Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF Download (Sep 01st to 07th Sep 2022)

Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs of Sep 01st to 07th Sep 2022. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming SBI Clerk 2022 and other competitive exams can make use of it.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS

• In India, National Nutrition Week is observed every year from September 1 to September 7 to raise public awareness about nutrition and healthy eating habits.
• Every year on September 2, World Coconut Day is commemorated to raise awareness of the value of this crop in eradicating poverty.
• Every year, September 3 is observed as National Skyscraper Day 2022.
• September 5th is recognized as the International Day of Charity.
• Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan’s birthday, September 5, is commemorated each year in India with Teachers’ Day 2022.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL NEWS

• More than 500 Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs) will be set up in Jammu and Kashmir by the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and NITI Aayog to foster an inventive mentality among high school students.
• Meghdoot machines have been installed by Indian Railways in Dadar, Thane, and other Mumbai Division stations.
• The Government has set the target to eliminate Kala-azar by next year from the country.
• Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated a two-day National Security Strategies (NSS) Conference 2022 in New Delhi.
• Clear Skies for Tomorrow: IndiGo, the country’s largest airline, announced that it has joined an environmentally friendly initiative run by the World Economic Forum (WEF).
• Ministry of Women and Child Development is celebrating the 5th Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2022 across the nation from 1st September to 30th September.
• The Coal Ministry has aimed to enhance coal production to 1.23 billion tonnes by 2024-25 to ensure the energy security of the country.
• The Central Armed Police Forces’ web portal for CAPF eAwas was presented by Home Minister Shri Amit Shah.
• Data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) show that in August, India’s jobless rate rose to a one-year high of 8.3% while employment decreased by 2 million to 394.6 million.
• Blue Energy Motors has unveiled India’s first LNG-fuelled green truck by launching a manufacturing plant at Chakan, Pune.
• According to the National Statistical Office (NSO), the unemployment rate for urban residents of India who are 15 years of age or older decreased from 12.6% in April to June of last year to 7.6% in April to June of this year.
• India’s exports contracted by 1.15 percent to USD 33 billion in August, for the first time in over 20 months, while the trade deficit more than doubled to USD 28.68 billion due to increased crude oil imports.
• During the celebration of the silver jubilee on August 29, 2022, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) unveiled the Pharma Sahi Daam 2.0 app and Pharmaceutical Database Management System 2.0.
• Female employees of the Central Government would receive special 60-day maternity leave.
• According to Union Minister of Science and Technology Jitendra Singh, Hanle, Ladakh will soon become home to India’s first-ever “night sky sanctuary.”
• Rajpath and Central Vista lawns will now be known as Kartavya Path, according to the Indian government’s announcement.
• According to the most recent crime figures issued by the National Crime Records Bureau, preventative detentions increased by over 23.7% in 2021 compared to the previous year, with over 1.1 lakh persons being held in preventive detention.
• The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) offers an innovative approach to aid the research endeavors of India’s up-and-coming bright minds.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• India’s largest carrier IndiGo has joined a sustainable initiative spearheaded by the World Economic Forum (WEF).

• India’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations (UN), Geneva, Switzerland revealed that India has contributed $ 400,000 (over Rs 3 crore) to 4 Voluntary Trust Funds.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: STATE NEWS

