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Current Affairs Weekly PDF – September 2022 – 1st Week (1 - 8)

NATIONAL AFFAIRS
MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar Releases Scheme (PSS) and Price Stabilization

“Globalise to Localise” Report Exploring Fund (PSF).
Approved the proposal of the Ministry of
USD 300 Billion in Electronic Production
Environment, Forest and Climate
by 2026 Change (MoEF&CC) for signing a Memorandum of
Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union Minister of State Understanding (MoU) with the Government of
(MoS), Ministry of Electronics and Information Nepal on biodiversity conservation.
Technology (MeitY), published a report ✓ India is one of the 17 mega-diverse
titled “Globalise to Localise: Exporting at Scale countries in the world and it is taking
and Deepening the Ecosystem Are Vital to several steps to conserve the wildlife
Higher Domestic Value Addition.” population and biodiversity. Click here to
✓ The report investigates how India can reach read more.
its goals of USD 300 billion in electronics
production and USD 120 billion in exports
by 2025–2026.
AICTE partners with Adobe to Advance
✓ It is prepared by the Indian Council for Digital Literacy in India
Research on International Economic Partnership b/w: All India Council for Technical
Relations (ICRIER) in collaboration with the Education (AICTE) & Adobe
India Cellular and Electronics Association Purpose: to accelerate digital creativity skills
(ICEA). Click here to read more. across India.
✓ The partnership between AICTE and Adobe
aims to empower over 75,000 educators
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal launches ‘First
across 10,000 higher education institutions
Virtual School’and claims country’s first in India with essential digital creativity
of its kind skills by 2024 with access to Adobe Express.
Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister (CM) of Delhi ✓ AICTE: Founded-1945; HQ- New Delhi,
launched the First Virtual School’- Delhi Model Delhi
Virtual School (DMVS), affiliated with the Delhi
Board of School Education and claimed that this
Odisha’s ‘Nua Khai’ Festival celebrated
school was an India’s First Virtual School.
✓ National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)
in Western Odisha
denied the above claim and informed that ‘Nua Khai’ , an agrarian festival, was celebrated on
the first virtual school of the country was 1st September, 2022, at Western Odisha. It is
already launched by NIOS in August 2021. celebrated precisely the day after Ganesh
Chaturthi and signifies the celebration of newly
harvested crops.
Cabinet Approvals on August 31, 2022 ✓ This festival is the most auspicious and
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), important social festival in Western
chaired by the Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi Odisha and the neighbouring areas
approved the following proposals: of Simdega, Jharkhand and Southern
A Rs. 1200 crore scheme for disposal of Chana Chhattisgarh.
(Pulses) to States and Union Territories (UTs) at ✓ Odisha: CM- Naveen Patnaik;
discounted rates which will be utilized for various Governor- Ganeshi Lal; Dance
welfare schemes. forms- Paika Nrutya; Dhap Dance
✓ The disposal will be done from the stock of
pulses procured under Price Support

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NSO Releases 15th PLFS Quarterly Awards 2022 which are an initiative of the
Bulletin [April – June 2022]: UR Falls to National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) and
the United Nations (UN) in India to address city-
7.6% In April-June 2022
level accessibility and inclusion challenges faced by
The Unemployment Rate (UR) for people aged 15
persons with disabilities (PwD), women and girls,
and above in urban areas decreased to 7.6% in
and the elderly.
April-June 2022 from 12.6% in 2021, according to
✓ These were launched in April 2022 to
the 15th Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) –
promote people-centric design and
Quarterly Bulletin [April – June 2022] published
indigenous technological innovations and
by the National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of
solutions.
Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI).
✓ Winners were announced in 3 categories:
Unemployment Rate (UR): UR is defined as the
Early-Stage Innovations; Market-Ready
percentage of the labour force that is unemployed.
Solutions; Implemented Solutions. Click
✓ The UR for persons aged 15 years and
here to read more.
above in urban areas was 8.2 % in January-
March 2022.
✓ The UR for urban Females (aged 15 years Department of Pharmaceuticals
and above) was also found to have approves the proposal of HP, Gujarat
decreased to 9.5 % in April – June 2022 and AP for setting up Bulk Drug Parks
from 14.3% in the corresponding period of The Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of
2021. It was 10.1 % in January-March 2022. Chemicals and Fertilizers (MoC&F) granted in-
✓ In urban areas, the UR for Males fell to 7.1% principle approval to the proposals of three states
in April–June 2022 from 12.2% in the viz. Himachal Pradesh (HP), Gujarat (GJ), and
corresponding period of 2021. It was 7.7 % Andhra Pradesh (AP) under the scheme
in January-March 2022. Click here to read for ‘Promotion of Bulk Drug Parks (BDPs)’ to
more. support the Bulk Drugs manufacturing in India.
✓ Financial assistance to GJ & AP – 70% of the
CERT-In Conducts Cyber Security project cost; and for HP, being Hilly States,
Exercise – ‘Synergy’ financial assistance will be 90% of the
the Indian Computer Emergency Response project cost.
Team (CERT-In) under the Ministry of Electronics ✓ India is the major producer
and Information Technology (MeitY) in of Active Pharma Ingredients (API) or
collaboration with Cyber Security Agency of bulk drugs in the world. India exported Bulk
Singapore (CSA) successfully designed and Drugs/ Drug Intermediates (DIs) worth Rs.
conducted the Cyber Security Exercise, ‘Synergy’ for 33,320 crore in FY22. Click here to read
13 countries. more.
✓ Exercise Synergy was hosted by CERT-In on
its exercise simulation platform. Cabinet Committee On Security
✓ Theme of the exercise: ‘Building Network Approves Tejas 2.0 Mega Project
Resiliency to The Tejas Mark-2 (Tejas MK2) fighting
counter Ransomware Attacks’ jet project was approved by the Cabinet
Committee on Security (CCS), which is chaired by
MoHUA Minister Hardeep S. Puri present Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi, at a cost of
ed Smart Solutions Challenge & Inclusive more than Rs. 6,500 crore. The funding is an
addition to the Rs 2,500 crore that was previously
Cities Awards 2022
approved for Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Ministry of
✓ The Tejas Mark-2 (Tejas 2.0) will be an
Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) presented
advanced version of Tejas Light Combat
Smart Solutions Challenge & Inclusive Cities
Aircraft (LCA). It will provide a number of

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enhancements to the flight and combat ✓ Indian Navy: Chief of Naval Staff (CNS)–
skills of the indigenous Tejas LCA. Admiral R Hari Kumar; Founded –1950;
✓ It is designed and developed by the HQ– New Delhi, Delhi. Click here to read
Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) of more.
Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) in collaboration with RIL Conducted Its 45th Annual General
Aircraft Research and Design Centre
Meeting in 2022
(ARDC) of Hindustan Aeronautics
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) held its 45th
Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force
Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2022 via video
(IAF).
conferencing for the third consecutive year on
✓ IAF: Chief of the Air Staff – Air Chief
August 29, 2022, and RIL Chairman & Managing
Marshal VR Chaudhari; Established – 1932.
Director (CMD) Mukesh Ambani made a number
Click here to read more.
of announcements at the event.
✓ Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (Reliance Jio)
CMIE: India’s August unemployment plans to launch Jio 5G services “Jio True
highest in last one year at 8.3% 5G” by October 2022. It has committed Rs. 2
According to the Centre for Monitoring Indian lakh crore to the deployment of 5G services.
Economy Pvt. Ltd (CMIE), India’s unemployment ✓ The Jio 5G services would first be available
rate surged to a one-year high of 8.3% in August in the metro cities of Delhi, Mumbai,
2022 as employment sequentially fell by 2 million Kolkata, and Chennai, and will then be
to 394.6 million. phased out to other cities and towns before
✓ This is the highest unemployment rate since covering Pan-India by December 2023.
August 2021. In July 2022, the ✓ JioMart and WhatsApp, the well-known
unemployment rate was at 6.8% and messaging service owned by Meta Platforms
employment was 397 million. Inc., based in the United States of America
✓ In August 2022, Haryana recorded the (USA), introduced a new shopping product
highest unemployment rate (37.3%) in India.
followed by Jammu & Kashmir(J&K) 32.8%, ✓ Reliance Jio has teamed with Qualcomm, a
Rajasthan 31.4%, Jharkhand 17.3% and chipmaker powerhouse based in California
Tripura 16.3%. (USA) to provide 5G solutions in India.
✓ RIL plans to establish its Fast-Moving
PM Narendra Modi commissions India’s Consumer Goods (FMCG) business in 2022
through its retail venture Reliance Retail
first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier INS
Ventures Ltd. (RRVL).
Vikrant in Kochi; Unveiled New Ensign of ✓ Akash Ambani, chairman of Reliance Jio,
Navy showcased the new Jio AirFiber and Jio
Prime Minister (PM) of India Narendra Modi Cloud PC services at the 45th AGM of RIL in
commissioned India’s first indigenous aircraft 2022.
carrier Indian Naval Ship (INS) Vikrant at Cochin ✓ Reliance Jio has announced its collaboration
Shipyard Limited (CSL) in Kochi, Kerala. with Alphabet Inc.-owned Google to
✓ He also unveiled the new Naval Ensign introduce “ultra-affordable 5G
“Nishaan” showcasing Indian maritime smartphone” in India as part of a USD 25
heritage. He dedicated the new ensign to billion strategy to roll out the next-
Chhatrapati Shivaji. generation wireless services.
✓ INS Vikrant will be based in the Eastern ✓ RIL: CMD – Mukesh Ambani; Founder
Naval Command in Visakhapatnam, Chairman – Dhirubhai Ambani;
Andhra Pradesh (AP). Establishment – 1973; HQ – Mumbai,
Maharashtra. Click here to read more.

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Blue Energy Motors launched India’s 1st ✓ The partnership coined as DICV-
LNG-Fuelled green truck at Chakan, IITMIC was inaugurated at the IIT Madras
Research Park in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Pune
✓ DICV is the first Original Equipment
India’s 1st Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Fuelled
Manufacturer (OEM) from the Indian
Green Truck manufacturing plant has been
automotive space that has partnered with
launched by Blue Energy Motors at Chakan, Pune,
an academia like IITMIC for mobility
Maharashtra.
solutions.
✓ Blue Energy Motors signed an agreement
already with FPT (Fiat Powertrain
Technologies) Industrial, a brand of Iveco C&W Reports: Beijing Tops; Bengaluru
Group, headquartered in Italy, in order to Ranks Second in the Top Technology
introduce the 1st LNG powered by FPT Hubs List
industrial engines which are BS-VI According to property consultant Cushman &
compliant. Wakefield report titled, ‘Tech Cities: The Global
Intersection of Talent and Real Estate’, Beijing in
DICV, IIT Madras Incubation Cell partner China tops the technology hubs list in the Asia-
to accelerate future mobility solutions Pacific (APAC) region and is followed by Bengaluru
MoU b/w: Daimler India Commercial Vehicles in Karnataka, India.
Private Limited (DICV), a wholly-owned ✓ Between 2017- 2021, Bengaluru stood as
subsidiary of Daimler Truck AG (Daimler Truck) one of the largest contributors to office
& Indian Institute Technology (IIT) Madras space that leases to companies on an annual
Incubation Cell (IITMIC) average share of 25 percent to 30 percent
Purpose: to set up a technology epicentre to Pan-India.
identify mid to long-term solutions necessary for ✓ The report studied around 115 different
the future of Mobility. tech cities across the world and has also
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the top technology hubs in the APAC region Government of Tripura designed the 1st
after Beijing. Bio Villages in India
✓ Tripura was praised for the modified 1st
UIDAI tops among all Ministries and Bio-Village at Daspara in the Sepahijala
Departments in resolving Public district., which received International
Grievances during August 2022 recognition for designing and setting up the
According to the Grievance Redressal Index in the 1st Bio-Village of India, and was hailed by
Department of Administrative Reforms and Public the Deputy Chief Minister, (Dy CM) Jishnu
Grievances (DARPG) monthly report (August 2022), Dev Varma.
The Unique Identification Authority of
India (UIDAI) topped amongst all NITI Aayog declared Haridwar as the
Ministries/Departments for resolving Public best Aspirational District in India
Grievances during August 2022. ✓ The Holy City of
✓ UIDAI is the top performer in resolution of Uttarakhand, Haridwar was
cases received through the Centralized declared India’s best Aspirational
Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring District by NITI Aayog (National Institution
System (CPGRAMS). for Transforming India), the Government of
India (GoI). This district secured the 1st
NITI Aayog Releases 4th Progress Report rank in the Basic Infrastructure theme.
On POSHAN Abhiyaan: MH, AP & GJ Lead
in Overall Implementation at the L&T builds India’s 1st 3D Post Office in
National-Level in 2020 Bengaluru, Karnataka
NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming ✓ India’s 1st 3D printed Post Office will soon
India) has released the 4th progress report on the come in Halasuru’s Cambridge Layout (plot
POSHAN (Prime Minister’s Overarching Scheme for land owned by the postal department) in
Holistic Nutrition) Abhiyaan, titled “Preserving Bengaluru, Karnataka. The entire
Progress on Nutrition in India: Poshan construction is built by Larsen & Toubro
Abhiyaan in Pandemic Times.” Construction (L&T). India’s 3D house was
✓ To facilitate for fair comparisons, the report built by IIT Madras in 2021, Chennai, Tamil
classifies the states and UTs into three Nadu.
categories: large states, small states, and
UTs. 75 Tribal Districts for focused TB
Top 5 Among Larger States: Interventions identified by the Centre
S.No Large States ✓ The 75 Tribal Districts were identified by
1 Maharashtra (MH) the Ministry of Tribal Affairs(MoTA) and
Andhra Pradesh the Central TB Division of the Ministry of
2 (AP) Health and Family Welfare(MoHFW) for
focused interventions which will run over
3 Gujarat (GJ) the next few months to make those tribal
4 Tamil Nadu (TN) districts TB-free.
Madhya Pradesh
5 (MP) PM-SHRI Yojana: PM announces new CSS
NITI Aayog: CEO – Parameswaran Iyer; to Upgrade 14,500 Schools
Establishment – 2015; HQ – New Delhi, Delhi. On September 5, 2022, i.e., on the occasion of
Click here to read more. Teacher’s Day, the Prime Minister (PM) of India
Narendra Modi announced a new Centrally
Sponsored Scheme (CSS) – Pradhan Mantri

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Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) Yojana under their outstanding work to make lifelong
which 14,500 schools will be selected to develop learning a reality for all at the local level.
and upgrade across India. The 77 new members bring the total
✓ These schools will be equipped with number of cities within the UNESCO GNLC
modern infrastructure including labs, smart to 294 in 76 countries.
classrooms, libraries, sports equipment, art ✓ Other cities that have joined the network
room etc. which is inclusive and accessible. are the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Durban in
✓ These schools will also be developed as South Africa and Sharjah in the United Arab
green schools with water conservation, Emirates among others. Click here to read
waste recycling, energy-efficient more.
infrastructure and integration of organic
lifestyle in curriculum. MCA extended the Tenure of Company
Law Committee by 1 more year
Central Government approves New The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) extends
CZMP in Karnataka; Laid Company Law Committee (CLC) by one more year
Foundation worth Rs 3,800 crore in (up to 16th September 2023). The tenure has
Mangaluru already been extended twice in September 2020,
The Prime Minister (PM) of India Narendra Modi and September 2021 which was originally
laid the foundation for 8 projects worth Rs 3,800 constituted on 8th September 2019.
crore at Goldfinch city in Mangaluru (Karnataka), ✓ In 2019, the Government set up the 11-
and approved the State’s revised Coastal Zone member CLC under the Chairmanship of
Management Plan (CZMP). the MCA Secretary.
✓ Karnataka is the first state in southern ✓ At present,11-member CLC is chaired by
India and only the second state (after Goa) corporate affairs secretary Tarun Bajaj.
in India to get the CZMP prepared and ✓ CLC recommends various changes which
approved as per the 2019 Coastal pertain to the issues of the implementation
Regulatory Zone (CRZ) notification which of the Companies Act, 2013 and
has been approved by the Ministry of the Limited Liability
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Partnership (LLP) Act 2008.
(MoEF&CC). click here to read more.
MeitY Approves Rs 500 Crore Pune
UNESCO Global Network of Learning Electronics Manufacturing Cluster
Cities 2022: Thrissur & Nilambur in Project
Kerala and Warangal in Telangana The Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology (MeitY) has approved a Rs. 500
Become the First Entrants from India
crore Electronics Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) in
The Indian cities of Nilambur & Thrissur in
Pune, Maharashtra. The EMC will be built in Pune’s
Kerala and Warangal in Telangana, have earned
Ranjangaon Phase III on 297 acres of land. The
recognition from the United Nations Educational,
project is expected to attract up to Rs. 2,000 crore
Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
in investments.
after becoming India’s first entrants into
✓ It would also receive nearly Rs. 208 crore in
the UNESCO Global Network of Learning
funding from the Government of India (GoI).
Cities (GNLC).
✓ Currently, proposals from Uttarakhand and
✓ The UNESCO GNLC is an international
Telangana are being considered.
policy-oriented network providing
✓ On April 1, 2020, the Modified EMC 2.0
inspiration, know-how and best practice.
Scheme was announced, with the goal of
✓ The UNESCO GNLC has honoured 77 cities
establishing electronics manufacturing
from 44 countries in 2022 in recognition of
companies to develop a strong ecosystem.

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Digital India Mission: UP Tops in Fuelflip Energy develops India’s first

Disposal & Entry of Cases Via E- Air-gas Mixer
Prosecution Portal Fuelflip Energy is the 1st company to manufacture
According to data collected till August 2022, Uttar Air Gas Mixer – a product that is Made in India after
Pradesh (UP), with 9.12 million cases, holds the the complete research and development with the
top spot in terms of the number of cases entered use and installation of the Dual Fuel systems for
and disposed through the E-Prosecution Portal, over 6 years.
which is administered by the Government of India ✓ The company had developed the Internet of
(GoI) as part of its Digital India Mission. Things (IoT) to enable the Dual-Fuel
✓ In terms of number of the cases entered, conversion system for Diesel Generators.
Madhya Pradesh (MP) came in second place
with 2.31 million cases, followed by Bihar India & UK Conducts Counter
with 859,000 cases, Gujarat with 487,000 Ransomware Exercise for 26 Nations
cases, and Chhattisgarh with 383,000 cases. To prepare the energy sector organisation to deal
✓ With around 470,000 entries, UP surpasses with ransomware attack, National Security Council
all other states in the online case Secretariat (NSCS) of India and the Government of
disposal on this portal, followed by MP the United Kingdom (UK) in collaboration with BAE
with 170,000 cases and Gujarat with Systems successfully designed & conducted the
125,000 cases. Cyber Security Exercise, a virtual ransomware drill
for 26 Countries.
IILM University Launches 1st NEP 2020 ✓ The exercise is being conducted as part of
Compliant Law School in India the International Counter Ransomware
Institute of Integrated Learning in Initiative (CRI)-Resilience Working Group
Management (IILM) University, Greater Noida, which is being led by India under the
Uttar Pradesh(UP) launched the first National leadership of National Cyber Security
Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020) Complaint Law Coordinator (NCSC).
School in India with an aim to elevate the legal
education system of India. MoEF&CC gives 2-year Extension to
✓ The IILM Law School, known for its state- Thermal Power Plants on SO2 norms
of-the-art infrastructure, has been launched The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate
with the approval of the UP Government Change (MoEF&CC) has extended the deadlines for
and the recognition of the Bar Council of Thermal Power Plants (TPPs) to install pollution
India (BCI). control technologies and comply with new SO2
(Sulphur Dioxide) emission norms.
GoI set to rename Delhi’s Rajpath & ✓ The deadline for the power plants within a
Central Vista lawns as ‘Kartavya path’ 10-km radius of Delhi-NCR (National Capital
The Government of India (GoI) is set to rename the Region) and cities with a population of
historic “Rajpath” and “Central Vista lawns” in New more than 10 lakh has been extended from
Delhi, Delhi as ‘Kartavya Path’ (Path of Duty). The December 31, 2022 to December 31, 2024.
road and area from the Netaji statue at India Gate to ✓ For the power plants in a 10-km radius of
the Rashtrapati Bhavan will be known as the critically-polluted areas or non-attainment
Kartavya path. cities, the deadline has been pushed from
✓ During British rule, Rajpath was known as December 31, 2023 to December 31, 2025.
‘Kingsway’, named after King George V and ✓ For all other power plants across India, the
following the independence of India, it was deadline has been pushed from December
renamed “Rajpath” – Hindi translation of 31, 2024 to December 31, 2026. Click here
Kingsway. to read more

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National level committee for drafting ✓ The International Conference on Space

National Cooperation Policy Document 2022 was held alongside the exclusive
exhibition with the Theme: ‘Nurturing the
Constituted; Chaired by Suresh Prabhu
NewSpace in India’.
The Union Minister Amit Shah, Ministry of Home
✓ ISRO: Chairman – S. Somanath;
Affairs (MHA) constituted a 47-member National
Establishment – 1969; HQ – Bengaluru,
level committee for drafting of the National
Karnataka. Click here to read more.
Cooperation Policy Document. It will be under
the Chairmanship of former Union Cabinet Minister,
Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu. MoRT&H Unveils First Prototype of
✓ This upcoming policy will realize the vision Drone for Human Organ Transport; DCGI
of ‘Sahakar Se Samriddhi’, and will have a Approves 1st Intranasal Vaccine for
holistic approach from PACS upwards. Covid-19
✓ The Central government created a new Union Minister for Road Transport and
Ministry of Co-operation on July 6, 2021. Highways (MoRT&H) Nitin Gadkari unveiled
India’s first prototype of drone transportation of
Women in Engineering, Science, and human organs to facilitate quick organ transplant in
Technology (WEST): A new I-STEM hospitals.
initiative Launched ✓ Chennai-based MGM Healthcare co-
A new I-STEM (Indian Science Technology and developed a drone technology capable of
Engineering Facilities Map) initiative called carrying organs up to a distance of 20 km
‘Women in Engineering, Science, and initially.
Technology (WEST)’ was launched by Dr. ✓ The other projects such as road
Parvinder Maini, Scientific Secretary, Office of the infrastructure projects like the Bharatmala
Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Pariyojana, a new umbrella programme for
Government of India (GoI). highways sector, will also help in the
✓ Through the WEST initiative, I-STEM will transportation of organs across India.
provide a separate platform to scientifically Drug Controller General of India (DCGI), the Indian
inclined women researchers, scientists, and drug regulatory authority approved First intranasal
technologists for pursuing research in basic vaccine shot, iNCOVACC (also known as BBV154)
or applied sciences in frontier areas of by Bharat Biotech Internatinal Limited against
science and engineering. Covid-19 for primary immunisation for the 18-plus
population.
7th Edition of Bengaluru Space Expo

Tata Motors launched India’s 1st CNG
2022 Held in Bengaluru, Karnataka
The 7th biennial international Exhibition and
Powered Truck with ADAS
Conference “Bengaluru Space Expo (BSX- Tata Motors launched India’s 1st Compressed
2022)” was held from September 05-07, 2022 at Natural Gas (CNG) truck in the Medium & Heavy
the Bengaluru International Exhibition Centre Commercial Vehicle (M&HCV) with Advanced
(BIEC), Bengaluru, Karnataka. Driver Assistance System (ADAS) in Mumbai,
✓ The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Maharashtra. The company had launched 5 CNG-
organized it in collaboration with the Indian powered trucks in 28 and 19-tonne nodes.
Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the ✓ Additional safety features offered in the
Indian National Space Promotion and vehicle are Driver Monitoring System
Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe), and the (DMS), Electronic Stability Control (ESC),
Space Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) and Tyre Pressure Monitoring System
NewSpace India Limited (NSIL). (TPMS).

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India Witnesses reduction in Pupil- shortage of Pupil-Teacher Ratio over the last 10
teacher Ratio over last 10 years years.
According to the annual report of the United ✓ UNESCO’s (3rd edition) state of education
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural report for India 2021, titled ‘No Teacher,
Organization (UNESCO), India has faced an acute No Class’ focuses on teachers, around 1.1
lakh schools in India are single-teacher
entities.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Indian Army Contingent Participates in terms of total premium volume by 2032, up

Exercise Vostok-2022 In Russia from 10th largest in 2021.
The Indian Army contingent, made up of personnel ✓ By 2032, India’s life insurance market is
from the 7/8 Gorkha Rifles, participated in the expected to be the 5th largest in the world.
multinational strategic and command Exercise(Ex) Click here to read more.
Vostok-2022(East 2022), which took place from
September 01 -07, 2022, at the training grounds of Paris Agreement: India’s Climate
Russia’s Eastern Military District. Pledges Rank 4th In Terms of Ambition
✓ This exercise took place at 7 military & 5th In Terms of Compliance
training grounds in Russia, which include According to a new study published in the scientific
firing ranges in the Far Eastern Federal journal Nature Climate Change, India’s updated
District of Russia, the Sea of Okhotsk, and climate pledge to the Paris Agreement has been
the Sea of Japan. ranked 5th in compliance and 4th in ambition. The
study includes eight countries, the US, China,
India Likely to Become World’s 6th Australia, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Australia, Brazil—as
Largest Insurance Market by 2032; well as the EU.
Premiums to Grow at 14% CAGR ✓ While the European Union (EU) claimed the
According to the ‘Global Economic and Insurance top spot, the United States (US) was placed
Outlook’ report published by the Swiss Re Institute bottom in compliance and second to last in
(Switzerland), India will emerge as the 6th largest ambition.
insurance market in the world by 2032, supported ✓ In the compliance category, the EU was
by regulatory push and rapid economic expansion. followed by China, Australia, South Africa,
✓ Total insurance premiums in India are India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, and the
predicted to grow by an average of 14% US.
compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) in ✓ In terms of ambition, the EU was followed
nominal local currency terms over the next by China, South Africa, India, Australia,
10 years, placing the country 6th largest in Brazil, Russia, the US, and Saudi Arabia.
BANKING & FINANCE
Maharashtra Government receives Bank (ADB) to establish medical colleges in 12

financial assistance from ADB to Set Up districts of the state that now lack a single medical
college.
Medical Colleges in 12 Districts
✓ The 12 districts include Jalgaon, Satara,
In a significant development, the Government of
Alibaug, Sindhudurg, Osmanabad, Parbhani,
Maharashtra would receive a loan of Rs.
Amravati, Ratnagiri, Gadchiroli, Bhandara,
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Ambernath, and Nashik Super Speciality ✓ Muthoot FinCorp Ltd: CEO – Shaji
Hospital. Varghese; Establishment – 1997; HQ –
✓ ADB: President – Masatsugu Asakawa; Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Established – 1966; HQ – Manila,
Philippines SEBI Rejigs Reconstructs Panel on Cyber
Security; Expands to Six Members
RBI imposed Monetary Penalty on 8 co- Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has
operative banks restructured its 4 members, high-level panel on
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed cyber security that suggests measures to safeguard
a Monetary Penalty on 8 co-operative banks for the capital markets from cyber attacks.
breaching certain provisions related to ‘income ✓ The committee has now expanded to six
recognition, asset classification, provisioning’ and members, which will be chaired by Navin
finance for housing schemes. Kumar Singh, Director General (DG),
✓ The 8 co-operative banks include: National Critical Information Infrastructure
Visakhapatnam Co-operative Protection Centre (NCIIPC).
Bank Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh; ✓ The committee would provide
Bharat Heavy Electricals Employees’ Co- recommendations for the strengthening of
operative Bank, Kailasapuram, processes to audit cyber security and cyber
Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu; resilience setups in the Indian securities
The Darussalam Co-operative Urban market
Bank, Hyderabad, Telangana; the Nellore
Co-operative Urban Bank Limited, SBI Card Launches Industry’s First
Nellore, Andhra Pradesh; Kakinada Co-
CASHBACK SBI Card
operative Town Bank Ltd, East Godavari,
SBI Cards and Payment Services Limited (SBI
Andhra Pradesh; Ottapalam Co-operative
Card) has announced the launch of the ‘CASHBACK
Urban Bank Ltd, Palakkad, Kerala;
SBI Card’, the industry’s first and most
the National Urban Co-operative Bank
comprehensive cashback credit card in India, in
Limited, Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh;
order to boost online spending
Kendrapara Urban Cooperative Bank,
✓ Consumers can apply for the card through
Kendrapara, Odisha.
the digital application platform “SBI Card
SPRINT” from anywhere in India, including
Muthoot Fincorp & IME India Partner to Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities.
Provide Money Transfer Services to ✓ SBI Card: MD & CEO – Rama Mohan Rao
Nepal Amara; Founded – 1998; HQ – Gurugram,
Partnership b/w: Muthoot FinCorp Ltd., & IME Haryana
India Pvt. Ltd., (formerly IME Forex India)
✓ Purpose: to extend the scope of its BFSL & Snapdeal Partners with NPCI &
remittance services in the Indo-Nepal JCB to Launch Snapdeal BoB JCB RuPay
corridor. Muthoot Finance is the only Non-
Credit Card
Banking Financial Company (NBFC) to
Partnership b/w: BOB Financial Solutions
extend the money transfer services from
Limited (BFSL), the wholly-owned subsidiary of
India to Nepal.
Bank of Baroda (BoB) and Snapdeal with National
✓ Without opening a bank account in India,
Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and Japan’s
Nepali migrants can now instantly transfer
JCB International Company Limited (JCB)
money from the 3,600+ Muthoot FinCorp
Purpose: launched the ‘Snapdeal BoB JCB RuPay
branches to their families in Nepal.
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✓ BFSL: MD & CEO – Shailendra Singh; ✓ These new guidelines will be applicable
Establishment – 1994; HQ – Mumbai, only to existing customers taking fresh
Maharashtra loans, and to new customers getting
onboarded from September 2, 2022.
Induslnd Bank & ADB Partners to RBI partially devolved the seven-year Government
Promote Supply Chain Finance Solutions Security (GS) on primary dealers (PDs) to maintain
the normal 5-6 basis points spread between this
in India
paper and the 10-year paper.
Pact b/w: IndusInd Bank Limited & Asian
Development Bank (ADB)
Purpose: for a partial
NPCI directs Apps to Stop Charging
guarantee programme with an initial outlay Platform Fees on BBPS
of USD 70 million (Rs 560 crore), exclusively The National Payments Corporation of
towards promoting Supply Chain Financing (SCF) India (NPCI), has directed the payment apps not to
solutions in India. charge a platform fee for payments on Bharat Bill
✓ IndusInd Bank: MD & CEO Payment System (BBPS) payments.
– Sumant Kathpalia; Establishment – 1994; ✓ PhonePe is one of the largest Unified
HQ – Pune, Maharashtra Payments Interface (UPI) in India.
✓ After NPCI’s directive, Paytm and PhonePe
RBI launches pilot project for announced their immediate discontinuation
of the charging payment fees on the BBPS.
digitalization of lending
under Kisan Credit Card scheme in MP &
Retail payment products of HDFC Bank,
TN
Precision Biometric chosen for Test
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched the
pilot for end-to-end digitalisation of Kisan Credit
Phase under RBI’s Regulatory Sandbox
Card (KCC) lending. The project was developed by The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) selected HDFC
the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH) in Bank (in partnership with Sweden-based
association with RBI. Crunchfish Aktiebolag) and Precision Biometric
✓ The pilot project will commence in India Pvt. Ltd for the Test Phase of the ‘On Tap’
September 2022 in selected districts of application facility for the theme ‘Retail Payments’
Madhya Pradesh(MP) and Tamil Nadu(TN) under RBI’s Regulatory Sandbox (RS).
with Union Bank of India and Federal Bank, ✓ HDFC Bank is selected for its ‘Offline Retail
respectively. Payments’, while Precision Biometric India
Pvt chosen for its ‘InnaIT Key Solution for
Banking’.
RBI issues new guidelines on Digital
✓ The opening of the ‘On Tap’ application
Lending to Protect facility for theme ‘Retail Payments’ was
Borrowers; Partially devolves 7-year announced by RBI in October 2021. Click
paper on PDs here to read more.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued official
guidelines to all lenders/regulated entities (RE), Ombudsman disposed of 32% more
including banks to protect the data of borrowers Complaints against Insurers in 2021-22
using digital lending apps from being misused. Insurance ombudsman disposed of 32% more
✓ For the adequate implementation of complaints i.e. 40,527 complaints against insurance
processes to ensure that existing digital firms in 2021-22 year-on-year across India as
loans comply with fresh lending guidelines, compared to 30,596 in 2020-21.
RBI has provided a time till November 30, ✓ 81% of the complaints were against private
2022 to REs. insurers and the rest against LIC (Life
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(Public Sector Undertaking) general ✓ IDFC FIRST Bank: MD & CEO – V.

