22nd SEPTEMBER ENGLISH 2022

Daily Current Affairs by Kapil Kathpal- 22nd September 2022
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Headlines
1) India’s 1st lithium-ion cell factory inaugurated in Andhra Pradesh
2) Kashmir is set to get its first multiplex in Srinagar
3) A&N : First state/UT to achieve 100 percent coverage of precautionary dose
4) Saffron from Kashmir GI-tagged on sites both domestic and abroad
5) Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches National Logistics Policy From New
Delhi
6) Maharashtra’s Daulatabad Fort to be renamed as ‘Devgiri’ Fort
7) CM of Manipur N. Biren Singh introduce web portal ‘CM Da Haisi’
8) Joint Indian Ministerial official delegation to attend Global Clean Energy

Action Forum
9) Indian Air Force set to retire Abhinandan’s MiG-21 squadron
10) Arun Kumar Mishra elected as member of APF’s Governance Committee
11) Amadou Ba appointed as Senegal’s PM
12) Lassa fever in Nigeria
13) Maya: World’s First Cloned Arctic Wolf
14) Kazakhstan renames capital to Astana
15) World’s first public database on fossil fuels ‘Global Registry of Fossil Fuels’
launched
16) USAID and UNICEF launch ‘Door Se Namaste’

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17) China and UAE’s joint moon rover missions
18) Army chief General Manoj Pandey inaugurates Kargil International

Marathon
19) World Wrestling Championships 2022
20) International Week of Deaf People: 19 to 25 Sept 2022
21) September 17: Hyderabad Liberation Day
22) World Water Monitoring Day - September 18
23) Former Union Minister & Congress leader Manikrao Gavit passed away
24) Queen Elizabeth II laid to rest at Windsor after state funeral
25) SBI WeCare FD scheme for senior citizens extended till March 31, 2023
26) Singapore Central Bank, IFSCA signed a FinTech Co-operation Agreement
27) SBI Partners with Remitly for Secure and Easy Remittance to India
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National News
India’s 1st lithium-ion cell factory inaugurated in Andhra Pradesh
• The Minister of State for Electronics and

Information Technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar has
launched the pre-production run of India’s first
lithium-ion cell manufacturing facility at Tirupati,
Andhra Pradesh.
• This state-of-the-art facility has been set up

by Chennai-based Munoth Industries Limited with
an outlay of Rs 165 crores.
• The installed capacity of the plant at present

is 270 MWH and can produce 20,000 cells of 10Ah capacity daily.
• These cells are used in power banks and this capacity is around 60 per cent of India’s present
requirement.
• Currently, India imports complete requirements of lithium-ion cells primarily from China, South Korea,
Vietnam, and Hong Kong.
Andhra Pradesh in Recent News:
• Indian Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the SRM University, Andhra Pradesh to
Lend up to 50 Crores for Start-ups incubated at Hatchlab Research Centre.
• Andhra Pradesh government entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with National Institute for
Smart Government
• Government of Andhra Pradesh signed a Memorandum of Understanding with “Parley for the Oceans”,
United States based Environmental organization for plastic-waste management
• The Andhra Pradesh cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy approved the
renaming of Konaseema as Dr BR Ambedkar Konaseema district that was carved out of the East Godavari
district in the 1st week of April 2022.
• The Andhra Pradesh Medtech Zone launched the first indigenously manufactured RT-PCR kit for testing
monkeypox
Andhra Pradesh
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• Capital: Amaravati
• Governor: Biswabhusan Harichandan
• Chief minister: YS Jagan Mohan Reddy
Kashmir is set to get its first multiplex in Srinagar
• The first multiplex in Kashmir will be

opened in Srinagar by Jammu and
Kashmir lieutenant governor Manoj
Sinha.
• Manoj Sinha, the J&K L-G, inaugurated

multipurpose movie theatres in Pulwama
and Shopian.
• After a three-decade Kashmir will once

