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CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL NEWS

Ministry of Education launches Shikshak Parv to advance NEP:

  • Launch of Shikshak Parv by the Ministry of Education To honor teachers and progress the new National Education Policy (NEP), Union Ministers Annapurna Devi and Rajkumar Ranjan Singh launched Shikshak Parv
  • The inauguration of Shikshak Parv was celebrated with an inaugural colloquium sponsored by the Ministry of Education, CBSE, AICTE, and the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
  • According to the Minister of State (MoS) for Education Annapurna Devi, instructors would have to develop a future action plan with the idea of an integrated and multidisciplinary approach under NEP 2020.

PM Modi to unveil a statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, dedicate Kartavya Path:

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate the newly called Kartavya Path, which connects Rashtrapati Bhavan and India Gate and has red granite paths with flora all around, refurbished canals, state-specific food booths, new utility blocks, and vending kiosks.
  • Prime Minister Modi will dedicate a monument commemorating Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
  • The government says it reflects a shift from the previous Rajpath, which functioned as a representation of authority, to the Kartavya Path, which serves as an example of public ownership and empowerment.
  • Five vending zones with a maximum of 40 vendors each have been constructed by the CPWD, as well as two blocks near the India Gate with a maximum of eight retailers
  • A few states have shown a desire to establish food booths.

Health Sector in India to Reach $50 Billion By 2025:

  • By 2025, the Indian healthcare sector is anticipated to develop into a $50 billion market, according to Union Minister Jitendra Singh.
  • The minister added that during the past two years, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, healthcare has become more focused on innovation and technology.
  • The minister was speaking at the 14th CII Global MedTech Summit, “Seizing the Global Opportunity.”
  • Around 80% of the healthcare system plans to boost investment in digital healthcare instruments in the next five years.
  • The government is to reduce import dependence from 80% to below 30% in the next 10 years and ensure a self-reliance quotient of 80% in med-tech through Make in India with SMART milestones.

Union Cabinet approved the PM Schools for Rising India scheme (SHRI) scheme:

  • The Union Cabinet approved the PM Schools for Rising India project (SHRI), a new centrally funded scheme aimed at developing around 14500 schools across the country by improving chosen existing schools overseen by all levels of government.
  • In PM SHRI schools, the emphasis will be on the learning outcomes of every child in every grade, and student evaluations will be based on conceptual comprehension and the application of knowledge in real-life circumstances.
  • Students will be evaluated using a School Quality Assessment Framework (SQAF) that is currently being developed.
  • It will define the key performance indicators that will be used to assess outcomes. Linkages with Sector Skill Councils and local industry will be explored to improve employability and provide greater employment possibilities at these schools.

Mr. Gadkari to Inaugurate Conference Manthan in Bengaluru:

  • Shri Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, will launch ‘Manthan’ in Bengaluru.
  • General Dr. VK Singh, Union Minister of State for RT&H and Civil Aviation, and Shri Basavaraj Bommai, Chief Minister of Karnataka, will accompany him.
  • The theme of Mathan is ‘IDEAS TO ACTION: Towards a smart, sustainable, road infra, mobility, and logistics ecosystem.’
  • Manthan is a three-day invitation conference and public EXPO conducted by the Ministry of Road, Transport, and Highways.
  • Mathan intends to meet with the state and address a variety of concerns and possibilities in the road, transportation, and logistics sectors.
  • During this program, the 41st Meeting of the transport development council will also take place.
  • M Parivahan, the Next-Gen Mobile App will be launched during the event.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: STATE NEWS

Odisha government launches Rs 270 crore CHHATA rainwater harvesting scheme to improve groundwater table

  • The Odisha government launched the Community Harnessing and Harvesting rainwater Artificially from Terrace to Aquifer (CHHATA) scheme – a rooftop rainwater harvesting system with an investment of Rs 270 crore.

Aim :

  • To reinvigorate groundwater resources and improve the water table.
  • The new scheme was approved by the State Cabinet In Aug 2022. 
  • Besides, a rooftop rainwater harvesting monitoring committee will be constituted at the Urban Local Bodies (ULB) level, which will review the progress of the scheme and submit the report to the department and collectors of the respective districts.