insurers. Vaidyanathan; Establishment – 2018; HQ
✓ Insurance Ombudsman is an alternative – Mumbai, Maharashtra
mode of settling insurance disputes,
constituted under rules framed by the BOI Becomes First PSB to Go Live On
Ministry of Finance in 2017. The other
New Direct Tax Collection System TIN
routes include moving consumer courts,
which are time consuming and expensive. 2.0
No fee is charged for approaching Bank of India (BOI) has become the first Public
ombudsmen. Sector Bank (PSB) to go live with the new Direct
Tax Collection System -Tax Information Network,
TIN 2.0. (e-filing).
ESAF SFB Launches ‘Rainbow Account’
✓ TIN 2.0 (e-filing) is the official portal of the
For Transgender Community Income Tax Department, Ministry of
ESAF Small Finance Bank (ESAF SFB) has Finance.
introduced a “Rainbow Savings ✓ With this technological integration of BOI
Account” specifically for the transgender on the TIN 2.0 platform, taxpayers will now
community, in an effort to promote a trans- have a single platform for tax payment and
friendly or inclusive labour culture. e-filing of tax returns.
✓ The “Rainbow Savings Account” will have a ✓ BOI: MD & CEO – Atanu Kumar Das;
number of features, such as a high interest Establishment – 1906; HQ – Mumbai,
rate and advanced debit card capabilities. Maharashtra
✓ In 2015, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
mandated banks to add a specific column
Reliance General Insurance &
for “third gender” on all of their forms and
applications.
Policybazaar Partners to
✓ ESAF SFB: MD & CEO – Kadambelil Paul Launch Reliance Health Gain Policy
Thomas; Established – 2017; HQ – Reliance General Insurance has
Thrissur, Kerala launched Reliance Health Gain Policy, one of its
most flexible and popular products
IDFC FIRST Bank Joins the Open on Policybazaar’s online platform to ensure
insurance accessibility for all.
Network for Digital Commerce
✓ This policy which was launched in May
IDFC FIRST Bank joined the Open Network for
2022, ensures freedom for customers to
Digital Commerce (ONDC), an initiative of the
choose and personalise their health policies
Ministry of Commerce and Industry(MoCI), to
as per their requirements.
enable early adoption of the network among its
✓ Reliance Health Gain Policy is available in 3
customers.
different plans that includes Plus, Power
✓ The Bank will enable a platform which will
and Prime along with certain features to
help the buyers to discover sellers in the
facilitate customisation of policy for each
ONDC Network. The bank has started
customer.
onboarding small merchants (current
account customers) onto a partner app
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ECONOMY & BUSINESS
NHPC inks MoU with PTC India Limited addition to lowering its forecasts for the
for sale of power to be generated from current fiscal year 2022-23 (FY23) by 20
basis points from 7.2%.
upcoming West Seti & Seti River-6
✓ For FY23, Morgan Stanley’s growth
Projects in Nepal projection of 7.2% for FY23 is subject to a
MoU b/w: NHPC Limited (formerly known as 40 basis point downside risk.
National Hydroelectric Power Corporation) signed ✓ In the April–June 2022 quarter, India’s real
a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) & PTC GDP growth climbed by 13.5% year-on-
India Limited (formerly Power Trading year, underperforming economists’
Corporation of India Limited) projections of 15.2%.
Purpose: for sale of power to be generated from
upcoming West Seti & Seti River-6 Projects in
Moody’s Slashes India’s GDP Growth
Nepal.
✓ Under the agreement, PTC India will
Forecast for 2022 To 7.7%
purchase the Contracted Capacity from The credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service,
NHPC from the date of commercial in its Global Macro Outlook 2022-23, slashed
operation of above Projects for onward sale India’s GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth
to the State Utilities/Discoms/Bulk projection for 2022 to 7.7 %. It has also trimmed
Consumers on long term basis in India and India’s GDP forecast for the year 2023 from 5.4 %
neighbouring countries. to 5.2 %.
✓ NHPC Ltd: CMD- Abhay Kumar Singh; ✓ Earlier in May 2022, it forecasted that
Founded- 1975; HQ-Faridabad, Haryana India’s GDP would rise to 8.8% in 2022.
✓ After declining 6.7 % in 2020 when the
pandemic disrupted the nation, the GDP
India’s Q1FY23 GDP Data by NSO: grew by 8.3 % in 2021.
Economy grew 13.5%
As per provisional estimates released by National Suzuki Signs MoU with NDDB for Setting
Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and
up Two Biogas Plants in Gujarat
Programme Implementation (MOSPI), India’s gross
MoU b/w: National Dairy Development
domestic product (GDP) for the April-June quarter
Board (NDDB), the apex body of dairy cooperatives
(Q1) of the ongoing FY23 rose 13.5%.
of India & Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC), Japan
✓ Real GDP at constant (2011-12) prices in Q1
Purpose: to set up two Biogas plants to provide
2022-23 is estimated to attain a level of Rs
clean energy solutions and organic fertilisers using
36.85 lakh crore, as against Rs 32.46 lakh
Cow Dung in an event that was organised to mark
crore in Q1 2021-22, showing a growth of
40 years of Suzuki in India.
13.5% as compared to 20.1% in Q1 2021-
✓ Chhattisgarh is leading in buying cow dung
22.
from farmers at the rate of Rs 2 per kg and
✓ The Gross Value Added (GVA) at basic
it is also planning to set up more than 500
price at constant terms during the June
biogas plants.
quarter rose 12.7%. The GVA at Basic Price
at Current Prices rose 26.5% in Q1 2022-23.
SBI trims GDP growth forecast to 6.8%
Goldman Cuts India’s Growth Forecast; for FY23
The State Bank of India (SBI) Chief
Morgan Stanley Sees Downside Risks
Economist Soumya Kanti Ghosh, has slashed
✓ Goldman Sachs decreased India’s Gross
India’s full-year GDP (Gross Domestic Product)
Domestic Product (GDP) growth forecast for
growth forecast to 6.8% for FY23 from the earlier
the full-year 2022 from 7.6% to 7%, in
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✓ For Q1FY23, the economist had forecasted the United States, China, Japan and
GDP growth at 15.7%. In the remaining Germany.
quarters, GDP growth will be at 6.9% in
Q2FY23, further dropping to 4.1% in Q3 India’s UAV ecosystem gets World’s
followed by a 4% rate in Q4. Largest Drone Fund investment of up to
USD 40 million
BEL Signs MoU with Smiths Detection for The Japan-based, World’s largest Drone Fund (DF)
High-Energy Scanning Systems of USD 170 million has dedicated Venture capital
MoU b/w: Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), a (VC) for promoting the Unmanned Aerial
Defence public sector undertaking (PSU) & Smiths Vehicle (UAV) ecosystem by investing up to USD
Detection Group Ltd., a threat detection and 40 million in Indian companies.
security inspection technologies company ✓ Japan’s largest drone
Purpose: to offer advanced, high-energy scanning manufacturer, ACSL (Autonomous Control
systems to the Indian market. Systems Laboratory Ltd), has tied up with
✓ BEL: CMD - Dinesh Kumar Batra; an Indian Company, Aerodyne India.
Establishment – 1954; HQ – Bengaluru, Currently, Drone Fund (DF) also has a
Karnataka manufacturing unit in Tamil Nadu.
PwC partners with Coursera to bridge Codeshare Pact between IndiGo and
skill gap in taxation space Virgin Atlantic for Network Expansion
Partnership b/w: PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Codeshare Agreement b/w: India’s largest
an international professional service firm & airline IndiGo & British carrier Virgin Atlantic
Coursera, United States (US) based global learning Purpose: to widen the network of the airline. It is
platform IndiGo’s 7th codeshare with Virgin Atlantic.
Purpose: to address India’s current and future skill ✓ The Codeshare flights will be available for
gap in the taxation space. booking for travel beyond September 27,
✓ PwC in collaboration with Coursera will 2022.
develop two entry-level skilled certificates – ✓ IndiGo has signed similar agreements
GST (Goods and Services Tax) Tax Executive with Turkish Airlines, Qatar Airways, Air
and Direct Tax Executive. France, KLM (Netherlands), Qantas (Austr
✓ Coursera: CEO-Jeff Maggioncalda; alia) and American Airlines.
Founded-2012; HQ-California, United State ✓ The initial codeshare destinations in
(US) India are Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad,
Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Goa, Delhi,
India overtakes UK to become and Mumbai.
world’s 5th Biggest Economy
According to Bloomberg, which has cited GDP MoF Releases 28th Edition of Status
(Gross Domestic Product) figures from the Report On India’s External Debt 2021-22
International Monetary Fund (IMF), India has The 28th edition of ‘India’s External Debt: A
overtaken the United Kingdom (UK) to become the Status Report 2021–22’ has been published by the
fifth largest economy in the world. External Debt Management Unit (EDMU) under the
✓ India pushed the UK to the 6th spot in the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry of
final three months of 2021 to become the Finance (MoF).
fifth-biggest economy. The calculation is ✓ According to it, India’s external debt
based on US dollars. increased from USD 573.7 billion at the
✓ According to the IMF forecasts, India is End-March 2021 to USD 620.7 billion at the
overtaking the UK in dollar terms on an End-March 2022, an increase of 8.20%.
annual basis in 2022, placing India behind

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✓ The report offers a comprehensive analysis vehicle of India and the contract has been signed by
of the trends, composition and debt service the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
of India’s external debt up to End-March ✓ This project was announced on 5th
2022. September 2022, at the 7th edition of the
biennial Bengaluru Space Expo (BSX-2022)
5 PSLV rockets to build by HAL-L&T which was organised by the Confederation
Consortium & bags Rs 860 crore deal of Indian Industry (CII) in association with
ISRO.
from NSIL
✓ NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), under the
The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and
Department of Space (DoS) and ISRO, has
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) were given Rs 860
signed a service level agreement with the
crore to build 5 Polar Satellite Launch Vehicles
industry for production.
(PSLVs) rockets, the versatile workhorse launch
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
Forbes Asia 100 to Watch: 11 Indian Singh

start-ups feature in the list Tanwar
Forbes Asia released the 2nd edition of the list Siddharth E-commerce &
titled ‘Forbes Asia-100 to Watch 2022’. The list Bijnis Vij 2015 Retail
highlights small companies and startups on the rise Chirag E-commerce &
across the Asia-Pacific region. GoKwik Taneja 2020 Retail
✓ The list for 2022 featured 11 start-up
companies from India along with 19 LIC out of Top 10 most valued firms;
companies from Singapore, followed by 16 Replaced by Bajaj
start-ups from Hong Kong, 15 from South Finance, Adani Transmission
Korea, and 13 from China. Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is pushed
Indian start-ups ‘Forbes Asia-100 to Watch’ list: out of the list of India’s 10 most valued companies
Founded by market capitalization by Bajaj
Company CEO Year Category Finance and Adani Transmission. LIC is now
Jaisimha ranked 11th with a market capital
TartanSense Rao 2015 Agriculture of Rs 4.26 lakh crore
Pankaj ✓ Bajaj
Gramheet Prakash 2020 Agriculture Finance and Adani Transmission have
Nakul taken 10th and 9th position, respectively.
Bijak Upadhye 2019 Agriculture ✓ Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is the top
Neetu valued Indian company with a market
Animall Yadav 2019 Agriculture capitalisation of Rs. 17.8 lakh crore,
Shardul followed by Tata Consultancy Services
Agrostar Sheth 2013 Agriculture (TCS), HDFC Bank, Infosys, Hindustan
Rohan Entertainment Unilever Limited (HUL), ICICI Bank, State
Pocket FM Nayak 2018 & Media Bank of India (SBI), and Housing
Euler Saurav Logistics & Development Finance Corporation (HDFC)
Motors Kumar 2018 Transportation Limited.
Amit Logistics &
Park+ Lakhotia 2019 Transportation
Bhanu Consumer
FRND Pratap 2018 Technology

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GRSE conferred with coveted Green City of Markham in Canada named a

Channel Certification by Defence Street After AR Rahman
Ministry ✓ AR Rahman, the Oscar Award-winning
Warship maker Garden Reach Shipbuilders and musician was honoured by naming a street
Engineers (GRSE) was conferred the Green after him in Markham, Ontario, Canada.
Channel Certification by the Ministry of Defence
(MoD) for the supply of portable steel bridges – Lok Nayak Foundation Sahitya Puraskar
Beiley type – of various spans and configurations presented to Tanikella Bharani in Vizag
to the Indian Army. Telugu writer and actor, Tanikella Bharani was
✓ GRSE is the only organization in India presented with the annual Sahitya Puraskar of the
qualified for the Green Channel Certification Loknayak Foundation (18th Loknayak
for Portable Steel Bridges (Bailey Type), Foundation Award) at an award ceremony held at
from the Indian Army. Kalabharathi Auditorium, Visakhapatnam (Vizag),
Andhra Pradesh (AP).
RMAF announced winners of 64th ✓ The award is popularly referred to
Ramon Magsaysay Award 2022 as ‘Andhra Jnanpith’. It is given annually to
The Board of Trustees of the Ramon Magsaysay an eminent Telugu writer or poet or a
Award Foundation (RMAF) announced the winner person credited with service for the cause
of the 64th Ramon Magsaysay Award 2022. of Telugu literature.
✓ The 2022 Ramon Magsaysay Awardees
are Sotheara West Bengal to Receive International
Chhim (Cambodia), Bernadette Travel Award 2023 For ‘Best Destination
Madrid (Philippines), Tadashi for Culture’
Hattori (Japan) and Gary West Bengal has been accredited
Bencheghib (Indonesia). the International Travel Award 2023 for Best
✓ The theme of 2022 Awards is “Greatness of Destination for Culture by the Pacific Area Travel
Spirit, Beyond Borders”. Writers Association (PATWA), an affiliate member
✓ The Ramon Magsaysay Award, established of the United Nations World Tourism Organization
in 1957 is named after Ramon Magsaysay, (UNWTO).
the third president of the Philippines. The ✓ The award will be presented at the World
award is regarded around the world as Tourism and Aviation Leaders’ Summit in
“Asia’s Nobel Prize”. Berlin, Germany, on March 9, 2023.
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS
Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga Appointed as Acefour Accessories appointed Jasprit

Interim PM of Mali Bumrah as the Brand Ambassador of
The Malian military government has its Brand “Uppercase”
appointed Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga as Interim Acefour Accessories, a travel accessories company
Prime Minister (PM) of Mali (West African appointed Jasprit Bumrah, an Indian Cricketer as
country), after Mali’s Civilian Prime Minister (PM) brand ambassador for its eco-friendly luggage
Choguel Kokalla Maiga was admitted to hospital. brand “Uppercase” for two years. He will lead the
✓ Before he was appointed as interim PM, “Never Ordinary Campaign”.
Colonel Maiga was the ✓ The campaign is managed by RISE
government spokesman and Minister of Worldwide, an initiative of Reliance
Territorial Administration. Industries Limited (RIL) and India’s largest
sports and entertainment company.

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Santhosh Iyer appointed as MD & CEO of Kalyan Chaubey becomes new President
Mercedes-Benz of All India Football Federation
India’s largest luxury car manufacturer, Mercedes- The former Indian
Benz India Pvt. Ltd, has appointed Santhosh Footballer and Indian
Iyer as Managing Director (MD) and Chief Politician (BJP), Kalyan
Executive Officer (CEO) of the company with effect Chaubey from West Bengal
from 1 January, 2023. defeated former Indian
He will replace Martin Shwenk, who will take over Professional
as President and CEO of Mercedes-Benz Thailand. Footballer Bhaichung
✓ At the age of 46, Santhosh Iyer became the Bhutia from Sikkim, in 33-
first Indian and the youngest person to be 1 polls to become new President of All India
appointed as head of Mercedes-Benz India. Football Federation (AIFF).
✓ Kalyan Chaubey replaces the long-time
Rajesh Kumar Srivastava given president Praful Patel (2009-2022).
additional charge as CMD of ONGC ✓ In AIFFs 85-year history, Chaubey is the
Rajesh Kumar Srivastava has been given first former Indian player to chair as
additional charge as the Chairman and Managing President in the football federation.
Director (CMD) of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
(ONGC) for a period of 4 months with effect Serbia’s President nominated Ana
from 1st September 2022. Brnabic as Prime Minister of Serbia until
✓ He took charge as the 3rd interim 2024
Chairman of ONGC following the Ana Brnabic has been
superannuation of the incumbent Alka nominated as Prime
Mittal on 31st August 2022. Minister (PM) of Serbia
✓ Rajesh Kumar Srivastava is currently by Serbian President
serving as director (exploration) of ONGC. Aleksandar Vucic for the
✓ ONGC: Founded-1956; HQ-New Delhi, second consecutive time.
Delhi Ana Brnabic who was 46
years old became
M V Iyer appointed as interim CMD of Serbia’s first female and first openly gay person to
GAIL hold this position.
M V Iyer Director (Business Development), ✓ She has been Prime Minister of Serbia since
Additional Charge of Director (Marketing) of GAIL 2017 and her term will be continued till
(India) Limited has been given additional charge 2024.
as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of GAIL ✓ Serbia: President – Aleksandar Vučić;
(India) Limited. Capital – Belgrade; Currency – Serbian
✓ He has been appointed for a period of 3 dinar
months with effect from September 1, 2022,
following the superannuation of Indian-Origin Laxman Narasimhan to be
current CMD Manoj Jain on August 31,
the Coffee Giant Starbucks New CEO
2022.
Laxman Narasimhan an Indian-American business
✓ He is also the Director of Indradhanush Gas
executive, has been appointed as Chief Executive
Grid Limited (IGGL), GAIL’s new Joint
Officer (CEO) of the coffee giant Starbucks. He will
venture company for implementation of
take over the position from October 1, 2022, and
North East Gas Grid.
replaces Howard Schultz

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✓ Currently, Narasimhan, is the CEO of UK- ✓ The proposal of

based health, hygiene and nutrition Captain B K Tyagi has been
company Reckitt Benckiser. signed off by the
Appointments Committee of
TMB appoints S Krishnan as its new MD the Cabinet (ACC) and his
& CEO service as CMD is for 5 years.
Krishnan Sankarasubramaniam took charge as ✓ SCI: CMD - Binesh
Managing Director (MD) Kumar Tyagi; Establishment- 2nd October
and Chief Executive Officer 1961; HQ- Mumbai, Maharashtra
(CEO) of the Tuticorin-
based Tamilnad Queen Elizabeth II appointed Liz Truss
Mercantile Bank Limited as UK’s New Prime Minister
(TMB) with an immediate Queen Elizabeth
effect from 4th September II appointed Conservative
2022 for 3 years. Party (Tory Party) leader
✓ He will replace the incumbent MD and Elizabeth Truss (Liz
CEO KV Rama Murthy, whose period Truss) as the 56th Prime
expired on September 3, 2022. Minister(PM) of the United
✓ TMB: Founder Chairman- M.V. Kingdom(UK)
Shanmugavel Nadar; succeeding Boris Johnson, who served as the PM of
Establishment- 1921; HQ- Tuticorin, the UK from 2019 to 2022.
Tamil Nadu. ✓ She has become the 3rd Woman to hold the
position. she is also the Conservatives’ 4th
Captain B K Tyagi took over as CMD of prime minister since a 2015 election.
Shipping Corporation of India ✓ For the first time in the Queen’s 70-year
Binesh Kumar Tyagi took over as the Chairman & reign, the handover of power took place at
Managing Director (CMD) of the Shipping Balmoral rather than at Buckingham Palace
Corporation of India Limited (SCI), a Navratna in London.
Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE) under the ✓ Liz Truss is the 15th Prime Minister to
Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW). serve during Queen Elizabeth II’s reign.
Winston Churchill (1952) was the 1st PM
under her reign.
ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS
CCI Approval: Aditya Marketing & Limited (Olam Agri) by SALIC International
Manufacturing merges into Umang Investment Company (SIIC).
✓ CCI approves the acquisition of
Commercial; SIIC holds stake in Olam
approximately 7.49 % shareholding
Agri Holdings; Caladium’s 7.49 % Stake in Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail
Buy in Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail Ltd Limited on a fully diluted basis by
The Competition Commission of the Caladium Investment Private Limited
India (CCI) approves the merger of Aditya GIC (Ventures) by way of preferential
Marketing and Manufacturing Private issuance of equity and warrants. Click here
Limited into Umang Commercial Company to read more.
Private Limited
✓ CCI approves the acquisition of 35.43 %
stake in Olam Agri Holdings Private

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CCI Approves Acquisition of 100% of ✓ CCI: Chairperson-Ashok Kumar Gupta;

Equity Share Capital of IIL by PayU India Founded-14 October 2003; HQ– New Delhi,
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) Delhi.
approved the final acquisition of 100% of the equity
share capital of IndiaIdeas.com Limited (IIL) RIL acquired a 79.4% stake in
or BillDesk by PayU Payments Private SenseHawk Inc for USD 32 million
Limited (PayU India). An Indian multinational conglomerate company,
✓ Target- IndiaIdeas.com Limited (IIL); Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) announced in the
Acquirer - PayU Payments Private Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) filing that the
Limited (PayU India) company had paid USD 32 million and acquired a
✓ PayU India is involved in providing payment majority stake of 79.4% to control the ownership in
aggregation services, which enables the United States (US)-based SenseHawk Inc.
merchants (and other entities) to receive ✓ SenseHawk, is a California-based developer
payments from their customers across of software-based management tools for
various digital payment methods. Solar energy generation.
✓ IIL is an unlisted public limited company. It
uses the name “BillDesk” as its trading/
business/ brand name in India.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Union Minister Dr Manshukh Indian Railways set up ‘Meghdoot’

Mandaviya Launches IPDMS 2.0 & machines at Mumbai stations
Pharma Sahi Daam 2.0 App Indian Railways set up ‘Meghdoot’ machines at
Union Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Ministry Dadar, Thane and other stations of Mumbai
of Chemicals and Fertilizers, addressed the Silver Division, Maharashtra.
Jubilee (25 years) Celebrations of the National ✓ The ‘Meghdoot’ machines use innovative
Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) in New technology to convert water vapour in the
Delhi, Delhi. air into potable clean drinking water.
✓ At the inaugural ceremony, Dr. Mansukh ✓ Maithri Aquatech Pvt Ltd. was awarded to
Mandaviya introduced the Integrated set up 17 ‘Meghdoot, Atmospheric Water
Pharmaceutical Database Management Generator Kiosks’ over Mumbai Division of
System 2.0 (IPDMS 2.0) and the upgraded Central Railway under NINFRIS (New,
Pharma Sahi Daam 2.0 App. Innovative Non Fare Revenue Ideas
✓ On August 29, 1997, the Department of Scheme) policy for a period of 5 years.
Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Ministry of
Chemicals and Fertilizers, established India Joins Elite Club with Army Set to
the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Possess Quantum Communication
Authority (NPPA) as an attached office. Technology
✓ Since July 2008, it has been under the The Indian Army is set to possess
Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of advanced Quantum Communication
Chemicals and Fertilizers. Click here to read Technology, thereby joining an elite list of nations
more. with indigenous quantum technology that will
equip troops with a high-end secured defence
system.
✓ The technology has been developed by the
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under the aegis of Innovation for Defence Aerodynamic decelerator (IAD) that will be used
Excellence (iDEX), a Defence Innovation for landing payloads on Mars and Venus in future.
Organisation (DIO). ✓ It was test-flown in a Rohini-sounding
✓ The technology provides advanced secured rocket – RH300MKII-F22 IAD VEHICLE
communication through Quantum Key from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching
Distribution (QKD) systems that is non- Station (TERLS) in Thiruvananthapuram,
hackable. Kerala.
✓ IAD technology is designed and developed
Union Home Minister Amit Shah by ISRO’s Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
Launches “CAPF e-Awas” Portal (VSSC).
Union Minister Amit Shah, Ministry of Home Affairs ✓ IAD can aerodynamically decelerate an
(MHA), has launched the “CAPF e-Awas” portal for object descending through the atmosphere.
the purpose of allocating residential quarters to the It means that through this technology the
Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) personnel, in payload will land back on Earth by
New Delhi, Delhi. decelerating the fall at the required level.
✓ The “CAPF e-Awas” portal, which promotes
transparency and accountability, would China launches new remote
abolish the “caste system” in the allocation sensing satellite Yaogan-33 02
of residential quarters to jawans. China launched a new remote sensing satellite
✓ The scheme is funded out of the National named Yaogan-33 02 into space from the Jiuquan
Defence Fund (NDF) administered by the Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.
Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). Click here to ✓ The satellite was launched by a Long March-
read more. 4C carrier rocket and has entered the
planned orbit successfully.
DBT & SII launches India’s First ✓ This marks the 435th flight mission of the
Indigenously-developed vaccine to Long March series carrier rockets.
prevent Cervical Cancer

India had launched its First indigenously-developed
NASA & Axiom Signs Second Private
quadrivalent Human Papilloma Astronaut Mission to Space Station
Virus (qHPV) vaccine on 1 September, Order
2022 against Cervical Cancer. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
✓ This vaccine was developed by the Serum (NASA) and Axiom Space have signed a mission
Institute of India (SII) and the Department order for Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2), the 2nd private
of Biotechnology (DBT) and the market was astronaut mission(PAM) to the International Space
granted by the Drugs Controller General of Station (ISS). The mission is scheduled that is to
India (DCGI), which was recommended by take place in the 2nd quarter of 2023.
the Subject Expert Committee (SEC). ✓ The spaceflight will launch from NASA’s
Kennedy Space Centre in Florida and travel
ISRO successfully test Inflatable to the ISS.
Aerodynamic Decelerator to Land ✓ On 8th April 2022, a SpaceX Falcon 9
rocket launched AX-1 with 4 crew
Missions on Mars or Venus
members, from NASA’s Kennedy Space
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
Center, which was the first-ever fully
successfully conducted tests of an Inflatable
private crewed mission to launch to the
orbiting lab(ISS).

