Daily Current Affairs September 03& 04

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September 03& 04| Daily Current Affairs 2022

Important Days – Daily Current Affairs September 03& 04

1. National Nutrition Week was first observed on?
A) 1975
B) 1985
C) 1980
D) 1990
E) 1982
Answer: E) 1982

• Date: September 1 to 7
• Week: National Nutrition Week
• Theme: World of Flavors
• Observed by: Food and Nutrition Board of the Government of India’s Ministry of Women and Child Development
• 1st Observed in India: 1982

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2. Which edition of RashtriyaPoshanMaahwas observed on 2022?
A) 3rd
B) 6th
C) 5th
D) 7th
E) 4th
Answer: C) 5th

• September: 1 to 30
• Month: RashtriyaPoshanMaah
• Observed by: Ministry of Women and Child Development
• Theme: “Mahila aur Swasthya” and “Bacha aur Shiksha”
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the programme from Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan on 8 March 2018.

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3. International Vulture Awareness Day is observed on?
A) September 3
B) September 5
C) September 2
D) September 4
E) September 1
Answer: A) September 3

• Date: September 3
• Day: International Vulture Awareness Day
• 1st Observed: 2009

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Ranking – Daily Current Affairs September 03& 04

4. India surpassed UK to become world’s ______biggest economy?
A) 3rd
B)5th
C) 2nd
D) 6th
E) 4th
Answer: B) 5th

• Britain has dropped behind India to become the world’s sixth largest economy.
• The former British colony leaped past the UK in the final three months of 2021 to become the fifth-biggest economy.
• The calculation is based in US dollars, and India extended its lead in the first quarter, according to GDP figures from the International Monetary Fund.

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Banking and Finance – Daily Current Affairs September 03& 04

5. Which of the following Bank and ADB joined hands to support supply chain financing?
A) City Union Bank
B) Karur Vysya Bank
C) Federal Bank
D) IndusInd Bank
E) Tamilnad Mercantile Bank
Answer: D) IndusInd Bank

• IndusInd Bank announced a strategic partnership with Asian Development Bank (ADB) to support and promote supply chain finance solutions in India.
• The Bank has entered into a partial guarantee programme with ADB with an initial outlay of $70 million (Rs 560 crore), exclusively towards promoting supply chain finance solutions in India.

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6. PSU banks will open about how many branches in unbanked areas by Dec 2022?
A) 300
B) 350
C) 400
D) 450
E) 500
Answer: A) 300

• As part of the financial inclusion drive, public sector banks will open about 300 brick-and-mortar branches in the unbanked areas of various states by December 2022.
• These new branches will cover all remaining unbanked villages with a population of more than 3,000.
• A Maximum number of 95 branches will be opened in Rajasthan followed by 54 in Madhya Pradesh.
• The public sector banks will open 38 branches in Gujarat, 33 in Maharashtra, 32 in Jharkhand and 31 in Uttar Pradesh.

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Business and Economy – Daily Current Affairs September 03& 04

7. Over-all exports of India will cross how many billion US dollar this year?
A) $ 700 bn
B) $ 600 bn
C) $ 750 bn
D) $ 650 bn
E) $ 800 bn
Answer: C) $ 750 bn

• The government has said that country’s overall exports will cross 750 billion US dollar this year.
• Last year it was at the level of 676 billion US dollar.
• Briefing reporters in New Delhi, Commerce Secretary B V R Subrahmanyam said, goods exports is expected to touch 450 billion dollar while exports in service sector will reach 300 billion dollar this year.
• Giving details of exports data, Mr Subrahmanyam said that exports in August this year remained flat at 33 billion US dollar while during the month of April to August, the exports stood at 192 billion dollar up by 17.1 per cent compared to last year.
• He said, imports in the month of August, 2022 stood at 61.88 billion registering an increase of 37 per cent over the previous year while in the five months of the current fiscal, India’s imports were at 318 billion US dollar showing a rise of 45 per cent.
• He said, coal and petroleum imports are driving the rise in imports but overall rise in imports is a sign of healthy demand in the economy as 25% of country’s imports are for consumer items, while 75 per cent are for raw materials.

