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Current Affairs Today – 21st September 2019
IMPORTANT DAYS AND THEMES
World Alzheimers Day is observed on 21 September
- World Alzheimer’s Day is observed on 21 September every day.
- The month of September is dedicated to bringing awareness about Alzheimer’s and other dementia conditions.
- Per 2018 World Alzheimer Report, over 50 million people worldwide suffer from the disease.
- The number that will almost double every 20 years, reaching 131.5 million in 2050.
- Theme: Raising awareness and challenging stigma
International Day of Peace is observed on 21 September
- United Nations International Day of Peace is observed on September 21.
- THEME: Climate Action for Peace.
- The theme focuses on the need of combating climate change as a way to protect and promote peace throughout the world.
- The International Day of Peace established by the UN resolution on 1981.
- First time it was celebrated in 1982.
- It was celebrated on the third Tuesday of September each year.
- The main focus of declaring 21 September day as International Day of Peace is to encourage people to work in cooperation and to maintain worldwide peace.
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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
NATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS
DSCI, MeitY and Google India join hands for ‘Digital Payment Abhiyan’
- Nasscom’s Data Security Council of India (DSCI) collaborated with the electronics and IT ministry (MeitY) and Google India to launch a nationwide awareness campaign ‘Digital Payment Abhiyan’.
- Communications and Electronics & IT Minister launched the campaign that will educate end-users on the benefits of making digital payments and urge them to adopt security and safety best practices.
- The campaign was launched at the Google for India event.
- To drive the campaign objectives and amplify outreach to users across all states, DSCI has onboarded various digital payments, ecosystem partners.
- These partners include representation from banking, card networks as well as a fin-tech segment.
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- Minister of Communications and Electronics and Information Technology: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Nasscom: The National Association of Software and Services Companies is a trade association of Indian Information Technology and Business Process Outsourcing industry. Established in 1988, NASSCOM is a non-profit organisation. NASSCOM initiated a program called ‘10000 Startups’ in 2013.
- Founded: 1 March 1988
- Founders: Dewang Mehta, Nandan Nilekani
- Headquarters location: New Delhi
- Chairperson: Rishad Premji
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
STATE CURRENT AFFAIRS
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal launched ‘champion’s campaign’ against dengue
- Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched “Champions Campaign” to fight dengue and urged citizens to become ‘champions’ and encourage 10 friends to check their homes for mosquito larvae.
- Earlier, he had also launched 10Hafte 10Baje 10Minute campaign.
- He had urged the Delhi residents to give 10 minutes every Sunday to check the surroundings to prevent the breeding of dengue-carrier mosquitoes.
SUMMITS AND CONFERENCES
16th Session of the Joint Economic Commission between India-BLEU
- The 16th Session of the Joint Economic Commission (JEC) between India and Belgium Luxembourg Economic Union (BLEU) was held in New Delhi.
- The Joint Economic Commission between India and Belgium Luxembourg Economic Union (India-BLEU) was established in 1997 and is the main vehicle for discussing bilateral economic and commercial issues.
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The Belgium–Luxembourg Economic Union, abbreviated to BLEU or UEBL, is an economic union between Belgium and Luxembourg, two countries in the Benelux Union.
- Founded: 25 July 1921
RANKS AND INDICES
IIT Bombay ranks among top institutes in QS Graduate Employability Rankings
- Three Indian Institute of Technologies (IITs) and Delhi University have ranked among the top 200 in QS World Graduate Employability Rankings.
- The 2020 QS World University Rankings: Graduate Employability included revaluation of 758 institutions that comprises a 15% increase in the number of institutions on previous year’s edition.
- Other Indian institutes that were ranked among top 200 include IIT Delhi, IIT Madras, and Delhi University.
Top 5 institutes on the QS World Graduate Employability Rankings 2020:
1) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States
2) Stanford University, United States
3) University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), United States
4) The University of Sydney, Australia
5) Harvard University, United States
AGREEMENTS AND MOU SIGNED
India and Mongolia signed MoUs on space cooperation
- India and Mongolia signed MoUs on space cooperation and disaster management during the visit of the Mongolian President in India.
- The aim of the MoU is to provide a new dimension to the India-Mongolia strategic partnership.
