23 September 2022 : Latest Current Affairs 23rd September
Important Current Affairs 23rd September 2022
In this article, we will discuss all the Current Affairs of 23rd September about national, international, banking, finance, sports, awards, and many others. So if you are interested to know about the latest 23rd September 2022 current affairs then read this article till the end.
Current Affairs of 23rd September – National News
1. Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar launched the Lok Manthan program.
◉ The third iteration of the Lok Manthan initiative was launched by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar in Guwahati, Assam.
◉ The three-day event will feature panel discussions, seminars, cultural performances, and exhibitions that will highlight our country’s rich diversity.
◉ 2022 Theme: Lokparampara (Lok traditions)
2. Samsung and Skill India collaborated to train Indian youth.
◉ The Electronics Sector Skill Council of India (ESSCI) and Samsung India have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to empower youth with employability-enhancing skills in growing technology fields.
◉ The government’s “Skill India” initiative will include it.
◉ Upskilling nearly 3,000 unemployed adolescents between the ages of 18 and 25 in future technologies like artificial intelligence, coding, and programming is the goal.
3. Gujarat will receive a USD 350 million loan from the World Bank for the health sector.
◉ The state of Gujarat has been granted a $350 million loan (more than 2,832 crores) from the World Bank to be used for healthcare expenses.
◉ It will pay particular attention to disease surveillance and adolescent girls.
◉ The money will be provided by the International Bank of Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), a subsidiary of the World Bank, with 18-year maturity and a 5.5-year grace period.
4. REC is given the status of “Maharatna” company.
◉ The non-banking financing company (NBFC) REC Ltd., which focuses on the power sector, has been given the status of a “Maharatna” Central Public Sector Enterprise, granting it greater operational and financial independence.
◉ REC is a non-banking finance corporation (NBFC), founded in 1969, with a focus on India’s power industry financing and growth. It is governed by the Power Ministry.
◉ The 12th business to receive the Maharatna Status is REC Ltd.
Banking
5. Laxmi Cooperative Bank in Maharashtra had its license revoked by the RBI.
◉ The Laxmi Co-operative Bank, with offices in Maharashtra, has had its license revoked by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), alleging a lack of sufficient capital.
◉ The Reserve Bank revoked the bank’s license because the lender lacked sufficient capital and earning potential, and its continued operation would have been detrimental to the interests of its depositors.
◉ Every depositor would be eligible to receive a deposit insurance claim sum up to Rs. 5 lakh upon liquidation.
Appointment
6. Ritika Sajdeh and Rohit Sharma are brand advocates for Max Life.
◉ Rohit Sharma, the captain of the Indian men’s cricket team, and his wife Ritika Sajdeh has been named Max Life Insurance’s new brand ambassadors for a period of two years.
◉ The partnership will promote life insurance among the younger generation and aid in the company’s expansion.
◉ Being emotionally, physically, and financially prepared for new situations is the main takeaway from Max Life Insurance.
◉ Promote the Max Life brand’s philosophy of valuing oneself in order to identify the appropriate financial value for protecting oneself and one’s family.
Awards
7. Meena Kandasamy, an Indian author and poet, got the German PEN award.
◉ The PEN Center in Darmstadt, Germany, has announced that Meena Kandasamy, a novelist and poet from India, would receive the Hermann Kesten Prize this year.
◉ The Hermann Kesten Prize honors individuals who uphold the rights of threatened writers and journalists and act in accordance with the PEN association’s mandate.
◉ Kandasamy, a feminist and anti-caste activist who was born in Chennai in 1984, focuses on issues of gender, caste, sexuality, patriarchy, and ◉ Brahmanical system oppression in her work. The International Dylan Thomas Prize, the Jhalak Prize, the Hindu Lit Prize, and the Women’s Prize for Fiction have all shortlisted her books.
Sports
8. India will hold its first Moto GP event in 2023.
◉ The Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida will play host to the first Moto Grand Prix World Championships race in India in 2023.
◉ Owner of the MotoGP commercial rights Dorna has agreed to a seven-year contract to organize the top two-wheel racing event in India with Noida-based Fairstreet Sports.
◉ In addition to becoming the first in Asia, MotoGP wants to introduce MotoE into the Indian racing scene. MotoE is a green effort with net zero carbon emissions.
9. Chennai Open 2022 champion Linda Fruhvirtova
◉ Tennis player Linda Fruhvirtova from the Czech Republic won the Chennai Open 2022 championship.
◉ Fruhvirtova won her maiden Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) singles championship by defeating Magda Linette of Poland in the championship match.
◉ The top-seeded doubles team of Brazil’s Luisa Stefani and Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski won the lopsided final by a score of 6-2, 6-1 over Georgia’s Natela Dzalamidze and Anna Blinkova of the Russian Tennis Federation.
Book & Author
10. The former vice president Venkaiah Naidu published a book of PM Modi’s chosen talks.
◉ At Akashvani Bhawan in New Delhi, former vice president M. Venkaiah Naidu published a selection of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speeches.
◉ At an event here hosted by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, the book titled “Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas Sabka Vishwas ◉ Prime Minister Narendra Modi Speaks (May 2019-May 2020)” was released in the presence of Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan.
◉ The 86 speeches the prime minister gave on a variety of topics are at the center of the book.
Important day
11. International Day of Sign Languages is September 23.
◉ The 23rd of September is designated each year as the International Day of Sign Languages.
◉ Objective: To raise awareness of the value of sign language in helping deaf people realize their human rights.
◉ The World Federation of the Deaf proposed observing the International Day of Sign Languages (WFD). The WFD is a union of 135 national organizations for the deaf. The federation speaks for almost 70 million deaf persons worldwide.
◉ In 2018, the first International Day of Sign Languages was observed as part of the International Week of the Deaf, which began in September 1958 and is observed from September 24 to September 30.
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