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ENVIRONMENT
New Species - ‘Ghatiana Dvivarna’, A ✓ The new species is named ‘Ghatiana

New Freshwater Crab Species dvivarna’, based on the Sanskrit word for
Discovered in: central Western Ghats region two (dvi) colours (varna) of the crab- white
around Bare in Yellapur taluk of Uttara Kannada, and red-violet. It is the 14th freshwater crab
Karnataka. under the Ghatiana genus.
Published in: Nauplius, the journal of ✓ The Western Ghats, a biodiversity hotspot
the Brazilian Crustacean Society in the world, houses 75 species of crabs.
SPORTS
New Zealand Cricketer Colin rounds. Alexandr Predke (Russia), the top seed,
de Grandhomme Announces Retirement finished runner-up on 7 points after a five-way tie
for the second spot.
from International Cricket
✓ 7 Indians finished in the top 10 position
New Zealand all-rounder Colin
with R Praggnanandhaa sharing second
de Grandhomme (36 years) announced his
spot with five others.
retirement from international cricket.
✓ The tournament, organised by Dubai Chess
✓ Colin de Grandhomme was born on 22nd
& Culture Club, was held in Dubai, United
July 1986 and is a former Zimbabwean-born
Arab Emirates (UAE) from 26 August 2022
New Zealand international cricketer.
to 5 September 2022.
✓ He began his career by playing for
Manicaland in Zimbabwe, and was a part of
the Zimbabwe team at the 2003-04 Under-
F1 Champion Max Verstappen extended
19 Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh. He his lead by winning Dutch Grand Prix
debuted for New Zealand Cricket Team in 2022
2012. Red Bull Driver Max Verstappen (Belgian, Dutch),
won the Formula 1(F1) Heineken Dutch Grand
Arjun Erigaisi wins 28th Abu Dhabi Prix (GP) 2022 and made 4 straight wins for the
Masters Chess tournament 2022 1st time in his F1 career.
Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi (India) won the ✓ The Dutch Grand Prix 2022 took place
28th Abu Dhabi Masters Chess Tournament at Circuit Zandvoort, North Holland,
2022. The tournament was organised by Abu Dhabi Netherlands.
Chess Club & Mind Games Federation in Abu Dhabi, ✓ 2022 Dutch GP marks his 10th win in 15
United Arab Emirates (UAE). races this season and extended his
✓ Arjun Erigaisi defeated David Anton championship lead to 109 points with seven
Guijarro (Spain) in the ninth and final round races remaining.
with 7.5 points. ✓ The 2nd place was grabbed by George
✓ He is currently India’s no. 3 and World’s no. Russell and Charles Leclerc finished
24th in live ranking. at 3rd place.
GM Aravindh Chithambaram wins 22nd Union Home Minister Amit Shah

Dubai Open chess tournament 2022; 7 launches mascot & anthem for 36th
Indian in Top 10 National Games in Ahmedabad
Indian Grandmaster (GM) Aravindh Chithambaram The Union Home Minister, Amit Shah launched the
(22 years old) won the 22nd Dubai Open Chess mascot & anthem for 36th National Games at Trans
Tournament 2022 with 7.5 points from 9 Stadia in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

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✓ The mascot is named as Saavaj which Trophy, and Ranji Trophy organized by the
means lion’s cub in Gujarati. The Mascot BCCI as also all junior cricket (Under 19 and
represents India’s cultural heritage while Under 23) matches held in India.
also giving a glimpse of a rapidly growing ✓ BCCI: President- Sourav Ganguly;
India. Founded- 1928; HQ- Mumbai, Maharashtra
✓ The anthem is based on the theme-Ek
Bharat Shreshtha Bharat. It encapsulated Badminton: Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto
the philosophy of Judega India, Jitega India,
won Men’s Singles at Japan Open 2022;
was rendered by Bollywood star singer
Sukhwinder Singh. Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi won Women’s
Singles
Former Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Japanese badminton players, Kenta
Nishimoto and Akane Yamaguchi won the men’s
Rahim retires from T20I cricket
singles and women’s singles titles at the Daihatsu
Mushfiqur Rahim (35 years old), former captain
Yonex Japan Open 2022, HSBC BWF World Tour
and vice-captain of Bangladesh National Cricket
Super 750 tournament.
Team announced his retirement from Twenty20
✓ The tournament was organised at Maruzen
Internationals (T20Is) cricket.
Intec Arena Osaka in Osaka, Japan, from 30
✓ He will continue to represent Bangladesh in
August to 4 September 2022 with a total
Test and One Day International (ODI)
prize money of USD 750,000.
formats.
✓ The 2022 Japan Open was the 16th
✓ He is the first and only Bangladeshi
tournament of the 2022 BWF (Badminton
batsman to score three double-hundreds in
World Federation) World Tour and also
Tests.
part of the Japan Open championships,
✓ He is the highest scorer for Bangladesh in
which had been held since 1977.
Test cricket.
Mastercard acquires Title Sponsorship Suresh Raina announces retirement

Rights for all BCCI International and from Domestic Cricket & IPL
Suresh Raina, a former Indian batsman announced
Domestic Matches
his retirement from all forms of cricket including
Mastercard announced its collaboration with the
the Indian Premier League (IPL) & Domestic
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI),
Cricket. and prepared to play in overseas Twenty
under which Mastercard will be the Title
20 (T20) leagues and the Road Safety Series around
Sponsor for all international and domestic cricket
the world.
matches of the BCCI to be held in India. Mastercard
✓ He announced his international cricket
will hold the sponsorship rights for the 2022-23
retirement on August 15, 2020, less than an
season.
hour after MS Dhoni had announced his
✓ Mastercard replaced Paytm after the
retirement.
digital payments company reportedly
✓ Raina, the 35-year-old left-handed batsman,
backed out of its deal with the Indian
from Uttar Pradesh started his career in
cricket board.
2000 as a cricketer and became the 2nd
✓ Under the collaboration, Mastercard will
youngest captain in India. He made his
work as the Title Sponsor for all
debut in a One-Day Internationals (ODI)
international matches (both women and
match against Sri Lanka at Dambulla, Sri
men) held on home ground, domestic
Lanka in 2005.
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OBITUARY
Former Soviet Union President & Nobel Renowned Historian and Scholar Sheik
Peace Prize Winner Mikhail Gorbachev Ali Saheb passed away
Passed Away Prof B Sheik Ali Saheb passed away on 1
On August 30, 2022, Mikhail Sergeyevich September 2022 after a brief illness.
Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union ✓ He was a renowned Historian and former
(President), died at the age of 91 in Moscow, Vice-chancellor of Goa and Mangaluru
Russia. He was born on March 2, 1931, in universities.
Krasnogvardeysky District, Stavropol territory ✓ He was a well-known authority on Mysuru
(Now in Russia. rulers (Hyder Ali & Tipu Sultan) and
✓ He served as the President of the Soviet authored more than 30 books and edited
Union from 1990 to 1991. others on various aspects of history.
✓ Gorbachev was awarded the Nobel Prize
for Peace in 1990 for putting an end to the Cyrus Mistry, ex-chairman of Tata Sons
cold war without any bloodshed in the passes away
Soviet Union. Cyrus Pallonji Mistry, the 54-year-old former
chairman of Tata Sons died in a road accident in
Carnatic vocalist T.V. Sankaranarayanan Palghar district, Maharashtra. The Indian-born Irish
passes away businessman, was born on 4 July 1968, in Mumbai,
Renowned Carnatic singer and the recipient of the Maharashtra.
Padma Bhushan award, Tiruvalangadu Vembu ✓ Cyrus became the 6th and youngest
Iyer Sankaranarayanan (T. V. Sankaranarayanan) chairman of Tata Sons in 2012, succeeding
passed away at the age of 77 years. Ratan Tata. He served as the chairperson
✓ He was born on 7 March 1945 in from 2012 to 2016.
Mayiladuthurai, Madras Presidency, British ✓ He was only the second chairman after
India (present day Chennai, Tamil Nadu). Nowroji Saklatwala (led Tata Sons from
✓ Awards: Sangita Kalanidhi by the Madras 1932 to 1938) who did not bear the Tata
Music Academy in 2003; Padma Bhushan surname.
in 2003 in the field of arts for his
contributions to Carnatic music.
BOOKS & AUTHORS
Book title – “Science Behind Surya Book title – “When The Heart Speaks:
Namaskar” Memoirs of A Cardiologist”
Released by: Dr Munjpara Mahendrabhai Author: Dr. Upendra Kaul, one of India’s most
Kalubhai, Minister of State for AYUSH distinguished cardiologists
Compiled by: All-India Institute of Publisher: Konark Publishers Private Limited
Ayurveda (AIIA) department of Swasthavritta and ✓ The book is an honest account of the heart
Yoga, at AIIA. touching events of Kashmiri Pandit Dr.
✓ The book is a collection of evidence-based Upendra Kaul, who, while travelling to
research on one of the most well-known various locations, longed for a home in his
Yoga asanas at the AIIA. hometown of Kashmir.
✓ He was among the first in India to utilize
ballooning to open up arteries and other
non-surgical procedures.

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✓ Awards: Dr. B.C. Roy Award for the year

1999 & Padma Shri Award in 2006.
IMPORTANT DAYS
National Nutrition Week 2022- Internaut Day 2022 – August 23

September 1 to 7 Annually observed across the world on August 23.
Annually observed across India from September Purpose: to commemorate the invention of the
01-07. World Wide Web (WWW).
Purpose: To create awareness about good nutrition ✓ August 23 marks the day when the World
and health, and its importance in human lives. Wide Web was opened to the public back in
✓ Theme for National Nutrition Week (NNW) the year 1991 for the first time by WWW
2022 – “World of Flavours” inventor Tim Berners Lee(British Scientist
✓ Every year the Ministry of Women and Child at CERN) as he allowed its access.
Development (MWCD) organises 7 days ✓ An “internaut” is a person who possesses a
long events to spread awareness about thorough knowledge of how to use the
proper nutrition. Internet and its history.
✓ According to Global Hunger Health Index
Report 2021, India ranked 101st among 5th Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2022:
116 countries and most of the deaths in September 1 – 30
children were caused due to malnutrition. The Ministry of Women and Child Development
Click here to read more. (MoWCD) organized the 5th Rashtriya Poshan
Maah 2022 from 1st to 30th September 2022.
World Coconut Day 2022- September 2 Purpose: to improve nutritional outcomes for
Annually celebrated across the globe on children under 6 years of age, pregnant women and
September 02. lactating mothers.
Purpose: September to promote coconuts and ✓ As part of the 5th Rashtriya Poshan Maah,
bring awareness regarding its value and health the MoWCD plans to rope in the Gram
benefits. Panchayats as Poshan Panchayats.
✓ Theme of World Coconut Day 2022: ✓ The key focus will be on “Mahila aur
“Cultivate Coconut For A Happy Life And Swasthya” (Woman and Health) and “Bacha
Future”. aur Shiksha” (Child and Education).
✓ In India, the day is celebrated with the ✓ POSHAN (Prime Minister’s Overarching
support of the Coconut Development Scheme for Holistic Nutrition) Abhiyaan is
Board (CDB) across the states such as the Government of India (GOI)’s flagship
Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Goa, West programme, aims to improve nutritional
Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, etc. outcomes for children under 6 years of age,
✓ On the occasion of the World Coconut Day, pregnant women and lactating mothers.
Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Click here to read more.
Minister, Narendra Singh Tomar will
inaugurate the Gujarat State Center of International Vulture Awareness Day
Coconut Development 2022 – September 3
Board in Junagadh, Gujarat. Annually observed across the globe on first
✓ CDB: Chairman- Rajbir Singh Panwar; Saturday of September.
Established- 1981; HQ– Kochi, Kerala. Purpose: to create awareness about the
Click here to read more. importance of Vultures and to recognise the vital
work carried out by conservationists to preserve
the Vultures.

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✓ International Vulture Awareness Day 2022 laureate Mother Teresa, also known as Saint
(IVAD 2022) falls on 3rd September Teresa of Calcutta.
2022. ✓ Mother Teresa was born as Agnes Gonxha
✓ The IVAD initiative is jointly run by the Bojaxhiu on 26th August 1910 in Skopje,
Birds of Prey Programme of the Endangered Macedonia.
Wildlife Trust in South Africa and the Hawk ✓ She was canonized as Saint Teresa of
Conservancy Trust in England. Kolkata by Pope Francis on 4th September
✓ Society for Wildlife Conservation, 2016. Click here to read more.
Education and Research (Wild-CER),
India has organized a one-day seminar on National Teachers’ Day 2022 –
‘Status of vulture conservation efforts in September 5
India’ on 4th September 2022. Click here to Annually observed across India on September 05.
read more. ✓ Purpose: to commemorate the birth
anniversary of Bharat Ratna Dr Sarvepalli
National Small Industry Day 2022 – Radhakrishnan, who served as the First
August 30 Vice President and the 2nd President of
Annually observed across India on August 30. Independent India.
Purpose: to recognise the importance and ✓ He was born on 5th September 1888 in
contribution of the small-scale businesses in India. Tiruttani, Madras Presidency (Now Tamil
✓ The small-scale sector plays a key role and Nadu), British India.
is a major growth indicator in the Indian ✓ 5th September 2022 marks the
economy. It contributes around around 40 observance of the 50th National Teachers’
% to the gross industrial value of the Day.
country’s economy. Initiatives for the sector ✓ Teachers’ Day was first observed on 5th
include: September 1962, the 77th birthday of Dr S
✓ CHAMPIONS portal – CHAMPIONS Radhakrishnan, to celebrate his work and
(Creation and Harmonious Application of his drive for education.
Modern Processes for Increasing the Output ✓ The government of India honoured him
and National Strength) – a single window with Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian
system and a unified, empowered, robust, award in India, in 1954. Click here to read
bundled and technology driven platform for more.
promoting the MSMEs.
✓ UDYAM – Udyam is a free registration International Day of Clean Air for Blue
portal for MSMEs launched in 2020 for Skies 2022 – 7th September
availing the benefits of schemes or Annually observed across the world on September
programmes of the Ministry of Micro, Small 07. It is an International Day recognized by the
& Medium Enterprises. United Nations (UN).
Purpose: to highlight the importance to raise
International Day of Charity 2022 – 5 public awareness to promote and facilitate actions
September to improve the quality of air.
Annually observed across the globe on September ✓ 7th September 2022 marks the
05. observance of the 3rd International Day of
Purpose: to sensitise and mobilise the people Clean Air for blue skies.
across the world to help others through volunteer ✓ The theme of International Day of Clean Air
and philanthropic activities. for blue skies 2022 is “The Air We Share”.
✓ The date of 5 September was chosen to ✓ Ahead of the International Day of Clean Air
commemorate the anniversary of the for blue skies, WMO released the Air Quality
passing away of 1979 Nobel peace prize and Climate Bulletin 2022, the 2nd in an

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annual series, which focuses in particular

on the impact of wildfire smoke in 2021.
STATE NEWS
Nagaland gets 2nd Railway Station after have already become fully digital banking
more than 100 Years districts in Kerala.
After a gap of more than 100 years (119 years)
Nagaland got its 2nd Railway Station on Dhansari- Meghalaya CM Launches Rural Backyard
Shokhuvi railway line at Shokhuvi. Piggery Scheme for Welfare of Farmers
✓ Chief Minister (CM) of Nagaland, Neiphiu Meghalaya Chief Minister (CM) Conrad K
Guolhoulie Rio has flagged off the Donyi Sangma launched the ambitious flagship
Polo Express from Shokhuvi Railway programme for the welfare of farmers, ‘Rural
station. Backyard Piggery Scheme’ under National
✓ The first railway station of Nagaland Livestock Mission (NLM) at Byrnihat in Ri-Bhoi
is Dimapur Railway Station, inaugurated district, Meghalaya.
in 1903. ✓ Meghalaya acquires 18,000 MT of pork
✓ Nagaland: Capital- Kohima; from different States and through the
Governor- Jagdish Mukhi; Festivals- Mim piggery scheme, it addresses the shortage of
Kut Festival; Bushu Festival pork supply as there is a huge shortfall in
supply and demand.
Uttarakhand Education Department ✓ Meghalaya Piggery Mission, one of the
Launches e-Governance Portal – largest piggery development programmes,
will be implemented by the Meghalaya
Samarth
government to make the state self-sufficient
Uttarakhand’s education department launched
in pork supply.
an e-governance portal, ‘Samarth’, which will
provide all administrative and educational updates.
✓ The updates include information on WRI India, AEDA launches Online
entrance examinations, salary structures, Geospatial Platform for Assam in
appointments from 5 state universities and Guwahati
140 public schools. Partnership b/w: World Resource
✓ Uttarakhand: Governor – Gurmit Singh; institute (WRI) India & Assam Energy
Festivals – Uttarayani Mela or Uttarayani Development Agency (AEDA)
Fai, Nandadevi Mela Purpose: to inaugurate an online based, open
source, and interactive Geospatial platform which
Alappuzha declared as 5th fully Digital is referred to as Energy Access Explorer (EAE) for
Banking District in Kerala Assam.
Alappuzha has become the 5th fully Digital Banking ✓ It helps to visualise the extent of energy
District in Kerala. The project was initiated by the access at Assam’s health, education,
RBI with the support of the State Level Bankers’ and livelihood infrastructures.
Committee (SLBC) and respective district ✓ The Geospatial platform claims to
administration as part of the Union Government’s assist policy-makers, renewable energy
Digital India project. industry entrepreneurs, investors, and
✓ Thrissur (August 2021), Kottayam researchers from the development sector
(February 2022), Palakkad, and Kasaragod to expand energy access in the state.

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✓ Note: Director of AEDA: Mrinal Krishna ✓ He will also inaugurate the newly
Chaudhury; CEO of WRI: Om Prakash formed 30th district ‘Sarangarh-
Agarwal. Bilaigarh’ and
the 31st district ‘Khairagarh-
Karnataka Government unveils the Chhuikhadan-Gandai’.
✓ Chhattisgarh: Governor- Anusuiya Uikey;
Global Startup Challenge “VentuRISE”
Dance forms- Pandavani; Jhirliti; Rahas;
The Government of Karnataka launched the
Dams- Dudhawa Dam; Gangrel Dam
Global Startup Challenge “VentuRISE”, to support
the growth stage of startups in manufacturing and
sustainability sectors. The E-commerce giant Kiccha Sudeep Appointed Brand
Amazon is sponsoring the initiative. Ambassador of Punyakoti Dattu Yojana
✓ Minister for Large and Medium The Government of Karnataka appointed Kannada
Industries, Murugesh R Nirani unveiled actor and director Kiccha Sudeep as the brand
the logo of VentuRISE ambassador for its ‘Punyakoti Dattu Yojana’, a
✓ Karnataka: CM- Basavaraj Bommai; cattle adoption scheme.
Governor- Thaawarchand Gehlot; ✓ The scheme aimed at encouraging adoption
Capital- Bengaluru by the public for the purpose of rearing
cattle in ‘goshalas’ (cow shelters).
Parivar Kalyan Card: Centre Approves
UP Family ID Plan TBI Director Lucy Hayter launches
The Central Government through the Ministry of Generation Global Programme in A.P.
Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and Tamil Nadu
granted permission to the Uttar Pradesh (UP) ✓ United Kingdom (UK) based Tony Blair
government for the launch of UP Family ID Plan or Institute (TBI) for Global Change and
Parivar Kalyan Card for its residents. Canadian NGO (non-governmental
✓ After this approval the UP government will organisation) Children Believe partnered
issue a family identity card (Parivar Kalyan and launched a ‘Generation Global
Card) to map each family in the state and is Programme’ for schools and colleges
expected to launch its portal for application in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, at
of family IDs in two weeks. the Zilla Parishad High
School at Ragimanupenta, Andhra
Senior IAS Officer Paban took charge as Pradesh.
Chief Secretary, Assam
Paban Kumar Borthakur, senior IAS officer, took President Murmu appoints Justice M
charge as the new Chief Secretary of Assam. Duraiswamy as the Chief Justice of
✓ Borthakur replaced Jishnu Barua, who Madras High Court
retired from service on 31 August 2022. In exercise of the power conferred by Article 223 of
Barua will continue as the Chairman of the Constitution of India, President of
Assam Power Distribution Company India Draupadi Murmu appointed Hon’ble
Limited (APDCL). Justice M. Duraiswamy as the acting Chief Justice
of Madras High Court (HC) with effect from 13th
Chhattisgarh formed Mohla-Manpur- September 2022. He was appointed after the
Ambagarh Chowki as 29th District retirement of current Chief Justice Munishwar
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister (CM) Bhupesh Nath Bhandari.
Baghel inaugurated Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh
Chowki as the 29th district of Chhattisgarh.

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Airtel Partnered with Odisha to offer Bill Odisha Government notifies Rs 270
Payment Solution crore CHHATA Scheme to improve
Partnership b/w: Bharti Airtel & Tata Power groundwater Table
Northern Odisha Distribution Limited (TPNODL), a The Government of Odisha launched ‘Community
joint venture(JV) between Tata Power and the Harnessing and Harvesting rainwater Artificially
Government of Odisha. from Terrace to Aquifer’ (CHHATA) Scheme with
Purpose: to offer bill payment solutions to over 2 an investment of Rs 270 crore to implement the
million registered customers. rooftop rainwater harvesting system (RRHS).
✓ The initiative will mobilise the 4,000 ✓ The scheme was conceptualised to address
banking points of Airtel Payment Banks the increasing stress on ground water and
(APB) in North Odisha to facilitate bill to improve the depleting ground water
payment. table.
✓ The front-end solutions are managed by ✓ The scheme will be executed by the
Airtel Payments Bank and the back-end Directorate of Ground Water Development
connectivity will be monitored by Airtel IQ. (GWD) under the Department of Water
Airtel IQ is the world’s first network- Resources (DoWR).
integrated Communication Platform as a
Service (CPaaS) ecosystem.
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Cabinet Approvals on September 7, 2022 GoI Extends Ceasefire Agreement with

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister The NSCN-K Niki Group for Another
(PM) of India approved the following proposals: Year, Until September 2023
✓ MoU between India, the United Kingdom The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government
(UK), and Northern Ireland on mutual of India (GoI), has granted a one-year extension to
recognition of academic qualifications the cease-fire agreement with the National
which was signed on April 25, 2022. Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-
✓ MoU between India’s Ministry of Education K) Niki group, a split-off faction of the Naga
(MoE) and United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) insurgency organisation NSCN, with effect from
Ministry of Education to further strengthen September 8, 2022, to September 7, 2023. The
the educational collaboration between India NSCN was formed in 1980 but split into two groups
and UAE, and to widen the scope of NSCN-K & NSCN-IM in 1988.
engagements. ✓ The NSCN-K was founded by Myanmar-
✓ MoU on cooperation between India and based SS Khaplang in 1988 after detaching
Maldives in the field of disaster from NSCN.
management which was signed between the ✓ The NSCN-IM was formed by
National Disaster Management Authorities Isak Chishi Swu of Nagaland and
(NDMAs) of the both nations on August 2, Thuingaleng Muivah of Manipur that called
2022. itself NSCN (IM).
✓ Implementation of Rs 1,957.05 crore Kochi ✓ Nagaland: CM – Neiphiu Rio; Festivals –
metro Rail Phase II of Kochi Metro Rail Tsukhenyie Festival; Surkenye Festival
Project from JLN (Jawaharlal Nehru)
International Stadium to Infopark via
Kakkanad. It will cover a length of 11.17 GoI sets up Committee to moderate gas
Kms, and 11 stations. price; headed by Energy Expert Dr Kirit
✓ The Ministry of Railway’s proposal to revise S Parikh
the railways’ land policy to implement PM The government of India(GoI) set up a Committee
Gati Shakti Framework (Cargo related to review the formula to formalise the pricing of gas
activities, Public utilities & Railway’s produced by companies.
exclusive use). ✓ The committee, chaired by Energy
✓ A new Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) – Expert Dr. Kirit Shantilal Parikh (Kirit S
PM SHRI Schools Parikh), a former Member of the Planning
(Pradhan Mantri ScHools for Rising Commission(GoI), will include members
India) Yojana under which there will be from the fertiliser ministry, as well as gas
development and upgradation of 14,500 producers and buyers.
schools across India. Click here to read ✓ The committee aims to lower inflation and
more. promote the use of cleaner fuel.

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PM inaugurates ‘Kartavya Path’ and President of India Launches Pradhan

unveils the statue Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan
of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at India President of India, Droupadi Murmu virtually
Gate launched the Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat
The Prime Minister (PM) of India Narendra Modi Abhiyaan to reinvigorate the mission of
inaugurated ‘Kartavya Path’, a redeveloped two Tuberculosis (TB) elimination from the country by
kilometre stretch from India Gate 2025. The President also launched the Ni-kshay
to Rashtrapati Bhavan through Vijay Chowk in New 2.0 initiative, a portal to provide a platform for
Delhi (Dselhi). It was earlier known as Rajpath donors to provide various forms of support to those
(Kingsway), which was a ‘symbol of slavery’. Now, undergoing TB treatment.
the name Kartavya Path symbolizes ‘public ✓ India has more than 25 % of the total TB
ownership and empowerment’. patients of the world, whereas India’s entire
✓ PM also unveiled the statue of Netaji Subhas population itself is less than 20 % of the
Chandra Bose under the canopy at India world’s population.
Gate that during British rule had a statue of ✓ In 2020, the Revised National Tuberculosis
King George V. Click here to read more. Control Programme (RNTCP) was renamed
as the National Tuberculosis Elimination
Programme (NTEP) that aims to eradicate
DA&FW & FICCI Launches a Joint TB by 2025 which is 5 years ahead of
Initiative to Attract PPP Projects in Sustainable Development Goals 2030.
Agriculture
Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Ministry of Indian Army & Indian Air Force Conduct
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW),
Joint Exercise “Gagan Strike” In Punjab
launched the Project Management Unit (PMU)
The Kharga Corps of the Indian Army and the
on Public-Private Partnership (PPP)
Indian Air Force (IAF) conducted the joint
in Agriculture in New Delhi, Delhi.
exercise “Gagan Strike” in Punjab, to demonstrate
✓ The PMU is a joint initiative of the
the strength and prowess of the armed forces.
Department of Agriculture and Farmers
✓ The joint exercise was led by Lieutenant
Welfare (DA&FW), MOA&FW, and the
General Pratik Sharma, General Officer
Federation of Indian Chambers of
Commanding (GOC), Kharga Corps, and took
Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
place over 4 days in various places of
Punjab bordering Ambala in Haryana.
Agnikul Cosmos gets patent for Single
Piece 3D-printed rocket engine Empowered Committee of NITI Aayog
Agnikul Cosmos, Chennai based space technology
Approves First-Ever Disbursement
start-up secured its first patent for the design and
manufacturing of its Single Piece 3D printed rocket
Under the PLI Scheme for Large-Scale
engine. Electronics Manufacturing
✓ The patent was offered to Agnikul Cosmos An Empowered Committee chaired by
under the Government of India (GoI)’s Parameswaran Iyer, CEO of NITI Aayog (National
patent database, for its Agnilet rocket Institution for Transforming India), has approved
engine, world’s 1st single-piece 3D printed 32 beneficiaries under the Production Linked
rocket engine fully designed and Incentive (PLI) scheme for ‘Large-Scale
manufactured in India. Electronics Manufacturing’. It is the first
disbursement under any PLI scheme, and 10 of the
32 beneficiaries (5 global and 5 domestic) were
approved for mobile manufacturing.

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✓ The proposal for disbursement of incentive portfolio and is in line with the National
was made by the Ministry of Electronics and Solar Mission of the Indian Government.
Information Technology (MeitY).
✓ The PLI scheme for Large-Scale Electronic Kibithu military station & Road in
Manufacturing, with a total outlay of Rs.
Arunachal Pradesh named after India’s
38,645 crores, was approved on April 1,
2020. First Round of PLI Scheme: Target first CDS Gen Bipin Rawat
segment – Mobile Phone & Electronic The military camp in Kibithu, Arunachal Pradesh
Component Manufacturing and the 22 Km-road stretch from Walong to Kibithu
✓ Second Round of the PLI Scheme: Target have been named in honour of General Bipin Rawat,
segment – Specified Electronic Components; India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), who was
Incentives: 5% to 3%; Base year: 2019-20; killed in a chopper crash in December 2021.
Period: 4 years. The tenure of the PLI ✓ The military camp in Kibithu has been
Scheme has been extended by one year i.e. renamed as ‘Gen Bipin Rawat Military
from 2024-25 to 2025-26. Click here to read Garrison’ and the road was named as “Gen.
more. Bipin Rawat Marg”. The road was
dedicated by Pema Kandu, Chief
Minister(CM) of Arunachal Pradesh.
NITI Aayog Report: India’s Truck Market
Likely to Grow Over 4-times by 2050
50th All Manipur Shumang Leela
According to a National Institute for Transforming
India (NITI) Aayog report titled ‘Transforming Festival 2021-2022 Began in Imphal
Trucking in India: Pathways to Zero-Emission The 50th All Manipur Shumang Leela Festival
Truck Deployment’, India’s trucking market is 2021-2022 began at Iboyaima Shumang Leela
expected to grow over 4 times by 2050. Shanglen in Palace Compound in Imphal, Manipur’s
✓ Since road freight travel continues to grow, capital.
the number of trucks is also expected to ✓ Shumang Leela is a traditional form of
rise from 4 million in 2022 to around 17 theatre in Manipur, which is performed by
million trucks by 2050 which is more than either all-female or all-male performers.
quadruple. [Shumang means courtyard and Leela
✓ Currently, India transports 4.6 billion means play].
tons of freight annually, generating a ✓ In the case of the former, female artists play
transport demand of 2.2 trillion ton the male characters, and in the case of the
kilometres at the cost of Rs 9.5 lakh crore. latter, male artists play the female roles.
Indian Army’s Western Command & Delhi Police become the first police force
NTPC Signed PPA for Solar Power in India to make forensic probe
Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) b/w: Indian mandatory
Army’s Western Command(WC) & NTPC Delhi Police has become the first police force in
Limited(formerly known as National Thermal India to make collection of forensic evidence
Power Corporation Limited) mandatory in crimes punishable by more than six
Purpose: to draw 25MW (Megawatt) solar power years.
directly from the National Solar Grid of India for ✓ It aims boost the conviction rate and
the next 27 years integrate the criminal justice system with
✓ The solar energy for the Western command forensic science investigation.
will be sourced from Sholapur,
Maharashtra.
✓ The deal with NTPC will support the WC to
decarbonise around 38% of its energy

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Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (Dhulian to Rajshahi -extension to Aricha)

Celebrates 2nd Year Anniversary and 9 & 10 (Daudkandi to Sonamura).
Union Minister, Parshottam Rupala, Ministry of Seven MoUs signed between India & Bangladesh
Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying ✓ MoU between Jal Shakti Ministry (India)
(MoFAHD), attended the 2nd anniversary of and Ministry of Water Resources
the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada (Bangladesh) on withdrawal of water from
Yojana (PMMSY), which is implemented by the common border river Kushiyara.
Department of Fisheries (DoF), MoFAHD. ✓ MoU between Ministries of Railways of
✓ On September 10, 2020, Prime Minister India & Bangladesh on training of
Narendra (PM) Narendra Modi introduced Bangladesh Railway personnel in India.
the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana ✓ MoU between Ministries of Railways of
(PMMSY), as part of the AatmaNirbhar India & Bangladesh on collaboration in IT
Bharat Package, coupled with the e-Gopala systems such as FOIS* & other IT
App, a comprehensive breed development applications for Bangladesh Railway.
marketplace and information platform for ✓ MoU between National Judicial Academy-
direct usage by farmers. NJA (India) and Bangladesh’s Supreme
✓ PMMSY is an umbrella scheme with two Court on training and capacity building
distinct components: The Central Sector programme for Bangladesh Judicial Officers
Scheme (CS) and the Centrally Sponsored in India.
Scheme (CSS). Click here to read more. ✓ MoU on scientific and technological
cooperation between India’s Council for
Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) and
Nagaland celebrates the 1st ever Naga the Bangladesh Council of Scientific &
Mircha Festival at Kohima Industrial Research (BCSIR).
On 9th September 2022, in Nagaland, the 1st ever ✓ MoU between Prasar Bharti & Bangladesh
Naga Mircha (King Chilli) Festival 2022 (1-day Television (BTV) on cooperation in
festival) was conducted at Seiyhama village under broadcasting. Click here to read more.
Kohima and was sponsored by the Department of
Horticulture. The festival was hosted and organised
CCRAS Offers Research Fellowship to
by Seiyhama village Council and Seiyhama Naga
Mircha Growers.
Support Research Efforts in Ayurveda –
✓ Naga Mircha received the GI (Geographical SPARK
Indication) certification in 2008 and it was The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic
the first product to receive a GI tag among Sciences (CCRAS), will offer research fellowship to
the 4 GI products of Nagaland. young undergraduate (UG) students enrolled in
✓ The others three GI products are Naga Tree recognized ayurveda colleges across India under
the ‘Studentship Program for Ayurveda Research
Tomato, Chakhesang shawls and
Ken’ (SPARK) initiative.
Nagaland “sweet cucumber”
Coal Ministry announced 1.23 billion

