Daily Current Affairs: September 15, 2021

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Important Days

Engineers’ Day – 15 September

• Engineers’ Day is celebrated on 15 September every year on the birth anniversary of legendary engineer M. Visvesvaraya.

International Day of Democracy – 15 September                    

• International Day of Democracy is observed on 15 September every year to provide an opportunity to review the state of democracy in the world.

National News

The 7^th Foreign Office Consultations between India and Chile were held in Santiago                        

• The 7^th Foreign Office Consultations were held between India and Chile in Santiago. This consultation was led by Secretary (East) in the Union Ministry of External Affairs Riva Ganguly Das from the Indian side and the Chilean side was led by Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile, Carolina Valdivia Torres.
• Both the countries discussed the entire scope of their bilateral relations at this meeting, which included commerce and investments, defence, agriculture, health and pharmaceuticals, energy, space, Antarctic cooperation, disaster management and cultural and consular issues.

State News

IIT Bombay launches ‘Project Udaan’ to enable the translation of textbooks and other study materials

• IIT Bombay launched ‘Project Udaan’ that enables the translation of textbooks and other study material related to engineering and other streams with an aim to break the language barrier that many students face when they join institutes of higher education.

Jammu & Kashmir Lieutenant Governor launches ‘One Gram Panchayat–One DIGI–Pay Sakhi’ Mission                         

• Jammu & Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha launched ‘One Gram Panchayat–One DIGI–Pay Sakhi’ Mission to promote door-to-door digital banking and financial services in the remote areas of Jammu and Kashmir.

Banking & Economy

HSBC India launches HSBC UniTransact for cross border payments                     

• HSBC India launched a digital proposition named ‘HSBC UniTransact’ aimed at simplifying cross-border transactions. It is a one-stop solution, bringing clients the benefit of seamless integration of all aspects of transaction banking while minimising manual intervention through the course of the transaction journey.

Appointments

Senior advocate Gopal Mukherjee was appointed as the Advocate General of West Bengal

• Senior advocate of the Calcutta High Court Gopal Mukherjee was appointed as the Advocate General of West Bengal after the resignation of Kishore Datta.

West Bengal     

• Capital: Kolkata
• Chief Minister: Mamata Banerjee
• Governor: Jagdeep Dhankhar
• National Parks: Buxa National Park, Gorumara National Park, Neora Valley National Park, Jaldapara National Park, Singalila National Park, Sundarbans National Park

Lieutenant General (Retd.) Gurmeet Singh was appointed as the Uttarakhand Governor                      

• Lieutenant General (Retired) Gurmeet Singh was appointed as the eighth Governor of Uttarakhand. He succeeded Baby Rani Maurya after her resignation.

Uttarakhand

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

Agreements and MoUs signed

SIDBI collaborates with the Assam Government to promote start-ups

• The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) agreed to set up an innovation fund in partnership with the Assam Government to promote start-ups, in which SIDBI handed over a commitment letter of Rs. 350 crores to the Assam Government under the cluster development fund.

Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)

• Headquarters: Lucknow
• MD & CEO: S. Ramann

Awards and Recognitions

Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) bags the Rajbhasha Kirti Award for the second consecutive year

• Navratna Defence Public Sector Undertaking (PSU), Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has been conferred the prestigious ‘Rajbhasha Kirti’ Award under the PSU category (‘C’ region) for the second consecutive year.
• This award has been instituted by the Department of Official Language (OL), Union Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.

Sports

Patrick Cantlay won the PGA Tour Player of the Year award for 2021                       

• Patrick Cantlay was conferred with the 2021 PGA Tour Player of the Year award after four wins in the tour.

Joe Root and Eimear Richardson were named as the ICC Players of the Month for August 2021                         

• England test captain Joe Root and Eimear Richardson of Ireland were named as the ICC Players of the Month for August 2021.

Lasith Malinga announces retirement from all forms of cricket                       

• Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.
• He is one of the greatest T20 bowlers and was a captain of Sri Lanka’s 2014 T20 World Cup winning team.

IOC suspends North Korea from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

• The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has suspended North Korea from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics after the country failed to participate in this 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Daniil Medvedev won the US Open 2021 men’s singles title 2021                        

• Russia’s Daniil Medvedev won his first Grand Slam trophy after defeating World no. 1 tennis player Novak Djokovic from Serbia and clinched the US Open 2021 men’s singles title at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York.

Obituary

Former world hammer record-holder Yuriy Sedykh passed away

• Former world hammer record-holder and two-time Olympic champion Yuriy Sedykh passed away at the age of 66.

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