Daily Current Affairs September 07

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September 07| Daily Current Affairs 2022

Sports – Daily Current Affairs September 07

1. 61st edition of Subroto Cup International Football Tournament begins after gap of how many years?
A) 4 years
B) 6 years
C) 3 years
D) 5 years
E) 2 years
Answer: E) 2 years

• The 61st edition of the Subroto Cup International Football Tournament began after a gap of two years, at the BR Ambedkar Stadium in Delhi marking the start of the most prestigious football tournament for schools all over the country.
• The tournament, organised by the Subroto Mukherjee Sports Education Society (SMSES) along with the Indian Air Force, kicked-off the first match in the Under-14 Boys category between National Cadet Corps (NCC) and Govt. Model HSS, Sector 36, Chandigarh which finished in a goalless draw.
• 15 matches will be played across four stadiums – B.R Ambedkar, Tejas Park, Subroto Park and Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
• There are 32 teams divided into eight groups in the Boys U-14 category.
• The topper in each group will qualify for the quarter-finals.
• A total of 92 schools representing 25 States and Union Territories of India have qualified across the three (U-14 Boys, U-17 Girls, U-17 Boys) categories and Air Force School, Bangladesh will also be competing in the tournament.

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Banking and Finance – Daily Current Affairs September 07

2. Which of the following bankpartnered withWAAREEfor financing Consumers & Channel Partners?
A) BOM
B) UBI
C) SBI
D) BOI
E) BOB
Answer: C) SBI

• WAAREE, India’s largest Solar Panel manufacturer, has entered into an Agreement with SBI for availing unsecured financing for solar projects through Surya Shakti Solar Finance Scheme and providing working capital for Channel Partners under EDFS (Electronic dealer finance scheme).
• WAAREE intends to leverage over 500 Cr of a credit line through Surya Shakti Solar Finance Scheme and provide a digital platform for hassle-free journey to loan applicants for financing solar projects.

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3. NPAs from MUDRA loans in Maharashtra are at how many percent?
A) 16.32%
B) 17.29%
C) 19.74%
D) 15.47%
E) 18.28%
Answer: A) 16.32%

• Nearly Rs 5,000 crore of loans or 16.32 per cent of the total bank assets in Maharashtra under the Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana to help small businesses are unpaid as of June 2022.
• Parbhani district in the backward Marathwada region of Maharashtra has the highest non-performing assets (NPAs) at 60.54 per cent, according to data released during the State Level Bankers Committee meeting held in Aurangabad.
• The statistics illustrate the extent of hit taken by banks under these loans.
• The Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana was launched in April 2015 for providing loans to non-corporate and non-farm small/micro enterprises.
• As per the data, Rs 30,019 crore was taken as loan under the MUDRA scheme as of June 2022 by more than 52 lakh borrowers in Maharashtra.
• Out of this Rs 4,898 crore taken by 6.19 lakh borrowers has been classified as NPAs.
• The outstanding loan amount in Parbhani district is Rs 759 crore, of which Rs 459 crore constitutes the NPA.
• Parbhani is followed by Hingoli having NPAs of 33.31 per cent with Rs 111 crore of loans being unpaid.
• The third highest MUDRA NPA is in the state capital Mumbai at 29.97 per cent and the amount unpaid is Rs 248 crore.
• A dozen state-run banks account for a majority Rs 4,031 crore of the overall Rs 4,898 crore of sour loans.
• The NPAs of private sector banks stood at Rs 435 crore.
• Two regional rural banks have Rs 325 crore of NPAs and eight small finance banks have Rs 104 crore of NPAs under the scheme.

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4. Which of the following Bank joined the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)
A) Federal Bank
B) IDFC First Bank
C) CSB Bank
D) Karnataka Bank
E) IDBI Bank
Answer: B) IDFC First Bank

• IDFC FIRST Bank signed up as a participant in the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), an initiative of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, to enable early adoption of the network among its customers.
• As an early mover in the ONDC network, the Bank has enabled a platform for buyers which will help them discover sellers in the ONDC Network as it develops over time.
• The Bank has also started onboarding small merchants, who are its current account customers, onto a partner app registered with ONDC.
• The app is expected to help small merchants carry out transactions over ONDC’s electronic network and step up their digital footprint.

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5. Which of the following Small Finance Bank launched ‘rainbow account’ for transgender community?
A) EquitasSmall Finance Bank
B) UjjivanSmall Finance Bank
C) AUSmall Finance Bank
D) ESAF Small Finance Bank
E) Fincare Small Finance Bank
Answer: D) ESAF Small Finance Bank

• ESAF Small Finance Bank Ltd launched a ‘Rainbow Savings Account‘ exclusively for the transgender community offering a host of features, including high savings rate and advanced debit card facilities.
• A trans-friendly or inclusive labour culture is the need of the hour and this is a big step towards the inclusive revolution, Kerala-based ESAF Small Finance Bank.
• The Reserve Bank of India in 2015 directed banks to include a separate column ‘third gender’ in all their forms and applications.
• The ‘Rainbow Savings Account’ scheme comes with a high-interest rate and advanced debit card facilities.