Highlights of Bangladesh PM Sheikh
tonne Coal target by 2024-2025
Hasina visit to India
The Ministry of Coal aims to upgrade coal
On September 5-8, 2022, the Prime Minister (PM)
production to 1.23 billion tonnes (BT) by Financial
of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina was on a four-day visit
Year (FY) 2024-2025 to secure the energy security
to India and held bilateral talks with Indian PM
of the country.
Narendra Modi to review and further strengthen
✓ The major Coalfield in Jharkhand State
the relationship between both countries.
is North Karanpura Coalfield, which falls
✓ Both leaders agreed to initiate riverine
under the command of Central Coalfields
services under the Protocol on Inland Water
Limited (CCL).
Transit and Trade (PIWTT) routes 5 & 6

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6th NHA Estimates Report: GoI’s Health IIT-Madras becomes 1st Indian
Expenditure GDP Fell from 1.35% to institution to join NY-Based IBM
1.28% Quantum Network
According to the 6th National Health The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M),
Accounts (NHA) Estimates Report of India Chennai, Tamil Nadu, has become the 1st Indian
for 2018-19 data, the centre’s share in the total educational institution to join the New York (NY)-
government health expenditure dropped to 34.3 based International Business Machines (IBM)
percent in 2018-19 from 40.8 percent in 2017- Quantum Network to promote and advance
2018. The government’s health expenditure as a quantum computing skills development and
percentage of the GDP fell from 1.35 in 2017-18 research in India.
to 1.28 in 2018-2019. ✓ IIT-M is to join a network total of 180 global
✓ The report was prepared by National Health members in the IBM Quantum Network.
Systems Resource Centre (NHSRC),
designated as National Health Accounts JIMEX 2022: India and Japan Begins Joint
Technical Secretariat (NHATS) in 2014 by
Naval exercise at Bay of Bengal
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
The sixth edition of Japan India Maritime Exercise
(MoHFW).
2022 (JIMEX 22) was hosted by the Indian Navy
✓ The share of States to government health
and it commenced in the Bay of Bengal. The first
expenditure has raised up to 7 percent
edition of JIMEX took place in the year 2013. The
such as 65.7 percent in 2018-19,
JIMEX 22 marks the 10th anniversary of JIMEX,
from 59.2 percent in 2017-2018.
which began in Japan in 2012 and also coincides
✓ The total health expenditure per capita has
with the 70th anniversary of the diplomatic
been increased by 74 percent since 2013-
relations between India and Japan.
14, that is Rs. 1042 to Rs 1815 in 2018-19.
✓ Japan Maritime Self Defence
Force (JMSDF) ships Izumo, a Helicopter
Carrier, and Takanami, a Guided Missile

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Destroyer were represented the Japanese technologies such as Augmented

Navy. Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR).
✓ The Indian Navy was represented by three
indigenously designed and built Indore to Become India’s First ‘Smart
warships; INS Sahyadri, a multi-purpose
City’ with ‘Smart Addresses’
stealth frigate and Anti-Submarine Warfare
Indore, Madhya Pradesh (MP) will become the first
Corvettes INS Kadmatt and INS Kavaratti.
smart city with smart addresses after the
implementation of a fully digital addressing system
India to hold G20 Presidency for 1 year by the Indore Smart City. An MoU in this regard was
Starting from December 2022 signed between Rajat Jain, co-founder of Pataa
India will assume the Presidency of the Group of Navigations & Rishav Gupta (IAS), CEO of Indore
Twenty (G20) for a span of 1 year with effect from Smart City.
December 1, 2022, to November 30, 2023. ✓ Pataa is working with the Indian Space
✓ India will host the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Research Organisation (ISRO) to develop a
New Delhi on 09 and 10 September 2023. digital addressing system.
✓ The G20 is an intergovernmental forum ✓ The Pataa app can be used by everyone and
(IGF) of the world’s major developed and business and also all government agencies
developing economies which and emergency services including police,
comprises 19 countries and the European fire department, and ambulance for
Union (EU). providing services like Electronic Know
Your Customer (E-KYC) and geotagging.
CJI U U Lalit inaugurates NALSA’s Centre
for Citizen Services in New Delhi MoEFCC, UNDP & TERI come together to
The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) launch GEF Small Grants Programme
centre for citizen services has been inaugurated by Collaboration among: Ministry of Environment,
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Uday Umesh Lalit at Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), United
Jaisalmer house in New Delhi. NALSA has been Nations Development Programme (UNDP) & the
constituted under the Legal Services Authorities Act, Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
1987 (Article 39A). Purpose: to launch the “Global Environment
✓ The purpose of this act is to provide free Facility Small Grants Programme (GEF-SGP)”
legal aid to the weaker sections of society ✓ The programme aims to study and work on
and conduct Lok Adalats for the quick the themes of biodiversity, climate change
resolution of cases. and land degradation through NGOs (Non-
Governmental Organisations).
MeitY & Meta Partners to Support XR ✓ It provides financial and technical support
to projects that conserve and restore the
Technology-Based Startups – XR Startup
environment while enhancing the lives of
Program local communities
The Ministry of Electronics and Information ✓ Virudhunagar & Ramanathapuram are
Technology’s (MeitYs) startup hub (MSH) and selected as two districts representing the
social media giant Meta (formerly known as Indian coastal region in Tamil Nadu.
Facebook) partnered to launch ‘XR Startup
Program’ to support the growth of extended
reality (XR) technology-based startups across
TDB Extends Support for Indigenous
India. Component Manufacturing in Defence
✓ XR Startup Program, focuses on skilling Sector
and building technological capabilities for Agreement b/w: Technology Development
the metaverse and also includes emerging Board (TDB), a statutory body under the

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Department of Science and Technology (DST) & EKI lists India’s 1st plastic project under
the Ghaziabad Precision Products Private Global Accreditation Standard
Limited (GPP), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh Indore (Madhya Pradesh)-Based EKI Energy
Purpose: to support manufacturing of indigenous Services (EKI), a leading Carbon credit developer
components critical to SUKHOI-30MK1 (SU- and supplier, listed a Plastic Project from India
30MK1) Aircraft & 1500 HP Battle Tank Engine. under a Global Accreditation Standard.
✓ Out of the total project cost of Rs. 14.2 ✓ EKI has become the first ever firm to list a
crore, the TDB-DST has approved assistance plastic project from India with an aim to
of Rs. 5.5 crore to support this public- generate India’s first-ever international
private initiative in the defence sector. plastic credits.
✓ The project has been listed under the Plastic
Panchayati Raj ministry & IRMA signed Waste Reduction Standard of Verra, a
MoU to work towards SDGs Washington-(United States) based
MoU b/w: Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR), & accreditation.
Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA),
Gujarat TN Government issued GO to establish
Purpose: to strengthen Panchayati Raj institutions Nanjarayan Tank as 17th Bird
across India.
Sanctuary
✓ The agreement will establish a framework
The Government of Tamil Nadu issued a
under which MoPR and IRMA will
Government Order (GO) to start the 17th Bird
collaborate in the area of Gram Panchayat
Sanctuary at Nanjarayan tank, in Tiruppur district,
Development Planning for Localization of
Tamil Nadu.
Sustainable Development Goals (LSDGs)
✓ Nanjarayan tank has been announced as the
through Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs).
17th bird sanctuary of Tamil Nadu on April
2022 and was allotted Rs 7.5 crore for its
First Inter-Modal Digital TIR-Based development.
Transport Flags off from India to Iran ✓ It is locally called Sarkar Periyapalayam
The first inter-modal digital Transports tank is spread over 125.86.5 hectares of
Internationaux Routiers’ or International Road land which lies at the junction of Tiruppur
Transports (TIR)-based pilot transport along the North and Uthukuli taluks.
International North-South Transport
Corridor (INSTC) corridor Union Cabinet approves more castes
between India and Iran was flagged off
in STs List; Approves Signing
from Nhava Shewa (Jawaharlal Nehru Port), Navi
Mumbai, Maharashtra. of Guarantees for hosting FIFA U-
✓ The TIR system plays an important role in 17 Women’s Football World Cup in India
facilitating cross-border trade and The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister (PM)
transport and prevents delay in operations of India Narendra Modi approved the inclusion of
by minimising the transportation costs and several communities in the Schedule Tribes (STs)
other formalities. list of the Constitution across 5 states, as a part of
✓ The commercial transit hub for the Central the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order
Asia region will be the Chabahar (Amendment) Bill 2022.
Port, which was developed with Indian ✓ The 5 states include, are Himachal Pradesh
assistance. (HP), Tamil Nadu (TN), Karnataka and Uttar
Pradesh (UP) and Chhattisgarh.
The Union Cabinet approved the signing of
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de Football Association (FIFA) Under 17 Women’s NITI Aayog Hosted First Shoonya Forum
World Cup 2022 in India. Commemorating One-Year Anniversary
✓ Notably, the 7th edition FIFA U-17 Women’s
of Shoonya Campaign
World Cup 2022 is scheduled to be held in
The NITI Aayog (National Institution for
India between October 11-30, 2022
Transforming India) hosted the first Shoonya
in Navi Mumbai (Maharashtra), Goa and B
Forum in Delhi to commemorate the first
hubaneswar (Odisha). Click here to read
anniversary of Shoonya, India’s zero-pollution e-
more.
mobility campaign.
✓ During the occasion, a report titled “Need
MoYAS signs MoU with NTPC & REC; 2 for Advanced Chemistry Cell Energy
PSUs pledge Rs 215 crore to NSDF Storage in India (Part III)” of the National
MoU b/w: Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports Programme on Advanced Chemistry Cell
(MoYAS) with the NTPC Limited (formerly known (ACC) Energy Storage was also released.
as National Thermal Power Corporation Limited) & ✓ The Shoonya initiative, which aims to
Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) promote zero-pollution delivery vehicles by
Purpose: the 2 Public Sector Undertaking (PSUs) collaborating with consumers and industry,
pledging Rs 215 crore to the National Sports was launched by NITI Aayog in September
Development Fund (NSDF) in New Delhi for the 2021 with the support of Rocky Mountain
development of sports in India. Institute (RMI) based in the United States
✓ NTPC contributes Rs 115 crore over the (US) and RMI India.
next 5 years to support the Archery
discipline in India. Narayan Rane Chairs 18th meeting of
✓ REC committed an amount of Rs 100
National Board of MSME
crore over 3 years to support Women’s
Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium
Hockey, Athletics and Boxing.
Enterprises (MSME) Narayan Rane, chaired
the 18th meeting of the National Board of
ECI Releases ‘BLO E-Patrika’ to Establish MSME (NBMSME) and Minister of State for MSME,
Direct Communication with Booth Level Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma attended the meeting.
Officers ✓ He inaugurated the portal for the scheme
The Election Commission of India (ECI) launched for promotion of MSMEs in North East
a new digital publication, ‘BLO e-Patrika‘, at a first- Region (NER) and Sikkim.
of-its-kind direct interactive session with Booth ✓ He launched the integration of Udyam and
Level Officers (BLOs) from across India at the India National Career Service (NCS) portals,
Habitat Centre in New Delhi, Delhi which was announced in Budget 2022.
✓ The bimonthly “BLO E-Patrika” is being
introduced with the goal of ensuring a Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological
cascading information model for a more Park of Darjeeling became best zoo in
informed and committed BLO. It will be
India
available in English, Hindi & regional
The Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park
languages.
(PNHZP) in Darjeeling, West Bengal has been
✓ A BLO is a Local Government/Semi-
recognized as the best zoo in India. Arignar Anna
Government official who is familiar with the
Zoological Park in Chennai, Tamil Nadu has
local electorate and is typically a voter in
secured the 2nd position, followed by the Sri
the same polling area. The institution of
Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens in Mysore,
BLO was established by the ECI in 2006.
Karnataka. Kolkata’s Alipore Zoological Garden has
secured the fourth position.

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✓ The PNHZP was established ENGIE partners with NSDC to train 600
on 14th August 1958 and is internationally youth in solar module programmes
recognised for its breeding and Collaboration b/w: ENGIE, a clean energy firm,
conservation programmes of endangered through its subsidiary SolaireDirect Energy India
animal species of the eastern Himalayas. Private Ltd (SEIPL) with National Skill
✓ The Red Panda is one of the main Development Corporation (NSDC)
attractions of PNHZP, besides other animals Purpose: to train 600 youths in solar module
such as the Himalayan Black Bear, Snow programmes.
Leopard, Goral and Himalayan Thar. ✓ This is a part of ENGIE’s corporate social
responsibility (CSR) for the year 2022-23.
✓ Under this initiative, NSDC aims to ensure
that all of the training programmes are in
light with the Qualification Pack (QP) or
National Occupation Standards set by the
Sector Skill Councils (SSC).
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Development Report 2021-22- Uncertain Times,

Visited Australia to Explore Aspects in Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a
Transforming World’, India ranked 132nd among
Education & Skill Development; Also
191 countries and territories on the 2021 Human
Visited Bali, Indonesia for G20 Meeting Development Index (HDI). In the 2020 report, India
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Ministry of was ranked 131st among 189 countries and
Education and Ministry of Skill Development & territories.
Entrepreneurship, made a four-day visit ✓ India’s latest HDI value is 0.633 which
to Australia from August 20-23, 2022, to deepen places it in the medium human
Indo-Australian ties and to explore the connect, development category, as compared to its
collaborate and cooperate elements of education value of 0.645 in the 2020 report. This
and skill development. decline is due to the fall in life expectancy
✓ He chaired the 6th meeting of the from 69.7 years to 67.2 years.
Australia India Education Council (AIEC) ✓ Also, there is a global drop in life
2022 at Western Sydney University (WSU) expectancy from 72.8 years in 2019 to 71.4
in Australia. years in 2021.
✓ He also attended the Group of Twenty ✓ The index has been topped
(G20) 4th Education Working Group by Switzerland with 0.962 HDI value. It is
Meeting & Education Ministers’ Meeting followed by Norway (0.961) at 2nd,
2022 in Bali, Indonesia, from August 31 to and Iceland at 3rd (0.959). click here to
September 1, 2022. Host of the meeting: read more.
Ministry of Education, Culture, Research,
and Technology, Republic of Indonesia.
Highlights of India’s EAM S. Jaishankar
visit to UAE
Union Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar,
India ranks 132 out of 191 in
Ministry of External Affairs Minister (EAM) visited
UNDP’s 2021 Human Development the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for 14th India-
Index; Switzerland Tops UAE Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) and 3rd
As per the report by the United Nations India-UAE Strategic Dialogue.
Development Program’s (UNDP) ‘Human

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✓ The Indian Union Minister co-chaired both

the meetings with Foreign Minister of ILO Report: Modern Slavery on the Rise;
UAE, Sheikh Abdullah
Witnesses 25 % Increase in 5 Years
bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Both leaders
According to the “Global Estimates of Modern
reviewed the entire gamut of
Slavery-Forced Labour and Forced
comprehensive strategic partnership
Marriage,” released by the International Labour
between India and UAE and regional and
Organization (ILO), there were approximately 50
global developments.
million (49.6 million) people living in modern
✓ He also visited a Hindu temple ‘Shri
slavery on any given day in 2021, up from 40
Swaminarayan Mandir’ under construction
million in 2016 and a 25% increase over the last 5
in Abu Dhabi, UAE. It is the first traditional
years.
temple in the Arabian Peninsula.
✓ Of these people, 22 million were trapped in
✓ UAE: Capital– Abu Dhabi; Currency–
forced marriages and nearly 28 million
Dirham. Click here to read more.
(27.6 million) were subjected to forced
labour. The most vulnerable members of
Report by WHO & UNICEF: Globally Half society continue to be women and children.
of health care facilities lack basic ✓ The ILO, Walk Free, and the International
hygiene services Organization for
According to the Joint Monitoring Programme Migration (IOM) developed the global and
(JMP) report by the World Health Organization regional estimates stated in this report.
(WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund ✓ ILO: Director-General – Guy Ryder;
(UNICEF) titled “Progress on WASH in health care Establishment – 1919; Member States –
facilities 2000–2021: special focus on WASH and 187; HQ - Geneva, Switzerland. Click here to
infection prevention and control (IPC)”, in 2021, read more.
around half of health care facilities across the world
lack basic hygiene services with water and soap or India & Madagascar signed MoU on
alcohol-based hand rub, where patients receive Training of Diplomats
care and at toilets in these facilities. MoU b/w: Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign
✓ The report states that around 3.85 billion Service (SSIFS) under the Ministry of External
people across the globe depend on these Affairs (MEA) of India & Ministry of Foreign Affairs
facilities. This also includes the 688 million (MOFA) of Madagascar.
people who receive care at facilities with no Purpose: for the training of diplomats between
hygiene services at all India and Madagascar
✓ The report was launched at the World ✓ SSIFS is the civil service training institute
Water Week, the annual conference held where Indian Foreign Service officers are
from 23rd August to 1st September 2022 in trained.
Stockholm, Sweden. [WASH – Water, ✓ Madagascar: President-Andry Rajoelina;
Sanitation and Hygiene]. Capital-Antananarivo; Currency-Malagasy
✓ For the first time, this report has ariary
established the global baseline on Hygiene
services.
BANKING & FINANCE
Agribazaar Launches Kisan Safalta Card launched ‘Agribazaar Kisan Safalta Card’, a
for Agri Financing farmer-centric card that supports farmers to meet
Star Agribazaar Technology Private their pre-harvest and post-harvest farm
Limited (Agribazaar), an electronic agri mandi, has requirements and other related expenses.

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✓ Agribazaar: CEO – Amith Agarwal; Lord’s Mark Industries Gets Direct

Establishment – 2016; HQ- Mumbai, Insurance Broking Licence from IRDAI
Maharashtra Lord’s Mark Insurance Broking Services Private
Limited, the insurance division of Lord’s Mark
Axis Bank Partners with PayNearby to Industries, has received the direct insurance
Boost Bank’s Priority Sector Lending broking licence from Insurance Regulatory and
Targets Development Authority of India (IRDAI) for selling
Partnership b/w: Axis Bank & PayNearby life and general insurance products.
Technologies Private Limited ✓ The company plans to collaborate
Purpose: to boost credit growth in meeting the with leading insurers to launch the
bank’s priority sector lending (PSL) targets insurance products on its platform, ‘Policy
segment. King’.
✓ All Banks are required to extend 40
percent of their overall lending to priority HDFC Bank unveils ‘Bank on Wheels’ in
sectors, which include loans to agriculture Gujarat
and Micro Small and Medium Enterprises The Housing Development Finance Corporation
(MSME) sectors. Limited (HDFC) Bank introduces its rural banking
✓ Axis Bank: MD & CEO– Amitabh Chaudhry; business, ‘Bank on Wheels’ in the village of
Establishment– 1993 (Commenced Koteshwar, near Ahmedabad, in Gujarat, as an
Operation-1994); HQ- Mumbai, initiative to offer banking services in unbanked
Maharashtra areas around Ankleshwar.
✓ The HDFC bank is the 1st bank to translate
SBI & WAARE Collaborate to Finance Financial Literacy Material into the Gujarati
Projects for Consumers & Channel language, in Gujarat.
Partners
Collaboration b/w: State Bank of India (SBI) &
SEBI gave approval to Helios Capital to
WAAREE Energies Ltd. (WAAREE) launch Mutual Fund business
✓ Purpose: For Solar Projects. It enables ✓ The Singapore-based company, Helios
WAAREE to obtain unsecured financing for Capital Management (India) Private Limited
solar projects through SBI’s Surya Shakti Founder & Fund Manager Samir
Solar Finance Scheme and to provide Arora received capital markets from the
working capital for its channel partners Securities and Exchange Board of India
through the Electronic Dealer Finance (SEBI) to launch the Mutual
Scheme (EDFS). Fund (MF) business.
✓ SBI: Chairman – Dinesh Kumar Khara;
Establishment – 1955; HQ – Mumbai, Max Life Launches 3-in-1 market-linked
Maharashtra solution – ‘Smart Flexi Protect Solution’
Max Life Insurance Company Limited has
LIC introduces Non-Participating, Unit launched ‘Smart Flexi Protect Solution’, a three-
Linked New Pension Plus Plan in-one (3-in-1) plan that provides health and
The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has enhanced life cover, along with market-linked
introduced a new Individual Pension Plan namely investment returns. This is designed for earning
‘LIC’s New Pension Plus (NPP)’ which is non- individuals, especially for self-employed profiles.
participating, and Unit Linked. It was launched at ✓ Smart Flexi Protect Solution is a
Hotel Trident during the function of Insurance combination of Max Life Flexi Wealth
Week Celebration (September 1-7, 2022). Click Plus and Max Life Critical Illness and
Here for Official Notification Disability Secure Rider that offers wealth
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protection against death, disability and DBS Collaborates with The Sandbox to
critical illness. Launch DBS Betterworld, Showcasing
✓ Max Life Insurance Company Limited:
The Utility of Metaverse
MD & CEO – Prashant Tripathy; Founded in
Partnership b/w: DBS Bank Limited & The
2000, Started operations in 2001; HQ
Sandbox, a top decentralised gaming virtual world
– New Delhi, Delhi
and a subsidiary of Animoca Brands
Purpose: to create ‘DBS BetterWorld’, an
HSBC Commits Rs. 125 Crore to Green interactive metaverse experience
Causes & Energy Transition Projects in ✓ With this partnership, DBS Bank becomes
India Over the Next 5 Years the first Singaporean company to join hands
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation with The Sandbox and the first bank in
Limited (HSBC), one of the world’s major banking Singapore to venture into the metaverse.
and financial services organisations headquartered
in London, United Kingdom (UK), has Open Door: Axis Bank and Square Yards
committed Rs. 125 crore over the next 5 years to launched a Platform for Hassle-Free
promote green initiatives in India as part of its
Home Buying
efforts to mitigate the impacts of climate change.
Partnership b/w: Axis Bank & Square Yards
The initiatives include wetland protection and
Purpose: first-of-its-kind co-branded unified
energy transition projects.
platform named ‘Open Door’, a home buyer
✓ HSBC has divided the project into two major
ecosystem
categories, including energy transition and
✓ Square Yards is India’s largest integrated
nature-based solutions.
Real Estate platform while Axis Bank is
✓ HSBC has collaborated with the non-profit
India’s third largest private sector bank.
organizations such as WWF India and the
✓ Axis Bank: MD & CEO – Amitabh Chaudhry;
India Resources Trust (WRI India) to
HQ– Mumbai, Maharashtra; Tagline–
implement projects in eight states.
Badhti Ka Naam Zindagi
HDFC Bank Issues India’s First

Canara HSBC Life Insurance Launches
Electronic Bank Guarantee (E-BG); Also
iSelect guaranteed future plan
signs MoU with Institute of Economic
Canara HSBC Life Insurance launches iSelect
Growth Guaranteed Future, an individual, non-linked,
HDFC Bank, India’s largest private sector bank, has non-participating, savings and protection life
become the first bank in India to issue insurance plan in digital platform.
an Electronic Bank Guarantee (e-BG), in ✓ It offers two special features such as
partnership with National E-Governance Services “Guaranteed Maturity
Limited (NeSL). Benefit” and “Boost your Maturity” under
✓ The introduction of e-BG eliminates the which Guaranteed additions accrue during
lengthy, paper-based procedure and the last five policy years to enhance policy’s
enables faster processing, instant delivery, benefits to the customers.
instant verification, and better security. ✓ They provide multiple options including
✓ The eBG will be issued using the NeSL iAchieve and Flexi iAchieve, iAssure and
paperless eStamping Digital Document Flexi iAssure, and Easy iAchieve.
Execution (DDE) platform. ✓ Canara HSBC Life Insurance: MD & CEO
✓ HDFC Bank: MD & CEO – Sashidhar – Anuj Mathur; Establishment – 2008; HQ
Jagdishan; Establishment – 1994; HQ – – Gurugram, Haryana
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Nippon Life India Asset Management & Purpose: to develop a technology platform that will
DWS Group to launch a European-listed aid in the digitization of insurance purchasing and
servicing in India.
Indian Government Bond ETF
✓ By 2024, HDFC ERGO intends to be
Collaboration b/w: Nippon Life India Asset
completely migrated to the cloud.
Management (Singapore) Pte. Ltd, a wholly-owned
✓ HDFC ERGO: MD & CEO – Ritesh Kumar;
subsidiary of Nippon Life India Asset Management
Establishment – 2002; HQ – Mumbai,
Ltd & DWS Group
Maharashtra
Purpose: to provide portfolio management and
investment advisory services to the European-
listed Indian Government Bond Exchange Traded Karnataka Bank becomes part of
Funds (ETF). Khajane-II
✓ The relevant index, known as the J.P. Karnataka Bank Ltd became part of the Khajane-
Morgan India Government Fully Accessible II (K2), Integrated Financial Management System
Route (FAR) Bond index, intends to monitor (IFMS) of the Treasury Department, Government of
the performance of fixed-rate Indian-Rupee Karnataka for implementing a Single Nodal Agency
denominated government bonds that have (SNA) account system for Centrally Sponsored
been made available for non-resident Schemes (CSS).
investment via FAR. ✓ Through this interface with K2, The Bank
✓ Under the FAR, only eligible investors can will help in implementing various
invest in specified Government securities sponsored schemes for disbursement of
without any investment ceilings. The cash benefits to the targeted beneficiaries
instruments comprise FAR-eligible fixed- through direct credit to their bank accounts.
rate and zero-coupon bonds.
SBI Joins 5-trillion Market Cap
HDFC Life Introduces ‘Click2Protect Membership; Stock Surges 26% in 3
Super’ Term Insurance Policy Months
HDFC Life Insurance Company Limited (HDFC State Bank of India (SBI) has joined the Rs 5.03
Life), one of the leading insurance providers in trillion market capitalization (market cap) for
India, has developed “Click2Protect Super”, a term the first time after its shares reached a record high
insurance policy that allows clients to customize of Rs 564.45 on the BSE index.
their protection needs and only pay for the ✓ According to the data from BSE Limited, SBI
benefits/plan options that they have chosen. stood at the 7th position in the overall
✓ Click2Protect Super is a non-linked, non- market cap ranking, with a market cap of Rs
participating, individual, pure risk 5.03 trillion.
premium/savings life insurance plan that ✓ SBI has become the 3rd lender in India to
offers extensive flexibility options. cross the market cap of Rs 5 trillion.
✓ The “Click2Protect Super” flexibility ✓ HDFC Bank, India’s largest private sender
options: Life, Life Plus, and Life Goal. lender holds 1st position with a market cap
✓ HDFC Life: MD & CEO – Vibha Padalkar; of Rs 8.38 trillion and ICICI Bank holds
Establishment – 2000; HQ – Mumbai, the 2nd position with a market cap of Rs
Maharashtra 6.33 trillion.
HDFC ERGO Partners with Google Cloud MoF Establishes a Six-Member

to Digitize Insurance Purchasing in India Committee to Boost Investments in
Partnership b/w: HDFC ERGO General Insurance
Venture Capital/Private Equity
Company Limited (HDFC ERGO), one of India’s
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has constituted
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Damodaran, former Chairman of Securities and MoF Issues Guidelines for RRBs to Raise
Exchange Board of India (SEBI), in order to suggest Resources Through IPOs & Rights Issue
measures to boost Venture Capital and Private The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has released
Equity (VC/PE) investments. guidelines for Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) to
✓ Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman acquire capital through rights issues, private
proposed the formation of an expert placements with chosen investors such as large
committee to examine and recommend banks and insurance firms and Initial Public
relevant policy measures related to VC/PE Offerings (IPOs).
investments in the Budget 2022–2023. ✓ The RRBs are jointly owned by the
Government of India (GoI), the respective
ICICI Lombard Introduces Digital Voice State Governments (SGs), and the Sponsor
Agent to Track Claim Status Banks (SBs), with equity contributions in
Partnership b/w: ICICI Lombard General the ratio of (GoI: SG: SB :: 50:15:35).
Insurance Company Limited (ICICI Lombard) & ✓ Prior to issuing shares to the public via
with Skit.ai, an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based the IPO route, RRBs should consider
Software as a Service (SaaS) voice automation issuing bonus shares (to reward existing
platform shareholders who have not been paid
Purpose: to launch an AI-powered Digital Voice dividends and have first claim on the
Agent. existing reserves) and a Rights Issue in
✓ ICICI Lombard: MD & CEO – consultation with merchant bankers and the
Bhargav Dasgupta; Founded – 2001; HQ – sponsor bank. Click here to read more.
Mumbai, Maharashtra
ECONOMY & BUSINESS
NIESBUD, IIE and ISB signed MoU to offer Reliance Industries will build the
Entrepreneurial programmes to India’s World’s largest Carbon Fibre Plant by
youth 2025 in Gujarat
MoU b/w: National Institute for Entrepreneurship Mukesh Ambani, the Chairman of Reliance
and Small Business Development (NIESBUD)& Industries Limited (RIL) has announced to build of
Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE), India’s first and one of the world’s largest Carbon
autonomous Organisations under the Ministry of Fibre Plant in Hazira, Gujarat. The plant’s 1st phase
Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) will be completed by 2025.
with the Indian School of Business (ISB) ✓ The plant, based on Acrylonitrile feedstock,
Purpose: to provide world-class management will have a capacity of 20,000 Metric
education through entrepreneurial programmes Tonnes Per Annum (MTPA).
targeted towards youth, job seekers and budding
entrepreneurs. India to become 3rd Largest Economy by
✓ The agreement will enable the development 2029: SBI Ecowrap Report
and implementation of two As per the report by the State Bank of India (SBI)
programmes: Business Foundations & Research Ecowrap, India is set to become the
Entrepreneurial Skills and Behavioural world’s 3rd largest economy by 2029. The report
Skills Programme by ISB faculty and was released by SBI’s Economic Research
industry experts. Department (ERD).
✓ It is likely to surpass Germany in 2027 and
Japan by 2029 at the current growth rate.

