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Current Affairs Today – 19th September 2019

IMPORTANT DAYS AND THEMES

World Bamboo Day was observed on 18 September

• World Bamboo Day was observed on 18 September every year.
• It was observed by the World Bamboo Organisation (WBO).
• The Day aims to raise awareness to conserve and promote the bamboo industry.
• The days also aim to bring the potential of bamboo to protect the natural resources and the environment and to ensure sustainable utilization of bamboo.
• It promotes new cultivation of bamboo for new industries in regions around the world for community economic development.

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World Bamboo Organisation (WBO): World Bamboo Organization Founded as the International Bamboo Association, the idea for an international coordinating body for bamboo practitioners was born out of discussions at the International Bamboo Workshop in Chiang Mai, Thailand in 1991.

• Founded: 2005

BANKING CURRENT AFFAIRS

RBI restricted access to credit data of consumers

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked the banks and non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) to restrict access to consumers’ credit data on 16 September.
• The move aims to impact the business model of fintech companies.
• The Central bank has asked the banks and NBFCs to implement the measures in 15 days.
• The Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005 (CICRA) violates sharing of information. RBI has warned that it will penalize the regulated entities in case of any breach.
• RBI also asked the Banks and NBFCs to provide details of every retail loan to all four credit information bureaus namely:

1. TransUnion CIBIL
2. Equifax
3. Experian
4. CRIF High Mark

• RBI has also sought clarity on the provisions under which the data was being shared under CICRA.

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RBI: The Reserve Bank of India is India’s central banking institution, which controls the issuance and supply of the Indian rupee.

• Founded: 1 April 1935, Kolkata
• Headquarters: Mumbai
• Governor: Shaktikanta Das
• Deputy Governors: B P Kanungo, M K Jain, N S Vishwanathan

FINANCE AND ECONOMY

EPFO launches e-nomination facility for your PF account

• The Employees Provident Fund Organization EPFO started online e-nomination facility on its website.
• Filing e-nomination helps you to easily file online pension claim at the required time.
• The nominees can easily file online composite claim in the event of demise of the EPFO member if the e-nomination has been done.
• The name of a nominee/s, you must get your Universal Account Number (UAN), allotted by the EPFO, activated, if not done already at the EPFO portal.
• The next step is to make sure UAN is linked with your Aadhaar. The Aadhaar, on the other hand, should be linked with your mobile number to get OTPs.
• They provide Aadhaar number, address, date of birth, mobile number, bank account details and scanned copies of photographs of all nominees, under the new e-nomination rules.

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EPFO: The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation, is an organization tasked to assist the Central Board of Trustees, a statutory body formed by the Employees’ Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 and is under the administrative control of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India.

• Founded: 4 March 1952, New Delhi
• Headquarters: New Delhi

Google has announced to set up New Research Lab in Bangaluru

• Google has announced that it will open an artificial intelligence (AI) based research lab “Google Research India“.
• The lab will be opened in Bengaluru.
• The Indian AI lab will be led by Dr. Manish Gupta, a renowned computer scientist in the country.

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Google: Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware.

• Founded: 4 September 1998, Menlo Park, California, United States
• Founders: Larry Page, Sergey Brin
• CEO: Sundar Pichai

NATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS

India Post expanded speed post service to six new Countries

• India Post expanded speed post service to six new foreign destinations in Asia, Europe and South America.
• The Department of Posts has announced commencing of International Speed Post (EMS) Service to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Ecuador, Kazakhstan, Lithuania and North Macedonia.
• EMS or Express Mail Service is a premium service that enables its users to send documents.

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• Secretary, Department of Posts & Chairperson, Postal Services Board: Ananta Narayan Nanda.
• Headquarters: New Delhi; Founded: 1 April 1854.
• Director-General: Meera Handa

International Workshop for National Water Museum

• Under Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India has taken an initiative to develop National Water Museum.
• OBJECTIVE: To enhance awareness among general public at large, about dwindling water resources and need for conservation, and about sustainable and judicious use of water resources.
• This is one of the numerous initiatives taken by the Ministry of Jal Shakti towards bringing about changes in the behaviour of all stakeholders and general public at large for sustainable use of water.

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• Union Ministry of Jal Shakti: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ launches WAWE Summit 2019 and other initiatives of AICTE

• Union Human Resource Development Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ launched several initiatives of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) in New Delhi.
• ‘WAWE Summit 2019’ is a great initiative because women have skills in their hands and it will further empower and motivate them.
• The Minister informed that the WAWE Summit will be held in November-December 2019.
• It will be jointly organized by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Institute of Waste Management (IIWM) at Jaipur.

