Honours & Awards
1. Alejandro Prieto wins Bird Photographer of the Year 2021
- Mexican photographer Alejandro Prieto has won the Bird Photographer of the Year award 2021.
- His photo features a roadrunner at a new section of the border wall between Mexico and the USA.
- Prieto wins the top prize of £5,000 and the prestigious title.
- His image also won Gold Award in the Birds in the Environment category.
- His photo was selected from more than 22,000 submissions by photographers from around the world.
National Affairs
2. I&B Ministry constitutes Committee to review Journalist welfare schemex`x`
- Ministry of Information and Broadcasting constituted a Committee to review the existing guidelines of Journalist Welfare Scheme and make appropriate recommendations for changes to the guidelines.
- The committee will be headed by Ashok Kumar Tandon.
- The committee will have nine Members from different print and electronics media.
- It will examine the need for revision of quantum of ex-gratia payment in death as well as other cases. under Journalist Welfare Scheme.
International Affairs
3. Indian Navy hands over two Mobile Oxygen Plants to Bangladesh
- Indian Navy Offshore Patrol Vessel, INS Savitri delivered two Mobile Oxygen Plants to Bangladesh to support its effort to fight the COVID 19.
- Each of the MOPs has the capacity to generate 960 litres of Oxygen per minute.
- The MOPS have been developed and manufactured by DRDO in India.
- The MOPs are fully equipped and state of Art plants which can generate medical oxygen in a highly cost effective manner on site.
- Bangladesh Currency: Taka
- Bangladesh Capital: Dhaka
State Affairs
4. J-K LG Sinha inaugurates 'Saath' initiative for women associated with SHGs
- Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha launched Rural Enterprises Acceleration Programme titled 'Saath' for Self Help Group (SHG) women.
- This Saath initiative will stress on mentoring and market linkages of products created by these women.
- This will transform the lives of these women and make them independent and strong in social and financial aspects.
- This initiative aims to teach women such skills and convert their businesses into Higher Order Enterprises.
State Affairs
5. Assam govt renamed Rajiv Gandhi National Park as Orang National Park
- The Assam govt decided to rename Rajiv Gandhi National Park as Orang National Park.
- Covering an area of 79.28 sq km, it was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1985, and a national park in 1999.
- This park is located on the north bank of the Brahmaputra in Darrang and Sonitpur districts and is known for wild animals like Royal Bengal Tiger, Indian Rhinos, Pgmy Hog, and wild elephants.
- Orang National Park often referred to as mini Kaziranga of Assam is also a Tiger reserve
Obituaries
6. Two-time Rajya Sabha MP, journalist Chandan Mitra passes away
- Veteran journalist and two-term Rajya Sabha MP Chandan Mitra passed away.
- Editor and managing director of The Pioneer newspaper, Mitra had been unwell for the past one year.
- Considered a prominent right-wing intellectual he was first nominated to the Rajya Sabha by the BJP in 2003.
- Mitra started his journalism career with The Statesman in Kolkata.
- He joined The Pioneer, which he headed editorially for around 24 years, after stints at The Times of India.
Obituaries
7. Hurriyat hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani passes away
- Separatist leader and pro-Pakistan supporter Syed Ali Shah Geelani passed away.
- He was well known for spearheaded the separatist movement in Jammu and Kashmir for over 3 decades.
- A 3-time MLA in the erstwhile state from Sopore, Geelani had virtually become the face of agitation in the 2008 Amarnath land row, 2010 agitation sparked by killing of a youth in Srinagar.
- He was the founder member of Hurriyat Conference.
- He formed his own Tehreek-e-Hurriyat in early 2000.
Summits & Conferences
8. Finance Minister attends 11th UK-India Economic and Financial Dialogue
- The 11th India-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue was held virtually.
- FM Nirmala Sitharaman and the UK Treasury Chancellor Rishi Sunak co-chaired the meeting.
- The Dialogue covered discussions on economic cooperation on multilateral issues, including G-20 and COP-26.
- Private sector initiatives under India-UK Financial Partnership and India-UK Sustainable Finance Working Group including its progress were also discussed.
Sports
9. Praveen Kumar bags silver medal in High Jump T64 at Tokyo Para-Olympic
- At Tokyo Paralympics, Indian Para-athlete Praveen Kumar bagged the silver medal in Men’s High Jump T64 event.
- Praveen jumped 2.07 metre while Great Britain’s Jonathan Broom-Edwards took the gold with a season-best of 2.10 metre in the event.
- With the win, India’s medal tally at Tokyo Paralympics has risen to 11 with two Gold medals, six Silver and three Bronze medals.
National Affairs
10. AYUSH Ministry launches campaign of distributing Ayush prophylactic medicin
- AYUSH Ministry has launched a campaign of distributing Ayush prophylactic medicines and written guidelines on diet and lifestyle in New Delhi.
- The drive was jointly kick-started by Sarbananda Sonowal and Dr. Munjpara Mahendrabhai.
- The kit of Ayurveda prophylactic medicines for COVID-19 contains Sanshamani Vati. The kit and the guidelines have been prepared by the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Medicines (CCRAS).
Banking & Finance
11. RBI to set up five-member panel on NUE licences
- The RBI will set up a committee to scrutinize applications and give recommendations on new umbrella entity (NUE) licences.
- The 5-member committee will be headed by RBI chief general manager P Vasudevan
- NUEs will establish their own payment infrastructure to compete with NPCI.
- The system will be focussed on small and medium enterprises, merchants and consumers.
- The RBI had in August 2020 issued guidelines for creating “for-profit NUEs”.
State Affairs
12. Ladakh adopts State animal and bird
- UT of Ladakh has declared the black-necked crane and snow leopard as their state bird and animal respectively.
- Black-necked crane, only found in Ladakh region was previously the state bird of the former state of J&K, along with Hangul as the state animal.
- The crane was chosen as the state bird since it is only found in the eastern region of Ladakh.
- Black-necked crane and snow leopard are two endangered species and the pride of Ladakh.
Banking & Finance
13. New Development Bank approves Bangladesh as a new member
- The New Development Bank has approved Bangladesh as its new member.
- The NDB Board of Governors initiated the negotiation to expand its membership in 2020.
- It has now approved the United Arab Emirates, Uruguay and Bangladesh as its first new member countries.
- Since the beginning of its operations, NDB has approved about 80 projects totaling a portfolio of USD 30 billion.
- NDB was established by the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries.
International Affairs
14. Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and South Africa launch CBDC Scheme
- Central banks in Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and South Africa have launched digital currencies (CBDC) scheme.
- It is a cross border payments trial that uses different central bank digital currencies (CBDC) in order to assess if this allows transactions to be settled in a cheap and easy manner.
- Many govt and central banks are exploring the use of CBDCs.
- This latest project aims to develop prototype shared platforms for cross-border transactions using multiple CBDCs.
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