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Appointments – Daily Current Affairs September 03& 04

8. Who among the following appointed as brand ambassador for Punyakoti Yojana?
A) Rama Moorthy
B) Shaji Prabhakaran
C) Rama Sanjeev
D) S Krishnan
E) Sudeep Sanjeev
Answer: E) Sudeep Sanjeev

• Actor Sudeep Sanjeev was appointed as the ambassador of Punyakoti Yojana, a project of the Karnataka government,State Animal Husbandry Minister Prabhu B. Chauhan.

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9. Who among the following appointed as new secretary general of AIFF?
A) Rama Moorthy
B) Shaji Prabhakaran
C) Rama Sanjeev
D) S Krishnan
E) Sudeep Sanjeev
Answer: B) Shaji Prabhakaran

• Organisation: All India Football Federation (AIFF)
• Position: Secretary general
• Appointed: Shaji Prabhakaran

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10. Who among the following appointed as the MD & CEO of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank?
A) Rama Moorthy
B) Shaji Prabhakaran
C) Rama Sanjeev
D) KrishnanSankarasubramaniam
E) Sudeep Sanjeev
Answer: D) Krishnan Sankarasubramaniam

• Financial Institute: Tamilnad Mercantile Bank (TMB) Ltd
• Position: Managing Director and CEO
• Appointed: Krishnan Sankarasubramaniam
• Succeeded: K V Rama Moorthy

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International Affairs – Daily Current Affairs September 03& 04

11. In which of the following country Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla unveiled first statue of Swami Vivekananda?
A) Mexico
B) Canada
C) Brazil
D) Colombia
E) Peru
Answer: A) Mexico

• Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla unveiled a statue of Swami Vivekananda in Mexico and said his teachings to humanity transcend geographical barriers and time.
• This is the first statue of Swami ji in Latin America.

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12. Which of the following countryseeked India’s assistance to construct two more petroleum pipelines?
A) Mexico
B) Canada
C) Nepal
D) Colombia
E) Peru
Answer: C) Nepal

• Nepal has sought India’s technical support and grant assistance to construct two more petroleum pipeline projects under government-to-government agreement.
• A 69-km-long petroleum pipeline between Motihari in Bihar and Amlekhgunj in Nepal’s Bara district constructed with India’s assistance is already in operation.
• It was inaugurated on September 10, 2019 and is being used for supplying diesel from Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to Nepal Oil Corporation.
• After the construction of the Motihari-Amlekhgunj pipeline, the Nepal government has prepared to enter into a G2G (Government-to-Government) agreement with India to construct two more petroleum pipeline projects and has forwarded proposals to the Indian government in this connection.
• Nepal has recently forwarded two separate proposals, one for the construction of 52 km pipeline from Siliguri in West Bengal to Jhapa in Nepal and another 69 km pipeline connecting Amlekhgunj to Lothar in Chitawan district, both within Nepal, as an extension of Motihari-Amlekhgunj pipeline, Urmila K C, Under Secretary at Nepal’s Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Supplies.

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National Affairs – Daily Current Affairs September 03& 04

13. Amit Shah will chair ___ Southern Zonal Council meeting in Kerala?
A) 20th
B) 27th
C) 25th
D) 24th
E) 30th
Answer: E) 30th

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah on will chair the 30th Southern Zonal Council meeting in Kerala’s Kovalam which will be attended by chief ministers and Lieutenant Governors of the southern States and Union Territories.
• The meeting will be attended by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, Andhra Pradesh YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and Lieutenant Governors of the southern Union Territories Puducherry, Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

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14. Which of the following state got 29th district in the form of Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Chhattisgarh
C) West Bengal
D) Uttar Pradesh
E) Odisha
Answer: B) Chhattisgarh

• Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel inaugurated Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki as the 29th district of the state.
• It has been carved out of Rajnandgaon district, which had a large area and people used to take almost the entire day to reach the headquarters, having to travel as much as 170 kilometres at times.
• This has been reduced to 70 kilometres with the inauguration of the new district, said the CM, who also launched projects worth Rs 160 crore.
• He is scheduled to inaugurate Sarangarh-Bilaigarh and Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai as the 30th and 31st districts of the state.