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• Union Human Resource Development Minister: Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal

AICTE: The All India Council for Technical Education is the statutory body and a national-level council for technical education, under Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development.

• Founded: November 1945
• Sector: Technology education
• Headquarters: New Delhi
• Chairperson: Anil Sahasrabudhe

Skill India and IBM come together for nationwide Train-the-Trainer program in Artificial Intelligence

• IBM aims to train 10,000 faculty members from ITIs across India
• Program will involve 14 trainers across 7 locations with over 200 workshops during a one-year period.
• As part of the program, ITI trainers will be trained on basic Artificial Intelligence (AI) skills towards using the technology in their day-to-day training activities.
• This program aims at enabling the trainers with basic approach, workflow and application of artificial intelligence that they can apply in their training modules.

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IBM: International Business Machines Corporation is an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, with operations in over 170 countries.

• Founder: Charles Ranlett Flint
• Headquarters: Armonk, New York, United States
• CEO: Ginni Rometty

Steel Ministry to organize a “Chintan Shivir”: Towards a Vibrant, Efficient and Globally Competitive Indian Steel Sector

• The Ministry of Steel is organizing a day long ‘Chintan Shivir’ on September 23, 2019 at Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi.
• The Chintan Shivir aims to hold deliberations among key stakeholders to further the growth of Indian Steel industry by arriving at a strategy to make the Indian Steel sector vibrant, efficient, environment friendly and globally competitive.
• The key objective of the day long ‘Chintan Shivir’ is to discuss opportunities of enhancing competitiveness of Indian Steel sector, facilitate capacity expansion & technology adoption, and augment demand for Indian Steel, both for domestic consumption as well as for exports.

Delhi Cabinet approves to pay fees for class 10 and 12 students

• The Delhi Cabinet chaired by the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has approved the state government’s proposal to pay the CBSE examination fees for class 10 and 12 students of its schools.
• The move will benefit around 3.14 lakh students of the government schools from 2019-20. The estimated cost for the project is Rs.57 crore.
• The State government will pay the amount directly to the CBSE and the students will not have to take any burden or wait for reimbursements.

Ministry of Social Justice unveils MIS portal

• The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has unveiled a Management Information System (MIS) for stakeholders of Accessible India Campaign (AIC).
• It was launched by Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment.
• The MIS portal aims to bring together the nodal ministries, States and Union Territories on a single platform.
• The portal will monitor the progress being made against each target of AIC.
• It will also maintain all the function on the digital platform and capture data on a real-time basis. The portal has been made fully accessible for Divyangjans.

Central Railway recovers 7.88 crore fine from ticketless travellers in Pune

• The Pune division of the Central Railway recovered Rs 7.88 crore fine from passengers travelling without tickets in last five months.
• The rail division conducted a drive from April to August to identify ticket-less travellers on Pune-Malawli, Pune-Miraj, Pune-Baramati and Kolhapur-Miraj routes.

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Central Railway

• Headquarters: Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai
• Founded: 5 November 1951, Mumbai
• Date of operation: 1951

STATE CURRENT AFFAIRS

Delhi Police’s launches Tatpar app for citizen-centric services

• Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal launched ‘Tatpar’ app, developed by the Delhi Police, which is a one-stop destination for access to over 50 citizen-centric services.
• The app amalgamates all the websites and mobile applications of Delhi Police, and over 50 services which can now be accessed with a single touch in the app.
• Through the app, citizens can navigate to their nearest police station, traffic pit and prepaid taxi booth.
• On a single touch, the user will be provided with the directions as well as the complete contact details of the concerned Station House Officer (SHO) of a police station.

Govt inaugurates 15 power projects in Jammu & Kashmir

• Union Power Minister RK Singh and Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik have jointly inaugurated 15 power projects and laid the foundation stone for 20 others worth 10,000 crore rupees in the state
• Addressing a function in Srinagar, Power Minister said, the government is working to ensure 24 hours electricity supply to all the citizens of the country, including in Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.

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J&K:

• Capitals- Jammu (Winter), Srinagar (Summer)
• Governor- Satya Pal Malik.
• National Parks(NP)-Dachigam NP, Hemis NP, Kishtwar NP, Salim Ali NP

Telangana to celebrate 2020 as Year of Artificial Intelligence

• The Telangana government decided to celebrate the year of 2020 as the Year of Artificial Intelligence.
• The Nasscom announced the setting up of a Centre of Excellence in AI and Data Sciences in Hyderabad.
• In addition, IIT-Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) selected Hyderabad as the place to set up their regional centre to train students in AI in partnership with the State government.

