29 September 2022 : Latest Current Affairs 29th September
Important Current Affairs 29th September 2022
In this article, we will discuss all the Current Affairs of 29th September about national, international, banking, finance, sports, awards, and many others. So if you are interested to know about the latest 29th September 2022 current affairs then read this article till the end.
Current Affairs of 29th September – National News
1. The PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana scheme is extended by the government to December 2022.
◉ The Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana program will be extended by the Union Cabinet for an additional three months, from October to December 2022.
◉ 80 crore people will profit from this choice.
◉ Under the 7th phase of the program, 122 lakh metric tonnes of foodgrains will be delivered over the course of the following three months for a cost of more than 44,000 crore rupees.
◉ To date, this program has cost 3 lakh 45 thousand crore rupees.
2. Coromandel International, Chambal Fertilizers, and Indian Potash Ltd. have all signed an MoU with Canadian company Canpotex for the import of 15 lakh tonnes of potash annually for three years.
◉ With an annual export of about 130 lakh tonnes of potash, Canpotex, a company in Canada, is one of the world’s top potash providers.
◉ India imports all of the potash it needs to suit its needs. Every year, the nation imports about 40 lakh tonnes of MOP.
3. An MoU was signed between the Maldives and India for the development of Hanimaadhoo International Airport.
◉ For the development of the Maldives Hanimaadhoo International Airport, the Maldives government, and Indian JMC Projects have signed a memorandum of understanding.
◉ The project is estimated to be valued at $136.6 million USD.
It has been revealed that India’s Exim Bank will provide funding for the project.
◉ The Maldives government intends to construct a terminal that can accommodate 1.3 million people yearly together with a 2.46-kilometer runway.
4. India and the Netherlands formalized their bilateral Fast-Track Mechanism by signing an agreement.
◉ The bilateral Fast-Track Mechanism between India and the Netherlands has been formally established by the signing of a joint statement between the two nations.
◉ The purpose of this platform is to enable Dutch businesses doing business in India to resolve investment disputes more quickly.
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Banking
5. ICRA kept its FY23 GDP growth prediction for India at 7.2%.
◉ The rating agency ICRA has kept its 2% GDP growth prediction for India for the fiscal year FY23.
◉ The figure, 7.2%, is 10 basis points lower than what S&P predicted earlier in September 2022 and slightly higher than the majority of consensus expectations of 7%.
◉ India’s real GDP is predicted to reach Rs 36.85 lakh crore in Q1FY23 as opposed to Rs 32.46 lakh crore in Q1 2021–2022; this represents a growth rate of 13.5%.
Appointment
6. Assigned as the new Chief of Defence Staff is Lieutenant General Anil Chauhan.
◉ General Anil Chauhan (Retired), a former commander of the Eastern Army, has been selected by the government as India’s second Chief of Defence Staff (CDS).
◉ In May 2021, Chauhan stepped down from his position as Eastern Command’s GOC-in-C.
◉ He will also serve as the Department of Military Affairs’ Secretary for the Gol.
◉ In 1981, he received a commission with the Indian Army’s 11 Gorkha Rifles.
◉ Since the sudden passing of India’s first CDS, Gen. Bipin Rawat, in December 2021, the position of CDS has remained empty.
7. R Venkataramani, a seasoned attorney, has been selected as India’s new attorney general.
◉ For a three-year tenure, senior attorney R Venkataramani has been chosen to serve as India’s attorney general.
◉ After K K Venugopal’s term ends on September 30, he will take over.
◉ In July 2017, Venugopal, 91, was chosen for the position. On June 29, he was reappointed as the nation’s top law enforcement official for another three months. He may be the AG who has held the position the longest.
Awards
8. Anand-Milind, Shailendra Singh, and Kumar Sanu will receive the Lata Mangeshkar Award.
◉ On the occasion of the late singing legend’s birth in Indore, the National Lata Mangeshkar Award was given to prominent playback singers Kumar Sanu and Shailendra Singh as well as the composer team Anand-Milind.
◉ Shailendra Singh, Anand-Milind, and Kumar Sanu received the honors for the years 2019, 2020, and 2021, respectively, from State Minister of Culture Usha Thakur.
◉ Mangeshkar was born on September 28, 1929, in Indore, and died on February 6, 2022, in Mumbai.
Defence
9. Successful Very Short Range Air Defense System Missile tests were conducted by DRDO.
◉ The Very Short Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) has been successfully tested twice by the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) using a ground-based portable launcher from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, off the coast of Chandipur, Odisha.
◉ SHORADS is a Man Portable Air Defence System (MANPAD) that was designed and created domestically by the DRDO’s Research Centre Imarat (RCI), Hyderabad, in association with other DRDO laboratories and Indian Industry Partners.
◉ The Man Portable Air Defense System was created by the DRDO’s Research Center Imarat, Hyderabad, in coordination with other DRDO institutions.
◉ Use – To eliminate close-range, low-altitude aerial threats
Sports
10. The Duleep Trophy 2022 championship was won by West Zone.
◉ Headed by Ajinkya Rahane West Zone defeated South Zone on the fifth and final day of the tournament in Coimbatore by a margin of 294 runs to claim the Duleep Trophy 2022 victory.
◉ With this victory, West Zone has now won the most tournament titles (19), with North Zone coming in second with 18 victories.
◉ Jaiswal’s valiant double tonne earned him the distinction of “Man of the Match.”
◉ Yashasvi Jaiswal received the Player of the Match honor for her two centuries (265 runs).
◉ Meanwhile, Jaydev Unadkat won Player of the Series.
Book and Author
11. The January 2023 release of “Lata: Sur-Gatha” in English
The acclaimed book “Lata: Sur-Gatha” will be translated into English and published in January 2023.
◉ Ira Pande, a renowned author, and the translator translated Yatindra Mishra’s “Lata: A Life in Music,” which was originally written in Hindi.
◉ The book has won both the MAMI Award for Best Writing on Cinema and the 64th National Film Award (2016–17).
◉ Mangeshkar, who is referred to as the Queen of Melody, began her singing lessons when she was five years old. She started her singing career in 1942, and over the course of seven decades, is credited with singing 25,000 songs in as many as 36 different Indian languages, including Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, Bengali, and others.
Important day
12. World Heart Day is on September 29.
◉ Every year on September 29, the world honors the heart.
◉ Goal – To raise awareness of the danger of dying from heart-related illnesses and to emphasize the significance of learning how to prevent them.
◉ Use Heart for Every Heart is the theme for 2022.
13. September 28, 2022. The 115th anniversary of Bhagat Singh’s birth
◉ On September 28, 1907, in Punjab’s Village Banga, Bhagat Singh was born.
◉ He earned martyrdom at the age of 23 after refusing to submit to the crimes of the British Empire.
◉ On March 23, 1931, the British Empire put Bhagat Singh and his friends Rajguru and Sukhdev to death.
◉ He proposed the phrase “Inquilab Zindabad.”
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