Daily Current Affairs September 28

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September 28 | Daily Current Affairs 2021

IMPORTANT DAYS – Daily Current Affairs September 28

1. International Day for Universal Access of Information will be observed on _______?
A) September 21
B) September 23
C) September 27
D) September 26
E) September 28
Answer: E) September 28

Theme:

• This year the theme for IDUAI is “The Right to Know — Building Back Better with Access to Information”.
• The objective of it is to highlight and focus on the fact that the public’s need for reliable and accurate information has never been stronger than the current times.
• Also, amid the pandemic where countries are struggling to overcome the crisis, rebuilding of communities and institutions plays a bigger role.

World Rabies Day:

• World Rabies Day is observed on September 28 every year to raise awareness about the impact of the viral disease and how to prevent it.
• This day is also observed globally to mark the death anniversary of French biologist, microbiologist and chemist, Louis Pasteur, who developed the first rabies vaccine.
• This is the only Global Day of Action and awareness for rabies prevention.

Theme of World Rabies Day:

• This year, the theme for World Rabies day is ‘Rabies: Facts, not Fear’, based on ending the fear from the people and empowering them with the facts.

SPORTS – Daily Current Affairs September 28

2. Ajeet Kumar is athlete of which category?
A) 100 meter
B) 200 meter
C) 400 meter
D) 800 meter
E)1500 meter
Answer: E)1500 meter

• Ajeet Kumar from Gujarat and KM Deeksha, representing Madhya Pradesh, won the men’s and women’s 1500m event on the opening day of the inaugural National U-23 Athletics Championships here.
• Ajeet clocked his personal best time 3:47.31 in the 1500m, sprinting away in the final lap after being within sniffing distance of Ishu Solanki (Haryana) who led at the bell.
• Prince Kumar, who won silver in the men’s 5000m in the morning, picked up bronze behind Harendra Kumar (Delhi).
• The results (finals):
• Men
  • 1500m:
    1. Ajeet Kumar (Gujarat) 3:47.31;
    2. Harendra Kumar (Delhi) 3:49.30;
    3. Prince Kumar (Uttar Pradesh) 3:51.88.
  • 5000m:
    1. Adesh Yadav (Maharashtra) 14:12.36;
    2. Prince Kumar (Uttar Pradesh) 14:17.37;
    3. Ajay (Haryana) 14:21.44.
  • Pole Vault:
    1. Prashant Kanhaiya (Haryana) 5.10m;
    2. AK Siddharth (Kerala) 4.85;
    3. Amit (Rajasthan) 4.85
• Women
  • 1500m:
    1. KM Deeksha (Madhya Pradesh) 4:14.02;
    2. K M Chanda (Delhi) 4:15.08;
    3. Radha (Uttarakhand) 4:31.98.
  • 5000m:
    1. 1. Komal Chandrakant Jagdale (Maharashtra) 16:03.53;
    2. 2. Sonika (Haryana) 17:00.46;
    3. 3. Badho (Haryana) 17:40.41.
  • Shot put:
    1. Kiran Baliyan (Uttar Pradesh) 16.11m;
    2. Kachnar Chaudhary (Rajasthan) 14.71;
    3. Ambika (Karnataka) 14.21.

3. _____ edition of Surjit Hockey Tourney starts in Jalandhar from October 23?
A) 33th
B) 34th
C) 35th
D) 36th
E) 38th
Answer: E) 38th

BANKING AND FINANCE – Daily Current Affairs September 28

4. Nabard sanctions Rs 206cr for rural road projects in _____?
A) Assam
B) Chandigarh
C) Delhi
D) Odisha
E) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: D) Odisha

• The Nabard said it has sanctioned Rs 206 crore under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) in Odisha.
• The financial assistance to the Odisha government will be extended for the construction of 25 rural road projects, it said.
• Aimed at supporting the rural economy by improving livelihoods of people, the projects are being implemented by the Works Department of the state government.
• These projects with a combined length of 203 km will improve road connectivity for 20.48 lakh people in 1,723 villages, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development said.
• With this, the cumulative sanction under the RIDF (2021-22) reached a level of Rs 1,493 crore, it added. Recently Odisha featured top receivers of Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) amounted to Rs 7,890.32 crore under highest rural population state.

5. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 2.00 crore on which bank for not complying with the Banking Regulation Act, 1949?
A) RBL Bank
B) Bank of Baroda
C) Indian Bank
D) ICICI Bank
E) HDFC Bank
Answer: A) RBL Bank

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 2.00 crore on RBL Bank Limited for not complying with the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
• “The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated September 27, 2021, imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 2.00 crore (Rupees Two Crore only) on RBL Bank Limited (the bank) for contravention of section 28 (h) of the Reserve Bank of India (Interest Rate on Deposits) Directions, 2016 and for non-compliance with the provisions of clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 10A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (the Act),” read the official release by the RBI.

6. Which payment app becomes India’s first platform to accept international remittances directly into digital wallet?
A) Amazon Pay
B) Google Pay
C) BharatPe
D) PhonePe
E) Patym
Answer: E) Patym

• Paytm Payments Bank has forged a tie-up with Ria Money Transfer, a cross-border money transfer firm and a business segment of Euronet Worldwide, to help its 333 million customers receive money from their relatives abroad.
• This partnership makes Paytm the country’s first platform to accept international remittances directly into a digital wallet.
• On the other hand, Ria Money became the first money transfer company to connect with Paytm’s wallet users.

7. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) is partnering with which bank will allow customers to use their FASTag to pay for fuel and lubricants at HPCL retail outlets?
A) RBL Bank
B) Bank of Baroda
C) ICICI Bank
D) Federal Bank
E) YES Bank
Answer: C) ICICI Bank

• Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) is partnering with ICICI Bank, which will allow customers to use their ICICI Bank FASTag to pay for fuel and lubricants at HPCL retail outlets.
• HPCL is the first oil marketing company to enable FASTag for fuel purchases by retail as well as commercial customers at its 19,000 outlets pan-India.
• With this, cashless transactions are expected to get a further boost.

APPOINTMENTS – Daily Current Affairs September 28

8. Mastercard names Magnus Carlsen as global ambassador. He was related to which sports?
A) Cricket
B) Baseball
C) Basketball
D) Football
E) Chess
Answer: E) Chess

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY – Daily Current Affairs September 28

9. ______ launches powerful Landsat 9 satellite to monitor Earth’s landscapes?
A) CESA
B) ESA
C) JAXA
D) ISRO
E) NASA
Answer: E) NASA

• The US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has successfully launched Landsat 9, a powerful satellite built to monitor the Earth’s land surface.
• It was launched at 2:12 pm EDT from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
• Landsat 9, a joint NASA and US Geological Survey (USGS) mission, lifted off on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg’s Space Launch Complex 3E.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS – Daily Current Affairs September 28

10. India, which country ink pact to boost maritime security cooperation?
A) Nepal
B) Oman
C) Iraq
D) Iran
E) Bangladesh
Answer: B) Oman

• India and Oman inked an agreement for exchange of white shipping information and to boost maritime security cooperation in reflection of growing cooperation between the two sides.
• The pact was signed by Chief of Navy Staff Admiral Karambir Singh and his Omani counterpart Admiral Saif bin Nasser bin Mohsen Al-Rahbi in Muscat, officials said.
• Both navies have been participating in the biennial maritime exercise Naseem Al Bahr since 1993.
• This exercise was last conducted in 2020 off Goa and the next edition is scheduled in 2022.