• State-owned hydropower giant National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Private Limited (NHPC) has inked a pact with the Govt of Himachal Pradesh (HP) for the implementation of 500 Mega Watt (MW) Dugar Hydroelectric Project in Chamba, HP.
• The 50th edition of All Manipur Shumang Leela Festival 2021-2022 started at Iboyaima Shumang Leela Shanglen in Imphal, Manipur.
• Uttarakhand Chief Minister Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami launched a scheme Mukhya Mantri Udiyaman Khiladi Unnayan Yojana during the program was organized at Police Lines, Dehradun., Uttarakhand.
• Delhi Chief Minister Shri Arvind Kejriwal launched India’s first Delhi Model Virtual School (DMVS).
• Rajasthan chief minister Shri Ashok Gehlot inaugurated a month-long Rajiv Gandhi Rural Olympic Games in Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
• Nagaland got its second railway station after a gap of more than 100 years with the commissioning of a new facility at Shokhuvi.
• Alappuzha has become the 5th fully digital banking district in Kerala.
• Uttarakhand’s education department launched an e-governance portal “Samarth” which will provide all administrative and educational updates, including information on entrance examinations, salary structures, and appointments from 5 state universities and 140 public schools.
• The Telangana AI Mission (T-AIM) has revealed that 4 of its startups have been selected by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to represent India at the G20 Digital Innovation Network (DIN).
• The Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Police have launched the online mobile application “JK Ecop”, an easy-to-use interface to facilitate common people
• The Maharashtra government would take a loan of 4,000 crore rupees from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for setting up medical colleges in 12 districts of Maharashtra.

• The World Resources Institute (WRI) India in collaboration with the Assam Energy Development Agency (AEDA) launched an online, open-source, and interactive geospatial platform called the Energy Access Explorer (EAE) for
• Rajasthan Chief Minister Shri Ashok Gehlot launched ‘Mahila Nidhi’, a loan scheme for the social and economic development of women through loans.
• The Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) has launched a beta version of the ‘DIGI YATRA’ app for the Android platform.
• Meghalaya Chief Minister Shri Conrad K Sangma launched the “Rural Backyard Piggery Scheme” launched under National Livestock Mission at Byrnihat in Ri-Bhoi district, Meghalaya.
• The Central Government has granted permission to the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government’s proposal of releasing family IDs to its residents and application for Aadhaar authentication for their details through the ministry of electronics and information technology (MEIT).
• The Karnataka government launched the Global Startup Challenge “VentuRISE” to recognize, reward, and support growth-stage startups in manufacturing and sustainability-related sectors.

• Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Shri Bhupesh Baghel inaugurated Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki as the 29th district of Chhattisgarh.
• United Kingdom (London) based Tony Blair Institute (TBI) for Global Change and Canadian Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Children Believe have jointly launched a ‘Generation Global Programme’ for schools and colleges in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, at the Zilla Parishad High School at Ragimanupenta in Bangarupalem Mandal, Andhra Pradesh.
• Nua Khai is an annual harvest festival in Odisha, celebrated to welcome the season’s new rice.

• Bhartaul, in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district, has become the first village in UP to achieve the distinction of supplying RO (Reverse Osmosis) water to every household.
• India’s first 3D-printed Post Office is coming up in Cambridge Layout in the Halasuru area of Bengaluru, Karnataka.
• Tamil Nadu (TN) Chief Minister Shri M K Stalin launched the Footwear and Leather Products Policy 2022 at the Tamil Nadu Footwear and Leather Sector Conclave 2022.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BUSINESS NEWS

• The most recent information provided by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) shows that the nation’s foreign exchange reserves decreased by $6.69 billion to $564 billion
• Mukesh Ambani, the chairman of Reliance Industries, revealed plans to build one of the biggest carbon fiber mills in the world in Hazira, Gujarat.
• GST mop-up rises 28 pc in Aug to Rs 1.43 lakh cr Collections from Goods and Services Tax (GST) rose 28 percent to Rs 1.43 lakh crore in August, the Finance Ministry.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BANKING AND ECONOMY

• The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) overhauled the pricing norms for preferential allotment of units by Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs).
• The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has approved an allocation of Rs 230 crore for rural infrastructure projects in Mizoram under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) XXVIII.
• India’s biggest lender State Bank of India (SBI) reported a 7% decline in standalone net profit at Rs 6,068 crore for the first quarter of the current financial year due to a fall in income.
• The Bank of Maharashtra has launched a new fixed deposit scheme known as the “Maha Dhanvarsha” 
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed monetary penalties on eight cooperative banks for different violations, including non-adherence to exposure norms, income recognition, asset classification, and KYC norms.