again have movie theatres. The three
movie theatres of the INOX-designed multiplex will have a combined seating capacity of 520 people.
• The lobbies also have a Kashmiri wood “Khatambandh,” giving them a Kashmiri cultural appearance and
highlighting Kashmir’s art and design.
• The public will be allowed access to the multiplex after a special showing of the Aamir Khan film “Lal
Singh Chaddha.”
Kashmir in recent News
• The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir became the first amongst States/UTs to establish an Atal
Tinkering Lab in partnership with the government think tank NITI Aayog.
• Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha inaugurated “UMEED Market Place” under
AVSAR (Airport as Venue for Skilled Artisans of the Region) Scheme of Airport Authority of India at
Srinagar International airport.
• The ‘Golden Joint’ of Chenab Railway bridge was inaugurated.
• It is the highest railway bridge in the world. It is located in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir
• Hygam Wetland Conservation Reserve in Jammu and Kashmir
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• Shallbugh Wetland Conservation Reserve in Jammu and Kashmir
• The Puga Valley in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ladakh region was one of the places that had a lot of potential
for geothermal energy.
• The Jammu and Kashmir government has launched the Village Defence Guards scheme 2022
• Government of Jammu & Kashmir launched the “PARVAZ Market Linkage Scheme” recently.
A&N : First state/UT to achieve 100 percent coverage of

precautionary dose
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands became
the first Indian state/UT to achieve 100 percent
coverage of precautionary dose.
• More than 2,87,216 beneficiaries aged 18

have been vaccinated with a precautionary dose.
• The set target has been achieved before

the set time limit of the 30th of September.
• The precautionary doses

included Corbevax and Covishield.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
• Capital: Port Blair
• Lieutenant Governor: Devendra Kumar Joshi
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Saffron from Kashmir GI-tagged on sites both domestic and abroad
• Farmers in the Union Territory of Jammu

and Kashmir are now able to sell their
products on domestic and international
marketplaces thanks to the GI labelling of
Kashmiri saffron.
• A GI is primarily an agricultural, natural or a

manufactured product (handicrafts and
industrial goods) originating from a definite
geographical territory.
• Once the GI protection is granted, no other producer can misuse the name to market similar products. It
also provides comfort to customers about the authenticity of that product.
• The registration of a geographical indication is valid for a period of 10 years. It can be renewed.
• In India Geographical Indications registration is administered by the Geographical Indications of Goods

(Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 which came into force with effect from September 2003. The first
product in India accorded with GI tag was Darjeeling tea in the year 2004-05.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches National Logistics

Policy From New Delhi
• Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi
launched the National Logistics Policy (NLP) at
Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi that will act as a
single point of reference for all logistics and
trade facilitation matters.
• Logistics Division, Department of

Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
(MoCI) has formulated the Policy
• Aim behind Policy:
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• To promote seamless movement of goods across India
• To competitiveness of Indian goods in domestic and global markets
• Currently, Indian logistics market is over $200 billion.
• It has over 20 government agencies, 40 Partner Government Agencies, 37 export promotion councils, 500
certifications, more than 10,000 commodities and a $160-billion market.
• India spends around 13 to 14% of the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) on logistics costs
Policy Targets:
• Reducing the cost of logistics from 14-18% of GDP to global best practices of 8% by 2030. It also targets
to reduce logistics cost to 10% of GDP over the next 5 years.
• Improving India’s Logistics Performance Index (LPI) ranking to be among top 25 countries by 2030 from
44 in 2018.
• Under this policy, the Government will introduce Integrated Digital System (IDS) that will integrate 30
systems belonging to ministries of road transport, railways, customs, aviation, foreign trade, and
commerce for faster, cheaper and safer logistics services.
• All these departments have their own digital data which will be integrated under IDS.
• The PM also launched the Unified Logistics Interface Platform (ULIP) that will bring all the digital services
related to the transportation sector into a single portal,
• A new digital platform, Ease of logistics Services or E-Log has also been launched through which industry
associations can take up any issues regarding operations and performance with the government.
Maharashtra’s Daulatabad Fort to be renamed as ‘Devgiri’ Fort

• Maharashtra Tourism Ministry has
decided to rename the Daulatabad fort
to Devgiri which is located near
Aurangabad.
• It is a national heritage monument, which

is maintained by the Archeological
Survey of India
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• Previously Maharashtra’s former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray was renamed Aurangabad as
Sambhajinagar.
• Daulatpur Fort is a historic fortified citadel located in Devagiri Village near Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
• It was earlier the capital of the Yadava Dynasty for a brief time the capital of the Delhi Sultanate.
• The fort was renamed Daulatabad by Mohammed Tughlaq in the 14th century
• The fort was later known as Qubbatul Islam
Maharashtra
• Governor: Bhagat Singh Koshyari
• Capital: Mumbai
• Chief Minister: Eknath Shinde
Schemes And Portals
CM of Manipur N. Biren Singh introduce web portal ‘CM Da Haisi’

