Daily GK Update: 26th September 2021

Summits & Conferences

Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah addressed India's first cooperative conference at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi.
Sahakar se Samriddhi", the Minister for Cooperation addressed more than 2,000 cooperative members at the event.
Around 3 million cooperatives from 110 countries of the world are associated with the International Cooperative Alliance (Global).

National Affairs

India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for ‘Cyclone Gulab’.
The Cyclonic Storm ‘Gulab’ over northwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal moved nearly westwards during last six hours and lies centred over northwest and adjoining the west-central Bay of Bengal.
Sea condition will be rough to very rough over east-central and adjoining northeast Bay of Bengal.
Fishermen have been advised not to venture into the east-central and the Andaman Sea.

Important Dates

The International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons is being observed every year on 26th September since 2014.
The day was declared by the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in 2013.
The objective of the day is to enhance public awareness about the threat posed to humanity by nuclear weapons and the necessity for their total elimination.

Defense

Ministry of Defence placed an order with Heavy Vehicles Factory, Avadi in Chennai for the supply of 118 Main Battle Tanks, MBTs Arjun Mk-1 for the Indian Army.
The order was worth Rs 7,523 crore with Heavy Vehicles Factory, Avadi to sharpen the army’s combat edge.
It will help in achieving the goal of Aatmanirbhar Bharat.
Arjun Tank has been designed and developed by Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE).
Minister of Defence: Rajnath Singh

Important Dates

World Environmental Health Day is observed annually on 26th September across the globe.
It was established that year by the International Federation of Environmental Health (IFEH), a body of 44 member states, with a goal to raise awareness regarding the health of our environment.
The theme of 2021: ‘Prioritising Environmental Health for healthier communities in the global recovery.’

National & International Appointments

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced the appointment of Gordon Brown, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, as its ambassador for Global Health Financing.
He is widely credited with preventing a second Great Depression through his stewardship of the 2009 London G20 summit.
He mobilized world leaders to commit an additional $1.1 trillion to restore credit, growth and jobs.
Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
WHO (Director-General): Tedros Adhanom.

State Affairs

According to Union Minister Piyush Goyal, A Weaver Services and Design Resource Center will be set up in Kullu to encourage attractive handicraft products of Himachal Pradesh
Earlier, He interacted with the entrepreneurs of the district and distributed woodcraft, handloom, embroidery machines and certificates to the local handicraft and handloom artisans
He asked the weavers to get their trademark for which the central government had reduced the registration fee by 80%

Important Dates

Every year on the fourth Sunday of September, World River Day is observed to raise awareness regarding water bodies and to promote their conservation.
In 2021, World Rivers Day is being celebrated on 26th September.
The theme for WRD-2021 is “Waterways in our communities”.
The day was recognised by the United Nations(UN) in 2005 upon the proposal initiated by internationally renowned river advocate, Mark Angelo.

National Affairs

Supreme Court of India (SC) has approved an electronic system named FASTER (Fast and Secured Transmission of Electronic Records) system, used for transferring e-authenticated copies from courts to prisons.
The system is meant to ensure that undertrials are not made to wait for days on end behind bars to be released because the certified hard copies of their bail orders were late to reach the prison.

Sports

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) fast bowler Harshal Patel took a hat-trick against the defending champions Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League 2021 encounter in Dubai.
This is the first hat-trick of the IPL -2021 season.
Harshal also became the third RCB bowler to take a hat-trick in IPL, with Praveen Kumar and Samuel Badree being the first two to do so.
A hat-trick is the achievement of a generally positive feat three times in a match,