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28th September 2021
CSIR’s 80th foundation day celebrated on 26 In the Women's Compound Team, the Indian
September 2021 team comprising Jyoti Surekha Vennam,
Muskan Kirar and Priya Gurjar won a silver
The 80th foundation day of the Council of medal.
Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) was
celebrated on 26 Sep'21. Pratham CEO Rukmini Banerji gets global education
CSIR is known for its scientific and industrial recognition
contributions in various fields and has an
Rukmini Banerji, CEO of India’s Pratham
effective network of 37 national laboratories
Education Foundation, has been awarded
across India.
2021 Yidan Prize for Education Development.
It is an autonomous body that has emerged
It is a top global recognition in the field of
as the largest research and development
education and she has been awarded for her
organisation in India.
work in improving learning outcomes in
NMDC and CSIR-IMMT Join Hands To Develop schools.
Indigenous Technology Eric Hanushek, a professor at Stanford
University, has been conferred with the 2021
National Mineral Development Corporation Yidan Prize for Education Research.
R&D Centre and CSIR-IMMT (Institute of
Minerals and Materials Technology) have Amazon brings Future Engineer initiative to India
signed a MoU.
Amazon has announced the launch of its
The focus will be the development of
Future Engineer initiative in India.
indigenous technology for making the Indian
The program will enable access to computer
mineral industry self-reliant.
science learning and career opportunities for
The joint venture will utilize the vast
students from underrepresented and
knowledge of both for research in the area
underserved communities.
of beneficiation of coal, utilisation of mines
In its first year, the program aims to deliver
waste, etc.
learning opportunities to more than 1 lakh
India claim two silver medals in Archery World students from 900 government and aided
Championships schools across seven Indian states.
India archers won silver medals in Women’s MeitY Startup Hub partners with Dell Technologies
Compound Team and Compound Mixed
MeitY Start-up Hub (MSH) has entered into a
Team competitions at the World Archery
partnership with Dell International Services
Championships in South Dakota.
India Pvt. Ltd. (Dell Technologies).
In the Compound Mixed Team final, the
MSH is an initiative of the Ministry of
Indian team of Jyothi and Abhishek Verma
Electronics & IT (MeitY), aimed at
won a silver medal.
strengthening the deep-tech ecosystem
across India.
1|Page The collaboration shall help the start-ups by It aims to spread worldwide awareness
providing mentorship and training for their regarding the need of expanding laws related
upskilling, access to pitching events. to access to information and their
implementation.
US successfully flight tests Raytheon hypersonic
The theme for 2021 International Day for
weapon
Universal Access to Information is ‘The Right
The United States has tested an air-breathing to Know – Building Back Better with Access to
hypersonic weapon capable of speeds faster Information.'
than five times the speed of sound. Winners of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2021
The free flight test of the Hypersonic Air- announced
breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) occurred
in September 2021. The names of 11 scientists, who received the
Hypersonic weapons travel in the upper country’s highest science award Shanti
atmosphere at speeds of more than five times Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for science and
the speed of sound, or about 6,200 kilometers technology 2021 were announced on 26
(3,853 miles) per hour. September 2021.
The prize is given to Indian scientists below
NASA launches Landsat 9 satellite to monitor
the age of 45 for outstanding research in
Earth's landscape seven fields—Biology, Chemistry,
NASA successfully launched Landsat 9, a Environment Science, Engineering,
powerful satellite built to monitor the Earth's Mathematics, Medicine, and Physics.
land surface on 27 September 2021. Nimaben Acharya becomes first woman Speaker of
Landsat 9, a joint NASA and US Geological Gujarat Assembly
Survey (USGS) mission, lifted off on a United
Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Veteran legislator Nimaben Acharya was on
Vandenberg's Space Launch Complex 3E, 27 September 2021 unanimously elected the
California. first woman Speaker of the Gujarat Assembly.