• The Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren
Singh at Imphal launched a web facility to gather
complaints and concerns from the general
public.
• The web portal is called “CM Da Haisi,”

which translates to “to inform the CM,” and the
public can express their complaints there by
visiting www.cmdahaisi.mn.gov.in.
• The status of the complaints may also be

checked by the complainants.
• In 2018, Manipur hosted the first edition of North East Olympics Games, which featured 12 disciplines.
• West Bengal, Assam, and Manipur are hosting the Durand Cup 2022
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Visits, Meetings And Conferences
Joint Indian Ministerial official delegation to attend Global

Clean Energy Action Forum
• Minister of state ministry of earth
science, Jitendra Singh will lead the Joint
Indian Ministerial official delegation of the
Ministry of Power, New and Renewable
Energy and Ministry of Science and
Technology on a five-day visit to USA to
participate in the Global Clean Energy
Action Forum.
Defence News
Indian Air Force set to retire Abhinandan’s MiG-21 squadron
• The Indian Air Force is set to retire its

Srinagar-based MiG-21 squadron ‘Sword Arms’.
• MiG-21 squadron ‘Sword Arms’ was a

part of strike when wing commander abhinandan
Varthaman had downed an F-16 combat aircraft
of Pakistan a day after the Balakot strike in
February 2019.
• ‘Sword Arms’ is one of its four remaining

squadrons of ageing MiG-21 fighter jets.
• The remaining three squadrons of MiG-21 will be phased out by 2025.

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• IAF is inducting different variants of the indigenous Tejas light combat aircraft to replace the MiG-21s.
• The air force got its first single-engine MiG-21 in 1963.
• Over 400 MiG-21s have been involved in accidents over the past six decades, killing around 200 pilots.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
• The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
• (NATO reporting name: Fishbed)
• It is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in
the Soviet Union.
• First flight :16 June 1955
Appointments And Resignations
Arun Kumar Mishra elected as member of APF’s Governance

Committee
• National Human Rights Commission of
India chairperson justice (retd) Arun
Kumar Mishra has been elected as a
member of the Governance Committee of
the Asia Pacific Forum
• He has also been elected as a member of

the Global Alliance of National Human
Rights Institutions (GANHRI) Bureau at
the 27th Annual General Meeting of the
APF.
• The GANHRI is one of the largest human rights networks worldwide.
• The GANHRI Bureau is the executive committee (board of directors) comprising 16 members, four from
each of the GANHRI regional networks of Africa, the Americas, the Asia-Pacific, and Europe.
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International News
Amadou Ba appointed as Senegal’s PM

• Macky Sall President of Senegal
reinstated the post of Prime Minister appointing
former Economy Minister Amadou Ba as the PM
of Senegal.
• The post of Prime Minister was

abolished in April 2019.
Republic of Senegal
• Capital :Dakar
• Official language: French
• President: Mackey Sall
• Prime Minister : Amadou Ba
• Currency: West African CFA franc (XOF)
Lassa fever in Nigeria

• Lassa fever is an acute viral fever caused
by Lassa virus, which belongs the family
Arenaviridae.
• It was first discovered in Nigeria in 1969.

Humans get infected with this pathogen
after being exposed to contaminated food
or household items contaminated with
urine or faeces of the infected Mastomys
rats.
• 171 people have died because of Lassa

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fever in Nigeria
• Nigeria currently has the total of 917 confirmed cases of Lassa fever
Maya: World’s First Cloned Arctic Wolf

• Scientists in China have successfully
cloned wild Arctic Wolf for the first time
• A Beijing-based gene firm had succeeded

in cloning the Arctic Wolf to prevent the
endangered species from going extinct.
• The newly cloned wolf was named Maya,

which means good health.
• The donor cell of the wolf came from a

skin sample of a wild female Arctic Wolf.
• The beagle(a dog breed) was chosen as the surrogate mother since this dog breed is found to share
genetic ancestry with ancient wolf.
• Artificially, the first animal to be cloned was a sheep named Dolly.
• It was created in 1996 by a Scottish scientist using an udder cell from an adult sheep.
About Arctic Wolf:
• The Arctic Wolf is also known as white wolf or polar wolf.
• It is native to the High Arctic tundra of Canada’s Queen Elizabeth Islands. It is a subspecies of the grey
wolf.
• Since the 1930s, there has been a significant decline in the size of the Arctic wolf’s skull because of the
wolf-dog hybridization.
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Kazakhstan renames capital to Astana
• The President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-

