DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 29 September 2021 World Maritime Day World Maritime Day was first celebrated on 17th March 1978 to mark the occasion of enforcing first convention of IMO in 1958 and since then every year, during last week of September, the World Maritime Day is observed globally. The significance of this day is to … Read more
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 28 September 2021 Swachh Sarvekshan 2022 Launched Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) launched the seventh consecutive edition of Swachh Sarvekshan (SS), the world’s largest urban cleanliness survey conducted by Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) at New Delhi today. Designed with ‘People First’ as its driving philosophy, Swachh … Read more
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 26 – 27 September 2021 Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Remembered Deendayal Upadhyaya (25 September 1916 – 11 February 1968) was an Indian politician and thinker of right-wing Hindutva ideology espoused by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), and leader of the political party Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), the forerunner of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). … Read more
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 25 September 2021 Blue Planet Prize NHPC’s 510 MW Teesta-V Power Station located in the Himalayan State of Sikkim has been conferred with the prestigious Blue Planet Prize by International Hydropower Association (IHA), a London based non-profit membership association operating in 120 countries. The power station has been built, owned, and being … Read more
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 24 September 2021 Parshuram Kund Shri G. Kishan Reddy lays the foundation stone for the development of Parshuram Kund in Arunachal Pradesh. The project “Development of Parasuram Kund, Lohit District Arunachal Pradesh” under the scheme was approved by the Ministry of Tourism with the cost of Rs 37.88 crores in January 2021. … Read more
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 23 September 2021 International Day of Sign Languages International Day of Sign Languages is celebrated annually across the world on 23 September every year along with International Week of the Deaf. The choice of 23 September is the same date that the World Federation of the Deaf was established in 1951. Ministry … Read more
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 22 September 2021 National Conference on Accessible Elections The Election Commission of India today organised a virtual National Conference on Accessible Elections 2021 with the objective to assess the present accessibility policies and discuss strategies for addressing barriers to enhance participation in electoral process for voters with disabilities. The virtual conference was … Read more
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 21 September 2021 Global Innovation Index 2021 India has climbed 2 spots and has been ranked 46th by the World Intellectual Property Organization in the Global Innovation Index 2021 rankings. India has been on a rising trajectory, over the past several years in the Global Innovation Index (GII), from a rank of … Read more
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 19 – 20 September 2021 SPIN (Strengthening the Potential of India) scheme Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) launched the SPIN (Strengthening the Potential of India) scheme to make potters self-sustainable. Under SPIN, KVIC will facilitate potters to get easy loans from banks that will help the potters to diversify their activities … Read more
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 18th September 2021 Kaushal Acharya Awards 2021 Union Education Minister and Skill Development Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan virtually presented Kaushalacharya Awards 2021 to 41 skill trainers for their exemplary contribution to the skill ecosystem. These 41 trainers are from several initiatives and training programmes of Skill India- Directorate General of Training (DGT), … Read more
