SPOTLIGHT – SEPTEMBER

2022
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Table of Contents
NATIONAL NEWS ..................................................................................................................................... 2
STATE NEWS .......................................................................................................................................... 45
AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................ 55
DEFENCE NEWS ...................................................................................................................................... 58
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING .................................................................................................. 64
INTERNATIONAL NEWS .......................................................................................................................... 67
REPORTS AND INDICES ........................................................................................................................... 75
BANKING AND ECONOMY ...................................................................................................................... 82
GDP FORECASTS....................................................................................................................................108
APPOINTMENTS ....................................................................................................................................110
IMPORTANT DAYS ................................................................................................................................116
AWARDS ...............................................................................................................................................122
SPORTS .................................................................................................................................................129
MISCELLANEOUS ...................................................................................................................................134
QUESTIONS ...........................................................................................................................................137

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NATIONAL NEWS
1. Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy (Ministry of Ayush)
and Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (Ministry of Health & Family Welfare) have signed
an MOU for the promotion and facilitation of “One Herb, One Standard”.
• This MOU will help in facilitating Inter-Ministerial cooperation.
• Through this MOU, all the herbs will be according to the Indian Standards along with the
international quality requirements, so that all Indian quality standards become
contemporary with the global standards for the same botanicals.

2. “Competitiveness Roadmap for India@100” was released by the Economic Advisory

Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM).
• The roadmap is developed by the EAC-PM and the Institute for Competitiveness.
• It is developed by Dr Amit Kapoor, Chair, Institute for Competitiveness, Professor
Michael E. Porter and Dr Christian Ketels of Harvard Business School.
• The roadmap defines prosperity as ‘growth to be matched by social progress, shared
across all regions within India, environmentally sustainable and solid in the face of
external shocks’.

3. NITI Aayog has declared the holy city of Haridwar in Uttarakhand as the best aspirational
district on five parameters.
• Parameters of the ranking – Education; Health & Nutrition; Basic Infrastructure; Financial
Inclusion & Skill Development; Agriculture & Water Resources
• NITI Aayog's Aspirational Districts Programme Director - Rakesh Ranjan

4. Indian Railways has set up ‘Meghdoot’ machines (aka Atmospheric Water Generator
Kiosks) at Dadar, Thane and other stations of Mumbai Division.
• The unique ‘Meghdoot’ machines use innovative technology to convert water vapour in
the air into potable water.
• Maithri Aquatech Pvt Ltd. has been given the contract to install 17 ‘MEGHDOOT’
machines across the Mumbai Division of Central Railway.
• The company has also collaborated with the CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical
Technology (IICT), Hyderabad to produce water of the highest quality.
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5. Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers has launched Integrated Database Management

System 2.0 and Pharma Sahi Dham 2.0 app.
• These initiatives were launched on the 25th anniversary of National Pharmaceutical Pricing
Authority (set up in 1997).

6. Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), under Ministry of Electronics &
IT, has conducted the cyber security exercise named 'Synergy', in collaboration with Cyber
Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) for 13 countries.
• The exercise is a part of the international counter ransomware initiative - Resilience
Working Group.
• The RWG is being led by India under the leadership of National Security Council
Secretariat (NSCS).
• The theme of the exercise was “Building Network Resiliency to Counter Ransomware
Attacks”.

About CERT-In –
• CERT-In is the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team.
• Established in January 2004 as the nodal agency for tackling cyber security issues.
• Under the Information Technology Amendment Act of 2008, CERT-In has been
established as the national nodal agency for responding to computer security incidents as
and when they occur.
• CERT-In undertakes following functions –
o Collection, analysis, and dissemination of information on cyber incidents
o Forecast and alerts of cyber security incidents
o Emergency measures for handling cyber security incidents
o Coordination of cyber incident response activities
o Issue guidelines, advisories, vulnerability notes, and whitepapers relating to
information security practices, procedures, prevention, response and reporting of
cyber incidents.

7. All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has partnered with Adobe to accelerate
digital creativity skills across the country.
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• The partnership aims to empower over 75,000 faculty in 10,000 colleges and universities
over the next 2 years with access to Adobe Express.
• Adobe Express is a new web and mobile-based app that makes it easy for everyone,
independent of skill level, to create and communicate their ideas through great design.
• Chairman of AICTE - Anil Sahasrabudhe

8. Ministry of Women and Child Development is celebrating the 5th Rashtriya Poshan Maah
from September 1-30, 2022.
• Focus of the Poshan Maah – “Mahila aur Swasthya” and “Bacha aur Shiksha”

9. Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has developed a user-
interactive dashboard for industry associations and trade bodies.
• This new digital initiative will facilitate authorized user associations to register their
suggestions and issues with the government so that their issues related to various
departments of the government can be resolved in a transparent manner.

10. Home Minister Amit Shah has launched the Central Armed Police Forces' eAwas web-
portal in New Delhi.
• The web-portal will enable online registration and allotment of residential quarters to eligible
personnel of CAPFs and Assam Rifles.

11. Department of Pharmaceuticals has given an 'in-principle' approval to the proposals of the
three States viz, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh under the Scheme for
"Promotion of Bulk Drug Parks", a key initiative to support the Bulk Drugs manufacturing in
the country.
• The scheme, with a financial outlay of ₹3,000 crore notified in 2020, provides for financial
assistance to three states for establishing Bulk Drug Parks.
• The scheme aims to bring down the cost of manufacturing of bulk drugs by creation of
world-class common infrastructure facilities supported by the Central Government and
thereby increase the competitiveness of the domestic bulk drug industry.
• The Indian Pharmaceutical industry is the third largest in the world by volume.
• India exported pharmaceuticals worth ₹175,040 crore in the financial year 2021-22,
including Bulk Drugs/ Drug Intermediates.
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• Also, India is one of the major producers of Active Pharma Ingredients (API) or bulk drugs
in the world. India exported Bulk Drugs/ Drug Intermediates worth ₹33,320 crore in the
financial year 2021-22.

12. University Grants Commission (UGC) has launched an online portal named ‘e-Samadhan’
to monitor and resolve all grievances of students and staff members in varsities.
• The portal will be the one-stop solution for all grievances; and all other existing portals and
helplines will be merged with it except for the anti-ragging helpline.
• The users can register their complaints on the portal by using their email id or by placing a
call on the toll-free number 1800-111-656.

13. During the 14th India-UAE Joint Commission meeting in Abu Dhabi, “Emirati India Cultural
Council” was set up to strengthen ties between the two countries and create opportunities for
cultural cooperation.
• The council will be administered by the International Cooperation of UAE and the Indian
Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).
• In 2019, ‘Zayed Gandhi Digital Museum’ was set up in Abu Dhabi for celebrating the
150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth.
• An MOU was signed between the Wildlife Institute of India and the International Fund
for Houbara Conservation for the conservation of the Great Indian Bustard and the Lesser
Florican.
• S Jaishankar visited the under-construction Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Abu Dhabi.

14. PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry has organized the “Education Summit 2022” in
New Delhi.
• A knowledge paper on ‘Health Insurance 2042’ was also released to shed light on the
challenges and opportunities in the sector.
• A conference with the same name as that of the paper was also organized in New Delhi.

15. Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired the 30th Southern Zonal Council meeting in
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

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16. Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare virtually inaugurated the ‘Swasth Sabal
Bharat’ Conclave in New Delhi.

17. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla unveiled a statue of Swami Vivekananda in Mexico.
• The bust of freedom fighter Dr Pandurang Khankhoje was also unveiled at Chapingo
University in Mexico.

18. Japan-based $170 million Drone Fund (DF) — one of the world’s largest dedicated VCs for
promoting unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) ecosystem — intends to invest up to $40 million in
Indian companies working in the sector.
• It has tied up with drone major Aerodyne India group to invest in the latter’s manufacturing
facilities and also to select other local firms.

19. German truck manufacturer Daimler India Commercial Vehicles has partnered with IIT-
Madras Incubation Cell to develop future mobility solutions.

20. Union Home Minister and Cooperation Shri Amit Shah inaugurated the 6th ‘All India Prison
Duty Meet-2022’ held in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

21. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has demonstrated a new technology with
Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (IAD).
• The IAD was designed and developed by ISRO’s Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC).

22. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has selected 75 tribal districts to make them TB-
free.

23. PM Narendra Modi has launched a new centrally sponsored scheme named PM SHRI
(Pradhan Mantri Schools For Rising India) scheme for the development and upgradation of
14,500 schools across the country, on the occasion of 50th National Teacher’s Day.
• The PM-SHRI schools will have a modern, transformational and holistic method of
imparting education.
• Under the scheme, ₹27,360 crore will be spent in five years up to 2026-27, of which 66%
will come from the central government.
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• The schools will be upgraded to meet the requirement of the National Education Policy,
2020.
• PM SHRI will act as “NEP labs”. The PM SHRI schools will also “offer mentorship” to
other schools in their vicinity.
• These schools will be equipped with modern infrastructure including labs, smart
classrooms, libraries, sports equipment, art room etc and shall also be developed as green
schools with water conservation, waste recycling, energy-efficient infrastructure and
integration of organic lifestyle in curriculum.
• President Droupadi Murmu has present the 2022 National Teacher’s Awards to 45
selected teachers.

24. University Grant Commission has launched new research fellowship and research grants
schemes on the occasion of Teachers Day.
Scholarship Scheme
Fellowship for Superannuated Faculty
Members
Research Grant for In-Service Faculty
Members
Dr DS Kothari Research Grant for Newly
Recruited Faculty Members
Dr Radhakrishnan UGC Post-Doctoral
Fellowship
Purpose
• To provide research opportunities to
retired teachers.
• The selected candidates will be given
Rs 50,000 per month as part of the
fellowship and Rs 50,000 per annum as
a contingency.
• To provide research opportunities to
regularly appointed faculty members
• Rs 10 lakh will be provided to 200
selected candidates for a tenure of two
years.
• To provide research opportunities to
regularly appointed faculty members.
• Rs 10 lakh will be provided to 132
selected candidates for a tenure of two
years.
• To carry out advanced studies and
research in Sciences, Engineering and

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Technology, Humanities and Social

Savitribai Jyotirao Phule Fellowship for Single
Girl Child
Sciences including languages in Indian
universities and institutions.
• To support single-girl children's
education and encourage research that
will result in the award of a PhD

25. ISRO Chairman S Somnath has announced that India is planning to design and build a new
reusable rocket for the global market that would significantly cut the cost of launching
satellites.
• The information was announced at the 7th ‘Bengaluru Space Expo 2022’.

26. IILM University has launched the first National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020)
Compliant Law School in the country.

27. The government has extended the tenure of the Company Law Committee, which was
constituted in 2019, by one year.
• Currently, the 11-member committee is chaired by corporate affairs secretary Tarun
Bajaj.
• Tasks of the committee - examining and making recommendations to the government on
various issues related to implementation of the Companies Act and Limited Liability
Partnership Act.

28. Nilambur (eco-tourism destination in Kerala), Thrissur (cultural capital of Kerala) and
Warangal (historic city of Telangana) have become the first cities from India to enter in the
UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (UNESCO GLC).
• The group of global cities also includes some of the most developed cities like Beijing,
Shanghai, Hamburg, Athens, Incheon, Bristol, and Dublin.
• The UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities is an international policy-oriented network
that paves way for the development and progress of other cities by sharing ideas and
innovations at a global platform.

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• The cities included in the list can benefit greatly from the exchange of ideas and solutions
for development with other cities.
• A total of 77 cities from 44 countries have joined the UNESCO GLC.

29. According to Ministry of Education, India has witnessed substantial reduction in pupil-
teacher ratio over the last 10 years.
• In Primary Schools, the pupil teacher ratio, which was at 43 in 2010-11, has come down
to 26.3 in 2020- 21.
• In Upper Primary schools, the pupil-teacher ratio has reduced from 33 in 2010-11 to
18.9 in 2020-21.
• The Pupil Teacher Ratio at different levels of education show availability of adequate
number of teachers for teaching children enrolled at different grade.
• This data has been sourced from UNESCO’s ‘No Teacher, No Class’ report (3rd edition).

30. Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has unveiled India's first
prototype of drone transportation of human organs to facilitate quick organ transplant in
hospitals.

31. International Space Conference has been organized on the side lines of 7th Bengaluru
Space Expo on the theme of 'Nurturing the NewSpace in India'.
• During the expo, India and Australia have signed six MOUs.

32. A new initiative called “Women in Engineering, Science, and Technology (WEST)” has
been launched under Indian Science Technology and Engineering facilities Map (I-STEM)
initiative.
• Through the WEST initiative, I-STEM shall provide a separate platform to scientifically
inclined women researchers, scientists, and technologists for pursuing research in basic or
applied sciences in frontier areas of science and engineering.
• In addition, a digital consortium named “Connect Quickly” has also been established
through the I-STEM WhatsApp and Telegram platforms for online discussion and
immediate support.

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33. Ministry of Cooperation has constituted a committee, under the chairmanship of former
Union Cabinet Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, for drafting the National Cooperation
Policy document.
• Total members – 47
• The existing national policy on cooperatives was formulated in 2002 for facilitating all-round
development of cooperatives.
• At present, India has around 8.5 lakh cooperative societies with a member base of around
29 crore.

34. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have
virtually unveiled Unit-I of the Maitree Super Thermal Power Project in Bangladesh.
• Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is on a visit to New Delhi.
• The project is being constructed by Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) for Bangladesh-
India Friendship Power Company Private Limited (BIFPCL).
• The Unit-II of this power plant, also known as the Rampal coal-fired power project, is
expected to get operationalized next year.
• A total of 7 agreements were signed.

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o MOU – Prasar Bharati and Bangladesh Television on cooperation in the field of

broadcasting
o An agreement on water sharing from the Kushiyara River (a distributary river in
Assam and Bangladesh)
o MOU – For Training of Bangladesh Railway Employees in the Training Institute of
Indian Railways
o MOU – For Collaboration in IT Systems such as FOIS and other IT applications for
Bangladesh Railway
• Bangladesh and India share an over 4,000 kilometre long international border. The five
states of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura and West Bengal share border with
Bangladesh.
• Rupsha Bridge in Bangladesh was inaugurated.
• Khulna-Darshana rail line and Parbatipur-Kaunia rail line – all the four towns are in
Bangladesh – were inaugurated.

35. Chief Justice of India, Justice Uday Umesh Lalit inaugurates NALSA’s Centre for Citizen
Services at Jaisalmer house, New Delhi.

36. Central government has set up a panel, under the chairmanship of former planning
commission member Kirit S Parikh, to review the methodology used by companies like ONGC
for deciding the prices of gas.
• The government wants to more than double the share of natural gas in the primary energy
basket to 15% by 2030 from the current 6.7%.

37. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has become the first Indian Defence Minister to visit
Mongolia.
• He was gifted a majestic horse (named as ‘Tejas’) by Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin
Khurelsukh.
• In 2015, Prime Minister Modi received a special gift a brown racehorse named as
‘Kanthaka’ from his then Mongolian counterpart Chimed Saikhanbileg during his visit.
• Mongolia is known as the land of the horse (as it home to more than 3 million horses), and
Mongols have a reputation for being the best horsemen on Earth.

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38. 14th edition of the CII Global MedTech Summit was organised in New Delhi on the theme of
“Seizing the Global Opportunity”.
• India’s medical industry has a growth potential of reaching $50 billion by 2025.
• India aims to occupy 10-12% of the global market share of medical devices to arrive at a
$100-300 billion valuation.

39. Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has launched an initiative -- SETU
(Supporting Entrepreneurs in Transformation and Upskilling) -- to connect startups in
India to US-based investors.
• SETU aims to encourage domestic incorporation and mentorship of early-stage Indian start-
ups by successful diaspora members in USA.
• The initiative would connect startups in India to US-based investors and startup ecosystem
leaders with mentorship and assistance in various areas, including funding, market access
and commercialisation.
• The interaction between the stakeholders will be supported through the mentorship portal
under the Startup India initiative MAARG (Mentorship, Advisory, Assistance, Resilience,
and Growth) programme, which is a single-stop solution finder for startups in India.

40. India and Australia organized ‘Dialogue with Group of Eight’, which is a research
collaboration between India and Australia at University House in Melbourne.

41. Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan participated in the G20’s 4th education working
group meeting in Bali, Indonesia.

42. PM inaugurates ‘Kartavya Path’ – a stretch of the Central Vista from the Rashtrapati Bhavan
to India Gate in New Delhi, which was earlier known as Rajpath.
• A 28-feet tall granite statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was also inaugurated at India
Gate in New Delhi.

43. ‘Kalam no Carnival’ Book Fair was organised by Navbharat Sahitya Mandir in
Ahmedabad.

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44. Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina confers Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Scholarship
on Indian students in New Delhi.

45. Union Minister of Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra
Pradhan has participated in the India Ideas Summit organised by the U.S-India Business
Council and the US Chamber of Commerce, International Affairs, South Asia.
• Theme – “Maximising the Next 75 years of U.S. – India Prosperity”
• President of U.S-India Business Council - Atul Keshap

46. Union Minister for Home and Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah addressed the two-day National
Conference of State Cooperation Ministers in New Delhi.
• At present, there are about 8.5 lakh cooperative units in the country.
• Contribution of the Cooperative Sector in India’s Economy –
o 20% of the total agricultural credit
o 35% of the fertilizer distribution
o 25% of fertilizer production
o 31% of sugar production
o More than 10% of milk production
o More than 13% procurement of wheat
o More than 20% of the procurement of paddy
o More than 21% of the fishermen's business
• At the conference, the Minister announced that the govt is going to set up a multistate
export house to enable cooperatives to brand and export items.
• A multi-state cooperative for the marketing and certification of organic products and seed
culture will be formed in the next 2 months.
• Currently, there are 65,000 active Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) and the
government has decided to establish 3 lakh PACS in the next 5 years.

47. Central Government has announced to set up 300 cargo terminals under the PM Gati Shakti
framework over next 4-5 years to reduce the logistics cost by a huge margin and attract more
cargo to railways.
• These terminals will reduce logistics cost by 2-3%.
• The logistics cost by road transport accounts for 17-18% of total GDP.
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• Road accidents and deaths have reduced by 50% before the end of 2024.

48. Union Cabinet has revised the long-term lease policy for the industrial use of the Railways’
land.
• The new policy will see the Railways’ land licensing fee coming down to 1.5%, from the
current 6% of the market value of the land.
• The lease period has been extended to 35 years from five years now.
• NITI Aayog had previously recommended that the Railway land leasing fee for containers
should be kept below 3%.

49. NITI Aayog, in collaboration with World Resources Institute (WRI), India, launched India’s
first national electric freight platform – e-FAST India (Electric-Freight Accelerator for
Sustainable Transport – India).
• The platform is supported by the World Economic Forum, CALSTART and RMI India.
• It will support innovative freight solutions to increase the use of electric vehicles.

50. Kibithu military station and road in Arunachal Pradesh has been named after India's first
Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat.
• The military station is located in Lohit Valley, eastern bank of the Lohit River.

51. An Empowered Committee, headed by NITI Aayog CEO Parmeswaran Iyer, has approved
incentives for mobile manufacturing under the PLI Scheme for ‘Large-Scale Electronics
Manufacturing’ sector.
• This was the first-ever disbursement under the PLI scheme.
• A total of 32 beneficiaries have been approved.

52. Union Minister Shri Hardeep Singh Puri has launched ‘Swachh Amrit Mahotsav’ –
fortnightly celebration – on the occasion of the 8th anniversary of Swachh Bharat Mission-
Urban.
• Dates – 17th Sept (Seva Diwas) to 2nd Oct (Swachhata Diwas)
• Focus – ‘Garbage Free Cities’
• Official Logo – ‘Swachh Amrit Mahotsav: Ek Aur Kadam Swachhata Ki Ore’

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• Indian Swachhata League – It is the first-edition of the inter-city competition where more
than 1,850 city teams are participating to create innovative solutions for making India-
Garbage Free.
• Activities during the Fortnight – Start-Up Challenge Forum, Toycathon- Making toys from
waste, Technology Exhibition, Swachh Seher Samvad and Swachh Bharat Diwas on 2nd
Oct.

53. President Droupadi Murmu has launched the Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan to
speed up the country’s fight against tuberculosis (TB) and achieve the target of eliminating
the disease by 2025.
• Under the program, additional patient support will be provided to improve treatment
outcomes of TB patients.
• The campaign will augment community involvement in meeting India’s commitment to end
TB by 2025 by pushing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities in this sector.
• Ni-kshay 2.0 portal was also launched to provide support to the TB patients.
• This innovative adoption campaign was conceptualised by Anandiben Patel, the governor
of Uttar Pradesh.

About TB –
• TB is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
• TB is spread from person to person through the air. When people with lung TB cough,
sneeze or spit, they propel the TB germs into the air.
• Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is a vaccine for TB disease.

TB Burden on India –
• India has the world's highest TB burden, with an estimated 26 lakh people contracting the
disease and approximately 4 lakh people dying from the disease every year.
• A total of 1.5 million people died from TB and an estimated 10 million people fell ill with
tuberculosis (TB) worldwide in 2020.

UN’s “End TB Strategy” –

• In 2018, the UN committed to end the TB epidemic globally by 2030. “End TB” Strategy
document of WHO is the source of the below-mentioned picture.
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India’s Initiatives to Eliminate TB –

• Ni-kshay Mitra Initiative: It is to ensure additional diagnostic, nutritional, and vocational
support to those on TB treatment.
o Ni-kshay Mitra are the Donors who adopt the health facilities to complement
government efforts.
o Ni-kshay Digital Portal was also launched to provide a platform for community
support for persons with TB.
o Nikshay Poshan Yojana – to provide financial support of Rs 500 to patients through
direct benefit transfer
• National TB Elimination Programme (2017-25) – to eliminate TB by 2025
• TB Harega Desh Jeetega Campaign – to improve and expand the reach of TB care
services across the country by 2022
• Ayushman Bharat Digital Health Mission – to use technology for creating digital health
IDs for TB patients for ensuring the availability of proper diagnostics and treatment

54. For the first time, Railways will develop a wheel plant to manufacture at least 80,000 wheels
every year for the high-speed trains in India.

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• This plant will be developed by private players.

55. Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav inaugurated the
first National Conference on Sustainable Coastal Management in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
• Organizers - Green Climate Fund-supported project – Enhancing Climate Resilience of
India’s Coastal Communities
• Themes - coastal and marine biodiversity, climate mitigation and adaptation and coastal
pollution
• A programme on Enhancing Climate Resilience of Coastal Communities is being
implemented in partnership with UNDP in the states of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and
Tamil Nadu for sustainable coastal management and planning.
o The initiative is supported by the Green Climate Fund (GCF).
o Green Climate Fund is a fund established within the framework of the UNFCCC in
2010 in Incheon, South Korea for mobilising funds to developing countries.

56. The first-of-its-kind Centre-State Science Conclave was organized at Science City,
Ahmedabad.
• It will include sessions on different thematic areas including –
o STI Vision 2047;
o Future Growth Pathways and Vision for STI in States;
o Health - Digital Health Care for All;
o Doubling Private Sector investment in R&D by 2030;
o Agriculture - Technological interventions for improving farmers' income;
o Water - Innovation for producing potable drinking water;
o Energy- Clean Energy for All including S&T role in Hydrogen mission;
o Deep Ocean Mission and its relevance for Coastal States/UTs as well as country's
future economy
• Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State for Science and Technology, has launched
dashboards to enable the sharing of the best technology practices among the centre and
the states.
• The states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab and Haryana were taken up for this latest heli-
borne survey.

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57. Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) has launched Studentship
Program for Ayurveda Research Ken (SPARK) for Ayurveda students

58. The second anniversary of Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) was
celebrated.
• The event witnessed the launch of Booklet on PMMSY & its achievements, Matsya
Sampada: 3rd edition of DoF Newsletter, Tilapia Action Plan as a part of Export
Diversification, Scampi Action Plan, National Seed Plan: 2022-2025 etc.
• The main motto of PMMSY is ‘Reform, Perform and Transform’ in the fisheries sector.
• Progress made by PMMSY –
o Fisheries growth rate – 14.3% between FY20 to FY22
o Fish Production – 141.64 lakh tons during 2019-20 to 161.87 lakh tons (provisional)
during 2021-22
o Exports – 13.64 lakh tonnes worth Rs 57,587 crores (USD 7.76 bn)
§ Major Export Product – shrimps
§ At present, India is exporting to 123 countries.
o In 2019, 74% of fish production was contributed by inland fisheries and the rest 26%
by marine fisheries.

59. International Conference on Green Ship Recycling & Vehicle Scrapping was organized at
Gandhinagar, Gujarat to showcase the status of the ship recycling industry in Alang port.
• Organizers - Ministry of Shipping, Ports and Waterways, Gujarat Maritime Board, and
FICCI

60. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has addressed the Indian Army Logistics Seminar in New
Delhi.

61. International Dairy Federation’s (IDF) World Dairy Summit 2022 was organized in Greater
Noida on the theme of ‘Dairy for Nutrition and Livelihood’.
• PM Narendra Modi announced that foot and mouth disease vaccination will be provided
to all dairy animals by 2025.
• India is developing technologies for biometric authentication of the dairy animals namely
Pashu-Aadhaar to enhance the production in the dairy sector.
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• India is also developing an indigenous vaccine for the lumpy disease.

• IDF’s HQ – Brussels, Belgium

62. Government's health spending as a percentage of GDP fell from 1.35% in 2017-18 to
1.28%.
• Share of Central Govt’s Spending – 34.3% in 2018-19 (from 40.8% in 2017-18)
• Share of State Govt’s Spending – 65.7% in 2018-19 (from 59.2% in 2017-18)
• Out-of-pocket spending as a percentage of total health spending – 48.2%
o Out-of-pocket expenses are expenses incurred directly by households at the time of
receiving healthcare. This reflects the level of financial protection available to
families for medical costs.
• Total health expenditure in 2018-19 – 3.2% of GDP
• Total Health Expenditure Per Capita – Rs 4,470 in 2018-19, up from Rs 4,297 in 2017-
18, and Rs 3,638 in 2013-14
• The social safety net for healthcare expenditure (i.e., insurance and welfare schemes)
increased from 6% in 2013-14 to 9.6% in 2018-19.

What is Health Expenditure?

• Health expenditure includes current and capital expenditures incurred by the government
and private sectors, as well as external funds.
• As a percentage of the GDP, it indicates the spending on health care relative to a country's
economic development.

63. IIT-Madras has become the first Indian institute to join the IBM Quantum Network, having
over 180-member network.
• As a member of the network, IIT-Madras will get cloud-based access to IBM’s advanced
quantum computing systems and quantum expertise to explore practical applications
and advance quantum computing skills development and research in India.
• IIT-Madras’ Centre for Quantum Information, Communication and Computing will
undertake the exploration work for quantum computing.
• Last year, IIT-Madras joined IBM’s Quantum Education Program to provide its students
and faculty access to IBM quantum learning resources, quantum tools, and quantum
systems for education and research purpose.
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64. US Department of Commerce will lead an education trade mission to three Indian cities –
Mumbai, Bengaluru and New Delhi – to explore partnerships with the Indian education sector.
• The theme of this mission is to identify and promote opportunities for collaboration between
Indian and American institutes of higher education.

65. Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal has
launched the first-of-its-kind ferry named Voyage Express, which generates solar power also.
• The ferry reduces the travelling time between Saurashtra and South Gujarat by 70%.
• It is 134 meters long and can carry 50 trucks, 25 light commercial trucks, 70 cars, 50 two
wheelers along with 600 passengers.
• The Deendayal Port Authority, under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways
(MoPSW), has also developed a new State-of-the-Art Ro-Ro terminal at Hazira in Surat.

66. Union Minister of State (IC) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge)
Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and
Space, Dr Jitendra Singh launched the website, www.pgportal.govlin/scdpm22 (aka
"Swachhata" Portal).
• The Government of India has announced Special Campaign 2.0 from 2nd October to 31st
October, 2022 with a focus on Swachhata and Reducing Pendency in Government.

67. India has assumed the Presidency of G20 for one year with effect from Dec 1, 2022.

68. Ministry of Finance has set up a six-member committee, under the chairmanship of former
SEBI chairman M Damodaran, to suggest ways for scaling up of Venture Capital/Private
Equity investments in India.

69. Revised National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) 2022 has been released by the Health
Minister Mansukh Mandaviya.
• Now, a total of 384 drugs are placed on the list. The medicines have been categorised into
27 therapeutic categories.
• 34 new drugs have been added, whereas 26 from the previous list have been dropped.

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• The National List of Essential Medicines was first compiled in 1996 and it was revised thrice
earlier in 2003, 2011, and 2015.

About the NLEM –

• It is released by National Pharmaceuticals Pricing Authority (NPPA) for fixing a ceiling
on the prices of essential medicines so that they are affordable and widely available to
everyone.
• NLEM also ensures the maintenance of quality standards and affordability of the essential
drugs.
• NPPA also promulgates the Drug (Prices Control) Order, 1995 under the Essential
Commodities Act, 1955 for regulating the prices of essential medicines.
• With effect from April 1, 2020, all medical devices are treated as drugs and regulated under
the Drug (Prices Control) Order, 1995 by NPPA for price and quality standards.
• Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) is the Central Drug Authority
for discharging functions assigned to the Central Government under the Drugs and
Cosmetics Act, 1940.

70. Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) has committed to
adopting 100,000 TB Patients under the Tuberculosis Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan.
• The scheme aims to bring together all community stakeholders to accelerate the country’s
progress towards TB elimination.
• FICCI has committed to adopt 1 lakh TB patients through the collective capability of FICCI
members and support the government by becoming Ni-kshay Mitras.