Jomart Tokayev, signed constitutional
amendments that extended the nation’s
presidential term to 7 years from 5 years,
and brought back the old name of the
country’s capital to Astana from the
current Nur-Sultan.
• The amendment bar any president from

running for a second term in office.
• It should be noted that Astana became

the capital of Kazakhstan in 1997.
• Then in 2019, its capital was named ‘Nur-Sultan’ in honour of outgoing President Nursultan Nazarbayev,
who ruled the nation for 3 decades.
World’s first public database on fossil fuels ‘Global Registry of

Fossil Fuels’ launched
• Carbon Tracker and Global Energy Monitor
launched the “Global Registry of Fossil Fuels”, the
world’s first registry of fossil fuel reserves,
production and emissions.
• This is the first ever fully transparent and

public database that tracks fossil fuel production
worldwide that tracks its impact on the carbon
budget.
• It includes data from over 50,000 oil, gas

and coal fields in 89 countries, covering 75% of global reserves, production and emissions, and is available
for public use.
• The database also provides information about the availability of coal stock globally.
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USAID and UNICEF launch ‘Door Se Namaste’

• The US Agency for International
Development and UNICEF launched the
Doordarshan and YouTube series
titled “Door Se Namaste” at a function held
in New Delhi.
• Door Se Namaste is a new television series

which promotes healthy behaviours in a
post-pandemic world.
• It is a fictional Hindi series developed in an

entertainment education format highlighting the challenges of a post-pandemic world and promoting the
adoption of healthy behaviour and practices.
• The series is produced by National Film Award winner and Padmashee, Nil Madhav Panda’s production
house, Elleeanora Images Pvt. Ltd.
Formed November 3, 1961; 60 years ago
Headquarters Ronald Reagan Building

Washington, D.C.
Motto "From the American people"
Agency executive Samantha Power
UNICEF
Abbreviation (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, now officially United
Nations Children's Fund)
Type Fund
Active 11 December 1946; 75 years ago (as United Nations International Children's
Legal status
Emergency Fund)
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Headquarters New York
Head Catherine M. Russell
United Nations General Assembly

Parent organization
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Website www.unicef.org
China and UAE’s joint moon rover missions

• The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre
(MBRSC) of the UAE and the China National
Space Agency (CNSA) have signed a
memorandum of understanding to work together
on the UAE’s moon missions.
• The agreement marks the first joint space

project between the two countries.
• Under the project, the UAE will develop a

rover dubbed Rashid-2; China will help it with the
landing, data transmission, observation, and
control.
• In the last decade China has launched three successful lunar surface missions dubbed Change 3, Change
4, and Change 5.
• In 2020, Change 5 also brought samples back from Moon to Earth.
• MBRSC’s Rashid rover will be delivered to Moon’s surface later this year aboard the HAKUTO-R lander—
developed by Japanese company ispace.
• List of Top 7 Space Research Organisations in the World
• 1. NASA – the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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• It was established in October 1958 and has been involved in high profile space programmes since then.
• 2. RFSA – Russian Federation Space Agency
• RFSA is one of the partners of the ISS or the international Space station. It is one of the leading agencies
actively engaged in development of space vehicles, launchers and ground based infrastructure.
• 3. ESA – European Space Agency
• ESA are one of the best in launching vehicles for space orbits. It was established in 1975 by ten member
states. It now constitutes 22 member states.
• 4. ISRO – Indian Space Research Organisation
• Formed in 1969
• The ISRO became the first Asian Space agencies to reach the orbit of Mars.
• It is the world’s first agency to have achieved this mission on the very first attempt.
• 5. CNSA – China National Space Administration
• CNSA is currently involved in the deployment of satellites for telecommunication and Earth observations.
In 2003 China joined America and Russia in the trio to make human spaceflight capabilities. Its latest
unmanned lunar-lander and rover reached the moon successfully in 2013.
• 6. JAXA – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
• Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency was established in 2003.
• 7. SSI – Space Studies Institute in California
• Space Studies Institute in California is a non profit organisation founded in 1977.
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Sports
Army chief General Manoj Pandey inaugurates Kargil

