Your Daily Current Affairs - 26th Sept 📰
India ranks 33rd on e-government and 47th on internet affordability
1. India ranks 33rd on e-government and 47th on internet affordability, according to a global index on digital quality of life in 110 countries.
2. Guatemala's Fuego volcano began a strong eruptive phase on 23 September 2021.
3. The co-founder of one of India’s thought-provoking discourse platforms, Manthan Ajay Gandhi, passed away in September 2021.
4. Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota has been given the additional charge of Punjab Director General of Police.
5. The United Nations World Food Programme has joined hands with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT).
6. The Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) has indigenously developed chargers for electric vehicles.
7. Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur addressed the Summit for Information and Democracy on 24 September 2021.
8. Fossilized footprints have been discovered in New Mexico.
9. Adani Enterprises has announced the incorporation of wholly-owned arm 'Adani Digital Labs Pvt Ltd' (ADLPL).
10. OP Jindal Global University has established the Soli J Sorabjee endowment award and scholarship.
11. The Defence Ministry has appointed Virender Singh Pathania as the Additional Director General of the Indian Coast Guard headquarters in Delhi.
12. The low-pressure area which had formed in the Bay of Bengal has intensified into Cyclone Gulab.
13. In Tripura, Member of Tripura Legislative Assembly, Ratan Chakraborty has been elected as the new Speaker of the Tripura Legislative Assembly.
14. Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur inaugurated high power transmitters at the world's highest radio station at Humbatingla in Kargil, on 25 Sept'21.
15. Ministry of Civil Aviation released India’s airspace map for drone operations on 24 September 2021.
16. Kamla Bhasin, a noted feminist activist and author, passed away in September 2021.
17. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) is partnering with ICICI Bank.
18. Union Minister of State for Tourism G. Kishan Reddy inaugurated the State Soil Testing Laboratory at the Directorate of Social and Water Conservation in Kohima, Nagaland, on 24 Sept'21.
19. IIT Bombay stands among the top 22 percent in the 2022 QS Graduate Employability Rankings.
20. Finance Ministry has approved capital expenditure projects worth over 2,903 crore rupees in eight states.
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