusing its dominance in mobile
Link Incentive to promote the operating systems?
production of electric vehicles,
(a) Twitter
(b) Google

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(d) Whats up 62.
Which country has recently

55.
Recently Gaurav Gupta has resigned announced the construction of EV
from the post of co-founder of which charging facility in all the new
company? houses to be built?

(a) Swiggy
(b) Amazon Pay
(a) India
(b) Denmark

(c) Zomato
(d) Phone Pe
(c) America
(d) Britain
56.
The former IPS ofcer, who has 63.
Who has been appointed as the new
taken charge as the chairman of the Vice President of Gandhi Smriti and
National Commission for Minorities? Darshan Samiti recently?

(a) Gayurul Hasan Rizvi

(a) Vijay Goel
(b) S. Jaishankar

(b) Iqbal Singh Lalpura
(c) Piyush Goyal

(c) Mohan Prasad
(d) Prakash Javadekar

(d) Pramod Kumar Singh 64.
Recently popular politician Oscar
57.
Which of the following state Fernandes passed away at the age of
government has announced to 80. Which political party did he
increase the reservation of women in belong to?
government jobs from 30 percent to
(a) Congress (b) Bharatiya Janata Party
40 percent?
© CPIM
(d) RJD

(a) Tamil Nadu.
(b) Andhra Pradesh 65.
Who has been appointed by the

(c) Punjab
(d) Bihar Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) as the
58.
Which country has been suspended batting coach of the team for the T20
by the International Olympic World Cup?
Committee for unilaterally
(a) Vernon Philander (b) Brian Lara
withdrawing from the recently
(c) Matthew Hayden (d) Shane Warne
concluded Tokyo 2020 Olympic 66.
With which country India has jointly
Games? launched the Climate Action and

(a) Iran
(b) South Korea Finance Mobilization Dialogue

(c) North Korea
(d) Israel (CAFMD) of Agenda 2030
59.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has Partnership?
appointed Vernon Philander as the
(a) France
(b) Germany
bowling coach of which team?
(c) Russia
(d) America

(a) One Day Cricket (b) Test Cricket 67.
Which of the following country has

(c) T20 World Cup
(d) IPL become the rst country in the world
60.
Recently on which date Hindi Diwas to do so by granting status to Bitcoin
was celebrated? as an ofcial currency?

(a) 14 January
(b) 01 March
(a) El Salvador
(b) Britain

(c) 22 May
(d) 14 September
(c) Indonesia
(d) Brazil
61.
The United States has announced to 68.
Who has been appointed by the BCCI
send humanitarian aid of how many as the mentor (guiding) of the Indian
million dollars to Afghanistan? team for the T20 World Cup 2021?

(a) $ 54 million
(b) $ 64 million
(a) Sourav Ganguly

(c) $74 million
(d) $80 million
(b) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

(c) Rahul Dravid
(d) Virender Sehwag

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Which Indian golfer has been
awarded the prestigious Dubai
Golden Visa for his outstanding
achievements in the sport?

(a) Jeev Milkha
(b) Shiv Chaurasia

(c) Shiv Kapoor
(d) Aditi Ashok
70.
Which state government has
recently started a unique pension
scheme named Pran Vayu Devta?

(a) Haryana
(b) Bihar

(c) Punjab
(d) Tamil Nadu
71.
Which of the following Indian-origin
Australian citizen has been
appointed as a judge of the Supreme
Court of Australia?

(a) Sumit Agarwal
(b) Hemant Dhanji

(c) Atul Sinha
(d) Mohan Agarwal
72.
Himalaya Day is celebrated on which
of the following date?

(a) 11 February
(b) 15 April

(c) 28 July
(d) 9 September
73.
Recently, the Central Government
has approved a production-linked
incentive (PLI) scheme of how many
crore rupees for the textile sector?

(a) Rs 10,683 crore


(b) Rs 12,788 crore

(c) Rs 15,612 crore


(d) Rs 16,540 crore
74.
The Cabinet Committee on Safety
has approved the purchase of how
many transport aircraft from Airbus?

(a) 80
(b) 72

(c) 65
(d) 56
75.
Which of the following has become
the rst country in the world to
introduce corona vaccine to two-
year-old children?

(a) Britain
(b) India

(c) China
(d) Cuba
76.
Indian Space Research Organization
(ISRO) chairman K. Sivan
inaugurated the Lunar Science
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completion of how many years of
Chandrayaan-2 in lunar orbit?

(a) two years
(b) three years

(c) four years
(d) ve years
77.
In which of the following state India's
rst Dugong Conservation Reserve
has been established?

(a) Bihar
(b) Jharkhand

(c) Meghalaya
(d) Tamil Nadu
78.
Which bowler has recently broken
Kapil Dev's record to take 100
wickets in 24 Test matches,
becoming the rst Indian bowler to
do so?

(a) Jasprit Bumrah


(b) Harbhajan Singh

(c) Kuldeep Yadav

(d) Ravindra Jadeja
79.
Whose approval rating has been
given the highest among 13 world
leaders by US-based global leader
approval tracker Morning Consult?

(a) President Joe Biden

(b) President Xi Jinping

(c) Prime Minister Narendra Modi

(d) Prime Minister Boris Johnson
80.
Which of the following country has
become the rst Asian country to
launch the Plastics Agreement?

