NATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
Vice President inaugurates Mahabahu Brahmaputra River Heritage Centre: Vice President M
Venkaiah Naidu has inaugurated the Mahabahu Brahmaputra River Heritage Centre
in the presence of Governor Jagdish Mukhi and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa
Sarma in Guwahati in the state of Assam. The centre was originally served as
the residence of the British deputy commissioner of Kamrup. Nearly 150 years
after it was constructed, the iconic DC Bungalow of Guwahati was opened to the
public as a heritage centre.
History of the DC Bungalow: After the British
annexed Assam in 1826 (after the Treaty of Yandaboo), the post of DC was
created for Guwahati in 1839. Several sites were surveyed for DC residence
before Barphukanar Tilla on the banks of the Brahmaputra, where cannons used in
the Battle of Saraighat lay scattered, was chosen. Post-independence, it
continued to be the DC’s bungalow until 2011.
2. PM
Modi visits Azadi@75 Expo in Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated
‘Azadi@75 – New Urban India: Transforming Urban Landscape’ Conference-cum-Expo
in Lucknow at the Indira Gandhi Pratishthan as a part of Azadi@75 celebrations.
The theme of the three-day event is “New Urban India”. It will culminate on
October 07, 2021. The Conference-cum-Expo is organised by the Ministry of
Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA). The Conference-cum-Expo is a platform to
showcase the prospective transformative urban missions and highlight the
achievements and the flagship urban development missions undertaken in the past
7 years of the Modi government. Key highlights:
(1) PM virtually handed over keys of
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban (PMAY-U) houses to 75,000 beneficiaries in
75 districts of Uttar Pradesh and interacted with beneficiaries of the scheme
of Uttar Pradesh.
(2) PM inaugurated and laid the foundation
stone of 75 urban development projects of the state under Smart Cities Mission
and AMRUT.
(3) He flagged off 75 buses under FAME-II
for seven cities including Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, Prayagraj, Gorakhpur,
Jhansi and Ghaziabad.
(4) PM announced the setting up of Shri
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Chair in Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (BBAU),
Lucknow.
(5) He attended the three exhibitions
organised in the Conference-cum-Expo.
3.
Alibaug white onion gets GI tag for health benefits: The famed white
onion of Alibag in Maharashtra’s Raigad district was given the Geographical
Indication (GI) tag bringing worldwide recognition to its unique sweet taste,
no-tears factor, as well as its medicinal properties. The soil of Alibaug
taluka has low sulphur content. The NABL-approved lab test report mentions low
pungency, sweet taste, ‘no tear’ factor, low pyruvic acid, high protein, fat
& fibre, etc. The agriculture department here and Konkan Agriculture
University had jointly submitted the GI application on January 15, 2019. On
September 29 this year, the proposal was scrutinised in the Mumbai office of
the Registrar of Patents and it was decided to confer GI tag on Alibag’s white
onion.
Note: Maharashtra Governor: Bhagat Singh
Koshyari; Maharashtra Capital: Mumbai; Maharashtra CM: Uddhav Thackeray.
4. CM
Gehlot launches ‘Mukhyamantri Paryatan Udyog Sambal Yojana’: Rajasthan Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot launched ‘Mukhyamantri Paryatan Udyog Sambal Yojana-2021’
to provide relief to the entrepreneurs of the tourism and hospitality sector
affected by COVID-19 pandemic. Along with that the Chief Minister also launched
a mobile app ‘Rajasthan Tourism Official’ designed to help tourists visiting
Rajasthan in making their tour programmes. Beside this, the CM released a
collection ofvarious policies, schemes and guidelines issued by the tourism
department for tourism development in the state.
5.
Nagaland to Celebrate Hornbill Festival: With decline in COVID-19 cases, the
Nagaland government is gearing up to organise the Hornbill festival this year
from December one. The Hornbill festival is an annual tourism promotional event
of the Nagaland governmentorganized by the departments of Tourism and Art &
Culture showcasing the rich Naga tradition and culture at the Naga Heritage
Village, Kisama, about 12 km from the state capital.
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
India joins Seychelles’ Tax Inspectors Without Borders programme: The Tax Inspectors
Without Borders (TIWB) has launched its programme in Seychelles. India has been
chosen as the Partner Administration for this programme. The country will be
providing its Tax Expert in support of the initiative. The focus of the
12-month programme will be on Transfer Pricing cases of tourism and financial
services sectors. About the TIWB:
(1) TIWB is a joint initiative of the
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Organisation for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD), since its launch in 2015.
