· The Union govt. has extended the additional charge of PK Purwar as CMD of MTNL for one year.
Purwar also holds the position of chairman and managing director f debt-ridden from BSNL.
· Purwar has held the top position at MTNL for about five and half years.
· MTNL reported a total loss of Rs 2,554 crore for the last fiscal compared to Rs 3,811 crore in 2019-20.
National Affairs
· The Iconic Indian Superhero Chacha Choudhary has been declared as the mascot of the Namami Gange Programme.
· The decision was taken during the 37th Executive Committee meeting of the National Mission for clean Ganga, NMCG.
· As a step towards this NMCG has tied up with Diamond Toons to develop and distribute comics, e-comics and animated videos.
· NMCG has been focusing on youth as part of its outreach and public communications efforts as they are the impellers of change.
Agreement
· India and US have decided to set up a joint working group in defense industrial security.
· The Industrial Security Agreement summit between India and the US was held in New Delhi.
· The summit was organized to develop protocol for the exchange of classified information between both the nations.
· FSSAI has signed an MoU with the MoFPI to support micro food entrepreneurs, FPOs, SHGs to improve the standard of food business.
· As part of Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan, the step will help micro enterprises improve the quality of their food products and become competitive.
· Food handlers of micro level food processing units will be provided training.
· On completion of training, food handlers will be provided ‘Food Safety Supervisor’ certificate by FSSAI.
Schemes
· PM Narendra Modi launched Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0, SMB-U and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation.
· It will help in achieving the targets set under the Sustainable Development Goals-2030.
· The aim of SBMU 2.0 is to make cities garbage free.
The second phase of AMRUT is to make cities water secure.
· N K Singh has been elected as the President of Institute of Economic Growth Society.
· He succeeded former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who has been in the position since 1992.
· IFG: Autonomous, multidisciplinary centre for advanced research and training, founded in 1952 by renowned economist VKRV Rao.
· IFG’s research falls into 9 board themes like agriculture and rural development, environment and resource economics etc.
· Former State Bank of India Chairman, Rajnish Kumar has been appointed as an Independent director of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Asia entity with effect from August 30,2021.
· He has also been appointed as the member of Adult Committee and Risk Committee of HSBC Asia.
· Rajnish Kumar retired as SBI Chairman in October 2020 after a 40 year career at SBI.
Defence
· Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh has launched ‘Defence India Start-up Challenge 5.0’ under Innovations for Defence Excellence-Defence Innovation Organisation initiative in New Delhi.
· Ministry of Defence has earmarked Rs 1,000 crore for domestic procurement through iDEX initiative for 2021-2022.
Sports
· Indian Paralympics shooter, Avani Lekhara has won the first gold medal for India at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 in the women’s 10 m air rifle standing SH1 event.
· She is now the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in shooting at an Olympic and Paralympic games.
· She defeated Cuiping Zhangh of China.
· India’s discus thrower, Yogesh Kathuniya has clinched silver medal at 2020 Tokyo Paralympics in the men’s Discus Throw F56 final event.
· He claimed the second spot with a throw of 44.38 m.
· Diaz Aldana from Cuba bagged bronze.
· He won a bronze medal in 2019 World Para Athletics Games in Dubai with a best throw of 42.51 m.
· Russia professional Tennis player Daniil Medvedev has won 2021 US Open men’s singles Tennis Title, after beating Novak Djokovic by 6-4,6-4,6-4.
· This is the maiden Grand Slam title won by Medvedev.
· Women’s single winner Emma Radcanu defeated Leylah Fernandez.
· Men’s double winner: Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury.
· Women’s double winner: Samantha Stosur and Zhang Shuai.
· Mixed doubles: Desirae Krawczyk and Joe Salisbury.
National Affairs
· Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority has increased the entry age for National Pension System from 65 years to 70 years.
· Prior this, eligible age to invest in NPS was 18-65 years which has now been revised to 18-70 years.
· As per the revised norms, any Indian Citizen, resident or non-resident and Overseas Citizens of India between 65 to 70 years can join NPS and continue or defer their NPS Account till 75 years.
Banking & Finance
· PhonePe has received insurance broking license from Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India.
· With the new ‘direct broking’ license, PhonePe can now distribute insurance products from all insurance companies in India on its platform.
· PhonePe entered to start offering personalised product recommendations to its 300 plus million users.
· IDBI Bank has announced that board of IDBI Bank has approved to divest its entire stake of 19.18% in Asset Reconstruction Company Limited.
· Board has approved proposal for sale of IDBI Bank’s entire holding of 6,23,23,800 fully paid up equity shares of ARCIL.
· Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Important Dates
· Hindi Divas or Hindi Day is observed every year on 14th September to celebrate the popularity of Hindi as an official language of India.
· 14th September is celebrated as Hindi Diwas as it was on this day in 1949, when Constituent Assembly of India had adopted Hindi written in Devanagari script as the official language of India.
· Hindi was adopted under Article 343 of Indian Constitution.
· Rajbhasha Kriti Puraskar and Rajbhasha Gaurav Puraskar awards are being given on this day.
Arts & Culture
· Agrarian festival of Western Odisha, named as Nuakhai Juhar has been celebrated with religious fervour and tradition.
· It is celebrated the day after the celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi.
· It is a crop festival celebrated by people of Western Odisha and Southern Chhattisgarh, to welcome the new rice of the season.
Summits & Conferences
· India is set to host first ever Global Buddhist Conference in Nava Nalanda Mahavihara campus, in Nalanda, Bihar on November 19 and 20, 2021.
· It is being organised by Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)
· It focuses on making India the center of Buddhism, by promoting Buddhist activities.
· Theme: Buddhism in Literature.
· Conference will be conducted at Dharamsala, Gangtok, Sarnath and Telangana in India and overseas in Cambodia, Japan, South Korea and Thailand.
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