Daily Current Affairs: October 9, 2021

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Important Days

World Post Day – 09 October

• World Post Day is observed every year on 09 October to celebrate the anniversary of the establishment of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), which was started in 1874 in Switzerland.
• The theme for 2021 is ‘Innovate to recover’

National News

India’s first-ever e-fish market app ‘Fishwaale’ was launched in Assam

• Union Minister for Fisheries, Environment and Forest and Excise, Parimal Suklabaidya has launched an application named ‘Fishwaale’ in Assam. It is India’s first-ever e-fish market application to provide a one-stop solution for aquaculture.
• This application was developed by Aqua Blue Global Aquaculture Solutions Private Limited. It will help the buyers and sellers to place orders and sell fish online.

Assam      

• Capital: Dispur
• Chief Minister: Himanta Biswa Sarma  
• Governor: Jagdish Mukhi
• National Parks: Orang National Park, Manas National Park, Dibru-Saikhowa National Park, Kaziranga National Park, Nameri National Park, Raimona National Park, Dihing-Patkai National Park

NTPC Limited partners with Electricite de France S.A. for cooperation in the power sector

• NTPC Limited, India’s largest energy integrated company, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Electricite de France S.A. (EDF) to explore potential power project development opportunities in the Middle East, Asia, Europe and Africa.
• NTPC Limited is ranked as the number 2 Independent Power Producer (IPP) in Platts Top 250 Global Energy Company
• This MoU was signed by Ujjwal Kanti Bhattacharya, Director (Projects) from the NTPC side, in the presence of Jawed Ashraf (Ambassador of India to France) and Emmanuel Lenain (Ambassador of France to India).

National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC)

• Headquarters: New Delhi, India
• Chairman and Managing Director: Gurdeep Singh
• Founded: 1975

Union Shipping Minister Sarbanand Sonowal launches ‘MyPort App’ for digital monitoring of port operations

• Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbanand Sonowal launched a port mobile application called MyPort App in Kolkata. This application includes all port details digitally and monitor operations virtually.
• It is targeted towards port users for availing various port services, and is aimed to promote transparency and easy access of port-related information.

NTCA approves new tiger reserve in Chhattisgarh

• National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) approved the Chhattisgarh Government’s proposal to declare the combined areas of the Guru Ghasidas National Park and Tamor Pingla Wildlife Sanctuary as a tiger reserve.
• This will be Chhattisgarh’s fourth tiger reserve after the Udanti-Sitanadi, Achanakmar and Indravati Reserves.

Chhattisgarh    

• Capital: Raipur
• Chief Minister: Bhupesh Baghel
• Governor: Sushri Anusuiya Uikey

Union Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia flags off ‘Doon Drone Mela’ in Uttarakhand

• Union Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia along with the Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation, General (Retd.) K. Singh flagged off the ‘Doon Drone Mela 2021’ in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand

• Capital: Dehradun
• Chief Minister: Pushkar Singh Dhami
• Governor: Baby Rani Maurya
• National Parks: Jim Corbett National Park, Gangotri National Park, Govind Pashu Vihar National Park, Nanda Devi National Park, Rajaji National Park, Valley of Flowers National Park

Union Minister Parshottam Rupala launches a nationwide river ranching programme in Uttar Pradesh

• The Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Parshottam Rupala has launched the river ranching programme at Brijghat, Garh Mukteshwar in Uttar Pradesh.
• “River ranching program” is introduced as a special activity under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) scheme for augmenting and enhancing fish production and productivity through expansion, intensification, diversification and productive utilisation of land and water.

Uttar Pradesh            

• Capital: Lucknow
• Chief Minister: Yogi Adityanath
• Governor: Anandiben Patel
• National Park: Dudhwa National Park (Tiger Reserve)
• Zoological Parks: Shaheed Ashfaq Ullah Khan Prani Udyan (Gorakhpur), Kanpur Zoological Park, Nawab Wajid Ali Shah Zoological Garden

International News

India and Croatia sign an agreement for academic collaboration in traditional medicine systems

• India and Croatia have signed an agreement for academic collaboration in traditional medicine systems, especially in the field of Ayurveda.
• This Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the All India Institute of Ayurveda and Croatia’s Kvarner Health Tourism Cluster. This agreement will promote academic research, clinical and educational activities, medical education, training and competency building between the two countries.

Croatia:

• Capital: Zagreb
• Currency: Croatian Kuna
• Prime Minister: Andrej Plenkovic
• President: Zoran Milanovic

Union Textiles Ministry inks an MoU with Germany’s GIZ to boost cooperation in sustainable cotton

• Union Textiles Ministry has signed a pact with Germany’s GIZ to increase the value addition from sustainable cotton production in India by focusing on sustainable cotton and strengthening downstream processing.
• The objective of this project is to be focussing on four majorly cotton-producing states — Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

Germany

• Capital: Berlin
• Currency: Euro
• President: Frank-Walter Steinmeier
• Chancellor: Angela Merkel

Banking and Economy

RBI empanells Dhanlaxmi Bank as an Agency Bank

• The Dhanlaxmi Bank has been empanelled as an ‘Agency Bank’ by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to undertake general banking businesses of the union and state governments on behalf of the RBI.
• The bank is now authorised to undertake transactions related to the government businesses such as revenue receipts and payments on behalf of the union/state governments, pension payments in respect of union/state governments, works related to Small Savings Schemes (SSS) and any other item of work specifically devised by the RBI as eligible for agency commission.

PNB launches the ‘6S Campaign’ under customer outreach programme

• Punjab National Bank (PNB) launched the ‘6S Campaign’ under customer outreach programme to extend financial services at a concessional rate during the festival season.
• The ‘6S Campaign’ encapsulates different schemes such as — Swabhiman, Samruddhi, Sampark and Shikhar, Sankalp and Swagat.
• The objective is to drive a special awareness campaign for the development of financial services in India and to accelerate credit growth, improve penetration of social security schemes and drive digital banking push.

Punjab National Bank (PNB)

• Headquarters: New Delhi
• CEO: S. S. Mallikarjuna Rao
• Tagline: ‘The Name You Can Bank Upon’

Fitch Ratings revises India’s FY22 GDP growth projection to 8.7%

• Fitch Ratings has revised India’s economic growth forecast to 7 per cent from 10 per cent for the current fiscal year FY22 (2021–2022). It also raised India’s GDP growth projection for FY23 (2022–2023) to 10 per cent from an earlier estimation of 8.5 per cent.

FICCI revises India GDP growth forecast to 9.1% for FY22

• Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) revised India’s GDP growth forecast to 9.1 per cent from 9 per cent estimated earlier for the current fiscal year FY22 (2021–2022).

FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry):

• Headquarter: New Delhi, India
• Secretary-General: Dilip Chenoy
• President: Sangita Reddy

Sports News

Germany unveils the logo for Euro 2024 at Berlin’s Olympiastadion

• Germany has unveiled the logo for soccer’s 2024 European Championship during a ceremony with a light show in the stadium (Olympiastadion) that will hold the final.
• The logo features an outline of the Henri Delaunay Cup — the bulbous Euro Cup tournament trophy — set on a colored oval outline that resembles the Olympiastadion’s roof.
• The slogan of this Tournament (Euro Cup 2024) is “United at the Heart of Europe”.

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