About CHHATA Scheme :

  • It will be implemented through the existing manpower of the department of Water Resources (DoWR) for 5 years.
  • The rainwater harvesting structures will be constructed on the roofs of 29,500 private buildings and 1,925 government buildings covering 52 water-stressed blocks and 27 urban local bodies.
  • An estimated 373.52 crore liter of water will be harvested during the scheme period between 2022-23 and 2026-27.
  • The Odisha government will provide a subsidy of Rs 55,000 or 50 percent of the cost of the structure,

About Odisha :

  • Governor: Ganeshi Lal
  • Chief minister: Naveen Patnaik
  • Capital: Bhubaneswar

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BANKING & FINANCE

Bank of India becomes 1st Public Sector Bank to go live on new Direct Tax Collection System Tin 2.0

  • Bank of India (BOI) has become the first public sector bank (PSB) to go live on Income Tax Department’s new Direct Tax Collection System Tin 2.0. 
  • Tax Information Network, TIN 2.0 (e-filing) is the official portal of the Income Tax Department, Ministry of Finance (MoF), Government of India (GoI).

About Tax Information Network, TIN 2.0 (e-filing) :

  • The portal has been developed by the Income Tax Department as a Mission Mode Project under the National E-Governance Plan.

Objective :

  • To provide the taxpayers with single window access to income tax-related services including tax payments.
  • With this, taxpayers will now get a single platform for their tax payments as well as e-filing of tax returns.
  • The process is simple and fast, making it easier for taxpayers to make the payments at their convenience in just a few clicks.

Recent News :

  • In July 2022, BOI became the first bank to launch a Unified Payment Interface (UPI) enabled digital platform for the onboarding of the National Pension System (NPS) in collaboration with K-fintech.
  • The digital journey starts with the scanning of the QR code, Aadhar verification through Digilocker, and payment through UPI.

About BOI :

  • Founded: 7 September 1906
  • Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
  • MD & CEO : Atanu Kumar Das
  • Tagline: Relationship Beyond Banking

IDFC FIRST Bank joins the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)

  • Private sector lender IDFC First Bank has become a participant of the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), an initiative of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI), to enable early adoption of the network among its customers.

Key Highlights :

  • The Bank has enabled a platform for buyers which will help them discover sellers in the ONDC Network.
  • The Bank has started onboarding small merchants, who are its current account customers, onto a partner app registered with ONDC.
  • The app helps small merchants carry out transactions over ONDC’s electronic network and step up their digital footprint.

About ONDC :

  • The Indian government launched ONDC as an alternative to dominant global giants Amazon and Flipkart in April 2022
  • ONDC, a section 8 company, has been set up to democratize e-commerce and will transition e-commerce from a platform-centric model to an open network model, similar to the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) for payments.

About IDFC FIRST Bank :

  • Founded: October 2015
  • Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
  • MD & CEO : V. Vaidyanathan
  • IDFC FIRST Bank was formed by the merger of erstwhile IDFC Bank, and the leading technology Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC), Capital First.

Reliance General Insurance & Policybazaar launches Reliance Health Gain Policy

  • One of India’s leading General Insurance companies, Reliance General Insurance, has launched one of its most flexible and popular products – Reliance Health Gain Policy – on Policybazaar’s online platform.
  • The Policy Launched in May 2022.
  • The policy gives its customers the freedom to choose and personalize their health policies as per their requirements.
  • The non-life insurance penetration in India is about 1% of GDP which is quite low in comparison to the global average of 4.1%. 

About the Reliance Health Gain Policy :

  • The Policy is one of the most flexible and customizable health insurance policies in the industry.
  • It is available in three different plans – Plus, Power, and Prime – and has an array of features to facilitate the customization of policy for each customer.
  • The policy comes loaded with 38 industry-leading features like
  • Double Cover that provides twice the amount of sum insured to be used during the same claim
  • Unlimited reinstatement to restore the base sum insured amount as many times as it gets exhausted during a policy year
  • Guaranteed Cumulative Bonus, which protects against loss of cumulative bonus post claim
  • The benefit is to reduce Pre-Existing disease waiting period from 3 years to 2 or even 1 year.

About Reliance General Insurance :

  • Founded: 17 August 2000
  • Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra
  • CEO: Mr. Rakesh Jain

ESAF SFB launches ‘rainbow account’ for the transgender community

  • ESAF Small Finance Bank Ltd (ESAF SFB) has launched a ‘Rainbow Savings Account’ exclusively for the transgender community offering a host of features, including high savings rates and advanced debit card facilities.
  • Many transgenders from different parts of Kerala participated in the launch of Rainbow Savings Account’s logo event, which was organized in association with the Navodaya Movement.

About Rainbow Savings Account :

  • The Rainbow Savings Account is an effort to promote a trans-friendly or inclusive labor culture.
  • The account provides a default credit of interest.
  • In 2015, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) directed banks to add a distinct column labeled “third gender” to all of their applications and forms.

