NATIONAL UPDATES:
1. Justice M. Venugopal appointed as
Acting Chairperson of NCLAT : Justice M. Venugopal has been appointed as
the new Acting Chairperson of National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT)
with effect from September 11, 2021 He is a former judge of High Court of
Madras and was appointed as Judicial Member of NCLAT on October 23, 2019 This
is the third time in a row that an Acting Chairperson is at the helm of the
NCLAT, after the retirement of S, J .Mukhopadhaya NCLAT is a tribunal established under Section
410 of Companies Act, 2013.
2. National Hindi Day: 14 September :
Hindi Divas or Hindi Day is observed every year on 14 September to celebrate
the popularity of Hindi as an official language of India.
14 September is celebrated as Hindi Diwas
as it was on this day in 1949, when Constituent Assembly of India had adopted
Hindi written in Devanagari script as the official language of India Hindi was
adopted under Article 343 of Indian Constitution
Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar and Rajbhasha
Gaurav Puraskar awards are being given on this day
3. Nuakhai harvest festival celebrated in Odisha : Agrarian festival of Western Odisha, named as Nuakhai Juhar has been
celebrated with religious fervour and tradition .
It is celebrated the
day after the celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi. Nuakhai: Nua means new and khai
means food. This means nuakhai is a festival to celebrate newly harvested food
by the farmer It is a crop festival celebrated by people of Western Odisha and
Southern Chhattisgarh, to welcome the new rice of the season.
4. Haryana adjudged first in installation of solar pumps under PM-KUSUM : Haryana has been ranked as the first state of India in installation of
off-grid solar pumps under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Utthan
Mahaabhiyaan (PMKUSUM), as per Ministry of New and Renewable Energy data The
state has installed 14,418 pumps against 15,000 sanctioned pumps for the year
2020-21 with total cost of Rs 520 crore
PM-KUSUM scheme: It is
a centrally-sponsored scheme, that was launched in 2019 with target to install
20 lakh standalone solar pumps
5. Chhattisgarh launches ‘Millet Mission’ to become Millet Hub Of India : Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has announced to launch ‘Millet
Mission’ to provide proper price rate to farmers for minor cereal crops Other
important benefits under Millet Mission to includes input assistance for
millet, procurement arrangements, aid farmers in processing of crops, etc.
To implement the
mission, the state government has signed a MoU with Indian Institute of Millet
Research (IIMR), Hyderabad and collectors of 14 districts of the state.
6. TN Assembly passed a bill to dispense NEET exam : Tamil Nadu Assembly
has passed a Bill to dispense with National Entrance cum Eligibility Test
(NEET) and allow admission to medical courses based on Class 12 marks, ensuring
social justice The bill has been introduced by Chief Minister M K Stalin
based on the recommendation of the high-level committee led by retired judge AK
Rajan, which submitted its report in July Permanent Exemption Bill for NEET
exempts medical aspirants in Tamil Nadu from taking NEET examination
INTERNATIONALUPDATES:
1. North Korea tested new long-range cruise missile capable of hitting Japan :
North
Korea has tested new long-range cruise missile, which is capable of
hitting Japan During the test, the missile travelled up to 1,500 kms, suggesting
that North Korea is still capable of developing weapons despite food shortages
and economic crisis. It is first long-range cruise missile of
Korea that could possibly carry a nuclear warhead Head of North
Korea: Kim Jong-un Capital of North Korea: Pyongyang
OTHER UPDATES:
SPORTS:
1. Daniil Medvedev wins 2021 US Open
Tennis Title :
Russia professional Tennis player Daniil Medvedev (25 years) has won 2021 US
Open men’s singles Tennis Title, after beating Novak Djokovic (Serbia) by 6-4,
6-4, 6-4. This is the maiden Grand Slam title won by Medvedev. Women’s single
winner: Emma Raducanu (Great Britain) defeated Leylah Fernandez (Canada) Men’s
double winner: Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury Women’s double winner: Samantha
Stosur and Zhang Shuai Mixed Doubles: Desirae Krawczyk and Joe Salisbury
DEFENCE
1. India–Africa Defence Dialogue to be held in 2022: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will host Defence Ministers of
African Nations in the next India–Africa Defence Dialogue on the
sidelines of DefExpo at Gandhinagar, Gujarat in March 2022.
First-ever India Africa Defence Ministers Conclave was held in Lucknow,
Uttar Pradesh on February 6, 2020
Foundation of
India–Africa defence relations are based on 2 guiding principles
namely ‘SAGAR’, Security and Growth for All in the
Region’ and ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
1. Skyroot Aerospace becomes first
Space startup to formally tie-up with ISRO : Hyderabad-based Space technology
startup, Skyroot Aerospace has become the first private company to formally
enter into an agreement with ISRO to get access of their facilities and
expertise for the development and testing of subsystems and systems of space
launch vehicles. Skyroot Aerospace is building Vikram series of rockets to
carry small satellites into space. First launch vehicle in the series, Vikram-1
is scheduled to be launch in 2022.
2. Paytm Payments Bank launches first
FASTag-based Metro parking facility : Paytm
Payments Bank has launched India’s first FASTag-based Metro parking
facility, in partnership with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). Paytm
will facilitate the processing of all FASTag-based transactions for
cars having valid FASTag sticker, eliminating the hassle of stopping and
paying cash at the counter It has enabled UPI-based payment for
two-wheelers entering parking site through which car owners will no
longer be required to tender cash and parking fee
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