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CURRENT AFFAIRS: INTERNATIONAL
Vietnam opens Southeast Asia’s largest solar power farm
- Vietnam has inaugurated Southeast Asia’s largest solar power farm which has the capacity to produce 688 million kWh of electricity annually.
- The DauTieng Solar Power Complex, a joint venture with the Thai industrial group B.Grimm Power Public Company, occupies 540 hectares in TayNinh province, some 100 km from Ho Chi Minh City, and has an investment of more than $391 million.
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| Vietnam Capital | Hanoi |
| Vietnam Currency | Dong |
| Vietnam President | Nguyen PhuTrong |
UK announced 2 year post study work visa for all foreign students
- The UK government has announced a two-year post-study work visa for all international students who will be coming into the country from the academic year 2020-21.
- Currently, graduates with bachelors or master’s degrees are allowed to look for work for only four months.
- Under the new policy, the visas would have no cap on numbers and would allow graduates to apply for jobs regardless of their skills or the subject they studied.
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| UK Capital | London |
| UK Currency | Pound Sterling |
| UK Prime minister | Boris Johnson |
CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches Swachhata Hi Seva (SHS) 2019
- The Prime Minister, ShriNarendraModi launched Swachhata Hi Seva (SHS) 2019, a massive countrywide awareness and mobilization campaign on Swachhata at Mathura.
- SHS 2019, with special focus on ‘plastic waste awareness and management’ is being organized from 11th September to October 2nd 2019, as the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) is poised to dedicate an ODF India to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary.
- The launch of SHS was organized jointly by the central Departments of Animal Husbandry and Dairying and Drinking Water and Sanitation and the Government of Uttar Pradesh.
- The Prime Minister also visited the PashudhanArogyaVigyanMela, where he saw cows being operated upon to remove plastic waste from their stomachs.
CURRENT AFFAIRS: BANKING AND FINANCE
IDBI to launch co-branded credit card with LIC
- To further strengthen its relationship with parent Life Insurance Corporation of India, IDBI Bank is planning to launch a co-branded credit card, which will be marketed to customers, agents, and employees of the corporation and its subsidiaries.
- The co-branded credit card will be launched in association with LIC’s wholly-owned subsidiary, LIC Credit Cards Services (LIC CSL), before the festival season of Diwali gets underway.
- Currently, IDBI Bank offers five credit card variants. LIC CSL, which has a tie-up with Axis Bank and Corporation Bank for issuance of credit cards under co-branded/white label agreements, provides credit card services to LIC employees, club member agents, and policyholders.
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| IDBI Bank MD & CEO | Rakesh Sharma |
| IDBI Bank Headquarters | Mumbai |
| IDBI Bank Tagline | AaoSocheinBada |
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| LIC Chairman | M R Kumar |
| Headquarters | Mumbai |
CURRENT AFFAIRS: STATES
Rajasthan Health minister launches app to connect with people
- Rajasthan’s Health Minister Raghu Sharma launched a personal website and a mobile app to stay connected with the public.
- Details of the programmes of the minister and other important information will be updated on the platforms on a real-time basis.
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| Rajasthan Capital | Jaipur |
| Rajasthan CM | Ashok Gehlot |
| Rajasthan Governor | Kalraj Mishra |
Madhya Pradesh’s Happiness Dept. to open Time Bank
- The Madhya Pradesh government’s Happiness Department is planning to set up a Time Bank that would lend currency to an hour, which could be exchanged to learn a new skill without the need for any paper money.
- In Madhya Pradesh, time banks will enable person-to-person, person-to-agency and agency-to-agency transactions. Members will start with zero credits, which they could gradually acquire by imparting skills.
- As the bank would measure all kinds of skills and services through a common denominator — time, members would view them, and those offering it, as an equal.
- Whenever a bank member needs to get a skill or service ,for example gardening , playing guitar, by knowing the particular skill ,the member could exchange an hour of credited money to another bank member.The member can start with zero credit.
- At the start, the 50,000 volunteers registered with the department through local networks will form community-level banks and list skills they could impart or services they could offer. An experienced volunteer will induct new members and keep a record of all the transactions.
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| Madhya Pradesh Capital | Bhopal |
| Madhya Pradesh CM | Kamal Nath |
| Madhya Pradesh Governor | LalJiTandon |
CURRENT AFFAIRS: AWARDS AND HONOURS
England greats Boycott, Strauss given knighthoods
- England cricket greats Geoffrey Boycott and Andrew Strauss have been given knighthoods by Theresa May in her resignation honours list.
- Boycott and Strauss both received the honour for their services to sport after outstanding careers for England.
- Geoffrey Boycott played 108 tests between 1964 and 1982 for England and scored 8,114 Test runs at an average of 47.72.
- Andrew Strauss played 100 tests for England from 2004-12, scoring more than 7,000 runs at an average of 40.91, and captained the team to two Ashes series wins. He also served as England’s director of cricket between 2015 and 2018.
Srivilliputtur ‘Palkova’ set to Get Gi Tag
- The famous Srivilliputturpalkova, a sweet made from cow milk and sugar, is set to get the Geographical Indication (GI) tag from the Geographical Indications Registry in Chennai.
- The GI application for this product was filed by the Srivilliputtur Milk Producers’ Co-operative Society, and was facilitated by the Veterinary College and Research Institute, Tirunelveli.
- The palkova is manufactured in and around the municipality of Srivilliputtur in Virudhunagar district. Apart from the Society which has filed the GI application, a number of small- and large-scale private dairy organisations as well as individual entrepreneurs are producing the sweet in the district. Considering the demand for the product, several food startups in the State have begun selling it online under the ‘native sweets’ category.