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✓ The report is authored by Soumya Kanti Mastercard Partners with UNDP on free
Ghosh, Group Chief Economic Adviser, SBI. of charge startup program – Lighthouse
✓ India has already surpassed the size of the
MASSIV
United Kingdom (UK) economy in
Partnership b/w: Mastercard & United Nations
December 2021 to become the 5th largest
Development Programme (UNDP)
economy globally. Click Here for Official
Purpose: on Mastercard’s Lighthouse MASSIV
Report
program, a free startup partnership program that
will help to secure the lives of over 1 billion people
Sachin Bansal’s Navi Technologies gets by 2025. [MASSIV stands for Make and Scale Social
SEBI nod for IPO, To raise up to Rs 3,350 Impact Vision].
crore ✓ The MASSIV Program mainly focuses on
✓ Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal’s Navi the Nordic and Baltic regions, from where
Technologies, a tech-driven financial 27 impact tech companies in Denmark,
products and services start-up received the Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Estonia were
approval from the Securities and Exchange benefitted.
Board of India (SEBI) for its Rs 3,350 crore
Initial Public Offer (IPO). Fitch Ratings Global Economic Outlook-
September 2022: India’s FY23 GDP
G20 GDP Growth – Q2 2022 OECD Growth Forecast Cut to 7% from 7.8%
Report: India’s GDP Growth Contracted Fitch Ratings, a global ratings agency, lowered
by 1.4% India’s economic growth forecast for fiscal year
According to the Organisation for Economic Co- 2022–23 (FY23), as measured by Gross Domestic
operation and Development (OECD) report “G20 Product (GDP) to 7%, from its June 2022 forecast of
GDP Growth-Second Quarter of 2022”, India’s 7.8% in its Global Economic Outlook–September
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) among G20 nations 2022 special report.
contracted by 1.4% (-1.4%) quarter on quarter in ✓ It forecasts a further slowdown in India’s
the second quarter Q2 (June – August) of 2022 GDP in FY24, to 6.7 %, compared to its
when adjusted for seasonality. In addition, it was earlier projection of 7.4 %.
the second-worst performance among the G20 ✓ Fitch now expects global GDP to rise by 2.4
(Group of Twenty) nations, after only China (- % in 2022, a 0.5 percentage point (pp)
2.6%). down from the June 2022 estimate, and by
✓ The G20 GDP contracted by 0.4%(-0.4%) just 1.7 % in 2023, a 1 pp decrease.
quarter on quarter in the Q2 of 2022.
✓ India’s GDP also contracted by 1.4%(-1.4%) Airtel & IBM partners for edge
in the Q1 (March-May) of 2022. computing platform for large firms; sign
✓ OECD: Secretary-General – Mathias
up Maruti
Cormann; Establishment – 1960; HQ –
Partnership b/w: IBM (International Business
Paris, France
Machines Corporation) & Bharti Airtel
Purpose: to deploy Airtel’s edge computing
platform, which will enable large enterprises across
several industries like manufacturing and
automotive to accelerate innovative solutions.
✓ Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, intends to use the
edge platform to increase accuracy and
efficiency for quality inspections on the
factory floor.

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Karim Benzema & Alexia Putellas Win Admiral Sunil Lanba received
UEFA Player of the Year 2021/2022 Meritorious Service Medal from
Titles Singapore Government
Real Madrid CF striker Karim Mostafa Admiral Sunil Lanba (Retd), former Chief of Naval
Benzema (France) was awarded the ‘UEFA Men’s Staff (CNS), Indian Navy, was conferred the
Player of the Year 2021/22’ title and Alexia prestigious Pingat Jasa
Putellas Segura (Spain) was awarded the ‘UEFA Gemilang (Tentera) [Meritorious Service
Women’s Player of the Year 2021/2022’ title. Medal (Military)] by Halimah Yacob, the President
✓ The 2021/2022 Union of European Football of the Republic of Singapore at the Ministry of
Associations (UEFA) award ceremony, Defence, Singapore.
hosted by Turkish Football Federation, was ✓ The award was presented by Dr Ng Eng
held in Istanbul, Turkey on 25th August Hen, Defence Minister of Singapore on
2022. behalf of the President.
2021/2022 UEFA awards: ✓ The award is a recognition of his
Award category Name Country /Club outstanding contribution to the strong and
long-standing bilateral defence relationship
UEFA Men’s Player Karim Mostafa France/ Real
between the Indian Navy and the Republic
of the Year Benzema Madrid
of Singapore Navy.
Spain/FC
UEFA Women’s Alexia Putellas Barcelona
Fortune India Rich List
Player of the Year Segura Femeni
2022: Gautam Adani Becomes the
UEFA Men’s Coach
of the Year Carlo Ancelotti Madrid, Spain
Richest in India; Wealth of 142
Billionaires Worth USD 832 bn
UEFA Women’s Sarina England, United
According to Fortune India’s list of ‘India’s
Coach of the Year Weigman Kingdom
Richest’ for 2022, the wealth of 142 billionaires
UEFA President’s based in India is collectively worth USD 832 billion
award Arrigo Sacchi Italy (Rs 66.36 trillion). The data for the list was
collected by the Fortune and Waterfield Advisors,
Hindi writer Dr. Asghar Wajahat a wealth management firm.
conferred with 31st Vyas Samman ✓ According to Forbes real-time billionaires
The 31st Vyas Samman Award was conferred to list, Asia’s richest man Gautam Adani has
renowned Hindi writer Dr. Asghar Wajahat in overtaken Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to
New Delhi, Delhi. He was selected for his become the 3rd richest person in the world.
play ‘Mahabali’, which is focused on Mughal ✓ He became India’s richest man with net
emperor Akbar and poet Tulsidas. worth of USD 129.16 billion (Rs. 10.29
✓ The Vyas Samman awarded by the K.K. Birla trillion)
Foundation is a literary award that
recognises outstanding work of Hindi Barack Obama won Best Narration
literature by an Indian citizen published in award at 2022 Creative Arts Emmy
the previous 10 years. Award
The former President of the United States (US),
Barack Obama won the Outstanding Narrator
Award at the 2022 Creative Arts Emmy Awards
(74th Emmy) for his Netflix series “Our Great
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documentary series about some of the world’s Kantar BrandZ report: TCS Becomes
national parks and their wildlife. India’s Most Valuable Brand in 2022
✓ He is the 2nd US president to win an Emmy. According to the Kantar BrandZ Most Valuable
Dwight D Eisenhower (34th US President) Indian Brands 2022 report, Tata Consultancy
was given a special Emmy Award in 1956. Services (TCS) has emerged as India’s most
valuable brand, with a brand value of ~USD 45.5
Indian Army Chief Gen. Manoj Pande Billion.
conferred the title ‘Honorary General of TCS has replaced HDFC Bank, valued at USD 32.7
the Nepali Army’ billion, which held the 1st position since the Kantar
Bidya Devi Bhandari, the President of Nepal BrandZ India ranking was launched in 2014. HDFC
conferred the honorary rank of General of Nepal Bank has ranked number two on the 2022
Army to General Manoj Chandrashekhar Pande, rankings.
the Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army. ✓ According to the report, the Indian brands
Manoj Pande was conferred at a special ceremony have increased their brand value by nearly
at the President’s official residence ‘Shital 35 percent Compounded Annual Growth
Niwas’ in Kathmandu, Nepal. Rate (CAGR) since 2020.
✓ The 1st Indian Army Chief to be decorated ✓ Infosys (USD 29.2bn) which has rocketed
with this title was KM Cariappa, up to no.3 from 12th position, and ICICI
Commander-in-Chief General in 1950. Bank (USD 11bn) which has climbed two
✓ In 2021, Chief of Nepali Army, General places to no.9. State Bank of India (USD
Prabhu Ram Sharma has conferred with 13.6bn) has also risen four places to no.6.
Honorary General of the Indian Army by the ✓ The top 10 companies include Airtel (No.
former Indian President Ram Nath Kovind. 4), Asian Paints (No. 5), State Bank of India
(SBI) (No. 6), Life Insurance Corporation
(LIC) (No. 7), Kotak Mahindra Bank (No. 8),
ICICI Bank (No. 9) and Reliance Jio (No. 10).
Shaji Prabhakaran appointed as executive committee of the AIFF, whose

Secretary General of AIFF & Dhar as its president is Kalyan Chaubey.
Deputy
The All India Football Federation (AIFF)
Indian FMCG company Pintola
appointed Shaji Prabhakaran as its new Secretary announces Sunil Chhetri as Brand
General who resigned the post of Football Delhi Ambassador
president. ✓ Indian superfood brand Pintola, the Fast-
✓ The appointment of Prabhakaran as moving consumer goods (FMCG)
Secretary General and Sunando Dhar as the company has appointed renowned Indian
new Deputy Secretary General of the sports Football Captain Sunil Chhetri as Brand
body was carried out by the newly-formed Ambassador.

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Volker Türk appointed as UN’s New High Sanjay Khanna appointed as CEO &
Commissioner for Human Rights Country Manager of AEBC India
The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio The American Express
Guterres has Banking Corporation
appointed Volker Türk of (AEBC) appointed Sanjay
Austria as United Nations Khanna as the Chief
High Commissioner for Executive Officer (CEO) &
Human Rights, Country Manager of AEBC
following approval by the UN India. At present, Sanjay
General Assembly (UNGA). Khanna heads the Country
✓ Volker Turk Executive Team (CET).
replaces Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria, ✓ The appointment was announced by Rob
a Chilean politician who served at the office McClean, Executive Vice President,
of the UN High Commissioner for Human International Card Services, American
Rights (OHCHR) from 2018 to 2022. Express.
✓ OHCHR: Establishment- 1993;
HQ- Geneva, Switzerland Piyush Goyal appoints Abhishek Mishra
as a member of FCIs Consultative
Gervais Ndirakobuca appointed as the Committee
new Prime Minister of Burundi Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and
BurundiPresident Public Distribution, Piyush Goyal has
EvaristeNdayishimiye appointed Abhishek Mishra, the Chief Executive
appointed Gervais Officer (CEO) of Dadasaheb Phalke International
Ndirakobuca as the Prime Film Festival (DPIFF) as a member of
Minister (PM) of Burundi
the Consultative Committee, Food Corporation of
(East Africa) and replaces
India (FCI), under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs,
Alain Guillaume Bunyoni
Food and Public Distribution, Government of India.
(2020 – 2022).
✓ Abhishek Mishra, currently serving as the
youngest Advisory Panel under the Central
President João Manuel Gonçalves
Board of Film Certification (CBFC), Ministry
Lourenço Elected as the President of of Information and Broadcasting,
Angola for the 2nd term Government of India.
Angola’s incumbent
President João Manuel
Sanjay Kumar Rakesh appointed as the
Gonçalves Lourenço won a
second term as the President
MD of CSC SPV e-Governance India
of Angola after his party, the The Government of India
People’s Movement for the (GoI) appointed former IAS
Liberation of Angola (MPLA) (Indian Administrative
party, was declared the Service) officer Sanjay
winner of Angola’s general election. He was born 5 Kumar Rakesh, CEO (Chief
March 1954 in Luanda, Angola. Executive Officer) of CSC SPV
✓ Angola: Capital-Luanda; (Common Service Centre
Currency- Angolan kwanza Special Purpose Vehicle) e-Governance India, as the
Managing Director (MD) of the CSC SPV. He
succeeded Dinesh Tyagi.
✓ He has also served under the Ministry of
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the ‘Indira Awas Yojana’ and ‘Pradhan Director at Zomato as independent directors to its
Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana’. Board.
✓ The board of directors of BharatPe now
BharatPe Appoints Two New includes two executive directors, Shashvat
Independent Directors Nakrani (founder) and Suhail Sameer
BharatPe appointed BP Kanungo, former Deputy (CEO); five non-executive directors, Rajnish
Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Kumar (former Chairman of State Bank of
Kaushik Dutta, current Chairman and Independent India) and four investor nominees; and two
independent directors.
Google Acquires Mandiant for USD 5.4 LIC cut stake with GSK Pharma from
billion to Strengthen Cybersecurity 6.402% to 4.357%
Thomas Kurian, the Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has cut its
Google Cloud has announced the USD 5.4 stake in GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals (GSK
billion acquisition of Mandiant, Inc., the California- Pharma) India from 6.402% to 4.357%.
based cybersecurity company by Google LLC ✓ According to the June-end shareholding
(limited liability company) to help organisations pattern, the General Insurance Corporation
improve their threat, incident and exposure (GIC) of India holds a 1.42% stake in GSK
management. pharma.
✓ Mandiant, a recognized leader in dynamic ✓ LIC: Chairman- M.R. Kumar;
cyber defence, is to join Google Cloud to Establishment- 1956; HQ- Mumbai,
assist businesses in improving their threat, Maharashtra
incident, and exposure management, and
retain the Mandiant brand.
DRDO: India Successfully Completes Six ✓ The Pinaka MBRL is designed by the
Flight Tests of QRSAM; Successfully Armament Research and Development
Establishment (ARDE), a laboratory of the
Tests Pinaka Rockets at Pokhran
DRDO that is based in Pune, Maharashtra.
The Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian
Army successfully completed 6 flight tests of the
Quick Reaction Surface to Air
NITI Aayog & WRI Launches India’s First
Missile (QRSAM) system from the Integrated Test National Electric Freight Platform – ‘e-
Range (ITR) Chandipur, off the coast of Odisha and FAST’
is now ready for induction into the Army. Collaboration b/w: National Institute for
✓ QRSAM is a short range surface-to-air Transforming India (NITI Aayog) & World
missile (SAM) system primarily designed Resources Institute (WRI) India
and developed by DRDO for the Indian Purpose: To launch India’s 1st electric freight
Army. platform, e-FAST India (Electric Freight
The DRDO successfully test fired an enhanced Accelerator for Sustainable Transport – India) to
Range Pinaka Multi-Barrel Rocket enable road based electric freight (e-freight)
Launcher (MBRL) at Balasore and Pokhran, transition.
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✓ The e-FAST India platform is supported by after a hill range in the Himalayas located in
the World Economic Forum Garhwal, Uttarakhand.
(WEF), CALSTART and RMI (Rocky ✓ “Taragiri” is the 3rd frigate built
Mountain Institute) India for bringing by MDL and the 5th ship in the class overall.
different stakeholders together, from across ✓ It is propelled by a CODOG (Combined
the freight ecosystem. Diesel or Gas) combination of two Gas
Turbines and two main diesel engines
US Military Successfully Tests
Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Qimingxing-50: China’s 1st Solar-
Missile Powered Drone cum Satellite
The Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen, a China has successfully tested its first fully solar-
Major Command (MAJCOM) of the United States powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)/drone
(US) Air Force, launched an unarmed LGM-30G namely ‘Qimingxing-50′ or Morning star-
Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic 50 which can fly uninterrupted for months and can
Missile (ICBM) equipped with 3 test re-entry function even as a satellite if required. It is also
vehicles, armed with nuclear warheads from the referred to as a ‘High Altitude Platform Stations’ or
Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. a pseudo satellite.
✓ Minuteman III is also known as LGM-30G ✓ It is China’s first large-sized UAV powered
Minuteman III (Silo Launched Surface only by solar energy.
Attack Guided Missile – 30G). ✓ In July, 2022, the US army tested a solar-
✓ This is the second test by the United States powered, near-space Airbus Zephyr
(US) in less than a month after the launch of S drone that set a new record by being
Minuteman III ICBM in August 2022 which airborne for 64 days.
was postponed twice.
Hughes Launches India’s First HTS
Two New “Super-Earth” Planets Broadband Service to Link Remote
Discovered Just 100 Light-Years Away Areas
Two “Super-Earth” planets orbiting LP 890-9, a Hughes Communications India Private
small, cool star located at about 100 light-years Limited (HCI) launched India’s first High
from Earth, have been discovered by an Throughput Satellite (HTS) broadband internet
international team of astronomers. service to provide high-speed satellite internet
✓ The star, which is also referred to as TOI- across India, including in remote areas.
4306 or SPECULOOS-2, is the second- ✓ This service is provided using the Indian
coolest star discovered to have planets, Space Research Organisation
after the famous TRAPPIST-1. The two (ISRO)’s GSAT-11 and GSAT-
planets are: LP 890-9b or TOI-4306b & LP 29 communication satellites.
890-9c or SPECULOOS-2c ✓ The service combines Ku-band
✓ These findings are published in the journal capacity from ISRO’s satellites (GSAT-11 &
Astronomy and Astrophysics. GSAT-29) and Hughes JUPITER platform
ground technology to deliver high-speed
TARAGIRI: Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders broadband.
Ltd launches 5th Stealth Frigate of
Project 17A RattanIndia launches its first anti-drone
The 5th Nilgiri-Class stealth frigate of the Indian ‘Defender’
Navy’s (IN) Project 17A namely ‘Taragiri’ (YD RattanIndia Enterprises launched its first anti-
12653) was launched in Mumbai, Maharashtra by drone product called “Defender”, which can work
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd. (MDL). It is named both manually and via Artificial Intelligence (AI),
which helps it to adjust its position.

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✓ The anti-drone was developed by Throttle ✓ The Defender will be a 70% indigenous
Aerospace Systems, a step-down subsidiary product with a 30% import component of
of RattanIndia Enterprises. BLDC motor and batteries.
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SPORTS
Anishka Biyani wins gold medal in League Final 2022, Switzerland, with a best throw
Malaysian Chess Meet of 88.44m.
Anishka Biyani, a 6-year-old Mumbai girl, won a ✓ Czech Republic’s Jakub Vadlejch won the
gold medal in the Malaysian Age Group Rapid Chess second position with 86.94 m throw and
Championship in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She Germany’s Julian Webber is in the third
achieved the feat in the Under-6 Open position with 83.73m throw.
category (girl’s category) with a score of 4 points ✓ Neeraj Chopra has won the Olympic Gold in
out of a possible six to clinch the title. 2021, the Asian Games Gold in 2018, the
✓ She was also qualified as one of the Commonwealth Games Gold in 2018, the
best Under-7 players in the All India World Athletics Championships silver in
FIDE (The International Chess 2022.
Federation) Rating Chess
Tournament held in Yousufguda, Australia captain Aaron James Finch
Hyderabad, Telangana. Announces Retirement from ODI Cricket
Australia’s One Day International (ODI) and
Badminton: Prannoy HS tops BWF World Twenty 20 International(T20I) Captain Aaron
Tour Rankings; Anupama Upadhyaya James Finch (35-year-old – Right Hand Batsman),
who hails from Victoria, Australia, announced his
tops under-19 BWF Junior rankings
retirement from ODI cricket to concentrate on
Indian shuttler Prannoy Haseena Sunil Kumar
Shorter formats of cricket.
(Prannoy HS) topped the latest (6th September
✓ He has a record of 17 centuries in ODI
2022) Badminton World Federation (BWF) World
cricket for Australia men, which puts him in
Tour Rankings in Men’s Singles category.
4th place just behind Ricky Ponting (29),
✓ HS Prannoy becomes World’s no 1 by
David Warner (18) and Mark Waugh (18)
overtaking the defending world champion
with a total of 5406 runs.
Viktor Axelsen. He accumulated 58,090
✓ He will lead the team in the T20 World Cup
points in the tour, 2,500 points ahead of
which will be held in 2022 in Australia.
Viktor Axelsen.
✓ 17-year-old Anupama Upadhyaya has
topped the latest (6th September 2022)
Max Verstappen Claims Fifth-Straight
BWF World Junior Ranking in Women’s Victory by Winning Italian Grand Prix
Singles category. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen has won the
2022 Italian Grand Prix (officially known as the
Diamond League Final: Neeraj Chopra Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio d’Italia 2022) held at
the Autodromo Nazionale Monza (Monza
Becomes First Indian to Win Diamond
Circuit) in Monza, Italy.
Trophy ✓ This marks the first Italian Grand Prix title
Neeraj Chopra became the 1st Indian to win of his career at the Monza circuit. This also
the Diamond League Finals Title, after winning
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marks his fifth GP title in a row and his 11th ✓ The finals took place in the Arthur Ashe
win in 2022 season. Stadium (Hard Court), New York City, New
✓ Charles Leclerc of Ferrari finished second York, United States, from 29th August 2022
followed by George Russell of Mercedes to 11th September 2022.
occupied third position. ✓ Iga Świątek of Poland has defeated
Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur to win the women’s
Rahul Sharma announces retirement singles category.
from Int’l and first-class cricket Winners of US Open 2022:
Indian cricketer Rahul Sharma (35 year old) Category Winner Runner
announced his retirement from all international Men’s Carlos Alcaraz Casper Ruud
and first class cricket. He represented India in four Singles (Spain) (Norway)
One Day Internationals (ODI) and two T20Is Women’s Iga Świątek Ons Jabeur
(Twenty20 International). Singles (Poland) (Tunisia)
✓ He made his Indian Premier League (IPL)
Rajeev Ram Wesley Koolhof
debut with Deccan Chargers (now Sunrisers
(United States) (Dutch)
Hyderabad) in 2010, then represented the
Men’s Joe Salisbury Neal Skupski
now defunct Pune Warriors in 2013 before
Doubles (Britain) (Britain)
moving on to play for Delhi Daredevils (now
Delhi Capitals) in 2014. Barbora
✓ He will take part in the upcoming Road Krejcikova
Safety World Series for Indian Maharajas. (Czechia) Caty McNally
Katerina (United States)
The 1st ever Mountain Bicycle, UCI MTB Women’s Siniakova Taylor Townsend
Doubles (Czechia) (United States)
Eliminator World Cup 2022 held in India
Ladakh Police in collaboration with the Storm Sanders Kirsten Flipkens
Administration of Union Territory of Ladakh and (Australia) (Belgium)
Cycling Association of India organized the first Mixed John Peers Edouard Roger-
ever Mountain Bicycle (MTB) World Cup- UCI Doubles (Australia) Vasselin (France)
MTB Eliminator World Cup 2022 in Leh, Ladakh. Click here to read more.
✓ The event took place at the height of over
12 thousand feet to sea level. Overview of 15th Edition of DP World
✓ Winner of Women Elite Category- Cross- T20 Asia Cup 2022; Sri Lanka Won
Country eliminator- Marion Fromberger The 15th Edition of DP World T20 Asia Cup 2022
(Germany) and Winner of Men Elite tournament with cricket format of Twenty20
Category- Cross- Country eliminator- Felix International (T20I) was held between August 27 –
Klausmann(Germany). September 11, 2022 in United Arab Emirates (UAE).
It was held at two venues of UAE viz. Dubai
Carlos Alcaraz Wins His First US Open- International Cricket Stadium (Dubai), and Sharjah
2022 Title and Secures ATP World No.1 Cricket Stadium (Sharjah).
Ranking ✓ The Championship title was grabbed by Sri
Lanka by beating Pakistan in the finals with
The Spanish teen Carlos Alcaraz Garcia defeated
23 runs. It was its 6th Asia Cup title, and 1st
Norway’s Casper Ruud 6-4 2-6 7-6(1) 6-3 in
in the T20I format. The next edition i.e.
the 142nd edition of US Open Championship-2022,
16th will be hosted by Pakistan in 2023.
Men’s singles final to claim his maiden Grand Slam
✓ A total of 6 nations participated in the
(GS) title. Alcaraz also became World number 1 in
tournament viz. Afghanistan, Bangladesh,
The Pepperstone Association of Tennis
Hong Kong, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
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India team was led by its Australia’s Vice Captain Rachael Haynes
Captain Rohit Sharma. announces retirement from all forms of
Category Winner Country Cricket
Pinnaduwage Wanindu Rachael Haynes, Australian women’s team
Player of Hasaranga de Silva Sri cricketer & Vice-Captain announced her retirement
the series (Wanindu Hasaranga) Lanka from International Cricket and State Cricket.
Most Runs Mohammad Rizwan (281) Pakistan Rachael Haynes made her debut back in 2009.
✓ She’s a 2-time World Cup champion (WCC),
Most Bhuvneshwar Kumar Singh
4-time T20 WCC, 4-time Ashes winner, 7-
Wickets (11) India
time Women’s National Cricket League
(WNCL) winner and 2-time Women’s Big
Bash League (WBBL) champion.
Robin Uthappa Announces Retirement
from All Forms of Indian Cricket India beat Nepal 4-0 to win 2022 SAFF U-
Indian cricketer Robin Venu Uthappa (hailing
17 Championship Title in Sri Lanka
from Karnataka), a part of the Indian cricket team
India clinched the 2022 SAFF (South Asian Football
that won the Inaugural Edition of 2007 Twenty20
Federation) under-17 (U-17) Championship title
International T20I World Cup, held at South Africa,
after defeating Nepal by 4-0 score in the final match
announced his retirement from all forms of Indian
in Race Course International Stadium, Colombo in
cricket.
Sri Lanka. India emerged as the champion for
✓ He was part of India’s 2004 Under-19
the fourth time (2013, 2017, 2019).
World Cup team. He made his international
✓ The 2022 SAFF U-17 Championship was the
debut in 2006 and featured in 46 One Day
7th edition of the SAFF U-15/U-16
Internationals (ODIs) and 13 T20Is for
Championship. The Tournament organised
India.
by SAFF took place from September 5 to 14,
✓ He has won two Indian Premier League
2022 in Sri Lanka.
(IPL) trophies for Kolkata Knight Riders
✓ India’s captain Vanlalpeka Guite was named
(KKR) in 2014 and for Chennai Super Kings
as the ‘Most Valuable Player of the
(CSK) in 2021.
Tournament’. India’s goalkeeper Sahil won
the ‘Best Goalkeeper’ award.
OBITUARY
Padma Shri awardee & Bhojpuri folk Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s Longest-
dance exponent Ramchandra Manjhi Serving Monarch Passes away at 96;
passes away Prince Charles Becomes the King
Padma Shri awardee Ramchandra Manjhi, On 8th September 2022, Queen Elizabeth II, the
renowned Bhojpuri folk dancer (well known for United Kingdom’s (UKs) or Britain’s longest-serving
Launda Naach) and theatre artist passed away in monarch, passed away at Balmoral Castle in
Patna, Bihar. He was born in Saran District, Bihar. Scotland at 96 years after reigning for 70 years.
✓ ‘Launda Naach’- folk dance (men crossdress She became Queen on the death of her father King
as women) of the Bhojpuri speaking George VI on 6th February 1952.
Community of India, Nepal, Mauritius and ✓ Her reign of 70 years was 7 years longer
the Caribbean Islands. than that of Queen Victoria and thus she
✓ He won the Sangeet Natak Akademi became the longest reigning queen of the
award 2017 & the Padma Shri award in UK.
the Arts field in 2021.

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✓ She has appointed 15 prime ministers, from underneath the (now demolished) Babri
Winston Churchill to Liz Truss over her Mosque in Uttar Pradesh.
reign. ✓ His noted works includes “The Saraswati
✓ The plan to deal with the death of the head Flows On: The Continuity of Indian Culture”
of state in Britain was termed Operation (2002) and ‘Rama, His Historicity, Mandir
London Bridge. and Setu: Evidence of Literature,
✓ The plan to deal with the Queen’s death in Archaeology and Other Sciences’ (2008).
Scotland was codenamed “Operation
Unicorn”, named after the national animal Former Union Minister and Actor
of Scotland.
Krishnam Raju passes away
With the death of Queen Elizabeth, her son Prince
Uppalapati Venkata Krishnam Raju, an Indian
Charles has become king of the UK and 14 other
actor and politician passed away at the age of 82 in
colonies.
Hyderabad, Telangana. His debut film ‘Chilaka
• The new King, Prince Charles (73 years) will
Gorinka’.
officially be known as King Charles III and
✓ He was elected as a Member of Parliament
is the oldest monarch to take the throne in
(MP) in the 12th Lok Sabha from the
the history of Britain’s reign. Click here to
Kakinada constituency in 1998 and re-
read more.
elected in the 13th Lok Sabha from the
Narasapuram constituency in 1999.
Former CJI Kamal Narain Singh Passes He served as a Minister of State for the
Away Ministry of External Affairs from 1999 to
Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Kamal Narain 2004.
Singh passed away at the age of 95 in Prayagraj,
Uttar Pradesh (UP). He was born on Indian boxer, Asian and Commonwealth
13th December 1926.
Games medallist, Birju Sah passed away
✓ He is the 22nd CJI, with a term from
Former World no. 7 boxer, Birju Sah, the first
25th November 1991 to 12th December
Indian boxer to win medals at both Commonwealth
1991, making him the chief justice with the
and Asian Games, passed away at age of 48 years in
shortest tenure.
Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. He was born in 1974.
✓ He was part of several important
✓ He won a bronze medal at 1994
judgments, including the Ganga Pollution
Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada
case, the case challenging the validity of a
and later he also won the bronze medal at
death sentence and such others.
the 1994 Asian Games held in in
Hiroshima, Japan.
Padma Awardee & Renowned
Archeologist BB Lal Passed Away Iconic French New Wave Filmmaker,
Padma awardee Prof. Braj Basi Lal (B. B. Lal),
Jean-Luc Godard passes away
Former Director General (DG) of the Archaeological
Jean-Luc Godard, an Influential critic and
Survey of India (ASI) (1968 to 1972), has passed
Filmmaker passed away at the age of 91, in the
away in Delhi. He was born in 1921 in Jhansi, Uttar
Swiss town of Rolle, on Lake Geneva,
Pradesh.
Switzerland.He was born in Paris, France.
The government of India honoured him with Padma
✓ Jean-Luc Godard is recognised as one of the
Bhushan in 2000 and Padma Vibhushan in 2021 for
most influential directors in the history of
his contribution to archaeology.
cinema. He revolutionized popular cinema
✓ BB Lal has worked on archaeological sites
in 1960 with his 1st feature film
associated with the Harappan civilisation
“Breathless”.
and the Mahabharata. He is well known for
✓ Awards and Honours of Jean-Luc Godard:
his theory of temple-like structure
Academy Award (2011), Praemium

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Imperiale (2002), an Honorary Academy ✓ He was an Indian Descend, who served as

Award (2010), an Honorary César (1987 Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) president
and 1998), Golden Lion (1983), Golden Bear from 1981 to 2010.
(1965).
Former Indian Tennis Player & Davis
Former Cabinet Minister of Malaysia Cup Captain Naresh Kumar passes away
Tun S. Samy Vellu passes away On 14th September 2022, Naresh Kumar, the
On 15th September 2022, Tun Dr S. Samy Vellu, former Indian Tennis Player and Davis Cup Captain
Former Cabinet Minister of Malaysia passed away passed away at the age of 93 in Kolkata, West
at the age of 86 in Malaysia. Bengal. He was born in Lahore, Punjab, British India
✓ Dr S. Samy Vellu was the 1st Malaysian to (presently in Pakistan).
receive Pravasi Bharatiya Samman ✓ Naresh Kumar, the non-playing captain of
Award (2003) for Public Affairs, the highest the Indian Davis Cup team in 1990, was a
Indian award for Non-resident Indian and mentor of Olympic Medallist Leander Paes.
Overseas Citizens of India. ✓ He became the 1st Tennis Coach to
receive Dronacharya Lifetime Achievement
Award in 2020.
BOOKS & AUTHORS
Book Title - “Forging Mettle: Nrupender Book Title – “Will Power: The Inside
Rao and the Pennar Story” Story of the Incredible Turnaround in
Author: Pavan C Lall, Senior Journalist Indian Women’s Hockey”
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers India. (will be Author: Sjoerd Marijne, former Dutch field hockey
released in September 2022) player and former Indian Women’s Hockey Coach
✓ Forging Mettle is a story of Nrupender Rao, Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers India
Chairman of the Board at Pennar Industries ✓ The book highlights the experiences of
Limited and his entrepreneurial journey. Sjoerd Marijne, when he was appointed the
Chief Coach of the Indian Women’s Hockey
Handbook on ‘Safety in Electrical Team in 2017. He was given charge of the
Installations’ and ‘Guide for Using Men’s Hockey Team in September 2017
National Building Code of India 2016’ ✓ In May 2018, he was again appointed as the
Released by: Piyush Goyal, Union Minister for Coach of Women’s Hockey and he guided
Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & the team to a fourth-place finish at the
Public Distribution and Textiles Tokyo Olympics 2020.
Occasion: During the 4th Governing Council
Meeting of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), New Book Title - ‘’20th Century Indian Art:
Delhi, Delhi. Modern, Post-Independence,
✓ The handbook on “Safety in electrical Contemporary’’
Installations” is jointly developed by BIS Edited by: Prof. Partha Mitter, Parul Dave
and International Cooper Association (ICA) Mukherji, and Rakhee Balaram
India. Publisher: Thames & Hudson in association with
✓ The “Guide for Using National Building Code Art Alive Gallery
of India 2016” is a simplified version of ✓ The book showcases the history of Indian
National Building Code of India 2016 (NBC art across India and South Asia from the late
2016). 19th century to the present day.

