Important Daily Current Affairs of 19th September 2021

Important Daily Current Affairs of 19th September 2021

In this article, we will discuss all the important current affairs of 19th September 2021 in detail.

National

1. The Ministry of Law and Justice has launched the “Ek Pahal” campaign, which aims to bring justice to people’s doorsteps.

  • The Ministry of Law and Justice’s Department of Justice has launched the “Ek Pahal /” campaign to encourage broad Tele-Law registration.
  • The use of communications and information technology for the transmission of legal information and advice is referred to as tele-law. Through the Common Services Center, the Department of Justice has worked with NALSA and CSC e-Governance Service India Limited to mainstream legal aid to marginalised populations (CSC).

2. For Indian start-ups and tech entrepreneurs, MyGov has launched the Planetarium Innovation Challenge.

  • The Planetarium Innovation Challenge for Indian start-ups and tech entrepreneurs has been announced by MyGov India, which is part of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
  • The contest aims to bring Indian startups and tech entrepreneurs together to develop cutting-edge technologies for planetariums.

3. IIT Delhi is working on a system that generates electricity from water droplets and can be used to power small electronic devices.

  • IIT Delhi researchers devised and built a novel system that can generate energy from water drops, raindrops, water streams, and ocean waves.
  • The ‘Liquid-solid Interface Triboelectric Nanogenerator’ is the name of the gadget.

4. The Centre has formed a Group of Ministers (GoM) to improve the execution of initiatives for SC, ST, OBC, minorities, and women; Rajnath Singh is the head of the group.

  • The Centre has formed a group of ministers (GoM) to look at improving the execution and efficacy of different social schemes for the Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC), minorities, and women.
  • Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will preside over the GoM.

5. MS Dhoni and Anand Mahindra are among the 15 members of a 15-member expert group formed by the Defence Ministry to examine the NCC.

  • The defence ministry has appointed a 15-member team to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) in order to make it more relevant. Cricket legend Mahendra Singh Dhoni and billionaire Anand Mahindra have been chosen to the panel.
  • Col. (Retd) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Rajya Sabha member Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, Principal Economic Advisor in the Finance Ministry Sanjeev Sanyal, and Jamia Millia Islamia Vice Chancellor Najma Akhtar are among the members of the committee led by former lawmaker Baijayant Panda.

International News

6. Surya Kiran, a combined military exercise between India and Nepal, will begin on September 20.

  • On September 20, the 15th edition of the Indo-Nepal joint military exercise “Surya Kiran” will commence here.
  • The drill is part of a larger effort to improve interoperability and experience sharing between the two militaries.

7. The World Economic Forum’s next annual conference will be held in Davos.

  • The World Economic Forum announced that its next annual conference will be held in Davos, Switzerland, in January 2022, marking the first significant in-person gathering of world leaders in nearly two years since the world’s deadliest pandemic struck.
  • The World Economic Forum announced that its next annual conference will be held in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, from January 17 to 21, 2022, with the subject “Working Together, Restoring Trust.”

8. In Bengaluru, Kotak Mahindra Bank has partnered with IISc to establish an AI-ML Center.

  • The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd have announced a cooperation to establish a state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI-ML) Centre on the IISc campus.
  • The Centre, which is part of KMBL’s CSR project on Education and Livelihood, will also encourage AI and machine learning research and development, as well as build a talent pool from throughout the country to supply cutting-edge solutions to satisfy industry’s emerging and future needs.

9. The Cabinet has approved a government guarantee of Rs 30,600 crore for failing banks.

  • According to finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the Union Cabinet has approved a proposal to grant a Rs 30,600 crore government guarantee for security receipts issued by the National Asset Reconstruction Company (NARCL) as part of the resolution of bad loans.
  • In the last six years, she claims, banks have recovered Rs 5.01 lakh billion in unpaid debts. Since March 2018, Rs 3.1 lakh crore has been recovered

Banking & Finance News

10. As a result of an inquiry into ‘data juggling,’ the World Bank has decided to stop publishing its ‘ease of doing business’ report.

  • Following an examination spurred by internal reports of “data irregularities” in its 2018 and 2020 editions (published in 2017 and 2019, respectively) and probable “ethical matters” involving bank staff, the World Bank announced it will stop publishing Doing Business reports.
  • According to a report by the Washington-based law firm WilmerHale, World Bank employees manipulated data on China to enhance the country’s ease of doing business ranking.

11. Deadline to link PAN-Aadhaar extended by six months till March 2022

  • The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has once again announced an extension in the deadline to link PAN with biometric ID Aadhaar.
  • The deadline has been extended by six months till March 31, 2022. Earlier this date was extended till September 30, 2021.

Appointments News

12. As CTO, Amit Saxena has joined the RBI Innovation Hub.

  • Amit Saxena, the State Bank of India’s Global Deputy Chief Technology Officer, has joined the RBI Innovation Hub as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO).
  • The Reserve Bank announced the formation of the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH) to promote financial sector innovation via the use of technology and the creation of an environment that facilitates and fosters innovation.

13. Alka Nangia Arora takes over as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of National Small Industries Corporation Ltd. Alka Nangia Arora, a 1991-batch Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS) officer, has taken on the additional charge of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of National Small Industries Corporation Ltd. (NSIC). She talked with NSIC’s senior officers and conducted an audit of the company’s operations.

  • Alka Nangia Arora is a 30-year industry veteran who has worked in a variety of activities around the country. She presently works at the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises as a Joint Secretary.

14. Indu Malhotra, a retired judge, has been appointed as the new Ombudsman and Ethics Officer by the DDCA.

  • Justice Indu Malhotra, a former Supreme Court of India judge, has been named as the Ombudsman and Ethics Officer by the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA). At the Annual General Meeting, the decision was made (AGM).
  • The Supreme Court selected Malhotra as a senior advocate in 2007, making her only the second woman to get the honour after a three-decade wait.

Sports News

15. At the 60th National Athletics Championships, Harmilan Kaur Bains smashes a 19-year-old 1500m record.

  • Harmilan Kaur Bains of Punjab set a new national record in the women’s 1500m race at the 60th National Open Athletics Championships in Warangal on September 16, 2021, by clocking 4:05.39 to win gold in the women’s 1500m event.
  • With this performance, the 23-year-old athlete has broken Sunita Rani’s 19-year-old record in the 1500m at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, clocking 4:06.03.

Obituary News

16. Yuriy Sedykh, a two-time Olympic hammer gold medalist, has died.

  • World Athletics announced that Yuriy Sedykh, the world hammer throw record holder and two-time Olympic champion, died at the age of 66.
  • Sedykh, who competed for the Soviet Union, won gold at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics, as well as his only world medal at the 1991 championships in Tokyo, when he was 36 years old. At the 1986 European Championships, he set a world record with an 86.74 metre throw.

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