Daily Current Affairs for MBA Exams: 21st September 2021

By Aditi Joshi|Updated : September 21st, 2021

Sports

1. Pankaj Advani wins Asian Snooker Championship 2021

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  • India’s ace cueist Pankaj Advani (36 years) has won ‘Asian Snooker Championship 2021’, after defeating Amir Sarkhosh.
  • He emerged victorious in the best of 11 frames final.
  • He has won this title for a second consecutive time.
  • He is also the winner of the last Asian Snooker Championship held in 2019.
  • Pankaj also became the only player who won the titles in all forms of billiards, snooker, 6Reds, and 10Reds competitions in 2019

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Sports

1. Pankaj Advani wins Asian Snooker Championship 2021

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  • India’s ace cueist Pankaj Advani (36 years) has won ‘Asian Snooker Championship 2021’, after defeating Amir Sarkhosh.
  • He emerged victorious in the best of 11 frames final.
  • He has won this title for a second consecutive time.
  • He is also the winner of the last Asian Snooker Championship held in 2019.
  • Pankaj also became the only player who won the titles in all forms of billiards, snooker, 6Reds, and 10Reds competitions in 2019

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 Defense

2. Indo-Nepal military exercise Surya Kiran -XV to begin from September 20

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  • 15th edition of Indo-Nepal Joint Military Training Exercise ‘Surya Kiran’ at Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand from September 20, 2021
  • The 14th edition of Exercise Surya Kiran was conducted in Nepal in 2019.
  • Surya Kiran was called off in 2020, due to Covid-19 pandemic
  • It will help in improving bilateral relations and further strengthen the traditional friendship between the two nations
  • Both the armies will share their experiences of various counter-insurgency operations

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 Arts & Culture

3. Sirarakhong Chilli and Tamenglong Orange of Manipur gets GI tag

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  • Two famous products of Manipur, namely Hathei chilly, commonly known as the Sirarakhong chilly and Tamenglong Orange have received Geographical Index (GI) tag.
  • GI tag is a name given to certain products that have a specific geographical location or origin and gets global recognition.
  • Hathei chilly: It is a good anti-oxidant and possesses high calcium and Vitamin C levels.
  • Tamenglong mandarin orange: It is bigger in size, weighing 232.76 grams on average. 

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 Banking & Finance

4. LIC Launches Mobile App ‘PRAGATI’ for Development Officers

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  • Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has launched new mobile app named as ‘PRAGATI’ for its Development Officers.
  • PRAGATI stands for Performance Review Application, Growth and Trend Indicator.
  • Pragati app will help Development Officers to get near real-time information about the performance of their agency force in critical areas of business performance.
  • Chairperson of LIC: M R Kumar.
  • Headquarters of LIC: Mumbai, Maharashtra

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 Agreement

5. NITI Aayog partners Byju’s to educate children in 112 aspirational district

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  • NITI Aayog has partnered with BYJU’S to provide free access to BYJU'S high-quality and tech-driven learning programs to children from 112 Aspirational districts of the country
  • Under this, dedicated working group will be established that will create knowledge, innovation, and strategy support system as well as actively monitor and evaluate programme implementation to enable efficacy and ensure better scope of delivery
  • It will empower children from underserved communities

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 National Affairs

6. MyGov launches Planetarium Innovation Challenge

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  • MyGov India, under Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has launched Planetarium Innovation Challenge for Indian start-ups and tech entrepreneurs.
  • Aim: to bring together the Indian Startups and tech entrepreneurs to develop state-of-the-art technology for Planetariums.
  • It will build an indigenous planetariums system software using the latest technologies including Augmented Reality (A.R.), Virtual Reality (V.R.) and Merged Reality (M.R.).

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 Science & Technology

7. IIT Delhi develops device that can generate electricity through water drops

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  • IIT Delhi researchers have designed and fabricated an innovative device, titled as ‘Liquid-solid Interface Triboelectric Nanogenerator’
  • It can generate electricity from water drops, raindrops, water streams, and ocean waves.
  • It produces power using Triboelectric Effect and Electrostatic Induction, and further stores the energy in batteries for consumption.
  • It can generate power of only a few Milliwatt (mW), which is sufficient to power small electronic devices.

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 National Affairs

8. Centre forms GoM for better implementation of schemes for SC, ST, OBC

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  • Centre has constituted Group of Ministers (GoM) to look into better implementation of various welfare schemes meant for Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC), minorities and women
  • It will be chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
  • Aim: to work for empowerment and prosperity of backward classes and minorities.
  • Panel comprises of Home Minister Amit Shah, FM Nirmala Sitharaman, Dharmendra Pradhan and other Union ministers

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 National Affairs

9. Deadline to link PAN-Aadhaar extended by six months till March 2022

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  • Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has announced an extension for the deadline to link PAN with biometric ID Aadhaar.
  • Deadline has been extended by six months till March 31, 2022.
  • Prior to this, this date was extended till September 30, 2021.
  • This timeline has been extended to address the hardship being faced by various stakeholders due to the COVID-19 pandemic

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 Books & Authors

10. Jhumpa Lahiri to launch her new book ‘Translating Myself and Others’ in 2022

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  • Noted fiction writer, Jhumpa Lahiri is set to launch her new book titled ‘Translating Myself and Others’, that will highlight her work as a translator.
  • This book is planned to be out in Spring 2022.
  • It will be a collection of essays that reflect Lahiri’s experiences on the meaning of translation, translating her own writing, and writing across languages
  • She won Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her debut collection of short-stories Interpreter of Maladies (1999)

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 National & International Appointments

11. Alka Nangia Arora takes charge as CMD of NSIC

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  • Alka Nangia Arora has been appointed as Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) with effect from September 14, 2021
  • She has taken the additional charge of NSIC’s CMD.
  • She is a Joint Secretary in Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises.
  • NSIC is a Mini Ratna company established in 1955. It falls under Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises of India.

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