• Muthoot FinCorp Ltd, the flagship company of Muthoot Pappachan Group (also known as Muthoot Blue), has tied up with IME India Pvt Ltd (Erstwhile IME Forex India Private Limited) to expand its money remittance services between Indo Nepal Corridor.
• India’s largest pure-play credit card issuer, SBI Cards & Payment Services Ltd (SBI Card) has launched the ‘Cashback SBI Card’, which is the first-of-its-kind comprehensive cashback credit card in
• BOB Financial Solutions Limited (BFSL) & Snapdeal in partnership with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and JCB International Co. Ltd (JCB) have launched the Snapdeal BoB JCB RuPay Credit Card.
• The State Bank of India (SBI) chief economist Mr. Soumya Kanti Ghosh has revised down India’s full-year GDP growth forecast to 8 for the financial year FY23.

• IndusInd Bank announced a strategic partnership with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for a partial guarantee program with an initial outlay of USD 70 million (Rs 560.0 crore).
• The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has restructured its high-level panel on cyber security that suggests measures to safeguard the capital markets from cyber attacks.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched the pilot project for end-to-end digitalization of lending via Kisan Credit Cards (KCC).

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued official guidelines to all lenders/ Regulated Entities (RE), including banks in a move to protect the borrowers from unscrupulous lending practices.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) partially devolved the 7-year Government Security (GS) on primary dealers (PDs) to maintain the normal 5-6 basis points spread between this paper and the 10-year paper.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: AWARDS AND HONOURS

• The Times Group held the 67th Filmfare Awards event, which recognized the year’s top Hindi-language films from India.
• Divita Rai, a 23-year-old from Karnataka, was crowned Miss Diva Universe 2022.
• In a recent worldwide announcement ceremony, the Ramon Magsaysay Awards Foundation (RMAF), popularly considered the “Nobel Peace Prize of Asia,” named the recipients for this year.
• Obama won the best narrator Emmy for his work on the Netflix documentary series, Our Great National Parks.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS

• German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz has appointed Mr. Santosh Iyer as the Managing Director (MD)& Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Indian operations with effect from January 1, 2023.
• Lok Sabha Minister of Parliament (MP) Shri Anurag Sharma from the Jhansi-Lalitpur parliamentary constituency, has been elected as the International Treasurer of the Parliamentary Association Conference (CPA) at the 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference in Halifax, Canada.
• Shri Nagesh Singh has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Thailand.
• The travel accessories company, Acefour Accessories, has appointed Indian cricketer Jasprit Bumrah as brand ambassador for its eco-friendly luggage brand “uppercase” for two years.

• Shri MV Iyer has been given additional charge as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of State-run GAIL (India) Limited.
• Pet-care brand Heads Up For Tails (HUFT) has announced Bollywood actor, a passionate animal lover  Kriti Sanon as their first brand ambassador.
• The world’s biggest coffee chain, Starbucks has appointed Laxman Narasimhan as the next chief executive officer (CEO) and a member of the Starbucks Board of Directors.
• India’s top oil and gas producer, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) appointed Rajesh Kumar Srivastava as an additional charge of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) for a period of 4 months with effect from September 1, 2022, to December 31, 2022.
• State-owned hydro power giant NHPC Limited announced that Yamuna Kumar Chaubey has been given the charge of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) for 3 months beginning September 1, 2022.
• Senior IAS officer Mr. Paban Kumar Borthakur took charge as the new chief secretary of Assam.
• Serbian President Mr. Aleksandar Vucic has nominated Mr. Ana Brnabic as Prime Minister of Serbia for the second consecutive time.
• Indian politician of Bhartiya Janta Party &  a former professional Indian football player Mr. Kalyan Chaubey has become the new All India Football Federation (AIFF) President after beating former India captain Bhaichung Bhutia 33-1 in polls.
• Senior Indian Information Service (IIS) officer, Dr. Vasudha Gupta has been elected as the Director General of the News Services Division, All India Radio.