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| Tamil Nadu Capital | Chennai |
| Tamil Nadu CM | E. Palanisamy |
| Tamil Nadu Governor | BanwarilalPurohit |
CURRENT AFFAIRS: SUMMITS AND CONFERENCE
24th World Energy Congress
- The 24th World Energy Congress is being held in Abu Dhabi, UAE from 9-12 September 2019.
- It is a triennial event and is organized by the World Energy Council. World Energy Council is headquartered at London, United Kingdom.
- The theme of the event in 2019 is “Energy for Prosperity”.
- The 24th World Energy Congress aims to bring together international energy stakeholders, including governments, private and state corporations, academia and media.
- With over 15,000 participants expected, the Congress is set to welcome over 250 high-level speakers, 70 ministers, 500 CEOs, 600 media with an 40,000 sqm exhibition space that will cover the entire energy spectrum.
CURRENT AFFAIRS: APPOINTMENTS AND RESIGNATION
Dr PK Mishra takes over as Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister
- DrPramod Kumar Mishra, has been appointed as Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India.
- His international experience includes research and academic work for over four years at the Institute of Development Studies (UK), negotiation and execution of ADB and World Bank projects, member of the Governing Board of the International Crop Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and participation as expert/resource person in several international conferences.
- Recently, he was conferred with the United Nations SASAKAWA Award 2019, the most prestigious international award in disaster management.
JBL ropes in Ranveer Singh as global brand ambassador
- Audio equipment maker JBL has signed Bollywood star Ranveer Singh as its newest global brand ambassador.
- Ranveer will endorse a new range of JBL’s consumer audio products in the coming months.
- Singh will also participate in a series of marketing initiatives to further strengthen JBL’s dominance in the country
CURRENT AFFAIRS: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Samsung unveils Good Vibes, Relumino tools for deaf-blind, visually impaired
- Tech major Samsung unveiled two apps – Good Vibes and Relumino – to provide communication tools to the deafblind and people with low vision in the country.
- Good Vibes has been developed in India, and uses Morse code to convert vibrations into text or voice and vice-versa.
- A deafblind person uses a combination of dots and dashes to send their messages, which are received as text or voice on the caregiver’s app.
- Similarly, text or voice messages sent are received as vibrations in Morse code that the deafblind can interpret.
CURRENT AFFAIRS: DEFENCE
DRDO successfully test fires indigenous Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile system
- Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight-tested indigenously-developed Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) system.
- The test fire was conducted in the ranges of Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh.
- It is a low weight, fire-and-forget Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM).
- The missile is incorporated with state-of-the-art Infrared Imaging Seeker along with advanced avionics.
- This is the third successful test firing of the missile system which is being developed for Indian Army’s need for 3rd generation ATGMs.
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| DRDO Chairman | G Satheesh Reddy |
| DRDO Headquarters | New Delhi |
CURRENT AFFAIRS: RANKING AND INDEX
Eritrea tops list of Most Censored Countries
- Eritrea topped the list of the 10 most censored countries in a report released by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
- Worst three countries for press censorship – Eritrea, North Korea and Turkmenistan
- The rankings were based on factors including restrictions on privately-owned or independent media; criminal defamation laws; restrictions on the dissemination of false news; blocking of websites; surveillance of journalists by authorities; license requirements for media; and targeted hacking or trolling
- The CPJ media freedom ranking is similar to the list compiled by Reporters Without Borders, another watchdog, which also shames Eritrea, North Korea and Turkmenistan as the world’s worst three countries for independent journalism.
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| Eritrea Capital | Asmara |
| Eritrea Currency | Eritrean nakfa |
| Eritrea President | Isaias Afwerki |
CURRENT AFFAIRS: SPORTS
Hero MotoCorp MD Pawan Munjal Inducted Into Asia Pacific Golf Hall of Fame
- PawanMunjal will be inducted to the 2019 Asia Pacific Golf Hall of Fame later this year for his support to the sport in India and around the world.
- The induction ceremony will be held on November 6 at the 2019 Asian Golf Awards Gala Banquet to be held at DLF Golf & Country Club in Gurugram.
- His induction into the Asia Pacific Golf Hall of Fame will be permanently installed at the Dr David Chu Golf Museum at Shenzhen in China, the new home of the Hall of Fame.
- Munjal joins legendary players such as Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and other leading personalities such as David Chu, the founder of Mission Hills golf resort, to have been bestowed with the highest honour in the Asia Pacific golf industry.
Sports Ministry derecognises Paralympic Committee of India for sports code violation
- The Sports Ministry has de-recognised the Paralympic Committee of India, citing violation of the National Sports Code in the body’s decision to sack President RaoInderjit Singh.
- The response of PCI for removal of presidentRaoInderjit Singh. from the post was not satisfactory and hence PCI has been penalized for misgovernance till further notice.
- The PCI had also been suspended in 2015 over governance issues and re-recognised in 2016.
NBA names Rajesh Sethi as Managing Director of NBA India
- The National Basketball Association (NBA) has appointed Rajesh Sethi managing director of its India business
- Earlier in his career, Sethi held executive roles at insurer Allianz Global, conglomerate General Electric, and automotive manufacturer Tata Motors.
- Sethi will oversee the league’s basketball and business development initiatives in India and will be supported by the region’s senior leadership team.
- Sethi will take charge at NBA India and will report to deputy commissioner and Chief Operating Officer Mark Tatum