About ESAF SFB :

  • Founded: 10 March 2017
  • Headquarters: Thrissur, Kerala
  • Chairperson: P. R. Ravi Mohan
  • MD & CEO : Kadambelil Paul Thomas
  • Tagline: Joy of Banking

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BUSINESS NEWS

Digital Rupee to Reduce Time, and Cost in Cross-Border Business:

  • According to Reserve Bank Deputy Governor T. Rabi Sankar, the central bank digital currency (CBDC), which is set to be introduced this year, might be used to speed up and lower the cost of international transactions.
  • According to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget announcement, the RBI has recommended beginning operations on a trial basis this year.
  • The finance minister had stated that the RBI would launch a digital equivalent to the rupee in the current fiscal year in the Union Budget for 2022–2023.
  • CBDC is a digital or virtual currency but differs from private cryptocurrency in that it is backed and issued by a sovereign state.
  • Private virtual currencies don’t represent any person’s debt or liabilities as there is no issuer.
  • India’s own CBDC was first announced by Nirmala Sitharaman in the 2022 Budget

CURRENT AFFAIRS: AWARDS AND HONOUR

Lok Nayak Foundation Sahitya Puraskar awarded to Tanikella Bharani:

  • Tanikella Bharani, a writer and performer in Telugu, received the 18th Loknayak Foundation Award, the foundation’s annual Sahitya Puraskar, during a ceremony held at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh’s Kalabharathi Auditorium.
  • Along with actor Manchu Mohan Babu and other guests, the chief guest for the event, Kambhampati Haribabu, presented Tanikella Bharania with her award.
  • Additionally, the present was retired Supreme Court Justice Jasti Chelameswar.
  • The award is popularly referred to as ‘Andhra Jnanpith’.
  • It carries a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh.
  • Indian actor, screenwriter, poet, dramatist, and director Tanikella Bharani primarily create Telugu films.
  • He has participated in over 750 Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Hindi films.
  • He got three State Nandi Awards from Andhra Pradesh.

West Bengal bags International Travel Award 2023 For ‘Best Destination for Culture:

  • The Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (PATWA), an affiliate member of the United Nations World Tourism Organization, has granted West Bengal the International Travel Award 2023 for Best Destination for Culture (UNWTO).
  • On March 9, 2023, in Berlin, Germany, at the World Tourism and Aviation Leaders’ Summit, the award will be given out.
  • The Republic of Cuba has been named the Caribbean’s Leading Cultural Destination in 2022 by World Travel Awards for the second consecutive year.
  • The Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (PATWA) is a professional travel writers’ organization established in 1998.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: MOUS AND AGREEMENT

Airtel partnered with Odisha to offer Bill Payment Solution:

  • Bharti Airtel has launched a pilot initiative with TP Northern Odisha Distribution to provide bill payment services to over 2 million consumers.
  • To facilitate bill payments, the trial initiative would be deployed to 4000 Airtel Payment Banks (APBs) across northern Odisha.
  • According to Airtel IQ Business Head Abhishek Biswal, the company’s objective is to grow the initiative across Odisha and eventually work with other state electrical boards for similar solutions.
  • APB has 500,000 locations across the country.
  • Airtel IQ is an enterprise division of Airtel.
  • The initiative is now being certified by the National Payments Corporation of India.
  • The accreditation ensures that the project is free of digital fraud.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS

Mahanagar Gas Ltd appoints Mr. Mahesh V Iyer as the new Chairman

  • An Indian natural gas distribution company, Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL), has appointed Mahesh Vishwanathan Iyer as the new chairman of MGL.

About Mr. Mahesh Vishwanathan Iyer :

  • Iyer is an electrical engineer with more than 36 years of experience in the execution of projects in the areas of gas pipelines, LNG terminals, city gas distribution projects, renewables, etc, amounting to Rs.40,000 crore.
  • He is the chairperson of Konkan LNG Limited and Central U.P. Gas Limited in addition to holding a directorship in ONGC Tripura Power Company Limited.
  • He was also a member of the core team Gail for the implementation of various long-term and short-term strategies.
  • Until Aug 2022, Iyer worked for GAIL (India) Limited as the director of business development.

About Mahanagar Gas Ltd :

  • Founded: 1995
  • Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
  • MGL is an enterprise of GAIL (India) Limited (Maharatna Company of Government of India) and the Government of Maharashtra.