It will help make science-based decisions on A three-time BJP MLA and a two-time
key issues like water use, wildfire impacts, Congress MLA, Ms. Acharya is one of the
etc. seniormost MLAs in the State.
BJP legislator Jetha Bharwad has been
Govt dissolves Ordnance Factory Board, transfers
elected Deputy Speaker while Pankaj Desai
employees and assets has been appointed as the Chief Whip.
The Defence Ministry has dissolved the Private Universities (Second Amendment) Bill, 2021
Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) with effect passed in Gujarat
from October 1, 2021.
It has transferred its assets, employees and In Gujarat, the Private Universities (Second
management to seven public Amendment) Bill, 2021 was passed in the
sector undertaking (PSUs). State Assembly on 27 Sept 2021.
The OFB is currently a Defence Ministry entity The bill will stop grant-in-aid colleges from
and supplies critical arms and ammunition to getting affiliated to private universities.
the three armed forces and the paramilitary. The government decided to reconsider its
earlier decision of allowing such affiliation
International Day for Universal Access of
after receiving several representations from
Information: 28 September various stakeholders against this move.
The International Day for Universal Access to Govt's Quarterly Employment Survey of AQEES
Information is celebrated every year on 28 released
September.
2|Page Labour and Employment Minister Bhupender 17th Formation Day of National Disaster
Yadav on 27th September released the report Management Authority
of the first quarter of the Quarterly
Employment Survey (QES) for April to June Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated
2021. the 17th formation day of the National
The survey of the All-India Quarterly Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on
Establishment-based Employment Survey 28 Sept'21.
(AQEES) was prepared by the Labour The theme for 2021 is cascading effects of
Bureau. disaster events in the Himalayan region
The most impressive growth of 152 per cent The NDMA is the apex body for disaster
has been recorded in the IT/BPO sector. management in India.
Setting up of the NDMA is mandated by the
England's Moeen Ali decides to retire from Test Disaster Management Act, 2005.
Cricket
DRDO successfully flight tests Akash Prime missile
England all-rounder Moeen Ali has decided to
retire from Test Cricket. A new version of the Akash Missile, Akash
Moeen Ali is currently playing in the Indian Prime was successfully flight tested on 27
Premier League 2021 with the Chennai Super September 2021 from Integrated Test Range
Kings. at Chandipur in Odisha.
He has represented England in 64 Tests, The missile intercepted and destroyed an
scoring 2,914 runs at an average of 28.29. unmanned aerial target mimicking enemy
aircrafts.
The batsman has five centuries and 14 half-
centuries in the longest format. Akash Prime is equipped with an indigenous
active radio frequency seeker for improved
Sania Mirza-Shuai Zhang win Ostrava Open accuracy.
women’s doubles title
Bhagat Singh's 114th birth anniversary: 27
Sania Mirza won the doubles title at the September
Ostrava Open with her Chinese partner Shuai
Zhang. Indian freedom fighter and revolutionary
leader Bhagat Singh’s birth anniversary is
They defeated the pair of Kaitlyn Christian
observed and celebrated on 27 Sept.
and Erin Routliffe by 6-3, 6-2.
He was born in 1907 and the year 2021
The final was held at the ČEZ Aréna in
marks his 114th birth anniversary.
Ostrava in the Czech Republic on 26
September 2021. He gave his life for the country when he was
just 23 years old.
This is the first title of this season for Sania
Mirza and the 43rd title of her career. Slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ was given by him.
Consultancy contract signed between India and Federal Bank partners with NPCI to launch credit
Bangladesh card with lowest APR
A new direct rail line from Bogura to Sirajganj Federal Bank has partnered with the National
in Bangladesh will be developed under the Payments Council of India (NPCI) to launch a
government of India's Line of Credit (LoC). contactless credit card.
An agreement between Bangladesh Railway The bank claimed that the card has the lowest
and a joint venture company of India was Annual Percentage Rate (APR) in the industry
signed on 27 September 2021 in Dhaka. starting at just 5.88% per annum.
