28 September 2023 : Latest Current Affairs 28th September
Important Current Affairs 28th September 2023
In this article, we will discuss all the Current Affairs of 28th September including national, international, banking, finance, sports, awards, and many others. So if you are interested to know about the latest 28th September 2023 current affairs then read this article till the end.
Current Affairs of 28th September – National News
1. The seventh tiger reserve in MP is now Veerangana Durgavati.
◉ Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve has been designated as Madhya Pradesh’s seventh tiger reserve by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Climate Change.
◉ The reserve’s total area is roughly 2,339 square kilometers, of which the core area is 1,414 square kilometers and the buffer zone is 925.12 square kilometers.
◉ Making improved conservation efforts for the local fauna is the main goal.
◉ In India, there are currently 55 declared tiger reserves.
◉ Dholpur-Karauli Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan was the previous 54th Tiger Reserve.
◉ Six tiger reserves existed in Madhya Pradesh at the time: Kanha, Bandhavgarh, Satpura, Pench, Panna, and Sanjay-Dubri.
2. Three national honors are given to Chhattisgarh for Ayushman Bharat.
◉ For its exceptional implementation of the Ayushman Bharat scheme under the “big states” category, Chhattisgarh state has won three national awards. It utilized all allocated funds and made sure that 90% of families had an Ayushman card.
◉ In the past five years, Chhattisgarh has established a number of cutting-edge programs to improve access to high-quality healthcare services, and the initiatives have received praise from around the country.
◉ The Mukhyamantri Haat Bazar Clinic Yojana is one such program that offers people of the state’s remote forested areas free medical care. More than 1.4 crore people have benefited from this program’s free medication, medical exams, and treatment.
3. Madhya Pradesh will host the “India Smart Cities Conclave 2023.”
◉ The ‘India Smart Cities Conclave 2023’ has been held in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
◉ The conclave intends to showcase the exceptional work completed under the Smart Cities Mission and influence how India’s cities will change in the future.
◉ All 100 smart cities that are driving urban innovation and transforming the urban development process were present at the event.
◉ The winners of the India Smart Cities Awards Competition (ISAC) 2022, which has been run by the government since 2018, were recognized by President Draupadi Murmu.
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Banking
4. RBI Fines SBI, IB, Punjab & Sind Bank and Other Financial Institutions
◉ Three banks—State Bank of India, Indian Bank, Punjab & Sind Bank, and Fedbank Financial Services—have each received financial fines from the RBI for breaking the rules.
◉ The central bank fined SBI Rs 1.30 crore, IB Rs 1.62 crore, Punjab & Sind Bank Rs 1 crore, and Fedbank Financial Services Rs 8.80 lakh.
◉ For failing to follow certain instructions concerning “Loans and Advances – Statutory and Other Restrictions” and “Guidelines on Management of Intra-Group Transactions and Exposures,” the RBI fined SBI 1.30 crore rupees.
5. PhonePe, a digital payments startup with headquarters in Bengaluru, has established its own app store platform in an effort to break Google’s monopoly and draw in Android developers in India.
◉ The Indus Appstore Developer Platform may be a more enticing alternative than Google’s Play Store because it offers free registration and app upload for the first year, no platform cost, and no commission on in-app purchases.
◉ The app store also supports a lot of locally relevant features, like a phone number-based login mechanism, 12 Indian languages, and third-party payment providers.
◉ A more localized alternative to the Google Play store that enables better app discovery and user interaction is what Indus Appstore aims to offer app developers.
6 . The Kapol Co-operative Bank, situated in Mumbai, had its license revoked by the RBI.
◉ The Kapol Co-operative Bank Limited, situated in Mumbai, had its license revoked by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
◉ If the bank were to continue operating as a bank, it would be detrimental to the public interest because it would be unable to pay its current depositors in full given its current financial situation.
◉ Every depositor would be entitled to receive the deposit insurance claim amount of his or her deposits from the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC), pursuant to the DICGC Act, 1961, up to a financial ceiling of 5 lakh, upon liquidation.
Appointment
7. Katrina Kaif has been named the brand ambassador for Uniqlo India.
◉ Bollywood star Katrina Kaif has been named Uniqlo’s first brand ambassador in India. Uniqlo is a Japanese clothing shop.
◉ This partnership is a component of Uniqlo’s plan to increase its market share in India and publicize its Fall- Winter 2023 campaign.
◉ Tennis player Roger Federer, was chosen as Uniqlo’s global brand ambassador in 2018, before Kaif in the ranks.
8. The new Tata Advanced Systems chairman is Banmali Agarwal.
◉ Tata Sons has named Banmali Agarwal as the next chairman of the group’s Tata Advanced Systems (TASL) division, which provides aerospace and military solutions.
◉ In place of Vijay Singh, who retired, he has been appointed.
He serves as chairman of Tata Electronics and senior advisor to Tata Sons.
◉ The strategic aerospace and military branch of the Tata Group is called Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL), a fully owned subsidiary of Tata Sons.
Sports
9. At the 2023 Asian Games, Sift Kaur Samra won the gold medal in shooting.
◉ Sift Kaur Samra, an Indian shooter, broke all the records she could along the route to earning gold in the women’s 50m rifle 3 position competition at the Asian Games in Hangzhou.
◉ This was the fifth-place overall finish for India and its first individual gold at these Games.
◉ The preceding four gold medals were won in a variety of team sports, including equestrian, women’s cricket, and shooting.
◉ The other Indian competing in the event, Ashi Chouksey, won bronze in the same competition, bringing India’s total number of medals at Hangzhou to 18.
10. With the highest-ever T201 score of 314, Nepal makes history.
◉ In the men’s cricket competition at the Asian Games 2023, Nepal’s hitters broke three world records to become the first team to post a 300-plus total in T20Is.
◉ With the fastest hundred ever scored by Kushal Malla and the fastest fifty ever struck by Dipnedra Singh Airee in the history of T20 Internationals, Nepal posted the greatest total ever.
◉ During their game against Mongolia, they were successful in doing this. The men’s cricket competition at the continental meet also gets underway with this game.
◉ Nepal outscored Afghanistan’s 278/3 against Ireland in 2019 with a score of 314-3 in 20 Overs while batting first against Mongolia in a Group A match at the Asian Games.
Important day
11. World Maritime Day is on September 28.
◉ Every September on the final Thursday, people around the world celebrate World Maritime Day. On September 28 this year, it will be observed all over the world.
◉ The day, which is celebrated to honor the contributions of those working in the maritime sector, also strives to raise awareness among the general public about a number of issues relating to the sector, including shipping, marine trade, and environmental causes, among others.
◉ MARPOL at 50: Our commitment continues as the theme for 2023.
12. World Rabies Day is on September 28.
◉ Every year on September 28, there is a celebration known as World Rabies Day (WDR).
◉ Objective: To increase public knowledge of rabies, a zoonotic illness that kills thousands of people every year.
◉ It is also the anniversary of Louis Pasteur’s passing. The first rabies vaccine was created by a French chemist and microbiologist.
◉ Theme 2023: One Health for All, All for One
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