Current Affairs Quiz - September, 2021

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• The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) has appointed former State Bank of India (SBI) chairman Rajnish Kumar as an Independent Director.
• He has been appointed as a member of Audit Committee and Risk Committee of HSBC- Asian entity.
• Rajnish Kumar served as the Chairman of the State Bank of India (SBI) for three years from 2017 to 2020.
• Dinesh Kumar Khara is the present Chairman of the State Bank of India (SBI).

 

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• India has recently hosted the 8th BIMSTEC Agriculture Experts Meeting, in a virtual mode.
• The meeting was chaired by Dr Trilochan Mohapatra – Director General of Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
• Experts of the Agricultural Ministries from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand participated in the meeting.
• The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)  is an international organisation of seven South Asian and Southeast Asian nations, which is Headquartered at Kathmandu.

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• In Uttar Pradesh, many children have been diagnosed with a new mystery fever identified as Scrub Typhus.
• Several children are sick in the region surrounding Western Uttar Pradesh districts including Mathura, Agra, Firozabad etc.
• Scrub typhus, also known as shrub typhus, is caused by a bacterium called Orientia Tsutsugamushi.
• The infection spreads to people through bites of infected chiggers (larval mites).

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• Indian Army is participating in Exercise ZAPAD 2021, a multination exercise at Nizhniy, Russia from 3 to 16 September.
• The two-week military exercise named ‘ZAPAD 2021’ aimed at boosting anti-terror cooperation.
• More than a dozen countries from Eurasia and South Asia will also participate in the same exercise.  China and Pakistan are also expected to take part in the exercise as observers.
• A contingent of 200 personnel of the Indian Army will participate in an exercise.

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• Chief Minister Amarinder Singh launched ‘Innovation Mission Punjab’ (IMPunjab), a public-private partnership, to boost start-up sector.
• The Mission aims to bring in global investors and experts to promote start-ups.
• The mission will be accelerated by the private sector with strong government backing.
• As partners, the Department of Agriculture, Industries and Commerce, Mandi Board and Startup Punjab are providing around Rs. 30 crores in cash and kind.

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• The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is drafting a Mumbai Climate Action Plan (MCAP) to tackle climate challenges.
• BMC also recently launched a website for the same.
• The Climate Action plan focusses on six areas — sustainable waste management, urban greening and biodiversity, urban flooding and water resource management, building energy efficiency, air quality, and sustainable mobility.
• The plan is expected to be ready by November ahead of the United Nations Climate Change (COP26) conference.

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• Amazon India has launched the Kisan (farmer) store a store on its platform, meant exclusively for farmers.
• The Amazon Kisan store was launched by Agriculture Minister, Narendra Singh Tomar.
• Farmers can now buy farming tools, seeds, crop protection and other farming tools on the Amazon platform.
• This aims to make agri-inputs available to buyers at competitive prices with the added convenience of delivery at their doorstep.

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Thailand Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha won votes of confidence in Parliament, which would help him to steady his government. The Government has been facing criticism in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Prayuth and his government had survived two other no-confidence debates since the 2019 general election. Pro-democracy activists have been opposing his policies have been seeking his resignation since last year.

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Indian Shooter Manish Narwal has bagged a Gold Medal at the Tokyo Paralympics in the P4 Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 event. The 19-year-old shooting champion shot a total of 218.2 which is a Paralympic record.

Another Indian shooter Singhraj Adana has bagged the Silver in the P4 Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 event and bronze in the P1 men’s 10m air pistol SH1.

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India’s first satellite and ballistic missile tracking ship named ‘Dhruv’ is set to be commissioned from Visakhapatnam. The ship is built by Hindustan Shipyard in collaboration with Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO).

INS Dhruv can also map ocean beds for research and detection of enemy submarines. This nuclear missile tracking ship will be operated by the Indian Navy with the Strategic Forces Command (SFC).