International Marathon
• Chief of Army Staff General Manoj
Pandey has inaugurated Kargil
International Marathon in Ladakh.
• The events are organized by the Ladakh

Autonomous Hill Development Council
(LAHDC), Kargil, and Ladakh police in
collaboration with Sarhad Pune.
• The first Sarhad Kargil International

Marathon was held in 2017.
• Sarhad is a Pune-based social, cultural, and educational organisation dedicated to the cause of the
violence-affected children, youth, women, and people of Kashmir for the past 30 years.
Head of Defense forces of India
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World Wrestling Championships 2022

• 17th edition of the World Wrestling
Championships or World Wrestling
Championships 2022 was held in Belgrade,
Serbia
• The United States of America lead the

table with 15 medals followed by Japan (2nd
place) and Turkey (3rd place).
• India is ranked 24th with 2 medals.
• India’s Bajrang Punia (Haryana) has won

the men’s 65 kg Freestyle bronze medal by defeating Sebastian Rivera of Puerto Rico in the World
Wrestling Championships 2022.
• This is his 4th championship medal in the World Wrestling championship edition. Previously he has won
a silver in 2018, a bronze in 2013 and 2019. medal.
• He is the only wrestler from India to have 4 medals in the World Wrestling Championships.
• The 28-year-old Bajrang Punia had won 2 Gold medals in 2018 Commonwealth Games and 2014 Asian
Games and a bronze medal in 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
• He is the first Indian wrestler to be ranked world No. 1 in any category.
• Vinesh Phogat (Haryana), a gold medalist at the Commonwealth Games 2022 win the women’s 53 kg
Freestyle bronze
• This is her 2nd bronze medal at the Wrestling World Championships.
• Vinesh Phogat became the 1st Indian woman wrestler to win gold in both Commonwealth and Asian
Games.
• The Government of India has honoured Vinesh Phogat with the Arjuna Award in 2016 and the Rajiv
Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 2020.
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Important Days
International Week of Deaf People: 19 to 25 Sept 2022

• Every year, the full week ending on the
last Sunday of September is observed as
the International Week of the Deaf
• The theme of the 2022: “Building

Inclusive Communities for All”
• It is an initiative of the World Federation

of the Deaf (WFD)
• First launched in 1958 in Rome, Italy to

commemorate the month when the first
World Congress of the WFD was held.
• On 19 December 2017, the UN General Assembly declared 23 September as the International Day of
Sign Languages (IDSL).
• One of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN)
• Currently in its 77th session
• The UNGA is responsible for the UN budget, appointing the non-permanent members to the Security
Council, appointing the UN secretary-general, receiving reports from other parts of the UN system.
• Csaba Kőrösi , a Hungarian diplomat currently serving as President of the 77th United Nations General
Assembly.
• Formation: September 23, 1951; 70 years ago
• Purpose: Human, Civil, and Linguistic rights of Deaf people.
• Headquarters: Helsinki, Finland
• President: Joseph Murray
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September 17: Hyderabad Liberation Day

• On 17th September 2022 Union Home
Minister Amit Shah started off Hyderabad
Liberation Day (or National Integration Day)
celebrations from the Parade ground in
Telangana’s Secunderabad to commemorate 75
years of liberation of Hyderabad.
• At the time of the Partition of India, in

1947, India was divided into British India and
Princely states.
• The states were acceded to either

Pakistan or India. Hyderabad was one of the large princely state.
• Indian Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel decided to annex Hyderabad, and that led to ‘Operation
Polo’ (Police action against Hyderabad).
• Nizam of Hyderabad Mir Osman Ali Khan, the 7th in the line of the Asaf Jahi dynasty, had surrendered
Hyderabad during the Operation and the state was integrated into the territory of India on 17th
September 1948, which is now celebrated as Hyderabad Liberation Day.
• 17th September is also celebrated as Marathwada Liberation Day by Maharashtra and Hyderabad-
Karnataka Liberation Day by Karnataka.
• Hyderabad, city, Telangana state.
• From 1956 to 2014 Hyderabad was the capital of Andhra Pradesh state, but, with the creation of
Telangana from Andhra Pradesh in 2014, it was redesignated as the capital of Telanaga with separate
Capital, Amravati for Andhra -pradesh.
• Hyderabad is located on the Musi River in the heart of the Telangana Plateau.
• Hyderabad was founded by the Quṭb Shāhī sultans of Golconda.
• Charminar, historic monument located at the heart of Hyderabad,
• The monument was built in 1591 by Muḥammad Qulī Quṭb Shah, the fifth king of the Quṭb Shāhī dynasty,
reportedly as the first building in Hyderabad, his new capital.
Telangana
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• Capital: Hyderabad
• Governor: Tamilisai Soundararajan
• Chief minister: K. Chandrashekar Rao
World Water Monitoring Day - September 18

