Daily Current Affairs September 10
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September 10 | Daily Current Affairs 2021
IMPORTANT DAYS – Daily Current Affairs September 10
1. Himalayan Diwas is observed on which date?
A) September 3
B) September 7
C) September 8
D) September 9
E) September 10
Answer: D) September 9
- National Mission for Clean Ganga organised Himalayan Diwas in New Delhi in association with Naula Foundation September 9.
- This year’s theme is Contribution of Himalayas and our responsibilities.
- The event was part of the ongoing celebration of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.
- It is celebrated with the aim to conserve Himalayan ecosystem and region.
World Suicide Prevention Day being observed:
- World Suicide Prevention Day is observed on September 10th every year to highlight various ways by which suicide can be prevented.
- This day was marked on September 10, 2003, for the first time as an initiative by the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) who teamed up to create a day dedicated to a very important message: suicides are preventable.
- The first year of the day was a success, so in 2004, the WHO formally agreed to co-sponsor the event again, making it an annually recognized day.
- In 2011 about 40 countries organised awareness events to mark the occasion.
- The theme this year is “Creating hope through action”, according to Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), to stress the importance of collective action to address this issue.
APPOINTMENTS – Daily Current Affairs September 10
2. Iqbal Singh Lalpura takes charge as National Commission for Minorities Chairman. National Commission for Minorities is under which Ministry?
A) Home Ministry
B) Defence Ministry
C) External Affairs Ministry
D) Coal Ministry
E) Minority Affairs Ministry
Answer: E) Minority Affairs Ministry
- Sardar Iqbal Singh Lalpura took charge as the Chairman of National Commission for Minorities in the presence of Union Minister for Minority Affairs Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi in New Delhi.
Kabir Suri takes over as the new President of National Restaurant Association of India:
- Kabir Suri, Co-Founder & Director, Azure Hospitality, took over as the new President of the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) at its 39th Annual General Meeting held online.
- The appointment was made after Anurag Katriar, Executive Director and CEO of Indigo Hospitality’s two-year term came to an end.
3. Dr Sameer Sharma to be new Chief Secretary of which state?
A) Maharashtra
B) Gujarat
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Karnataka
E) Tamil Nadu
Answer: C) Andhra Pradesh
- The Andhra Pradesh government appointed 1985 batch IAS officer Sameer Sharma as the state’s next Chief Secretary.
- Sameer Sharma is now the Special Chief Secretary, Planning and Resource Mobilisation, and also the Vice-Chairman of the Institute of Leadership, Excellence, and Governance.
- He will assume charge as the state Chief Secretary on September 30 upon the retirement of incumbent Aditya Nath Das at the end of his three-month extended tenure.
Andhra Pradesh:
Capital: Visakhapatnam (executive), Amaravati (legislative), Kurnool (judicial)
CM: Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy
Governor: Biswa Bhushan Harichandan
4. RN Ravi is appointed as new governor of Tamil Nadu. He served as governor of which state?
A) Maharashtra
B) Nagaland
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Karnataka
E) Tamil Nadu
Answer: B) Nagaland
- Besides this fresh appointment, the President also ordered shuffling of governors of some states which includes shifting Banwarilal Purohit from Tamil Nadu to Punjab.
- He was earlier holding additional charge of Punjab.
- The Centre’s interlocutor and retired IPS officer RN Ravi has been shifted from Nagaland to Tamil Nadu as its new governor.
Tamil Nadu:
Capital: Chennai
CM: Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin
Governor: RN Ravi
Uttarakhand:
Capital: Dehradun (Winter), Gairsain (Summer)
CM: Pushkar Singh Dhami
Governor: Gurmit Singh
Nagaland:
Capital: Kohima
CM: Neiphiu Rio
Governor: Jagdish Mukhi
5. Who is appointed as Brand ambassador of Wonderchef?
1) Lovlina Borgohain
2) Kriti Sanon
3) Manpreet Singh
A) Only 1
B) Only 3
C) Only 2
D) Only 1 & 3
E) Only 2 & 3
Answer: C) Only 2
6. Ravi Kumar Dahiya is appointed as assistant director in education department of the Delhi government. He was related to which sports?
A) Athlete
B) Wrestling
C) Badminton
D) Hockey
E) MotoGP
Answer: B) Wrestling
- Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal approved the appointment of Olympic silver medallist Ravi Dahiya as assistant director in education department of the Delhi government.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY – Daily Current Affairs September 10
7. Hughes, which company ink pact for Low Earth Orbit satellite service in US, India?
A) Quaree
B) ISRO
C) SpaceX
D) NASA
E) OneWeb
Answer: E) OneWeb
- Hughes Network Systems and OneWeb have announced agreements for Low Earth Orbit satellite service in the US and India.