71. The first inter-modal digital TIR-based pilot transport was flagged off from India to Iran
through the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) corridor from Nhava
Sheva (Jawaharlal Nehru Port), Mumbai.
• The INSTC is India's vision and initiative to reduce the time taken for EXIM shipments to
reach Russia and Europe, and enter the Central Asian markets.
• The TIR (Transports Internationaux Routiers' or International Road Transports) system
plays an important role in facilitating cross-border trade for improving the regional trade.
• It helps in facilitation of trade and transport, preventing delays in border crossing operations
by minimising the formalities, which decreases the transportation costs.
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72. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the United Nations Development
Programme and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) have been implementing the
Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme since 7 years.
• The programme provides financial and technical support to projects that conserve and
restore the environment while enhancing the lives of local communities.

73. MeitY Startup Hub (MSH) and Meta have launched an accelerator programme for the XR
technology startups across India.
• This initiative, XR (means Extended reality) Startup Program focuses on start-ups working
in the field of emerging technologies, including Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual
Reality (VR) in the country.
• The Accelerator Program will support 40 early-stage start-ups working in XR technologies
with a grant of Rs 20 lakhs each.
• The XR Startup Program is supported by Meta’s XR Programs and Research Fund worth
$50 million.
• Implementing Agencies –
o International Institute of Information Technology – Hyderabad Foundation
o AIC SMU Technology Business Incubation Foundation (AIC-SMUTBI), Sikkim
o Gujarat University Startup and Entrepreneurship Council (GUSEC), Ahmedabad
o Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT), IIT Delhi

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74. Union Health Minister has announced to launch the Raktdaan Amrit Mahotsav – a
nationwide voluntary blood donation drive from 17th September to 1st October.
• 1st October is observed as the National Voluntary Blood Donation Day.
• Union Health Ministry has also launched the E-Rakt Kosh portal where donors can register
for blood donation, starting from September 17 onwards. Another option is Arogya Setu
App registration where donors can register.

75. Union Cabinet has approved the proposal of Ministry of Tribal Affairs for the inclusion of
tribes from Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Uttar Pradesh in the
Scheduled Tribes (ST) category.
• Hattee community of Himachal Pradesh’s Sirmaur district
• ‘Gonds’ along with its five sub-castes in the Bhadohi (earlier Sant Ravidas Nagar) District of
Uttar Pradesh
• ‘Narikoravan along with the Kurivikkaran’ community from Tamil Nadu
• ‘Betta-Kuruba’ community from Karnataka
• 12 caste communities of Chhattisgarh were included in ST

76. The Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park (PNHZP) in West Bengal's Darjeeling has
been adjudged the best zoo in the country.
• Arignar Anna Zoological Park in Chennai has secured the second position, followed by the
Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens in Mysore, Karnataka, and Kolkata's Alipore
Zoological Garden.
• The data was released by the Central Zoo Authority.

77. Union Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Minister Narayan Rane chaired the
18th meeting of the National Board of MSME.
• During the meeting, he launched a dedicated portal to promote micro, small and medium
enterprises in the North-East Region (NER) and Sikkim.
• Also, the integration of Udyam and National Career Service was announced for providing
job opportunities to the aspiring youth in the MSME sector.
• An MOU was signed between the Ministry of MSME and Common Service Centre for
Udyam Registration Portal.

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78. NITI Aayog has hosted the first anniversary of Shoonya Campaign, which was launched in
2021 to promote zero-pollution delivery vehicles by working with consumers and industry.
• The campaign aims to accelerate adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) in the urban deliveries
segment and create consumer awareness about the benefits of zero-pollution delivery.

79. Election Commission of India has launched a first-of-its-kind ‘BLO e-Patrika’ interactive
session with the Booth Level Officers at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
• January 25 – National Voters’ Day

80. National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) will be providing access to
all State Commissions for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCRs) on the e-Baal Nidan
portal.
• The Commission, to fulfil its mandate and functions under Section 13 of the CPCR Act,
2005 developed an online complaint mechanism 'E-BaalNidan' (www.ebaalnidan.nic.in)
in 2015.
• It is an online portal, wherein any person can register a complaint reporting any violation
committed against a child and after such registration, the complainant will get a complaint
registration number.

81. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has inaugurated Ramakrishna Mission’s
‘Awakening ’ programme for students of classes 1 to 5.
• This ‘Awakening’ programme is an initiative towards ensuring overall personality
development of a child in line with the philosophy of National Education Policy (NEP), 2020.
• While implementing NEP 2020, there must be an emphasis on creating value-based
educational programmes for classes 9 to 12, in addition to those in classes 1-8.
• CBSE will institute an advisory framework for encouraging value-based education in all
schools from Bal Vatika to Class XII for creating a talent pool ready for challenges of life
and committed to national progress and global welfare.
• Ramakrishna Paramahansa was an Indian Hindu mystic and religious leader who lived in
the 19th century Bengal.

82. Renewable Energy (India) Expo will take place from September 28-30, 2022 at India Expo
Centre, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
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• The Indian Biogas Association (Chair: Gaurav Kedia), an industry association comprising
operators, manufacturers, and planners of biogas plants, will organize the expo.
• The bio-energy pavilion is supported by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, NITI
Aayog, Punjab and Maharashtra Energy Development Agency.
• Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) is a government
initiative taken up to extract economic value from bio-mass waste in the form of CBG and
bio-manure.

83. The second edition of the 2+2 meeting between India and Japan’s foreign and defence
ministers has concluded in Tokyo.
• India and Japan are celebrating 70th anniversary of their diplomatic relations.
• India and Japan are collaborating on various international platforms –
o Quad
o ASEAN+6 (China, India, Japan, S Korea, Australia and New Zealand)
o ReCAAP
o Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (Supply Chain Resilience Initiative)
• Both nations decided to conduct a fighter exercise between the Air Forces soon.
o Bilateral exercises – Dharma Guardian (army), Malabar and JIMEX (navy)
o In March 2022, Japan has also participated in the MILAN 2022 (a multilateral
exercise hosted by the Indian Navy).
§ Theme of MILAN – Camaraderie – Cohesion – Collaboration

About ReCAAP –
• Full Form – Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery
against Ships in Asia
• Year of Enforcement – 2006
• Members – 21 countries
• Purpose – to promote and enhance cooperation against piracy and armed robbery against
ships in Asia.
• ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre was established in Singapore in 2006.

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84. The 9th National Level Exhibition and Project Competition (NLEPC) of INSPIRE Awards –
MANAK was conducted at ITPO, Delhi, on 14 September 2022, where the exhibits of 556
students from schools across the country were displayed.
• Top 60 start-ups and over 53,000 students have been selected in this competition for the
award.
• Dr Jitendra Singh, Hon'ble Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of
Science and Technology & Earth Sciences presented the awards to the students.
• The NLEPC is an important milestone under the annual INSPIRE Awards – MANAK
(Million Minds Augmenting National Aspiration and Knowledge), a flagship scheme
jointly implemented by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the National
Innovation Foundation (NIF), an autonomous body of the DST, to motivate students in
studying in classes 6 to 10.
• INSPIRE scheme – 'Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research'

85. Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has decided to adopt over 35,000 tuberculosis (TB)
patients by providing nutritional support under the Ni-kshay Mitra program.

86. Ministry of Textiles has cleared 23 strategic research projects worth around Rs 60 crores
in the areas of specialty fibres, sustainable textiles, geotextiles, mobiltech (automotive textiles)
and sports textiles.

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• Among these 23 Research projects, 12 Projects of Speciality Fibres have application in

Agriculture, Smart Textiles, and Healthcare.

87. Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has launched the “Swachchta Pakhwada”
(cleanliness drive) from Sept 16 to Oct 2.
• The focus of the drive is ‘Seva, Sushashan, and Gareeb Kalyan’.

88. World’s Largest Museum on Harappan Culture is being developed in Rakhigarhi, Hisar
district, Haryana.
• Rakhigarhi is considered as one of the biggest Harappan civilisation site.
• The village is also a famous archaeological site from the Indus Valley civilisation period.

89. The 2nd edition of ANGAN 2022 (Augmenting Nature by Green Affordable New-habitat)
international conference will be organised by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), in
collaboration with Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation (SDC) under the Indo-
Swiss Building Energy Efficiency Project (BEEP).
• Title of the conference - “Making the Zero-Carbon Transition in Buildings”

90. Ministry of MSME has inaugurated 72 Units assisted under Prime Minister's Employment
Generation Programme (PMEGP).
• Margin Money Subsidy was disbursed to 720 PMEGP beneficiaries.

91. PM Narendra Modi has released the National Logistics Policy 2022 to reduce the logistic
cost in India to 8% of GDP, in the next 5 years, as opposed to the current 14-15%.
• Shri Modi pointed out that the total capacity of Indian ports has increased significantly
and the average turn-around time of container vessels has come down from 44 hours to
26 hours.
• For promoting export, 40 air cargo terminals have been constructed. 30 airports have
been provided cold-storage facilities. 35 multimodal hubs are coming up in the country.
• Drone transportation is likely to emerge as a significant logistics mode.

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92. US Agency for International Development and UNICEF have launched Doordarshan and
YouTube series titled ‘Door Se Namaste’ to promote healthy behaviours in a post-pandemic
world.

93. The Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices Bureau of India (PMBI) has included new variants
of Sitagliptin (diabetes drug) and its combination across its Jan Aushdhi Kendras.

94. Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Anupriya Patel attended the 10th East Asia
Summit Economic Ministers' Meeting in Siem Reap City, Cambodia.
• Participants – ASEAN countries and 8 partner countries viz. Australia, China, India, Japan,
New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation and the USA

95. National Conference of Tourism Ministers of States & UTs was held in Dharamshala,
Himachal Pradesh.

96. A total of nine District Disability Rehabilitation Centres (DDRCs) were inaugurated across
the country by Dr Virendra Kumar, Union Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment.

97. Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh will lead the Joint Indian Ministerial Delegation of Power, New
and Renewable Energy and Science and Technology to USA to participate in the Global
Clean Energy Action Forum, which will be held from Sept 21-23 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania,
USA.

98. The Indian Railways will launch the ‘Vande Bharat 2’ - an upgraded version of the Vande
Bharat train or train-18 - to offer improved and better railway facilities to passengers.

99. Central govt will set up a national commission to study the social, economic and educational
status of members of Scheduled Castes who converted to religions other than Hinduism,
Buddhism and Sikhism.
• Reason - several petitions are currently pending before the Supreme Court seeking SC
reservation benefits for Dalits who have converted to Christianity or Islam

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100. Union Ministry of Power has proposed to create Market-Based Economic Dispatch
(MBED) mechanism for dispatching power.
• Purpose – for centralised scheduling of the annual electricity consumption of inter- and
intra-state
• The annual electricity consumption of around 1,400 billion units will be scheduled for
dispatch.
• This will mark a clear shift from a decentralised model followed now.
• MBED is in line with the Centre’s ‘One Nation, One Grid, One Frequency, One Price’
formula.

101. India aims to have a 200,000-km national highway network by FY25.

• This requires building 20,000 kms of national highways every year for the next three years.
• The target includes 34,800 km of Bharatamala highways to improve connectivity of
national highways as well.
• The NHAI also aims to build greenfield expressways of about 8,000 km over the next three
years.
• In her FY23 budget speech, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman pledged to add 25,000 km
to the national highway network in FY23.

102. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has arrived in Washington to attend the 77th
Session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

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103. In July 2022, the Central Govt had launched the “Eco Mitram” mobile app to spread
awareness about the “Swachh Sagar, Surakshit Sagar” campaign and also for the common
people for voluntary registration for the beach cleaning activity on 17th September 2022.
• Through this campaign, a mass behavioural change among the masses is intended by
raising awareness about how plastic usage is destroying the marine life.
• “Swachh Sagar, Surakshit Sagar”, a 75-day long campaign, started in July 2022 to end
on September 17 (International Coastal Clean-up Day).
• The birth anniversary of PM Narendra Modi on September 17 was celebrated as the
‘Sewa Diwas’.

104. A total of 76 start-ups have been onboarded under the ‘India Water Pitch-Pilot-Scale
Start-Up Challenge’ by the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs.
• The shortlisted start-ups will be provided financial support of up to ₹20 lakh each to work in
the fields of water supply, used water management, water body rejuvenation and ground
water management etc.
• A challenge was launched by the Ministry in March 2022 to shortlist the start-ups for this
initiative. The challenge was launched under AMRUT 2.0 Mission.
• The Ministry has also launched a Toolkit for ‘Pey Jal Survekshan’ in 485 cities.
o Pey Jal Survekshan, under the Jal Jeevan Mission, will assess cities with respect
to the quality of water and the quality of water delivery to the citizens, along with
sewerage, septage management, grievance redressal, water body conservation,
ground water management etc.
• Urban Waterbody Information System (UWaIS) portal was also launched with help from
National Remote Sensing Centre, Hyderabad to provide satellite images of water bodies
to various cities to plan their rejuvenation.
o 219 cities have been handed over UWaIS data of water bodies during the event.

105. India’s longest river cruise service will begin between Varanasi and Bogibeel (Assam)
in 2023.
• The service will be covering a distance of more than 4,000 kms through Ganga, Indo-
Bangladesh Protocol Route (IBPR), and Brahmaputra.
• Under the plan, two floating jetties at Bogibeel in Dibrugarh district and Guijan in Tinsukia
district will be constructed.
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106. Union Minister for Education and Skill Development Dharmendra Pradhan has
launched the SCALE (Skill Certification Assessment for Leather Employees) app to
provide a one-stop solution for the skilling, learning, assessment, and employment needs
of the leather industry.
• Developer - Leather Skill Sector Council

107. Leeds-2022 conference has been organized by Federation of Indian Chambers of

Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in New Delhi
• India has emerged as the second largest food producer in the world and its agricultural
exports crossed the Rs 4 lakh crore mark.
• Central government is committed to invest more than Rs 70,000 crore in the fisheries sector
by the year 2024-25 under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana.

108. Minister of Civil Aviation has announced that over 90 airports in the country will be
carbon-neutral by 2024.
• The number of airports will increase to 220 in the next five years.

109. Israel embassy in India launched a special project “Saaras", in collaboration with Khushii
Foundation, to promote women empowerment, menstrual hygiene and awareness in Arthala,
Ghaziabad.
• Under the project, a centre has been established by MASHAV- the Agency for International
Development Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel, to produce eco-
friendly cost-effective sanitary napkins.
• The sanitary pad, Saaras, is an innovative product for rash free periods at a very affordable
price.
• Ambassador of Israel to India – Naor Gilon

110. Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) is implementing the
International Cooperation (IC) Scheme for the tenure of FY22 to FY26.
• Purpose – to build capacity of MSMEs for entering the export market by facilitating their
participation in international exhibitions, fairs, conferences, seminars, and buyer-seller
meets abroad
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• The scheme has three components –

o Market Development Assistance (MDA)
o Capacity Building of First Time Exporters (CBFTE)
o Framework for International Market Intelligence Dissemination (IMID)

111. Union Tourism and Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy has announced a special tourist
train to cover the “Ambedkar Circuit” or Panchteerth.
• The modalities — such as the date of journey, ticket price, number of passengers —are still
in the works.
• The circuit will be developed under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme.
• Panchteerth would include –
o Janma Bhoomi, Ambedkar’s birthplace in Madhya Pradesh’s Mhow;
o Shiksha Bhoomi, the place in London where he stayed while studying in the UK;
o Deeksha Bhoomi in Nagpur where he embraced Buddhism;
o Mahaparinirvan Bhoomi or the place of his demise in Delhi; and
o Chaitya Bhoomi, the place of his cremation, in Mumbai

About the Swadesh Darshan Scheme –

• Swadesh Darshan, a Central Sector Scheme, was launched in 2014 -15 for integrated
development of theme based tourist circuits in the country.

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• This scheme is envisioned to synergise with other schemes like Swachh Bharat Abhiyan,
Skill India, Make in India etc.
• The government had identified 15 tourist circuits under the Swadesh Darshan scheme in
2014-15.
1. Ramayana 2. Buddhist 3. Coastal
4. Desert 5. Eco 6. Heritage
7. North East 8. Himalayan 9. Sufi
10. Krishna 11. Rural 12. Tribal
13. Tirthankar 14. Wildlife 15. Spiritual

112. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has received a copy of the Braille version of Assamese
Dictionary Hemkosh from Jayanta Baruah in New Delhi.

113. Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Thakur has launched a capacity building
training programme for 14,000 youth volunteers of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan.
• The training programmes will help the youth to upskill their knowledge base thereby
preparing them for industry needs.
• It will also help in creating world’s largest skilled workforce.

114. Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Food Processing Industries have launched a
joint convergence portal for different schemes run by both the ministries.
• The portal will provide convergence between Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF),
Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME)
scheme and Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY).
• Ministry of Agriculture is implementing the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF). Ministry
of Food Processing Industries is implementing the PMFME and PMKSY schemes.

115. Union Cabinet has approved changes in the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme
for manufacturing of semiconductor and display manufacturing ecosystem.
• Under the scheme, the government has increased the financial support up to 50% of
project cost for setting up various plants and semiconductor or other manufacturing units.

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• The incentives are planned to be offered to companies over 6 years and expected to attract
investments worth ₹1.77 trillion.

116. Central government has constituted a high-level committee, under the chairmanship of
Dr VK Paul, NITI Aayog member (health), to create a legal mechanism to address the issue
of pharmaceutical companies giving inducements for promoting their drugs and products.
• The company will create Uniform Code of Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices
(UCPMP).

117. Ministry of Commerce and Industry has set up a separate Export Promotion Council
(EPC) for the medical devices sector under the administrative control of the Department of
Pharmaceuticals to help exporters in promoting their products in international markets.
• India currently exports Rs. 23,766 crore (2021-22) of medical devices up from previous year
Rs 19,736 crore.
• The council can help in exploiting the huge export and investment potential of over Rs.
80,000 Cr for manufacturing medical devices in India to fulfil its ambition of becoming a part
of the top 5 preferred supplier base of medical devices worldwide.

118. Union Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
(MNRE) for launching the second tranche of the ‘production-linked incentive’ (PLI)
scheme for solar equipment manufacturing worth Rs 19,500 crore.
• This is part of ‘National programme on High Efficiency Solar PV Modules’ for achieving
manufacturing capacity of giga watt (Gw) scale in high efficiency solar photovoltaic (PV)
modules.
• It is estimated that close to 65 GW of annual manufacturing capacity of fully and partially
integrated solar PV modules would be installed through this scheme.
• The scheme will bring direct investment of around Rs 94,000 crore, create direct
employment for 195,000 people and indirect employment for about 780,000 people.
• The nodal agency for the second tranche of bidding is Solar Energy Corporation of India
(SECI).
• Close to 80% of India’s solar power capacity is built on imported solar equipment.
• Progress of the first tranche of PLI for Solar Equipment –
o Rs 4,500 Quantum of first tranche
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o 50 Gw of bids against RfP of 10 Gw

o The winners were Reliance New Energy Solar, Adani Infrastructure and Shirdi Sai.

119. The draft of the Indian Telecommunications Bill, 2022 has been introduced by the
Department of Telecommunications for merging the Indian Telegraph Act 1885, Indian
Wireless Telegraphy Act 1933, and The Telegraph Wires, (Unlawful Protection) Act 1950.

120. Agni Tattva - Energy for LiFE, an initiative under the umbrella campaign of Sumangalam,
has been launched at Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Delhi.
• Power Foundation of India and Vijnana Bharati (VIBHA) organised events to create
awareness of the core concept of Agni Tattva, an element that is synonymous with energy
and is amongst the five elements of Panchmahabhoot.
• The idea of LiFE-Lifestyle for the Environment was introduced by Hon’ble Prime Minister
Shri Narendra Modi during the 26th COP of United Nations Climate Change Conference
in Glasgow in 2021.
• Power Foundation of India is a society formed under the aegis of Ministry of Power.

121. United Nation Environment Program (UNEP) has signed an MOU with National Cadet
Corps (NCC) to tackle the problem of plastic waste on beaches through Puneet Sagar
Abhiyan and Tide Turners Plastic Challenge Program.
• The tide turners program is UNEP's global program for tackling plastic waste on beaches.
• Puneet Sagar Abhiyan was initiated by NCC to clean India's coasts.

122. The 25th edition of the Globoil summit was organised by Tefla's in Agra, Uttar Pradesh.
• During the summit, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal created the Asian
Palm Oil Alliance.
• All of the above mentioned countries are the major importers of palm oil in Asia.
• Purpose - two facilitate smooth trade between palm oil producers and consumers
• Atul Chaturvedi has been appointed as the 1st chairman of this alliance.
• The alliance will be managed by the Solvent Extractors Association of India in its initial
years.
• The next meeting of the alliance will be held in Indonesia in 2023.

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123. Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the National Conference of
Environment Ministers in Ekta Nagar, Gujarat.
• Six themes (focused on LiFE initiative) were addressed at the conference, which are -
o Combating Climate Change (Updating State Action Plans on Climate Change for
Mitigation of Emissions and Adaptation to Climate Impacts)
o PARIVESH (Pro-Active and Responsive facilitation by Interactive and Virtuous
Environment Single-window Hub) – Launched in 2018; Single Window System for
Integrated Green Clearances for reducing time taken for granting clearances
o Forestry Management
o Prevention and Control of Pollution
o Wildlife Management
o Plastics and Waste Management
• The guidelines on ‘Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan - Ranking of Cities has been released
under National Clean Air Programme (NCAP).
• It promotes the ranking of 131 cities in the country for implementing City Action Plans
under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) for reducing air pollution up to 40% by
2025-26.
• The cities will be divided into three groups -
o 1st category - 47 cities having a population more than 10 lakh
o 2nd category - 44 cities having a population between 3 to 10 lakhs
o 3rd category - 40 cities having a population of less than 3 lakh
• Cities are required to do the self-assessment on the PRANA online portal.

124. Central Govt is planning to implement the PM PRANAM (Promotion of Alternate

Nutrients for Agriculture Management Yojana) to reduce the use of chemical fertilizers in
agriculture by incentivizing states.
• The scheme was announced during the National Conference on Agriculture for Rabi
Campaign 2022.
• The proposed scheme intends to reduce the subsidy burden on chemical fertilisers,
which is expected to increase to Rs 2.25 lakh crore in 2022-2023, which is 39% higher
than the previous year’s figure of Rs 1.62 lakh crore.

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• The scheme will not have a separate budget and will be financed by the “savings of existing
fertiliser subsidy”.
• Further, 50% subsidy savings will be passed on as a grant to the state that saves the
money.
• 70% of the grant provided under the scheme can be used for asset creation related to
technological adoption of alternate fertilisers and alternate fertiliser production units at
village, block and district levels.
• The remaining 30% grant money can be used for incentivising farmers, panchayats, farmer
producer organisations and self-help groups that are involved in the reduction of fertiliser
use and awareness generation.
• The government will compare a state’s increase or reduction in urea in a year, to its
average consumption of urea during the last three years. Data available on a fertiliser
Ministry dashboard, iFMS (Integrated fertilisers Management System), will be used for this
purpose.

Additional Facts –
• Central Govt has been providing a fixed rate of subsidy (in Rs per Kg basis) on Nitrogen
(N), Phosphate (P), Potash (K) and Sulphur (S) under the Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS)
Scheme, on an annual basis, since April 2010.
• In total, the govt provides subsidies on four fertilisers — Urea, DAP (Di-ammonium
Phosphate), MOP (Muriate of potash), NPKS (Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium and
Sulphur) — increased by 21% between 2017-2018 and 2021-2022, from 528.86 lakh metric
tonnes (LMT) to 640.27 LMT.

125. Sample Registration System (SRS) Statistical Report 2020 has been released by
Registrar General of India (RGI).
• India has been witnessing a progressive reduction in Infant mortality rate (IMR), Under-
five Mortality Rate (U5MR) and Neonatal Mortality Rate (NMR) since 2014 towards
achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets by 2030.
U5MR
• U5MR – 32 per 1000 live births in 2020 compared to 35 per 1000 live births in 2019
(8.6% reduction)

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o Rural Area U5MR - 36 per 1000 live births in 2020

o Urban Area U5MR - 21 per 1000 live births in 2020
o Male U5MR – 31 per 1000 live births in 2020
o Female U5MR - 33 per 1000 live births in 2020
o States with Highest decline – Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka (reduction by five
points each)
Infant mortality rate (IMR)
• IMR - 28 per 1000 live births in 2020 from 30 per 1000 live births in 2019 (6.7%
reduction)
• Urban Area IMR – 19 per 1000 live births in 2020
• Rural Area IMR – 31 per 1000 live births in 2020
• Male IMR - 28,
• Female IMR - 28
Neonatal mortality rate (NMR)
• NMR - 20 per 1000 live births in 2020 from 22 per 1000 live births in 2019 to (9.1%
reduction)
• Urban Area NMR – 12 per 1000 live births in 2020
• Rural Area NMR – 23 per 1000 live births in 2020
Performance of States
• Six States/ UT have already attained SDG target of NMR (<=12 by 2030): Kerala (4),
Delhi (9), Tamil Nadu (9), Maharashtra (11), Jammu & Kashmir (12) and Punjab (12)
• 11 States/UT have already attained SDGs target of U5MR (<=25 by 2030): Kerala (8),
Tamil Nadu (13), Delhi (14), Maharashtra (18), J&K (17), Karnataka (21), Punjab (22),
West Bengal (22), Telangana (23), Gujarat (24), and Himachal Pradesh (24)
Sex Ratio
• Overall – 907 (up from 904 in 2017-19)
• Urban Area - 910 (number of females per 1,000 males at birth)
• Rural Area – 907 (number of females per 1,000 males at birth)
• Best State - Kerala (974 number of females per 1,000 males at birth)
• Worst State - Uttarakhand (844 number of females per 1,000 males at birth)
Total Fertility Rate
• Overall – 2.0 in 2020 (from 2.1 in 2019)

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• Highest – Bihar (3)

• Lowest – Delhi, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal (1.4)
• Rural Area Total Fertility Rate – 2.2
• Urban Area Total Fertility Rate – 1.6
Crude Birth Rate
• Crude Birth Rate (CBR) at the National level – 19.5 in 2020
• Among the bigger States/UTs, the maximum CBR has been reported in Bihar (25.5) and
the minimum in Kerala (13.2).
Crude Death Rate
• Crude Death Rate (CDR) – 6.0 in 2020
• Maximum – Chhattisgarh (7.9)
• Minimum – Delhi (3.6)

126. Dr Jitendra Singh is leading a high-level Joint Indian Ministerial Delegation of Ministry of
Power, New & Renewable Energy and Ministry of Science & Technology at Global Clean
Energy Action Forum at Pittsburgh in the United States.
• Singh has announced the launch of the “Innovation Roadmap of the Mission Integrated
Biorefineries” developed in collaboration with Brazil, Canada, European Commission,
and the UK.
• India has established 5 Bioenergy Centers, where an interdisciplinary team is working on
advanced sustainable biofuels using modern biotechnology tools.

127. 10th India-Brazil-South Africa Dialogue Forum (IBSA) Trilateral Ministerial

Commission (ITMC) meeting took place in New York.
• The IBSA Fund is a special feature of IBSA collaboration.
• It has allocated over $44 million for supporting 39 South-South cooperation development
projects in 35 partner countries with the majority being Least Developed Countries.
• India is the incumbent IBSA Chair and will be hosting the 6th IBSA Summit on the
sidelines of the G20 Summit in November 2022.

128. Central government has accorded the status of a Maharatna company to REC Ltd (an
NBFC in energy sector).

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• Now, India has 12 Maharatna companies, 13 navratna, 74 miniratna companies.

129. Electronics Sector Skill Council of India (ESSCI) has signed an MOU with Samsung
India to empower the youth with industry-relevant skills in emerging technology domains to
enhance their employability under the 'Skill India' initiative.
• The programme, Samsung Innovation Campus, aims to upskill over 3,000 unemployed
youth from 18-25 years of age in future technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, the
Internet of Things, Big Data and Coding & Programming.
• Classroom and the online training will be given and complete their hands-on capstone
project work in their selected technology areas from among Artificial Intelligence, Internet of
Things, Big Data, and Coding & Programming.
• This program will be executed by ESSCI, the National Skill Development Corporation
(NSDC) approved entity, through its nationwide network of approved training and education
partners.

130. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has developed a microprocessor-

controlled knee (MPK) which is ten times cheaper against imported ones.

131. India will import its first flex-fuel vehicle, which can run on ethanol blended petrol and
battery next month from Brazil.
• The Flex Fuel Strong Hybrid Electric Vehicles (FFV-SHEV) will be used as a pilot to
assess its performance in terms of reduced carbon emissions.
• In Brazil, nearly 85% of the cars sold run on flex-fuel.

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132. India’s first and world’s third Forest University will be established in Telangana.
• The Forestry Universities Act 2022 was approved by the Telangana Assembly.
• This university will be created by expanding the existing Forestry College and Research
Institute (FCRI) in Hyderabad into a full-fledged university.
• Globally, it will be the third University of Forestry after Russia and China.

133. Vitamin Angels India has partnered with UNICEF India for Poshan Maah 2022
(September) to organize ground and digital outreach programmes across the country on
issues to build nutritional equity for mother and children.
• Both entities will launch the Poshan Innovation Platform (PIP) in January 2023 to combat
undernutrition in the country by providing the sandbox framework to companies for
developing and testing innovative ideas for enhancing nutritional status.

134. Central Govt has launched the Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital
Expenditure for 2022-23 (as announced in the Union Budget 2022-23).
• The Union Budget allocated Rs 1 lakh crore for the scheme.
• This time, the govt has allocated Rs 3000 crores for the states to undertake the expenditure
on Optical Fibre Cable infrastructure.
• The assistance is given as a 50-year interest-free loan.

