September week 4 (26th - 30th September 2021) CURRENT AFFAIRS | Weekly Current Affairs | वीकली करेंट अफेयर्स 2021

Right Livelihood Award 2021 given to?

• Delhi-based environmental organisation “Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment (LIFE)” for empowering vulnarable section of society by protecting their environmental resources
• LIFE was founded in 2005 and helped in proctecting environment by stopping constructions that were threat to environment.
• Other winners of the award are

1. Marthe Wandou - Cameroonian women rights activist 
2. Vladimir Slivyak - Environmental activist from Russia
3. Freda Huson - Canada

• Alternate name “Sweden’s alternative Nobel Prize”
• Right Livelihood Award was established by Ole von Uexkull for supporting people solving global problems
• Prize money of 1 million Swedish crowns is awarded

World Maritime Day was observed on?

• September 30th 
• World Maritime Day was first observed in 1978
• Theme for World Maritime Day 2021 - “Seafarers: At the Core of Shipping’s Future”
• Objective of world Maritime day - maritime security, maritime safety and shipping 

What is Akash Prime?

• New version of Akash Missile which is medium-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) system
• The Missile has been equipped with an indigenous active RF (radio frequency) seeker to hit target with accuracy.
• Developed by DRDO

World Tourism day was observed on?

• September 27th 
• World Tourism Day was first observed in 1980
• As per UNO,tourism industry dipped by 85% in year 2020-2021 as compared to previous year
• Theme for World Tourism Day 2021- ‘Tourism for Inclusive Growth’

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India becomes 2nd largest trade partner of UAE.

India-UAE trade relationship strengthens. Here are some key highlights 

Key points

• With 38.5 billion dirham business in first half of 2021, India became 2nd biggest trade partner of UAE after China. China business in first half of 2021 stood at 86.7 billion dirhams.
• Trade between the two countries have increased by 74.5% YOY basis.
• Gold, telecom, diamond and jewellery category topped the list in trade. Gold alone accounts over 19% contribution.
• Other countries apart from India and China which are top 5 trade partner of UAE are USA, Saudi Arab and Switzerland.

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Economics Current Affairs August & September 2021 | अर्थव्यवस्था करेंट अफेयर्स 2021 | One-Liner

Top economics & Finance current affairs for month of August & September 2021 for Quick revision. Important for competitive exams

India’s first emergency landing facility built on national highway ___.

• NH 925A
• 3 km air strip constructed in Barmer, Rajasthan which is just 40km away from Pakistan border.
• This is initiative under Bharatmala project and similar air strips would be constructed at 12 loactions in India for emergency landing and airforce operation during war
• Aircrafts  like Sukhoi, Globemaster, Jaguar, Mig can land and take off from here

India signed $112 million loan for water supply infrastructure in state of?

• Jharkhand
• To provide clean water to BPL and economically vulnarable people region 
• Water treatment plant to be established to achieve the objective

“Kisan Store” launched by?

• Amazon
• Kisan Store is online platform where SMB's would be able to sell their products to farmers. Products like seed, fertilizers and small equipments can be sold to farmers through Kisan store
• Free home delivery available

Among the following, which country are newly inducted member of New Development bank?

• Uruguay
• Bangladesh
• UAE

PayU acquired digital payment provider ___ for $ 4.7 billion

• Billdesk

Recently India overtook which country to become 2nd most attractive manufacturing hub?

• USA
• Chine holds number 1 position

A 25MW floating solar PV project by NTPC commissioned in?

• Visakhapatnam

Bengaluru metro will get loan from ____ for expansion its project?

• World bank

What amount has been allocated for GatiShakti initiative?

• 100 lakh crore

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September Current Affairs 2021 | Important Questions with Short notes

World’s highest EV charging station was opened at?

• Kaza, Himachal Pradesh
• Kaza Town is the sub-divisional headquarters of Spiti Valley in Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh
• All the products including chargers of this station are made in India
• The EV charging station was opened on September 23, 2021

The Indian startup hub that made to Top 30 global tech hubs as per International start-up hubs ranking 2021?

