Your Daily Current Affairs - 29th Sept 📰
Rukmini Banerji, CEO of India’s Pratham Education Foundation, has been awarded 2021 Yidan Prize for Education Development
1. The 80th foundation day of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) was celebrated on 26 Sep'21.
2. National Mineral Development Corporation R&D Centre and CSIR-IMMT (Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology) have signed a MoU.
3. India archers won silver medals in Women’s Compound Team and Compound Mixed Team competitions at the World Archery Championships in South Dakota.
4. Rukmini Banerji, CEO of India’s Pratham Education Foundation, has been awarded 2021 Yidan Prize for Education Development.
5. Amazon has announced the launch of its Future Engineer initiative in India.
6. MeitY Start-up Hub (MSH) has entered into a partnership with Dell International Services India Pvt. Ltd. (Dell Technologies).
7. The United States has tested an air-breathing hypersonic weapon capable of speeds faster than five times the speed of sound.
8. NASA successfully launched Landsat 9, a powerful satellite built to monitor the Earth's land surface on 27 September 2021.
9. The Defence Ministry has dissolved the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) with effect from October 1, 2021.
10. The International Day for Universal Access to Information is celebrated every year on 28 September.
11. The names of 11 scientists, who received the country’s highest science award Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for science and technology 2021 were announced on 26 September 2021.
12. Veteran legislator Nimaben Acharya was on 27 September 2021 unanimously elected the first woman Speaker of the Gujarat Assembly.
13. In Gujarat, the Private Universities (Second Amendment) Bill, 2021 was passed in the State Assembly on 27 Sept 2021.
14. Labour and Employment Minister Bhupender Yadav on 27th September released the report of the first quarter of the Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) for April to June 2021.
15. England all-rounder Moeen Ali has decided to retire from Test Cricket.
16. Sania Mirza won the doubles title at the Ostrava Open with her Chinese partner Shuai Zhang.
17. A new direct rail line from Bogura to Sirajganj in Bangladesh will be developed under the government of India's Line of Credit (LoC).
18. Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the 17th formation day of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on 28 Sept'21.
19. A new version of the Akash Missile, Akash Prime was successfully flight tested on 27 September 2021 from Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Odisha.
20. Indian freedom fighter and revolutionary leader Bhagat Singh’s birth anniversary is observed and celebrated on 27 Sept.
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