September 2021 Current Affairs

September 2021 | Current Affairs

Monthly Current Affairs in 2021

September 2021 Current Affairs

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Current Affairs | September 2021

Most Important Current Affairs of September 2021:

Pankaj Kumar Singh takes charge as new DG of BSF.
Sanjay Arora takes charge as new DG of ITBP.
UNSC adopts resolution on Afghanistan; demands territory not be used to attack other countries.
The National Engineer’s Day is celebrated in India on which day? - 15 September
U.S. ends 20-year war in Afghanistan as final evacuation flight leave
Kabul.Tokyo Paralympics: Mariyappan Thangavelu and Sharad Kumar win silver and bronze respectively in men’s high jump T42 event.
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– Dr. Firdausi Qadri from Bangladesh is a vaccine scientist

– Muhammad Amjad Saqib is microfinance pioneer from Pakistan

– Roberto Ballon is Filipino fisher and community environmentalist

– Steven Muncy of US is known for humanitarian work and refugee assistance

– Watchdoc is Indonesian torch bearer for investigative journalism

Indian Navy hands over two Mobile Oxygen Plants to Bangladesh.
Assam: Rajiv Gandhi National Park renamed as Orang National Park
Sidharth Shukla, actor known for TV serial ‘Balika Vadhu’, ‘Bigg Boss 13’ winner, dies at 40
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chairs 24th meeting of Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC)
Tokyo Paralympics: Praveen Kumar clinches silver in men’s T64 high jump
Tokyo Paralympics: Harvinder Singh wins bronze in recurve archery
Tokyo Paralympics: Avani Lekhara wins bronze in 50m Rifle 3 Position SH1
PM Modi, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan discuss regional
Navies of India and Singapore conduct ‘SIMBEX’ (Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise) in South China Sea
11th BRICS Trade Ministers Meeting held in virtual format under India’s Chairship
President Ram Nath Kovind confers National Teachers’ Award on 44 teachers
Tokyo Paralympics 2020: India finishes 24th with 19 medals: 5 gold, 8 silver, and 6 bronze
Tokyo Paralympics 2020: China tops medals tally with 207 medals: 96 gold, 60 silver and 51 bronze
Tokyo Paralympics: India’s Krishna Nagar wins gold in men’s singles SH6 class badminton
Tokyo Paralympics: India’s Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj wins silver in men’s singles SL4 class badminton
Afghanistan: Mullah Hasan Akhund appointed PM of new Taliban govt, Mullah Baradar to be his deputy
El Salvador becomes first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender
MP Govt. appoints Olympic hockey player Vivek Sagar as DSP in state police
Arun Kumar Singh appointed new Chairman and MD of BPCL
International Literacy Day 2021 celebrated on September 8; theme: “Literacy for a human-centered recovery: Narrowing the digital divide”
MoS Jal Shakti Prahlad Singh Patel launches Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2021
Himalayan Day celebrated on Sept 9, theme: ‘Contribution of Himalayas And Our Responsibilities’
Tamil film lyricist, poet and scholar Pulamaipithan dies in Chennai at 86
Finance Ministry releases Rs 9,871 cr to 17 states as revenue deficit grant
Govt unveils 100-day plan for civil aviation sector, focus on 16 areas
ICC World T20: BCCI makes MS Dhoni mentor of Team India
Co-WIN develops new API (Application Programming Interface) to enable checking of individual’s status of COVID-19 vaccination
Tamil Nadu ban on festivals, political, religious gatherings to continue till October 31
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat launches mobile app on ‘National’ thinkers
RN Ravi shifted from Nagaland to Tamil Nadu as its new governor
Magistrates cannot extend probe under UAPA (Unlawful Activities Prevention Act) at will: SC
Lebanon: Najib Mikati appointed new PM
Morocco: Aziz Akhannouch appointed new PM
Runner up honor went to Paolo Sorrentino’s semi-autobiographical ‘The Hand of God’
Jane Campion won the Silver Lion for best director for her period epic ‘The Power of her Dog’.
Ministry of Civil Aviation grants drone use permission to ICMR & IIT, Bombay
Russia’s Daniil Medvedev: men’s singles
UK’s Emma Raducanu: women’s singles
Rajeev Ram (US) & Joe Salisbury (UK): men’s doubles
Australian Samantha Stosur & China’s Zhang Shuai: women’s doubles
Joe Salisbury (UK) & Desirae Krawczyk (US): mixed doubles
Hindi Diwas celebrated on September 14, on this day in 1949, the Constituent Assembly adopted Hindi in Devanagari script as an official language in India
Sri Lanka bowler Lasith Malinga announces retirement from all forms of cricket
World’s highest motorable road inaugurated in Ladakh
The Indian Navy recently participated in the multinational SEACAT exercise, organised in Singapore
The IBSA Tourism Ministers’ meeting was organised by India through virtual platform recently, under the Chairmanship of Union Minister of Tourism of India. Name the minister. - G. Kishan Reddy
The 2020 Tokyo Paralympics will witness the largest ever Indian contingent. How many member Indian team is participating in the Games?- 54
The Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training (SECAT) exercise is organised annually by which country?- United States
Indian women hockey player Rani Rampal and cricketer Smriti Mandhana has been appointed as the brand ambassador of which bank?-Equitas Small Finance Bank