• Bangaluru - 23rd rank
• Other hubs of India include Delhi - 36th rank
• Mumbai has been ranked 1st position in the Emerging Ecosystems ranking
• The ranking was given for leading 140 stratup hubs in world based on factors like performance, connectedness and talent
• As of August 2021, India has 24 unicorn startups

Recently, one of India's neighbour seek $100 million loan from IMF for procuring COVID vaccine. Name that country.

• Srilanka
• Country is using mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine developed by BioNTech in collaboration with American company Pfizer
• 50% of appox 21 million population of Srilanka has got vaccination till date

Recently 2 more Indian beaches got prestigious Internation blue flag cerification. Name them.

• Kovalam in Tamil Nadu & Eden in Puducherry
• Beaches certified with Blue Flag certification are considered as the cleanest beaches in the world. 
• Blue flag certification programme was launched in year 1985 in France and is provided by non-profit organisation called “Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE)"
• other beaches of India are

1. Ghoghla in Diu
2. Kasarkod & Padubidri in Karnataka
3. Rushikonda in Andhra Pradesh
4. Golden in Odisha
5. Radhanagar in Andaman & Nicobar
6. Shivrajpur in Gujarat 

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JULY 2021 Current Affairs Inshorts | जुलाई करेंट अफेयर्स 2021 | Daily, Monthly GK Update, Questions, PDF

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched ‘the RBI Retail Direct’ scheme

• One-stop solution to facilitate investment in Government Securities (G-Secs) by individual investors
• The bond-buying window was opened to increase retail participation in G-Secs
• This will reduce eliminate the need of Intermediatries like banks, mutual fund companies

COVIHOME: Develped by IIT Hyderabad as affordable COVID-19 testing kit

• It is India’s First Rapid Electronic and Artificial Intelligence-powered COVID-19 testing kit
• Test kit can produce results within 30 minutes for symptomatic as well as asymptomatic patients
• Each of test kit costs about Rs 400 as of today and will reduce the price to Rs 300 when mass production will take place.

What is the theme of “World Youth Skills” day 2021?

• Reimagining Youth skills post pandemic
• Celebrated every year on 15th July

Second Indian-born women to fly into space on July 11, 2021?

• Sirisha Bandla
• The flight duration was 1 hour.
• She belongs to Telangana state.

The 1st m-RNA vaccine to get emergency use license in India?

• Spikevax
• It is 4th vaccine approved by India.
• It will be sold by Cipla Company in India
• Effectiveness of vaccine is 94%

The 5th India state and 125th global state to join the “Under2coalition”?

• Maharashtra
• Under2Coalition - state and regional governments committed to ambitious climate action in line with the Paris Agreement.

ATISIS recently launched by?

• ATISIS -Assam Tea Industries Special Incentives Scheme
• Assam
• 3% subsidy to be provided by govenment on working capital

Which country hosted G-20 finance ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBGs) meet in July 2021?

• Venice
• G-20 countries contribute to major economies activities, trade and business and GDP of world.
• Talks were held on minimum teriff prices, creation of better, resilient and connected supply chain, transport system. 

“PRASAD” scheme launched by?

• Tourism ministry 
• National Mission on Pilgrimage Rejenuvation and Spiritual Augmentation Drive (Prasad)

Which country passed “Uyghur forced labour prevention act”?

• USA
• USA banned import of goods produced from Xinxiang provice of China in line with genocide and forced labour of Uyghur people in China.

Recently South African president charged for corruption and was prisoned. What is his name?

• Jacob Zuma
• He was president from 2009-2019
• Present president - Cyril Ramaphosa

Which Indian Organization won UNDP Equator Prize 2021?

• Snehakunja Trust
• Aadhamalai Pazhangudiyinar Producer company Limited
• Award prize $10,000 each would be given to each.
• Award ceremony would be held in October.

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List of new Cabinet Ministers of India 2021: 7 Promoted Miniters & Newly Elected Ministers

Prime Minister Narendra Modi rewamped the cabinet on 7 July 2021. The move was to promote the ministers who did exemplery work in their respective fields and induct new members in place of those whose performance was not satisfactory. 12 ministers had to resign for their incapacity to fulfill the promises. A total of 43 MPs took oath as Ministers in Rashtrapati Bhavan of which Seven Ministers of State were promoted including Hardeep Singh Puri, Mansukh Mandaviya, Anurag Thakur, G Kishan Reddy, Paroshottam Rupala, Kiren Rijiju, and Raj Kumar Singh.

