Your Daily Current Affairs - 23th Sept 📰
Uttar Pradesh government to set up an electronic park in the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (Yeida) area.
1. A recent study has shown how conditions and events in the solar atmosphere like coronal mass ejections influence the accuracy of space weather prediction.
2. Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) will pay the depositors/account holders of the 21 insured banks placed under the all-inclusive directions (AID) an amount equivalent to the deposits outstanding or up to a maximum of ₹5 lakh in 90 days.
3. University of Florence in Italy is offering a master's degree in coffee. The course has already found takers and the first batch of 24 students will begin the course in January 2022.
4. The course has already found takers and the first batch of 24 students will begin the course in January 2022.
5. International Car-Free Day is celebrated every year on September 22 to motivate motorists to give up their cars for a single day.
6. Northern Coalfields Ltd (NCL) is preparing to open 75 “Fulwari Centers” in MP’s Singrauli district.
7. The Uttar Pradesh government will set up an electronic park in the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (Yeida) area.
8. As part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, the Indian Navy under the aegis of Indian Naval Sailing Association (INSA) has planned to conduct sailing regattas and a sail parade.
9. Yogeshwar Sangwan has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Paraguay.
10. The Indian Super League (ISL) is going to be the first Indian sports league to have its exclusive non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as digital collectibles.
11. US private equity fund CA Rover Holdings, part of the Carlyle Group has sold 3.4% stake in SBI Cards and Payment Services Ltd for ₹3,267 crore through open market transactions.
12. Adani Group will invest $20 billion in clean energy generation, component manufacturing, transmission, and distribution over 10 years.
13. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has retained its growth forecast for India at 10% for FY22 citing expected surge in domestic demand and exports.
14. India has achieved a significant increase of 21.8 percent in export of agricultural and processed food products in FY 2021-22, from April to August in comparison to the corresponding period of 2020-21.
15. A two-day Vanijya Utsav was held across the country as a part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations, on 21-22 September 2021.
16. The 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly got underway in New York on 21 September 2021.
17. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) foreign ministers' meeting slated to be held in New York in Sept 201 has been cancelled.
18. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party has narrowly won parliamentary elections, but it failed to secure a majority.
19. The Election Commission organised a virtual National Conference on Accessible Elections 2021 on 21 Sept'21.
20. Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for his three-day visit to the US on 22 September 2021.
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