Daily Current Affairs September 11

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September 11 | Daily Current Affairs 2021

IMPORTANT DAYS – Daily Current Affairs September 11

1. National Forest Martyrs Day is observed on which date?
A) September 3
B) September 7
C) September 11
D) September 9
E) September 10
Answer: C) September 11

National Forest Martyrs Day:

• Every year on 11 September, National Forest Martyrs Day is marked and observed in the country.
• It is a day to pay tribute to those who sacrificed their lives to protect the wildlife, forests, and jungles in India.
• There are still many communities and villages where the only source of livelihood is forest.
• Also, people protect the flora and fauna as their own family.
• Many even risk their lives guarding and protecting it; which is why the day is observed to pay tribute and hail their contributions.

History behind National Forest Martyrs Day:

• After the Ministry of Environment and Forest made the declaration, this day officially came into existence and it was in the year 2013.
• The ministry selected this date (11 September) because, on this day in 1730, the Khejarli massacre took place in the country.
• On the orders of the then king Maharaja Abhay Singh of Rajasthan, the soldiers started cutting trees to provide wood for a new palace.
• During that time, a woman identified as Amrita Devi offered her head instead of the sacred Khejarli tree.
• Angry over the act, people in that village rose in protest and offered their lives in place of trees.
• After beheading her, the soldiers went on to slaughter over 350 people including Amrita’s children.
• On hearing this massacre, the shocked king instantly ordered his soldiers to spot killing the people and apologised to them who belonged to the Bishnoi community.
• Along with his apology, King Maharaja Abhay Singh made a declaration stating that no cutting of trees and killing of animals will take place in areas that are around the Bishnoi villages.

World EV Day:

• World EV Day is observed on September 9 every year.
• The day marks the celebration of e-mobility.
• Special awareness campaigns are organised globally to educate people about the benefits of electric vehicles.
• World EV Day was an initiative created by sustainability media company Green.TV.

APPOINTMENTS – Daily Current Affairs September 11

2. Aziz Akhannouch is appointed as Prime Minister of which country?
A) UK
B) Nepal
C) Australia
D) Bhutan
E) Morocco
Answer: E) Morocco

• Morocco’s King Mohammed VI appointed billionaire fuel tycoon Aziz Akhannouch as prime minister after his party came first in parliamentary election.

Alar Karis elected president of Estonia:

• The Estonian parliament, Riigikogu, elected Alar Karis the new president of Estonia in a second round of voting; the incumbent president, Kersti Kaljulaid, was not supported by the governing Centre Party and the Reform Party.

3. Who has become the first woman excavation engineer to work in an open cast mine at Coal India arm CCL?
A) Jeeva Meena
B) Shivani Meena
C) Aruna Meena
D) Geetha Meena
E) Anandhi Meena
Answer: B) Shivani Meena

• Gone are the days when only men covered in soot would clamber out of the inhospitable and exacting confines of a coal mine.
• Breaking the glass ceiling, Shivani Meena, an IIT Jodhpur alumna, has become the first woman excavation engineer to work in an open cast mine at Coal India arm CCL.

4. Jim Lanzone is appointed as CEO of ___?
A) Instagram
B) Facebook
C) Microsoft
D) Google
E) Yahoo
Answer: E) Yahoo

• Yahoo named dating app Tinder’s boss Jim Lanzone as its chief executive officer, just days after Apollo Global Management Inc completed its purchase of the online media company from Verizon Communications Inc.

AWARDS – Daily Current Affairs September 11

5. Who becomes first Indian Ophthalmologist to receive highest award of Royal College of Ophthalmologists, UK?
A) Dr Manoj G Honavar
B) Dr Santosh G Honavar
C) Dr Sathish G Honavar
D) Dr Anand G Honavar
E) Dr Vanoj G Honavar
Answer: B) Dr Santosh G Honavar

• Dr Santosh G Honavar, Director of Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery and Ocular Oncology, Centre for Sight Eye Hospital, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, and Editor of the Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, has been conferred with the very prestigious Honorary Fellowship by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, London, UK.
• Dr Santosh G Honavar is the first Ophthalmologist from the Indian subcontinent to be recognized with the Honorary Fellowship, the highest award of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, which is bestowed upon individuals who have made outstanding contributions to Ophthalmology.
• The highest accolade of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists – the Honorary fellowship is awarded to the most accomplished ophthalmologists in the World, and only 48 such awards have been made since inception, with a chartered limit of only 100 ever.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY – Daily Current Affairs September 11

6. CBSE along with which IIT launches Eklavya series for NEP 2020?
A) IIT Mumbai
B) IIT Mandi
C) IIT Gandhinagar
D) II Kanpur
E) IIT Madras
Answer: C) IIT Gandhinagar

• Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar launched the Eklavya series, an online educational programme that will help layout plan to implement the new National Education Policy (NEP).
• According to the official release, the focus of the series will be to clarify NEP and showcase how to effectively implement it across the schools.