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14. UIDAI topped for resolving Public Grievances in ranking report, in which year UIDAI established?
A) 2009
B) 2015
C) 2010
D) 2011
E) 2012
Answer: A) 2009

• Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has topped amongst all Ministries/Departments for resolving Public Grievances in the ranking report published by Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) for the month of August 2022.
• UIDAI has been a top performer in resolution of cases received through Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS).
• UIDAI is further committed to serve residents of India, and has been a catalyst for both ease of living and ease of doing business.
• UIDAI has a robust grievance redressal mechanism in place comprising of UIDAI HQ Divisions, Regional Offices, Technology Centre and engaged Contact Centre partners, which is enabling UIDAI to resolve around 92% of CRM Grievances within 7 days.

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15. How many crores dividend received by Government from RITES?
A) Rs 55crore
B) Rs 87 crore
C) Rs 69 crore
D) Rs 39 crore
E) Rs 74 crore
Answer: C) Rs 69 crore

• Government has received about Rs 69 crore from RITES as dividend tranche,Secretary, Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM).
• RITES Limited, a schedule ‘A’, Mini Ratna Enterprise under the Ministry of Railways, has declared an equity dividend of 170 per cent amounting to Rs 17 per share for the financial year ended March 2022.
• At the current share price of Rs 298.70 the company’s dividend yield works out to be 5.69 per cent.
• The share price of RITES Limited closed 0.38 per cent down at Rs 298.70 on the BSE.
• RITES Limited profit after tax jumped by 85.8 per cent to Rs 145 crore for the first quarter of the financial year 2022-23.
• The company’s total revenue jumped to Rs 637 crore for the April-June quarter as against Rs 377 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous year.

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16. School enrolment may decrease by over how many percent until 2025, says NCERT study?
A) 18%
B) 25%
C) 16%
D) 20%
E) 14%
Answer: E) 14%

• The enrolment in schools may decrease by over 14 per cent till 2025 with the enrolment of girls expected to decline by over 2 per cent more than that of boys, an NCERT study has projected.
• The enrolment of scheduled caste students would remain unchanged for the next 510 years, while the number of students from scheduled tribe will face stagnation after 2023-24, the study by Educational Survey Division (ESD) of NCERT added.
• The report said that enrolment is a function of population, so a decline in the child population in the age groups of 611, 1114, and 1416 years is reflected in the enrolment at each stage.
• The report Projection and Trends of School Enrolment by 2025′ has taken into account the National Achievement Survey (NAS) conducted by the NCERT and figures of the annual Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) data.
• The study considered NAS reports from 21 states where the population was more than 5 million in the 2011 Population Census of India, saying there is much fluctuation in the data of the North Eastern states and some statistics are not available.

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17. Which of the following state CM will transfer Rs 5.60 crore for GodhanNyay Yojana beneficiaries?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Chhattisgarh
C) West Bengal
D) Uttar Pradesh
E) Odisha
Answer: B) Chhattisgarh

• Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel will virtually transfer a total of Rs 5.60 crore into the bank accounts of farmers, cattle-rearing villagers, Gauthan committees and women self-help groups under the GodhanNyay Yojana through a program that will be organized at the Chief Minister’s residence office.
• This will include Rs 2.69 crore which was paid in lieu of 1.34 lakh quintal cow dung purchased from cattle-rearing villagers, farmers, and landless farmers in Gauthans from August 15 to August 31, and a dividend of Rs 1.48 crore paid to Gauthan committees and Rs 93 lakh paid to women’s SHGs are also included.
• Under the GodhanNyay Yojana, Rs 335 crore 24 lakh has been paid to the beneficiaries in the state so far, which includes a bonus amount of Rs 18 crore.
• After the payment of Rs 5.09 crore on September 5, the amount paid under this scheme will reach to Rs 340 crore 35 lakh.
• The GodhanNyay Yojana is the only scheme in the country and the world, under which cow dung at the rate of Rs 2 per kg and cow urine at the rate of Rs 4 per litre is procured in the Gauthans of Chhattisgarh state.
• An amount of Rs 158.24 crore has also been paid to villagers for selling 79.12 lakh quintals of cow dung till August 15 in Gauthans.
• After the payment of Rs 2.69 crore to cow dung vendors on September 05, this figure will reach Rs 160.94 crore.
• An amount of Rs 154.02 crore has been paid so far to Gauthan committees and women’s self-help groups.
• After payment of Rs 2.40 crore to Gauthan committees and self-help groups on September 05, this figure will reach Rs 156.42 crore.

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