Daily Current Affairs: October 3 & 4, 2021

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Important Days

International Coffee Day – 1 October

• The International Coffee Day is observed on 1 October annually to promote and celebrate the utilisation of coffee. This day is also used to create awareness about the history, benefits and popularity of the much-loved beverage, i.e. coffee.

67^th National Wildlife Week – 2 October to 8 October

• The 67^th National Wildlife Week is observed from 2–8 October 2021. National Wildlife Week is observed every year to protect and preserve flora and fauna of India.
• Theme for 2021: ‘Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet’.

World Animal Welfare Day – 4 October

• World Animal Welfare Day is observed on 4 October every year to raise the status of animals and help improve welfare standards across the world.
• World Animal Welfare Day aims at ensuring rescue shelters for the animals, launching animal welfare, raising funds and conducting activities to spread awareness and better conditions of animal living.

World Habitat Day – 4 October

• World Habitat Day is observed on 4 October (the first Monday of October) to remind all the citizens of the world of their duty towards shaping the future of cities and towns.
• Theme of 2021: ‘Accelerating urban action for a carbon-free world’.

World Space Week – 4 October to 10 October

• World Space Week is observed from 4 October to 10 October and dedicated to the celebration of scientific and technological advancement.
• World Space Week aims at acknowledging the great accomplishments of thousands of people in the space sector and how it has catalysed the economic and overall growth of our world.
• Theme for 2021: ‘Women in Space’.

National News

Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav launches a web portal ‘indianwetlands.in’

• Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav has launched a web portal —in— on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti and the iconic week of ‘AzadiKaAmritMahotsav’ of the Ministry for processing information and making it available to the stakeholders in an efficient and accessible manner.
• This portal also hosts capacity-building material, data repository, videos and information for students.

World’s largest khadi tricolour Indian flag was unveiled in Ladakh

• World’s largest khadi tricolour Indian national flag,which is 225-feet long and 150-feet wide, weighing around 1,000 kg was installed at Leh in Ladakh on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti by Lieutenant Governor R. K. Mathur.
• This flag was created by Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC).

International News

Gandhi Museum was inaugurated at Noakhali in Bangladesh

• The Gandhi Museum was inaugurated at the historic Gandhi Ashram Trust in Bangladesh’s Noakhali, on the occasion of the 152^ndbirth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
• A seminar on the theme of Ahimsa, Satyagraha and the Mahatma – Revisited was also organised to commemorate the International Day of Non-Violence.

Bangladesh

• Capital:Dhaka
• Currency:Taka

Appointments

Kangana Ranaut becomes the brand ambassador of One District – One Product programme of the Uttar Pradesh Government

• The Uttar Pradesh Government named actor Kangana Ranaut as the brand ambassador of the ‘One District – One Product’
• The aim of the ‘One District -One Product’ programmeis to create product-specific traditional industrial hubs across 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh.

Uttar Pradesh            

• Capital:Lucknow
• Chief Minister:Yogi Adityanath
• Governor:Anandiben Patel
• National Park:Dudhwa National Park (Tiger Reserve)

Abiy Ahmed was sworn in as the Ethiopian Prime Minster for a second term

• Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been sworn in for a second five-year term.
• Abiy Ahmed won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize for restoring ties with neighbouring Eritrea and for pursuing sweeping political reforms.

Ethiopia

• Capital:Addis Ababa
• Currency:Birr

Colonel Mamady Doumbouya was sworn in as the interim President of Guinea

• Colonel Mamady Doumbouya was sworn in as the interim President of the coastal West African country of Guinea.
• He succeeded Alpha Conde.

Guinea

• Capital: Conakry
• Currency: GuineanFranc

Coin DCX appoints Amitabh Bachchan as its brand ambassador

• Amitabh Bachchan was appointed as the first-ever brand ambassador of cryptocurrency exchange CoinDCX to increase crypto awareness and popularise cryptocurrencies as an emerging asset class.
• CoinDCX also recently launched an awareness campaign and ‘Happy Day Rewards’ campaign.

Awards and Honours

David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian wins the NoblePrize for Physiology or Medicine 2021

• American scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch.
• This discovery has allowed us to understand how heat, cold and mechanical forces can initiate the nerve impulses that allow us to perceive and adapt to the world around us.

Edayur Chilli and Kuttiattoor Mango receive Geographical Indication tag

• Edayur Chilli and Kuttiattoor Mango are the latest to receive the Geographical Indication tag through a joint effort by the IPR Cell of the Kerala Agricultural University, State Department of Agriculture Development and Farmers’ Welfare and farmers in Edayur Chilli and Kuttiattoor Mango.

Sports News

Former Indian hockey striker S. V. Sunil announces retirement

• The veteran forward and star striker of India men’s field hockey team V. Sunil announced his retirement from international hockey.
• He is an Arjuna awardee from Somwarpet in Coorg. He made a memorable international debut in 2007 at the Asia Cup in 2007 and was a part of the Indian team that won the gold medal in the 2011 Asian Champions Trophy and the silver medal in the same event in 2012.

Obituary

Gujarati actor Ghanshyam Nayak passed away

• Veteran Gujarati actor Ghanshyam Nayak popularly known for his role of Natukaka in the television serial ‘Tarak Mehta Ka Ultah Chashma’ passed away at the age of 77.
• He belonged to the Mehsana district of North Gujarat and later settled in Mumbai.

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