135. Indian Railways is installing Real-Time Train Information System (RTIS) to automatically
track train movements in real-time.
• The RTIS was jointly developed by the Indian Railways and Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO).
• It is currently being executed by the Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS).

136. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has launched an operation named Megha Chakra
to curtail the Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM).

137. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has announced to launch the ‘Swachh
Toycathon' - a convergence between the National Action Plan for Toys (NAPT) 2020 and
SBM 2.0 - to explore solutions for use of waste in creation or manufacturing of toys.

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• NAPT was introduced to promote the Indian toy industry including traditional handicrafts
and handmade toys with the objective of establishing India as a global Toy hub.
• Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), along with 14
ministries of Central Government, is currently implementing various aspects of the NAPT.
• The second phase of Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM 2.0) was launched on 1st October
2021 to create ‘Garbage Free’ cities by 2026.
• The competition will be hosted on MyGov’s Innovate India portal.

138. ‘Make in India’ scheme – launched in 2014 – has completed 8 years.

• Progress made by the scheme -
o A total of 27 sectors impacted.
o FDI flows – increased from $45.15 billion in 2014-15 to $83.6 billion in 2021-22
o FDI investments from 101 countries across 31 UTs and States and 57 sectors in
the country.

139. Chandigarh airport has been named after Shaheed Bhagat Singh on his birth
anniversary that falls on September 28.

140. Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare will inaugurate
“Arogya Manthan 2022” to celebrate four years of implementation of Ayushman Bharat-
Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana and one year of implementation of Ayushman Bharat
Digital Mission (ABDM).
• ‘Ayushman Pakhwara' (fortnight celebration) will be organized from 15th to 30th September
2022.
• A Digi Health Expo will bring innovators from public and private sector exhibiting
innovative digital health solutions.
• NHA will also present the Ayushman Utkrishtata Puraskaar 2022 (Ayushman
Excellence Awards) to felicitate the top performing states, PMAMs (Pradhan Mantri
Arogya Mitra) and public hospitals under the AB PM-JAY and best performing states/ UTs,
districts, private & government health facilities and digital health solutions under ABDM.
Category Winners
Top Performing State/UT Andhra Pradesh
Top Performing District Parvathipuram Manyam, Andhra
Pradesh
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Top Performing Government Facility District Hospital Dharwad, Karnataka

Best Performing States
Best Performing UTs
ABDM Hackathon Series Round 1
Best private integrator with the highest
number of health records linked to
ABHA
Kerala, Meghalaya, Gujarat, Manipur,
Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh
and Madhya Pradesh
Chandigarh and J&K
Bajaj Finserv Health – Team Excalibur
Eka Care (Integrated healthcare
platform)

141. Ministry of Rural Development has developed “JALDOOT App” to capture the water
level of selected wells in a village.
• The Jaldoot app will enable Gram Rojgar Sahayak (GRS) to measure the water level of
selected wells twice a year (pre-monsoon and post-monsoon).

142. "One Week One Lab" theme-based campaign has been launched to showcase the
technological breakthroughs and innovations in each of the 37 CSIR
laboratories/institutes spread across the country.
• It was announced during the first-ever CSIR Leadership Meet attended by the Directors
and Head of Departments of all the 37 CSIR labs across the country.

143. The Central govt has provided Rs. 7,385 crores to 88 Alternative Investment Funds
(AIFs) from the Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS).
• The Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS) was launched under Startup India initiative in
2016 for mobilizing domestic capital in Indian startup ecosystem.
• The FFS has committed Rs. 11,206 crores in 720 startups.
• FFS was announced with a corpus of Rs 10,000 crores. The corpus is to be built up over
14th and 15th Finance Commission Cycles (FY 2016-2020 and FY 2021-2025) through
budgetary support by Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT),
Ministry of Commerce & Industry.
• Under FFS, support is extended to SEBI registered Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs),
which in turn invest in startups.
• Collectively, the AIFs supported by FFS have a target corpus of over Rs. 48,000 crores.

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144. Indian Oil Corporation has developed the indigenously-developed AVGAS 100 LL, a
special aviation fuel meant for piston engine aircrafts and unmanned ariel vehicles.

145. The International Solar Alliance (ISA) has set up a corporate advisory group, headed
by Pranav R Mehta, a domain expert.
• Mehta is the founder and chairman of the National Solar Energy Federation of India and
director of the Global Solar Council.
• India will host the 14th Clean Energy Ministerial in 2023.
• India’s bio-economy is expected to reach $150 billion by 2025.

146. For the first time, all the 23 IITs of the country will organize a mega Research &
Development Fair, named ‘IInvenTiv’, to be held at the IIT-Delhi on October 14-15, 2022.
• The event is aimed at creating holistic awareness around the research and innovation work
being done by the IITs.
• IInvenTiv is a mega fair on research and development that aims to promote innovation-led
growth and development of affordable technologies in line with the government’s flagship
initiatives like Make in India and Digital India.

147. Central Govt has set a new target of a 40% reduction in particulate matter
concentration in cities covered under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) by 2026.
• Earlier, the goal was 20-30% reduction by 2024.
• According to the Union Environment Ministry, 95 of the 131 non-attainment cities covered
under the NCAP have witnessed an "overall improvement" in PM10 levels in 2021 as
compared to 2017 levels.

148. 13th edition of FICCI Skill Summit was organized at New Delhi on the theme of
‘Education to Employability - Making it Happen’.
• The Summit would look from the National Education Policy’s perspective and focus on how
India can become the “Skill Capital of the World” keeping the UN Sustainable
Development Goal 4 (Quality Education) as an underpinning theme.

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149. Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Jabalpur circle, has found more than 100 remains
including largest Varha sculpture of 2nd century to 15th century in the core area of the
Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserves in Madhya Pradesh’s Umaria district.
• Twenty-six caves of the 2nd Century CE to the 5th century CE were found.

150. The central govt has extended the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY)
for another three months (October 2022-December 2022).
• Under the scheme, free grains at 5 kg per person per month for all the beneficiaries of
NFSA continue till December 2022.
• This is the 7th phase of the PMGKAY scheme, with an estimated corpus of Rs. 44,762
Crores. The total outgo of foodgrains in Phase VII is expected to be 122 Lakh Metric
Tonnes (LMT).
• The govt has spent Rs 3.45 lakh crore, so far, in six phases. Now, the overall expenditure
of PMGKAY will be about Rs. 3.91 lakh crores for all of the seven phases.
• The total allocation of food grain for phases I- VII is about 1121 LMT.
• Phases of the PMGKAY –
o Phase I and II (8 months): April’20 to Nov.’20
o Phase-III to V (11 months): May’21 to March’22
o Phase-VI (6 months): April’22 to Sept.’22

151. Union Cabinet has approved Indian Railways’ proposal for the redevelopment of three
major railway stations with an approximate total investment of nearly ₹10,000 crores –
• New Delhi Railway Station;
• Ahmedabad Railway Station; and
• Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) Mumbai

STATE NEWS
1. NHPC has signed an implementation agreement with the Government of Himachal
Pradesh for the development of the 500 MW Dugar Hydroelectric project located in Chamba
district.

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2. Uttarakhand has launched the “Mukhyamantri Udyman Khiladi Unnayan Yojana” on

National Sports Day (August 29).
• Under this scheme, the budding sportsperson will be given a scholarship of Rs 1500 per
month.

3. 50th All Manipur Shumang Leela Festival 2021-22 was organized at Iboyama Shumang
Leela Shanglen in Palace Compound, Imphal.

4. Alappuzha has become the fifth fully digital banking district in Kerala.
• Banking services in Thrissur, Kottayam, Palakkad and Kasaragod have already become
digital.

5. Uttarakhand Education Department has launched an e-governance portal -- "Samarth" –

to provide all administrative and educational updates including information about entrance
exams, salary structures, appointments from five state universities and 140 public schools.

6. Nagaland has got its second railway station after a gap of more than 100 years at
Shokhuvi.
• Dimapur Railway Station, the first railway station of the state, was inaugurated in 1903.
• Donyi Polo Express, which used to run daily between Guwahati in Assam and Naharlagun
in Arunachal Pradesh, has been extended to Shokhuvi Railway Station.

7. Maharashtra government will take a loan of Rs 4,000 crore from the Asian Development
Bank (ADB) for setting up medical colleges in 12 districts of the state.

8. Delhi has launched Delhi Model Virtual School, affiliated with Delhi Board of School
Education. It is claimed as India’s first virtual school.
• The Centre had launched the National Institute of Open Schooling in August 2021.

9. Assam Energy Development Agency (AEDA), in partnership with WRI India, has launched
an online, open source, interactive geo-spatial platform for the state, called Energy
Access Explorer (EAE).

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• Purpose – to assess the availability of energy at Assam’s health, education, and livelihood
infrastructures and take corrective actions to enhance the access

10. Meghalaya CM Conrad K Sangma has launched the "Rural Backyard Piggery Scheme"
under National Livestock Mission at Byrnihat in Ri-Bhoi district.
• Purpose - to ensure that the farmers earn a sustainable livelihood through different
livestock farming activities
• Under Rural Backyard Piggery Scheme - phase 1, the government will distribute four
high-yielding improved varieties of pigs to 6000 families at a cost of Rs 15.18 crore.
• Rs 25 crore will be spent in second phase of the programme.
• Under this scheme 4 piglets (3 female and 1 male piglet) will be distributed to farmers to
promote pig breeding to provide regular income to farmers.
• To make the state self-sufficient in pork, the government is implementing one of the largest
piggery development programmes the 'Meghalaya Piggery Mission'. Under the mission,
0% interest rate loans are provided for setting up piggery.

11. Nuakhai or Navakhai is an agricultural festival mainly observed by people of Western

Odisha and Southern Chhattisgarh.

12. Karnataka government has launched - the Global Startup Challenge – VentuRISE.
• VentuRISE will be a part of the Global Investors Meet - Invest Karnataka 2022, which will
be held from 2 - 4 November in Bengaluru.
• The global challenge will help entrepreneurs across the globe with a platform to showcase
their innovative products or solutions and connect with potential investors.

13. Central government will set up India’s first-ever ‘night sky sanctuary’ in Hanle village,
Ladakh region.
• The proposed Dark Sky Reserve will be located at Hanle village in Ladakh as a part of
Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary and will be one of the world’s highest-located sites for
optical, infra-red, and gamma-ray telescopes.
• A tripartite MOU was signed by the Union Territory administration, Ladakh
Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Leh and the Indian Institute of
Astrophysics (IIA) for launching the Dark Sky Reserve.
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14. London-based Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and Canadian NGO Children Believe
have jointly launched a ‘Generation Global Programme’ for schools and colleges in Andhra
Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
• The initiative was aimed at transforming the mindset of school and college students in the
age group of 13 to 17 years, and to make them ‘global citizens’.

15. Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel has inaugurated Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki as

the 29th district of the state.

16. India’s first 3D-printed Post Office, developed by L&T, will be established in Bengaluru.
• The project is being carried out in collaboration with IIT-Madras.

17. India’s First Bio Villages has established at Daspara in Tripura.

• Tripura government has set a target to set up total 100 Bio villages in the state.

18. Bharti Airtel has launched a pilot project in partnership with TP Northern Odisha
Distribution to offer bill payment solutions to more than two million registered customers of the
utility.

19. Uttar Pradesh has emerged as the top state in terms of the number of disposal and entry
of cases through the e-Prosecution portal under the Digital India Mission of the Ministry of
Electronics and IT.
• According to the government data, the number of disposal and entry of cases in UP through
the e-Prosecution portal stood at 9.12 million cases till August end.
• UP is followed by Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, and Chhattisgarh respectively.

20. Ministry of Electronics and IT has approved the development of an Electronics

Manufacturing Cluster in Pune at a cost of Rs 500 crores.

21. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone for various works worth Rs 3,800
crore at Goldfinch city and approved the New Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) for
Karnataka.
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• Karnataka is the second state in India after Goa to get CZMP

22. Odisha has approved the Community Harnessing and Harvesting Rainwater Artificially
from Terrace to Aquifer (CHHATA) scheme with an outlay of Rs 270 crore.
• Under the scheme, which has been conceptualized to address the increasing stress on
groundwater and to improve the depleting groundwater table, a target has been set to
harvest 373.52 crore litres of water in five years.
• The state government has targeted to spend Rs 51.75 crore in 2022-23 and Rs 54.56 crore
each in the remaining four year till 2026-27.

23. Ladakh will get India’s first geothermal power project to tap the potential of natural geysers
in the Puga area, 170 km east of Leh, in Changthang plains.
• The plant will be developed by ONGC.

24. Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin inaugurated the School of Excellence and Model School
scheme, which is based on Delhi’s model of schooling, in the presence of Delhi Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal.
• In the initial phase, 26 Schools of Excellence and 15 Model Schools are covered under the
scheme.
• 'Thagaisal Palligal' and 'Mathiri Palligal' are the official Tamil names for the SoE and Model
Schools.
• Under the scheme, all girl students who studied from classes 6 to 12 in government
schools would be paid Rs 1,000 per month directly into their bank account till the
uninterrupted completion of their undergraduate degree, diploma and ITI courses.

25. Rajasthan government has announced to launch the ‘Indira Gandhi Urban Employment
Guarantee Scheme’ to provide 100 days of employment to needy families in urban areas on
the lines of MGNREGA scheme.
• People from the age group of 18 to 60 are eligible for the scheme.
• The state government has allocated Rs 800 crore for the scheme.

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26. Meghalaya govt has launched a multi-purpose online portal -- Meghalaya Residents Safety
and Security Act (MRSSA) -- to ensure the safety and security of the residents, gathering
intelligence inputs and to better the process of delivery of government services.
• The state govt had introduced the Meghalaya Resident Safety and Security Act 2016 to
ensure and enhance security of the citizens of the state.

27. Delhi Police has become the first police force in the country to make collection of forensic
evidence mandatory in crimes punishable by more than six years.

28. Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has inaugurated India’s longest rubber dam named ‘Gayaji Dam’
on the Falgu river.
• He also inaugurated a steel foot over bridge over the Falgu river for the convenience of
visitors who visit during Pitripaksha Mela to pay homage to their ancestors.

29. Chhattisgarh has created two new districts named as Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur

and Sakti, taking the total number of districts in the state to 33.

30. Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel has launched the state’s first Cinematic Tourism Policy.
• Under the policy, MOUs worth ₹1,020 crore were signed for the development of film
infrastructure and film production.

31. Central government has fixed the total number of seats in the Municipal Corporation of
Delhi at 250 from the existing 272.
• In July, the Union Home Ministry had set up a three-member commission, chaired by Vijay
Dev (state election commissioner (Delhi), for carrying out a fresh delimitation of the
municipal wards in Delhi.

32. Jammu & Kashmir Police has launched an online Mobile application “JK Ecop” to facilitate
the common citizens to use a host of services.

33. Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel has launched Mukhyamantri Govansh Chikitsa Yojana
to deploy mobile veterinary units for providing better healthcare services to cattle.

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• This scheme is on the similar lines of 'Mukhyamantri Slum Swasthya Yojana' and
'Mukhyamantri Haat-Bazaar Clinic Yojana’ – which aim to provide basic health care
services to the people living in remote rural areas and in urban slum settlements.
• The state is also implementing the ‘Gaudhan Nyay Yojana’ to buy cow dung at Rs two a
kilo and cow urine at Rs four a litre.

34. Seiyhama village in Nagaland celebrated the first-ever Naga Mircha (King chilly) festival.
• The festival is sponsored by the Department of Horticulture.
• GI-tag products from Nagaland - Naga Mircha (King Chilli), Naga Tree Tomato,
Chakhesang shawls and Nagaland “sweet cucumber”

35. Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security of Karnataka government- ‘CySecK’ has signed an
MOU with Dell Technologies to create enhanced cyber security practices in the State.

36. Tamil Nadu has declared Nanjarayan Tank in Tiruppur district as its 17th bird sanctuary.

37. Indore has signed an MOU with the firm Pataa Navigations to implement a fully digital
addressing system, making it the first city in India to do so.
• The MoU is signed by Rajat Jain, co-founder of Pataa Navigations, and Rishav Gupta, CEO
of Indore Smart City.
• Pataa has developed patented technology for the system and is working with ISRO to
develop a digital addressing system for the nation.

38. Uttar Pradesh has topped in the implementation of Mission Amrit Sarovars by developing a
total of 8,462 Amrit Sarovars (lakes) in the state.
• Madhya Pradesh is ranked at the second position, followed by Jammu and Kashmir at
third, Rajasthan at fourth and Tamil Nadu at fifth positions.
• Within Uttar Pradesh, Lakhimpur Kheri has secured first position by constructing 256
Amrit Sarovars in the state.
• A total of 1.20 lakh Amrit Sarovars will be developed in the state, which is the highest in
the country.

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39. Maharashtra government has become the first state to digitise the process of property
registrations.
• The state govt has also launched a portal named “Self-Help” for the property registration.

40. Union Cabinet has approved the Value-Added Agriculture Mission (VAAM) of Kerala for
doubling farmers’ income in the state.
• The mission would focus on the production methods, technologies and marketing services
that would add value to primary agricultural produce and enhance their marketability.
• The VAAM will help identify profitable national/international markets for Kerala products by
focusing on procurement, standardisation, quality control, branding and labelling.

41. Tamil Nadu government has rolled out the ‘Chief Minister’s Breakfast Scheme’ for
government school students from classes 1 to 5.

42. Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren has approved a proposal for granting 77% reservation in state
government jobs for the members of the SC, ST, backward classes, OBC and economically
weaker sections.
• The state has also hiked the OBC reservation to 27% from the present 14%.

43. Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has announced that Odisha will get 5G service along
with other cities in the first phase of its launch.
• Around 13 cities are likely to get 5G telecom service across the country in the first phase.
• A 5G lab has also been developed at IIT-Madras.
• Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed that India is looking at developing
hydrogen-powered trains by 2023.

44. Manipur CM N Biren Singh has launched the ‘CM Da Haisi’ (meaning ‘Inform to CM’) web
portal to receive complaints and grievances from the general public.

45. Hyderabad State Liberation Day was celebrated on September 17.

46. Meghalaya has signed an MoU with the Tamil Nadu to support Meghalaya for recruitment and
training of medical professionals.
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• This is a first-of-its-kind medical partnership between the two Indian states for
collaboration on knowledge sharing, capacity building and improving health service
delivery.

47. West Bengal has approved a proposal for issuing a Letter of Intent to Adani Ports and
Special Economic Zone for development of a greenfield deep sea port at Tajpur at an
investment of Rs 25,000 crore.

48. Punjab govt has received a loan of $150 million (approximately Rs 1,200 crore) from the
World Bank to help the state better manage its financial resources and improve access to
public services.

49. Union Minister of State for Culture Meenakshi Lekhi unveiled a vibrant mural in South
Delhi named as “Wall of Delhi” depicting 75 major historical sites and famous places of the
city, as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations.

50. Chhattisgarh government has announced the ‘Hamar Beti-Hamar Maan’ campaign in the
state for ensuring women’s safety and empowerment.

51. Former J&K CM Ghulam Nabi Azad has launched the ‘Democratic Azad Party’.

52. Bathukamma is the state festival of Telangana, which falls in September or October based on
the Satvahanna calendar.
• It is also celebrated in parts of Andhra Pradesh. It is celebrated for 9 days.
• In Telugu, ‘Bathukamma' means ‘Mother Goddess come Alive’.

53. Odisha became the first state in India to start an Encyclopaedia on Tribal Communities to
document their age-old and unique traditions.
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• As per the 2011 Census, tribal people constitute 22.85% of Odisha’s total population.
• Though their numbers as a percentage of the total population are higher in Jharkhand and
Chhattisgarh.
• With 62 tribes, Odisha has the most diverse tribal communities found in the country.

54. Karnataka govt has introduced the Kannada Language Comprehensive Development Bill
in the state’s Legislative Assembly to provide Kannada-speaking people reservations in jobs
and education in the state.

55. Calcutta High Court has pronounced Duare Ration Scheme as ultra vires to the National
Food Security Act, 2013. Therefore, it is declared void by the court.
• The scheme was launched in 2021 to deliver the ration at the doorstep of the beneficiaries.
• The court observed that “the state has transgressed the limit of delegation by obliging the
fair price shop dealers to distribute ration to the beneficiaries at their doorstep in the
absence of any authority to that effect in the enabling act, i.e., the National Food Security
Act.”

56. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the Lata Mangeshkar Chowk in Ayodhya on her 93rd birth
anniversary (28 September 1929).
• A towering 40 feet long and 12 feet high sculpture of a veena engraved with a picture of
Goddess Saraswati has been installed at the chowk.
• Noted playback singers Kumar Sanu and Shailendra Singh and music-composer duo
Anand-Milind were conferred with the National Lata Mangeshkar Award given by the
Madhya Pradesh govt on this day.

57. The Maharashtra government has decided to name the Chipi greenfield airport in
Sindhudurg district after the late barrister Nath Pai, a freedom fighter and socialist.
• 2022 is the birth centenary year of Nath Pai.
• Pai, who hailed from Vengurla, had represented the Rajapur Lok Sabha constituency from
1957 to 1967 as Praja Socialist Party leader.

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58. The district administration of Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu, in collaboration Bengaluru-based non-
profit Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), is
implementing the TamiraSES project to restore the Thamirabarani river.
• Thamirabarani or Tamraparni or Porunai is a perennial river that originates from the
Pothigai hills of the Western Ghats and flows through Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi districts
of the Tamil Nadu into the Gulf of Mannar.

59. Uttar Pradesh cabinet has announced to create Ranipur Tiger Reserve in the Bundelkhand
region, which it shares with neighbouring Madhya Pradesh.
• It will be the first tiger reserve in the region and the fourth in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
• It will be the fourth in UP, after Dudhwa, Pilibhit and Amangarh (buffer of Corbett Tiger
Reserve).
• The tiger reserve will be established inside the reserve in the Ranipur Wildlife Sanctuary
(RWS) in the Chitrakoot district.

AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

1. National Dairy Development Board has signed an MOU with Suzuki to set up two biogas
plants for providing clean energy and organic fertilizers to farmers.
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2. Union Cabinet has decided to dispose of 15 lakh tonne of chana procured under its schemes
to states at a discounted rate, incurring a cost of Rs 1,200 crore.
• It also raised the procurement ceiling for tur, urad and masur from current 25% to 40%
under the price stabilisation scheme.
• The Centre will offer 15 lakh tonne chana to states at a discount of Rs 8 per kg over the
issue price of sourcing state on first-come-first-serve basis.

3. Govt has imposed a 20% export duty on non-basmati rice.

• The government has also banned the export of broken rice with an aim to increase
domestic availability.
• India, the world's second-largest rice producer after China, accounts for the 40% share
in the global trade.
• The country exported 21.2 million tonne of rice in 2021-22, of which 3.94 million tonne
were basmati rice. It exported non-basmati rice worth USD 6.11 billion in the same period.

4. Union Minister for Agriculture and Family Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar has launched
the Project Management Unit (PMU) on Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in Agriculture.

5. Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is hosting Hackathon 3.0 “KRITAGYA” to

promote “speed breeding for crop improvement” in association with its National Agricultural
Higher Education Project and Crop Science Division.
• This initiative aims to help the crop sector achieve the desired immediate results by
fostering employability, entrepreneurship, innovation, and problem-solving skills.
• KRITAGYA – KRI for Krishi (Agriculture), TA for Taknik (Technology), and GYA for Gyan
(Knowledge)

6. Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) has entered into an agreement with Biovet
Pvt Ltd. for the commercial production of the indigenous vaccine of Lumpy Skin Disease
(LSD) called ‘Lumpi-ProVacind’.

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7. Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar has inaugurated the
9th Session of Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources
for Food and Agriculture in New Delhi from September 19 to 24, 2022.
• Theme – “Celebrating the Guardians of Crop Diversity: Towards an Inclusive Post-2020
Global Biodiversity Framework”

8. Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare has released the first advance estimates of
production of major Kharif crops for 2022-23.
• Total food grain production – 149.92 million tonnes
• Rice – 104.99 million tonnes
• Nutri/coarse cereals – 36.56 million tonnes
• Maize – 23.10 million tonnes
• Pulses – 8.37 million tonnes
• Tur – 3.89 million tonnes
• Oilseeds – 23.57 million tonnes
• Groundnut – 8.37 million tonnes
• Soyabean – 12.89 million tonnes
• Cotton – 34.19 million bales (of 170 kg each)
• Jute and Mesta – 10.09 million bales (of 180 kg each)
• Sugarcane – 465.05 million tonnes

9. Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Authority (APEDA) has facilitated the
export of first consignment of plant-based meat products under Vegan food category
from Nadiad in Kheda district in Gujarat to California, USA.
• The shipment has vegan food products like momos, mini samosas, patties, nuggets, spring
rolls, burgers, etc.
• The APEDA has planned to promote a variety of vegan foods products, including pancake,
snacks, cheese, etc, to the countries of Australia, Israel, New Zealand and others in coming
months.
• APEDA has recognized 220 labs across India to provide services of testing a wide range of
products to exporters.

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DEFENCE NEWS
1. India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier – INS Vikrant – has been commissioned on
September 2.
• It is India’s second aircraft carrier and the largest ship ever built in India's maritime
history.
Capabilities –
• It is 262 m long and 62 m wide.
• It would be capable of operating air wing consisting of 30 aircraft, comprising MiG-29K
fighter jets, Kamov-31 and MH-60R multi-role helicopters, in addition to indigenously
manufactured Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH) and Light Combat Aircraft (LCA).

Development –
• Designed by the Warship Design Bureau (WDB), Indian Navy's in-house organization and
built by public sector undertaking Cochin Shipyard Limited, the carrier is named India's
first aircraft carrier (INS Vikrant), which played a vital role in the 1971 war with Pakistan.
• The warship grade steel has been developed by Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) in
collaboration with Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL) and the Indian
Navy.
• Over 100 MSMEs have supplied materials for the development of the warship.

Expenditure –
• Rs 20,000 crores have been spent to construct this warship, which helped India to enter
the elite club of countries like the US, the UK, Russia, China, and France having
capabilities of indigenously designing and building an aircraft carrier.

Unveiling of New Naval Ensign (Nishaan) –

• To get rid of the legacy of colonial past, PM Narendra Modi unveiled the new Ensign of
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• PM also inaugurated various projects of the Kochi Metro and Indian Railways in Kochi,
Kerala.

2. QNu Labs, a Bengaluru-based deep tech start-up, has developed advanced secured
communication through Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) systems, under the aegis of
Innovation for Defence Excellence (iDEX).
• With this technology, India will be able to join the elite global club having more advanced
quantum communication technology.
• China, the US, Canada and other European countries are global leaders in the QKD
systems.
• This technology enables the transfer of data/messages in a non-hackable ecosystem. Thus,
the army communication will become more secure.
• QNu Labs co-founder and CEO - Sunil Gupta

3. India has participated in the multilateral Vostok exercise organized by Russia.

4. Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) has sanctioned Rs 6,500 crore to HAL for designing
and developing of Tejas Mark-2 fighter jet.
• This allocation is in addition to the existing Rs 2500 crore.

5. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited-L&T consortium has won a ₹860 crore deal from
NewSpace India Limited to build five rockets.
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• The contract is for manufacturing five Polar Satellite Launch Vehicles (PSLVs) rockets.

6. India’s National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) and the UK Government, in

collaboration with BAE Systems, has conducted the Cyber Security Exercise for 26
Countries.
• This exercise is a part of the International Counter Ransomware Initiative- Resilience
Working Group which is being led by India under the leadership of National Cyber Security
Coordinator (NCSC).
• The theme of the exercise is based on Energy Sector.

7. Indian Army and Indian Air Force have conducted exercise “Gagan Strike” in Punjab.

8. Project 17A’s third stealth frigate ‘Taragiri’ has been launched by Mazagon Dock
Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) in Mumbai.
• It is expected to be commissioned in 2023.
• Project 17A (Alpha) Frigates, also known as Nilgiri-class guided-missile frigate, aims to
develop seven ships – four at MDL and three at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and
Engineers (GRSE).
• It is a Rs 50,000 crore project.
• The first ship was Nilgiri (launched in 2019; expected to be commissioned in 2022) and
Udaygiri (launched in May 2022; expected to be commissioned in 2024).

9. Indian Army has conducted the exercise Parvat Prahar in Ladakh.

10. The National Defence MSME Conclave and Exhibition was organized in Kota, Rajasthan.
• Rajasthan’s first Drone and Light Show will also be organized at Dashara Maidan, Kota.
More than 250 drones will light up the sky by making different types of shapes.

11. The 6th edition of Japan-India Maritime Exercise 2022 (JIMEX 22) was hosted by Indian
Navy in the Bay of Bengal.
• JIMEX 22 involves two phases: exercises at sea and a harbour phase at Visakhapatnam.
• JIMEX started in 2012.

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• It also coincides with the 70th anniversary of establishing of diplomatic relations between
India and Japan.

12. INS Satpura and a P8 I Maritime Patrol Aircraft of the Indian Navy has reached Darwin
port in Australia for participating in the multinational Exercise Kakadu – 2022, hosted by the
Royal Australian Navy.
• The two week-long Exercise, both in harbour and sea, involves ships and maritime aircraft
from 14 navies.

13. In 2020, Ministry of Defence has launched the ‘SRIJAN’ portal to promote indigenization by
the defence industry.
• Technology Development Board has announced to support M/s Ghaziabad Precision
Products Private Limited, (GPP) for the development of accessory components of SU-
30MK1 Aircraft, valve train components of 1500 HP Battle Tank Engine etc.
• TDB has approved assistance of ₹5.5 crores out of ₹14.2 crores of the total project cost.