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Telangana:

• Capital- Hyderabad
• Chief Minister: K. Chandrashekar Rao
• Governor- Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan.
• Dams- Srisailam dam, nagarjuna sagar dam(also cover Andhra Pradesh)

Anurag Thakur announces cricket and sports academy for Leh

• Union Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur announced that a cricket and sports academy will be set up in Ladakh.
• This cricket and sports academy will ensure that talented athletes of the region get the required training to excel.
• He also joined Army personnel in Leh to carry out a cleanliness drive to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 69th birthday.

INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS

UK returned the stolen bronze image of Buddha

• London police returned the 12th Century AD Bronze image of Buddha which was stolen from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) Museum at Nalanda in 1961 to the Indian High Commission.
• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman handed over the statue to the Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel.
• The 12th Century AD Bronze image of Buddha seated in the Bhumipasara mudra was stolen by the British in August 1961.

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UK(Capital/Currency): London/ Pound sterling

Mongolian President arriving in New Delhi on five day state visit

• President of Mongolia Khaltmaagiin Battulga is arriving in New Delhi on a five day State visit.
• He will be accompanied by a high-level official and business delegation. Mr Battulga will be accorded ceremonial reception at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan tomorrow.
• The visiting dignitary will meet President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
• Both sides will hold in-depth discussions on a range of bilateral, regional and global issues and will also review ongoing cooperation in fields of infrastructure, energy, disaster management, defence, security, culture and capacity building.
• Mr Battulga will also participate in an India-Mongolia Business Forum in New Delhi.

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Mongolia (Capital/Currency): Ulaanbaatar/ Mongolian tögrög

SUMMITS AND CONFERENCES

Home Minister chair the meeting of Northern Zonal Council in Chandigarh

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair the 29th meeting of the Northern Zonal Council.
• The grouping comprises states of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan besides union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
• The Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar is the vice-chairman and host of the meeting.
• The zonal councils discuss a broad range of issues, including boundary disputes, security, infrastructure-related matters such as roads, transport, industries, water and power besides matters pertaining to forests and environment, housing, education, food security, tourism and transport.
• Five zonal councils were set up in 1957 under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956.
• The Union home minister is the chairman of each of these five councils.

The 63rd IAEA Conference is being held at Vienna

• The 63rd Annual Regular Session of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference is being held from 16 September to 20 September 2019 at Vienna, Austria.
• India maintains significant participation in the IAEA.
• The 27th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (FEC-2018) was held at Gandhinagar, Gujarat, on October 2018.
• It was a forum for discussions on key physics and technology issues.

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Austria (Capital/Currency): Vienna/Euro

• President: Alexander Van der Bellen

IAEA: The International Atomic Energy Agency is an international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons.

• Founded: 1957
• Formation: 29 July 1957
• Headquarters: Vienna, Austria
• Membership: 171 Member States

RANKS AND INDICES

At 17.5 million, Indian diaspora largest in the world: UN report

• The International Migrant Stock 2019 was released by the Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA).
• The report provides the latest estimates of the number of international migrants by age, sex and origin for all countries and areas of the world.
• As per the report, India was the leading country of origin of international migrants in 2019 with a 17.5 million strong diaspora.
• The top 10 countries of origin account for one-third of all international migrants. India is the leading country of origin of international migrants with 17.5 million persons living abroad. Migrants from Mexico constituted the second largest diaspora (11.8 million), followed by China (10.7 million).
• In India, the highest number of international migrants came from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal.

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United Nations: It is an International Organization. Its Objective of UN is to not only maintain International Peace and Security but also to develop Friendly relations among nations.

• Founded – 24th October, 1945
• Headquarter- New York,United States
• Secretary General- Antonio Guterres (9th SG OF UN)
• He is from PORTUGAL
• Portugal (Capital/Currency) – Lisbon/ Euro
• United States (Capital/Currency) – Washington, D.C/ US Dollar

APPOINTMENT

Four new Supreme Court judges appointed

• Four new judges were appointed to the Supreme Court. The judge’s strength in the top court is 34.
• The new judges are :
• Haryana High Court Chief Justice Krishna Murari,
• Himachal Pradesh High Court Chief Justice V. Ramasubramanian,
• Rajasthan High Court Chief Justice S Ravindra Bhat and
• Kerala High Court Chief Justice Hrishikesh Roy
• The Supreme Court vacancies had increased its judicial strength from 31 to 34 following the enactment of the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Bill of 2019.

