Daily Current Affairs: September 12 & 13, 2021

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National News

India and Australia hold India-Australia 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue in New Delhi

• India and Australia held the high-level 2+2 foreign and defence ministerial dialogue in New Delhi to consolidate ties and strengthen the defence and security systems in the Indo-Pacific region.
• Union External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held talks with their Australian counterparts Marise Payne and Peter Dutton.

State News

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister inaugurates NTT Global Data Centre project in Chennai                

• Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin inaugurated the Rs. 2500 crores data centre project of NTT Global Data Centre and Cloud Infrastructure at Ambattur in Chennai.

Tamil Nadu                          

• Capital: Chennai
• Chief Minister: M. K. Stalin
• Governor: R. N. Ravi
• National Parks: Mukurthi National Park, Guindy National Park, Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park, Indira Gandhi (Annamalai) National Park, Mudumalai National Park

Two-day conference of the Tourism and Culture Ministers of the North-Eastern began in Guwahati                   

• A two-day conference of the Tourism and Culture Ministers of the North-Eastern states began in Guwahati to showcase the potential of tourism in this region and emphasised building confidence among the tourists in the wake of the COVID-19 situation.

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 and Dihing-Patkai National Park

Assam extends its ‘Disturbed Area’ status for six more months                

• The Assam Government has declared the entire state of Assam as a Disturbed Area for six more months with effect from 28 August under Section 3 of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958.

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 and Dihing-Patkai National Park

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister inaugurates a monthly incentive scheme for priests

• Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin launched a scheme to provide an incentive of Rs. 1000 per month to the priests working at 12,959 temples where the Oru Kala Pooja scheme (performing at least one pooja per day) is being implemented.
• An additional corpus fund of Rs. 130 crores was also created for doubling the corpus from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 3 lakhs for each temple under the one-time pooja scheme.

Tamil Nadu                          

• Capital: Chennai
• Chief Minister: M. K. Stalin
• Governor: R. N. Ravi
• National Parks: Mukurthi National Park, Guindy National Park, Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park, Indira Gandhi (Annamalai) National Park, Mudumalai National Park

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister introduces a Bill in TN Assembly to exempt Tamil Nadu students from National Entrance-cum-Eligibility Test                        

• Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin introduced a Bill in the Tamil Nadu Assembly seeking permanent exemption for Tamil Nadu students from appearing for the National Eligibility-cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to the undergraduate medical degree courses.
• This Bill seeks to provide admission based on the marks obtained in the qualifying examination (Plus Two) through the normalization method.

Tamil Nadu                          

• Capital: Chennai
• Chief Minister: M. K. Stalin
• Governor: R. N. Ravi
• National Parks: Mukurthi National Park, Guindy National Park, Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park, Indira Gandhi (Annamalai) National Park, Mudumalai National Park

Odisha celebrates Nuakhai festival                    

• Nuakhai festival is observed in Odisha on 11 September to celebrate newly harvested food by the farmers.

Odisha                         

• Capital: Bhubaneswar
• Chief Minister: Naveen Patnaik
• Governor: Ganeshi Lal
• Festivals: Dhanu Yatra, Budi Thakurani Yatra, Magha Saptami, Chhau, Dola Purnima
• Lakes: Kanjia Lake, Chilika Lake, Ansupa Lake, Pata Lake
• Folk Dances: Chhau, Gotipua, Ghumura, Ranappa, Chaiti Ghoda, Sambalpuri
• Dams: Hirakud Dam, Indravati Dam, Rengali Dam, Jalaput Dam, Mandira Dam, Patora Dam
• National Parks: Bhitarkanika National Park, Simlipal National Park, Nandankanan Zoological Park

Appointments

Aziz Akhannouch was named as the Prime Minister of Morocco             

• King Mohammed VI of Morocco has appointed Aziz Akhannouch as the Prime Minister of Morocco.

Kingdom of Morocco

• Capital: Rabat
• Currency: Moroccan Dirham
• King: Mohammed VI

Najib Mikat was elected as the Prime Minister of Lebanon                           

• Lebanon’s richest man Najib Mikati became the Prime Minister once again, ending over a year of uncertainty after the previous administration quit following the devastating explosion of the Beirut port.

Lebanon

• Capital: Beirut
• Currency: Lebanese Pound

Bhupendra Patel was appointed as the Chief Minister of Gujarat                   

• Bhupendra Patel was appointed as the new Chief Minister of Gujarat after the resignation of Vijay Rupani.

Gujarat                        

• Capital: Gandhinagar
• Governor: Acharya Devvrat
• National Parks: Blackbuck National Park, Vansda National Park, Gir Forest National Park, Marine (Gulf of Kachchh) National Park

Banking and Economy

Paytm Payments Bank launches India’s first FASTag based metro parking facility

• Paytm Payments Bank partnered with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and launched India’s first FASTag-based metro parking facility to facilitate the processing of all FASTag based transactions for cars having a valid FASTag sticker at the Kashmere Gate metro station.

Agreements and MoUs signed

Pine Labs partners with OneCard to enable the EMI option at PoS terminals for their customers

• Pine Labs partnered with a mobile-based credit card OneCard to extend its equated monthly installments (EMI) offering to all OneCard credit card holders to avail interest-free EMI on their credit cards for all their mid and high-value purchases made at Pine Labs Point of Sale (PoS) terminals across India.

Amazon Pay partners with Kuvera to offer wealth management services

• Amazon Pay has partnered with Kuvera to offer wealth management services in India through its digital payment platform Amazon Pay while Kuvera will provide services, products and technology know-how to create an exclusive experience for Amazon Pay’s users to facilitate investments into mutual funds and fixed deposits.

Sports News

Daniel Ricciardo wins the Formula One Italian Grand Prix 2021                       

• McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo won the Formula One Italian Grand Prix 2021 held at Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy.

Great Britain’s Emma Raducanu won the US Open women’s singles final 2021                 

• In the 2021 US Open women’s singles final, Great Britain’s Emma Raducanu defeated Canada’s Leylah Fernandez to become the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam title.

Sam Stosur and Zhang Shuai won the women’s doubles title at the US Open women’s doubles final 2021  

• Sam Stosur of Australia and Zhang Shuai of China won the women’s doubles title at the US Open women’s doubles final 2021  against Americans Caty McNally and Coco Gauff.

Science and Technology

ISRO helps Skyroot Aerospace to build a launch vehicle

• The Department of Space has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Skyroot Aerospace, allowing the company access to ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) resources and expertise for the development and testing of space launch vehicle subsystems and systems.

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