14. Indian Navy has revived its training area at the Manasbal lake in Jammu and Kashmir's
Ganderbal district, 33 years after it was closed following the eruption of militancy in the
erstwhile state.

15. Border Security Force’s (BSF) first female camel riding squad is ready to be deployed
along the India-Pakistan border in Rajasthan and Gujarat.
• The squad will participate for the first time in the BSF Raising Day Parade on 1st
December.
• This Squad will be the first of its kind in the world.

16. Indian Navy warship INS Tarkash has taken part in a Joint Maritime Exercise with Nigerian
Navy Patrol Ships on September 12-13.
• INS Tarkash is currently deployed in the Gulf of Guinea.
• The exercise marked India and Nigeria’s first joint operational deployment in support of
anti-piracy operations in the GoG.
• INS Tarkash has also participated in a Maritime Partnership Exercise with Royal Morocco
Naval Ship Hassan 2 in the Atlantic Ocean in July 2022.
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17. Indian Air Force is implementing the “Project Cheetah” under which it aims to upgrade the
Israeli-origin Heron drones with strike capabilities.
• Israeli-origin Heron unmanned aerial vehicles will be equipped with better communication
facilities and missiles which can target enemy positions from long range.
• Project Cheetah is a part of Make in India.
• Another Project Cheetah (world's first inter-continental large wild carnivore translocation
project) has brought 8 Cheetahs (5 females and 3 males) in India from Namibia.
o This Project Cheetah was prepared in 2008-09. Cheetah was declared extinct in
1952 in India.

18. INS Ajay was an Abhay class anti-submarine warfare corvette of Western Naval
Command.
• The ship was commissioned on January 24, 1990, in the then USSR’s Poti port, Georgia.
• It has been not decommissioned. The ship, during its service period, was part of the 23rd
Patrol Vessel Squadron under the Flag Officer Commanding, Maharashtra Naval Area.

19. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) has collaborated with the Indian Army for
implementing a CSR project titled 'Kargil Ignited Minds' to coach and mentor less-
privileged girl students in Kargil.

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• The project aims to prepare 50 girl students for various national-level engineering and
medical entrance examinations.
• Other CSR projects of HPCL – 'Kashmir Super 50 - Medical' (coaching to medical
aspirants) and construction of more than 1,000 school toilets under 'Swachh Vidyalaya
Abhiyan' in various parts of the country

20. Indo-US Coast Guard have jointly conducted the "Abhyas-01/22" exercise off the coast of
Chennai.

21. Indian Coast Guard has inducted ICG Samarth and its fleet station in Kochi, Kerala.
• Indian Navy has indigenously designed and developed two new diving support vessels
named Nistar and Nupur in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
• These vessels have been developed by Hindustan Shipyard Limited.

22. The Ministry of Defense has signed a contract with the BrahMos Aerospace Private
Limited for purchasing surface to surface BrahMos missiles for Rs 1700 crores approx.
• The missiles are capable of dual performance that is attacking ship and land surfaces.

23. Indian Army and the Defence Geoinformatics and Research Establishment (DGRE) have
jointly installed the first of its kind Avalanche Monitoring Radar in north Sikkim.
• This radar has the capability to detect avalanches within three seconds of their triggering
and will assist in saving life of troops and civilians as also vehicles in super high- altitude
areas.
• The radar is also linked to an alarm system enabling automatic control and warning
measures in case an avalanche is triggered.

24. INS Sunayna, an offshore patrol vessel of the Navy based in Kochi, has entered Port Victoria
in Seychelles to participate in the annual training exercise Operation Southern Readiness of
Combined Maritime Forces (CMF).
• The joint training exercise is being attended by representative delegations from the U.S.,
Italy, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and ship participation from the U.K., Spain and India.

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25. President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu, has inaugurated the Integrated Cryogenic Engine
Manufacturing Facility of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in Bengaluru.
• She also laid the foundation stone for the Zonal Institute of Virology (South Zone) virtually
on the occasion.

26. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has conducted two successful
test flights of Very Short-Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) missiles capable of
neutralising low altitude aerial threats at short ranges.
• VSHORADS missiles were launched from a ground-based portable launcher at the
Integrated Test Range (ITR) of the DRDO at Chandipur, off the coast of Odisha.
• The missile is a Man Portable Air Defence System (MANPAD) designed and developed
indigenously by DRDO’s Research Centre Imarat (RCI), Hyderabad.

27. Swedish defence major Saab has announced to set up a manufacturing facility in India for
production of its Carl-Gustaf M4 weapon systems.
• It will be the firm's first manufacturing facility for Carl-Gustaf M4 outside Sweden.
• The production of the shoulder-fired weapons having a range of 1,500 metres will start in
2024.

28. Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) has successfully demonstrated its Loitering
munition’s ability to strike targets during tests at Pokhran, Rajasthan.
• The munitions are called ALS 50.

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
1. NHPC Limited has signed an MOU with PTC India Ltd for the sale of power to be generated
from the upcoming West Seti & Seti River-6 Projects in Nepal.

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2. Union Cabinet has approved the signing of an MOU between India and Nepal in the field of
biodiversity conservation (forests, wildlife, environment, and climate change).

3. Global steelmaker POSCO has signed an MOU with ZeroC, a subsidiary of renewable energy
company Greenko, to make green hydrogen.

4. National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD) and
the Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE), under the Ministry of Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship (MSDE), has signed an MOU each with the Indian School of Business
(ISB), Hyderabad.
• Purpose - to offer world-class management education through entrepreneurial programs
targeted towards youth and job seeking entrepreneurs

5. Union Cabinet has approved the MOU between India and the UK and Northern Ireland on
mutual recognition of academic qualifications.
• Mutual Recognition of Qualifications aims to promote academic collaboration and student
mobility.
• Purpose - to facilitate the mutual recognition of educational qualifications, periods of study
undertaken, documents related to academic degrees/qualifications and accreditation by
educational institutions within the two countries

6. Union Cabinet approved an MOU signed between Ministries of Education in India and UAE
on cooperation in the field of education.

7. Union Cabinet has approved an MOU on cooperation between India and Maldives in the field
of disaster management.

8. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has signed an MOU with the Secretary-General of
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf on the mechanism of
consultations between India and the GCC.
• External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar has also addressed diplomats at the Prince Saud
Al Faisal Institute of Diplomatic Studies in Riyadh.
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• GCC HQ – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

• GCC members – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and UAE

9. India and Madagascar have signed an MOU for the training of diplomats.
• Signatories - Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service and the Foreign Affairs Ministry
of Madagascar

10. Ministry of Panchayati Raj has signed an MOU with the Institute of Rural Management
Anand (IRMA), Gujarat for strengthening and capacity building of Panchayati Raj Institutions
across the country.
• Under the MOU, both entities will establish a framework to collaborate in the area of Gram
Panchayat Development Planning for Localization of Sustainable Development Goals
(LSDGs) through Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs).

11. NTPC and REC Ltd have signed an MOU with National Sports Development Funds (NSDF)
and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports with National Sports Development Fund.
• Both entities are PSUs under the Ministry of Power.

12. UN-International Organization for Migration (IOM) has signed an MOU with the
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for ensuring the safe migration of Indian citizens.
• Purpose - to create an opportunity for these two internationally reputed entities to
collaborate on a range of initiatives related to the safe, orderly, and regular migration of
Indian skilled professionals and youth internationally
• IOM was created as an inter-governmental organization in 1951 within UN for promoting
humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all. It has 174 member states and a
presence in over 100 countries.

13. Tata Group has signed an MOU with CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum to research and
develop sustainable aviation fuel.
• The International Air Transport Association has pledged to make the aviation industry
net carbon emission free by 2050.

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14. Coromandel International, Chambal Fertilisers and Indian Potash Limited have signed an
MOU with Canpotex, Canada (one of the largest Potash suppliers globally) to supply up to 15
LMT of potash annually for three years.
• Potash, which is a source of potassium, is used both for direct application as MOP as well
as in combination with ‘N’ and ‘P’ nutrients in the NPK fertilisers. India meets 100% of its
potash requirement through imports.
• India imports approximately 40 LMT MOP annually.
• Department of Fertiliser has included PDM (Potash derived from Molasses) in the
Nutrient Based Subsidy Scheme (NBS) scheme to support indigenous sources of
Potash.

15. International Civil Aviation Organization has signed an MOU with International Solar
Alliance to curb the carbon emissions in the aviation industry.
• The MOU was signed during the 42nd session of ICAO’s Assembly in Montreal, Canada.

16. Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), the premier Telecom R&D centre of the
Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, and the IIT-Delhi have
signed an MoU for cooperation in various areas of Telecom spanning IoT/M2M, AI/ML, Cyber
Security and 5G & Beyond technologies.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. G20 Environmental and Climate Ministerial Meeting was organized in Bali, Indonesia.
• Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav has addressed the meeting.

2. International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced to provide Sri Lanka a loan of about $2.9
billion over a four-year period to help the country overcome the economic crisis.

3. For the first time, astronomers have used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to
take a direct image of an exo-planet outside our solar system.

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4. NASA and Axiom Space have signed a mission order for the second private astronaut
mission to the International Space Station to take place in the second quarter of 2023.

5. NASA has revamped its “Eyes on the Solar System” 3D visualization tool for making the
interplanetary travel easier and more interactive than ever.

6. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured the new image of an exoplanet
named ‘HIP 65426’, which is bigger than Jupiter in size.

7. 7th edition of Eastern Economic Forum was held in Vladivostok, Russia on the theme of
‘On the Path to a Multipolar World’.

8. U.S. Air Force launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile named Minuteman-III.
• It will be the second such test in less than a month, since the Aug. 16 launch of another
unarmed Minuteman III.

9. The first in-person Ministerial meeting of the India-Pacific Economic Forum (IPEF) was held
in Los Angeles.
• Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
and Textiles, Shri Piyush Goyal attended the meeting.
• India has chosen to opt out of the trade pillar of the Indo Pacific Economic Forum
(IPEF).
• However, India has joined the other three pillars of the forum, which are supply chains, tax,
and anti-corruption & clean energy.

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• This was significant since India is not a part of the two other economic arrangements in the
Indo-Pacific - Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement on Trans Pacific
Partnership (CP-TPP) and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
• The minister also launched an upskilling initiative named SETU - Supporting
Entrepreneurs in Transformation and Upskilling programme - in the Bay Area of San
Francisco to connect Indian start-ups with the US-based investors.
o SETU will provide mentorship and assistance in various areas including funding,
market access and commercialization.
o The connection between Indian start-ups and US investors will be supported through
the mentorship portal named MAARG – Mentorship, Advisory, Assistance,
Resilience, and Growth – which is a single-stop solution for startups in India under
the Startup India scheme.

About India-Pacific Economic Forum (IPEF) –

• Signed – May 2022
• Total – 14 members
• Purpose – the US-led grouping of nations aims to diversify supply chains that have been
over-dependent on China in the region and create a strong economic bond amongst the
Indo-Pacific neighbours
• Four Pillars of IPEF – supply chains, tax, anti-corruption and clean energy, and trade

India’s Concerns –
• The talks on trade pillar are still evolving.
• India may not be able to meet some of the conditions or benchmarks set by the US on
joining the trade pillar, especially in environment, labour, digital trade and public
procurement.
• India is working to finalise digital data and privacy law which could require data localisation
or the storage and processing of Indian users’ data in servers located in India and not the
US, even in the case of data of US-based companies. This can hamper digital trade.

10. China has successfully tested its first fully solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
named as Qimingxing-50, which can fly for months and can function even as a satellite if
required.
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• Qimingxing means Morning star.

11. 22nd edition of the Shanghai Cooperation Summit will be held in the historical city of
Samarkand in Uzbekistan on Sept 15-16.
• The Beijing-headquartered SCO is an eight-member economic and security bloc
consisting of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India and
Pakistan.
• Iran is expected to become the latest member of the bloc this year.
• India will also assume the presidency at the end of the summit until September 2023.
• Varanasi is the First SCO Tourism and Cultural Capital.
• ‘Samarkand Declaration of the Council of Heads of State of Shanghai Cooperation
Organization’ was also adopted.

12. International Water Association (IWA) has organized the World Water Congress and
Exhibition 2022 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
• India released a white paper titled 'Urban Wastewater Scenario in India' at the Congress.
• The paper was prepared by Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, Ministry of Jal
Shakti and National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), Innovation Centre Denmark (ICDK)
and IIT-Bombay.
• Next Generation Water Action (NGWA) is an international initiative with the ambition to
engage young talents from leading universities and innovation hubs before, during and after
the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 2022.

13. European Parliament has declared that Hungary is no longer a democracy now. It has
become an electoral autocracy.

14. The Reef-World Foundation, in partnership with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP),
has launched ‘Green Fins Hub’, first-ever global marine tourism industry platform.
• The Green Fins Hub will help operators to make simple, cost-efficient changes to their daily
practices by utilising tried and tested solutions, keep track of their annual improvements
and communicate with their communities and customers.

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15. The 46th Indo-Pacific Armies Management Seminar (IPAMS) was organized in Dhaka,
Bangladesh.
• The Army leaders from the 24 nations belonging to the Indo-Pacific region participated in
the seminar.
• Theme - ‘Prospects and Challenges in Maintaining Peace and Security in the Indo-Pacific’

16. World’s first public database on fossil fuels named as “Global Registry of Fossil Fuels”
has been launched by Carbon Tracker, in collaboration with Global Energy Monitor.
• Carbon Tracker is an independent financial think tank that carries out in-depth analysis on
the impact of the energy transition on capital markets and the potential investment in high-
cost, carbon-intensive fossil fuels.
• Global Energy Monitor (GEM) is a San Francisco-based non-governmental organization
which catalogues fossil fuel and renewable energy projects worldwide.

17. Kazakhstan has renamed the country’s capital back to Astana. It is presently called Nur-
Sultan.
• The country has also made constitutional amendments to extend the presidential term to
seven years.
• President of Kazakhstan - Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

18. United Arab Emirates (UAE) will launch its maiden moon mission in November this year.
• The Rashid rover is expected to study the lunar surface, mobility on the moon’s surface,
and how different surfaces interact with lunar particles.

19. Kazakhstan will host the Conference on Confidence Building Measures and Interaction in
Asia (CICA) Summit in its capital city Astana on October 12-13.
• Kazakhstan has invited PM Narendra Modi for this conference.

20. BRICS Tourism Ministers’ meeting was held virtually under the Presidency of China.
• It was attended by G Kishan Reddy, Union Minister of Tourism, Culture and DONER.
• India had launched the BRICS alliance for Green Tourism during the India’s Presidency
of BRICS in 2021.
• India is holding SCO Presidency and G20 Presidency in 2022-23.
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21. NASA’s Perseverance Rover has collected samples having high concentration of organic
matter from the Martian surface.
• Perseverance has been exploring the remnants of an ancient river delta inside Mars'
Jezero Crater.
• If all goes according to plan, the samples Perseverance is collecting will be returned to
Earth as early as 2033 by a joint NASA-European Space Agency (ESA) campaign.
• Separately, NASA’s InSight Mars lander has detected the locations of craters left by
meteoroids on the Martian surface based on seismic and acoustic waves.

22. MIT-led Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) of NASA has
successfully created oxygen on Mars.
• The initiative was launched in July 2020.

23. USA has become the 137th country to ratify the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol
on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.
• The Kigali Amendment calls for a gradual reduction in the consumption and production of
hydrofluorocarbons (“HFCs”), which are potent greenhouse gases.
• Its global implementation should avoid as much as half a degree Celsius of warming by the
end of the century.
• U.S. ratification will support 33,000 new U.S. manufacturing jobs and generate $12.5 billion
in new investments in the U.S. economy over the next decade.
• Montreal Protocol, which also regulates the production and consumption of ozone depleting
substances, is one of the most successful international environmental agreements.
• USA’s stance is expected to restore the stratospheric ozone layer by 2065.

24. Sri Lanka has recorded 70.2% inflation rate in the month of August 2022.

25. The Foreign Ministers of Australia, India and Japan and the Secretary of State of the
United States have signed the Guidelines for the ‘Quad Partnership on Humanitarian
Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) in the Indo-Pacific’ in New York.
• This partnership was announced by Quad Leaders in Tokyo in May 2022, as part of a
shared vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific that is inclusive and resilient.
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• The guidelines call for zero tolerance for inaction on tackling Sexual Exploitation, Abuse
and Harassment (SEAH).
• Quad partners will meet twice a year to share lessons and operational updates and will
conduct at least one scenario-based table-top exercise to improve preparedness,
coordination and interoperability in the case of disaster management.

26. A new type of crystal was discovered by researchers in China from the near side of the Moon.
• The newly discovered crystal was named Changesite-(Y) after the Chinese moon goddess
Chang’e.

27. International Space Station has welcomed three new residents - American Frank Rubio
along with Russians Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin.
• They were sent on the Soyuz capsule which rocketed into orbit from Kazakhstan.

28. The Ministerial Meeting of the G4 countries (Japan, Brazil, Germany and India) on UN
Security Council Reform was held in New York.
• Participants -
o Japan: Mr. HAYASHI Yoshimasa, Minister for Foreign Affairs
o Brazil: Mr. Carlos Alberto Franco FRANÇA, Foreign Minister
o Germany: Ms. Annalena BAERBOCK, Foreign Minister
o India: Dr Subrahmanyam JAISHANKAR, Minister for External Affairs (Chair)

29. External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar has participated in the meeting of BRICS
Ministers of Foreign Affairs and International Relations.
• The meeting was chaired by Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of the
Republic of South Africa Dr Naledi Pandor.
• South Africa will host 15th BRICS Summit in 2023.

30. 20th Meeting of Prosecutors General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
Member States was held in Astana, Kazakhstan.

31. Israeli Navy has completed a complex test of the Gabriel V anti-ship missile system in
August.
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• This was the first anti-ship missile test from the new Sa’ar 6 corvette of the Israeli Navy.
• It is a surface-to-surface missile also known as Blue Spear or ANAM (Advanced Naval
Attack Missile).

32. Plenipotentiary Conference of International Telecommunication Union (ITU) was held in

Bucharest, Romania.

33. NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission has successfully crashed into
asteroid Dimorphos, the minor moon of the asteroid Didymos.
• Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is a NASA space mission aimed at testing a
method of planetary defense against near-Earth objects (NEOs).
• The probe was launched in November 2021.

34. Dubai has introduced vending machines- ‘BREAD FOR ALL’ to distribute bread free among
the poor as consumer prices surged in the emirate.

35. India has attended the Partners in the Blue Pacific (PBP) Foreign Ministers meeting as an
observer in US to support the Pacific region.

36. The 8th edition of the World Green Economy Summit was organized at the Dubai World
Trade Centre by the World Green Economy Organization (WGEO), in collaboration with the
Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, and Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA).
• Theme - ‘Climate Action Leadership through Collaboration: The Roadmap to Net-Zero’
• Egypt will host the COP-27 of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC) in Sharm El-Sheikh city in November 2022.
• UAE will host COP-28 of the UNFCCC.
• UAE has pledged to become a Net Zero country by 2050.

37. UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development –

MONDIACULT 2022 will be held in Mexico.
• Union Minister of State for Culture Arjun Ram Meghwal will represent India at an
international conference.

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• So far, only three such conferences have been conducted. The first edition was held in
Mexico City in 1982 and the second edition was held in Stockholm in 1998.
• Purpose of the conference – to strengthen cultural ties along with sustainable
development and promote solidarity, peace, and security

REPORTS AND INDICES

1. Mr. Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology and Skill
Development & Entrepreneurship, has launched ‘Globalise to Localise: Exporting at Scale
and Deepening the Ecosystem are Vital to Higher Domestic Value Addition’ report.
• Developers - India Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), in
collaboration with India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA)
• Purpose – to explore how India can achieve electronics production target of $300
billion and exports of $120 billion by 2025-26

2. According to figures from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), India has overtaken the UK
to become the fifth-largest economy in the world.
World’s largest Economies Country
1st United States
2nd China
3rd Japan
4th Germany
5th India
6th UK

3. WHO and UNICEF have released the “Progress on WASH in health care facilities 2000-
2021: Special focus on WASH and infection prevention and control (IPC)” report.
• The report was released during the World Water Week (23 August to 1 September) in
Stockholm, Sweden.
• Half of health care facilities worldwide lack basic hygiene services with water and soap or
alcohol-based hand rub where patients receive care and at toilets in these facilities.

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4. Greenpeace India has released the "Different Air Under One Sky" report.
• According to the report, over 99% of India's population is breathing air that exceeds WHO's
health-based guidelines with respect to PM2.5.
• Jammu and Kashmir was found to be the only state in India to have areas where air
quality met the WHO guideline for annual average PM2.5. However, less than 1% of the
state’s population live in the area.

5. According to a study published in the scientific journal Nature Climate Change, India’s
updated climate pledge (Panchamrit at COP26) to the Paris Agreement has been ranked 5th in
compliance and 4th in ambition.
• The study included eight countries — India, the US, China, Australia, Saudi Arabia,
Russia, Australia and Brazil — and the European Union.
• Ranking of countries on compliance basis – EU, China, Australia, South Africa, India,
Russia, Saudi Arabia, Brazil and the US
• Ranking of countries on ambition basis – EU, South Africa, India, Australia, Brazil,
Russia, the United States and Saudi Arabia

6. According to a latest report by Swiss Re Institute, India is likely to become the 6th largest
insurance market in the world over the next decade.
• India’s total insurance premiums are expected to grow by an average of 14% in nominal
local currency terms in the next 10 years.
• For the current year, India's life insurance industry is expected to record a growth rate of
6.6% and a further rise to 7.1% in 2023.

7. NITI Aayog has released the 4th progress report on PM-POSHAN titled as “Preserving
Progress on Nutrition in India: Poshan Abhiyaan in Pandemic Times” report.
• The report assessed the implementation of the PM-POSHAN scheme by the states.
States’ Category Top Ranked States
Maharashtra
Andhra Pradesh
Larger
Gujarat
Tamil Nadu

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Madhya Pradesh
Sikkim
Meghalaya
Smaller Tripura
Goa
Nagaland
D&NH and DD
Chandigarh
Union Territories Andaman and Nicobar Islands
J&K
Lakshadweep

8. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has released the Human Development
Report 2021-22.
• Total – 191 countries
• India’s Rank – 132 in 2021 (from 130 in 2020)

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9. NITI Aayog has released the 'Transforming Trucking in India: Pathways to Zero-Emission
Truck Deployment' report.
• India's trucking market is expected to grow over four times by 2050.
• The number of trucks is expected to more than quadruple, from 4 million in 2022 to roughly
17 million trucks by 2050.

10. Financial Times has published the Business school rankings for Masters in Management
2022.

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• Top – University of St Gallen, Switzerland

• India – IIM-Bangalore at 31st rank
o SP Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR) – 44th rank
o IIM-Lucknow – 64th rank
o IIM-Udaipur – 81st rank
o IIM-Indore – 89th rank
• Parameters – Program assessment, career progression, diversity assessment,
international opportunities, faculty expertise

11. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have
released a special report titled as “FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission
(CFSAM) to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka”.
• As per the report, an estimated 6.3 million people in Sri Lanka are facing moderate to
severe acute food insecurity and their situation is expected to worsen if adequate life-saving
assistance and livelihood support is not provided.
• More than 60% of families are eating less, and eating cheaper, less nutritious food.

12. International Labour Organization (ILO), in collaboration with Walk Free Foundation, has
released a report on modern slavery.
• According to the report, about 50 million people are trapped in forced labour or forced
marriage and other crises.
• That means nearly one out of every 150 people in the world are caught up in modern forms
of slavery.
• Modern slavery has seen a rise of 25% in last 5 years.
• Modern slavery is defined as involving people who “cannot refuse or cannot leave because
of threats, violence, deception, abuse of power or other forms of coercion”.
• Modern slavery is present in basically every country, with more than half of cases of forced
labour and a quarter of forced marriages in upper-middle-income or high-income countries.

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13. Z/Yen in London and the China Development Institute (CDI) in Shenzhen have jointly
launched the 32nd edition of the Global Financial Centres Index.
• Total – 119 countries
• Top – New York
• India’s rank – New Delhi (68th) and Mumbai (70th)
• Overall, the average rating of centres in the index has improved by 4.83% from GFCI 31.
• The top 20 global financial centres are -

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14. ETC Group has released the “Food Baron 2022: Crisis Profiteering, Digitalization, and
Shifting Power” report.
• The report examines the leading corporations that control each of 11 key industrial
“agrifood” sectors: seeds, agrochemicals, livestock genetics, synthetic fertilizers, farm
machinery, animal pharmaceuticals, commodity traders, food processors, Big Meat, grocery
retail and food delivery.
• China’s Syngenta Group is now the world's largest agrochemical input firm covering
seeds, pesticides and fertilizers. Besides, China's COFCO Group is the second largest
agricultural commodity trader in the world after Cargill of the U.S.
• Industrial agri-food companies in the global south are flourishing by replicating the practices
of the global north.
o For e.g., Mahindra & Mahindra of India that are manufacturing driverless or
autonomous tractors that use AI, GPS and other features.
o The I2U2 grouping of (India, Israel, U.S. and UAE) are creating food parks that
would be using technology and Big Data.

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BANKING AND ECONOMY

1. Bank of Maharashtra has launched the 400-day "Maha Dhanvarsha" fixed deposit scheme
at 5.5% interest for non-senior citizens and 6% for senior citizens.

2. NABARD has approved an allocation of Rs 230 crore for rural infrastructure projects in
Mizoram.
• The fund will be sourced from the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) –
established in 1995-96 – of NABARD.

3. IndiGo (India’s largest carrier) has joined a sustainable initiative of the World Economic
Forum (WEF). The airline has become a signatory to the Clear Skies for Tomorrow, India
Coalition campaign.
• Clean Skies for Tomorrow, launched in January 2019, to promote sustainable aviation
fuels (SAF) to achieve carbon-neutral flying. The goal is to have commercially viable SAF
production (both bio and synthetic) at scale for industry-wide adoption by 2030 to make
aviation a net-zero industry by 2050.

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• The global coalition now has more than 80 members.

4. Muthoot FinCorp Ltd has partnered with IME India Pvt Ltd to provide money remittance
services between India and Nepal.
• Muthoot FinCorp has been assisting the Nepali community in India in remitting money
through their existing partner – Prabhu Money Transfer Pvt Ltd.
• IDFC First Bank, India and Global IME Bank Ltd., Nepal are the banking partners to
facilitate Indo-Nepal remittance service.

5. Serum Institute of India (SII) and Department of Biotechnology (DBT) have launched
India’s first indigenously developed quadrivalent Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine
named as “CERVAVAC” for prevention of cervical cancer.

6. Central Government has decided to scrap sale of Central Electronics Ltd (CEL) to Nandal
Finance & Leasing.

7. India’s largest airline IndiGo has entered into a codeshare agreement with UK carrier Virgin
Atlantic.
• This is the seventh codeshare partnership for IndiGo.
• Under a codeshare agreement, airlines agree to sell seats in each other’s flights in order to
provide their respective customers a wider network.

8. PwC and Coursera have partnered to address India’s current and future skill gap in the
taxation space.
• PwC is also working with Coursera to establish a ‘Tax Academy’ – a knowledge hub that
will equip India’s taxation professionals with the most updated accounting and taxation
curriculum, thereby creating a larger pool of skilled and certified professionals in the
country.

9. Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has signed an MoU with Smiths Detection, a global leader
in threat detection and security inspection technologies, for offering advanced, high-energy
scanning systems to the Indian market.

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10. BOB Financial Solutions Limited (BFSL) and Snapdeal have launched the Snapdeal BoB
JCB RuPay Credit Card, in partnership with National Payments Corporation of India
(NPCI) and JCB International Co. Ltd.

11. SBI Card has launched the ‘CASHBACK SBI Card’ - industry’s first Cashback-focused credit
card that enables cardholders to earn 5% cashback on all online spending without any
merchant restrictions.
• Consumers across India, including tier 2 and 3 cities, can easily get CASHBACK SBI Card
instantly through the digital application platform ‘SBI Card SPRINT’.

12. SEBI has changed the composition of its High Powered Steering Committee on Cyber
Security (HPSC-CS).
• Chairperson – Navin Kumar Singh
• Total members – 6

13. According to the 28th edition of the Status Report on India’s External Debt 2021-22 report,
India's external debt has increased by 8.2% year-on-year to USD 620.7 billion as of March
2022.
• The long-term debt estimated at USD 499.1 billion constituted the largest chunk of 80.4%,
while the short-term debt at USD 121.7 billion accounted for 19.6% of the total debt.
• External debt as a ratio to GDP fell marginally to 19.9% as at end-March 2022 from
21.2% a year ago.
• Foreign currency reserves as a ratio to external debt stood slightly lower at 97.8% as at
end-March 2022 than 100.6% a year ago.
• The report has been released by the External Debt Management Unit (EDMU) in the
Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance.

14. Reserve Bank of India has started a project to digitise farm loan delivery under Kisan
Credit Card (KCC) scheme to make it time and cost effective for borrowers.
• The central bank will run a pilot project for end-to-end digitalisation of KCC lending from
September in select districts of Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu with Union Bank of
India and Federal Bank, respectively.

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• The turnaround time from loan application to disbursement has also been rather high,
ranging from two to four weeks.

15. Adani Enterprises will enter Nifty 50 index from September 30 in place of Shree Cement.

16. IndusInd Bank has partnered with Asian Development Bank (ADB) to support and promote
Supply Chain Finance solutions in India.
• The Bank has entered into a partial guarantee programme with ADB with an initial outlay of
USD 70 million (Rs 560 crore), exclusively towards promoting Supply Chain Finance
solutions in India.

17. Blue Energy Motors has launched India's first Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) fuelled green
truck manufacturing facility at Chakan in Pune.

18. Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd (RRVL) has bought a controlling stake in India’s makeup and
personal care brand Insight Cosmetics for $10-15 million.

19. According to a report by SBI, India is likely to become the third largest economy by 2029.
India is currently ranked the 5th largest economy.

20. Competition Commission of India (CCI) has cleared PayU’s $4.7-billion acquisition of online
payments firm BillDesk.

21. IppoPay, a Chennai-based payment gateway firm, has acquired a risk management startup
Tutelar for an undisclosed amount.

22. Reliance Industries has acquired 79.4% stake in SenseHawk Inc. for $32 million.
• Founded in 2018, SenseHawk is an early-stage California-based developer of software-
based management tools for the solar energy generation industry.

23. Fuelflip Energy has developed India’s first Air-gas Mixer component to reduce the
country's carbon footprint.

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24. RBI has launched the 5th cohort of the Regulatory Sandbox on the ‘neutral’ theme.
• RBI has also selected two companies in the 1st cohort for the test phase.
• In April 2021, RBI had launched the ‘on-tap’ facility for the 1st cohort (themed on “Retail
Payments”).
• Now, RBI has launched this ‘on-tap’ facility for the 2nd cohort (themed on “Cross Border
Payments”).
• Regulatory Sandbox – It is the framework that allows live testing of innovative products in
a controlled environment, along with the participation of regulator, the innovators, the
financial service providers (as potential deployers of the technology) and the customers.
• On-Tap Application – It refers to quick approvals given by the regulator after application
by the applicants.

25. Reliance General Insurance has announced the launch of one of its most flexible and popular
products - Reliance Health Gain Policy - on Policybazaar's online platform.
• The one-of-a-kind policy gives its customers the freedom to choose and personalise their
health policies as per their requirements.
• Reliance has also partnered with Paytm to offer this policy on the latter’s platform.

26. Bank of India has become the first public sector bank to go live on Income Tax
Department's new Direct Tax Collection System Tin 2.0.

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27. Private sector lender IDFC First Bank has joined the Open Network for Digital Commerce
(ONDC), an initiative of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, to enable early adoption of the
network among its customers.

28. Kerala-based ESAF Small Finance Bank Ltd has launched a 'Rainbow Savings Account'
exclusively for the transgender community offering a host of features, including high savings
rate and advanced debit card facilities.
• The 'Rainbow Savings Account' scheme comes with a high-interest rate and advanced
debit card facilities.

29. Tata Motors has launched India’s first CNG truck in the medium and heavy commercial
(M&HCV) vehicle segment in the 28- and 19-tonne nodes.

30. Google has joined Assam to pay rich tributes to Bhupen Hazarika on his 96th birth
anniversary with a doodle.
• The doodle illustrated the musician with a harmonium and his trademark Gurkha cap.

31. HDFC Bank has launched its “Bank on Wheels” service in Gujarat to increase accessibility.

32. Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has given the direct
insurance broking licence to Lord’s Mark Insurance Broking Pvt Ltd, the insurance
division of Lord’s Mark Industries.
• The company will be selling life and general insurance products.
• Lords Mark Insurance Broking will be launching life and general insurance products on its
platform called Policy King.
• Policy King will offer its customers facilities to compare all available insurance offers apart
from assistance and expert guidance to choose the right life insurance, term life insurance,
health insurance, motor insurance, etc.

33. The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has launched the New Pension Plus plan
which allows young people to set aside money for their retirement.

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• This unit-linked, non-participating individual pension plan helps build corpus through
systematic and disciplined saving, which can then be converted into regular income by
purchasing an annuity plan upon term completion.
• This plan can be purchased either as Single Premium or Regular Premium payment
frequency.
• The guaranteed addition on regular premiums ranges from 5% to 15.5%, and on single
Premiums, up to 5% is payable at the end of a specific policy year.

34. WAAREE, India's largest Solar Panel manufacturer, has entered into an agreement with SBI
for availing unsecured financing for solar projects through Surya Shakti Solar Finance
Scheme.
• SBI will be providing working capital for Channel Partners under EDFS (Electronic dealer
finance scheme).

35. Axis Bank has partnered with Paynearby to grow its priority sector lending (PSL).
• Paynearby works with corporates to help them make headways into semi-urban and rural
markets.
• The tie-up will give Axis Bank access to more than 50 lakh micro retailers.

36. Agribazaar, a private sector electronic agri-mandi, has launched ‘Agribazaar Kisan Safalta
Card’.
• ‘Kisan Safalta’ card is a quick and hassle-free instrument that helps farmers meet their pre-
and post-harvest farm requirements and allied expenses.
• With this card, farmers can avail the financing facility, when required. The funding is
restricted to buying farm inputs.
• Range of the card is ₹10,000 to ₹50,000.

37. RBI has put out an alert list of 34 entities involved in forex transactions on unauthorized
electronic trading platforms this week under the Foreign Exchange Management Act,
1999 (FEMA).
• The list includes the entities which are neither authorised to deal in forex nor authorised to
operate electronic trading platforms for forex transactions on its website.

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38. Adani Group has announced to construct three Giga factories to produce solar panels,
wind turbines, and hydrogen electrolyzers as part of a USD 70 billion investment in
sustainable energy by 2030.
• This would add 45 GW of renewable energy capacity to Adani Group's current 20 GW
capacity, as well as 3 million tonnes of hydrogen by 2030.

39. Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance has also announced a plan to set up a fifth giga factory for power
electronics.
• Last year, Reliance announced a plan to invest over Rs 750 billion to build four giga
factories at Jamnagar to produce solar cells and modules, energy storage batteries, fuel
cells and green hydrogen.
• The Group has set an ambitious target to become a net carbon zero company by 2035.

40. Reliance Brands has entered into a long-term franchise agreement with Balenciaga (France
based luxury fashion brand) to introduce the luxury brand in the Indian market.
• The brand was founded by Spanish-born Cristobal Balenciaga in 1917 and established in
Paris in 1937.
• MD of Reliance Brands - Darshan Mehta

41. Singapore-based Helios Capital has received approval from SEBI to launch Helios Mutual
Fund.

42. Space tech startup Agnikul Cosmos has been awarded the patent for the design and
manufacturing of its single-piece 3D printed rocket engine - Agnilet.
• Agnilet was fully designed and manufactured in India and successfully test-fired in early
2021.
• Agnikul had recently inaugurated its India’s first rocket facility dedicated to 3D printing
named as Rocket Factory- 1 at the IIT Madras Research Park.

43. London-based HSBC has committed Rs 125 crore over the next five years to support green
causes like wetland conservation and energy transition projects in India.
• Under the commitment, it will provide finances across two broad themes, including energy
transition and nature-based solutions.
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44. Max Life Insurance Company Ltd. has launched ‘Smart Flexi Protect Solution’, a 3-in-1
solution for providing health and enhanced life cover, along with market-linked investment
returns.
• The insurance product will offer a combination of Max Life Flexi Wealth Plus, and Max
Life Critical Illness and Disability Secure Rider.

45. Army’s Western Command and the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has
signed a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), under which it will draw 25
Megawatts of solar power directly from the National Solar Grid of the country.

46. Reliance Industries has announced to build India's first and one of the world’s largest
Carbon Fibre plants at Hazira, Gujarat by 2025.
• The plants will have a capacity of 20,000 Million Tonnes Per Annum (MTPA) based on
Acrylonitrile feedstock.
• Reliance will invest ₹75,000 crore over the next five years to expand carbon fibre supply
chain.
• Carbon Fibre, aka Graphite Fibre, is a lightweight but strong metal, having numerous
applications.
• Reliance will create value chains for Polyester value chain, Vinyl chain, and New Materials.

Additional Facts –
• The announcement was made during the 45th Annual General Meeting of Reliance
Industries.
• Section 96 of the Companies Act, 2013 – Every company should conduct an annual
general meeting in a financial year. There should not be a gap of more than 15 months
between two AGMs.

47. DBS has partnered with The Sandbox, a leading decentralised gaming virtual world and a
subsidiary of Animoca Brands, to create DBS BetterWorld (a metaverse platform).
• CEO of DBS - Piyush Gupta

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48. HDFC Bank has become India’s first bank to issue an Electronic Bank Guarantee (e-BG) in
partnership with National E-Governance Services Limited (NeSL).
• A bank guarantee is when a lending institution promises to cover a loss if a borrower
defaults on a loan.
• The guarantee provides additional risk to the bank, so loans with such a guarantee will
come with greater costs or interest rates.
• HDFC Bank has also signed an MOU with the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG) to
provide finance the ‘HDFC Bank Chair of Banking and Finance’ at the IEG’s campus.
• The bank will support the chair for over five years with a funding support of ₹6.75 crore, with
effect from 1 September.

49. Ministry of Coal has announced the coal production target of 1.23 billion tonne by FY
2024-25 to ensure the energy security of the country.

50. Vedanta Ltd will establish its semiconductor project, in a joint venture with Taiwan’s
Foxconn, in Gujarat.
• India’s semiconductor market is estimated to reach $63 billion by 2026 from $15 billion in
2020.

51. Bharti Airtel’s subsidiary Nxtra Data Ltd has partnered with Bloom Energy to deploy a low
environmental impact fuel cell installation at its data centre in Karnataka for cutting carbon
emissions through a cleaner, hydrogen-ready fuel supply.
• This will make Nxtra the first data centre company in India to deploy fuel cell technology
to reduce carbon emissions at a data centre.

52. Hughes Communications has launched India's first High Throughput Satellite (HTS)
broadband internet service.
• The service will provide high-speed satellite internet across the country, including remote
locations.
• The HTS service will use Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)'s GSAT-11 and
GSAT-29 communication satellites.

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53. Sachin Bansal’s Navi Technologies has received approval from SEBI for its initial public
offer (IPO) for raising capital up to Rs 3,350 crores approx.

54. According to SBI’s Ecowrap Research Report, India is set to become the world’s 3rd largest
economy by 2029.

55. Karnataka Bank has now become part of the Karnataka Government’s integrated financial
management system (IFMS) named as Khajane-II.
• Purpose - for implementing various government schemes
• Karnataka Bank MD and CEO - Mahabaleshwara MS

56. Google’s cloud computing division is partnering with HDFC ERGO General Insurance to
build a platform that will help digitize the buying and servicing of insurance in India, especially
among millennials.
• Through the platform, HDFC ERGO will launch innovative insurance products and offer
digital and personalized customer experiences.

57. HDFC Life Insurance has launched a term insurance plan Click2Protect Super, which allows
the customers to customise the plan as per their needs.
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• The customers have to only pay for the benefits/plan options that they have chosen.
• Click2Protect Super is a non-linked, non-participating, individual, pure risk premium/
savings life insurance plan.
• The plan is available in three options – Life, Life Plus & Life Goal.

58. DWS Group and Nippon Life India Asset Management (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., a wholly
owned subsidiary of Nippon Life India Asset Management Ltd., have collaborated to provide
portfolio management and investment advisory services to the European-listed Indian
Government Bond ETF.
• As part of the collaboration, the clients of DWG Group would get access to Indian Bond
market.

59. Canara HSBC Life Insurance has launched iSelect Guaranteed Future, an individual, non-
linked, non-participating, savings and protection life insurance plan over company’s digital
platform.
• Canara HSBC Life Insurance MD and CEO - Anuj Mathur

60. Axis Bank and Square Yards have launched a new platform named “Open Door” to make
the entire process of finding and purchasing a dream house is hassle-free, effective, and
enjoyable for clients.
• Square Yards is India’s largest integrated platform for Real Estate & Mortgages and one of
the fastest growing Proptech platform in UAE, Rest of Middle East, Australia & Canada.

61. JSW Steel and SMS Group (Germany’s engineering and technology company) have
partnered to explore cutting-edge solutions, as well as research and development projects,
to reduce carbon emissions at the homegrown steelmakers iron and steelmaking units in
India.
• The companies will explore opportunities to reduce carbon emissions and manufacture
green steel.

62. Google has acquired Mandiant (cyber-security firm) for $5.4 billion to strengthen the
cybersecurity.

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63. Mastercard has partnered with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for
Lighthouse MASSIV: a free of charge startup partnership program to support impact tech
companies.
• Since its launch in 2019, Mastercard Lighthouse MASSIV has featured scale-ready
companies focused on solving global challenges like climate change, poverty, and social
and economic exclusion.

64. ICICI Lombard, India’s leading private non-life insurance company, has collaborated with
Skit.ai, an AI-powered SaaS voice automation platform, to launch a first-of-its-kind AI-
powered Digital Voice Agent.
• Purpose - to help customers seeking the status of their insurance claims for health and
motor insurance policies
• Through natural, human-feeling communication, the Digital Voice Agent will effectively
reduce average call handling time, boost call containment rates, and automate customer
engagements.

65. SBI has become the third lender in the country to cross the market cap of Rs 5 lakh crore.
• HDFC Bank holds the first rank in this list with an m-cap of Rs 8.52 trillion, followed by
ICICI Bank with Rs 6.40 trillion m-cap.

66. Indore-based carbon credit developer and supplier EKI Energy Services (EKI) has listed a
first-ever plastic project from India with Verra- global accreditation standard.
• This will be the first project to generate International Plastic Credits for collecting and
recycling plastic wastes in the country.

67. Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has mandated banks not to deduct 10% tax at
source (TDS) on one-time settlement (OTS) or loan waivers.
• The exemption will be available to all public financial institutions, scheduled banks,
cooperative banks, rural development banks, state financial corporations, and state
industrial investment corporations.
• Budget 2022-23 had introduced a new section, 194R, in the Income Tax Act, which
required TDS at a rate of 10% by any person providing any benefit or perquisite exceeding
₹20,000 in a year to a resident, arising from his business or profession.
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68. Upskilling unicorn upGrad Education Pvt. Ltd has bought New Delhi-based learning solutions
platform Centum Learning in a share-swap deal.
• Centum Learning was a wholly owned unit of Bharti Enterprises Ltd, which is also the
parent of telecom operator Bharti Airtel.

69. RattanIndia Enterprises has launched its first anti-drone product ‘Defender’.
• 70% of Defender will be developed indigenously. The manufacturing will take place at
Throttle Aerospace’s Bengaluru manufacturing facility.
• Throttle Aerospace is a subsidiary of RattanIndia Enterprises.

70. Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has diluted its stake in GlaxoSmithKline
Pharmaceuticals from 6.402% to 4.357%.
• GSK Global HQ – UK
• GSK India HQ – Maharashtra

71. IBM and Bharti Airtel have partnered to deploy Airtel’s edge computing platform in India,
which will include 120 network data centres across 20 cities.
• This platform will help the multiple industries, including manufacturing and automotive, in
creating innovative solutions to the clients.

72. Ministry of Finance has issued draft guidelines for Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) to raise
money from capital market through rights issue, private placement with select investors such
as large banks and insurance companies, and initial public offerings (IPO).
• Currently, there are 43 RRBs sponsored by 12 Scheduled Commercial Banks with
21,892 branches across the country.
• Owners of RRBs –
o Central Govt – 50%
o State Govt – 15%
o Sponsoring Bank – 35%
• Guidelines –
o Before issuing new shares in the market, RRBs should consider issuing bonus
shares and a Rights Issue to existing shareholders.
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o Eligibility criteria for RRBs which can issue shares –

§ Net worth of at least ₹300 crore in each of the preceding three years
§ Minimum capital to risk-weighted assets ratio above the regulatory
requirement of 9% in each of the preceding three years
§ Track record of profitability - pre-tax operating profit of minimum ₹15 crore for
at least three out of previous five years, excluding extraordinary times
§ RRBs should have return on equity of minimum 10% in three out of preceding
five years
§ Return on assets of minimum 0.5% in three out of preceding five years

73. ENGIE (clean energy firm) has collaborated with the National Skill Development
Corporation (NSDC) through its arm Solaire Direct Energy India to train 600 youths in solar
module programmes.
• The goal of this partnership is to impart the knowledge, skill and necessary training for
addressing the niche market of young graduates preparing to enter the employment market.
• National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) aims to ensure that all of the training
programmes are in light with the National Occupation Standards set by the Sector Skill
Councils (SSC).

74. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has chaired the Financial Stability and
Development Council (FSDC) meeting in Mumbai.
• India's G20 Presidency will be in 2023.

75. Redington Ltd (information technology solutions provider) has partnered with Google Cloud
India for driving distribution and adoption of Google Workspace and Cloud with small and
medium businesses.

76. 2022 Global Crypto Adoption Index Top 20 has been released by the crypto analysis
platform Chainalysis.
• Top Rank – Vietnam, followed by the Philippines and Ukraine
• India’s Rank – 4th (drop of two positions)

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• Parameters – crypto value received at centralized exchanges, retail value received at

centralized exchanges, crypto value received from DeFi (decentralized finance) protocols,
and peer-to-peer (P2P) exchange trade volume
• As many as 18 out of the top 20 countries in crypto adoption were emerging markets.

77. Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved an investment of ₹665-crore in

Aditya Birla Health Insurance (ABHI) by the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) under
the green channel route.
• Green Channel Route is an automated approval scheme for the merger transactions. This
route provides a bypass from the regular legal proceedings to enable them for speedy
settlements and quicker administrative decisions.

78. Federal Bank was ranked at 63rd position on the Best Workplaces in Asia 2022 and
becomes the only bank in India to be listed by Great Place to Work.

79. India has emerged as the largest bilateral lender for Sri Lanka, overtaking China. India has
provided a total of $968 million in loans to the island nation in four months of 2022.
• India had provided nearly 4 billion dollars in food and financial assistance to Sri Lanka.
• In August, India handed over 21,000 tonnes of fertilizer to crisis-ridden Sri Lanka.

80. A new type of trojan virus named SOVA (which in Russian means 'OWL') has reached India.
• SOVA is a banking trojan. A banking Trojan is a piece of malware that is used primarily to
steal banking credentials by remotely installing malicious software on a victim's computer
system.

81. SBI has entered into an agreement with SIDBI, Union Bank of India and Bank of
Maharashtra to acquire the 13.82% combined stake held by these companies in SBI Global
Factors (a subsidiary of SBI).

82. Google Cloud has partnered with Kubernetes platform and FutureSkills Prime for providing
a beginner-level course in cloud computing, cloud basics, big data and machine learning (ML)
via its Google Cloud Skills Boost platform.
• FutureSkills Prime is a digital skilling initiative of IT Ministry and Nasscom.
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83. Edelweiss General Insurance (EGI) has partnered with Chennai-based Repco Home
Finance Ltd (RHFL) to offer insurance solutions to all home loan customers of RHFL.

84. Ministry of Corporate Affairs has revised the definition of small companies as companies
having a paid up capital of “not exceeding Rs. 4 crore” and turnover of “not exceeding
Rs. 40 crore”.
• Earlier, the limit for paid up capital was Rs 2 crores and turnover was Rs 20 crores.

85. Ministry of Commerce and Industry has permitted exports and imports to be invoiced, paid
for, and settled in the Indian currency to promote trade in domestic currency.
• RBI had instructed banks to set up additional provisions for export and import transactions
in Indian rupees in July.
• The authorised dealer banks in India are authorised to open specific rupee vostro accounts
to settle trade transactions in INR.

86. HDFC Life Insurance Company and Exide Life Insurance’s merger has been approved by
the National Company Law Tribunal.

87. Global investor Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board has announced to acquire a 30%
equity stake in Mahindra Susten for ₹23.71 billion (~$300 million).
• Mahindra Susten is the solar engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) arm of
Mahindra Group.

88. SBI has extended its ‘WECARE’ Fixed Deposit scheme for senior citizens till March 31,
2023.
• Deposit tenure – 5-10 years
• Interest – Additional premium of 30 bps (over and above existing premium of 50 bps) over
interest rate for the Public i.e., 80 bps over interest rate for Public

89. SBI has collaborated with Remitly to enable NRIs to send money through SBI via Remitly to
their family members while relaxing at home using mobile and web applications.
• NRIs can now transfer money to 17 Remitly nations.
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90. Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the International Financial Services Centres
Authority (IFSCA) have signed a FinTech Cooperation Agreement to facilitate regulatory
collaboration and partnership in FinTech.
• Both entities are collaborating on Regulatory Sandbox initiative and information sharing.
• MAS is the central bank of Singapore.

91. Assam-based Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) is expected to complete the construction
of India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline by the end of 2022.
• The India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline Project (IBFPP) aims to connect Siliguri in West
Bengal with Parbatipur in Bangladesh’s Dinajpur district.

92. Russia’s Petersburg Social Commercial Bank (PSCB) has opened a rupee vostro account
with India’s Yes Bank to keep the trade ongoing in the midst of western sanctions.
• This new feature will enable the settlement of bilateral trade in rupees, bypassing payment
curbs imposed on Russia by the US and EU for Moscow’s military action in Ukraine.

93. Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the proposed merger of Jio Cinema
OTT with Viacom18 Media.

94. RBI’s Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (an engineering
training institution exclusively focused on banking technology) has launched world’s first
network based on Long Range Radio (LoRa) technology.
• Purpose – to provide banking services in remote areas without satellite network

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• LoRa is a wireless technology that enables long range communication for transmitting texts
and information about financial transaction.

95. Federal Bank has launched the pilot project for digitalizing the Kisan Credit Card (KCC) to
facilitate agriculture loans in minutes in Tamil Nadu.
• Farmers can avail loans of up to Rs 1.6 lakh without any collateral.
• The turnaround time for sanctioning and crediting the loan in the borrowers’ accounts will
take just five minutes.
• The facility aims at providing small value loans to small and marginal farmers.
• This initiative is planned by the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub.

96. Union Bank of India has also launched the project for digitalization of Kisan Credit Card in
Madhya Pradesh to make it more farmer-friendly.
• UBI has launched this initiative under its flagship Digital Transformation project ‘Sambhav’.
• Digitalization of Kisan Credit Card is a fintech initiative of Union Bank of India in
collaboration with Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH).

97. Yes Bank has approved the sale of its stressed assets worth around Rs 48,000 crore to the
US-based asset reconstruction company (ARC) JC Flowers.

98. RBI has removed Central Bank of India from its Prompt Corrective Action Framework
(PCAF) because of its improvement in various financial ratios, including minimum regulatory
capital and net non-performing assets (NNPAs).
• The RBI had imposed the PCA norms on the bank in June 2017 due to its high net NPA
and negative return of assets (RoA).
• RBI had placed 11 state-run banks – Allahabad Bank, United Bank, Corporation Bank,
IDBI Bank, Uco Bank, Bank of India, Central Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank, Oriental
Bank of Commerce, Dena Bank and Bank of Maharashtra – under PCA framework.

99. The 3rd edition of the Global Fintech Fest 2022 has been organised in Mumbai by Fintech
Convergence Council (FCC), Payment Council of India (PCI) and the National Payments
Corporation of India (NPCI).
• Theme - Creating a sustainable financial world
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100. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has directed the urban co-operative banks (UCBs) with
more than ₹10,000 crore deposits to put in place a Board-approved policy and a
Compliance Function, including the appointment of a Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) by
April 1, 2023.
• RBI has classified the UCBs in four categories –

• These Banks will be required need to carry out an annual Compliance risk assessment in
order to identify and assess major Compliance risks faced by them and prepare a plan to
manage the risks. The annual review will be carried out by the Senior Management.
• The Compliance Policy will be reviewed at least once a year.

101. Kotak Mahindra Bank has launched ‘Everyday Savings Account’, a unique Savings to
help the customers ‘Spend Every Day and Save Every Day’.
• In this account, the customer can either make 30 transactions of any value in a month and
enjoy total freedom from monthly balance maintenance (get minimum balance charges
waived) or choose to maintain an average monthly balance of Rs 20,000/.

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102. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has provided UPI service on Rupay
credit for payment acceptance on outlets accepting QR code payments.
• Customers of Punjab National Bank, Union Bank of India, and Indian Bank will be the
first to be able to use RuPay Credit Card on UPI with BHIM App.
o Mechanism – Rupay credit cardholders can upload their card information in NPCI’s
BHIM UPI app. Once this is done, they can scan any QR code and pay using a credit
card instead of their bank account.
• NPCI also launched UPI Lite – a faster way of making low-value payments without second-
factor authentication, which will not clutter the user’s bank passbook.
o The daily upper limit of a UPI Lite payment transaction will be Rs 200 while the
total limit of UPI Lite balance for an on-device wallet will be Rs 2,000 at any time.
• NPCI has also enabled the cross-border payments of bills and loan EMIs by NRIs using
the Bharat Bill Payment System, in accordance with RBI’s mandate.
• RBI Governor has launched Bharat BillPay Cross-Border Bill Payments. The feature is
already live on Lulu Money which is used by many Indians in the Middle East to send
money back in India.
o Federal Bank is functioning as the BBPS operating unit for this service.

103. Ethereum – the world’s second largest blockchain – has launched a new feature named as
“The Merge”.

104. The Defence Accounts Department (DAD) has signed a MOU with Bank of Baroda and
HDFC Bank, to onboard them as Service Centres under the System for Pension
Administration (Raksha) (SPARSH) initiative, across more than 14,000 branches throughout
India.
• The MoU will onboard more than 7,900 branches of Bank of Baroda and 6,300 branches
of HDFC Bank as Service Centres to provide last mile connectivity to pensioners, especially
those who live in remote areas of the country and those who do not have the means or
technical wherewithal to logon to SPARSH.
• SPARSH has grown exponentially with more than ₹11,600 crore disbursed in the financial
year 2021-22, from just about ₹57 crores in FY21.

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• SPARSH was implemented in 2021 to ease different aspects of defence pensions including
initiation, sanction, computation, revision and disbursement. The system involves crediting
pensions directly into the accounts of former servicemen without relying on banks.

105. Under ‘customs ONE’ plan, the Ministry of Commerce is working on to streamlining
approvals to ensure that goods for exports and imports are cleared within an hour of their
arrival at seaports and airports to help catapult India’s share in global trade to 10% by 2047.
• This plan is a part of India@2047 blueprint.

106. Max Life Insurance has appointed Rohit Sharma (captain of Indian cricket team) and
Ritika Sajdeh (Indian sports team manager) as its brand ambassador.

107. Japan-based MUFG bank has increased its Indian branch's capital by Rs 3000 crore to
expand its business in India.
• Now, the total capital of MUFG stands at Rs 5,207 crores.
• MUFG - mitsubishi ufj financial group
• In March 2022, MUFG established the MEFG Ganesha fund worth $300 million to support
budding Indian startups.
• MUFG has also established a branch in GIFT City, Gandhinagar.

108. HDFC bank has partnered with Refinitiv (a London stock exchange listed company) to
offer the latter's technological services to its customers.

109. ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund has launched India's First Nifty Auto Index Fund.
• The index fund will trace the performance of automobile companies listed on Nifty.

110. Federal Bank has partnered with Lulu Money to enable the NRIs in the Middle East
countries to pay their bills through Bharat Bill Cross Border Payment system.

111. Mahindra & Mahindra has acquired 17.41% in Swaraj Engines Ltd. for Rs 296 crores.

112. Ageas Federal Life Insurance has become the first insurance company to have 74%
foreign ownership.
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• The Belgium-based Ageas Insurance International NV acquired the 25% stake in IDBI
Bank.

113. Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance has launched the ABSLI Akshay Plan, a non-linked,
non-participating life-saving insurance plan.

114. Amsterdam-based cross border payment company Terrapay has partnered with NPCI
International Payments Limited to provide UPI services in The Netherlands.

115. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has amended the corporate social responsibility
rules of 2014 to provide the framework for utilisation of unspent CSR amount and for the
assessment of the social impact of CSR activities.
• The new rules will be called as Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility)
Amendment Rules of 2022.
• According to the new rules, the total expenditure incurred on social impact assessment
cannot exceed 2% of total CSR expenditure or Rs 50 lakhs whichever is greater.
• Companies having a net worth of Rs 500 crores, turnover of Rs 1000 crores or a profit
of Rs 5 crores or more are required to undertake CSR activities.

116. The banking system liquidity situation has turned into a deficit mode of Rs 21,873
crore approx. in September, for the first time since May 2019.
• In comparison to this, the liquidity surplus was to the tune of Rs 8 lakh crore in November
2021.

117. Kolkata-based UCO Bank has received the RBI’s approval to open a special vostro
account with Gazprombank of Russia for trade settlement in Indian rupees.
• The UCO Bank is the first bank to receive RBI’s approval following the RBI’s decision to
allow Indian banks to settle trade in Indian currency in July.

118. Ministry of Commerce and Industry has released data on Annual Foreign Direct
Investment (FDI), which has nearly doubled to $83.6 billion.
• The FDI inflows stood at $45.15 billion in 2014-2015. The year 2021-22 recorded the
highest ever FDI at $83.6 billion.
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• This FDI has come from 101 countries, which has been invested across 31 states and UTs
and 57 sectors in the country.
• India plans to attract $100 billion FDI in the current financial year.

119. HDFC Life Insurance and HDFC Ergo General Insurance Company have launched a
term insurance plan named as Click2Protect Optima Secure to provide the all-round
benefits of health and life insurance to the customers.

120. SEBI has allowed the Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Infrastructure
Investment Trusts (InvITs) to raise funds through the issue of commercial papers to
improve their liquidity and also lower their cost of capital.
• InvITs and REITs with a net worth of at least Rs 100 crore are eligible to issue commercial
papers.
• Commercial Papers are short-term debt instruments issued by companies to raise funds,
usually for up to one year.

121. State-owned Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) has signed an agreement with
Petrobras (Brazilian national oil company) for sourcing crude oil from the Latin American
nation as part of plans to diversify its sourcing needs.
• Bharat PetroResources Limited (BPRL), the upstream oil and gas exploration and
production subsidiary of BPCL, plans to invest USD 1.6 billion to develop an oil block in
Brazil.