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• Chief Justice of India: J Ranjan Gogoi; Founded: 26th January 1950

Robert O’Brien becomes National Security Adviser of US

• Robert O’Brien has been appointed as the National Security Adviser of United States of America. Robert O’Brien will replace John Bolton as the NSA of US.
• Robert O’Brien has had a long career in foreign policy working for both main US parties and currently heading the hostage negotiations at the State Department.

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USA (Capital/Currency): Washington, D.C./ United States Dollar

• President: Donald Trump

ADB president Takehiko Nakao resigns

• Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao has announced his resignation.
• He became the president of ADB on April 28, 2013.
• He expanded the operations of the funding agency from USD 14 billion in 2013 to USD 22 billion in 2018.
• The new president will be elected in accordance with an open, transparent and merit-based procedure.

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ADB: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank aimed to promote social and economic development in Asia.

• Founded: 19 December 1966
• Membership: 68 countries
• Purpose: Economic development
• Headquarters: Mandaluyong, Philippines
• President: Takehiko Nakao

SPORTS CURRENT AFFAIRS

India assured of two medals at AIBA World Men’s Boxing C’ships

• India were assured of an unprecedented two medals at the AIBA World Men’s Boxing Championships after Amit Panghal and Manish Kaushik entered the semifinals of the marquee event at Ekaterinburg in Russia.
• Asian Games Championship gold-medallist Panghal defeated Filipino Carlo Paalam 4-1 in the 52-kg category.
• Commonwealth Games silver-medallist Kaushik beat Brazil’s Wanderson de Oliveira 5-0 in the 63-kg category.

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AIBA: The International Boxing Association or AIBA, originally the Association Internationale de Boxe Amateur, is a sport organization that sanctions amateur boxing matches and awards world and subordinate championships.

• Founded: 1946
• Headquarters location: Lausanne, Switzerland
• President: Gafur Rakhimov

India defeat South Africa by 7 wickets in Mohali T-20 International

• In Cricket, skipper Virat Kohli’s unbeaten knock of 72 runs guided India to beat South Africa by seven wickets in the second T-20 at Mohali last night.
• India chased down the victory target of 150 runs in 19 overs, riding on a stunning start by both the openers, Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan. Later, Kohli and Shreyas Iyer steered their team to victory.
• Virat slammed unbeaten 72 runs off 52 balls. Shikhar Dhawan scored 40 runs off 31 balls.

DEFENCE CURRENT AFFAIRS

Indian army conducts exercise ‘Chang Thang’ in Eastern Ladakh

• The Indian Army conducted a massive rare exercise ‘Chang Thang’ in Eastern Ladakh bordering China.
• The exercise involved the use of infantry, mechanised forces, T-72 tanks, with force multipliers such as artillery guns and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
• The Indian Air Force was also roped in the exercise.
• This is the first time such kind of exercise has happened in the region.

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• Chief of the Army Staff: General Bipin Rawat

AWARDS

Anand Kumar felicitated with a prestigious Education Excellence Award 2019

• Super 30 founder and noted mathematician Anand Kumar has been felicitated in the US with a prestigious Education Excellence Award 2019.
• The Foundation For Excellence (FFE) awarded him on the occasion of the organisation’s 25th anniversary.
• Anand has been running a highly innovative Super 30 programme for the last 18 years.
• He mentors 30 students free off cost through a year-long residential coaching for India’s premiere IIT-JEE.

Secunderabad station received the first green Platinum rating

• Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) has awarded Secunderabad junction station of Indian Railways with a green Platinum rating.
• The biggest rail hub is the first Indian Railways to be awarded so.
• The Secunderabad station has been awarded as it has introduced several energy conservation initiatives and inclusion of modern passenger amenities.
• Other initiatives include:
• Air-conditioned waiting halls equipped with CO2 sensors
• Installation of solar panels and LED lights
• Solid waste management system

OBITUARIES

Veteran Malayalam Actor Sathar Passes Away

• Veteran Kerala actor Sathar passed away. He made his acting debut in 1975 with Malayalam movie Bharyaye Aavashyamundu directed by M. Krishnan Nair & in 1976 with Vincent Master’s directorial Anavaranam.
• He was acted in more than 300 films, majority of them in Malayalam.

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