What is the theme for the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies 2021?- Healthy Air, Healthy Planet
The Pacific Air Chiefs Symposium 2021 (PACS-21) was held at which place?- Hawaii
Which Indian Minister has been named as the Sherpa for the G20 when India holds the Presidency of the group?- Piyush Goyal
Which day has been declared by the UN to celebrate the International Day to Protect Education from Attack?- 09 September
Name the MD & CEO of the IDFC First Bank, who has been re-appointed to the post by RBI for further three years? - V. Vaidyanathan
Who has been appointed as the new Governor of Nagaland?- Prof. Jagdish Mukhi
Vijay Rupani has recently resigned as the Chief Minister of which state?- Gujarat
When is the World First Aid Day observed globally? - Second Saturday of September
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the Sardardham Bhavan in which city of the country recently?- Ahmedabad
Who among the following has been appointed as the new chief executive officer (CEO) of Yahoo?- Jim Lanzone.
What is the theme of the World First Aid Day 2021?- First aid and road safety
Which Indian state has recently launched the initiative of ‘Medicine from the Sky’ to use drones for delivering drugs and vaccines? - Telangana
India’s largest open-air fernery has been inaugurated in which of these place?-Ranikhet
When is the National Forest Martyrs Day observed in India? - 11 September
Who has been named as the new Chief Minister of Gujarat to replace Vijay Rupani?- Bhupendra Patel
Which player has won the 2021 US Open women’s singles title?- Emma Raducanu
Which among these football players has scripted his name in the Guinness World Records for becoming the highest goalscorer in the men’s international football history - Cristiano Ronaldo
The Government of India observes the Hindi Day on which of these days?- 14 September
Which player has won the US Open 2021 men’s singles title? - Daniil Medvedev
Nuakhai is a harvest festival, celebrated by the native of which Indian state?- Odisha
Aziz Akhannouch has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of which country?- Morocco
Which player has been adjudged as the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for August 2021?- Joe Root
Who is the author of the book “Human Rights and Terrorism in India”? - Subramanian Swamy
How many Vande Bharat Express Train will be launched in India during the celebrations of ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’? - 75
Name the President of Afghanistan who has stepped down recently after the control of the country was taken by the Taliban forces?-Ashraf Ghani
Centre has launched Pradhan Mantri Gatishakti scheme for holistic development of infrastructure sector and boosting employment. What is the approx amount that will be invested in the scheme? - Rs 100 trillion
MohlaManpur, Sarangarh-Bilaigarh, Shakti, Manendragarh are the four newly formed districts to which state?- Chhattisgarh
Which company has launched India’s first digital payment interactive geospatial platform named Pulse?- PhonePe
Central government has recently inked Karbi Anglong Peace Agreement with which state?- Assam
Who is the author of the book titled ‘A Rude Life: The Memoir’? - Vir Sanghvi
Which country has topped the medal tally at the 2020 Summer Paralympics at Tokyo?- China
How many medals have been won by India at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020?- 19
Indian para-athlete Krishna Nagar won the gold medal in which event at the 2020 Paralympics? - Badminton
The book named “Know Your Rights and Claim Them: A Guide for Youth” is an upcoming book by which celebrity?- Angelina Jolie
The Government of India has set the target of becoming ‘energy independent’ country, by which year?- 2047
The RBI has removed which bank from its PCA restrictions?–UCO Bank
Bank of Baroda has launched its digital banking platform under which name to bring all banking services under one roof?–bob World
Which bank has launched the POS device ‘WisePOSGo’, an all in one swiping machine to process business payments? –Karnataka Bank
BharatPe has partnered with which bank to launch its point of sale (PoS) business ‘BharatSwipe’? –Axis Bank
Which bank has launched the first-ever floating ATM on a Houseboat in Dal Lake of Srinagar? –SBI
Which bank has been honoured as the global winner for Most Innovative in Digital Banking? –DBS
What is the enhanced maximum per transaction limit for online fund transfer under the Indo-Nepal Remittance Facility Scheme, as per RBI?–Rs 2 lakh
Which bank has launched a new Cybersecurity MultiDonor Trust Fund?– World Bank
Amit Saxena, Global Deputy CTO of Which Bank has joined as the Chief Technology Officer of RBI Innovation Hub? –State Bank of India
The RBI has given its nod to which bank to form a special committee of directors in order to oversee the operations? – Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
Which organization has partnered with the Assam government to provide project-specific loans for upgrading MSME clusters?–SIDBI
LIC has bought 3.9 per cent shares of which bank?–Bank of India
Shanti Lal Jain has been appointed as the MD & CEO of which public sector bank?–Indian Bank
Which Indian banker has been appointed as the independent director of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Asia?–Rajnish Kumar