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Book Title - “Rajini’s Mantras: Life Publisher: Jaico Publishing House (India).
lessons from India’s most-loved ✓ PC Bala’s 1st book was Rajini’s
Punchtantra and Raja Krishnamoorthy,
Superstar” (in English)
which became a national bestseller. Grand
Author: P.C. Balasubramanian (PC Bala), an
Brand Rajini and Ram N Ramakrishnan were
entrepreneur-cum-author,
published on December 2022.
IMPORTANT DAYS
International Literacy Day 2022- with the partners within or outside the UN
September 8 system.
Annually observed across the world on September ✓ According to the report titled ‘’Education
08. It is an International Day recognized by the Under Attack 2022’’ by Global Coalition to
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA),
Organization (UNESCO). the highest incidences of attacks on
Purpose: to highlight the importance of literacy for education schools were recorded in
individuals, communities and societies and also to countries such as in Mali, the Democratic
highlight the positive effects of a higher literacy Republic of Congo (DRC),
rate. Myanmar, and Palestine. Click here to read
✓ 8th September marks the date of the more.
inauguration of the World Conference of
Ministers on the Eradication of Illiteracy World EV Day 2022- September 9
held in 1965 in Teheran, Iran. Annually observed across the globe on September
✓ Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), 09.
Bhubaneswar, Odisha was awarded the Purpose: to spread awareness about the benefits of
UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize 2022 for using electric vehicles.
its outstanding literacy programme based ✓ The first World EV Day was observed on 9th
on the recommendations of an international September 2020.
jury. ✓ It is an initiative created by the
✓ UNESCO: Director-General- Audrey sustainability media company GreenTV.
Azoulay; Founded-1945; HQ-Paris, France. ✓ China is the largest EV market in the world.
Click here to read more. It emerged as the top producer and seller of
electric vehicles in the world.
International Day to Protect Education
from Attack 2022 – September 9 World Physical Therapy Day 2022-
Annually observed across the world on September September 8
09. It is an International Day recognized by the Annually observed across the globe September
United Nations. 08.
Purpose: to raise awareness regarding the Purpose: to honour the contributions of
importance of safeguarding schools as places of physiotherapists in the healthcare sector and
protection and safety for students and educators motivate people to lead a healthy life and be
and the need to keep education at the top of the physically active.
public agenda. ✓ Theme: Osteoarthritis and The Role of
✓ The annual observance of this day is Physiotherapists
facilitated by the United Nations ✓ Osteoarthritis is the most common form of
Educational, Scientific and Cultural arthritis, a condition that affects the joints,
Organization (UNESCO) and United Nations tissues around the joints and other
Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration connective tissues.

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International Day for People of African Cooperation among Developing Countries

Descent 2022- August 31 (TCDC).
Annually observed across the globe on August 31. ✓ South-South cooperation is a broad
Purpose: to promote the extraordinary framework of collaboration among
contributions of the African diaspora around the countries of the South in the political,
world and to eliminate all forms of discrimination economic, social, cultural, environmental
against people of African descent. and technical domains.
✓ 31st August marks the end date of the first ✓ United Nations Day for South-South
International Convention of the Negro Cooperation 2022 will be co-hosted by the
Peoples of the World. The convention United Nations Office for South-South
resulted in the Declaration of Rights of the Cooperation (UNOSSC), the Government of
Negro Peoples of the World. Thailand and the United Nations Economic
✓ The theme for the International Decade for and Social Commission for Asia and the
People of African Descent (2015-2024) Pacific (UNESCAP). Click here to read more.
is “People of African descent:
recognition, justice and development.” National Forest Martyrs Day 2022 –
September 11
World Suicide Prevention Day 2022 – Annually observed across India on September 11.
September 10 Purpose: to honour people who gave their lives to
Annually observed across the globe on September preserve India’s forests and wildlife.
10. ✓ The day is celebrated to commemorate the
Purpose: to focus attention on the issue of suicide anniversary of the Khejarli Massacre
and reduce the stigma around it. (Rajasthan) in 1730.
✓ Theme of World Suicide Prevention Day ✓ In 2013, the Ministry of Environment,
(WSPD) 2022: “Creating hope through Forest and Climate
action”. Change (MoEF&CC) officially declared 11th
✓ “Creating hope through action” is the September to be celebrated as National
triennial theme for World Suicide Forest Martyrs Day.
Prevention Day from 2021 – 2023. ✓ The Khejarli massacre plays a key role in
✓ International Association for Suicide inspiring many other activists and
Prevention (IASP) in conjunction with the movements such as the
World Health Organization (WHO) Chipko movement, in which people hugged
established World Suicide Prevention Day trees to save them from falling. Click here to
(WSPD) in 2003. Click here to read more. read more.
International Day for South-South World First Aid Day 2022: September 10
Annually observed across the globe on the second
Cooperation 2022: September 12
Saturday of September. In 2022, 2022, World First
Annually observed across the world on September
Aid Day 2022 falls on 10 September 2022.
12. It is an International Day recognized by the
Purpose: to promote the significance and create
United Nations.
awareness about first aid, which is an important
Purpose: to highlight the importance of
fundamental skill.
cooperation among people and countries of the
✓ Theme for World First Aid Day 2022
developing world, known as the global South.
is “Lifelong First Aid Learning”.
✓ December 19 marks the day on which
✓ World First Aid Day 2021 was observed on
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
11th September 2021 and World First Aid
endorsed the Buenos Aires Plan of Action
Day 2023 will be observed on 9th
for Promoting and Implementing Technical
September 2023.

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✓ In 2000, the International Federation of Red ✓ National Engineers Day 2022 marks the
Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) 161st birth anniversary of Sir M
officially declared the second Saturday of Visvesvaraya. He was born on 15th
September as World First Aid Day. September 1861 in Muddenahalli village,
Karnataka.
Hindi Diwas 2022- September 14 ✓ He was also called the “precursor of
Annually observed across India on September 14. economic planning in India”, according to
Purpose: to mark the importance of the Hindi the Institution of Engineers India (IEI).
language. ✓ Sri Lanka and Tanzania also celebrate
✓ India’s first Prime Minister (PM), Jawaharlal Engineers Day on 15th September to
Nehru decided to celebrate September 14 as honour Sir M Visvesvaraya’s contributions.
‘Hindi Diwas’. Hindi was adopted as the Click here to read more.
official language of the Union of India on the
14th of September 1949. International Day of Democracy 2022-
✓ Subsequently, Hindi in the Devanagari September 15
script was declared as one of the official Annually observed across the world on September
languages of India along with the English 15. It is an International Day recognized by the
language. On 14 September 1949, the United Nations.
Constituent Assembly adopted Hindi as the Purpose: to mark the importance of democracy
official language of India. and create awareness among people about
✓ 14th September also marks the birth democratic rights.
anniversary of Beohar Rajendra Simha, who ✓ International Day of Democracy 2022 will
worked tirelessly towards making Hindi the focus on the importance of media freedom
official language of India. to democracy, peace, and delivering on the
✓ World Hindi Day is annually observed on Sustainable Development Goals.
10th January across the globe. Click here to ✓ September 15 marks the adoption of the
read more. Universal Declaration on Democracy by the
Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) on 15th
National Engineers Day 2022 – September 1997.
September 15 ✓ In 2022, the UN Office for Partnerships
Annually celebrated across India on September collaborated with the UN Democracy Fund
15. to host a discussion in the SDG studio as
Purpose: to commemorate the birth anniversary of part of the SDG Roundtable series.
Bharat Ratna Awardee Sir Mokshagundam ✓ IPU: President-Duarte Pacheco; Founded-
Visvesvaraya, who is considered one of the greatest 1889; HQ-Geneva, Switzerland. Click here to
engineers of India. read more.
STATE NEWS
Meghalaya CM Sangma Unveils ✓ Objective: To improve the provision of a

“Meghalaya Residents Safety and range of government services, gather
intelligence, and guarantee the safety and
Security Act” Portal
security of the residents.
Conrad K Sangma, Chief Minister (CM) of
✓ The web-based security system is initially
Meghalaya has launched a multi-purpose web
being implemented in seven localities of
portal for the Meghalaya Residents Safety and
Shillong (Meghalaya): Nongrim Hills,
Security Act (MRSSA), 2016. The web portal can
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Lapalang, Nongmynsong, Nongrah, Pohkseh, Karnataka Signs MoU with Dell to Impart
Riat Laban, and Wahdienglieng. Cyber Safety Practices
MoU b/w: Karnataka government’s cyber centre of
Rajasthan CM Gehlot Launches 100-Day excellence in cyber security CySecK & Dell
Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme Technologies signed a
Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister (CM) of Rajasthan, Purpose: to create enhanced cybersecurity
launched the “Indira Gandhi Urban Employment practices across KN, especially for students.
Scheme” at the Ambedkar Bhawan in Jaipur, ✓ This MoU will help in imparting cyber
Rajasthan, to give 100 days of employment per year security awareness and also practices to
to families in urban areas. students, startups and public offices. This
✓ The Rajasthan government has allocated Rs. will also benefit small and medium-scale
800 crore for the scheme, which was first enterprises (SMEs).
announced by the CM in the state budget for
2022–2023. Delhi CM unveiled SoE and Model
✓ The scheme is modelled after the Mahatma Schools in TN, Pudhumai Penn scheme
Gandhi National Rural Employment
also Launched
Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
The Chief Minister (CM) of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal
unveiled 26 Schools of Excellence (SoE) and 15
Chhattisgarh Government to launch New model schools in Tamil Nadu (TN) during a function
scheme to provide Mobile Healthcare held at Bharathi Women’s College in Chennai, TN.
Facilities for Cattle These schools are set up by the TN government on
Bhupesh Baghel, the Chief Minister (CM) of the lines of Delhi’s model school.
Chhattisgarh is set to launch a new ✓ In Tamil, SoE is called as ‘Thagaisal
scheme ‘Mukhyamantri Govansh Mobile Chikitsa Palligal’, and Model School is named
Yojana’ aiming to deploy Mobile Veterinary Units as ‘Mathiri Palligal’.
(MVU) to provide better health care facilities to ✓ During the function, the Moovalur
cattle. Ramamirtham Ammaiyar Higher Education
✓ It is also provided in ‘gauthans’ which was Assurance scheme titled ‘Pudhumai Penn
established under the ‘Suraji Gaon Yojana’. Thittam (modern women scheme)’ was also
✓ The government of Chhattisgarh have launched by the TN CM Muthuvel
already imposed ‘Mukhyamantri Slum Karunanidhi (M.K.) Stalin.
Swasthya Yojana’ in Urban ✓ The CM’s Breakfast Scheme is proposed to
and ‘Mukhyamantri Haat-Bazaar Clinic be introduced in 112 government- and
Yojana’ in rural areas to ensure people’s government-aided elementary schools (1 to
health. 5) in government schools in Palacode block
in Dharmapuri District, TN. Click here to
read more.
J&K Police launched the ‘JK ECop’
Application for Emergency Services
J&K Police has launched the online mobile
Vedanta & Foxconn sign MoU with
application ‘JK Ecop’ in Jammu and Kashmir. It was Gujarat government for Rs 1.54 Lakh
provided to make an easy way to use networks to Crore Semiconductor Unit
facilitate the common people. MoU b/w: Vedanta, an Indian multinational
✓ The application enables people to use a host mining company &
of services ranging from registering a Taiwanese multinational electronics contract
complaint to downloading a copy of an FIR manufacturer Foxconn with the Government of
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Purpose: to set up a semiconductor and display 32 lakh 98 thousand to the residents of the
FAB (a semiconductor fabrication plant) newly formed district of Sarangarh-
manufacturing unit in the state. Bilaigarh.
✓ The MoU has been signed to set up a Rs ✓ The Sarangarh-Bilaigarh and Khairagarh-
1.54 lakh crore (USD 19.5 billion) Chhuikhadan-Gandai are the 30th and
manufacturing unit in the Coastal State 31st districts of Chhattisgarh.
(near the city of Ahmedabad. Gujarat). ✓ Chhattisgarh: Governor – Anusuiya Uikey;
✓ As per the MoU, Vedanta will hold a Dance– Panthi Dance, Raut Nacha
majority equity stake in the Joint Venture
(JV) and Foxconn will be the minority Maharashtra became first state to
shareholder.
digitise property registrations &
launches ‘Self Help’ portal
Chhattisgarh CM Inaugurates 4 New The Government of Maharashtra has initiated the
districts and Introduces Various online registration of properties to be sold by
Development Programmes realty developers to digitise the process, which will
The Chief Minister (CM) of Chhattisgarh, also involve the usage of Blockchain technology.
Bhupesh Baghel inaugurated Manendragarh- ✓ The portal launched for e-registration is
Chirmiri-Bharatpur and Sakti as the 32nd and 33rd called ‘Self Help’, this helps homebuyers to
districts of the state, respectively. upload their own template for the
✓ The district of Manendragarh-Chirmiri- agreement, which once approved can be
Bharatpur has been demarcated used by the developers for several such
from Koriya district. The Shakti district has transactions.
been carved out of the Janjgir- ✓ With this, Maharashtra Government
Champa district. becomes the 1st state to enable e-
✓ The CM also announced 46 different registrations of property.
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Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh encrypts an Android phone for ransom and is hard
Unveils DST Dashboard to uninstall.
Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of State (Independent ✓ It has the ability to harvest user names and
Charge), Ministry of Science and Technology passwords via keylogging, stealing cookies
(MoS&T), has launched the Dashboard of and adding false overlays to a range of
the Department of Science and Technology famous apps.
(DST), MoS&T, for nationwide monitoring and ✓ SOVA is essentially a banking malware but
feedback to facilitate successful execution of DST- is capable of distributed denial-of-service
funded projects, schemes, scholarships, and (DDoS) and man-in-the-middle (MITM)
fellowships. Click Here to Access The DST attacks.
Dashboard
✓ The DST’s Dashboard is an institutional Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw
mechanism for guiding the development, launches ‘Swachhta Pakhwada‘
utilization, augmentation, and monitoring of across Ministries of Indian
the statistics and data analysis capabilities
Railways, MoC, & MeitY
of the Department.
Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister for Railways has
launched ‘Swachhta Pakhwada’ across Indian
Bihar CM Inaugurates India’s Longest Railways, Ministry of Communications (MoC), and
Rubber Dam on Falgu river – Gayaji Dam Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology
Bihar Chief Minister (MeitY) in New Delhi, Delhi. Swachhta Pakhwada
(CM) Nitish Kumar inaugurated India’s longest will be observed from 16th September 2022 to
rubber dam ‘Gayaji Dam’ on the Falgu (or Phalgu) 30th September 2022.
river, near Vishnupad temple in Gaya, Bihar. Falgu ✓ Ministry of Railways has extended it suo-
River originates in the Palamu district of Jharkhand moto up to 2nd October 2022. It will
and passes through the holy city of Gaya in Bihar. culminate with Mahatma Gandhi’s Jayanti.
✓ A steel foot over bridge for the visitors ✓ The participating ministries in
who visit during Pitripaksha Mela was also Swachhta Pakhwada will focus on an
inaugurated. intensive cleanliness campaign, service for
✓ The Dam was constructed by Rubina TB (Tuberculosis) patients and Mega Blood
Company of Austria in collaboration with Donation Drive.
Nagarjuna Construction Company of
Hyderabad and on the advice of experts MCA Revises Definition of Small
from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) –
Companies to Facilitate Ease of Doing
Roorkee, Uttarakhand.
Business
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has
SOVA Android Trojan: New mobile further revised the definition of “small
banking malware prowling in Indian companies” under the Companies Act, 2013 by
cyberspace raising the thresholds for paid-up capital from ‘not
A new type of mobile banking malware campaign exceeding Rs. 2 crore’ to ‘not exceeding Rs. 4 crore’
called SOVA Android Trojan(SOVA – owl in and turnover from ‘not exceeding Rs. 20 crore’ to
Russian) has now reached India. This malware ‘not exceeding Rs. 40 crore’.

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Prior to Old New Crop Improvement’. This also aims to encourage

Criteria 2021 (2021) (2022) greater adoption of technology-enabled solutions in
Paid-Up the field of crop science.
✓ The definition of KRITAGYA is: KRI -Krishi
Capital Rs. 50 lakh Rs. 2 crore Rs. 4 crore
meaning Agriculture, TA- Taknik meaning
Rs. 20 Rs. 40
Technology and GYA- Gyan meaning
Turnover Rs. 2 crore crore crore
Knowledge.
Click here to read more. ✓ ICAR started the NAHEP with the assistance
of the World Bank (WB) in November 2017.
UP Places First Among States in Trials
Pending in Fast-Track Courts BSF to deploy 1st Female Camel Riding
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju, Ministry of Law, noted Squad along India-Pakistan border in
in a letter to the Chief Justices of the High Courts
Rajasthan & Gujarat
that Uttar Pradesh (UP) accounts for more than
The Border Security Force (BSF)’s first female
70% of the 13.81 lakh pending trials in Fast-Track
camel riding squad will be deployed along the
Courts (FTCs) in cases of heinous crimes against
India-Pakistan border in Rajasthan and Gujarat.
women, children, and senior citizens.
✓ The squad will participate for the first time
✓ UP also tops the list of states where trials in
in the BSF Raising Day Parade on 1st
rape cases and matters under the
December 2022. This Squad will be the first
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences
of its kind in the world.
(POCSO) Act have yet to be resolved, with
over 60,000 cases pending in the Fast-
Track Special Courts (FTSCs). Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches
National Logistics Policy from New Delhi
National Technical Textiles Mission Prime Minister (PM) of India, Narendra Modi
launched the National Logistics Policy (NLP) at
Flagship Programme: Ministry of
Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi (Delhi) that will act as a
Textiles Clears 23 Strategic Projects single point of reference for all logistics and trade
Worth Rs. 60 Crore facilitation matters.
Under its Flagship Programme ‘National Technical ✓ The NLP, in conjunction with the PM-Gati
Textiles Mission’ (NTTM), the Ministry of Textiles Shakti Programme, Sagarmala and
approved 23 strategic research projects totalling Bharatmala (waterways and roadways)
around Rs. 60 crores in the fields of Specialty schemes, the Dedicated Freight Corridors,
Fibres, Sustainable Textiles, Geotextiles, Mobiltech, etc., can be transformational.
and Sports Textiles. ✓ The draft NLP was released in 2019 but it
✓ The projects were approved under the was delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
chairmanship of Union Minister Piyush Then again in the Union Budget of 2022-23,
Goyal, Ministry of Textiles. it was announced by the Union Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman, Ministry of Finance.
ICAR launches Hackathon 3.0 ✓ The policy was formulated by the Logistics
Division, Department of Commerce,
“KRITAGYA”, national level hackathon to
Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI).
promote speed breeding for crop Click here to read more.
improvement
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) with
its National Agricultural Higher Education Project
(NAHEP) and Crop Science Division of ICAR,
organised Hackathon 3.0 “KRITAGYA”, a national-
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World’s First Intercontinental Carnivore ✓ Foundation stone for two floating jetties at
Translocation: Wild Cheetahs Bogibeel in Dibrugarh district; and Guijan in
Tinsukia district which will be constructed
Reintroduced in India Under Project
as state-of-the-art terminals using the most
Cheetah advanced technology.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reintroduced ✓ Inaugurated the Bogibeel Riverfront
wild Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) in Kuno Passenger Jetty which is developed by
National Park, Madhya Pradesh, as part the Northeast Frontier Railways (NFR)
of “Project Cheetah”, the world’s first inter- with an estimated cost of Rs 2.5
continental large wild carnivore translocation crores. Click here to read more.
project. Of the eight Cheetahs that were introduced
in India, five are females and three are males.
✓ Since Cheetahs were proclaimed extinct in
Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande Reviews
Indian forests in 1952, these Cheetahs have Exercise Parvat Prahar in Ladakh
been brought from Namibia (Africa) and are General Manoj Pande, Chief of Army
being introduced into India. Staff (COAS) reviewed exercise Parvat Prahar, on
✓ In 2020, the Supreme Court of India gave its his 2-day visit to Ladakh. The COAS was briefed on
approval for the introduction of the African operational preparedness by commanders on the
Cheetah and established an Expert ground.
Committee to help National Tiger ✓ The exercise took place amid the
Conservation Authority (NTCA) introduce disengagement process of India and China
the animal to India. Click here to read more. Patrolling Point (PP) 15 in the Gogra-Hot
Springs area on the Line of Actual Control
(LAC) in eastern Ladakh.
Indian Railways to launch Vande Bharat
2 upgraded version of Train 18
The Indian Railways will launch an upgraded
MHA Notifies Rules for Criminal
version of Vande Bharat trains (Train 18) ‘Vande Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022: Set
Bharat 2’ from 30th September 2022, to give the to Grant Cops Access to Biometric Data
best facilities to passengers. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued
✓ ‘Vande Bharat 2’ will have better speed (0 rules for the Criminal Procedure (Identification)
to 100 Kmpl speed in just 52 seconds and a Act, 2022, which empowers police and central
maximum speed of 180 Kmph), reduced investigating agencies to collect biometric data on
weight (lesser weight from 392 tons) and people who have been convicted, arrested, or
will be powered by Wi-Fi on-demand and detained. The law passed by Parliament in April
32-inch LCD TVs, and reclining chairs will 2022 took effect in August 2022.
now be installed in all classes. ✓ The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act
of 2022 repeals the Identification of
MoPSW Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Prisoners Act of 1920, despite the fact that
the rules do not specify convicted persons.
launches Multiple Development Projects
✓ The National Crime Records Bureau
in Assam (NCRB), which operates under the MHA, is
Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Ministry of required under the regulations to create a
Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) launched Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) that
multiple projects for the development of Bogibeel specifies the devices and equipment that
region near Dibrugarh in Assam which include the will be used to collect biometric data. Click
following: here to read more.

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PM Inaugurates IDF WDS 2022 in Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation)

Greater Noida Mission, a challenging process launched in
The Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi March 2022.
inaugurated International Dairy Federation World ✓ MoHUA has also launched ‘Startup
Dairy Summit (IDF WDS) 2022 at India Expo Gateway’ wherein the start-ups can apply
Centre & Mart, Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh. The and be shortlisted by the ministry for
last such Summit was held in India in 1974. financial support.
✓ Theme – Dairy for Nutrition and Livelihood.
✓ India is the largest milk producing country Abhyas-01/22: ICG, USCG hold Joint
which accounts for about 23 % of global Exercise off Chennai coast, TN
milk, producing around 210 million tonnes A joint exercise ‘Abhyas-01/22’ between the Indian
annually empowering more than 8 crore Coast Guard (ICG) and the United States Coast
dairy farmers. Guard (USCG) was held off Chennai coast in Tamil
✓ The government has taken multiple steps Nadu (TN).
for the betterment of the dairy sector, which ✓ The US Coast Guard cutter Midgett took
has resulted in an increase of milk part in the exercise which was on a 4-day
production by more than 44 % in the past 8 goodwill visit for at-sea & in-port pro
years (2014-2022). Click here to read more. exchanges with the ICG. The Midgett also
interacted with its counterparts in the
76 start-ups onboarded under the ‘India Philippines, Singapore, and also taken part
Water Pitch-Pilot-Scale Start-Up in bilateral exercises.
Challenge’ by MoHUA
The Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) MSME Ministry Launches Scheme for
has onboarded 76 start-ups under the ‘India Water MSE: Designates ECGC Ltd as Nodal
Pitch-Pilot-Scale Start-Up Challenge’ at an event in Agency
New Delhi, Delhi. The Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
✓ The start-ups have been shortlisted (MoMSME) has introduced the “Capacity Building
through AMRUT 2.0 (Atal Mission for

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of First Time MSE Exporters” (CBFTE) component Centre Announces New Medical Device
of the International Cooperation (IC) Scheme. Rules to Simplify Licensing Procedures
✓ The scheme is intended to assist Micro and The Union government has notified the Medical
Small Enterprises (MSEs) in marketing their Devices (Amendment) Rules, 2022, which
products in international markets by stipulates that all ‘Class A’ medical device
offering incentives at various phases of the manufacturers must register themselves through
business cycle. the “Online System for Medical Devices,” a
✓ MoMSME designated ECGC Ltd. (Formerly designated online platform created for the purpose.
known as Export Credit Guarantee ✓ ‘Class A’ medical devices provide minimal to
Corporation of India Ltd.) as the moderate risk to the patient or user (like
implementing agency of the scheme. surgical dressings).
✓ ECGC Ltd: CMD – Shri. M Senthilnathan; ✓ During the National Medical Device
Founded in – 1957; HQ – Mumbai. Click Promotion Council (NMDPC) meeting, the
here to read more. Department of Health and Family Welfare
(DoHFW), MoHFW, has reinforced its
Highlights: AIBD’s 47th Annual preparedness for the transition to licensing
Gathering & 20th AIBD General of Class-A and Class-B medical devices,
Conference and Associated Meetings w.e.f. October 01, 2022, under the Medical
Devices Rules 2017.
2022
Union Minister for Information and
Broadcasting Anurag Thakur inaugurated HPCL & Indian Army collaborated on
the 47th Annual Gathering and 20th Asia-pacific CSR project: ‘Kargil Ignited Minds’
Institute of Broadcasting Development (AIBD) Collaboration b/w: Hindustan Petroleum
General Conference (GC) and Associated Corporation Ltd (HPCL) & Indian Army
Meeting 2022 that took place from 19th Purpose: to implement a Corporate Social
September, 2022 to 21st September 2022 in New Responsibility (CSR) project ‘Kargil Ignited
Delhi. Minds’ to coach and mentor less-privileged girl
✓ India’s Presidency of the prestigious AIBD students in Kargil.
has been extended for another year. ✓ The ‘Kargil Ignited Minds’ project aims to
✓ Current President of AIBD - Mayank prepare 50 girl students for various
Kumar Agrawal, CEO, Prasar Bharati and national-level engineering and medical
Director General, Doordarshan. entrance examinations.
✓ Theme of the event – ‘Building a stronger
future for broadcasting in the post Cabinet approvals on September 21,
pandemic era’. Click here to read more.
2022
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister
Israel embassy in India & Khushii (PM) of India Narendra Modi has approved the
Foundation launched women following proposals which were detailed by Union
empowerment project ”Saaras” in Minister Anurag Singh Thakur, Ministry of
Ghaziabad Information and Broadcasting (MIB):
Israel embassy in India and Khushii Foundation i. Introduces ULIP, Standardization, Monitoring
launched a special project “Saaras” to promote framework and skill development for Greater
women empowerment, menstrual hygiene and Efficiency in Logistics Services.
awareness in Arthala, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh ✓ To monitor the implementation of NLP, it
(UP). will utilize the existing institutional
✓ The project was inaugurated by framework i.e., Empowered Group of
Ambassador of Israel to India Naor Gilon. Secretaries (EGoS) created under the PM
GatiShakti NMP (National Master Plan).