• Rajya Sabha Chairman and Lok Sabha Speaker jointly decided that Utpal Kumar Singh, currently holding the post of Secretary General Lok Sabha, will additionally discharge the functions of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sansad TV.
• The Karnataka government has appointed Kannada star Kiccha Sudeep as the brand ambassador for its ‘Punyakoti Dattu Yojana’ (cattle adoption scheme).
• The President of India Shri Droupadi Murmu has nominated a second senior-most judge in the Supreme Court, Dr. Justice DY Chandrachud as the next executive chairperson of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA).

• The Board of Directors of Tuticorin-based Tamilnad Mercantile Bank has appointed veteran banker Mr. Krishnan Sankarasubramaniam as the Managing Director (MD) & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for three years.
• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has appointed Captain Mr. Binesh Kumar Tyagi as the new chairman and managing director of Shipping Corporation of India Ltd (SCI) for 5 years.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: MOUS AND AGREEMENT

• A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and the Swedish company LFV Air Navigation Services in New Delhi.
• Indian oil explorer and producer Oil and Natural Gas Corp signed a Heads of Agreement (HoA) with global petroleum giant ExxonMobil Corp for deepwater exploration in India’s East and West coasts.
• In New Delhi, the Government of India (GoI) and the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) signed the Headquarters Agreement (HQA), establishing CDRI as an “Independent and International Legal Entity.”
• Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) under the Ministry of Electronics and IT, in collaboration with the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore, successfully designed and conducted the Cyber Security Exercise “Synergy” for 13 Countries
• Global steelmaker POSCO signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ZeroC, a subsidiary of renewable energy company Greenko to make green hydrogen, and to jointly pursue opportunities in renewables, and other derivatives of green hydrogen.
• Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), a public sector undertaking announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Smiths Detection, a threat detection, and security inspection technologies company, to offer advanced, high-energy scanning systems to the Indian market.
• Punjab Government and Tata Steel sign an MoU of 0.75 million tonnes per year (MnTPA) long products steel factory with an electric arc furnace (EAF) fuelled by scrap will be built by the Tata Steel Company and the Punjabi government.
• The All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Adobe have partnered to strengthen the nation’s capacity for digital innovation.
• Bharti Airtel has launched a pilot project in partnership with TP Northern Odisha Distribution to offer bill payment solutions to more than two million registered customers of the utility.
• The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) Srinagar signed an MoU with Bahrain Small & Medium Enterprises Society (BSMES) in Manama, Bahrain.
• The National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), IIT Madras, is collaborating with Madras Dyslexia Association (MDA) to offer a remediation program for children with dyslexia studying in Tamil medium.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: APPS AND PORTAL

• For the first time, here are a nutrition app that targets vulnerable groups, developed by researchers at ICRISAT, the app Gibsonify, can help nutrition program planners, health professionals, nutritionists, and local health and nutrition functionaries to feed data from communities get a diet plan in realtime.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: DEFENCE NEWS

• The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) conducted the 10th National Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise SAREX -22 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

• The Indian Army is set to possess advanced quantum communication technology, thereby joining an elite list of nations with indigenous quantum technology.
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi-led Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) has approved the Tejas Mark-2 project to boost India’s push for indigenous fighter aircraft.

• The Indian Army contingent of the Gorkha Regiment troops began the multilateral strategic and command Exercise Vostok – 2022 at the training grounds of the Eastern Military District of Russia which will take place Sep 01 to 07 2022.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• India’s first indigenously developed quadrivalent Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine for the prevention of cervical cancer will be launched in the next few months and will be available in the price range of Rs 200-Rs 400.
• China has launched a new remote sensing satellite Yaogan-33 02 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China.
• The Indian Space research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully conducted tests of an Inflatable Aerodynamic decelerator (IAD) that will be used for landing payloads on Mars and Venus in the future.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: ACQUISITION AND MERGERS

• Umang Commercial Company Private Limited (Acquirer) is a part of Aditya Birla Group, an Indian multinational conglomerate.

