Important Daily Current Affairs of 15th October 2021
In this article, we will discuss all the important current affairs of 15th October 2021 in detail.
National
1. The Ministry of Health and Human Rights has launched a “Rewarding Scheme for the Grant of Award to the Good Samaritan.”
- The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has announced the establishment of a “Rewarding Scheme for Grant of Award to the Good Samaritan.”
- The project intends to encourage the general public to assist traffic accident victims in an emergency, as well as inspire and motivate others to save innocent lives on the road.
2. In the post-COVID era, India’s Department of Biotechnology announces the country’s first “One Health” consortium.
- In the post-COVID era, India’s Department of Biotechnology (DBT), under the Ministry of Science and Technology, has started India’s first massive consortium on ‘One Health.’
- Dr. Renu Swarup, Secretary, DBT, launched the ‘One Health’ programme via video conferencing.
3. Varanasi will be the first city in India to introduce ropeway service to public transportation.
- Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi will be the first city in India to adopt ropeway services for public transportation. Varanasi will be the third city in the world to employ ropeway for public transportation, following Bolivia and Mexico City.
- The ropeway project will cost Rs 424 crore in total. In approximately 15 minutes, a total distance of 4.2 kilometres will be covered.
4. Telangana has created India’s first smartphone-based electronic voting system.
- In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Telangana has built India’s first smartphone-based eVoting solution.
- The technology will be tested in a dummy election in Khammam district from October 8 to October 20, with registration on the application open from October 8 to 18 and dummy voting on October 20.
5. Assam debuts ‘Fishwaale,’ India’s first e-fish market app.
- Fishwaale, India’s first electronic fish market, has been inaugurated in Assam.
- Parimal Suklabaidya, Minister of Fisheries, Environment, Forestry, and Excise, presided over the event.
International News
6. India drops to 101st place in the 2021 Global Hunger Index; Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal are in second and third place, respectively.
- India has slid to 101st place out of 116 nations in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021, down from 94th place in 2020, and is now behind Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal. With a GHI score of less than five, eighteen nations shared the top spot, including China, Brazil, and Kuwait, according to the Global Hunger Index website, which analyses hunger and malnutrition.
- The extent of hunger in India, according to the report, is “alarming.” It was written by Concern Worldwide, an Irish charity organisation, and Welt Hunger Hilfe, a German organisation.
7. The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a Global Roadmap to End Meningitis by 2030.
- The World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners have established the first-ever worldwide strategy to combat meningitis, a crippling disease that claims the lives of hundreds of thousands of people each year.
- According to a WHO release, the Global Roadmap to Defeat Meningitis by 2030 aims to prevent infections and enhance care and diagnosis for individuals who are infected.
Banking & Finance News
8. Unity SFB receives a small finance bank licence from the RBI.
- Unity Small Finance Bank was given a small finance bank licence by the Reserve Bank of India to a consortium of Centrum Financial Services Limited (Centrum) and Resilient Innovations Private Limited (BharatPe).
- Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank’s assets and liabilities will be transferred to the Unity Small Finance Bank.
9. As part of its customer engagement initiative, Punjab National Bank has launched the ‘6S Campaign.’
- As part of its customer engagement initiative, Punjab National Bank has launched the ‘6S Campaign.’ The goal of the ‘6S Campaign’ is to provide customers with discounted financial services during the festival season.
- Swabhiman, Samruddhi, Sampark and Shikhar, Sankalp and Swagat are some of the programmes included in the ‘6S Campaign.’
Business & Economy News
10. Tata Sons is the winner of the bid to buy Air India for Rs 18,000 crore.
- Tata Sons’ wholly-owned subsidiary, Talace Pvt Ltd, has won the bid to buy Air India for Rs 18,000 crore. Tata Sons is the Tata Group’s holding company.
11. India’s first rural 5G testing is being conducted by Airtel and Ericsson.
- Bharti In the first week of October 2021, Airtel and Ericsson completed India’s first 5G network trial in a rural setting.
- The study was conducted at Bhaipur Bramanan hamlet, on the outskirts of Delhi-NCR, utilising Airtel’s 5G trial spectrum.
Appointments News
12. Ritesh Chauhan has been named the new CEO of the PM Fasal Bima Yojana.
- Ritesh Chauhan, a senior official, has been named CEO of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and Joint Secretary, Agriculture, under the Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare.
- Chauhan will serve for a total of seven years, from September 22, 2023, to September 22, 2023.
11. Amitabh Chaudhry’s re-appointment as MD of Axis Bank has been approved by the RBI.
- The Reserve Bank of India has accepted Amitabh Chaudhry’s re-appointment as managing director of the private sector Axis Bank for a three-year term.
- The new three-year term will begin on January 1, 2022, according to Axis Bank.
12. Atul Kumar Goel, MD of UCO Bank The Indian Banks’ Association has elected a new chairman.
- A K Goel, the managing director of UCO Bank, was chosen chairman of the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA).
- Goel takes over as head of the banking sector organisation from Union Bank Managing Director and CEO Rajkiran Rai G.
Sports News
13. ‘Our Goal for All’ is the tagline for the Asian Cup for Women’s Football in 2022.
- The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) have announced the official tagline for the 2022 Women’s Asian Cup, which will take place in India from January 20 to February 6.
- The slogan was revealed on the occasion of the 100-day countdown to the tournament, which will be held in Navi Mumbai, Mumbai, and Pune next year and will feature the continent’s best 12 teams competing for the renowned crown.
14. India’s latest Woman Grand Master Child prodigy is Divya Deshmukh. At the First Saturday Grandmaster chess competition in Budapest, Hungary, Divya Deshmukh became India’s latest Woman Grand Master (WGM).
- She earned her third and final WGM-norm by scoring five points from nine rounds with a rating performance of 2452.
Awards & Honours News
15. The Microsoft team lead by Satya Nadella has won the C.K. Prahalad Award for 2021.
- Satya Nadella, an Indian-American Microsoft CEO, got the renowned C K Prahlad award for Global Business Sustainability Leadership for the year 2021, among three other Microsoft executives.
- Apart from Nadella, the prize for Global Business Sustainability Leadership was shared by Microsoft’s President and Vice-Chair Brad Smith, Chief Financial Officer Amy Hood, and Chief Environment Officer Lucas Joppa.
Important Days
16. 15 October is World Students’ Day.
- Every year on October 15th, World Students’ Day commemorates the birth anniversary of former President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.
- Due to Kalam’s affection for students and the fact that he was a dedicated teacher who identified himself first and foremost in that job before anything else, the United Nations named 15 October “World Students’ Day” in 2010.
17. 15 October is World Handwashing Day.
- Every year on the 15th of October, the Global Handwashing Day (GHD) is commemorated.
- It is a global handwashing promotion effort aimed at motivating and mobilising individuals to improve their handwashing practises.
18. International Day of Rural Women: 15 October
- The International Day of Rural Women is observed on October 15 each year.
- The United Nations General Assembly established the day on 18 December 2007 and was observed for the first time in 2008.
- 2021 theme: “Rural Women Cultivating Good Food for All”
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