• World Water Monitoring Day is annually
observed across the globe on the 18th of
September to increase public awareness
of water monitoring and recognizes the
importance of protecting the world’s
water resources.
• World Water Monitoring Day was

proclaimed by America’s Clean Water
Foundation as a global educational
outreach program in 2003.
• The Water Environment Federation and the International Water Association coordinate the events of
WWMD.
• According to the National Ground Water Association (NGWA), only 0.3% of the Earth’s water is usable by
people. The remaining 99.7 per cent is in the oceans, soils, icecaps, and the atmosphere.
National Ground Water Association (NGWA):
• President- Brian Snelten
• Headquarters- Westerville, Ohio, United States
• The Earth Echo Water Challenge, formerly known as World Water Monitoring Challenge is an
international program that runs annually from March 22 (the United Nations (UN)’s World Water Day)
through December.
• In the celebration of WWMD 2022, Earth Echo International, a leading environmental education non-
profit, is joining Xylem, a leading global water technology company, to help anyone take action to protect
and restore water resources.
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Obituary
Former Union Minister & Congress leader Manikrao Gavit

passed away
• Former Union Minister and Congress

leader Manikrao Hodlya Gavit passed away
• He was a politician from Nandurbar district

of Maharashtra.
• He has served as the Union Minister of

State(MoS) for Home Affairs(2004) and MoS for
Social Justice and Empowerment(2013).
• He was appointed a pro-tem speaker of

the 15th Lok Sabha
Queen Elizabeth II laid to rest at Windsor after state funeral

• The royal family bid farewell to Britain’s
longest-reigning monarch, Queen
Elizabeth II, in a private ceremony at
Windsor Castle.
• The official mourning period for Queen

Elizabeth II, the U.K.'s longest-reigning
monarch, culminated with her state
funeral in London's ancient Westminster
Abbey.
• Westminster Abbey is a large Anglican church in Westminster, London, where the British monarchs are
crowned.
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Banking And Financial News
SBI WeCare FD scheme for senior citizens extended till March

31, 2023
• The State Bank of India (SBI)’s ‘WECARE’
Senior Citizens’ Fixed Deposit scheme has
extended upto 31st March 2023.
• In 2022, SBI launched the special FD

scheme “SBI WECARE” to secure senior citizens’
income
• A special “SBI Wecare” Deposit for Senior

Citizens introduced in the Retail Term Deposit
segment wherein an additional premium of 30
bps will be paid to Senior Citizen’s on their retail TD for ‘5 Years and above’ tenor only.
• SBI already offers additional 0.5 per cent interest to senior citizens above the age of 60 and under the SBI
Wecare deposit scheme the total interest payable to senior citizens goes up to 0.8 per cent.
• Period of Deposit– Minimum- 5 years & Maximum- 10 years.
• Formerly: Imperial Bank of India
• Founded: 1 July 1955
• Head Quarters : Nariman point, Mumbai
• SBI is the 43rd largest bank in the world and ranked 221st in the Fortune
Global 500 list of the world's biggest corporations of 2020, being the only
Indian bank on the list
• It is a public sector bank and the largest bank in India.
• On 14 September 2022, State Bank of India became the third lender (after
HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank) and seventh Indian company to cross the ₹ 5-
trillion market capitalisation on the Indian stock exchanges for the first
time.
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• Chairman: Dinesh Kumar Khara
Singapore Central Bank, IFSCA signed a FinTech Co-operation