- Hughes Network Systems, which focuses on satellite and multi-transport technologies and networks, and OneWeb, the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications company backed by Bharti, said that they have signed a distribution agreement in the US, for enterprise services.
- By late 2022, OneWeb will be offering its high-speed, low latency connectivity services, globally.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS – Daily Current Affairs September 10
8. 14th summit of BRICS Summit will host in which country?
A) Singapore
B) Nepal
C) Pakistan
D) USA
E) China
Answer: E) China
- President Xi Jinping said that China will take over as the chair of BRICS next year and host the 14th summit of the bloc in 2022.
- The13th BRICS summit is presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries that hold the summit every year rotate the presidency.
- India is this year’s chair of the BRICS.
- The summit was also attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro.
- The theme of the summit was ”Intra-BRICS cooperation for continuity, consolidation and consensus.”
- The summit this year coincides with the 15th anniversary of the BRICS.
China:
Capital: Beijing
Currency: Renminbi
President: Xi Jinping
NATIONAL AFFAIRS – Daily Current Affairs September 10
9. GRSE signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Naval Group, which country to collaborate in the field of surface ship building to fulfil the requirements of India and international naval forces?
A) Singapore
B) France
C) Pakistan
D) USA
E) China
Answer: B) France
- Defence PSU Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Naval Group, France to collaborate in the field of surface ship building to fulfil the requirements of India and international naval forces.
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd:
Headquarters: Kolkata
Founded: 1884
Chairman & MD: Rear Admiral Vipin Kumar Saxena (retd)
10. Who flags off L&T-built full span launching equipment for high speed rail project?
A) Ram Nath Kovind
B) Narendra Modi
C) Ashwini Vaishnaw
D) Smriti Zubin Irani
E) Subhas Sarkar
Answer: C) Ashwini Vaishnaw
Railways, Communications & Electronics and Information Technology:
Minister: Ashwini Vaishnaw
Constituency: Rajya Sabha, Odisha
11. Who launched the pilot drive ‘Main Bhi Digital 3.0’ – A special Campaign for Digital Onboarding and Training for street vendors under PM SVANidhi scheme across 223 cities in the country?
1) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
2) Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
3) Ministry of Defence
A) All of these
B) Only 1
C) Only 2 &1
D) Only 3
E) Only 2
Answer: C) Only 2 &1
- Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in collaboration with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology launched the pilot drive ‘Main Bhi Digital 3.0’ – A special Campaign for Digital Onboarding and Training for street vendors under PM SVANidhi scheme across 223 cities in the country.
- It was jointly launched by Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra and Electronics and IT Secretary Ajay Prakash Sawhney in a virtual event.
- The drive is in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas.
- The BharatPe, Mswipe, PhonePe, Paytm, Aceware are participating in this drive to issue UPI IDs, QR code and provide digital training.
- Digital Payment Aggregators will handhold the street vendors to bring about enhanced adoption of digital transactions and behaviour change.
- To promote digital transactions instruction has been issued to the Lending Institutions to handover a durable QR Code and train the beneficiaries for conducting digital receipt and payment transactions within a week of disbursement.
- So far, 45.5 lakh applications have been received.
Petroleum and Natural Gas & Housing and Urban Affairs:
Minister: Hardeep Singh Puri
Constituency: Rajaya Sabha MP, Uttar Pradesh
Railways, Communications & Electronics and Information Technology:
Minister: Ashwini Vaishnaw
Constituency: Rajya Sabha, Odisha
12. Atal Innovation Mission launches Space challenge in collaboration with ____ & CBSE across India?
A) ISRO
B) CII
C) CCI
D) NTPC
E) NHAI
Answer: A) ISRO
- Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog in collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) successfully launched the ATL Space Challenge 2021 for all school students across the country.
- The challenge has been designed for all the school students, mentors and teachers across the country who not only are associated with schools having ATL labs but for all the non ATL schools as well.
- This is to ensure that students of classes 6 to 12 are given an open platform where they can innovate and enable themselves to solve digital age space technology problems.
- The ATL Space Challenge 2021 aligns with the World Space Week 2021 which is being observed from 4 to 10 October each year at the global level in order to celebrate the contributions of space science and technology.
ISRO:
Abbreviation: Indian Space Research Organisation
Founded: 1969
Headquarters: Bengaluru, Karnataka
Chairman: Kailasavadivoo Sivan
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