Ajay Kumar has been appointed as the executive director of which bank?– RBI
Which bank has recently launched its flagship Business Mentoring Programme “MSME Prerana” in West Bengal?–Indian Bank
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in partnership with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) organised the 1st edition of Indo Pacific Business Summit from 6-8 July, 2021, over a virtual platform.
For the 1st time, Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) has established the ‘Bangabandhu Chair’ at Delhi University to honour ‘Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’, the father of Bangladesh and to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Bangladesh diplomatic relations.
The Commonwealth Secretariat released its triennial rankings of Global Youth Development Index (YDI) 2020, it measures the progress in 181 countries across 6 factors of youth deve-- lopment. In the country wise ranking, India was ranked 122nd out of 181 countries. Singapore topped the Index for the 1st time, followed by Slovenia & Norway.
In August 2021, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change announced the addition of 4 more wetlands from India, 2 each from Gujarat and Haryana in ‘The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance/ Ramsar Convention.
The President of India, Ramnath Kovind approved the Constitution (127th Amendment) Bill, 2021. After his ascent, the bill has changed into the Constitution (105th Amendment) Act, 2021 which will restore the power of states and Union Territories (UTs) to identify and specify Socially and Educationally backward Classes (SEBCs).
India’s first smog tower launched in Delhi as a pilot project by the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at Baba Kharak Marg, Connaught Place.It was developed by IIT-Delhi and IIT- Bombay
Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with members of women self-help groups (SHGs) under the “Aatmanirbhar Narihalti se Samvad” event on August 12, 2021 across the country and announced to release capitalisation support funds of Rs 1,625 crore.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to launch the second edition of the government’s free LPG connection scheme called Ujjwala
Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, launched Vidyanjali Portal and several other initiatives in the education sector on September 7, 2021.
Chief Minister of Punjab, Amarinder Singh, launched ‘Innovation Mission Punjab’ (IMPunjab) on September 1, 2021.
Government announced POSHAN 2.0 programme in Budget 2021-2022 with the focus on aims of POSHAN Abhiyaan. It is as an integrated nutrition support programme that seeks to strengthen nutritional content, delivery, outreach and outcomes. It focuses on developing practices that nurture health, wellness and immunity towards disease and malnutrition
India and UK Navies conduct ‘Exercise Konkan 2021’ in Portsmouth, UK
World’s 1st 3D-printed Steel Bridge, a 12-meter long steel structure, developed by MX3D, a Dutch robotics company in collaboration with a consortium of experts, has been opened to the public in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The unveiled ceremony of the bridge was presided over by Queen Máxima of the Netherlands. The 3D printed bridge has been installed over one of the oldest canals – Oudezijds Achterburgwal – in Amsterdam’s city centre.
World Universities Summit 2021 (WUS 21) organised by O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana.
India is all set to host the 2nd United Nations World Geospatial Information Congress (UNWGIC) in October 2022 in Hyderabad, Telangana on the theme ‘Towards Geo-enabling the Global Village’. It will be organized as a part of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (Celebration of 75 Years of Indian Independence)’
Ajit Doval Indian National Security Adviser(NSA) virtually chaired the 11th meeting of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia,India,China,South Africa) High Representatives Responsible for National Security . It was 15th anniversary of the BRICS as well.The adoption for an action plan for countering terrorism and terror financing was taken into consideraion.
World Coconut Day has been observed on September 2 each and every year since 2009.
National Teacher’s Day - The 5th of September is celebrated as teacher’s day all over India. This day is celebrated as the teacher’s day to mark the birthday of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan who was once the former president of our country.
Himalaya Diwas/Day is observed on 9 September each year in Uttarakhand.
International Day for SouthSouth Cooperation is discovered globally on 12th September each year.
Hindi Diwas or Hindi Day is ob-served each and every year on 14 September to mark the recognition of Hindi as an official language of India. The language used to be adopted below Article 343 of the Indian Constitution. The 1st Hindi day was celebrated on September 14, 1953
The Government of Tamil Nadu government has decided to celebrate the birth anniversary of re-formist leader E V Ramasamy Periyar “Social Justice Day”. E V Ramasamy Periyar was born on September 17. This day will now be celebrated as ‘Social Justice Day’ each year.

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