Daily Current Affairs September 21

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September 21 | Daily Current Affairs 2021

IMPORTANT DAYS – Daily Current Affairs September 21

1. International Day of Peace is observed on which date?
A) September 21
B) September 17
C) September 16
D) September 15
E) September 18
Answer: A) September 21

• Giving peace a chance is the main focus on the International Day of Peace or World Peace Day, which is observed every year on September 21.
• This year’s theme is “recovering better for an equitable and sustainable world”.

World Alzheimer’s Day:

• World Alzheimer’s Day is observed every year on September 21.
• Alzheimer’s disease is the most prevalent type of dementia, a group of degenerative brain disorders that affect a person’s memory and other cognitive abilities.

International Week of Deaf People 2021: September 20 to 26:

• The International Week of Deaf People has been celebrated during the last full week of September.
• This year’s theme for the International Week of Deaf People is “Celebrating Thriving Deaf Communities”.

RANKING – Daily Current Affairs September 21

2. Which state is topped in FSSAI food safety index for 2020-21 in large state category?
A) Karnataka
B) Chhattisgarh
C) Telangana
D) Gujarat
E) Odisha
Answer: D) Gujarat

Large States:

Small States:

UTs:

• The index ranks states on five parameters of food safety: human resources and institutional data, compliance, food testing facility, training and capacity building besides consumer empowerment.

BANKING AND FINANCE – Daily Current Affairs September 21

3. Which country and World Bank sign $92m agreement to boost climate resilience?
A) New Zealand
B) Kuwait
C) Sri Lanka
D) Bangladesh
E) Iran
Answer: C) Sri Lanka

4. Which Bank and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) have announced the launch of BoB BPCL RuPay NCMC Platinum International co-branded Contactless Debit Card?
A) Kotak Mahindra Bank
B) Bank of Baroda
C) Indian Bank
D) ICICI Bank
E) HDFC Bank
Answer: B) Bank of Baroda

• Bank of Baroda (BoB) – India’s third-largest public sector bank and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) – a ‘Maharatna’ & a Fortune Global 500 Company have announced the launch of BoB BPCL RuPay NCMC Platinum International co-branded Contactless Debit Card.
• This personalised RuPay platinum international debit card comes with various benefits including 5% cashback up to INR 50 on the first 2 transactions at BPCL outlets.
• The customers will also receive a 0.75% cashback incentive on fuel transactions up to a maximum of INR 45 per transaction at over 19000+ BPCL outlets across India.
• The BoB BPCL RuPay co-branded debit cardholders will further get an enhanced cash withdrawal facility of up to INR 50,000 at ATMs.
• They will also be able to shop for a maximum of INR 100,000 from e-commerce portals and physical outlets using PoS machines.

5. _____ partners with Liquid Group to enable UPI QR-based payment acceptance in North-Southeast Asian markets?
A) IRDAI
B) SIDBI
C) SEBI
D) RBI
E) NPCI
Answer: E) NPCI

• NPCI International Payments Limited, the NPCI’s international arm of National Payments Corporation of India, announced that it has partnered with Singapore-based Liquid Group to enable UPI QR-based payments acceptance in 10 North and Southeast Asian markets.
• The partnership between NIPL and Liquid Group will enable BHIM app users to make UPI QR-based payments at over 2 million merchants progressively across North Asia and Southeast Asia from early 2022.
• Founded in 2015 by Jeremy Tan, Liquid Group operates a QR payment acceptance network that enables the cross-border acceptance of payment schemes and digital payment apps.
• The platform integrates an extensive network of merchant acquiring partners in the 10 markets of Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan.

BOOKS AND AUTHORS – Daily Current Affairs September 21

6. Who launches a book title ‘Shining Sikh Youth of India’?
A) Narendra Modi
B) Narendra Singh Tomar
C) Arjun Munda
D) Rajnath Singh
E) Ashwini Vaishnaw
Answer: D) Rajnath Singh

• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has released a book titled ‘Shining Sikh Youth of India’, authored by Dr Prabhleen Singh, administrative officer at the Punjabi University, Patiala.
• The book is part of the commemoration of the 400th birth anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Guru of Sikhs.
• The function was held in the national capital.

APPOINTMENTS – Daily Current Affairs September 21

7. Geeta Samota successfully scaled Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in ____?
A) Islands
B) America
C) Europe
D) Africa
E) Asia
Answer: D) Africa

• CISF official Geeta Samota successfully scaled Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa.
• With this, the 31-year-old became the “fastest Indian” to summit two peaks located in Africa and Russia, Indian High Commissioner to Tanzania Binaya Pradhan said.
  Earlier this month, Sub Inspector Geeta Samota had scaled Mount Elbrus in Russia, the highest peak in Europe.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY – Daily Current Affairs September 21

8. Agnikul Cosmos signed a framework MOU with India’s Department of ____ or access to ISRO facilities and expertise for the development of its two-stage small-satellite Agnibaan launch vehicle?
A) Food
B) Finance
C) Defence
D) Home
E) Space
Answer: E) Space