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Acquisitions and Mergers – Daily Current Affairs September 07

6. Biocon sold how many percent stake in arm Syngene International?
A) 8.1%
B) 4.5%
C) 7.2%
D) 6.8%
E) 5.4%
Answer: E) 5.4%

• Drugmaker Biocon divested a 5.4 per cent stake in its research arm Syngene International for a little over Rs 1,220 crore through an open market transaction.
• According to bulk deal data available with the BSE, Biocon, the promoter of Syngene International, sold a total of 21,789,164 shares, amounting to a 5.4 per cent stake, in the company.
• The shares were sold at an average price of Rs 560.04 apiece.
• At this price, the transaction size has been pegged at Rs 1,220.28 crore, the data showed.
• The scrip of Syngene International has settled 2.38 per cent lower at Rs 565 apiece on the BSE.

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Appointments – Daily Current Affairs September 07

7. Who among the following appointed asHigh Commissioner to Canada?
A) Amit Kumar
B) Sanjay Gaur
C) Sanjay Kumar Verma
D) Amit Verma
E) Anshuman Gaur
Answer: C) Sanjay Kumar Verma

• Country: Canada
• Position: High Commissioner
• Appointed: Sanjay Kumar Verma
• Succeeded: Anshuman Gaur

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8. Who among the following appointed asAmbassador to the Republic of Korea?
A) Amit Kumar
B) Sanjay Gaur
C) Sanjay Kumar Verma
D) Amit Verma
E) Anshuman Gaur
Answer: A) Amit Kumar

• Country: Republic of Korea (South Korea)
• Position: Ambassador
• Appointed: Amit Kumar

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Environment and Energy- Daily Current Affairs September 07

9. Adani will build how many giga factories as part of USD 70 bn green investment?
A) 4
B) 6
C) 3
D) 2
E) 5
Answer: C) 3

• Asia’s richest man Gautam Adani said his ports-to-power conglomerate will build three giga factories for manufacturing solar modules, wind turbines, and hydrogen electrolyzers as part of a USD 70 billion investment in clean energy by 2030.
• Adani group is stepping up investments across the green energy value chain as it aims to become the world’s top renewable energy producer by 2030.

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Defence – Daily Current Affairs September 07

10. IAF team will hold air show in which of the following state?
A) Odisha
B) Mizoram
C) Himachal Pradesh
D) Rajasthan
E) West Bengal
Answer: A) Odisha

• The IAF aerobatics display team will hold air shows in Odisha September 3rd Week.
• The Suryakiran aerobatic team has scheduled aerobatics displays in Bhubaneswar on September 16 and in Puri on September 18.
• The Suryakiran (sunrays) is set to conduct the air show near the Raj Bhavan in Puri.
• Its plan to hold the exhibition over a stretch of Kathajodi river bed in Bhubaneswar has not yet been approved by the civil aviation ministry.
• The IAF had held an air show in Cuttack in 2016 to mark the birth centenary of former chief minister Biju Patnaik.

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International Affairs – Daily Current Affairs September 07

11. India & UK in partnership with BAE Systems conduct Cyber Security Exercise for how many Countries?
A) 49
B) 34
C) 75
D) 54
E) 26
Answer: E) 26

• India’s National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) and the UK Government in collaboration with BAE Systems successfully designed & conducted the Cyber Security Exercise for 26 Countries as part of the International Counter Ransomware Initiative- Resilience Working Group which is being led by India under the leadership of National Cyber Security Coordinator (NCSC).
• The exercise has been facilitated by BAE Systems via the Immersive Labs platform, and the scenario has been written specifically for the participants based on Threat Intelligence and operational experiences.
• The theme of the exercise is based on Energy Sector in which the respective National Cyber Crisis Management Teams of the CRI Partner Nations will have to deal with a ransomware attack on multiple electricity distribution companies.
• These companies are responsible for the distribution of electricity to domestic customers and are the last link to the public supply.
• The exercise explores the complexity of decision-making around response to ransomware on Critical National Infrastructure.
• There are over 26 invitees, from CRI Partner Nations and their respective organisations; including Cyber Security, National Crisis Management, National Security Policy, Critical National Infrastructure, and Law Enforcement Agencies.