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ii. Modifications in Programme for Development of

Semiconductors and Display Manufacturing MoAFW & MoFPI Launch a Convergence
Ecosystem in India
Portal to Facilitate Food Processing
iii.The 2nd tranche of Rs 19,500-crore Production
Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme on ‘National Enterprises
programme on High Efficiency Solar PV The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
(photovoltaic) Modules’ with an aim to attract Rs (MoAFW) and the Ministry of Food Processing
94,000 crore investments in the sector. Click here Industries (MoFPI) together unveiled
to read more. a ‘Convergence Portal’ for three flagship schemes
at Krishi Bhawan in New Delhi, Delhi. It was
launched between:
Govt forms 5-member committee i. Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF)
to Review Marketing ✓ The AIF is a medium-to-long-term debt
Practices of Pharma Companies; Chaired financing facility, for the development of
by VK Paul post-harvest management infrastructure
The Central Government has formed a 5-member and community farming assets.
high-level committee to review marketing practices ii. Pradhan Mantri Formalization of Micro Food
of pharmaceutical companies in India. It will be Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme
chaired by Vinod Kumar (VK) Paul member ✓ The PMFME scheme, a centrally sponsored
(health), NITI Aayog (National Institution for scheme, introduced to increase the
Transforming India). competitiveness of individual
✓ It will also review various other issues microenterprises in the unorganized
pertaining to the Uniform Code of segment and encourage the formalisation of
Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices this sector.
(UCPMP), and recommend legally iii. Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana
enforceable measures against firms (PMKSY)
indulging in malpractices. ✓ The PMKSY, a Central Sector Scheme, is
envisioned as a holistic framework that will
develop modern infrastructure with
GoI Plans to Roll Out PM-PRANAM
effective supply chain management from
Scheme to Reduce Usage of Chemical the farm to the retail outlet. Click here to
Fertilizers read more.
The Government of India (GoI) intends to launch
the Pradhan Mantri Promotion of Alternate
India Gets its First Dugong Conservation
Nutrients for Agriculture Management Yojana
(PM PRANAM) to reduce the usage of chemical
Reserve in Tamil Nadu
fertilizers. The Government of Tamil Nadu notified India’s
✓ The PM PRANAM Scheme is an initiative to first “Dugong Conservation Reserve” in the Palk
promote using fertilizers in a balanced Bay region, covering the coastal waters of
manner along with bio-fertilizers and Thanjavur and Pudukkottai Districts of Tamil Nadu
organic fertilizers as alternative sources of with an area of 448 Square Kilometres.
nutrients. ✓ Dugongs are largest herbivorous marine
✓ The Ministry of Chemicals and mammals that primarily feed on seagrass
Fertilizers proposed PM PRANAM, and the beds, a major carbon sink of the ocean.
details of the proposed scheme were ✓ At present, there are around 240 Dugongs
announced during the National Conference in India and a majority of them are found in
on Agriculture for the Rabi Campaign on the Tamil Nadu Coast (Palk Bay region).
September 7, 2022. Click here to read more.

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Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh & MoCI Minister Piyush visited San
EAM S Jaishankar Visit Japan for 2nd Francisco and Los Angeles to attend the
India-Japan 2+2 Ministerial Meeting first IPEF Ministerial Meeting
2022 Union Minister Piyush Goyal, Ministry of Commerce
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External & Industry (MoCI) was on 6-day visit to San
Affairs Minister (EAM), Dr. S. Jaishankar made an Francisco and Los Angeles of the United States (US)
official visit to Japan for the 2nd India-Japan 2+2 from September 5-10, 2022 to attend the first in-
Foreign Ministerial Meeting 2022 and Defence person Indo-Pacific Economic Framework
Ministerial Meeting 2022 held in Tokyo, Japan, (IPEF) ministerial meeting in Los Angeles.
from September 7–10, 2022. ✓ The IPEF was launched jointly by the US
✓ Both Ministers met with their Japanese and other partner countries of the Indo-
counterparts, Mr. HAMADA Yasukazu, Pacific region on May 23, 2022 at Tokyo,
Minister of Defense of Japan, and Mr. Japan.
HAYASHI Yoshimasa, Minister of Foreign ✓ The 14 members of the IPEF are Australia,
Affairs of Japan. India and Japan Brunei, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea,
celebrate 70 years of diplomatic relations Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines,
in 2022. Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and the US.
In 2019, the “2+2” dialogue with Japan was
launched in an effort to strengthen bilateral India stands 4th in 3rd Global Crypto
security and defence cooperation and deepen the Adoption Index 2022; Vietnam top for
strategic ties between the two nations. The United
2nd Consecutive Time
States (US), Japan, Australia, and Russia are among
As per the Chainalysis, ‘The 2022 Global Crypto
the few nations with whom India has “2+2” format
Adoption Index: Emerging Markets Lead in
ministerial dialogue.
Grassroots Adoption, China Remains Active
✓ Japan: PM – Fumio Kishida; Capital –
Despite Ban, and Crypto Fundamentals Appear
Tokyo; Currency – Japanese Yen (JPY).
Healthy’, Vietnam is ranked first in cryptocurrency
adoption for the second consecutive year with an
overall index ranking of 1.
INS Tarkash participated in Joint ✓ India stood at 4th with an index score of
Maritime Exercise with Nigerian Navy 0.663.
The Indian Naval Ship (INS) Tarkash took part in a ✓ Vietnam is followed by Philippines with an
Joint Maritime Exercise with Nigerian Navy Patrol overall index ranking 2, and overall index
Ships (NNS) which is currently mission deployed in score of 0.753, and Ukraine at 3rd with
the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) for anti-piracy operations, overall index score of 0.694. Click Here for
and to celebrate ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’. INS Official Index
Tarkash arrived at Port Lagos, Nigeria on
September 8, 2022. White Paper highlighting ‘Urban
✓ During the exercise, Nigeria was
Wastewater Scenario in India’ at IWA
represented by its NNS Kano, Osun, Sokoto
and Nguru. The exercise marked India and World Water Congress & Exhibition
Nigeria’s first joint operational 2022 in Copenhagen, Denmark
deployment focusing on anti-piracy A Whitepaper on ‘Urban Wastewater Scenario in
operations in the GOG. India’ was launched by Union Minister Gajendra
Singh Shekhawat, Ministry for Jal Shakti
(MoJS), India; Lea Wermelin, Minister of

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Environment, Denmark; and Flemming Moller ✓ India, the world’s 3rd biggest oil importer
Mortensen, Minister of Development Co-operation, and consumer, shipped in 8,63,950 barrels
Denmark along with the Indian Delegation during per day (bpd) of crude from Saudi Arabia up
International Water Association (IWA) World from 4.8% from July 2022. India’s oil
Water Congress & Exhibition 2022 in Copenhagen, imports from Russia fell 2.4% to 8,55,950
Denmark. bpd.
✓ This whitepaper is an outcome of the Green
Strategic Partnership between India and IOM-UN Migration signs MOU with
Denmark with a focus on green hydrogen,
CII; CII to adopt over 35,000 TB patients
renewable energy and wastewater
management. as part of TB eradication program
✓ The whitepaper was prepared by an MoU b/w: United Nations (UN)-International
interdisciplinary team formed by the Organization for Migration (IOM) & Confederation
Government of India (GoI) with partners of Indian Industry (CII)
from Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Purpose: to collaborate on strengthening the safe
Aayog, MoJS, National Mission for Clean migration of Indian citizens.
Ganga (NMCG), Innovation Centre ✓ IOM is part of the United Nations (UN) as
Denmark (ICDK), and Indian Institute of the leading inter-governmental
Technology Bombay (IITB). organization promoting humane and
✓ ICDK is a unit under the Embassy of orderly migration for the benefit of all, since
Denmark and Denmark Technical 1951. It has 174 member states and a
University (DTU) design. presence in over 100 countries.
The CII has decided to adopt over 35,000
tuberculosis (TB) patients by providing nutritional
European Parliament: Hungary is no support. In this regard, it is working closely with
Longer a Full Democracy, Becomes an Central TB Division, Ministry of Health and Family
Electoral Autocracy Welfare (MoH&FW).
The Members of the European Parliament ✓ CII: President– Sanjiv Bajaj (2022-23);
(MEP) declared in a non-binding but highly Director-General– Chandrajit Banerjee;
symbolic report, that Hungary is no longer a fully HQ– New Delhi, Delhi. Click here to read
functioning democracy. more.
✓ The declaration states that Hungary will be
considered a ‘hybrid regime of electoral Kazakhstan renames capital to Astana,
autocracy’, in which elections will be held
Extends Presidential Term to 7 years
regularly without following basic
The President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart
democratic norms.
Tokayev, signed constitutional amendments that
✓ This is the first time a European Union(EU)
extended the nation’s presidential term to 7 years
institution has declared that its member
from 5 years, and brought back the old name of the
state is not a proper democracy, an
country’s capital to Astana from the current Nur-
essential prerequisite to join the EU.
Sultan.
✓ Astana became the capital of Kazakhstan in
Saudi Arabia beats Russia to become 1997. Then in 2019, its capital was named
India’s second-largest oil supplier in ‘Nur-Sultan’ in honour of outgoing
August 2022 President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who ruled
Saudi Arabia became the 2nd-biggest oil supplier to the nation for 3 decades.
India after a three months’ gap, overtaking Russia
(first is Iraq). India also became Russia’s second
biggest oil purchaser after China.

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Visit of PM Narendra Modi to Uzbekistan World’s first public database on fossil

for the SCO Summit 2022 fuels ‘Global Registry of Fossil Fuels’
Prime Minister (PM) Narendra launched
Modi visited Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Carbon Tracker and Global Energy
September 15-16, 2022, to attend the 22nd Monitor launched the “Global Registry of Fossil
Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Fuels”, the world’s first registry of fossil fuel
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) 2022. reserves, production and emissions.
The summit was chaired by the President of ✓ This is the first ever fully transparent and
Uzbekistan, H.E. Mr. Shavkat Mirziyoyev. public database that tracks fossil fuel
✓ The Samarkand Declaration 2022 was production worldwide that tracks its impact
signed by the SCO Heads of State, which on the carbon budget.
contained a decision on the Comprehensive
Action Plan for 2023-2027.
Multinational Naval Ex Kakadu 2022 in
✓ The city of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, India,
was nominated as the first-ever SCO Australia: INS Satpura & P8I Maritime
Tourism and Cultural Capital for the Patrol Aircraft Participates from India
years 2022–2023. The Indian Naval Ship (INS) Satpura and a P8 I
✓ India took over the rotating presidency of Maritime Patrol Aircraft of the Indian Navy reached
the SCO from Uzbekistan and will hold the Darwin in Australia to participate in the
presidency of the group for a year, till multinational Exercise Kakadu 2022 (KA22). KA22
September 2023. marks the 15th edition of the biennial exercise.
✓ Uzbekistan: PM – Abdulla Aripov; Capital – ✓ This two week-long Exercise is being
Tashkent; Currency – Uzbek Som (UZS). conducted in Darwin and the Northern
Click here to read more. Australian Exercise area (NAXA) from 12-
24 September 2022.
✓ Theme: Partnership, Leadership,
UNEP & Reef-World Foundation
Friendship
launched ‘Green Fins Hub’ to Encourage
Sustainable Marine Tourism
Credit Suisse Report: Global Wealth
The United Nations Environmental
Programme (UNEP), along with Reef-World Jumps to 9.8% YoY at USD 463.6 trillion
Foundation, the United Kingdom (UK) based in 2021
charity, launched a global digital platform, ‘Green According to 13th edition of Global Wealth
Fins Hub’. It will provide a major boost to Report 2022 by Credit Suisse, a Switzerland-based
sustainable marine tourism. investment bank and financial services firm, India
✓ Green Fins Hub is the first ever global witnessed a 12 percent year-on-year (YoY) growth
marine tourism industry platform. in total household wealth in FY21.The report also
✓ It is a global digital platform which will help estimates that global wealth totalled USD 463.6
diving and snorkelling operators worldwide trillion at the end of 2021, a rise of USD 41.4 trillion.
to make simple, cost efficient changes to ✓ Number of millionaires in India is expected
their daily practices by utilizing tried and to grow 105 % to 16.32 lakh between 2021
tested solutions. to 2026 from 7.96 lakh (2021). India houses
about 1 % of the world’s millionaires.
✓ The number of global millionaires will
exceed 87 million in 2026 which is an
increase of 25 million from 2021.
✓ The United States tops the world millionaire
list which houses around 39 percent of

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BANKING & FINANCE
Reliance General Insurance Partners RHFL Partners with EGI to Offer

with Paytm to Offer Customisable Health Property Insurance Cover to its
Cover Customers
Partnership b/w: Reliance General Insurance Partnership b/w: Edelweiss General
Company Limited & Paytm Insurance (EGI) & Repco Home Finance
Purpose: to offer Reliance Health Gain Policy, a Limited (RHFL)
customisable health insurance product, through the Purpose: to offer insurance solutions to all home
Paytm application. loan customers of RHFL.
✓ Reliance Health Gain Policy offers 3 ✓ The property insurance cover will focus
plans including Plus, Power and Prime that on protecting home against fire and all
allow customers to customise and other natural calamities and the loan
personalise the policy. protection cover safeguards the
customer’s repayment of loans on an
RBI allows BBPS to process Cross- unforeseen accident.
Border Inbound Remittances ✓ RHFL: MD & CEO – K Swaminathan;
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), decided to allow Establishment – 2000; HQ – Chennai,
foreign inward remittances received under the Tamil Nadu
Rupee Drawing Arrangement (RDA), to be
transferred to the KYC (Know Your Customer) Singapore Central Bank, India’s IFSCA
compliant bank account of the biller (beneficiary) signed CA to Pursue Cross-Border
through Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS), FinTech Innovations
subject to the conditions. Co-operation Agreement (CA) b/w: Monetary
✓ The direction has been issued by RBI Authority of Singapore (MAS) & the International
under Section 10(4) and Section 11(1) of Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA)
the Foreign Exchange Management Act Purpose: to facilitate regulatory collaboration and
(FEMA), 1999. partnership in FinTech technology.
✓ This pact allows sharing of non-supervisory
Verite Research Think-Tank: India related information and developments on
Emerges as Sri Lanka’s Top Lender in innovation in financial products and
2022 services. Click Here for the Official CA
According to the Verite Research, a Colombo-
based independent interdisciplinary think-tank, SBI Partners with Remitly for Secure and
India has become Sri Lanka’s biggest lender in Easy Remittance to India
2022, providing a loan of USD 377 million as it Partnership b/w: State Bank of
faced political crisis and economic unrest. India (SBI) & Remitly
✓ The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is the Purpose: to enable Non Resident Indians (NRIs) to
largest multilateral lender to Sri Lanka send money through SBI via Remitly to their family
providing USD 360 million in loans that members, using mobile and web applications.
accounts for 76 % of total disbursements ✓ Through the partnerships, NRIs can now
from January 2022 to April 2022. transfer money to 17 Remitly nations.
✓ Remitly receives the remittances from the
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accounts in India through Direct Credit, IDRBT Pioneers the Development of New
National Electronic Funds Low-Cost Financial Network: To Bring
Transfer (NEFT)/ Immediate Payment
Banking to Remote Places
Service (IMPS)/ Real Time Gross
The Institute for Development and Research in
Settlement (RTGS) etc.
Banking Technology (IDRBT), a unit of the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has developed a novel
SBI WeCare FD scheme for senior technology that allows people in remote hilly and
citizens extended till March 31, 2023 forest areas without satellite signal to access
The State Bank of India (SBI)’s ‘WECARE’ Senior banking services.
Citizens’ Fixed Deposit (FD) scheme has extended ✓ IDRBT is the first in the world to build a
upto 31st March 2023. network based on Long Range Radio
✓ In 2022, SBI launched the special FD (LoRa) technology.
scheme “SBI WECARE” to secure senior ✓ IDRBT: Director – Professor D. Janakiram;
citizens’ income by paying additional HQ – Hyderabad, Telangana
interest on term deposits.
✓ The scheme is offered for new deposits as SBIF & WWF India Partners for Red
well as the renewal of maturing accounts.
Panda Transboundary Conservation
Partnership b/w: State Bank of India
Federal Bank & Union Bank launches Foundation (SBIF) & World Wide Fund for Nature –
pilot for Digitalization of KCC lending in India (WWF India)
TN & MP respectively Purpose: to generate fine-scale information on the
The Federal Bank launched a pilot for instant Kisan Red Panda species at a transboundary level and
Credit Card (KCC) lending in order to digitalize engage in safeguarding the habitats of the Red
rural finance in select districts of Tamil Nadu (TN). Panda in Khangchendzonga area of Sikkim and
The instant KCC was developed by the Reserve West Bengal (Darjeeling & Kalimpong districts).
Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH), a subsidiary of ✓ The partnership was made on the occasion
Reserve Bank of India (RBI). It is digital loan of the International Red Panda Day(IRPD),
scheme. 17th September 2022.
✓ The platform will use e-KYC (Know Your ✓ An event was organised at the Himalayan
Customer) and eSign, Application Zoological Park in Gangtok, Sikkim to
Programming Interface (APIs) developed by celebrate the day which is observed every
the Tamil Nadu E-Governance year on 3rd Saturday of September to
Agency (TNeGA), and credit history from support Red Panda conservation.
bureaus to process loans to farmers in a ✓ The Himalayan Zoological Park is the first of
matter of few minutes. its kind, where animals are kept in their
Union Bank of India (UBI) also launched end-to-end natural habitat.
digitalization of KCC product for farmers as part of
its flagship digital transformation project WB Approves USD 150 million Loan for
‘Sambhav’. Punjab to Improve Finance & Service
✓ UBI: MD & CEO– A Manimekhalai; HQ–
Delivery
Mumbai, Maharashtra
The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank
✓ Federal Bank: MD & CEO– Shyam
(WB) approved a loan of USD 150 million (nearly
Srinivasan; HQ– Aluva, Kerala. Click here to
Rs 1,200 crores) to Punjab for the management of
read more.
its financial resources and improved access to
public services.
✓ The USD 150 million loan has a maturity
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✓ In Order to improve water supply in designed to help customers in spending and saving
Punjab’s Amritsar and Ludhiana cities, every day.
the Punjab Municipal Services Impact ✓ This account comes with an Everyday
Project will be jointly implemented by RuPay Platinum Debit Card.
the WB, Asian Infrastructure Investment Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited (KMBL) and Indian
Bank (AIIB) and the Punjab government at Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) has
a financial outlay of USD 300 million. announced a CSR (Corporate Social
Responsibility) partnership to launch the ’Kotak
RBI lifts Prompt Corrective Action IIT-M Save Energy Mission’.
restrictions on Central Bank of India ✓ This aims to encourage adoption of various
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has removed the energy conservation measures in the Micro,
Central Bank of India from the Prompt Corrective Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME)
Action Framework (PCAF) watch list following its sector.
improvement in various parameters.
✓ PCA, introduced in December 2002, is a RBI asks Large UCBs to set up Board-
structured early intervention mechanism on approved policy, Compliance
the lines of the Federal Deposit Insurance Function; India’s banking System
Corporation (FDIC) PCA framework. These Liquidity faces Deficit after 40 months
regulations were later revised in April 2017. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) directed Urban
✓ Central Bank of India: MD & CEO – Matam Cooperative Banks (UCBs) belonging to tier 3 and
Venkata Rao; Established in – 1911; HQ – tier 4 categories, except UCBs under All Inclusive
Mumbai, Maharashtra Directions (AID), to create a Board-approved policy
and compliance function.
NPCI Introduces UPI Payments ✓ Under this, UCBs with more than Rs 10,000
Through Rupay Credit Cards crore deposits (tier 4 category) mandated
The National Payments Corporation of to create same, including the appointment
India (NPCI) has introduced Unified Payments of a Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), by April
Interface (UPI) payments via credit cards on 1, 2023 while Tier 3 UCBs i.e. those having
the RuPay network, potentially expanding the more than Rs 1,000 crore and up to Rs
credit market. Debit cards and bank accounts had 10,000 crore deposits are given the
previously been used to link UPI, now Rupay credit deadline of October 1, 2023.
cards can be linked as well. According to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI),
✓ Shaktikanta Das, Governor of the Reserve India’s banking system liquidity has slipped into
Bank of India (RBI), unveiled this at the 3rd deficit for the first time in nearly 40 months.
edition of Global Fintech Fest 2022 (GFF ✓ On September 20, 2022, RBI infused 218
2022), along with “UPI Lite” for small-value billion Indian rupees ($2.73 billion) into
UPI transactions via a wallet-like feature banking system. Click here to read more.
and the facility for inward cross-border
remittances via the Bharat Bill Pay System Yes Bank approves sale of Rs 48,000 cr
(BBPS). stressed loans to JC Flowers ARC
The Board of Directors of Yes Bank approved the
KMBL Launches Everyday Savings transfer of stressed assets worth Rs 48,000 crore to
Account; KMBL &IIT-M partners JC Flowers Asset Reconstruction Company (ARC).
to Launches Kotak IITM Save Energy ✓ YES Bank will also pick up a 19.99% stake
Mission in the JC Flowers ARC (in single or multiple
Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited (KMBL) launched a tranches), which is subject to regulatory
one-of-a-kind Everyday Savings Account (Daily approvals.
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MoD Signs MoU with BoB and HDFC automobile segment of the financial market
Bank to Expand the Reach of SPARSH using free float market capitalization
method.
Initiative
✓ ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund: MD & CEO
MoU b/w: Defence Accounts Department (DAD),
– Nimesh Shah; HQ – New Delhi, Delhi
under the Ministry of Defence (MoD) with Bank of
Baroda (BoB) & HDFC Bank
Purpose: to onboard themselves as Common
HDFC Bank & Refinitiv Enter into A
Service Centres (CSC) under the System for Pension Multi-Year Data and Technology
Administration – (RakSHa) (SPARSH) initiative, Agreement
across more than 14000 branches across India. Multi-Year Data & Technology Agreement b/w:
✓ SPARSH is a web-based system that HDFC Bank, India’s largest private sector lender &
processes and credits pensions directly into Refinitiv, a London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)
the bank accounts of defence pensioners. business
✓ DAD: Controller General of Defence Purpose: to facilitate its digital transformation and
Accounts (CGDA) – Avinash Dikshit; HQ innovation programmes across the whole business
– New Delhi, Delhi. Click here to read more. in India.
✓ Under the multi-year agreement, HDFC
Federal Bank Launches Facility to Bank will gain complete access to Refinitiv’s
Enable Utility Bill Payment for NRI data and products, allowing it to realize new
Partnership b/w: Federal Bank Limited with customer opportunities and accelerate its
NPCI Bharat BillPay Limited (NBBL) and Lulu innovation drive while lowering total cost.
Financial Group, based in the United Arab ✓ HDFC Bank: MD & CEO –
Emirates(UAE) Sashidhar Jagdishan; Establishment –
Purpose: to enable Utility Bill Payment services for 1994; HQ – Mumbai, Maharashtra
Non-Resident Indian (NRI) Diaspora in GCC (Gulf
Cooperation Council) Region. Japan’s MUFG Bank increased the capital
✓ With this, Federal bank and Lulu Financial by Rs 3,000 crore in India Biz
Group became the first to go live with Japan-based Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
Bharat BillPay Cross-Border Bill Payments. (MUFG) Bank has increased the capital of its branch
✓ Federal Bank Ltd: CEO – Shyam in India by Rs 3,000 crore to expand its India
Srinivasan; HQ – Aluva, Ernakulam, Kerala business. As a result of the increased capital, the
total capital of MUFG Bank will rise to Rs 5,207
ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund Launches crore.
First Auto Index Fund ✓ The bank has established MUFG Enterprise
ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund has launched ICICI Solutions India Pvt. Ltd as its global
Prudential Nifty Auto Index Fund, India’s first competence centre in 2020 to support the
Auto Index Fund to replicate the Nifty Auto Index technology and innovation arm of MUFG.
that has grown at over 14% annually since August ✓ MUFG expanded its presence by opening a
2012. branch at Gujarat International Finance
✓ The Nifty Auto Index is designed to reflect Tec-City (Gift City).
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Ind-Ra Lowers India’s GDP Growth Google Cloud & Nasscom partner to skill
Forecast for FY23 from 7% To 6.9%; students for entry-level Cloud jobs
India’s CAD Estimated to Be 3.4% Of GDP Partnership b/w: Google Cloud with FutureSkills
in Q1FY23 Prime, a Ministry of Electronics & Information
India Ratings & Research (Ind-Ra), a wholly Technology (MeitY) and NASSCOM (National
owned subsidiary of Fitch Group, lowered India’s Association of Software and Services Companies)
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth forecast for Digital Skilling Initiative.
fiscal year 2022-23 (FY23) by 10 basis points Purpose: to launch the first cohort of its computing
to 6.9% from 7.0% previously. foundations with the Kubernetes course.
✓ According to Ind-Ra, the Current Account ✓ Kubernetes is an open-source container
Deficit (CAD) increased from USD 13.4 orchestration system for automating
billion (1.5% of GDP) in the January-March software deployment, scaling and
quarter (Q4 FY22) to USD 28.4 billion (3.4% management.
of GDP) in the April-June quarter (Q1 FY23). ✓ The course will be offered free to students
✓ A CAD is the difference between the amount at higher education Institutions and
of money coming in from exports and the freshers seeking to skill themselves on
amount leaving the country through emerging technologies.
imports. A CAD shows that a nation is
importing more than it is exporting. Click ADB Cuts India’s GDP Growth Forecast
here to read more. for FY23 to 7.0 %
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in its
IBA: Renewable Energy India Expo to September 2022 update of the report titled “Asian
bring Rs 800 crore investment Development Outlook 2022: Entrepreneurship
in the Digital Age”, reduced India’s Gross Domestic
opportunity for biogas
Product (GDP) growth forecast for fiscal year 2022-
✓ The Indian Biogas Association (IBA) is set to
23 (FY23) to 7% from 7.2 % earlier, quoting
organise the Renewable Energy
higher-than-expected inflation and monetary
India(REI) Expo 2022, the 15th edition of
tightening.
REI Expo, from 28th to 30th September
✓ However, the GDP growth estimates are
2022 at India Expo Centre, Greater Noida,
lowered from the forecasts of second
Uttar Pradesh. The expo is expected to bring
supplement to Asian Development Outlook
in investment opportunities worth Rs 800
Report 2022 (ADO 2022) to 7.0% for
crore for the biogas sector.
FY2022 (ending in March 2023) and 7.2%
for FY2023 (ending in March 2024).
Federal Bank Becomes Only Indian Bank sustaining and recognizing High-Trust, High-
among Best Workplaces in Asia 2022 by Performance Culture at workplaces.
✓ According to Great Place to Work India data,
Great Place to Work
88% of employees at the best workplaces in
The Federal Bank Ltd was ranked 63rd on the
Asia on average reported having a positive
Best Workplaces in Asia 2022 and became
employee experience.
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Indian scientist, Padma Shri awardee Dr Billionaires List, Gautam Adani’s net worth
Swati Piramal conferred France’s Legion rose by USD 5.2 billion, a hike of 3.49%.
of Honour Award
Indian Scientist-Industrialist and Padma Shri
Gates Foundation honours 4 leaders
recipient Dr Swati Piramal, Vice-Chairperson of with 2022 Goalkeepers Global Goals
the Piramal Group was honoured with the awards; Dr Radhika Batra of India
‘Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur’ (Knight of the among winners
Legion of Honour), France’s top civilian Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation honoured 4
honour for her contribution to business, science, changemakers, Dr Radhika Batra (India), Zahra Joya
medicine, arts, culture, and Indo-French ties. (Afghanistan), Vanessa Nakate (Uganda), and
✓ The award was presented to her by H.E. Ursula von der Leyen (Germany), with the 2022
Catherine Colonna, Minister for Europe and Goalkeepers Global Goals Awards as a part of its
Foreign Affairs of France on behalf of annual Goalkeepers campaign.
President Emmanuel Macron. ✓ The award recognises their efforts to
✓ In 2006, Dr Swati Piramal was honoured advance progress towards the United
with Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development
Merite (Knight of the Order of Merit), Goals (SDGs) in their communities and
France’s second-highest civilian honour. around the world.
✓ She received the Padma Shri award in 2012 Winners of 2022 Goalkeepers Global Goals
for her contributions to the science and Awards:
technology business. Name of the Presented
Award by Awardee Country
MoS Jitendra Singh presents INSPIRE Bill Gates
Awards – MANAK to 60 startups and
Union Minister of State (MoS) for Science & 2022 Global Melinda Ursula
Goalkeeper French von der
Technology, Jitendra
Award Gates Leyen Germany
Singh presented INSPIRE (Innovation in Science
2022
Pursuit for Inspired Research) awards
Campaign Malala Vanessa
– MANAK (Million Minds Augmenting National Award Yousafzai Nakate Uganda
Aspirations and Knowledge) to 60 startups and 2022
financial support to 53,021 students. Changemaker Angelina Zahra
✓ The INSPIRE Awards – MANAK, a flagship Award Jolie Joya Afghanistan
scheme of the country is jointly 2022 Dr.
implemented by the Department of Science Progress Radhika
& Technology (DST) with the National Award Lilly Singh Batra India
Innovation Foundation – India (NIF).
India won UN awards for ‘India
Gautam Adani briefly named the 2nd Hypertension Control Initiative (IHCI)’
Richest Person In World under NHM
On 16th September 2022, Gautam Adani, an Indian On 21st September 2022, India won a ‘2022 United
billionaire became the 2nd Richest person in World Nations (UN) Interagency Task Force, and WHO
on Forbes real-time billionaire list by Special Programme on Primary Health Care
surpassing Bernard Arnault, LVMH (Louis Award’ for its ‘India Hypertension Control
Vuitton) chairman and CEO. Initiative (IHCI)’, a Large-scale hypertension
✓ Gautam Adani became the 1st Asian to enter intervention under the National Health Mission
the top 3 on the list. Gautam Adani and his (NHM) at the UN General Assembly.
family’s net worth surged to USD 155.5 ✓ IHCI is a collaborative initiative of the
billion. According to Forbes Real-Time Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,

