11 September 2022 : Latest Current Affairs 11th September
Important Current Affairs 11th September 2022
In this article, we will discuss all the Current Affairs of 11th September about national, international, banking, finance, sports, awards, and many others. So if you are interested to know about the latest 11th September 2022 current affairs then read this article till the end.
Current Affairs of 11th September – National News
1. Tata Play was sentenced to pay Rs 450 billion for allegedly profiting from the GST.
◉ Tata Play Ltd. has been ordered to deposit Rs 450 crores with interest by the National Anti-Profiting Authority (NAA) for allegedly profiteering after the implementation of GST.
◉ The alleged subscriber profiteering occurred between July 1, 2017, and January 31, 2019.
2. NITI Aayog has launched India’s first nationwide electric freight platform.
◉ The World Resources Institute (WRI) and NITI Aayog have collaborated to launch e-FAST India, the nation’s first national electric freight platform (Electric Freight Accelerator for Sustainable Transport).
◉ Objective: To promote freight electrification through on-ground demonstration pilots and research-based proof.
◉ Partnerships will be strengthened, and it will be easier to find and promote creative freight solutions.
3. Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan was introduced by the president.
◉ Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan, which aims to eradicate TB in India by 2025, has essentially been inaugurated by President Droupadi Murmu.
◉ By 2025, five years before the Sustainable Development Goals, the ◉ National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP), formerly known as the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP), intends to strategically eliminate the TB burden in India.
◉ The National TB Elimination Program (NTEP) replaced the RNTCP in 2020 to stress the government of India’s goal of eradicating TB in India by 2025.
◉ She also established the Ni-kshay 2.0 programme, a webpage that gives donors a place to offer different kinds of support to people getting treatment for TB.
4. The Centre-State Science Conclave was launched by PM Modi.
◉ Through video conferencing, Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened the Centre-State Science Conclave.
◉ In the spirit of cooperative federalism, the first of its kind Conclave will boost Centre-State coordination and collaboration mechanisms in order to create a strong science, technology, and innovation (STI) ecosystem throughout the nation.
◉ The colloquium is being held in Ahmedabad, Gujarat’s Science City.
5. In the US, Piyush Goyal introduced the SETU programme.
◉ In San Francisco, California, US Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal introduced the SETU (Supporting Entrepreneurs in Transformation and Upskilling) programme.
◉ Goal – To provide mentorship and help in a variety of sectors to start-ups in India by connecting them to investors and professionals in the startup ecosystem in the US.
◉ With SETU, mentors in the US who are eager to support entrepreneurship can connect with Indian firms that are just getting off the ground.
6. Using the e-Prosecution site, Uttar Pradesh ranked first in case disposition and entry.
◉ In terms of the quantity of cases resolved and those entered through the e-Prosecution portal, Uttar Pradesh has emerged as the top state.
9.12 million cases were entered and disposed of in UP through this site as of August 2022.
◉ With 2.31 million, Madhya Pradesh came in second, followed by Bihar (859,00), Gujarat (487,000), and Chhattisgarh (383,000) instances.
7. Tokyo hosted the India and Japan 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue.
◉ The second India-Japan “2+2 Ministerial Dialogue” took place in Tokyo, and the two participants were EAM Dr. S Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
◉ Yoshimasa Hayashi and Yasukazu Hamada represent the Japanese parties.
◉ This dialogue examined the cross-domain bilateral cooperation.
Additionally, the two nations’ diplomatic ties will have been established for 70 years in 2022.
International News
8. North Korea approved legislation authorising nuclear strikes as a form of defence.
◉ A law that North Korea has approved gives it the authority to launch a nuclear attack in advance.
◉ The new law has made the nation’s position as a nuclear weapon state irrevocable.
◉ In the event of a nuclear or non-nuclear attack by hostile forces against the state leadership and the command structure of the state’s nuclear forces, the legislation expressly permits the use of nuclear weapons.
Banking
9. Interest rates increased by an unprecedented 75 basis points from the ECB.
◉ The European Central Bank prioritises the fight against inflation even if the bloc’s economy is expected to enter a winter recession by raising its benchmark interest rates by an unprecedented 75 basis points and indicating additional increases.
◉ The European Central Bank increased its main refinancing rate to 1.25%, the highest level since 2011, and increased its deposit rate from zero to 0.75%.
◉ The ECB staff dramatically increased their estimates for inflation, and it is now anticipated that inflation will average 8.1% in 2022, 5.5% in 2023, and 2.3% in 2024.
10. In August, UPI transactions reached a record.
◉ According to NPCI Data, the Unified Payment Interface (UPI) platform has handled 6.57 billion (657 crores) transactions for a total of Rs 10.73 trillion.
◉ UPI transactions increased by roughly 68% in value over the previous year while their volume increased by 85% year over year.
◉ The value of digital transactions based on UPI in July 2022 was 10.63 lakh crore. For the first time since the platform’s launch in 2016, more than 6 billion transactions were recorded in July.
Appointment
11. As the new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk
◉ The new High Commissioner for Human Rights of the United Nations is Austrian Volker Turk.
◉ As Under-Secretary-General in the UN Executive Office, he is currently in charge of organising work on international policy.
Michelle Bachelet of Chile’s successor is Turk.
◉ Turk worked in the Executive Office of the UN head from 2019 to 2021 as the Assistant Secretary-General for Strategic Coordination.
Defence
12. The first patent for a 3D-printed rocket engine was obtained by Agnikul Cosmos.
◉ One of India’s private space businesses, Agnikul Cosmos, has obtained its first patent for the creation of its 3D-printed rocket engine.
◉ The business has received a patent for its Agnilet rocket engine, which will power the Agnibaan rocket, which is slated to launch in the latter half of 2022.
◉ Thousands of parts make up a typical rocket engine, from the injectors that feed fuel into the engine to the cooling channels that keep the engine cool to the igniter required to ignite the propellants.
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