Daily GK Update: 17th September 2022

National & International Appointments

IndusInd Bank has approved the re-appointment of Sumant Kathpalia as managing director and chief executive officer (MD & CEO) for three years with effect from March 24, 2023.
He was appointed as MD & CEO of IndusInd Bank in March 2020.
Prior to joining IndusInd Bank, he had stints with Citibank, Bank of America and ABN Amro.
Headquarters of IndusInd Bank: Mumbai.
Founder of IndusInd Bank: S. P. Hinduja.
Founded: 1994.

Books & Authors

Former President Ram Nath Kovind has released a book titled “Ambedkar and Modi: Reformer’s Ideas Performer’s Implementation” in New Delhi.
It illustrates life, works and achievements of Dr. B.R Ambedkar and presents a convergence between the ideals of Dr. Ambedkar and New India’s development journey.
It has been compiled in 12 chapters by Bluekraft Digital Foundation and has a foreword by music composer and Rajya Sabha member Ilaiyaraaja.

National Affairs

PM Narendra Modi has launched National Logistics Policy at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
The policy ensures quick last mile delivery, end transport-related challenges, save time and money of the manufacturers, prevent wastage of the agro-products.
PM also launched Unified Logistics Interface Platform (ULIP) that will bring all the digital services of transportation sector into a single portal
Under this, Ease of logistics Services -E-Logs has also been started.

Arts & Culture

Varanasi has been nominated as the first-ever SCO Tourism and Cultural Capital for 2022-2023 at the 22nd Meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit at Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
Regulations for the nomination of SCO Tourism and Cultural Capital were adopted at Dushanbe SCO Summit in 2021.
SCO summit 2022 in Samarkand was the first in-person meeting of the grouping since the COVID-19.
Headquarters of SCO: Beijing, China
Current Secretary-General: Zhang Ming

National Affairs

PM Narendra Modi has released 8 wild Cheetahs in Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh, which has been brought from Namibia
Cheetah was declared extinct from India in 1952.
Cheetahs are being introduced in India under Project Cheetah, which is world's first inter-continental large wild carnivore translocation project.
Out of the eight Cheetahs, there are 5 female and 3 male Cheetahs.
Kuno National Park is part of the Khathiar-Gir dry deciduous forests ecoregion.

Important Dates

Indian Swachhata League kick starts Swachh Amrit Mahotsav, fortnight of activities to galvanize action around swachhata from 17th September 2022, Seva Diwas, till 2nd October 2022, Gandhi Jayanti.
It began with whole-hearted participation and presence of highly motivated youth teams carrying with pride their own team identity.
It is an inter-city competition played on the parameters of swachhata powered by the youth of the city.

Honours & Awards

CSIR’s popular science magazine ‘Vigyan Pragati’ has received National Rajbhasha Kirti Award at the Second All India Rajbhasha Sammelan held during 14th-15th September 2022 in the Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Indoor Stadium, Surat.
It was organized by Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs.
Vigyan Pragati is one of India's best popular science magazines and was started by Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) in 1952.

Important Dates

World Patient Safety Day is observed every year on 17th September to create awareness about different safety measures that should be taken to ensure patient safety.
It is one of the WHO’s global public health days.
It was established in 2019 by the 72^nd World Health Assembly through the adoption of resolution WHA72.6 – Global action on patient safety.
Theme of Patient Safety Day 2022: Medication without Harm.

National Affairs

Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) with its National Agricultural Higher Education Project and Crop Science Division is organizing Hackathon 3.0 titled ‘KRITAGYA' on promoting ‘speed breeding for crop improvement’.
It will provide an opportunity for Students and others to showcase innovative approaches and technology solutions to promote innovation for crop improvement.
Registration for this event is open till 26th September 2022.

National Affairs

Union Science and Technology Minister, Jitendra Singh has presented ‘INSPIRE’ awards to 60 Start-Ups and financial support to over 53,000 students
It is instituted by Department of Science and Technology and these innovators will be extended complete incubation support for entrepreneurship journey
Annual INSPIRE Awards-MANAK (Million Minds Augmenting National Aspiration and Knowledge) competition attracted an unprecedented 6.53 Lakh ideas and innovations from all States