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National Affairs – Daily Current Affairs September 07

12. Which of the following state government will soon notify rules for processing local grapes for wine making?
A) Odisha
B) Mizoram
C) Himachal Pradesh
D) Rajasthan
E) West Bengal
Answer: B) Mizoram

• The Mizoram government will soon notify rules for processing locally grown grapes to make wine in the state.
• The state council of ministers had recently approved the draft rules. Replying to a question from VL Zaithanzama of Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM), Excise Minister K Beichhua told the assembly that the draft rules have been sent to the law department for vetting and would be notified soon.
• Excise duty will be charged on the locally processed grape wine.
• Manufacture and sale of wine from grapes grown outside the state would not be allowed under the rules.
• The state cabinet had allowed manufacture and sale of wine from fresh grapes harvested locally by farmers under a liquor prohibition law.

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13. Which of the following state will launch 100-day urban employment guarantee scheme?
A) Odisha
B) Mizoram
C) Himachal Pradesh
D) Rajasthan
E) West Bengal
Answer: D) Rajasthan

• The Rajasthan government will launch an ambitious scheme to provide 100 days of employment to needy families in urban areas on the lines of rural employment guarantee scheme MGNREGA.
• More than 2.25 lakh families have already registered for the Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Scheme which was proposed by chief minister Ashok Gehlot in the state budget this year.
• An official said the scheme to be launched on September 9 would cover works like environment protection, water and heritage conservation, garden maintenance, and removing encroachments, illegal sign boards, hoardings, banners etc.
• Sanitation, cleanliness and other such works will also be undertaken under the scheme, he said.
• People from the age group of 18 to 60 are eligible for the scheme.
• Interested families will get 100 days of employment.
• The scheme will be implemented in all the urban local bodies from September 9.
• The state government has allocated Rs 800 crore for the scheme.

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14. India aims to halve road accidents by end of which year?
A) 2023
B) 2024
C) 2027
D) 2026
E) 2025
Answer: B) 2024

• India aims to halve road accidents and related deaths by the end of 2024, the road and transport minister, days after the former chairman of the Tata conglomerate died in a car crash.
• Nitin Gadkari also said the government hoped to finalise a draft for a mandatory six airbags in all cars this year.

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15. Which of the following UT banned production, sale, use of firecrackers till Jan 1, 2023?
A) New Delhi
B) Jammu and Kashmir
C) Daman and Diu
D) Ladakh
E) Puducherry
Answer: A) New Delhi

• Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai said the production, sale and use of all types of firecrackers will be banned in the national capital till January 1.
• This time there will also be a ban on online sale and delivery of firecrackers in Delhi.
• The restriction will remain in force till January 1, 2023.

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16. Longest drone delivery of medicine conducted in which of the following state?
A) Odisha
B) Mizoram
C) Himachal Pradesh
D) Rajasthan
E) West Bengal
Answer: E) West Bengal

• A drone from Skye Air Mobility covered an aerial distance of 104 km in West Bengal to deliver a medicine consignment of Flipkart Health, the longest commercial delivery using an unmanned vehicle in the state.
• The drone took off from Flipkart’s Baruipur hub in South 24 Parganas and delivered medicines at the Healthbuddy Matangini in the state’s Purba Medinipur district.
• The distance between the two places is 185 km by road, and it takes about four-five hours to cover by the surface transport.

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17. Delhi: Dy CM Sisodia approved road redevelopment projects worth how many crores?
A) Rs 10.99 crores
B) Rs 12.55 crores
C) Rs 13.66 crores
D) Rs 14.77 crores
E) Rs 11.88 crores
Answer: C) Rs 13.66 crores

• Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has approved various road redevelopment projects worth Rs 13.66 crore for northwest part of the city that will cover a total 16.22km stretch.
• Under the projects, nine roads in Pitampura and 12 in Rohini sectors 3, 5, 6 and 7 will be redeveloped and strengthened by the public works department.

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18. Which of the following state CM inaugurated projects worth Rs 335 cr in Kangra district?
A) Odisha
B) Mizoram
C) Himachal Pradesh
D) Rajasthan
E) West Bengal
Answer: C) Himachal Pradesh

• Ahead of the assembly polls in Himachal Pradesh, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur inaugurated 55 development projects worth Rs 335 crore in Kangra district.
• The present government is spending more than Rs 1,300 crore annually on providing social security pensions compared to only Rs 400 crore spent by the previous state government.

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19. CJI Uday Umesh Lalit inaugurated NALSA Centre for citizen services, he is ___ Chief Justice of India?
A) 51st
B) 48th
C) 50th
D) 47th
E) 49th
Answer: E) 49th

• The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) Centre for Citizen Services, was inaugurated by Chief Justice of India Uday Umesh Lalit.
• The space at Jaisalmer House which was provided to NALSA would be utilised for the establishment of Legal Assistance Centre for Citizens, Legal Assistance Centre for NRIs, Training Centre, and Digital Command Centre for providing futuristic legal services across the country.
• The NALSA office which was earlier placed at Jamnagar House was shifted to the Additional Building Complex of the Supreme Court of India on 9th November 2021.

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