Queen Elizabeth II Appoints Liz Truss as New Prime Minister Of the UK

  • Conservative Party leader Liz Truss was formally appointed as the 56th prime minister of the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II at the Balmoral estate in Scotland, UK.
  • She has succeeded PM Boris Johnson (2019-22), who will tender his resignation to Queen Elizabeth II
  • Truss, 47, will become Britain’s third female prime minister, after Thatcher, who governed from 1979 to 1990, and Theresa May, who held office from 2016 to 2019.
  • This is the first time in Queen Elizabeth’s 70-year reign that the handover of power is taking place at Balmoral, rather than Buckingham Palace in London.
  • She has defeated Indian-origin former chancellor Rishi Sunak
  • She won a vote share of  57.4% or 81,326  votes versus Sunak’s  42.6% or 60,399  votes.
  • Truss is the 15th Prime Minister to serve during Queen Elizabeth II’s reign, the first being Winston Churchill in 1952.

About the UK :

  • Capital: London
  • Currency: Pound sterling

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

NASA & Axiom Sign 2nd Private Astronaut Mission to Space Station Order

  • The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Axiom Space have signed a mission order for the second private astronaut mission – Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) to the International Space Station (ISS) to take place in the second quarter of 2023.
  • The spaceflight will launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and travel to the space station.
  • NASA and Axiom mission planners will coordinate in-orbit activities for the private astronauts to conduct in coordination with space station crew members and flight controllers on the ground.

About Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) :

  • For the Ax-2 mission, Axiom Space will submit four proposed crew members and four backup crew to the station’s Multilateral Crew Operations Panel for review.
  • Following review and approval from NASA and its international partners, the prime crew members for the mission will be named.
  • Under Ax-2, 4 private astronauts would spend 10 days aboard the orbiting laboratory and conduct several science experiments.
  • Through the mission-specific order, Axiom is obtaining from NASA services such as crew supplies, cargo delivery to space, storage, and other in-orbit resources for daily use.
  • The Ax-1 mission Launched on April 8, 2022, lasted for 16 days wherein four private astronauts from NASA’s Kennedy space center were the first all-private crew to arrive at the Space Station.
  • In December 2021, NASA announced the selection of Axiom Space for negotiations for the second private astronaut mission.

About NASA :

  • Established: July 29, 1958
  • Headquarters: Washington, D.C, US
  • Administrator: Bill Nelson
  • NASA  is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.

About Axiom Space :

  • Founded: 2016
  • Headquarters: Houston, Texas, United States
  • CEO : Michael T. Suffredini
  • Founders : Michael T. Suffredini, Kam Ghaffarian
  • Axiom is an American privately funded space infrastructure developer

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari unveils the prototype of a drone for human organ transport

  • Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari unveiled India’s prototype of drone transportation of human organs to facilitate quick organ transplant in
  • Prashanth Rajagopalan, director of MGM Healthcare, has co-created the prototype drone technology.
  • At present, drones can be used to move the box containing the organs up to a distance of 20 km.
  • Road infrastructure projects like the Bharatmala Pariyojana, a new umbrella program for the highways sector, will be a great asset to transport organs across India.
  • MGM Healthcare has treated over 350 ECMO patients which is the highest in India.
  • The team also performed over 100 pediatric transplants & over 4,600 interventional cases, free of cost in association with Aishwarya Trust – ‘Caring for Little Hearts’ and completed over 220 procedures under the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme.

About MoRT&H :

  • Cabinet Minister : Nitin Gadkari
  • Minister of State: General V. K. Singh

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SPORTS NEWS

Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto won Men’s Singles at Japan Open 2022

  • Japan won the 2022 Japan Open Badminton Tournament singles finals in
  • Japan is the host country of the 2022 Japan Open Badminton Tournament.
  • Kenta Nishimoto, 28, won his first career title in the men’s.
  • Yamaguchi Akane, the World Champion, won for the second week in a row in ladies.
  • Due to the epidemic, the Japan Open was hosted for the first time in three years, and only Yamaguchi was able to defend her title.
  • Nishimoto defeated Chou Tien Chen with scores of 21-19, 21-23, and 21-17.
  • For the second week in a row, Japanese finalist Watanabe Yuta/Higashino Arisa were forced to settle for runners-up.
  • Dechapol Puavaranukroh/Sapsiree Taerattanachai won the mixed doubles with scores of 16-21, 23-21, and 21-18 as a result.
  • In the fifth Tournament, China’s Liang Wei Keng/Wang Chang won their first championship in their first final, defeating the Danish team of Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 21-18, 13-21, 21-17.
  • For the women’s doubles title, Jeong Na Eun/Kim Hye Jeong defeated the Republic of Korea’s Baek Ha Na/Lee Yu Rim 23-21, 28-26.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: OBITUARIES

Legendary artist Ram Chandra Manjhi passes away

  • Legendary artist, Ram Chandra Manjhi, has passed away at the age of 97.