The Bogura-Sirajgnaj Dual Gauge Link will APR refers to the annual interest rate accrued
provide a shorter route between the Western on a credit card if the cardholder fails to pay
and Northern parts of Bangladesh. the bill in full.
The industry average is 20-35% APR.
3|PageWorld Rabies Day: 28 September The MoU was signed at Maritime Security
Center (MSC), Muscat during the ongoing
World Rabies Day is observed every year on visit of the CNS Karambir Singh to Oman.
28 September.
The day was started in 2007 to raise PM to dedicate to the nation 35 crop varieties with
awareness about rabies. special traits
More than 59,000 people die from the disease
PM Narendra Modi will dedicate 35 crop
around the world each year.
varieties with special traits to the nation on
Rabies is a fatal but preventable viral disease.
28th September 2021.
It can spread to people and pets if they are
The crop varieties with special traits have
bitten or scratched by a rabid animal.
been developed by the Indian Council of
The theme for the year 2021 is: “Rabies: Agricultural Research (ICAR) to address the
Facts, not Fear”. twin challenges of climate change and
NCW launches programme to train rural women in malnutrition.
dairy farming On this occasion, the Prime Minister will
distribute Green Campus Award to
The National Commission for Women has Agricultural Universities.
launched a country-wide training and capacity
building programme for women in dairy Debabrata Mukherjee elected Chairman of Audit
farming. Bureau of Circulations
It has been launched to empower rural Debabrata Mukherjee has been elected as
women and make them financially the Chairman of the Audit Bureau of
independent. Circulations (ABC) for the year 2021-2022.
The first programme under the project was He is currently serving as Chief Marketing
organized on ‘Value Added Dairy products’ for Officer at the United Breweries Group.
women self-help groups in Hisar, Haryana on
He was awarded the "Beverage Marketer of
27 September 2021.
the Year" award by the International
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal launches 'Dekho Mere Advertising Association (IAA).
Dilli' mobile app He was a part of the ABC Council of
Management, since 2011.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on
September 27, 2021, launched Delhi Centre to extend foreign trade policy 2015-20 till
tourism’s mobile app ‘Dekho Mere Dilli’. March 2022
It contains all the information about all the
The central government has decided to
historic and famous places of Delhi.
extend the existing foreign trade policy 2015-
It also has the feature of booking tickets. 20 till March 2022.
This app will especially help international This was informed by Union Commerce and
tourists who lack information. Industry Minister Piyush Goyal.
MoU signed between Indian Navy and Royal Navy A new FTP will be put into effect from the next
of Oman financial year.
The FTP provides guidelines for enhancing
Rear Admiral Saif bin Nasser bin Mohsen Al- exports to push economic growth and create
Rahbi, Commander of Royal Navy of Oman jobs.
(CRNO) and Admiral Karambir Singh, Chief of Exports during April-Sept, 2021, stood at over
the Naval Staff (CNS), Indian Navy signed an $185 billion.
MoU on 27 Sept'21.
It would facilitate information exchange on CavinKare CMD CK Ranganathan appointed new
merchant shipping traffic. AIMA President
4|Page CK Ranganathan has been RBI imposes monetary penalty of ₹2 crore on RBL
appointed President of All India Management Bank
Association (AIMA) for a period of one year till
the National Management Convention is held The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed
in September 2022. a ₹2 crore monetary penalty on RBL Bank
He is the Chairman and MD CavinKare Pvt Limited for breaching deposit, board
Ltd. composition norms.
He takes over from Harsh Pati Singhania, The bank had opened five savings deposit
Vice Chairman and MD, JK Paper Ltd. accounts in the name of a cooperative bank.
AIMA is a statutory body for the regulation It had also failed to comply with the provisions
and licensing of management profession in of section 10A(2)(b) of the Banking
India. Regulation Act, 1949, relating to the
composition of the Board of Directors.
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