122. Central government has extended the current Foreign Trade Policy (2015-20) for six
months w.e.f., October 1, 2022 at the request of Export Promotion Councils and leading
exporters.

123. WAPCOS Ltd, a central public sector enterprise, under the administrative control of the
Ministry of Jal Shakti, has filed the Red Herring Prospectus with SEBI for its proposed Initial
Public Offering (IPO).
• WAPCOS was engaged in engineering consultancy services and construction in the fields
of water, power and infrastructure sectors for businesses and communities in India and
overseas.
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124. Union Bank of India has inaugurated the Ethical Hacking Lab at the Cyber Security
Centre of Excellence (CCoE) in Hyderabad.

125. Asian Development Bank has announced a USD 14 billion fund to tackle the food
security crisis in the Asia-Pacific region, emanating from climate change and the Russia-
Ukraine war, for a period of 2022 to 2025.
• The announcement was made at ADB’s 55th annual meeting at its headquarters in
Manila, Philippines from September 26-30.
• Nearly 1.1 billion people lack healthy diets due to poverty and food prices in Asia and the
Pacific, which have soared to record highs this year.
• While USD 3.3 billion of the total funding is used in 2022, the rest of USD 10.7 billion will be
spread over 2023-25.

126. Fintech unicorn Razorpay has acquired PoshVine (fintech startup).

• Founded in 2011, PoshVine offers payments-linked loyalty and engagement solutions to
banks, payment networks, and businesses.

127. JMC Projects (India) has signed a contract to develop the Hanimaadhoo International
Airport Development Project in Maldives.
• India is providing $800 million financing for this project.

128. Tata Motors has launched Tiago.ev (electric version of its Tiago cars).
• The Tata Tiago EV has joined Tata's electric fleet comprising Nexon EV, Tigor EV, Nexon
EV Max and Nexon EV Prime.

129. Bank of India has acquired over 5.5% stake in Open Network for Digital Commerce
(ONDC) for Rs 10 crore.

130. Axis Bank will acquire up to 9.94% stake in Fairfax-backed Go Digit Life Insurance
through an investment of about ₹50-70 crore.

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131. Amazon India has launched ‘AmazeWIT Circles’, a dedicated networking virtual event
to educate women and prepare them for careers in technology.
• The ‘AmazeWIT Circles’ is designed for seasoned software development engineers.
• AmazeWIT Circles is a cohort-based connection that helps women to hone their skills and
address the challenges faced by working women.

132. Muthoot Finance has signed an MoU with UAE-based Lulu International Exchange to
work as its collection partner.
• Through this partnership, Muthoot Finance will facilitate money transfers for over 4 lakh
NRIs in UAE whose relatives have availed gold loans in India.
• India is one of the world’s largest recipients of remittances, with the share of remittances
from GCC countries to Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka historically being high.
• Muthoot Finance has recently expanded its doorstep service of gold loan@home across
South India to make credit even more accessible and easy to avail.

133. Mastercard, in collaboration with Swedish fintech Doconomy, has developed the
Mastercard Carbon Calculator to provide access to insights and data about carbon impact
and enables people to easily contribute to preserving the environment.
• The Mastercard Carbon Calculator informs consumers about the carbon footprint of their
purchases, so that they can make more mindful spending decisions and contribute to forest
restoration.
• It also enables consumers to receive a snapshot of the carbon emissions generated by their
purchases across spending categories.

134. Samsung India and Axis Bank have partnered to launch an exclusive co-branded credit
card in two variants - Visa Signature and Visa Infinite - in India, powered by Visa.

135. Bank of Baroda has launched Khushiyon ka Tyohaar campaign for offering favourable
interest rates on home loans and car loans.
• There are no processing fees and a competitive interest rate starting at 7.95% p.a. for Bank
of Baroda home loans.
• Car loans are available at a cheaper rate starting at 7.95% annually.

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• The Bank launched a Digital Lending campaign with a selection of digital loans to choose
from in order to allow customers to make the most of the festive season.

136. Yubi (earlier, CredAvenue) has partnered with the State Bank of India for co-lending to the
priority sector.
• Yubi is a unified credit platform with a comprehensive product suite catering to all stages of
the debt lifecycle.

137. Labour Bureau has conducted the Quarterly Employment Survey under the All-India
Quarterly Establishment-based Employment Survey (AQEES).
• AQEES assesses nine sectors viz. Manufacturing, Construction, Trade, Transport,
Education, Health, Accommodation & Restaurants, IT/BPOs and Financial Services.

138. Department of Empowerment of People with Disabilities (DEPwD) has signed an

agreement with Amazon India and the Skill Council for People with Disabilities to jointly
provide skill training and employment opportunities in the e-commerce sector.

GDP FORECASTS
1. In its Global Macro Outlook 2022-23 report, Moody’s has reduced India’s GDP forecast to
7.7% in 2022.

2. Goldman Sachs has reduced India’s GDP forecast to 7% in 2022.

3. State Bank of India has reduced India’s GDP forecast to 6.8% for FY23, due to low GDP
growth rate first quarter.
• According to National Statistical Office, the GDP growth in Q1 of FY23 was 13.5%.

4. Moody’s Investors Service has maintained India’s sovereign credit rating at a minimum
investment grade of ‘Baa3’. However, it has continued its “stable” outlook for the country.
• GDP forecast for FY23 – 7.6%
• GDP forecast for FY24 – 6.3%

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5. Fitch has reduced India’s GDP forecast to 7% for FY23 and 6.7% for FY24.

6. India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has lowered its GDP growth forecast for India for
FY23 to 6.9%.

7. Chief economic adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran has said that Indian economy will grow at
over 7% in FY23.

8. Asian Development Outlook 2022 Entrepreneurship in the Digital Age (September 2022)
report has been released by Asian Development Bank (ADB).

9. S&P has forecasted 7.3% growth rate for India in 2022-23.

• 2023-24 GDP growth rate – 6.5%

10. Moody's Analytics forecasted that global economy will grow at 2.7% in 2022 and slow to
2.3% in 2023.

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APPOINTMENTS
1. Anurag Sharma has been elected as the International Treasurer of the Parliamentary
Association Conference (CPA) at the 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
Conference in Halifax, Canada.
• He will now be on the main Executive Council.

2. Joao Lourenco has won a 2nd term as the President of Angola.

3. Santhosh Iyer has been appointed as the CEO of Mercedes-Benz India Pvt Ltd.
• Mercedes-Benz HQ - Stuttgart, Germany
• Mercedes-Benz CEO - Ola Källenius

4. Acefour Accessories, a travel accessories company, has roped in Jasprit Bumrah as brand
ambassador for its eco-friendly luggage brand ‘Uppercase’.

5. M.V. Iyer has been appointed as the interim Chairman & Managing Director of GAIL (India)
Limited for a period of 3 months.

6. Rajesh Kumar Srivastava has been appointed as the interim Chairman & Managing
Director of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).

7. Vasudha Gupta has been appointed as the director general of the News Services division
of the All India Radio (AIR).
• AIR is a division of Prasar Bharti (CEO- Shashi Shekhar Vempati).

8. Utpal Kumar Singh, currently holding the post of Secretary General Lok Sabha, will
additionally assume the duties of CEO of Sansad TV.

9. Kalyan Chaubey has been elected as the new President of the All India Football
Federation.
• Shaji Prabhakaran has been appointed new secretary general of AIFF.

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10. Yamuna Kumar Chaubey has been given the charge of Chairman and Managing Director
of NHPC for three months beginning September 1.

11. India-born Laxman Narasimhan was named as the next chief executive officer (CEO) of
Starbucks Corp.

12. Justice D.Y. Chandrachud has been appointed as the executive chairman of National
Legal Services Authority.

13. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed former Kyrgyzstan President Roza
Otunbayeva for the position of Special Representative for Afghanistan and Head of the
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).

14. Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Ltd has appointed Krishnan Sankarasubramaniam as its new
MD and CEO.

15. Liz Truss has been elected as the new Prime Minister of UK.
• Liz Truss’s full name is Mary Elizabeth Truss.

16. Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) has appointed Binesh Kumar Tyagi as its chairman
and managing director (CMD).

17. Sunil Chhetri (Captain of the Indian Football team) has been appointed as the brand
ambassador of popular superfood brand Pintola.

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18. All India Football Federation (AIFF) has appointed Shaji Prabhakaran as its new secretary
general.

19. Ogilvy (New York City-based British advertising, marketing, and public relations agency) has
appointed India-born Devika Bulchandani as its Global CEO.

20. Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Volker Türk (Austria) as the next United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights HQ – Geneva and New
York

21. President Droupadi Murmu has nominated Gulam Ali from J&K to Rajya Sabha.
• The President can elect 12 members in the Rajya Sabha.
• Earlier, the President used to elect 2 members from the Anglo-Indian community in the
Lok Sabha but the 104th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019 has abolished this
practice.

22. N Ramdas Iyer has been appointed as the Director of the National Science Centre, Delhi.

23. Abhishek Mishra has been appointed as a 'Member of the Consultative Committee' in the
Food Corporation of India (FCI) by Piyush Goyal, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and
Public Distribution.
• Mishra is the Entrepreneur and CEO of Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival
(DPIFF).

24. American Express Banking Corp (AEBC) has appointed Sanjay Khanna as the Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) and Country Manager for India.
• American Express Chairman and Chief Executive Officer - Stephen J. Squeri
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25. US President Joe Biden announced his intent to appoint Dr Renee Wegrzyn as the first
director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), a new agency
established to drive biomedical innovation that supports the health of all Americans.

26. CSC e-Governance India SPV has appointed Sanjay Kumar Rakesh as its managing
director.

27. Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi is set to become the Attorney General of India for a second
time from October 1, 2022.
• Mr. Venugopal was the 15th Attorney General of India.

28. Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) has elected Mr Vinod Aggarwal (MD
& CEO of Volvo Eicher Commercial Vehicles Ltd) as its new President for 2022-23.

29. IndusInd Bank has approved the re-appointment of Sumant Kathpalia as its MD and CEO
for three years with effect from March 24, 2023.

30. Central Govt has appointed Thomas M Devasia as a member (non-life) on the board of IRDAI.
• Thomas M Devasia is currently technical expert at Marsh Insurance Brokers India.

31. Kerala-based CSB Bank has appointed Pralay Mondal as the its new MD and CEO.

32. Pratap Pawar, the chairman of the Sakal Media Private Ltd. which publishes Marathi daily
newspaper SAKAL, has been elected as the chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulations
(ABC) for 2022-2023.

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33. Asia-Pacific Institute of Broadcasting Development (AIBD) has unanimously extended

India’s presidency for one more year.
• The 47th Annual Gathering/ 20th AIBD General Conference and Associated Meeting
took place in New Delhi on the theme of ‘Building a stronger future for broadcasting in the
post pandemic era’.
• During the event, awards were given –
o Appreciation Award for 2021 - Radio Television Brunei
o Appreciation Award for 2022 - Fiji Broadcasting Corporation and Fiji’s Different
Ministries
o Lifetime Achievement Award for 2021 - Mr Khieu Khanharith, Minister of Information
and Communication, Cambodia.
o Lifetime Achievement Award for 2022 - Shri Mayank Agarwal, CEO, PB and
President, AIBD

About AIBD –
• Established – 1977 under the auspices of UNESCO
• Headquarters – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Purpose – It is a unique regional inter-governmental organisation servicing countries of the
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP) in
the field of electronic media development.

34. RBI has approved the appointment of its former deputy governor R Gandhi as non-executive
part time chairman of Yes Bank for three years.

35. Wipro Ltd has hired Dhruv Anand as country head and managing director to lead
operations in Japan.

36. Three new members – Ratan Tata (former chair of Tata Sons), KT Thomas (former Judge of
Supreme Court), and Kariya Munda (former Deputy Speaker) – have been appointed on the
board of trustees of PM Cares Fund.
• The Board also includes Prime Minister, Union Home Minister, and Union Finance Minister.
• An Advisory Board to PM CARES has also been constituted with Rajiv Mehrishi (former
CAG of India), Sudha Murthy (former chair of Infosys Foundation), and Anand Shah (co-
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founder of Teach for India and Former CEO of Indicorps and Piramal Foundation) as its
members.

37. Dr Rajiv Bahl, who is currently with the World Health Organisation, has been appointed as the
Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the Secretary of
the Department of Health Research.
• The Appointment Committee of the Cabinet has appointed Dr M Srinivas as the new
director of the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi after the retirement
of Dr Randeep Guleria.

38. Former Indian captain Dilip Tirkey has been elected as the President of Hockey India.

39. K Raja Prasad Reddy (from Telugu daily ‘Sakshi’) has been elected as the president of the
Indian Newspaper Society (INS).
• The INS is an apex body of the newspapers, magazines and periodicals published in the
country.

40. The Central Govt has appointed Justice M N Bhandari as the Chairman of the Appellate
Tribunal under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

41. Senior bureaucrat Rajendra Kumar has been appointed the director general of the
Employees' State Insurance Corporation.

42. Italy’s first far right-led government has won the majority in the national elections since
World War II.
• Giorgia Meloni is set to become Italy’s first female premier.

43. Innerwear firm Lux Industries Limited has appointed cricketer, and president of the Board of
Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Sourav Ganguly as its brand ambassador for its brand
Lux Cozi.

44. The central government has appointed C S Rajan as the Non-Executive Chairman of
IL&FS Ltd.
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• Nand Kishore, who was serving as an executive director, has been made the Managing
Director.

45. Britannia Industries Ltd. has appointed Rajneet Singh Kohli as the company’s CEO and
Varun Berry as its MD.

46. The central government has appointed Lt-General Anil Chauhan as the country’s next chief
of defence staff (CDS).
• He is a known China expert who retired as the Eastern Army Command chief in May last
year.
• Prior to this appointment, Chauhan was serving as the military advisor to national security
advisor Ajit Doval and the National Security Council Secretariat.
• This is the first time, a retired three-star officer (Lt-Gen, Air Marshal, Vice Admiral) will
return to active service as a four-star officer like the Army, Navy and IAF chiefs.

IMPORTANT DAYS
1. August 24 - Internaut Day

2. August 30 - International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

3. August 31 - International Day for People of African Descent

4. September 1-7 – National Nutrition Week; Theme – Celebrate A World of Flavours

• The first edition of the NNW was celebrated in 1982.

5. September 2 - World Coconut Day; Theme – Cultivate Coconut for a Healthy Life and Future

6. September 3 – International Vulture Awareness Day (1st Saturday of September)

7. September 5 –
• International Day of Charity

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• National Teachers’ Day

8. September 7 - International Day of Clean Air for blue skies; Theme - The Air We Share
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has released the 2nd edition of the Air
Quality and Climate Bulletin.
• Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change celebrated the 3rd
International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies as ‘Swachh Vayu Diwas (“Swachh Vayu
Neel Gagan”)’ to improve air quality under National Clean Air Programme (NCAP).
• Union Minister Shri Bhupender Yadav also released brochures on Capacity building and
public outreach under NCAP with best practices in eight cities:
o Srinagar (All Hands on Board),
o Varanasi (Nothing goes to waste)
o Bengaluru (Clean Road, Clean City),
o Pune (The Right Drive)
o Hyderabad (The Green Way),
o Akola (Water Woes), Maharashtra
o Thootukudi (Treasure from Trash), Tamil Nadu
o Lucknow (Under Control)
About National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) –
• Launch - 2019
• Purpose – for improving air quality by reducing Particulate Matter concentrations by 20-
30% in 131 cities in the country
• Coverage – It includes 123 Non-Attainment Cities (NAC) which exceed the National
Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for 5 consecutive years and 42 Million Plus
Population Cities/Urban Agglomerations. 34 cities are common in both categories.
• Progress – There has been an overall improvement in Particulate Matter concentration in
95 cities including 20 cities conforming to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards in the
year 2021-22 compared to 2017.
• Reporting and monitoring of physical and financial progress of action plans is done through
PRANA portal (Portal for Regulation of Air Pollution in Non-attainment Cities).

9. September 8 –
• International Literacy Day; Theme - Transforming Literacy Learning Spaces
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• World Physiotherapy Day; Theme - Prevention and Management of Osteoarthritis

10. September 9 –
• Himalaya Day; Theme - Himalayas will be safe only when the interests of its residents are
protected
• World EV Day
• International Day to Protect Education from Attack

11. September 10 –
• World Suicide Prevention Day; Theme – Creating Hope Through Action
• World First Aid Day; Theme - Lifelong First Aid

12. September 11 - National Forest Martyrs Day (commemoration of the Khejarli Massacre in
1730)
• In the Khejarli massacre, 363 Bishnois were killed by Maharaja Abhai Singh in Khejarli,
Rajasthan for trying to peacefully protect a grove of Khejri trees. It is considered as a
precursor to the Chipko movement.

13. September 12 - International Day for South-South Cooperation

• To celebrate this day, the Government of Thailand and the United Nations Economic
and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) will organize the first-ever
Global South-South Development Expo on the theme of ‘Advancing South-South and
Triangular Cooperation for Sustainable COVID-19 Recovery: Towards a Smart and
Resilient Future’.
• United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) was established in 1974. It
is hosted by UN Development Program in New York.

14. September 14 - Hindi Diwas (Hindi was adopted as the official language of the Union of India
on Sept 14, 1949)
• January 10 - World Hindi Day

15. September 15 –

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• National Engineers Day (birth anniversary of Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya- India’s civil

engineer)
• World Lymphoma Awareness Day

16. September 16 –
• International Day of Democracy
• International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer; Theme - “Montreal Protocol@35:
global cooperation protecting life on earth”
o India became a party to the Montreal Protocol in 1992, which was adopted on 16
September 1987.
o The Ozone Day celebration took place in Mumbai.
o First edition of the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer; was
celebrated in 1994.
• National Cinema Day (1st edition) by the Multiplex Association of India

17. September 17 -
• World Patient Safety Day; Theme – Medication Safety
• International Coastal Cleanup Day; Theme – Fighting for Trash Free Seas
• International Red Panda Day
o WWF India and SBI Foundation have partnered to generate fine-scale information
on the species of Red Panda at a transboundary level and engage with communities
in safeguarding key habitats in Sikkim and Darjeeling, Kalimpong district in West
Bengal.

18. September 18 –
• International Equal Pay Day
• World Water Monitoring Day
• World Bamboo Day

19. September 19 – International World Snakebite Awareness Day

• Union Health Ministry is planning to launch a dedicated national programme for the
prevention and control of snakebite.

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• India is home to more than 300 species of snakes of which about 60 are venomous or
mildly venomous.
• Four major venomous species are Russell’s Viper, Indian Cobra, Common Krait, and Saw-
Scaled Viper.
• Snakebite is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) and developing and tropical countries
account for around 95% of the total snakebites of the world.
• January 30 – World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day

20. September 20 –
• International NFT (Non-Fungible Token) Day (1st edition)
• Railway Protection Force (38th edition) Raising Day

21. September 21 –
• World Alzheimer's Day; The theme for World Alzheimer's Month in September 2022 is
“Know dementia, know Alzheimer's”.
• International Day of Peace; Theme - End racism. Build peace.

22. September 22 -
• World Rhino Day; Theme - five rhino species forever
o A memorial made of ashes collected from rhino horns has been established in
Kaziranga National Park, Assam. It is named “Abode of the Unicorns”.
o The International Rhino Foundation has released the ‘State of Rhino Report
2022’. As per the report, the rhino population in India, Nepal, and Bhutan has
increased.
§ However, the population in Africa and Indonesia is a cause of concern.
§ The estimated global population of Rhinos is 4,014.
§ Rhino population in India - 2,895 (total)
« Assam’s Kaziranga National Park (2,613) - Highest
« Jaldapara National Park in Bengal (287),
« Orang National Park in Assam (125),
« Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary (107),
« Gorumara National Park in Bengal (52),
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« Manas National Park in Assam (40),

« Dudhwa National Park in Uttar Pradesh (38)

• World Rose Day (to encourage cancer survivors)

23. September 23 - International Sign Language Day; Theme- Sign Language Unite Us
• The central govt has launched an Indian Sign Language (ISL) dictionary mobile
application called 'Sign Learn' containing 10,000 words.
• The app is based on the Indian sign language dictionary of the Indian Sign Language
Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC).
• Under Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, the Centre had launched ISL versions of selected books of
National Book Trust's 'Veergatha' series.

24. September 19-25 - International Week of the Deaf People; Theme- Building Inclusive
Communities for All
September 19 Sign Language in Education
September 20 Sustainable Economic Opportunity for Deaf People
September 21 Health for All
September 22 Safeguarding Deaf People in Times of Crises
September 23 Sign Language Unite Us
September 24 Intersectional Deaf Communities
September 25 Deaf Leadership for Tomorrow

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25. September 25 -
• World Lung Day
• World Pharmacist Day; Theme - "Pharmacy united in action for a healthier world"
• World Rivers Day (4th Sunday of September); Theme - ‘The importance of Rivers to
Biodiversity’
• Antodaya Diwas (birthday of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay)

26. September 26 -
• International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear-Weapons
• World Environment Health Day; Theme - 'Strengthening Environmental Health Systems for
the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals’
• World Contraceptive Day

27. September 27 - World Tourism Day; Theme – Rethinking Tourism

28. September 28 -
• International Day for Universal Access to Information; Theme - “Artificial Intelligence, e-
Governance and Access to Information”
o A global conference based on this theme will be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
• World Rabies Day; Theme - “One Health, Zero Death”

29. September 29 -
• World Heart Day; Theme - Use Heart for Every Heart
• World Maritime Day; Theme - 'New technologies for greener shipping'

AWARDS
1. ‘Forbes Asia-100 To Watch’ list has been released to track the performance of start-ups and
small companies headquartered in Asia-Pacific.
• A total of 11 companies from India have featured on the list.

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2. Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd. (GRSE) has been conferred with the
coveted Green Channel Certification by Ministry of Defence for supply of Portable Steel
Bridges (Bailey Type) of various spans and configurations to Indian Army.

3. Smart Solutions Challenge & Inclusive Cities Awards 2022 were given by the National
Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) under Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, and the United
Nations (UN).
• Category 1: Early-stage Innovations
o Fifth Sense by Glovatrix Pvt. Ltd
o Digital Mobility Subsidy by Ola Mobility Institute
o AxcesAble Places by AxcesAble Designs LLP
• Category 2: Market-ready Solutions
o Mouseware by Dextroware Devices
o Signer.AI by Incluistic Pvt. Ltd. / Friends for Inclusion
o IncluMaps by Vikas Upadhyay, Research Scholar, IIT Delhi
• Category 3: Implemented Solutions
o Multi-Dimensional Inclusiveness: Using Advanced Technologies for Education and
Literacy by Belagavi Smart City Ltd.
o myUDAAN by Tekra Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
o 'Moving with Pride' (Mo Bus and Mo E-Ride) by Capital Region Urban Transport
(CRUT), Odisha
o Nirbhaya App by Sagar Smart City Ltd.
• A ‘Compendium of Smart and Innovative Solutions for an Inclusive & Accessible
Urban Future’ was also launched.

4. 64th edition of Ramon Magsaysay Award (aka Asia’s Nobel Prize), named after Ramon
Magsaysay, the third president of the Philippines, has been announced.

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5. Barack Obama has won Emmy Awards for the narration of Our Great National Parks.

6. Nepal’s President Bidya Devi Bhandari has conferred the title of Honorary General of the
Nepali Army to Indian Army chief General Manoj Pande.

7. Telugu actor Tanikella Bharani has won the annual Sahitya Puraskar of the Lok Nayak
Foundation at the award function held at Kalabharathi Auditorium in Vizag, Andhra Pradesh.

8. West Bengal has won the International Travel Award 2023 for Best Destination for Culture
by the Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (PATWA), an affiliate member of the United
Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
• The award will be presented at the World Tourism and Aviation Leaders’ Summit in
Berlin, Germany.
• World Travel Awards selected the Republic of Cuba as the Caribbean’s Leading
Cultural Destination in 2022.

9. Noted Hindi writer Asgar Wajahat will be awarded the 31st Vyas Samman for his play
Mahabali (which was published in 2019) by KK Birla Foundation.
• The award, instituted in 1991 and given by the KK Birla Foundation, recognises outstanding
literary work in Hindi authored by an Indian citizen and published in the previous 10 years. It
carries a cash prize of ₹4 lakh.

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• Some of the prominent awards given by KK Birla are Sarawati Samman, GD Birla Award for
Scientific Research.

10. UEFA Men's Player of the Year 2021-22 award - Karim Benzema (Real Madrid and France
Forward)
• Women's Player of the Year - Alexia Putellas
• Men's Coach of the Year - Carlo Ancelotti
• Women's Coach of the Year - Sarina Wiegman
• President's Award - Arrigo Sacchi

11. According to the Fortune India’s list of ‘India’s Richest’ for 2022, the wealth of 142 Indian
billionaires collectively stands at $832 billion (Rs 66.36 trillion).
• This list has been released for the first time, in collaboration with Waterfield Advisors.

12. Former India Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Sunil Lanba has been conferred with Singapore's
prestigious military award titled as the Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Tentera) or Meritorious
Service Medal (Military).
• The award was presented by President Halimah Yacob.
• Singapore PM - Lee Hsien Loong

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13. BusinessLine Changemaker Awards were presented by Finance Minister Nirmala

Sitharaman.
• Changemaker of the year: Bharat Biotech
• Iconic Changemaker of the year: Mithali Raj
• Changemaker Financial Transformation Award: Zerodha

14. UCO Bank (a public sector bank) has been conferred “The Eastern India Best Employer
Brand Awards 2022” by EIILM-Kolkata Times Ascent.
• UCO Bank has also announced to open 200 banking outlets under the Annual Banking
Outlets Expansion Plan 2022-23.

15. Kantar Brandz has released its Most Valuable Indian Brands 2022 report.
• Most valuable brand of India – TCS, followed by HDFC Bank
• HDFC Bank has held the no. 1 position since 2014.

16. Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate (aged 25 years) has been appointed as the newest
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.

17. Prominent Indian scientist and industrialist Dr Swati Piramal has been conferred with the
Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur or Knight of the Legion of Honour by France.
• Piramal (aged 66) is the vice-chairperson of the Mumbai-headquartered Piramal Group.
• It is France's top civilian honour given for her contributions in the fields of business and
industry, science, medicine, and towards strengthening Indo-French ties.

18. Aniket Doegar of Haqdarshak, a tech platform that connects citizens with their eligible
government welfare schemes has won the 13th Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award-
India given by Jubilant Bhartia Foundation and Schwab Foundation for Social
Entrepreneurship.

19. Toronto International Film Festival 2022 –

• People’s Choice Award – ‘The Fabelmans’, directed by Steven Spielberg
• NETPAC Award – Sweet As, directed by Jub Clerc

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20. Gujarati film 'Chhello Show', titled 'Last Film Show' in English, has been selected as India's
official entry into the Oscars 2023.
• Director - Pan Nalin

21. Gates Foundation has presented the 2022 Goalkeepers Global Goals Awards to four
leaders for their inspiring efforts to drive progress for all.
• Awardees –
o Radhika Batra, co-founder of the non-profit organization Every Infant Matters, which
provides last-mile health solutions to disadvantaged children in India
o Zahra Joya, a journalist from Afghanistan who founded and self-funded Rukhshana
Media, an online news agency focused exclusively on covering issues that affect the
women of Afghanistan.
o Vanessa Nakate, a climate justice activist from Uganda and founder of the Africa-
based Rise Up Movement and the Green Schools Project
o Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission

22. The India Hypertension Control Initiative (IHCI) has won the '2022 UN Interagency Task
Force, and WHO Special Programme on Primary Health Care Award' at the UN General
Assembly.
• The India Hypertension Control Initiative (IHCI) is a joint initiative of the Union Ministry of
Health and Family Welfare, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), state
governments and WHO-India.
• It was launched in 2017 and expanded in a phased manner to cover more than 130
districts across 23 states in India.
• Under the initiative, more than 34 lakh people with hypertension are taking treatment in
government health facilities, including Ayushman Bharat Health Wellness Centres.

23. IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2022 -

• Rank 1 - Gautam Adani
• Rank 2 - Mukesh Ambani
• Rank 3 - Cyrus Poonawalla
• Rank 4 - Shiv Nadar
• Rank 5 - Radhakrishan Damani
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24. Breakthrough Prizes 2023, dubbed the "Oscars of Science," have been announced.
• The Breakthrough Prizes, created in 2010 by a group of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs in
US.
• Each prize carries $3 million — more than the $1 million for a Nobel winner.
• Breakthrough Prize in mathematics – Daniel Spielman of Yale University
• Breakthrough Prize in fundamental physics – Charles Bennett, Gilles Brassard, David
Deutsch and Peter Shor
• Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences – Clifford Brangwynne and Anthony Hyman for
discovering a new mechanism of cellular organization
o Other winners of life sciences prizes are Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for
developing AlphaFold, which predicts the structure of proteins, and Emmanuel
Mignot and Masashi Yanagisawa for discovering the causes of narcolepsy

25. President Droupadi Murmu has conferred the National Service Scheme (NSS) Awards for
the year 2020-21.
• Winners – 42
• Two Universities, ten NSS Units, their Programme Officers, and 30 NSS Volunteers
received the awards.
• NSS is a Centrally Sector Scheme that was launched in the year 1969. The motto of NSS
is “NOT ME, BUT YOU” ‘!वयं से पहले आप’.

26. British Home Secretary Suella Braverman has been named the winner of the first-ever
Queen Elizabeth II Woman of the Year award.

27. Cochin International Airport has won the Airport Service Quality Award 2022 for its
‘Mission Safeguarding’ which was launched in 2021-22 to ensure seamless traffic and
passenger satisfaction after Covid-19 pandemic.
• The award was given by Airports Council International (based in Montreal).