• The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approves the acquisition of 35.43% stake shares in Olam Agri Holdings Pte. Ltd. (Olam Agri / Target) by SALIC International Investment Company (SIIC / Acquirer).
• The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approves the acquisition of approximately49% shareholding in Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited on a fully diluted basis by Caladium Investment Pte. Ltd(GIC Investor) by way of preferential issues of equity and warrants.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: RANKING & INDEX

• Gautam Adani, an Indian, is now the third-richest person in the world.
• India is currently the tenth-largest life insurer in the world, surpassing both China and the UK.
• Bajaj Finance and Adani Transmission have displaced Life Insurance Company (LIC) from the top 10 firms by market capitalization.
• According to research by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), the number of suicide-related deaths in India hit an all-time high in 2021.
• Forbes Asia has published the second edition of its list, titled ‘Forbes Asia-100 to Watch 2022.’
• According to Bloomberg, India has surpassed Britain to become the world’s fifth-largest economy.
• The 28th edition of the Status Report on India’s External Debt for the years 2021–2022 has been published by the External Debt Management Unit (EDMU) under the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance.
• In the list of Ministries/Departments for addressing Public Grievances, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) came out on top.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BOOKS AND AUTHORS

• The inspirational story of Subedar Major (Honorary Captain) Yogendra Singh Yadav (Retd), who was awarded the Youngest Param Vir Chakra (PVC) at the age of 19 for his deeds in the 1999 Kargil battle, is told in the book “The Hero of Tiger Hill: Autobiography of a Param Vir”.
• The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Director of Economic & Policy Research, Ashutosh Raravikar, has written a new book titled “Indian Banking in Retrospect – 75 years of Independence.”
• The book “Science Behind Surya Namaskar,” written by Dr. Munjpara Mahendrabhai Kalubhai, Minister of State for AYUSH, is a compilation of empirical studies on one of the most popular yoga asanas at the AIIA.
• “Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2,” starring Kartik Aaryan, will be turned into a comic book series.
• A new book titled ‘Divorce and Democracy: A History of Personal Law in Post-Independence India’ by Saumya Saxena.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SPORTS NEWS

• James Anderson of England is now the first fast bowler in the history of international cricket to reach 950 wickets.
• Rahul Sharma, an Indian spinner, has declared his retirement from both local and international cricket.
• Colin de Grandhomme, an all-rounder for New Zealand, has announced his retirement from international cricket.
• Amlan Borgohain, who now owns the 200-meter national record, has also broken the 100-meter mark.
• The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system will debut in the next Under-17 Women’s World Cup in India in 2022, according to the world football governing body FIFA.
• Former captain and wicketkeeper-batsman of Bangladesh Cricket Team Mushfiqur Rahim announced his retirement from T20 international cricket.
• Grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram emerged champion in the 22nd Dubai Open chess tournament, with 7.5 points as seven Indians finished in the top 10 with R Praggnanandhaa sharing the second spot with five others.
• The Dutch F1 Grand Prix of 2022 was won by Max Verstappen of Red Bull.
• The 36th National Games mascot and anthem have been unveiled at Trans Stadia in Ahmedabad by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: OBITUARIES

• Oscar Award Winning & a longtime Pixar animator Ralph Eggleston Passed away at the age of 56 in California, United States of America (USA).

• A Russian and Soviet politician who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev Passed away at the age of 91 in Moscow, Russia.

• Former chairman of Tata Sons, Cyrus Mistry has Passed away at the age of 54 in a road accident near Mumbai.
• Eminent historian Professor B Sheikh Ali Saheb passed away at the age of 98
• Renowned Carnatic musician Tiruvalangadu Vembu Iyer Sankaranarayan has passed away at the age of 77

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