About Ram Chandra Manjhi :

  • Manjhi was born in 1925 in Tajpur in the Saran district of Bihar, India.
  • He was an Indian Bhojpuri folk dancer and theater artist.
  • His performance in the Bhojpuri folk dance ‘Naach’ for 8 decades has helped the preservation of the ailing art form
  • He was one of the members of Bhikhari Thakur’s drama team
  • He worked on a 72 minutes long Documentary film on Launda Naach named “Naach Bhikhari Naach”
  • He was one of the members of the original troupe of Bhikhari Thakur, known as Shakespeare of the Bhojpuri language.

Awards & Honors :

  • In 2017, he won the Sangeet Natak Academy award, however, his felicitation happened in 2019 by the President of India.
  • In January 2021, he was awarded the Padma Shri award in the field of Arts.

About Launda Naach:

  • It is a prominent Bhojpuri folk art of Bihar.
  • It is performed by only males who dress as women called “launda”.

Indian boxer Birju Sah passed away

  • The first Indian boxer to win medals at both the Asian and Commonwealth Games, Birju Sah has passed away at the age of 48.

About Birju Sah :

  • Birju Sah’s first major international success came at the 1993 Asian junior championships in Bangkok, Thailand, at the age of 19.
  • Birju Sah won bronze medals at the Commonwealth & Asian Games in 1994.
  • He also won bronze in the light flyweight (45-48kg) division.
  • He worked as a security guard in Tatanagar district, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand.
  • Sah also coached the Jharkhand team at the National championships.

Daily CA on September 9:

  • Launch of Shikshak Parv by the Ministry of Education To honor teachers and progress the new National Education Policy (NEP), Union Ministers Annapurna Devi and Rajkumar Ranjan Singh launched Shikshak Parv
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate the newly called Kartavya Path, which connects Rashtrapati Bhavan and India Gate and has red granite paths with flora all around, refurbished canals, state-specific food booths, new utility blocks, and vending kiosks.
  • By 2025, the Indian healthcare sector is anticipated to develop into a $50 billion market, according to Union Minister Jitendra Singh.
  • The Union Cabinet approved the PM Schools for Rising India project (SHRI), a new centrally funded scheme aimed at developing around 14500 schools across the country by improving chosen existing schools overseen by all levels of government.
  • Shri Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, will launch ‘Manthan’ in Bengaluru.
  • According to Reserve Bank Deputy Governor T. Rabi Sankar, the central bank digital currency (CBDC), which is set to be introduced this year, might be used to speed up and lower the cost of international transactions.
  • Tanikella Bharani, a writer and performer in Telugu, received the 18th Loknayak Foundation Award, the foundation’s annual Sahitya Puraskar, during a ceremony held at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh’s Kalabharathi Auditorium.
  • The Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (PATWA), an affiliate member of the United Nations World Tourism Organization, has granted West Bengal the International Travel Award 2023 for Best Destination for Culture (UNWTO).
  • Bharti Airtel has launched a pilot initiative with TP Northern Odisha Distribution to provide bill payment services to over 2 million consumers.
  • Japan won the 2022 Japan Open Badminton Tournament singles finals in
  • The Odisha government launched the Community Harnessing and Harvesting rainwater Artificially from Terrace to Aquifer (CHHATA) scheme – a rooftop rainwater harvesting system with an investment of Rs 270 crore.
  • Bank of India (BOI) has become the first public sector bank (PSB) to go live on Income Tax Department’s new Direct Tax Collection System Tin 2.0. 
  • Private sector lender IDFC First Bank has become a participant of the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), an initiative of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI), to enable early adoption of the network among its customers.
  • One of India’s leading General Insurance companies, Reliance General Insurance, has launched one of its most flexible and popular products – Reliance Health Gain Policy – on Policybazaar’s online platform.
  • ESAF Small Finance Bank Ltd (ESAF SFB) has launched a ‘Rainbow Savings Account’ exclusively for the transgender community offering a host of features, including high savings rates and advanced debit card facilities.
  • An Indian natural gas distribution company, Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL), has appointed Mahesh Vishwanathan Iyer as the new chairman of MGL.
  • Conservative Party leader Liz Truss was formally appointed as the 56th prime minister of the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II at the Balmoral estate in Scotland, UK.
  • The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Axiom Space have signed a mission order for the second private astronaut mission – Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) to the International Space Station (ISS) to take place in the second quarter of 2023.
  • Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari unveiled India’s prototype of drone transportation of human organs to facilitate quick organ transplant in
  • Legendary artist, Ram Chandra Manjhi, has passed away at the age of 97.
  • The first Indian boxer to win medals at both the Asian and Commonwealth Games, Birju Sah has passed away at the age of 48.

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