28. Elton John (singer) has received the National Humanities Medal from US President Joe
Biden for work done by Elton John AIDS Foundation.

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29. Veteran actor Asha Parekh will be conferred the 52nd Dada Saheb Phalke award for 2020.

30. Britain’s Indian-origin Home Secretary Suella Braverman has won the first-ever Queen
Elizabeth II Woman of the Year award at a ceremony in London.

31. Time’s 100 Next 2022 list -

Category Top mention India
Artists SZA (American singer) -
Phenoms Sydney Sweeney (American -
actress)
Innovators Keke Palmer (American -
actress, singer, and television
personality)
Leaders Farwiza Farhan (Indonesian Akash Ambani
environmental activist)
Advocates Joel Kim Booster (American -
actor)

SPORTS
1. India has won a total of 16 medals in the World U20 Wrestling Championships 2022 held in
Sofia, Bulgaria.
• The wrestling championship was held in three formats - Men's freestyle, Men's Greco-
Roman, and Women's freestyle.
• Men’s freestyles – Iran (1st), USA (2nd), India (3rd)
• Men’s Greco-Roman – Iran (1st), Azerbaijan (2nd)
• Women’s Freestyle – Japan (1st), India (2nd)
• The only gold medal for India has been won by Antim Panghal.

2. The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has partnered with HSBC India to support women
athletes of the country, especially youngsters.

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3. 2022 BWF World Championship in Tokyo – Men’s Singles: Viktor Axelsen (Denmark);
Women’s Singles: Akane Yamaguchi
• Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have won India’s first ever bronze medal in
Men’s Double.

4. Colin de Grandhomme (Zimbabwean-born New Zealand international cricketer) has

announced retirement from cricket.

5. 61st Subroto Cup, an annual school's football tournament, will be held in Delhi.

6. India has qualified for the Men's Under-21 World Championship, after winning a silver at the
Asian u-20 volleyball championship in Riffa, Bahrain.
• Iran won the gold in the final.

7. Pallathuruthi Boat Club has won the 68th edition of the Nehru Trophy for a boat race held
on the Punnamada Lake in Alappuzha district of Kerala.

8. Max Verstappen has won 2022 Dutch Grand Prix.

9. 2022 Japan Open (badminton) – Men’s Singles: Kenta Nishimoto; Women’s Singles:
Akane Yamaguchi

10. Aravindh Chithambaram has won the Dubai Open chess tournament.

11. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has unveiled the anthem and mascot for the 36th National
Games in Gujarat, later this year.
• The National Games will take place in six cities of Gujarat - Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara,
Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Gandhinagar - from September 29 to October 12.
• Mascot - Let’s roar Savaj

12. Bangladesh wicket-keeper batter Mushfiqur Rahim has announced his retirement from T20Is.

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13. Suresh Raina (the former India and Uttar Pradesh batter) has announced his retirement from
"all formats of cricket".

14. Six-year-old Anishka Biyani won the gold medal in the Malaysian Age Group Rapid Chess
Championship at Kuala Lumpur.

15. US Open 2022 – Men’s Singles - Carlos Alcaraz (Spain); Women’s Singles - Iga Świątek
(Poland)

16. Asia Cup 2023 has been won by Sri Lanka after beating Pakistan in UAE.

17. Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Ranking 2022 -

• Men’s Singles – Prannoy H. S. (from India), followed by Viktor Axelsen (2nd rank)
• Women’s Singles – Chen Yu Fei (from China), followed by PV Sindhu (2nd rank)
• Anupama Upadhyaya has topped the BWF World Junior Ranking in U-19 Women’s
Singles.

18. Aaron Finch (Australia's 24th men's ODI captain) has announced retirement from one-day
international cricket.

19. Neeraj Chopra has become the first Indian athlete to Diamond League Final at Zurich,
Switzerland.

20. Formula One Champion Max Verstappen has won the Italian Grand Prix at Monza for the
first time.

21. Karnataka has won the 75th Senior National Aquatic Championships at the Dr. Zakir
Hussain Aquatic Complex in Guwahati, Assam.

22. The first-ever 2022 UCI Mountain Bike Eliminator World Cup will be hosted by Ladakh, in
partnership with Cycling Association of India.

23. Rohit Sharma has announced retirement from international and first-class cricket.
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24. Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) has been ranked at the number 1 position in the Men's Tennis ATP
Rankings 2022 (as on September 15, 2022).

25. Union Cabinet has approved the signing for hosting the FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup
2022 in India.
• Venue of the World Cup - Bhubaneshwar, Navi Mumbai and Goa.

26. India has won the SAFF U-17 Championship 2022 by beating Nepal at Race Course
Stadium, Columbo, Sri Lanka.

27. Rachael Haynes (Vice-Captain of Australian women's cricket team) has retired from cricket.

28. Robin Uthappa has announced retirement from cricket.

29. Vinesh Phogat has become the first Indian woman wrestler to win a bronze in 53kg at the
World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Sweden.
• Phogat has, thus, become the first Indian woman wrestler to win two medals at the world
wrestling championship. She won her first medal in 2019 edition in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
• Bajrang Punia has won bronze in men’s 65 kg.

30. Roger Federer (Swiss tennis player) has announced his retirement.
• He has won 20 grand slam tournaments in his career.

31. Pranav Anand has become India’s 76th Grandmaster after crossing 2500 Elo mark during
the World Youth Chess Championship in Romania.

32. Bengaluru Football Club has won the 2022 Durand Cup by defeating Mumbai City FC in
final at Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata.

33. Chennai Open WTA 2022 (tennis) – Women’s Singles - Linda Fruhvirtova (Czech Republic);
Women’s Doubles - Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada) and Luisa Stefani (Brazil)
• WTA – Women’s Tennis Association (based in US)
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34. Rubel Hossain (Bangladeshi cricketer) has announced retirement.

35. Bangladesh has won the SAFF (South Asian Football Federation) Women’s Championship
at Dashrath Rangshala Stadium, Nepal.

36. India has won 19 medals (8 gold, 8 silver, and 3 bronze) at the Marrakech Para Athletics
Grand Prix in Morocco.

37. DFL, the organising body of Germany football leagues Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2, has
signed an MOU with Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL), the commercial partner
of Indian football and organiser of the Indian Super League, to bring the best global practices in
the country.

38. For the first time, India will be hosting a maiden MotoGP World Championships race
named as ‘Grand Prix of Bharat’ at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida next
year.
• MotoGP commercial rights owner Dorna and Noida-based race promoters Fairstreet Sports
have signed an MOU to host the premier two-wheel racing event in India for the next seven
years.

39. The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that Oval Stadium, London will host the
World Test Championship 2023.
• The World Test Championship 2025 will be hosted at Lord's Stadium, London.

40. Supreme Court has appointed former apex court judge Justice L Nageswara Rao for
amending constitution of Indian Olympic Association and preparing electoral college for the
elections.

41. Norway’s Magnus Carlsen has won the Julius Baer Generation Cup chess online
tournament by defeating India’s Arjun Erigaisi.

42. ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 will be held in South Africa.
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• ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 – Bangladesh

• ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 – England

43. US team has won the Presidents Cup at Quail Hollow Club, North Carolina, US.
• Presidents Cup is a biennial golf competition between Americans and an international team
open to players outside the United States and Europe.

44. Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) shattered his own world record in the Berlin Marathon 2022 with a
marathon time of 2:01:09.

45. Jhulan Goswami (Indian cricketer) has announced retirement.

MISCELLANEOUS
1. “The Hero of Tiger Hill” book has been authored by Capt (Hony) Yogendra Singh Yadav.

2. “Indian Banking in Retrospect – 75 years of Independence” has been authored by Dr

Ashutosh Raravikar (Director in the DEPR of RBI).

3. Ralph Eggleston (American animator) has passed away.

4. Abhijit Sen (Indian economist) has passed away.

5. Minister of State for AYUSH Munjpara Mahendrabhai Kalubhai has unveiled a book titled
“Science behind Suryanamaskar,” a collection of evidence-based research on one of the
most well-known Yoga asanas at the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA).
• The book “Science behind Suryanamaskar” has been compiled by the AIIA’s Department
of Swasthavritta and Yoga.

6. Mikhail Gorbachev (former President of Soviet Union) has passed away.

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7. “When the Heart Speaks: Memoirs of a Cardiologist” book has been authored by Dr
Upendra Kaul.

8. Typhoon Hinnamnor has approached South Korea.

9. India’s first intranasal Covid vaccine, developed by Bharat Biotech, has received approval
from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for primary immunization of people above
the age of 18.
• The vaccine is named as iNCOVACC (aka BBV154).

10. Ramchandra Manjhi (Indian Bhojpuri folk dancer, and theatre artist) has passed away.

11. “Forging Mettle: Nrupender Rao and the Pennar Story” book has been authored by Pavan
C. Lall.

12. Britain’s longest serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, has passed away.
• Prince Charles has been crowned as the King Charles III.

13. B. B. Lal (archaeologist) has passed away.

14. Kamal Narain Singh (Chief Justice of India with the shortest tenure) has passed away.
• He was the 22nd CJI of India, who served between 25 Nov-12 Dec 1991.
• Justice Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud (16th CJI) is longest serving CJI of India till date.

15. Birju Sah, the first Indian boxer to win gold in both the Asian and Winter Games, has passed
away.

16. Javier Marias, one of Spain’s most renowned novelists, has passed away.

17. Former Indian women's hockey coach Sjoerd Marijne has authored "Will Power" book, which
shares the inside story of the team's incredible performance at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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18. “20th Century Indian Art: Modern, Post- Independence, Contemporary” book has been
authored by Rakhee Balaram, Parul Dave Mukherjee, and Partha Mitter.

19. Jean-Luc Godard, one of the most influential filmmakers of the 20th century and the father of
the French New Wave, has passed away.

20. “Rajini's Mantras: Life lessons from one of India’s most-loved superstars” book has been
authored by P.C. Balasubramanian.

21. Naresh Kumar (tennis doyen and Davis Cup captain) has passed away.

22. Former President Ram Nath Kovind launched a book titled ‘Ambedkar and Modi:
Reformer’s Ideas Performer’s Implementation’.

23. “Muskurate Chand Lamhe aur Kuchh Khamoshiyan” book has been authored by Jiwesh
Nandan.
• The book was released by Bollywood Actor Manoj Bajpayee.

24. Death toll from Lassa fever in Nigeria has reached 171 this year.
• Cause – Lassa fever is an animal-borne, or zoonotic, acute viral illness spread by the
common African rat. It is endemic to West Africa.
• Symptoms – Initial: fever, general weakness and malaise, Later symptoms: headache,
sore throat, muscle pain, chest pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, cough, and abdominal
pain
• Treatment – The antiviral drug ribavirin seems to be an effective treatment for Lassa fever
if given early on in the course of clinical illness.
• Transmission – Casual contact (including skin-to-skin contact without exchange of body
fluids) does not spread Lassa virus.

25. Soviet Cosmonaut Valery Polyakov, who held the record for the achieving the longest single
stay in space, has passed away.

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26. Padma Shri Acharya Ramayatna Shukla (president of Srikashi Vidwat Parishad and Sanskrit
scholar) passed away.

27. Comedian Raju Srivastav has passed away.

• His autopsy was done by using a novel technique called Virtopsy i.e., virtual autopsy. This
technology uses high tech X-rays and CT-Scans to conduct autopsy without dissecting the
body.
• Presently, AIIMS-Delhi is the only organization conducting Virtopsy in the entire South
and South-East Asia.

28. Former Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu has released “Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas Sabka
Vishwas” – a compilation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speeches from May 2019- May
2020.

29. Booker Prize-winning author Hilary Mantel has passed away.

30. Vice President, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar has released the book titled “Pt. Deendayal
Upadhyay – Jeevan Darshan Aur Samsamyikta” (five volumes) in New Delhi.

31. Khosta-2 variant of coronavirus has been detected in Russian bats in Sochi National Park
in Russia.

32. “WILDLIFE INDIA@50 Saving the Wild, Securing the Future” has been authored by Manoj
Kumar Misra.

QUESTIONS
Q.1) Which state has launched the
“Mukhyamantri Udyman Khiladi Unnayan Q.2) Which bank has launched the "Maha
Yojana”? Dhanvarsha" fixed deposit scheme?
[a] Uttarakhand [a] Bank of Baroda
[b] Himachal Pradesh [b] Axis Bank
[c] Meghalaya [c] Central Bank of India
[d] Mizoram [d] Bank of Maharashtra
[e] Assam [e] Indian Bank
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[b] HSBC India

Q.3) Which of the following is India’s largest [c] IDFC First
airline in India, with a market share of 55.5% [d] Tata Capital Financial Services
as of January 2022? [e] Barclays India
[a] Vistara
[b] AirAsia Q.8) Who has won the men’s singles at the
[c] Go First 2022 BWF World Championship in Tokyo?
[d] IndiGo [a] Viktor Axelsen
[e] SpiceJet [b] Chen Long
[c] Lakshya Sen
Q.4) Who has been elected as the [d] Kento Momota
International Treasurer of the Parliamentary [e] Anders Antonsen
Association Conference (CPA) at the 65th
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Q.9) Who is the author of “The Hero of Tiger
Conference in Halifax, Canada? Hill” book?
[a] Krishnendra Pratap Singh [a] Avon Kumar Sharma
[b] Anurag Sharma [b] Yogendra Singh Yadav
[c] Ajay Bhatt [c] Sanjai Bajpai
[d] Ashok Kumar [d] R.C Bhatt
[e] Lalit Kumar Yadav [e] Rajesh Ranjan

Q.5) With which country does Angola not Q.10) Who is the author of “Indian Banking in
share its land border? Retrospect – 75 years of Independence”?
[a] Democratic Republic of Congo [a] Ashutosh Raravikar
[b] Gabon [b] Rabindra Kumar Karna
[c] Namibia [c] Vedveer Arya
[d] Zambia [d] Rajesh Sharma
[e] Republic of the Congo [e] Geeta Chhabra

Q.6) Who has won the only gold medal for Q.11) Which of the following cities is known
India at the World U20 Wrestling as the cultural capital of Kerala?
Championships 2022? [a] Kochi
[a] Ravi Kumar Dahiya [b] Thiruvananthapuram
[b] Sushil Kumar [c] Kozhikode
[c] Vinesh Phogat [d] Thrissur
[d] Antim Panghal [e] Alappuzha
[e] Anshu Malik
Q.12) Recently, a new initiative named
Q.7) With which company has Athletics “WEST” has been launched under the Indian
Federation of India partnered to support Science Technology and Engineering
women athletes of the country, especially facilities Map (I-STEM) initiative to provide a
youngsters? separate platform to scientifically inclined
[a] HDB Finance Services women researchers, scientists, and
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technologists for pursuing research in basic [a] Neutral

or applied sciences in frontier areas of [b] Retail Payment
science and engineering. What does ‘E’ stand [c] Cross Border Payments
for in the full form of WEST? [d] Banking Frauds
[a] Expertise [e] Silver Economy
[b] Engineering
[c] Empowerment Q.17) Which has become the first public
[d] Engagement sector bank to go live on Income Tax
[e] Enterprise Department's new Direct Tax Collection
System Tin 2.0?
Q.13) Recently, Ministry of Cooperation has [a] Indian Bank
constituted a committee, under the [b] Punjab National Bank
chairmanship of former Union Cabinet [c] State Bank of India
Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, for [d] Bank of Maharashtra
drafting the National Cooperation Policy [e] Bank of India
document. What is the total strength of the
panel? Q.18) Which bank has launched a 'Rainbow
[a] 47 Savings Account' exclusively for the
[b] 54 transgender community?
[c] 61 [a] AU Small Finance Bank
[d] 34 [b] ESAF Small Finance Bank
[e] 22 [c] Capital Small Finance Bank
[d] Utkarsh Small Finance Bank
Q.14) Which state has launched the [e] Equitas Small Finance Bank
Community Harnessing and Harvesting
Rainwater Artificially from Terrace to Aquifer Q.19) Which state has won the International
(CHHATA) scheme? Travel Award 2023 for Best Destination for
[a] West Bengal Culture by the Pacific Area Travel Writers
[b] Maharashtra Association (PATWA), an affiliate member of
[c] Odisha the United Nations World Tourism
[d] Rajasthan Organization (UNWTO)?
[e] Gujarat [a] Tripura
[b] West Bengal
Q.15) Which company will establish India’s [c] Maharashtra
first geothermal power project? [d] Tamil Nadu
[a] Tamil Nadu [e] Kerala
[b] Ladakh
[c] Odisha Q.20) Which space agency has developed its
[d] West Bengal “Eyes on the Solar System” 3D visualization
[e] Sikkim tool?
[a] NASA
Q.16) What is the theme of the 5th cohort of [b] ISRO
RBI’s regulatory sandbox? [c] JAXA
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[d] Roscosmos [c] Sanguine Insurance Brokers Pvt. Ltd.

[e] CNES [d] Unicorn Insurance Brokers Pvt. Ltd.
[e] Mastermind Insurance Brokers Pvt. Ltd.
Q.21) Where was the ‘Kalam no Carnival’
Book Fair organized? Q.26) Which company has entered into an
[a] Ahmedabad agreement with SBI for availing unsecured
[b] Gandhinagar financing for solar projects through Surya
[c] Delhi Shakti Solar Finance Scheme?
[d] Kolkata [a] Tata Power Solar Systems
[e] Mysore [b] Vikram Solar
[c] WAAREE
Q.22) With which Middle East country has [d] Adani Solar
India signed an MOU in the field of education [e] Microtek Solar Solutions
in September 2022?
[a] Saudi Arabia Q.27) Which bank has partnered with
[b] Qatar Paynearby to grow its priority sector lending
[c] Kuwait (PSL)?
[d] UAE [a] Axis Bank
[e] Israel [b] ICICI Bank
[c] Bank of Baroda
Q.23) What is India’s rank in the Human [d] Kotak Mahindra Bank
Development Report 2021-22? [e] City Union Bank
[a] 132
[b] 141 Q.28) What is the range of ‘Agribazaar Kisan
[c] 170 Safalta Card’?
[d] 143 [a] ₹10,000 to ₹50,000
[e] 151 [b] ₹25,000 to ₹70,000
[c] ₹40,000 to ₹80,000
Q.24) Which bank has launched its “Bank on [d] ₹30,000 to ₹60,000
Wheels” service in Gujarat to increase [e] ₹40,000 to ₹80,000
accessibility?
[a] HDFC Bank Q.29) Who has been appointed as the brand
[b] State Bank of India ambassador of popular superfood brand
[c] Punjab National Bank Pintola?
[d] Bank of India [a] Virat Kohli
[e] Bank of Maharashtra [b] Sunil Chhetri
[c] Lakshay Sen
Q.25) Which country has received license [d] Jasprit Bumrah
from Insurance Regulatory and Development [e] Rohit Sharma
Authority of India (IRDAI) for selling life and
general insurance products? Q.30) Who has won the 31st Vyas Samman?
[a] Lord’s Mark Insurance Broking Pvt Ltd [a] Mahabaleshwar Sail
[b] Jai Insurance Brokers Pvt. Ltd. [b] V. J. P. Saldanha
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[c] Basti Vaman Shenoy [e] Bharali River

[d] Asgar Wajahat
[e] Madhavi Sardesai Q.35) Where did the “Gagan Strike” take
place?
Q.31) Recently, NITI Aayog, in collaboration [a] Punjab
with World Resources Institute (WRI), India, [b] Maharashtra
launched India’s first national electric freight [c] Himachal Pradesh
platform – e-FAST India, supported by the [d] Arunachal Pradesh
World Economic Forum, CALSTART and RMI [e] Uttarakhand
India to support innovative freight solutions to
increase the use of electric vehicles. What Q.36) Recently, Project 17A’s third stealth
does ‘S’ stand for in FAST? frigate ‘Taragiri’ has been launched by
[a] Secure Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) in
[b] Saksham Mumbai. Project 17A (Alpha) Frigates, also
[c] Suitable known as Nilgiri-class guided-missile frigate,
[d] Sustainable aims to develop seven ships – four at MDL
[e] Solution and three at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and
Engineers (GRSE). What is the total outlay of
Q.32) Kibithu military station and road in this indigenization drive?
Arunachal Pradesh has been named after [a] Rs 15,000 crores
India's first Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin [b] Rs 50,000 crores
Rawat. On which river’s bank is the station’s [c] Rs 70,000 crores
valley located? [d] Rs 60,000 crores
[a] Lohit River [e] Rs 45,000 crores
[b] Dibang River
[c] Subansiri River Q.37) Which company has been awarded the
[d] Kameng River patent for the design and manufacturing of its
[e] Dikrong River single-piece 3D printed rocket engine?
[a] Skyroot Aerospace
Q.33) Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is the [b] Pixxel
vaccine of which disease? [c] Garuda Aerospace
[a] Malaria [d] Agnikul Cosmos
[b] Tuberculosis [e] Dhruva Space
[c] Dengue
[d] Pneumonia Q.38) Which company has launched ‘Smart
[e] Tomato Flu Flexi Protect Solution’, a 3-in-1 solution for
providing health and enhanced life cover,
Q.34) On which river is the ‘Gayaji Dam’ along with market-linked investment returns?
built? [a] Aegon Life Insurance Company
[a] Falgu River [b] Max Life Insurance Company
[b] Par River [c] Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company
[c] Siyom River [d] Exide Life Insurance Company
[d] Emra River [e] HDFC Life Insurance Company
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[e] 2.09%
Q.39) Secretary-General António Guterres
has appointed Volker Türk as the next United Q.43) Which has become the first Indian
Nations High Commissioner for Human institute to join the IBM Quantum Network?
Rights. Which country does he belong to? [a] IIT- Delhi
[a] Turkey [b] IIT- Kanpur
[b] Cyprus [c] IIT- Bombay
[c] Austria [d] IIT- Madras
[d] Poland [e] IIT- Kharagpur
[e] Estonia
Q.44) Chakhesang shawls is the GI tag
Q.40) Which country has collaborated with product of which state?
the United Nations Economic and Social [a] Manipur
Commission for Asia and the Pacific [b] Nagaland
(ESCAP) to organize the first-ever Global [c] Sikkim
South-South Development Expo on the [d] Arunachal Pradesh
theme of ‘Advancing South-South and [e] Mizoram
Triangular Cooperation for Sustainable
COVID-19 Recovery: Towards a Smart and Q.45) What is the rank of IIM-Indore in
Resilient Future’? Financial Times’s Business school rankings
[a] Philippines for Masters-in-Management 2022?
[b] Thailand [a] 89
[c] Japan [b] 101
[d] Singapore [c] 31
[e] Malaysia [d] 45
[e] 25
Q.41) What is the theme of the International
Dairy Federation’s (IDF) World Dairy Summit Q.46) How many people are trapped in
2022? modern slavery according to ILO’s new report
[a] Sustainable Dairy for Life titled ‘Global Estimates of Modern Slavery:
[b] Dairy for Nutrition and Livelihood Forced Labour and Forced Marriage’?
[c] Preventing Cattle Exploitation [a] 90 million
[d] Dairy: A Path to Net Zero Emission [b] 10 million
Industry [c] 15 million
[e] Dairy for Healthy Life [d] 50 million
[e] 70 million
Q.42) How much is the government’s
spending on health as a percentage of GDP Q.47) Where will Reliance establish India's
in 2018-19? first and one of the world’s largest Carbon
[a] 1.28% Fibre plants?
[b] 0.98% [a] Hazira
[c] 3.29% [b] Haldia
[d] 0.57% [c] Mormugao
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[d] Alappuzha Q.52) Where is the secretariate of G20

[e] Poompuhar located at present?
[a] Germany
Q.48) Recently, DBS has partnered with The [b] Indonesia
Sandbox, a leading decentralised gaming [c] Brazil
virtual world and a subsidiary of Animoca [d] Belgium
Brands, to create DBS BetterWorld (a [e] Netherlands
metaverse platform). Who is the CEO of
DBS? Q.53) Who heads the Ministry of Finance’s
[a] Prabhat Kumar Tripathi Panel on VC/PE investments?
[b] Piyush Gupta [a] Balram kumar
[c] Krishnendra Pratap Singh [b] M Damodaran
[d] Amarendra Tiwari [c] Satish Kumar
[e] S.B. Naithani [d] Rajinder Singh
[e] Aditi Das Rout
Q.49) Which has become India’s first bank to
issue an Electronic Bank Guarantee (e-BG) in Q.54) How many drugs are listed on National
partnership with National E-Governance List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) 2022?
Services Limited (NeSL)? [a] 200 drugs
[a] SBI [b] 1780 drugs
[b] HDFC Bank [c] 250 drugs
[c] PNB [d] 384 drugs
[d] Axis Bank [e] 280 drugs
[e] Federal Bank
Q.55) ‘CySecK’ is the Centre of Excellence in
Q.50) Which public sector bank has also Cyber Security of which state government?
announced to open 200 banking outlets [a] Karnataka
under the Annual Banking Outlets Expansion [b] Andhra Pradesh
Plan 2022-23? [c] Maharashtra
[a] UCO Bank [d] Himachal Pradesh
[b] Bank of Baroda [e] Assam
[c] Canara Bank
[d] Indian Bank Q.56) Where will the harbor phase of the
[e] Bank of Maharashtra Japan-India Maritime Exercise 2022 (JIMEX
22) exercise be conducted?
Q.51) Where is the Voyage Express ferry [a] Panaji
operational? [b] Paradeep
[a] Gujarat [c] Mormugao
[b] Maharashtra [d] Kandla
[c] Goa [e] Visakhapatnam
[d] Tamil Nadu
[e] Kerala Q.57) Which country is hosting the Exercise
Kakadu – 2022?
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[a] Russia Q.62) Union Health Minister will organize the

[b] Australia Raktdaan Amrit Mahotsav – a nationwide
[c] Singapore voluntary blood donation drive. What is the
[d] USA date of the Mahotsav?
[e] France [a] 23rd July to 5th August
[b] 17th September to 1st October
Q.58) Which satellites are used by Hughes [c] 18th August to 18th September
Communications in its India's first High [d] 20th September to 10th October
Throughput Satellite (HTS) broadband [e] 23rd September to 2nd October
internet service?
[a] GSAT-11 and GSAT-29 Q.63) ‘Betta-Kuruba’ is the Scheduled Tribe
[b] GSAT-24 and CMS-01 in which state?
[c] GSAT-30 and GSAT-31 [a] Karnataka
[d] EDUSAT and INSAT-4A [b] Himachal Pradesh
[e] INSAT-4B and GSAT-7A [c] Punjab
[d] Rajasthan
Q.59) Khajane-II is the integrated financial [e] Uttarakhand
management system (IFMS) of which state?
[a] Madhya Pradesh Q.64) Tamil Nadu has declared Nanjarayan
[b] Karnataka Tank in Tiruppur district as a bird sanctuary.
[c] Rajasthan How many bird sanctuaries are present in
[d] Maharashtra Tamil Nadu after this latest addition?
[e] Punjab [a] 33
[b] 17
Q.60) Which company has launched a term [c] 24
insurance plan Click2Protect Super, which [d] 15
allows the customers to customise the plan [e] 18
as per their needs?
[a] AVIVA Life Insurance Q.65) With which company has Indore Smart
[b] Future Generali India Life Insurance City signed an MOU for implementing a fully
[c] ICICI Prudential Life Insurance digital addressing system?
[d] HDFC Life Insurance [a] Agisoft
[e] Max Life Insurance [b] CityMapper
[c] DroneDeploy
Q.61) With which company has MeitY Startup [d] Pataa Navigations
Hub partnered to launch XR technology [e] Google
startups?
[a] Hatchworks Technologies Q.66) Which state has topped in the
[b] DataRobot implementation of Mission Amrit Sarovars by
[c] H2O developing a total of 8,462 Amrit Sarovars
[d] IBM (lakes) in the state?
[e] Meta [a] Tamil Nadu
[b] Arunachal Pradesh
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[c] Sikkim [b] Himachal Pradesh

[d] Uttar Pradesh [c] Uttarakhand
[e] Gujarat [d] Jammu and Kashmir
[e] Ladakh
Q.67) Which of the following Indian rulers has
connections with the historical city of Q.72) Which edition of the National Board of
Samarkand in Uzbekistan? MSME was chaired by the Union Micro, Small
[a] Babur and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Minister
[b] Shershah Suri Narayan Rane recently?
[c] Kanishka I [a] 18th
[d] Akbar [b] 23rd
[e] Chandragupta II [c] 15th
[d] 17th
Q.68) Which company has partnered with the [e] 20th
United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP) for Lighthouse MASSIV: a free of Q.73) Recently, NITI Aayog has hosted the
charge startup partnership program to first anniversary of Shoonya Campaign.
support impact tech companies? Which of the following statements aptly
[a] Visa describes the objective of the campaign?
[b] InData Labs [a] It aims to eliminate TB from India by 2025
[c] American Express [b] It aims to eliminate AIDS from India by
[d] Mastercard 2030
[e] Nvax technology [c] It aims to eliminate illiteracy from India by
2047
Q.69) Which company has launched a first- [d] It aims to eliminate pollution causing
of-its-kind AI-powered Digital Voice Agent? vehicles from India
[a] ICICI Lombard General Insurance [e] It aims to eliminate Kala-azar by 2023
[b] SBI General Insurance
[c] Tata AIG General Insurance Q.74) Recently, National Commission for
[d] Reliance General Insurance Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has
[e] Kotak General Insurance announced to provide the access to all State
Commissions for Protection of Child Rights
Q.70) How much is the market capitalization (SCPCRs) on the e-Baal Nidan portal. When
of SBI as on September 16, 2022? was the portal launched?
[a] Rs 5 lakh crore [a] 2011
[b] Rs 3 lakh crore [b] 2005
[c] Rs 10 lakh crore [c] 2008
[d] Rs 2.5 lakh crore [d] 2010
[e] Rs 1 lakh crore [e] 2015