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Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), ✓ The Indian Government has adopted
state governments and the World Health the “25 by 25” goal to reduce premature
Organization(WHO)-India. mortality due to Non-Communicable
Diseases (NCDs) by 25% by 2025.
Ugandan Youth Climate Activist Vanessa ✓ Ulf Kristersson, Sweden’s Moderate Party
Nakate appointed as Goodwill leader, is likely to form a new government
in Sweden.
Ambassador of UNICEF
✓ Sweden: Capital-Stockholm;
The United Nations
Currency- Swedish krona; Sweden’s
Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Parliament – Riksdag
has appointed Vanessa
Nakate, a 25-year-old
climate activist from Uganda
CSB Bank appoints Pralay Mondal as MD
as the Goodwill Ambassador & CEO with effect from September 15
of the UNICEF. CSB bank limited (formerly
✓ She was a prominent member of the Fridays known as Catholic Syrian
For Future movement. She founded the Rise Bank Limited) has appointed
Up Movement, a platform to raise the voices Pralay Mondal, as its
of African climate activists, and a project to Managing Director (MD) &
install solar panels in rural Ugandan Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
schools. for a period of 3 years with
effect from 15th September
IndusInd Bank re-appoints Sumant 2022.
✓ He has been serving as the Deputy MD of
Kathpalia as MD & CEO for 3 years
CSB Bank since February 2022 and later he
IndusInd Bank re-
was appointed as interim MD & CEO of the
appointed Sumant
bank with effect from April 2022.
Kathpalia as its managing
director (MD) and Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) for a GoI Appoints Thomas M Devasia as
further period of three years, Member of IRDAI
with effect from March 24, The Government of India(GoI) has
2023, up to March 23, 2026. appointed Thomas M Devasia, technical expert at
Marsh Insurance Brokers India (Kochi, Kerala), as
Swedish PM Magdalena Andersson a member (non-life) in the Insurance Regulatory
resigns after Right-wing parties win and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) with
Swedish election effect from the date of assumption of charge of the
Prime Minister (PM) of post till attaining the age of 62 years until further
Sweden, Magdalena order, whichever is earlier.
Andersson, leader of Social ✓ This is the first time that the Government
Democratic Party, resigned has appointed a senior executive from the
from the post after her centre- private sector as a member of IRDAI.
left bloc lost the 2022 ✓ IRDAI: Chairperson – Debasish Panda;
Parliamentary Elections to a Establishment – 1999 (Incorporated on 1st
bloc of right-wing parties. April 2000); HQ – Hyderabad, Telangana
✓ Magdalena Andersson was Sweden’s first
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Senegal President Macky Sall reinstates judge; and former deputy Speaker of Lok
the post of PM; Amadou Ba appointed as Sabha Kariya Munda as the trustees of the
Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and
Senegal’s PM
Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM
Macky Sall President of Senegal reinstated the post
CARES Fund).
of Prime Minister(PM), appointing former Economy
Minister Amadou Ba as the PM of Senegal.
✓ The post of Prime Minister was abolished in Max Life Insurance announced Rohit
April 2019. Mahammed Boun Abdallah Sharma & Ritika Sajdeh as Brand
Dionne was the PM of Senegal in 2019. Ambassadors
✓ Senegal: President-Macky Sall; Max Life Insurance announced Rohit Sharma,
Capital- Dakar; Currency- West African captain of the men’s Indian cricket team and his
CFA Franc wife Ritika Sajdeh, an Indian sports manager as
Brand Ambassadors.
Ratan Tata & 2 others appointed as ✓ The core message of Max Life Insurance is
Trustees of PM CARES Fund to be prepared mentally, physically, and
✓ Government has appointed Tata Sons financially for emerging challenges.
Chairman Emeritus, Ratan Tata; retired Max Life Insurance: MD&CEO- Prashant
Justice K.T. Thomas, former Supreme Court Tripathy; Establishment- 2001; HQ- New
Delhi, Delhi.
CCI approves ADIA’s investment of Rs ✓ Following this acquisition, SBIGFL became a

665 crore in AB Health Insurance under wholly owned subsidiary of SBI. Prior to
this acquisition, SBI held an 86.18% stake in
‘Green Channel’ route
SBIGFL.
The Competition Commission of India (CCI)
✓ This transaction entails a cash
approved the investment of Rs 665 crore in
consideration of RS 67.84 crore.
primary capital insurance by the Abu Dhabi
✓ SBI: Chairman- Dinesh Kumar Khara;
Investment Authority (ADIA) in Aditya Birla Health
Founded- 1955; HQ- Mumbai, Maharashtra
Insurance (ABHI) in exchange for a 9.99 % equity.
✓ The proposal has been approved by the
competition under the ‘green channel’
Adani Group acquires Ambuja Cements
route. The investment proposal was made & ACC; becomes India’s 2nd largest
in August 2022. cement maker
✓ AB Capital will hold a 45.91% stake and The Adani groups successfully completed the
Momentum Metropolitan Holdings Limited acquisition of Ambuja Cements Limited and ACC
will have a 44.10% stake in the company Limited through Endeavour Trade and Investment
after ADIAs investment. Limited (BidCo), a special purpose vehicle
incorporated by the Adani groups.
SBI acquire balance stake in SBI Global ✓ With this acquisition, Adani has now
Factors from SIDBI, BoM & UBI become India’s 2nd largest cement
State Bank of India (SBI) acquired the 13.82% manufacturer.
stake of State Bank of India Global Factors Ltd ✓ At present, Ultratech Cement is the largest
(SBIGFL) from its existing shareholders Small player with a market valuation of over Rs
Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) 1.87 lakh crore.
6.53%; Bank of Maharashtra (BoM); 4.34%; and ✓ Adani Group has acquired Switzerland-
Union Bank of India (UBI) 2.95%. based Holcim’s 63.1% stake in Ambuja

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Cements, which owns a 50.05% along with CCI approves merger of Jio Cinema OTT
its 4.48% direct stake in ACC. platform with Viacom18
The Competition Commission of India (CCI)
Canadian Pension fund OTPP to buy approved the amalgamation of Jio Cinema, an OTT
30% of Mahindra Susten for Rs 2,371 (Over The Top) platform with Viacom18 Media
crore Private Limited (Viacom 18), following an
Binding Agreement b/w: Canadian-based Ontario investment by BTS Investment 1 Pte. Ltd. and
Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) Board &Mahindra Reliance Projects & Property Management Services
Group Ltd (RPPMSL)
Purpose: to receive a 30% stake in Mahindra ✓ Under the partnership, Reliance’s Jio
Group’s renewable energy firm Mahindra Susten Cinema OTT app will be transferred to
Private Limited (Mahindra Susten). The value of the Viacom18.
stake is Rs 2,371 crore (USD 300 million). ✓ The proposed combination is notified under
✓ The deal also initiates the setting up of an Section 6(2) read with Section 5 of the
Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) in Competition Act, 2002 (as amended).
compliance with applicable regulations of ✓ CCI: Chairperson- Ashok Kumar Gupta;
the Securities and Exchange Board of India Founded-2003; HQ-New Delhi,Delhi
(SEBI).
Dr Jitendra Singh launches “Swachhata” former Soviet Union (USSR -Union of

Portal for the Special Campaign 2.0 Soviet Socialist Republics).
Union Minister of State (MoS) (Independent ✓ It is a part of the 23rd Patrol Vessel
Charge) Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Dr. Squadron of the Indian Navy, under the
Jitendra Singh launched the exclusive “Swachhata” operational command of the Flag Officer
Portal for the Special Campaign 2.0, which is Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area
scheduled to begin on October 2, 2022, to 31st (FOMA).
October 2022. It is dedicated to Swachhata and
reducing the pendency of work in Government Minister of Education & Skill
offices. Development Launches SCALE App for
✓ The portal was developed by the Skill Development in Leather Sector
Department of Administrative Reforms and Union Minister of Education and Skill Development
Public Grievances (DARPG) under the and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances launched the SCALE (Skill Certification Assessment
and Pensions(MoPP&P). for Leather Employees) app during his visit to the
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research – Central
INS Ajay Decommissioned After 32 Years Leather Research Institute(CSIR-CLRI), Chennai,
of Glorious Service Tamil Nadu.
The Indian Naval Ship (INS) Ajay (P34), the ✓ SCALE, an Android app developed by the
second Abhay class anti-submarine warfare ship of Leather Skill Sector Council (LSSC),
the Western Naval Command, was decommissioned provides a one-stop solution for the skilling,
at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai, Maharashtra, learning, assessment, and employment
after 32 years of outstanding service to the nation. needs of the leather industry.
✓ INS Ajay (P34) was commissioned on
January 24, 1990 in Poti, Georgia, in the

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Nasa’s Moxie Instrument Successfully ✓ The test was conducted

makes Oxygen on Mars by Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC)
NASA’s Experiment Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource with support from the Liquid Propulsion
Utilisation Experiment (MOXIE), a lunchbox sized Systems Centre (LPSC).
instrument has successfully generated Oxygen ✓ ISRO: Chairman– S. Somanath; HQ–
(O2) by carrying out the work of a tiny tree on Bengaluru, Karnataka
Mars.
✓ Since February 2021, the MIT-led MOXIE, Indian Coast Guard Inducts ICGS
has been producing oxygen from the carbon Samarth in its Fleet; Indian Navy will Get
dioxide (CO2) rich atmosphere of Mars. Two Indegenous Diving Support Vessels
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has inducted ICG
ISRO tests hybrid propulsion system Ship(ICGS) ‘Samarth’ to strengthen the coastal
that uses Solid Fuel, Liquid Oxidiser security mechanism. The ship has been based at
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has Kochi, Kerala from Goa under the operational
successfully tested a 30 kN hybrid motor, a new command of Coast Guard District Headquarters-4
propulsion system for the forthcoming launch (Kerala & Mahe), Kochi.
vehicles, at ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC) at ✓ The Indian Navy launched two
Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu (TN). indigenously designed and built Diving
✓ The hybrid motor uses Hydroxyl- Support Vessels (DSVs) – Nistar and
terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) as fuel Nipun in Visakhapatnam, Andhra
and liquid oxygen (LOX) as the oxidizer, Pradesh(AP). The first-of-its kind vessels
unlike solid-solid or liquid-liquid were built by Hindustan Shipyard Limited.
combinations. ✓ ICG: Director General – Virender Singh
Pathania; HQ – New Delhi, Delhi
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SPORTS
Bengaluru’s Pranav Anand becomes the ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) Tour
India’s 76th Chess Grandmaster and Grand Slams at the age of 41.
Pranav Anand (age 15 years) from Bengaluru, ✓ The 5th Laver Cup 2022 from September
Karnataka became India’s 76th Chess 23-25 that will be held at The O2 in London,
GrandMaster (GM) after winning against United Kingdom (UK) will be his final
International Master (IM) Emin Ohanyan of appearance on the ATP circuit.
Armenia in Round 10 of the World Youth Under-16 ✓ He has won 20 Grand Slam victories, and
Open. finished 5 seasons ranked No.1. His
✓ He received the title after he crossed victories include- the Australian Open six
the 2,500 Elo points in the World Youth times, the French Open once, the US Open
Chess Championship in Mamaia, Romania. five times, and Wimbledon, a record eight
times (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009,
2012 and 2017).
Winner of 20 Grand Slams, Swiss
✓ His 20 Grand Slam titles are 3rd highest
Player Roger Federer announces Retire behind Spain’s Rafael Nadal (22), and
ment from Professional Tennis Serbia’s Novak Djokovic (21).
A Professional Tennis Player from Switzerland,
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Indian Chess Players Win Titles at World Durand Cup 2022: Bengaluru FC Beats
Youth Chess Championship in Romania Mumbai City FC and won the 1st ever
India’s Pranav Anand (Karnataka) won Durand Cup
the Under-16 (Open) title and A R Ilamparthi Bengaluru Football Club(BFC) and its
(Tamil Nadu) won the Under 14 (Open) title at captain Sunil Chhetri won their 1st ever Durand
the World Youth Chess Championship 2022 held in Cup by defeating Mumbai City FC (MCFC) in
Mamaia, România. the Durand Cup 2022 held in Salt Lake Stadium or
✓ The tournament was organised by Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan stadium in
Romanian Chess Federation & Fédération Kolkata, West Bengal.
Internationale des Échecs (FIDE). ✓ Durand Cup 2022 is the 131st edition of
Positions of the Indian Players: the Durand Cup, which is the first edition
Points played after recognition from the Asian
Category Winners out of 11 Position Football Confederation. It was sponsored by
A. R. Indian Oil Corporation (IOC).
Ilamparthi 9.5 points 1 ✓ Durand Cup is Asia’s oldest and World’s
third oldest football tournament.
Mrittika
Mallick 8 points 4
Bangladesh won their maiden SAFF title
Anupam M.
Sreekumar 8 points 7 at SAFF Women’s Championship 2022
Under – 14
Bangladesh won their first South Asian Football
(Open) H. G. Pragnya 7.5 points 8
Federation (SAFF) title at SAFF Women’s
Under-16 Pranav Anand 9 points 1 Championship 2022 defeating Nepal (3–1). The
(Open) M. Pranesh 8 points 5 tournament held from 6th to 19th September 2022
at Dashrath Rangshala Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Under-18 S. Kanishka 7.5 points 6
✓ The 2022 SAFF Women’s Championship
(Open) Rakshitta Ravi 7.5 points 8 was the 6th edition of this championship.
World Wrestling Championships 2022: Bangladesh cricketer Rubel Hossain

India’s Bajrang Punia & Vinesh Phogat Retires From Test Cricket
Won Bronze Medals Bangladesh cricketer Mohammad Rubel
17th edition of the World Wrestling Hossain announced his retirement from Test
Championships or World Wrestling cricket on 19 September 2022.
Championships 2022 was held in Belgrade, Serbia He will continue to play in One Day International
from September 10 to 18, 2022. The United States (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) formats
of America(USA) lead the table with 15 medals for Bangladesh along with Dhaka Premier League
followed by Japan (2nd place) and Turkey (3rd (DPL), Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) and other
place). India is ranked 24th with 2 medals. white-ball tournaments.
✓ India’s Bajrang Punia (Haryana) has won ✓ He holds the record of the fastest bowled
the men’s 65 kg Freestyle bronze delivery (149.5kph) by a Bangladeshi
medal by defeating Sebastian Rivera of cricketer and he also innovated a technique
Puerto Rico in the World Wrestling of bowled delivery named ‘Butterfly’.
Championships 2022.
✓ Vinesh Phogat (Haryana), a gold medalist ICC announces changes in Cricket Rules:
at the Commonwealth Games 2022, Saliva ban made permanent
defeated Swedish champion Emma The International Cricket Council (ICC) has
Malmgren to win the women’s 53 kg announced a lot of changes to its ‘playing
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means the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Understanding (MoU) with the Football Sports
Australia will enforce the news rules. Development Limited (FSDL), the commercial
✓ ICC has announced its Playing Conditions partner of Indian football and organiser of the
in Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)’s Indian Super League.
updated 3rd Edition of the 2017 Code of the ✓ Both DFL & FSDL (two entities) will focus
Laws of Cricket after the Chief Executives’ on club initiatives, and fan engagement
Committee (CEC) approved using technology and also have workshops.
recommendations from Sourav The 1st knowledge-sharing workshop took
Ganguly, Chairman of the ICC Men’s Cricket place in Frankfurt, Germany.
Committee.
The Main Changes to the Playing Conditions India will host the maiden Moto GP race
include: in 2023
✓ Batter returning when caught India will be hosting a maiden MotoGP (Grand Prix
✓ Use of saliva to polish the ball motorcycle racing) World Championships race,
✓ Incoming batter ready to face the ball. Click named the ‘Grand Prix of Bharat’ at the Buddh
here to read more. International Circuit in Greater Noida, Uttar
Pradesh in the following year (2023).
Indian FSDL & German DFL signed MoU ✓ MotoGP commercial rights
to Bring World’s Best Practices to Indian owner Dorna signed a Memorandum of
Football Understanding (MoU) with Noida-based
The Deutsche Fußball Liga- (DFL– German Football race promoters Fairstreet Sports to host the
League), the organising body of Bundesliga and premier 2-wheel racing event in India for
Bundesliga 2 has signed a Memorandum of the next 7 years.
OBITUARY
Former Union Minister & Congress 90 years. He was born on January 15, 1932 in
leader Manikrao Gavit passed away Bhadohi district, Uttar Pradesh (UP).
Former Union Minister and Congress ✓ He is popularly called as “Abhinav Panini”
leader Manikrao Hodlya Gavit passed away at the due to his contribution towards inventing
age of 87 years in Nashik, Maharashtra. He was new methods of Sanskrit Grammar and
born on 29 October 1934 in Nandurbar District, Vedanta teaching and modernisation.
Bombay Presidency, British India (present-day ✓ He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2021.
Maharashtra).
✓ He has served as the Union Minister of Former TN Assembly Speaker Sedapatti
State(MoS) for Home Affairs (2004) and R. Muthiah passes away
MoS for Social Justice and Empowerment Sedapatti R. Muthaiah, the former Tamil Nadu (TN)
(2013). Legislative Assembly Speaker and ex-Union
✓ He was appointed a pro-tem speaker of Minister passed away in his hometown Madurai,
the 15th Lok Sabha by President (former) Tamil Nadu.
Pratibha Patil in 2009. ✓ He was the Speaker during 1st regime of
former Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa (1991-
Padma Shri awardee Acharya Ram Yatna 96).
Shukla passed away ✓ Later he became Union Minister for Surface
Padma shri awardee Prof Acharya Ram Yatna Transport during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-
Shukla, a Sanskrit scholar and former President of led government in the Centre in 1998
Kashi Vidwat Parishad, passed away at the age of (served for a brief period).

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BOOKS & AUTHORS
Book Title - ‘Ambedkar and Modi: India’s progress in line with Dr. Babasaheb
Reformer’s Ideas Performer’s Ambedkar’s vision.
Implementation’
Compiled by: Bluekraft Digital Foundation
Book Title - “Muskurate Chand Lamhe
Released by: Former President Ram Nath Kovind Aur Kuchh Khamoshiyan”
Foreword by: Music Composer & Rajya Sabha MP Author: Jiwesh Nandan
(Member of Parliament) Ilaiyaraaja Released by: Manoj Bajapaye (Renowned Actor)
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan Pvt. Ltd Publisher: Wisdom Tree (Founder & Publisher –
✓ The book illustrates the life, works and Shobit Arya)
achievements of Dr. B.R Ambedkar and also ✓ The book is a bouquet of poems. Jiwesh
highlights the policies and reforms made by Nandan has also written a book titled ‘Maha
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure Kumbh: A Spiritual Journey’.
IMPORTANT DAYS
International Day for the Preservation of ✓ Theme of World Patient Safety Day 2022
the Ozone Layer 2022- September 16 is ‘Medication Safety’ along with the
Annually observed across the globe on September slogan ‘Medication Without Harm’.
16. It is an International Day recognized by the ✓ World Patient Safety Day was established
United Nations. by the 72nd World Health Assembly
Purpose: to bring attention to the ozone layer and through the adoption of resolution WHA
the dangers of ozone depletion. 72.6 – ‘Global Action on Patient Safety’.
✓ The day is also known as “World Ozone ✓ WHO: Director-General- Tedros Adhanom
Day” or “Global Ozone Day”. Ghebreyesus of Ethiopia;
✓ Theme of International Day for the Establishment- 1948; HQ- Geneva,
Preservation of the Ozone Layer 2022 Switzerland. Click here to read more.
- “Montreal Protocol@35: global
cooperation protecting life on earth”. World Bamboo Day 2022 – September
✓ The governments of 46 countries across the 18
globe signed the “Montreal Protocol on Annually observed across the globe on September
Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer” 18.
or “Montreal Protocol” on 16 September Purpose: to create awareness about Bamboo,
1987. Click here to read more. which is considered to be Green Gold.
✓ 18th September is also celebrated as the
World Patient Safety Day 2022 – 17 Royal Thai Forestry Day.
September ✓ In 2009, during the 8th World Bamboo
Annually observed across the world on September Congress in Bangkok, Thailand the World
17. Bamboo organisation (WBO), with the
Purpose: to create awareness about various support of the Royal Forest Department of
preventative measures which should be taken to Thailand, formally recognised
make sure safety of patients. 18th September as World Bamboo Day.
✓ It is an International Day recognized by the ✓ This was initiated by Kamalesh
World Health Organization (WHO). Salam from Assam during his tenure as
president of WBO from 2007 to 2009.
✓ WBO: Executive Director & CEO – Susanne
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– Antwerp, Belgium. Click here to read Purpose: to commemorate 75 years of liberation of

more. Hyderabad.
✓ At the time of the Partition of India, in 1947,
International Equal Pay Day 2022- India was divided into British India and
September 18 Princely states. The states were acceded to
Annually celebrated across the globe on September either Pakistan or India. Hyderabad was one
18. It is an International Day recognized by the of the large princely state.
United Nations. ✓ The then Indian Home Minister, Sardar
Purpose: to represent the efforts towards the Vallabhbhai Patel, decided to annex
achievement of equal pay for work of equal value Hyderabad, and that led to "Operation
and to eliminate the sexual discrimination against Polo" (police action against Hyderabad).
women and girls in employment, as per the UN’s ✓ Nizam of Hyderabad Mir Osman Ali Khan
commitment to human rights and against all forms surrendered Hyderabad during the
of discrimination. Operation and the state was integrated into
✓ The Equal Pay International Coalition the territory of India on 17th September
(EPIC) is led by the International Labour 1948.
Organization (ILO), UN Women, and
partners, to achieve equal pay for women International Red Panda Day 2022-
and men everywhere. September 17
✓ UN Women is the UN Entity for Gender Annually observed across the globe on
Equality and the Empowerment of Women. 3rd Saturday of September.
✓ UN Women: Executive Director- Sima Purpose: to create awareness about the
Sami Bahous; Established – 2010; HQ – importance of the conservation of Red Pandas and
New York, USA. Click here to read more. to promote and encourage people to save them
✓ International Red Panda Day (IRPD)
World Water Monitoring Day 2022: 2022 was observed on 17th September
September 18 2022.
Annually observed across the globe on September ✓ Red Pandas (Ailurus fulgens) are widely
18. found in the forest mountains of Nepal,
Purpose: to increase public awareness of water India, Bhutan, China, and Myanmar.
monitoring and recognizes the importance of ✓ Red Pandas are listed as “Endangered” in
protecting the world’s water resources. the International Union for Conservation of
✓ World Water Monitoring Day (WWMD) was Nature (IUCN) red list of Threatened
proclaimed by America’s Clean Water Species and under Schedule, I of the Indian
Foundation (ACWF) as a global educational Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, the red
outreach program in 2003. panda has the highest legal protection. Click
✓ The Water Environment Federation (WEF) here to read more.
and the International Water Association
(IWA) coordinate the events of WWMD. International Coastal Cleanup Day 2022-
Click here to read more. 17th September
Annually observed across the globe on 3rd
Hyderabad Liberation Day- September Saturday of September.
18 Purpose: to encourage people to clean up the
Union Home Minister Amit Shah started coastal line and create awareness about the
off Hyderabad Liberation Day (or National importance of preserving and protecting the oceans
Integration Day) celebrations from the Parade and waterways.
ground in Secunderabad, Telangana. ✓ 17th September 2022 marks the 37th
observance of the ICC Day.

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✓ Every year the Association for Community ✓ Theme for World Alzheimer’s Month -
Awareness (ASCOA) joins Ocean September 2022: ‘Know dementia, Know
Conservancy to commemorate ICC Day. Alzheimer’s’.
✓ The ASCOA’s theme for ICC Day 2022 ✓ On the occasion of World Alzheimer’s Day,
is “Connecting People For A Trash Free the annual World Alzheimer Report
Coastline”. released by Alzheimer’s Disease
✓ International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) Day was International (ADI). Click here to read more.
established by the Ocean Conservancy, an
organization that works to help protect the Railway Protection Force celebrates
ocean from the challenges it faces every 38th Raising Day – 20th September 2022
year. Click here to read more. Annually observed on September 20 in India.
The RPF was constituted under the Railway
International Day of Peace 2022- Protection Force Act 1957 for providing security to
September 21 Railway property.
Annually observed across the globe on September ✓ September 20, 2022, marked the 38th
21. It is an International Day recognized by the Raising Day and a parade was organized as
United Nations. a part of the celebration for the 1st time at
Purpose: to strengthen the ideals of peace by the Central Level at Jag Jeewan Ram RPF
following 24 hours of non-violence and cease-fire. Academy in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
✓ Theme of International Day of Peace 2022 ✓ The Chief Guest of the Raising Day Parade
- “End racism. Build peace”. was Darshana Vikram Jardosh, the Union
✓ The day is also called as World Peace Day. Minister of State (MoS) for Railways and
✓ In 1954, The ‘Peace Bell’ in the Textiles.
headquarters of the United Nations was
donated by Chiyoji Nakagawa, the former International NFT Day 2022- September
counsellor of the United Nations Association 20
of Japan. It is known as the ‘Japanese Peace Annually celebrated across the globe on
Bell’. September 20.
✓ The bell rings twice a year: (i) On the 1st Purpose: to commemorate the anniversary of
day of spring at the Vernal Equinox and (ii) publication of ‘NFT’ (Non-Fungible Token)
On 21 September to celebrate the ✓ NFT is a record on a blockchain which is
International Day of Peace. Click here to associated with a particular digital or
read more. physical asset.
✓ On 20th September 2017, The term NFT
World Alzheimer’s Day 2022- September was officially coined by Dapper Labs Chief
21 Technology Officer Dete Shirley in the form
Annually celebrated across the globe on of the ERC-721 standard.
September 21. ✓ ERC-721 became the template for non-
Purpose: to raise awareness about Alzheimer’s fungible tokens.
disease, dementia and the importance of a timely
diagnosis, warning signs of dementia. SECI celebrates 11th Foundation Day –
✓ Alzheimer’s is a progressive neurologic September 20 2022
disorder that causes the brain to shrink On September 20, 2022, the Solar Energy
(atrophy) and brain cells to die. Corporation of India Limited (SECI) celebrated its
✓ World Alzheimer’s Month is the 11th Foundation Day.
international campaign from Alzheimer’s ✓ The SECI is a CPSU (Central Public Sector
Disease International (ADI) that takes place Undertakings) under the Ministry of New
every September. and Renewable Energy (MNRE)

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established 20th September 2011 to It was popularized by Rhishja Cota and Lisa
facilitate the implementation of the National Jane Campbell.
Solar Mission.
✓ It is the only CPSU dedicated to the solar World Car-Free Day 2022- September 22
energy sector. Annually observed across the globe on September
22.
World Rhino Day 2022 – September 22 Purpose: to encourage people to give up their cars
Annually observed across the globe on September for a day and adopt using non-motorized transport
22. like riding a bicycle or walking.
Purpose: to spread awareness about the different ✓ In 2000, the European Commission
types of Rhinos and the existential risks they face. constituted the Car-Free Day as a European
✓ Theme of World Rhino Day 2022 is Five Initiative.
Rhino Species Forever. ✓ Carbuster, currently known as World Car-
✓ The 5 species of Rhino are: i. 2 African rhino free Network (WCN) and Adbusters media
species – black and white rhinos & ii. 3 foundation launched and promoted the
Asian rhino species – Greater One-Horned, observance of World Car Free Day as a
Sumatran and Javan rhinos. global observance starting from 2000.
✓ The World Wildlife Fund (WWF)- South ✓ The World Health Organization reported
Africa announced World Rhino Day in 2010 that environmental air pollution alone
and was internationally recognized in 2011. caused roughly 4.2 million deaths in 2016.
STATE NEWS
Odisha to get 5G service in first phase of Army (AANLA), Adivasi Cobra Military of
launch: Union Minister Ashwini Assam (ACMA) and Santhali Tiger Force
(STF) and the remaining 3 outfits are
Vaishnaw
splinter groups of BCF, AANLA and ACMA.
Union Minister for Communication and Electronics
✓ These 8 tribal militant groups have been on
and Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw
ceasefire since 2012 and are living in
announced that Odisha will get 5G (5th Generation)
designated camps.
telecom service in the first phase of its launch. In
✓ All militant groups except the United
the 1st phase, 13 selected cities across India will get
Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and
5G Services.
Kamatapur Liberation Organization signed
✓ 5G services is expected to be 10 times faster
peace treaties with the government.
than 4G and 30 times faster than that of 3G.
✓ The amount of radiation it will give forth is
10 times less than the radiation norms set Delhi & Punjab Govt. tied up to curb
by the World Health Organisation (WHO). stubble burning through Pusa Bio-
decomposer
GoI & Assam Govt Signs Tripartite Peace Partnership b/w: Government of Delhi &
Accord with Eight Tribal Militant Groups Government of Punjab
Tripartite Peace Accord: Government of Purpose: to use Pusa bio-decomposer, a
India (GoI) & Assam government with 8 tribal microbial solution which can decompose paddy
militant groups of Assam straw in 15 to 20 days, on 5,000 acres of land to
Purpose: for bringing peace in the areas prevent stubble burning.
✓ The 8 tribal militant groups include Birsa ✓ As a part of a pilot project implemented
Commando Force (BCF), Adivasi People’s with the help of the Indian Agricultural
Army (APA), All Adivasi National Liberation Research Institute (IARI), Pusa
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acres (2023 hectares) on stubble by which ✓ This MoU is part of Meghalaya’s efforts to
the crop residue gets mixed in the soil in improve its health indicators and other
Punjab. health initiatives including Chief Minister’s
Safe Motherhood Scheme (CM-SMS) under
Manipur CM Biren Singh launches ‘CM the rescue mission initiative to reduce
Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) and
Da Haisi’ Portal to address Public
Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) that aims at
Grievances strengthening and ensuring safe deliveries
The Chief Minister (CM) of Manipur, N Biren in remote areas.
Singh launched the ‘CM Da Haisi’ (Let’s inform the
CM) web portal in Imphal, Manipur, where the
public can raise their grievances on the web portal.
Justice T Raja was appointed Acting
✓ The portal enables people to quickly rectify Chief Justice of Madras High Court
their grievances and provides a platform to Justice T Raja, senior-most Judge of the Madras
raise corruption-related issues High Court, was appointed as the Acting Chief
Justice of Madras HC with effect from September
22, 2022. The appointment was notified by
West Bengal approved for issuing LoI to
the Ministry of Law and Justice.
Adani Group for Tajpur deep Sea Port ✓ The President of India, under Article 223 of
The Government of West Bengal (WB) approved a the Constitution of India appointed Justice T
proposal for issuing a Letter of Intent (LoI) to Adani Raja to perform the duties of the office of
Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited the Chief Justice of Madras HC, consequent
(APSEZ) for development of a greenfield deep sea upon the superannuation of Justice M.
port project at Tajpur (West Bengal). Duraiswamy, Acting Chief Justice of
✓ The port will be set up around 5 km from Madras HC on September 21, 2022.
NH (National Highway)-116B and around
170 km from Kolkata (West Bengal).
✓ The nearest Railway station is Rajnagar at a
Gujarat Govt announces first-ever
distance of nearly 8 km. Cinematic Tourism Policy 2022-2027 in
Ahmedabad
Meghalaya & Tamil Nadu Signs MoU for The Government of Gujarat announced the first-
ever Cinematic Tourism Policy 2022-2027 in
Recruitment & Training of Medical
Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
Professionals ✓ The policy, effective for 5 years (2022 to
MoU b/w: Government of Meghalaya (GoM) & 2027), will help in strengthening the film
Government of Tamil Nadu (GoTN) infrastructure in Gujarat and offer various
Purpose: for supporting Meghalaya in recruitment financial and non-financial incentives for
and training of medical professionals. filmmakers.
✓ This is a first-of-its-kind medical ✓ Objective- to promote cinematic tourism
partnership between the two Indian states through the development of film
for collaboration on knowledge sharing, infrastructure and the creation of attractive
capacity building and improving health opportunities for cinema in Gujarat.
service delivery.

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