List of Ministers who resigned in at the Rashtrapati Bhavan

• Health Minister  - Harsh Vardhan, 
• Education Minister - Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, 
• Labour Minister - Santosh Gangwar, 
• Minister for Law and Electronics and IT - Ravi Shankar Prasad, 
• Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change - Prakash Javadekar

7 Ministers promoted with their new responsibility

Shri Hardeep Singh Puri	Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Shri Kiren Rijiju	Ministry of Law and Justice
Mansukh Mandaviya	Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Ministry of Chemical Fertilizers
Anurag Thakur	Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
G Kishan Reddy	Ministry of Culture       Ministry of Tourism       Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
Paroshottam Rupala	Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
Raj Kumar Singh	Ministry of Power Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

List of Ministers who sworn in at the Rashtrapati Bhavan

1- Narayan Rane  (Cabinet Minister)

2- Sarbananda Sonowal  (Cabinet Minister)

3- Dr. Virendra Kumar  (Cabinet Minister)

4- Jyotiraditya Scindia  (Cabinet Minister)

5- Ram Chandra Prasad (Cabinet Minister)

6- Ashwini Vaishnav  (Cabinet Minister)

7- Pashu Pati Kumar  (Cabinet Minister)

8- Kiren Rijiju (Cabinet Minister)

9- Raj Kumar Singh (Cabinet Minister)

10- Hardeep Singh Puri  (Cabinet Minister)

11- Mansukh Mandaviya  (Cabinet Minister)

12- Bhupender Yadav  (Cabinet Minister)

13- Parshottam Khodabhai Rupala (Cabinet Minister)

14- G Kishen Reddy (Cabinet Minister)

15- Anurag Thakur (Cabinet Minister)

16- Pankaj Choudhary (Minister of State)

17- Anupriya Singh Patel (Minister of State)

18- Satya Pal Singh Baghel (Minister of State)

19- Rajeev Chandrasekhar (Minister of State)

20- Shobha Karandlaje (Minister of State)

21- Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma (Minister of State)

22- Darshana Vikram Jardosh (Minister of State)

23- Meenakshi Lekhi (Minister of State)

24- Annapurna Devi (Minister of State)

25- A Narayanaswamy (Minister of State)

26- Kaushal Kishore (Minister of State)

27- Ajay Bhatt (Minister of State)

28- BL Verma (Minister of State)

29- Ajay Kumar (Minister of State)

30- Chauhan Devusinh (Minister of State)

31- Bhagwanth Khuba (Minister of State)

32- Kapil Moreshwar Patil (Minister of State)

33- Pratima Bhoumik (Minister of State)

34- Subhas Sarkar (Minister of State)

35- Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad (Minister of State)

36- Rajkumar Ranjan Singh (Minister of State)

37- Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar (Minister of State)

38- Bishweswar Tudu (Minister of State)

39- Shantanu Thakur (Minister of State)

40- Dr. Munjapara Mahendrabhai (Minister of State)

41- John Barla (Minister of State)

42- Dr L Murugan (Minister of State)

43- Nisith Pramanik (Minister of State)

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Economics & Banking current affairs (April, May, June 2021) |Selected Questions for exams

Oneliner Economics & Banking Current Affairs 2021 

India forex reserve crossed ___ for the first time.

$500 Billion 

Which organization approved $500 million to help boost MSME in India?

World Bank

Which state topped & got last position in Niti Aayog sustainable development goals (SDG)?

Kerala , Bihar

“Ghar Ghar Ration” program launched by?

IDBI Bank

2nd Bank at global level to offer “SWIFT gpi Instant” is?

ICICI Bank

Which among the following launched “Digigold”?

Airtel Payment Bank

First mutual fund company to cross 5 lakh crore AAUM?

SBI Mutual Funds

India extended $100 million Line of Credit to?

Sri Lanka

First country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender is?

El Salvador

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