11. Which country successfully flight tests Raytheon hypersonic weapon?
A) USA
B) Oman
C) Iraq
D) Iran
E) Bangladesh
Answer: A) USA

NATIONAL AFFAIRS – Daily Current Affairs September 28

12. Which organisation has set up a welfare fund for village-level entrepreneurs, who run common service centres to deliver government services in rural areas and small towns?
A) IOCL
B) CII
C) BEML
D) CSC SPV
E) BEL
Answer: D) CSC SPV

• E-governance services company CSC SPV has set up a welfare fund for village-level entrepreneurs, who run common service centres to deliver government services in rural areas and small towns, a top official said.
• The initiative is expected to help VLEs if they suffer due to any calamity.
• There was no scheme to extend support to a VLE family in such eventualities.
• The scheme will fill the gap in the CSC system to support VLEs and the corpus will be based on the penal amount that will be collected from VLEs.

13. Who launches 35 crop varieties with special traits to address climate change, malnutrition?
A) Ram Nath Kovind
B) Narendra Modi
C) Arjun Munda
D) Smriti Zubin Irani
E) Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Answer: B) Narendra Modi

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched 35 crop varieties with special traits — developed by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) — to address the twin challenges of climate change and malnutrition.
• The new crop varieties were dedicated to the nation through a video conference organised at all ICAR institutes, state and central agricultural universities and Krishi Vighyan Kendra.
• According to the PMO, 35 crop varieties with special traits like climate resilience and higher nutrient-content have been developed in 2021.
• These include a drought tolerant variety of chickpea, wilt and sterility mosaic resistant pigeonpea, early maturing variety of soybean, disease resistant varieties of rice and biofortified varieties of wheat, pearl millet, maize and chickpea, quinoa, buckwheat, winged bean and faba bean.

14. A new version of the Akash missile was successfully flight-tested from the integrated test range in ______?
A) Assam
B) Chandigarh
C) Delhi
D) Odisha
E) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: D) Odisha

15. Who launches AmritGrand Challenge Program titled “जनCARE”?
A) Ram Nath Kovind
B) Narendra Modi
C) Jitendra Singh
D) Mansukh Mandaviya
E) Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Answer: C) Jitendra Singh

• Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh launched the “AmritGrand Challenge Program” titled “जनCARE” to identify 75 Start-Up Innovations in Telemedicine, Digital Health, mHealth with BIG Data, AI, Block Chain and other technologies.
• The Minister said the launch of Grand Challenge coincides with the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav launched by the Prime Minister.

16. Who addressed the fisheries and aquaculture industry at ASSOCHAM’s Virtual Conference on Fisheries & Aquaculture?
A) Ram Nath Kovind
B) Narendra Modi
C) Jitendra Singh
D) Parshottam Rupala
E) Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Answer: D) Parshottam Rupala

• Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Shri Parshottam Rupala, addressed the fisheries and aquaculture industry at ASSOCHAM’s Virtual Conference on Fisheries & Aquaculture.
• This discussion was held in a virtual conference, organised by the ASSOCHAM on Fisheries and Aquaculture Industry with a theme “Strategic roadmap towards enabling Blue Revolution & Economic Growth”.

17. Who releases the report of Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) employing 10 plus workers?
A) Ram Nath Kovind
B) Narendra Modi
C) Jitendra Singh
D) Bhupender Yadav
E) Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Answer: D) Bhupender Yadav

• Labour and Employment Minister Shri Bhupender Yadav released the report of first quarter of Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) part (April to June 2021), of the All-India Quarterly Establishment-based Employment Survey (AQEES) prepared by the Labour Bureau.
• The AQEES has been taken up by the Labour Bureau to provide frequent (quarterly) updates about the employment and related variables of establishments, in both organised and unorganised segments of nine selected sectors.
• These sectors altogether account for a majority of the total employment in the non-farm establishments.
• These nine selected sectors are Manufacturing, Construction, Trade, Transport, Education, Health, Accommodation and Restaurant, IT/ BPO and Financial Services.
• The event was graced by the presence of Shri Rameswar Teli, Minister of State (L&E), Shri Sunil Barthwal, Secretary L&E, Shri D.P.S. Negi, Principal Labour & Employment Advisor and Shri I.S. Negi, Director General, Labour Bureau. Chairman, Expert Group on All India Surveys, Prof. S.P. Mukherjee was also present.

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