IIT Kanpur signs MoU with Indian Air Force for academic collaboration:

• The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur and the Indian Air Force (IAF) have joined hands in their endeavour to build robust technologies both on the academic and research front in the domain of Aerospace Technology.
• To mark the initiation of the partnership, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between IAF and IIT Kanpur was signed at the Air Force Headquarters, New Delhi, IIT Kanpur said in a statement issued here.
• The MoU towards the establishment of the Air Vice Marshal Harjinder Singh, VSM Class I MBE, Chair of Excellence and Research Scholar Program (RSP) for the Indian Air Force Officers was signed in the presence of Air Marshal Vibhas Pande AVSM VSM, Air Officer-in-Charge Maintenance (AOM) and Prof. Abhay Karandikar, Director IIT Kanpur by Air Vice Marshal Rajeev Sharma, Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Education) and Head of Education Branch of IAF and Prof. Jayant Kumar Singh, Dean Resources and Alumni, IIT Kanpur.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS – Daily Current Affairs September 11

7. India and which country held the inaugural foreign and defence ministerial dialogue to boost overall strategic ties in the backdrop of an unsettling phase of geopolitical flux in the region?
A) UK
B) Nepal
C) Australia
D) Bhutan
E) China
Answer: C) Australia

• India and Australia held the inaugural foreign and defence ministerial dialogue to boost overall strategic ties in the backdrop of an unsettling phase of geopolitical flux in the region.
• External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajath Singh held the ‘two-plus-two talks here with their Australian counterparts Marise Payne and Peter Dutton.

NATIONAL AFFAIRS – Daily Current Affairs September 11

8. Which state celebrated Nuakhai with fervour amid the COVID-19 pandemic?
A) Odisha
B) Gujarat
C) Rajasthan
D) Karnataka
E) Tamil Nadu
Answer: A) Odisha

• People of Odisha celebrated Nuakhai with fervour amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Nuakhai, an agrarian festival mostly celebrated in western Odisha, has turned into a mass fiesta across the state over the years.
• On Nuakhai, people welcome the new rice of the season.
• Even as traditional rituals were followed, the festivities were subdued this year due to the pandemic.

9. Which state launches ‘Millet Mission’ to become Millet hub of India?
A) Maharashtra
B) Gujarat
C) Rajasthan
D) Chhattisgarh
E) Tamil Nadu
Answer: D) Chhattisgarh

• The Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Bhupesh Baghel aunched the ‘Millet Mission’ and said the state will become the millet hub of the country in the future.
• While addressing a program at his residence office in Raipur, he said that the initiative under Millet Mission has been taken to give the farmers the right price for small cereal crops, provide input assistance, procurement arrangements, and processing so that it can benefit them.
• He signed the MoU between the Indian Institute of Millet Research (IIMR), Hyderabad and the Collectors of 14 districts of the state including Kanker, Kondagaon, Bastar, Dantewada, Bijapur, Sukma, Narayanpur, Rajnandgaon, Kawardha, Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi, Balrampur, Koriya, Surajpur and Jashpur.
• According to the MoU, IIMR of Hyderabad will provide support and guidance for increasing the productivity of Kodo, Kutki and Ragi, technical skills, availability of high-quality seeds and establishment of the seed bank in Chhattisgarh.

10. Which state government would commemorate the death anniversary of firebrand poet and freedom fighter Subramania Bharati on September 11 as ‘Mahakavi’ Day?
A) Maharashtra
B) Gujarat
C) Rajasthan
D) Chhattisgarh
E) Tamil Nadu
Answer: E) Tamil Nadu

• Tamil Nadu government would commemorate the death anniversary of firebrand poet and freedom fighter Subramania Bharati on September 11 as ‘Mahakavi’ Day.
• Listing out plans to observe the 100th death anniversary of the poet whose works ignited patriotism and left an indelible mark on Tamil literature, Chief Minister of the State and DMK president M K Stalin said weekly events would be held at the Bharathiyar Memorial House here for the next one year to mark the centenary.
• Apart from setting up a chair in the poet’s name at Trichy Bharathidasan University, financial assistance would be provided to maintain the house in Kashi, Uttar Pradesh

11. ____ International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) is scheduled to be held from December 10 to 17?
A) 22th
B) 23th
C) 24th
D) 25th
E) 26th
Answer: E) 26th

• The 26th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) is scheduled to be held from December 10 to 17 here in this capital city.
• The Festival is organised by Kerala State Chalachitra Academy on behalf of Cultural Affairs Department of the State Government.
• The festival has a Competition Section for films from Asia, Africa, and Latin America as well as an Official World Cinema Section.

12. Which state was adjudged first in the country in installation of off-grid solar pumps under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Utthan Mahaabhiyaan (PMKUSUM)?
A) Maharashtra
B) Gujarat
C) Haryana
D) Chhattisgarh
E) Tamil Nadu
Answer: C) Haryana

• Haryana was adjudged first in the country in installation of off-grid solar pumps under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Utthan Mahaabhiyaan (PMKUSUM) with installation of 14,418 pumps against 15,000 sanctioned pumps for the year 2020-21.
• This announcement was made by the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in the concluding session of the weeklong nation-wide “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav” celebrations held on August 27, 2021.
• Under the scheme, standalone solar pumps of 3 HP to 10 HP capacity are being installed in the state with 75 per cent subsidy.
• The Union Government is providing 30 per cent Central Financial Assistance and the state government is providing 45 per cent subsidy.
• The farmer has to pay only 25 per cent of the total pump cost.
• These pumps can be installed by farmers/water user associations/ community/cluster based irrigation system etc. only for irrigation purpose.

13. The Central Government has launched ____ food processing projects in Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu?
A) 7
B) 5
C) 6
D) 3
E) 2
Answer: A) 7

• The Central Government has launched seven food processing projects in Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
• These projects were inaugurated yesterday by Food Processing Industries Minister, Pashupati Kumar Paras and the Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Prahlad Singh Patel through video conferencing as a part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
• A total of 3,100 people will get direct and indirect employment and 16 thousand 500 farmers and entrepreneurs will be benefited from these projects.
• The total cost of the projects is over 164 crore rupees.

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