• The company’s two-stage Agnibaan rocket is designed to launch payloads weighing as much as 100 kg (220 lb) into 700-km (435-mile) high orbits.
• Depending upon the mission, the first stage can be configured to include 4-7 printed Agnite electric-pump fed engines powered by liquid oxygen and kerosene.
• A third stage could be added for selected missions.
• Agnikul successfully test fired the world’s first 3D printed rocket engine – Agnilet.
• This higher stage semi cryogenic rocket engine is unique because it is completely 3D printed in one run, as a single component.
• Agnikul is the only company in the world that has designed a semi cryo rocket which can be fully built using 3D printing technology in one shot.
• Agnikul Cosmos was founded in 2017 by Srinath Ravichandran, Moin SPM and Prof. SR Chakravarthy from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras.
• The startup was incubated at IIT Madras.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS – Daily Current Affairs September 21

9. Indian & which country Navy Participate In 3rd Edition Of ‘Samudra Shakti’ In Jakarta?
A) New Zealand
B) Kuwait
C) Indonesia
D) Bangladesh
E) Iran
Answer: C) Indonesia

• The 3rd edition of Bilateral Exercise ‘Samudra Shakti’ is scheduled from September 20 to Sep 22.
• The Indian navy will be participating in Samudra Shakti with the Indonesian navy to enhance mutual understanding and interoperability in maritime operations between the two navies.

10. Which country becomes full member of Shanghai Cooperation Organization?
A) New Zealand
B) Kuwait
C) Indonesia
D) Bangladesh
E) Iran
Answer: E) Iran

• Iran was officially admitted as a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
• The decision to admit Iran as a full member was declared in the 21th summit of the SCO leaders in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
• So far Iran was an observer member of the organization.
• Chinese President Xi Jinping, who addressed the summit virtually, confirmed that from Iran will become a permanent member of the SCO.

NATIONAL AFFAIRS – Daily Current Affairs September 21

11. Which ministry has pact with CSC for increasing income of ration shops?
A) Food ministry
B) Defence ministry
C) Women & Child Development ministry
D) Home ministry
E) Shipping ministry
Answer: A) Food ministry

• The food ministry said it has signed a pact with CSC e-Governance Services India Ltd (CSC) for increasing the income of ration shops by providing consumers additional services like payment of utility bills.
• Under the National Food Security Act, the Centre provides 5 kg of foodgrains per person per month through ration shops at a highly subsidised rate of Rs 1-3 per kg.
• Over 80 crore people are covered under this law.

12. Which Ministry launches Dashboard 2.0 developed by NICSI?
A) Food ministry
B) Steel ministry
C) Women & Child Development ministry
D) Home ministry
E) Shipping ministry
Answer: B) Steel ministry

• The Union Steel Minister, Shri Ram Chandra Prasad Singh launched the Dashboard 2.0 of the Ministry of Steel here today developed by the NICSI.
• The Dashboard is an interactive and dynamic online platform that captures the performance on various parameters related to the steel sector such as steel capacity utilisation, production and consumption, prices, raw material production, trade, stocks and rail production etc.
• The Dashboard will help to monitor and analyse the performance of steel Companies on a real-time basis for different KPIs of the Steel sector.

13. The Government of Telangana, in association with which organisation, YuWaah and Inqui-lab Foundation announced the launch of the second edition of the Telangana School Innovation Challenge (TSIC) 2021?
A) WHO
B) UNESCO
C) UNEP
D) UNDP
E) UNICEF
Answer: E) UNICEF

• The Government of Telangana, in association with the UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund), YuWaah and Inqui-lab Foundation announced the launch of the second edition of the Telangana School Innovation Challenge (TSIC) 2021.
• The Challenge is aimed at nurturing design thinking, innovation and entrepreneurship among chool students.
• Beginning October 2021, the programme will include a host of activities from learning modules to activity-based problem solving, conceptualising innovative solutions for the chosen problem statements.

14. ____ Launches Country-Wide Capacity Building & Personality Development Program for Women Students?
A) NHAI
B) CCI
C) CII
D) NITI Aayog
E) NCW
Answer: E) NCW

• In an endeavour to make women independent and employment-ready, the National Commission for Women has launched a country-wide capacity building and personality development program for women Undergraduate and Post graduate students.
• The Commission is collaborating with Central and State universities for organizing sessions on Personal Capacity Building, Professional Career Skills and Digital Literacy and Effective Use of social media to prep women students for entering the job market.

15. _____ Builds India’s First Indigenously Designed High Ash Coal Gasification Based Methanol Production Plant?
A) BHEL
B) NHPC
C) NHAI
D) CII
E) NTPC
Answer: A) BHEL

• The Department of Science and Technology supported the project with Rs ten crore grant.
• BHEL successfully demonstrated a facility to create 0.25 TPD Methanol from high ash Indian coal using a 1.2 TPD Fluidised bed gasifier.
• The methanol purity of the crude methanol produced is between 98 and 99.5 per cent.
  the BHEL R&D centre at Hyderabad began working on Indian high ash coal gasification in 2016 with support from the NITI Aayog to produce 0.25 tons per day of methanol.

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