(2) The aim of the initiative is to aid
countries in strengthening their tax administration by transferring technical
know-how and skills to the tax auditors through sharing of best audit
practices.
(3) This is the sixth TIWB programme in
which India has supported by providing Tax Expert.
2.
World Cotton Day: 7th October: World Cotton Day (WCD) is observed globally
on 7th October. The international day aims to celebrate the advantages of
cotton, ranging from its qualities as a natural fibre to the benefits people
obtain from its production, transformation, trade and consumption. WCD Day was
initiated by the Group of Cotton-4 countries namely Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad
and Mali to reflect the importance of cotton as a global commodity.
History of the day: The initiative of
World Cotton Day was born in 2019, when four cotton producers in sub-Saharan
Africa– Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mali, known as the Cotton Four -proposed
the World Trade Organization a World Cotton Day celebration on October 7.
Note: World Trade Organization
Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland; World Trade Organization Founded: 1 January
1995; World Trade Organization Director-General: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
OTHER UPDATES:
SPORTS
1.
Magnus Carlsen wins Meltwater Champions Chess Tour title: World Chess
Champion Magnus Carlsen has won the inaugural Meltwater Champions Chess Tour,
to claim the non-fungible token (NFT) trophy and $1,00,000 in the finals. The
10-month long online chess tournaments were held on chess24.com from November
22, 2020, till October 4, 2021. The tournaments are not rated by FIDE. The MCCT
tour comprised of 10 total tournaments. The 2021 Meltwater Champions Chess Tour
was the most viewed online chess event in the history of the game. Magnus
Carlsen is now considered as the undisputed best online chess player in the
world.
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
1.
CoinDCX ropes Amitabh Bachchan to raise crypto awareness: Crypto exchange
CoinDCX has roped in Amitabh Bachchan as a brand ambassador to spread awareness
about cryptocurrencies. Through this collaboration, CoinDCX wants to increase
awareness around crypto and popularise it as an emerging asset class. CoinDCX
wants to ensure that crypto is accessible to everyone. The crypto industry in
India is on an exponential climb, rising gradually over the previous few years,
with millions of Indians emerging as early adopters of the crypto asset class.
AWARDS AND HONOURS
1.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021 announced: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021
was awarded jointly to Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan “for the
development of asymmetric organocatalysis.”
This has had a great impact on pharmaceutical research and has made
chemistry greener. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award
the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021. Catalysts are thus fundamental tools for
chemists, but researchers long believed that there were, in principle, just two
types of catalysts available: metals and enzymes. Benjamin List and David
MacMillan are awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021 because in 2000 they,
independent of each other, developed a third type of catalysis. It is called
asymmetric organocatalysis and builds upon small organic molecules.
About the Benjamin List: Benjamin List,
born 1968 in Frankfurt, Germany. Ph.D. 1997 from Goethe University Frankfurt,
Germany. Director of the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an
der Ruhr, Germany.
About the David W.C. MacMillan: David W.C.
MacMillan, born 1968 in Bellshill, UK. Ph.D. 1996 from University of
California, Irvine, USA. Professor at Princeton University, USA.
DEFENCE
1.
5th India-Japan Bilateral Maritime Exercise JIMEX-21 begins: The fifth edition
of India – Japan Maritime Bilateral Exercise JIMEX was held in the Arabian Sea
from 06 to 08 October 2021. The Indian Navy is represented by indigenously
built Guided Missile Stealth Destroyer Kochi and Guided Missile Frigate Teg,
P8I Long Range Maritime Patrol Aircraft, Dornier Maritime Patrol Aircraft,
integral helicopters and MiG 29K fighter aircraft.
About the JIMEX: JIMEX series of
exercises between the Indian Navy (IN) and the Japan Maritime Self-Defence
Force (JMSDF) are being held since 2012. JIMEX-21 aims to develop a common
understanding of operational procedures and enhance inter-operability through
the conduct of a multitude of advanced exercises, across the entire spectrum of
maritime operations. It will further enhance the cooperation and mutual
confidence between the two navies.
OBITUARIES
1. Atal Vajpayee’s Former Private Secretary Shakti Sinha passes away: Shakti Sinha, former bureaucrat, and academician who was private secretary to late prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, passed away. Sinha, an IAS officer of the 1979 batch, was also former Director of Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML). He worked closely with Vajpayee between 1996 and 1999 and had written a memoir titled Vajpayee: The Years That Changed India.
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