Q.71) Where is the Padmaja Naidu Q.75) Recently, Union Education Minister
Himalayan Zoological Park located? Dharmendra Pradhan has inaugurated
[a] West Bengal Ramakrishna Mission’s ‘Awakening’
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programme for students of classes 1 to 5. [e] Sanjay Kumar

This ‘Awakening’ programme is an initiative
towards ensuring overall personality Q.79) Which company is the most valuable
development of a child in line with the brand of India according to Kantar Brandz?
philosophy of National Education Policy [a] Infosys
(NEP), 2020. Ramakrishna Paramahansa [b] TCS
was an Indian Hindu mystic and religious [c] HDFC Bank
leader who lived in the 19th century. What is [d] ITC
the birthplace of the philosopher? [e] Jio Platforms
[a] Kerala
[b] Tamil Nadu Q.80) Which country has won SAFF U-17
[c] Odisha Championship 2022?
[d] Tripura [a] India
[e] West Bengal [b] Bangladesh
[c] Nepal
Q.76) Which state has launched the Value- [d] Bhutan
Added Agriculture Mission (VAAM)? [e] Sri Lanka
[a] Kerala
[b] Uttar Pradesh Q.81) When was Regional Cooperation
[c] Jammu and Kashmir Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed
[d] Punjab Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP)
[e] Gujarat enforced?
[a] 2006
Q.77) What is the current shareholding [b] 2010
pattern in the Regional Rural Banks? [c] 2009
[a] Central Govt: State Govt: Sponsor Bank :: [d] 2011
90:5:5 [e] 2014
[b] Central Govt: State Govt: Sponsor Bank ::
40:25:35 Q.82) Where will the World’s Largest
[c] Central Govt: State Govt: Sponsor Bank :: Museum on Harappan Culture be set up?
50:15:35 [a] Kalibangan
[d] Central Govt: State Govt: Sponsor Bank :: [b] Shikarpur
45:10:45 [c] Mitathal
[e] Central Govt: State Govt: Sponsor Bank :: [d] Tigrana
60:10:30 [e] Rakhigarhi

Q.78) Who has been appointed as the Q.83) How many multimodal logistics hubs
President of Society of Indian Automobile are being developed in India?
Manufacturers (SIAM) in 2022-23? [a] 35
[a] Vinod Aggarwal [b] 50
[b] Geeta Chhabra [c] 75
[c] Rabindra Kumar Karna [d] 19
[d] Rajesh Sharma [e] 44
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following statements is/are correct about the

Q.84) Which ship has conducted the first ever green channel route?
Joint Maritime Exercise with Nigerian Navy [a] It approves the mergers between the
Patrol Ships? green energy companies
[a] INS Ranvir [b] It approves the deals of acquisition
[b] INS Magar between different companies
[c] INS Cheetah [c] It approves the amalgamation between
[d] INS Tarkash overseas companies
[e] INS Kumbhir [d] It provides deemed approval for the
mergers between companies
Q.85) UN-International Organization for [e] It allows the FDI in India from different
Migration (IOM) has signed an MOU with the countries
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for
ensuring the safe migration of Indian citizens. Q.88) What type of malware SOVA is?
The MOU aims to create an opportunity for [a] Trojan
these two internationally reputed entities to [b] Worm
collaborate on a range of initiatives related to [c] Adware
the safe, orderly, and regular migration of [d] Ransomware
Indian skilled professionals and youth [e] Fileless Malware
internationally. When did the UN-IOM come
into existence? Q.89) What is the requirement of turnover for
[a] 1967 a small company as per the new definition?
[b] 1951 [a] Rs. 25 crore
[c] 1980 [b] Rs. 20 crore
[d] 1993 [c] Rs. 15 crore
[e] 1976 [d] Rs. 10 crore
[e] Rs. 40 crore
Q.86) With which organization has UN
Environment Programme (UNEP) partnered Q.90) Who has been conferred with the
to launch the first-ever global marine tourism Knight of the Legion of Honour, France's top
industry platform named ‘Green Fins Hub’? civilian honour?
[a] Greenpeace [a] Swati Piramal
[b] Project Green World International [b] Ajay Piramal
[c] International Network for Sustainable [c] Isha Piramal
Energy [d] Abhay Piramal
[d] Rainforest Alliance [e] Bharti Piramal
[e] The Reef-World Foundation
Q.91) Which of the following applications was
Q.87) Competition Commission of India (CCI) launched by the central government in July
has approved an investment of ₹665-crore in 2022 to spread awareness about the
Aditya Birla Health Insurance (ABHI) by the “Swachh Sagar, Surakshit Sagar” campaign?
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) under [a] Puneet Sagar
the green channel route. Which of the [b] Eco Mitram
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[c] Prakriti [e] Uttar Pradesh

[d] Prayavaran
[e] Umang Q.96) INS Ajay was an Abhay class anti-
submarine warfare corvette of Western Naval
Q.92) What is the route of India’s longest Command. When was the ship
river cruise service? commissioned?
[a] Kolkata and Sabarmati [a] 1990
[b] Varanasi and Bogibeel [b] 1994
[c] Kanpur and Rajmahal [c] 1992
[d] Howrah and Jangipur [d] 1997
[e] Aurangabad and Chennai [e] 1996

Q.93) Recently, Union Minister for Education Q.97) Which bank has launched the pilot
and Skill Development Dharmendra Pradhan project for digitalizing the Kisan Credit Card
has launched the SCALE app to provide a (KCC) to facilitate agriculture loans in minutes
one-stop solution for the skilling, learning, in Tamil Nadu?
assessment, and employment needs of the [a] Union Bank of India
leather industry. What does ‘A’ stand for in [b] Bank of Baroda
SCALE? [c] State Bank of India
[a] Accreditation [d] Federal Bank
[b] Amalgamation [e] Punjab National Bank
[c] Accretion
[d] Assessment Q.98) Who has been appointed as non-
[e] Adjourned executive part time chairman of Yes Bank by
RBI?
Q.94) By which year has the Ministry of Civil [a] R Gandhi
Aviation announced to make over 90 airports [b] Rasika Chaube
carbon-neutral? [c] Sanjay Kumar
[a] 2024 [d] Vedveer Arya
[b] 2029 [e] Rajesh Ranjan
[c] 2027
[d] 2025 Q.99) When was the International Red Panda
[e] 2026 Day observed?
[a] September 17
Q.95) Which state has approved a proposal [b] September 10
for issuing a Letter of Intent to Adani Ports [c] September 28
and Special Economic Zone for development [d] September 22
of a greenfield deep sea port at Tajpur at an [e] September 13
investment of Rs 25,000 crore?
[a] West Bengal Q.100) Who is the director of 'Chhello Show'
[b] Madhya Pradesh film?
[c] Gujarat [a] Anubhuti Kashyap
[d] Assam [b] Pan Nalin
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[c] Divyang Thakkar [c] 345.67 million tonnes

[d] Aasmaan Bharadwaj [d] 545.80 million tonnes
[e] Collin D’cunha [e] 465.05 million tonnes

Q. 101) Which country’s embassy has Q. 105) 'Kargil Ignited Minds' is the CSR
launched a special project “Saaras", in project of which company?
collaboration with Khushii Foundation, to [a] HPCL
promote women empowerment, menstrual [b] IOCL
hygiene and awareness in Arthala, [c] OIL
Ghaziabad? [d] GAIL
[a] USA [e] BPCL
[b] Germany
[c] Israel Q. 106) Which country’s military force
[d] Denmark conducted the "Abhyas-01/22" exercise off
[e] Sweden the coast of Chennai?
[a] US
Q. 102) When will the International [b] Australia
Cooperation (IC) Scheme of Ministry of [c] Japan
MSME get expired? [d] Indonesia
[a] FY23 [e] South Africa
[b] FY26
[c] FY28 Q. 107) MIT-led Mars Oxygen In-Situ
[d] FY30 Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) of
[e] FY27 NASA has successfully created oxygen on
Mars. When was the mission launched?
Q. 103) Recently, Union Tourism and Culture [a] 2020
Minister G Kishan Reddy has announced a [b] 2021
special tourist train to cover the “Ambedkar [c] 2017
Circuit” or Panchteerth. The circuit will be [d] 2018
developed under the Swadesh Darshan [e] 2015
Scheme. How many circuits were identified at
the time of launch of this scheme in 2014-15? Q. 108) Which bank has launched ‘Everyday
[a] 15 Savings Account’, a unique Savings to help
[b] 23 the customers ‘Spend Every Day and Save
[c] 18 Every Day’?
[d] 21 [a] HDFC Bank
[e] 27 [b] Kotak Mahindra Bank
[c] Federal Bank
Q. 104) What is the forecast of sugarcane [d] ICICI Bank
production in the first advance estimates of [e] IDBI Bank
production of major Kharif crops for 2022-23?
[a] 190.89 million tonnes Q. 109) National Payments Corporation of
[b] 256.89 million tonnes India (NPCI) has provided UPI service on
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Rupay credit for payment acceptance on Q. 113) Which of the following countries
outlets accepting QR code payments. Which is/are the founding members of the Asian
bank’s customers will be the first to be able to Palm Oil Alliance?
use RuPay Credit Card on UPI with BHIM [a] India and Sri Lanka
App? [b] Bangladesh and Nepal
[c] Pakistan and Bangladesh
[a] Punjab National Bank [d] Only A
[b] Indian Bank [e] Only A, B, and C
[c] Union Bank of India
[d] Only A and B Q. 114) When was the PARIVESH (Pro-
[e] Only A, B, and C Active and Responsive facilitation by
Interactive and Virtuous Environment Single-
Q.110) Recently, the India Hypertension window Hub) launched?
Control Initiative (IHCI) has won the '2022 UN [a] 2018
Interagency Task Force, and WHO Special [b] 2009
Programme on Primary Health Care Award' [c] 1017
at the UN General Assembly. When was the [d] 2014
initiative launched? [e] 2016
[a] 2017
[b] 2019 Q. 115) Which company has developed two
[c] 2011 new diving support vessels named Nistar and
[d] 2009 Nupur for the Indian Navy?
[e] 2002 [a] HSL
[b] GSL
Q. 111) With which of the following initiatives [c] HAL
of UNEP has National Cadet Corps (NCC) [d] GRSE
collaborated to tackle the problem of plastic [e] BEL
waste on beaches?
[a] REDD+ Q. 116) By which year will the International
[b] Climate Technology Centre and Network Air Transport Association make the aviation
[c] The Bonn Challenge industry net carbon emission free?
[d] Tide Turners Plastic Challenge Program [a] 2050
[e] The New York Declaration on Forests [b] 2035
[c] 2040
Q. 112) How many Navranta companies exist [d] 2065
in India after the inclusion of REC Ltd into the [e] 2060
Maharatna category?
[a] 13 Q. 117) How many countries have now
[b] 21 ratified the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal
[c] 74 Protocol on Substances that Deplete the
[d] 52 Ozone Layer after the ratification by USA?
[e] 18 [a] 154
[b] 137
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[c] 140 meeting took place in New York. Which

[d] 165 country is the incumbent chair of IBSA?
[e] 177 [a] Brazil
[b] Indonesia
Q. 118) Which city of India has ranked at 70th [c] South Africa
position in the 32nd edition of the Global [d] USA
Financial Centres Index? [e] India
[a] Bangalore
[b] New Delhi Q. 123) With which company has Electronics
[c] Mumbai Sector Skill Council of India (ESSCI) signed
[d] Pune an MOU to empower the youth with industry-
[e] Chennai relevant skills in emerging technology
domains to enhance their employability under
Q. 119) Which country is the cross-border the 'Skill India' initiative?
payment company Terrapay based in? [a] Intel India
[a] Netherlands [b] Samsung India
[b] Germany [c] Wipro
[c] Denmark [d] Infosys
[d] Poland [e] Tata Consultancy Services
[e] United Kingdom
Q. 124) The Agricultural and Processed Food
Q.120) When will the Safeguarding Deaf Products Export Authority (APEDA) has
People in Times of Crises Day be celebrated facilitated the export of the first consignment
in 2022? of plant-based meat products under the
[a] September 30 Vegan food category from Nadiad in Kheda
[b] September 22 district in Gujarat to California, USA. In India,
[c] September 15 every export product is quality assured before
[d] September 20 sending to the other country. How many
[e] September 14 quality-testing labs are recognized by APEDA
in India at present?
Q. 121) Which state witnessed the highest [a] 136
decline in U-5 Mortality Rates in 2020, as per [b] 180
Sample Registration System (SRS) Statistical [c] 500
Report 2020? [d] 220
[a] Uttar Pradesh [e] 450
[b] Karnataka
[c] Madhya Pradesh Q. 125) Where is the first-of-its-kind
[d] Both A and B Avalanche Monitoring Radar established?
[e] Both B and C [a] Ladakh
[b] Sikkim
Q. 122) Recently, the 10th IBSA Dialogue [c] Jammu and Kashmir
Forum (a Trilateral Ministerial Commission) [d] Arunachal Pradesh
[e] Himachal Pradesh
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[d] Rajneesh Mohan Singh

Q. 126) Which country does the Gabriel V [e] Prabhanshu Srivastav
anti-ship missile system belong to?
[a] Israel Q. 131) Which of the following statements
[b] France is/are correct about the operation Megha
[c] UAE Chakra?
[d] Saudi Arabia [a] It aims to curtail the Child Sexual Abuse
[e] South Africa Material
[b] It aims to safeguard women
Q. 127) How much is the Annual Foreign [c] It aims to prevent child abuse
Direct Investment (FDI) in 2021-22, as per [d] It aims to prevent the cyber threats
the latest data of Ministry of Commerce and [e] It aims to prevent corruption
Industry?
[a] $90.7 billion Q. 132) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
[b] $20.8 billion has announced to launch the ‘Swachh
[c] $83.6 billion Toycathon' - a convergence between the
[d] $78.7 billion National Action Plan for Toys (NAPT) 2020
[e] $45.6 billion and SBM 2.0 - to explore solutions for use of
waste in creation or manufacturing of toys.
Q. 128) Which company has launched a term The second phase of Swachh Bharat Mission
insurance plan named as Click2Protect (SBM 2.0) was launched on 1st October 2021
Super? to create ‘Garbage Free’ cities by ______?
[a] HDFC Life [a] 2024
[b] ICICI Life Prudential [b] 2026
[c] Exide Life Insurance [c] 2027
[d] Max Life Insurance [d] 2023
[e] Reliance Nippon Life Insurance [e] 2025

Q. 129) Who has been appointed as the
Director General of the Indian Council of
Medical Research (ICMR)?
[a] Munjpara Mahendrabhai
[b] Sukriti Likhi
[c] Renu Khanna
[d] Rajiv Bahl
[e] Tripti Gurha
Q.130) Who has been elected as the
president of the Indian Newspaper Society
(INS)?
[a] K Raja Prasad Reddy
[b] Amrutesh K. Aurangabadkar
[c] Dhrijesh Kumar Tiwari
Q. 133) Which of the following statements
is/are correct about the Jaldoot app?
[a] It has been launched under the national
aquifer mapping and management
programme
[b] It has been launched to provide technical
support under the Dam Rehabilitation and
Improvement Project (DRIP)
[c] It aims to capture the water level of
selected wells in a village
[d] Only A and B
[e] Only A, B, and C
Q. 134) "One Week One Lab" theme-based
campaign has been launched to showcase
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the technological breakthroughs and [b] Argentine

innovations in each CSIR [c] Bolivia
laboratories/institutes spread across the [d] Ecuador
country. How many CSIR labs are operating [e] Chile
in India as of September 2022?
[a] 37 Q. 139) Which bank has inaugurated the
[b] 50 Ethical Hacking Lab at the Cyber Security
[c] 48 Centre of Excellence (CCoE) in Hyderabad?
[d] 22 [a] Bank of Baroda
[e] 70 [b] Indian Bank
[c] State Bank of India
Q. 135) When was the Fund of Funds for [d] Union Bank of India
Startups (FFS) scheme launched under the [e] Punjab National Bank
Startup India scheme?
[a] 2013 Q.140) Who has been appointed the director
[b] 2016 general of the Employees' State Insurance
[c] 2015 Corporation?
[d] 2018 [a] Rajendra Kumar
[e] 2020 [b] Sanjeev Shrivastava
[c] Kusum Lata
Q. 136) Who heads the newly constituted the [d] Pallavi Agarwal
corporate advisory group of the International [e] Sanjeev Shrivastava
Solar Alliance?
[a] Shah Devanshi Viren Q. 141) For the first time, all the 23 IITs of the
[b] Balram kumar country will organize a mega Research &
[c] Sukriti Likhi Development Fair, named ‘IInvenTiv’ on
[d] Pranav R Mehta October 14-15, 2022. Which IIT will host the
[e] Shalu Sharma fair?
[a] IIT-Dharwad
Q. 137) With which country has India [b] IIT-Kozhikode
conducted the Operation Southern Readiness [c] IIT-Delhi
of Combined Maritime Forces? [d] IIT-Ropar
[a] Madagascar [e] IIT-Madras
[b] Mauritius
[c] Seychelles Q. 142) Recently, the Central Govt has set a
[d] Djibouti new target of a 40% reduction in particulate
[e] Guyana matter concentration in cities covered under
the National Clean Air Program (NCAP) by
Q. 138) State-owned Bharat Petroleum 2026. What was the earlier target?
Corporation Ltd (BPCL) has signed an [a] 20-30% reduction by 2024
agreement with Petrobras for sourcing crude [b] 10-20% reduction by 2023
oil. Which country does the latter belong to? [c] 40-50% reduction by 2026
[a] Brazil [d] 50% reduction by 2030
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[e] 80% reduction by 2035 [b] Raytheon Company

[c] Lockheed Martin
Q. 143) Which edition of the FICCI Skill [d] Saab
Summit was organized in New Delhi? [e] Textron
[a] 20th
[b] 18th Q. 148) Which company is the manufacturer
[c] 33rd of the Loitering munition?
[d] 13th [a] Adani Group
[e] 40th [b] HAL
[c] BHEL
Q. 144) Which state celebrates the [d] Reliance Ltd
Bathukamma festival? [e] Tata Group
[a] Uttar Pradesh
[b] Telangana Q. 149) What is the corpus of financial
[c] West Bengal assistance announced by the Asian
[d] Tamil Nadu Development Bank to tackle the food security
[e] Kerala crisis in the Asia-Pacific region?
[a] $14 billion
Q. 145) Which state has become the first [b] $100 billion
state in India to start an Encyclopaedia on [c] $35 billion
Tribal Communities to document their age-old [d] $50 billion
and unique traditions? [e] $20 billion
[a] Chhattisgarh
[b] Jharkhand Q.150) Who is the author of “WILDLIFE
[c] West Bengal INDIA@50 Saving the Wild, Securing the
[d] Odisha Future”?
[e] Madhya Pradesh [a] Manoj Kumar Misra
[b] Radha Sridharan
Q. 146) President of India, Smt. Droupadi [c] Mahesh Kumar Sharma
Murmu, has inaugurated the Integrated [d] Muthuthevar Kannan
Cryogenic Engine Manufacturing Facility of [e] Vinod G. Khandare
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in
______? Q. 151) What is the total expenditure on the
[a] Guwahati Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana
[b] Shimla (PMGKAY)?
[c] Mysore [a] Rs. 3.91 lakh crores
[d] Bengaluru [b] Rs 2.47 lakh crores
[e] Mangalore [c] Rs 3.25 lakh crores
[d] Rs 4.34 lakh crores
Q. 147) Which company will set up the first- [e] Rs 1.05 lakh crores
ever Carl-Gustaf M4 weapon systems’
manufacturing facility in India? Q. 152) Where is Lata Mangeshkar Chowk
[a] Northrop Grumman located?
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[a] Ayodhya [b] 13th

[b] Mumbai [c] 2nd
[c] Lucknow [d] 5th
[d] Pune [e] 7th
[e] Surat
Q. 157) Which company has signed an MoU
Q. 153) Where is the Chipi greenfield airport with UAE-based Lulu International Exchange
located? to work as its collection partner in India?
[a] Sindhudurg [a] Razorpay
[b] Nashik [b] Instamojo
[c] Osmanabad [c] Muthoot Finance
[d] Wardha [d] Paytm
[e] Raigad [e] Bajaj Finserv

Q. 154) Recently, Uttar Pradesh cabinet has Q. 158) Mastercard, in collaboration with
announced to establish Ranipur Tiger Doconomy, has recently developed the
Reserve in the Bundelkhand region, which it Mastercard Carbon Calculator to provide
shares with neighbouring Madhya Pradesh. It access to insights and data about carbon
will be the first tiger reserve in the impact and enables people to easily
Bundelkhand region. How many tiger contribute to preserving the environment. The
reserves were located in the state prior to this Mastercard Carbon Calculator informs
announcement? consumers about the carbon footprint of their
[a] Four purchases, so that, they can make more
[b] Seven mindful spending decisions and contribute to
[c] Twelve forest restoration. Which country does the
[d] Fourteen Doconomy belong to?
[e] Six [a] Ireland
[b] Denmark
Q. 155) With which company has [c] Sweden
Coromandel International, Chambal [d] Germany
Fertilisers and Indian Potash Limited signed [e] Finland
an MOU to ensure an uninterrupted supply of
potash in the country? Q. 159) Which bank has launched Khushiyon
[a] Israel Chemicals Ltd. ka Tyohaar campaign for offering favourable
[b] Uralkali interest rates on home loans and car loans?
[c] The Mosaic Company [a] ICICI Bank
[d] Nutrien Limited [b] Bank of Baroda
[e] Canpotex [c] State Bank of India
[d] HDFC Bank
Q. 156) Which edition of the World Green [e] Axis Bank
Economy Summit was organized by UAE in
2022? Q.160) Who has been appointed as the
[a] 8th country’s next chief of defence staff (CDS)?
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[a] Manoj Mukund Naravane

[b] Anil Chauhan Q. 164) Where is the Shokhuvi Railway
[c] Vinod G. Khandare Station inaugurated?
[d] Manoj Pande [a] Nagaland
[e] Sunil Lamba [b] Assam
[c] Gujarat
Q. 161) Recently, Indian Railways has set up [d] Tripura
‘Meghdoot’ machines (aka Atmospheric [e] Odisha
Water Generator Kiosks) at Dadar, Thane
and other stations of Mumbai Division. The Q. 165) Which state will take a loan of Rs
unique ‘Meghdoot’ machines use innovative 4,000 crore from the Asian Development
technology to convert water vapour in the air Bank (ADB) for setting up medical colleges in
into potable water. It has been developed in 12 districts of the state?
collaboration with CSIR-Indian Institute of [a] Gujarat
Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad? [b] Uttar Pradesh
[a] Swajal [c] Andhra Pradesh
[b] WEGoT [d] Tamil Nadu
[c] Maithri Aquatech [e] Maharashtra
[d] Vassar Labs
[e] Uravu Labs Q.166) Who has been elected as the new
President of the All India Football Federation?
Q. 162) With which company has All India [a] Kalyan Chaubey
Council for Technical Education (AICTE) [b] Amrutesh K. Aurangabadkar
partnered to empower over 75,000 faculty in [c] Indevar Pandey
10,000 colleges and universities over the next [d] Rajinder Singh
2 years? [e] Sukriti Likhi
[a] Microsoft
[b] Adobe Q.167) When is the World Coconut Day
[c] Amazon celebrated?
[d] Oracle [a] September 2
[e] Meta [b] September 4
[c] September 1
Q. 163) Which state has launched an e- [d] September 10
governance portal -- "Samarth" – to provide [e] September 5
all administrative and educational updates
including information about entrance exams, Q.168) How much is the external debt of
salary structures, appointments from five India as of March 2022?
state universities and 140 public schools? [a] USD 266.98 billion
[a] Himachal Pradesh [b] USD 374.19 billion
[b] Gujarat [c] USD 401.01 billion
[c] Maharashtra [d] USD 620.7 billion
[d] Uttarakhand [e] USD 523.89 billion
[e] Telangana
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Q.169) Who is the chairperson of the High- Q.173) Which company has launched India's
Powered Steering Committee on Cyber first Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) fuelled green
Security of SEBI? truck manufacturing facility at Chakan in
[a] Gagan Deep Chawla Pune?
[b] Sanjeev Shrivastava [a] Mahindra Electric
[c] Navin Kumar Singh [b] Blue Energy Motors
[d] P.K. Baranwal [c] Tata Motors
[e] Tripti Gurha [d] Ather Energy
[e] Hero Electric
Q.170) Which company has launched
industry’s first Cashback-focused credit card Q.174) Krishnan Sankarasubramaniam is the
that enables cardholders to earn 5% MD and CEO of which bank?
cashback on all online spending without any [a] RBL Bank
merchant restrictions? [b] City Union Bank
[a] American Express [c] CSB
[b] Citibank [d] Tamilnad Mercantile Bank
[c] SBI Card [e] Karur Vyasa Bank
[d] Standard Chartered Bank
[e] RBL Bank Q.175) When is the International Vulture
Awareness Day observed?
Q.171) Recently, Drone Fund (DF) — one of [a] September 11
the world’s largest dedicated VCs for [b] September 3
promoting unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) [c] September 5
ecosystem — has announced its intention to [d] September 10
invest up to $40 million in Indian companies [e] September 7
working in the sector. Which country has set
up this fund? Q.176) How many schools will be upgraded
[a] Germany under the PM SHRI (Pradhan Mantri Schools
[b] Netherlands for Rising India) scheme?
[c] Denmark [a] 59,900
[d] Japan [b] 14,500
[e] France [c] 10,050
[d] 20,090
Q.172) Which bank has partnered with Asian [e] 15,757
Development Bank (ADB) to support and
promote Supply Chain Finance solutions in Q.177) Where is India’s first 3D-printed Post
India? Office located?
[a] Bank of Baroda [a] Bengaluru
[b] IndusInd Bank [b] Chennai
[c] Bank of India [c] Mysore
[d] Federal Bank [d] New Delhi
[e] State Bank of India [e] Kolkata

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Q.178) Where are India’s First Bio Villages Resources for Food and Agriculture’s session
located? took place in New Delhi in September 2022?
[a] Arunachal Pradesh [a] 9th
[b] Assam [b] 12th
[c] Manipur [c] 28th
[d] Meghalaya [d] 14th
[e] Tripura [e] 20th

Q.179) Which state has topped in the large Q.183) Who is the author of “Muskurate
state category of NITI Aayog’s “Preserving Chand Lamhe aur Kuchh Khamoshiyan”
Progress on Nutrition in India: Poshan book?
Abhiyaan in Pandemic Times” report? [a] Jiwesh Nandan
[a] West Bengal [b] Dipti Chawla
[b] Odisha [c] Somnath Ghosh
[c] Madhya Pradesh [d] Alok Tiwari
[d] Maharashtra [e] Sanjai Bajpai
[e] Haryana
Q.184) Which country will host the 2022
Q.180) Who has been appointed as the CMD Conference on Confidence Building
of Shipping Corporation of India? Measures and Interaction in Asia (CICA)
[a] Dipti Mohil Chawla Summit?
[b] BM Tyagi [a] Kazakhstan
[c] Rasika Chaube [b] Armenia
[d] Binesh Kumar Tyagi [c] Israel
[e] Vedveer Arya [d] UAE
[e] Saudi Arabia
Q.181) Which state has launched the ‘CM Da
Haisi’ portal? Q.185) ‘WECARE’ is the Fixed Deposit
[a] Sikkim scheme of which bank?
[b] Tripura [a] PNB
[c] Manipur [b] SBI
[d] Nagaland [c] CSB
[e] Tripura [d] UBI
[e] BOB
Q.182) Which edition of the Governing Body
of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic

1 A 51 A 101 C 151 A
2 D 52 B 102 B 152 A
3 D 53 B 103 A 153 A
4 B 54 D 104 E 154 A
5 B 55 A 105 A 155 E
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6 D 56 E 106 A 156 A
7 B 57 B 107 A 157 C
8 A 58 A 108 B 158 C
9 B 59 B 109 E 159 B
10 A 60 D 110 A 160 B
11 D 61 E 111 D 161 C
12 B 62 B 112 A 162 B
13 A 63 A 113 E 163 D
14 C 64 B 114 A 164 A
15 B 65 D 115 A 165 E
16 A 66 D 116 A 166 A
17 E 67 A 117 B 167 A
18 B 68 D 118 C 168 D
19 B 69 A 119 A 169 C
20 A 70 A 120 B 170 C
21 A 71 A 121 D 171 D
22 D 72 A 122 E 172 B
23 A 73 D 123 B 173 B
24 A 74 E 124 D 174 D
25 A 75 E 125 B 175 B
26 C 76 A 126 A 176 B
27 A 77 C 127 C 177 A
28 A 78 A 128 A 178 E
29 B 79 B 129 D 179 D
30 D 80 A 130 A 180 D
31 D 81 A 131 A 181 C
32 A 82 E 132 B 182 A
33 B 83 A 133 C 183 A
34 A 84 D 134 A 184 A
35 A 85 B 135 B 185 B
36 B 86 E 136 D
37 D 87 D 137 C
38 B 88 A 138 A
39 C 89 E 139 D
40 B 90 A 140 A
41 B 91 B 141 C
42 A 92 B 142 A
43 D 93 D 143 D
44 B 94 A 144 B
45 A 95 A 145 D

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46 D 96 A 146 D
47 A 97 D 147 D
48 B 98 A 148 E
49 B 99 A 149 A
50 A 100 B 150 A

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