Agreement
• The Monetary Authority of Singapore
and the International Financial Services
Centre Authority signed a FinTech Co-
operation Agreement to facilitate
regulatory collaboration and partnership
in FinTech technology.
• It will include referral of companies to

each other’s regulatory sandboxes and
enable innovative cross-border
experiments in both jurisdictions.
• The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is Singapore’s central bank and integrated financial
regulator.
• Chairman: Tharman Shanmugaratnam
International Financial Services Centres Authority
• (A statutory authority established by Government of India)
• established on April 27, 2020 under the International Financial Services Centres Authority Act, 2019.
• It is headquartered at GIFT City, Gandhinagar in Gujarat.
• Chairperson, IFSCA : Injeti Srinivas
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SBI Partners with Remitly for Secure and Easy Remittance to India
• State Bank of India partnered with

Remitly to enable Non Resident Indians to send
money through SBI via Remitly to their family
members, using mobile and web applications.
• Through the partnerships, NRIs can now

transfer money to 17 Remitly nations.
• Remitly receives the remittances from the

sender and credits it to the beneficiary accounts
in India through Direct Credit, NEFT/IMPS/RTGS
etc.
• Remitly is an online remittance service based in Seattle, United States that offers international money
transfers to over 135 countries. It was founded in 2011 by Matthew Oppenheimer, Josh Hug, and
Shivaas Gulati
Remitly:
• Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – Matt Oppenheimer
• Headquarters – Seattle, Washington DC
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Daily Current Affairs by Kapil Kathpal- 22nd September 2022

1) India’s 1st lithium-ion cell factory inaugurated in Andhra Pradesh

2) Kashmir is set to get its first multiplex in Srinagar

3) A&N : First state/UT to achieve 100 percent coverage of precautionary dose

4) Saffron from Kashmir GI-tagged on sites both domestic and abroad

6) Maharashtra’s Daulatabad Fort to be renamed as ‘Devgiri’ Fort

7) CM of Manipur N. Biren Singh introduce web portal ‘CM Da Haisi’

8) Joint Indian Ministerial official delegation to attend Global Clean Energy

9) Indian Air Force set to retire Abhinandan’s MiG-21 squadron

10) Arun Kumar Mishra elected as member of APF’s Governance Committee

11) Amadou Ba appointed as Senegal’s PM

12) Lassa fever in Nigeria

13) Maya: World’s First Cloned Arctic Wolf

14) Kazakhstan renames capital to Astana

16) USAID and UNICEF launch ‘Door Se Namaste’

17) China and UAE’s joint moon rover missions

18) Army chief General Manoj Pandey inaugurates Kargil International

19) World Wrestling Championships 2022

20) International Week of Deaf People: 19 to 25 Sept 2022

21) September 17: Hyderabad Liberation Day

22) World Water Monitoring Day - September 18

24) Queen Elizabeth II laid to rest at Windsor after state funeral

26) Singapore Central Bank, IFSCA signed a FinTech Co-operation Agreement

India’s 1st lithium-ion cell factory inaugurated in Andhra Pradesh

• The Minister of State for Electronics and

• This state-of-the-art facility has been set up

• The installed capacity of the plant at present

Andhra Pradesh in Recent News:

• Governor: Biswabhusan Harichandan

• Chief minister: YS Jagan Mohan Reddy

Kashmir is set to get its first multiplex in Srinagar

• The first multiplex in Kashmir will be

• Manoj Sinha, the J&K L-G, inaugurated

• After a three-decade Kashmir will once

Kashmir in recent News

• The ‘Golden Joint’ of Chenab Railway bridge was inaugurated.

• Hygam Wetland Conservation Reserve in Jammu and Kashmir

• Shallbugh Wetland Conservation Reserve in Jammu and Kashmir

A&N : First state/UT to achieve 100 percent coverage of

• More than 2,87,216 beneficiaries aged 18

• The set target has been achieved before

• The precautionary doses

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

• Capital: Port Blair

• Lieutenant Governor: Devendra Kumar Joshi

Saffron from Kashmir GI-tagged on sites both domestic and abroad

• Farmers in the Union Territory of Jammu

• A GI is primarily an agricultural, natural or a

• In India Geographical Indications registration is administered by the Geographical Indications of Goods

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches National Logistics

• Logistics Division, Department of

• Aim behind Policy:

• To promote seamless movement of goods across India

• To competitiveness of Indian goods in domestic and global markets

• Currently, Indian logistics market is over $200 billion.

Maharashtra’s Daulatabad Fort to be renamed as ‘Devgiri’ Fort

• It is a national heritage monument, which

• The fort was later known as Qubbatul Islam