(a) India
(b) Bhutan

(c) China
(d) Japan
81.
Which station of Indian Railways has
recently been awarded the 5-star 'Eat
Right Station' certicate for
providing high quality nutritious
food to the passengers?

(a) New Delhi station

(b) Chandigarh station

(c) Lucknow station

(d) Rajendra Nagar station
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Which country's Prime Minister
Yoshihide Suga has announced to
resign from his post recently?

(a) Afghanistan
(b) Pakistan

(c) Bhutan
(d) Japan
83.
Health products company Zydus
Wellness has roped in which
Bollywood actress as the brand
ambassador of its low calorie
sweetener brand 'Sugar Free'?

(a) Nora Fatehi


(b) Priyanka Chopra

(c) Katrina Kaif


(d) Deepika Padukone
84.
Recently, the Gujarat government
has decided to start Watan Prem
Yojana at a cost of how much?

(a) about Rs.01 thousand crore

(b) about Rs 02 thousand crores

(c) about Rs 03 thousand crore

(d) about Rs 04 thousand crores
85.
Which ministry of the Government of
India has launched a campaign to
distribute prophylactic drugs to
protect against COVID-19?

(a) Ministry of Health

(b) Ministry of Home Affairs

(c) Ministry of Education

(d) Ministry of AYUSH
86.
Recently, the Ministry of Finance
has released an amount of Rs
13,385.70 crore to how many states
for providing grant-in-aid to rural
local bodies?

(a) 15
(b) 20

(c) 25
(d) 30
87.
According to a report released by the
World Meteorological Organization
recently, 20 lakh people have died
due to meteorological disasters in
the last how many years?

(a) 20 years
(b) 30 years

(c) 40 years
(d) 50 years
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Which state government has
appointed Olympic Games bronze
medalist Lovlina Borgohain as the
brand ambassador of Samagra
Shiksha Abhiyan?

(a) Assam
(b) Meghalaya

(c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Sikkim
89.
Defense Expo 2022 is proposed to be
organized?

(a) Karnataka
(b) Gujarat

(c) Telangana
(d) Kerala
90.
Which state government has
recently announced to set up a lm
city at a cost of 100 crores?

(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra

(c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Punjab
91.
Name the newly appointed Director
General of Border Security Force
(BSF)?

(a) Pankaj Kumar Singh

(b) Sujit Barnwal

(c) Rohan Gupta
(d) Rahul Kumar
92.
Recently Dale Steyn has retired from
all forms of cricket. Which country's
cricket player is he?

(a) Australia
(b) South Africa

(c) England
(d) Zimbabwe
93.
Who has recently become the most
expensive player ever in the Pro
Kabaddi League bid?

(a) Pradeep Narwal (b) Manu Goyat

(c) Ajay Thakur
(d) Mahendra Rajput
94.
Which of the following state has
become the rst state in the country
to provide free water to the people?

(a) Bihar
(b) Goa

(c) Delhi
(d) Punjab
95.
Liam Plunkett, who is a fast bowler,
has decided to leave his country and
go to America to play the Major
Cricket League. Which country is he
a citizen of?

(a) England
(b) Sri Lanka
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96.
Which Sahitya Akademi Award 2020
1 C 2 D 3 B 4 D 5 D
has been awarded to litterateur
6 B 7 B 8 C 9 A 10 B
Bhanwar Singh Samour recently?
11 C 12 D 13 A 14 D 15 A

(a) Sahitya Akademi Award 2020
16 B 17 C 18 C 19 A 20 D

(b) Rajasthani Sahitya Akademi Award
2020 21 C 22 B 23 D 24 C 25 B

(c) Madhya Pradesh Sahitya Akademi 26 C 27 C 28 C 29 C 30 A
Award 2020 31 C 32 A 33 A 34 C 35 D

(d) Uttar Pradesh Sahitya Akademi 36 B 37 A 38 C 39 D 40 A
Award 2020 41 B 42 B 43 D 44 C 45 D
97.
Which portal has been launched by 46 B 47 A 48 C 49 B 50 A
National Dairy Development Board 51 C 52 B 53 C 54 B 55 C
(NDDB) to help dairy farmers? 56 B 57 A 58 C 59 C 60 D

(a) e-dairy
(b) e-cow 61 B 62 D 63 A 64 A 65 C

(c) e-Gopala
(d) e-Amrit 66 D 67 A 68 B 69 A 70 A
98.
Which country has recently 71 B 72 D 73 A 74 D 75 D
implemented the law of playing 76 A 77 D 78 A 79 C 80 A
games for only 3 hours a week to 81 B 82 D 83 C 84 A 85 D
overcome the increasing addiction of 86 C 87 D 88 A 89 B 90 C
online games among children? 91 A 92 B 93 A 94 B 95 A

(a) Hong Kong
(b) Taiwan 96 B 97 C 98 D 99 B 100 B

(c) India
(d) China
99.
Which medal has Praveen Kumar
won in the high jump event of the
Tokyo Paralympics?
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(a) Gold Medal

(b) Silver Medal

(c) Bronze medal

(d) Copper mixed medal
100.
Cristiano Ronaldo has become the
rst player in the world to score the
most international goals by scoring
how many goals?

(a) 110
(b) 111

(c) 112
(d) 115

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