- Another MoU was signed between the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) of Mongolia and the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) of India for disaster risk reduction.
- The two countries took stock of the project to build a Cyber Security Training Centre to be established in Mongolia with Indian support.
- The military exercises between India and Mongolia named Nomadic Elephant and Khaan Quest are expected to be broadened.
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Mongolia (Capital/Currency): Ulaanbaatar/ Mongolian tögrög
- President : H.E. Mr. Khaltmaagiin Battulga
APPOINTMENT
IDBI Bank appoints Samuel Joseph as Deputy Managing Director
- IDBI Bank’s Board of Directors has approved the appointment of Samuel Joseph Jebaraj as Deputy Managing Director (DMD) for a period of 3 years.
- He currently serves as Chief General Manager of the Loan Administration and Human Resources Management Groups of the Bank.
- The decision has been taken as per the approval received by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
- This is the first major appointment on the Bank’s Board, in which LIC acquired a majority stake of 51 per cent in January 2019.
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IDBI Bank:
- Founded: 1 July 1964
- Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra
- MD & CEO: Rakesh Sharma
- Tagline: Aao Sochein Bada
SPORTS CURRENT AFFAIRS
Bajrang Punia won a bronze medal at the World Wrestling Championships
- Bajrang Punia bagged the bronze medal in the World Wrestling Championships.
- He defeated Mongolia’s Tulga Tumur Ochir 8-7 to clinch the medal in the 65 kg weight category.
- The wrestler was trailing to win in the match.
- The 25-year-old had secured a spot for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after an impressive 8-1 win over North Korea’s Jong Son in the tournament.
- Vinesh Phogat became the first Indian wrestler to qualify for the upcoming global games.
- He booked her place in the 53kg category. She bagged back-to-back gold medals in the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games.
DEFENCE CURRENT AFFAIRS
Indian Army conducted rare exercise in Eastern Ladakh
- Indian Army conducted Exercise Changthang Prahar, a rare exercise in Eastern Ladakh bordering China.
- Such massive exercise is held for the first time in the region. It was conducted at an altitude of 12,000 feet.
BOOKS & AUTHORS
A new book titled “Being Gandhi” by Paro Anand
- A new book titled “Being Gandhi” written by award-winning author Paro Anand released.
- It marks the 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
- The book, published by Harper Collins Children’s Books, explores the life events of Gandhiji.
Book titled Turbulence and Triumph The Modi Years jointly authored by Rahul Agarwal and Bharathi S Pradhan
- Book titled Turbulence and Triumph: The Modi Years authored by Rahul Agarwal and Bharathi S Pradhan is set to release on October 2019.
- It is published by Om Books International.
- The book, expected to hit stores next month, also has photographs sourced from public and private archives.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
ISRO to prioritize Gaganyaan mission
- Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chief K Sivan has announced that the Chandrayaan-2 mission has achieved 98% of its objectives.
- The Space Agency confirmed that the lander is intact as a single-piece and not broken into pieces.
- Chandrayaan-2 mission aimed at science and technology demonstration which was almost achieved fully.
- The lunar mission was India’s first attempt at landing a spacecraft on the moon.
- ISRO has announced its next priority mission Gaganyaan.
- The most ambitious manned mission has been scheduled to be launched in 2022.
- Gaganyaan’s mission aims to send the astronauts to space and bring them back to earth safely.
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ISRO: The Indian Space Research Organisation is the space agency of the Government of India.
- Founded: 15 August 1969
- Headquarters: Bengaluru
- Founder: Vikram Sarabhai
- Director: Kailasavadivoo Sivan
- Subsidiary: Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
OBITUARIES
Former Dutch football player Fernando Ricksen passes away
- The former Rangers and Netherlands football player Fernando Ricksen passed away at the age of 43.
- He earned 12 caps for the Netherlands between 2000 and 2003.
- In six years (2000-2006) with the club of Rangers (Glasgow, Scotland), he also won 2 Scottish Premier League titles, 2 Scottish Cups and 3 Scottish League Cups.
Famous filmmaker Shyam Ramsay passes away
- Bollywood’s famous horror film producer Shyam Ramsay passed away.
- He pioneered the horror genre on Indian television by giving us the first horror series- The Zee Horror Show which ran from 1993 to 2001.
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