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Banking and Economy News

• Axis Bank has partnered with BharatPe for the point of sale (PoS) business of
BharatPe named BharatSwipe.
• State Bank of India (SBI) unveils floating ATM on houseboats at Dal Lake in
Srinagar, J & K
• RBI imposes Rs 25 lakh fine on Axis Bank for violating certain provisions of KYC
norms
• IMF increases India’s quota of Special Drawing Rights (SDR) to 13.66 billion SDR
• Nirmala Sitharaman chairs 24th meeting of Financial Stability and Development
Council
• Equitas Small Finance Bank tie-up with Google Pay to launch digital FD
• RBI allows tokenization in Card-on-File (CoF) services
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• RBI takes UCO Bank out of PCA Framework

• Bank of Baroda’s launches digital platform ‘bob World’
• NPCI launches RuPay credit card stack, ‘nFiNi’ in partnership with Fiserv Inc. to
enable fintech to co-create bank-sponsored credit cards
• Income Tax Returns filling deadline for assessment year (AY) 2021-22, (FY 2020-
21) for individuals extended till December 31, 2021
• RBI announces Opening of Third Cohort under the Regulatory Sandbox- Theme
‘MSME Lending’
• India and Singapore to link their Fast Payment Systems – Unified Payments
Interface and PayNow. The linkage is targeted for operationalisation by July
2022.
• DBS Bank partners with SWIFT to launch real-time cross-border payment
tracking in India
• Paytm Payments Bank launches India’s first FASTag-based metro parking facility
in Delhi
• Power Finance Corporation (PFC) issues India’s first-ever Euro Green Bond
• NPCI partners with Liquid Group to enable UPI QR-based payments acceptance
in 10 Asian markets
• Deadline to link PAN-Aadhaar extended by six months till March 31, 2022
• HDFC Bank ties up with Paytm to launch Visa-powered co-branded credit cards
in October 2021
• Yes bank partners with VISA to offer credit cards
• Government sets up India Debt Resolution Company Ltd (IDRCL) for managing
bad loans
Paid-up capital - Rs. 80.5 lakh
Authorized capital - Rs 50 crore
Public Sector Banks (PSBs) and Public FIs will hold a maximum of 49% stake
while the remaining stake will be with private sector lenders.
• RBI allows lenders to sell fraud loans to Asset Reconstruction Companies
Figures for loans declared as fraud by banks for various financial years are given
below:
For 2020-21 (FY21)– loans worth Rs 1.37 trillion were declared as fraud
For 2019-20 (FY20)– loans worth Rs 1.81 trillion declared as fraud
For 2018-19 (FY19)– loans worth Rs 64,539 crore declared as fraud
• RBI fixes minimum ticket size for issuance of securitisation notes at Rs.1 crore
• RBI sets WMA Limit for Central Government for (October 2021 to March 2022) at
Rs. 50,000 crore
• NPCI partners YES Bank to launch RuPay ‘On-the-Go’ payment solution
• Karnataka Bank launches POS device ‘WisePOSGo’ for merchant customers
Business News
• PayU to acquire Indian digital payments provider BillDesk for $4.7 billion
• Ford Motor to close manufacturing plants in India
• Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal flags off first dwarf container train from
Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT) to Kanpur
• Zee Entertainment sign merger deal with Sony Pictures Networks India Private
Limited.
Zee Entertainment will hold 47.07 percent stake, while Sony India will hold
a 52.93 percent stake in the combined company.
Puneet Goenka, the CEO of Zee Entertainment, will be the MD and CEO of the
merged entity for a period of 5 years.
Insurance
• HDFC Life to acquire Exide Life Insurance for Rs 6,687 crore in stock and cash
deal
• LIC buys 3.9% stake in Bank of India via open market acquisition
• Govt appoints 10 merchant bankers for managing IPO of LIC
• ICICI Lombard ceases to be subsidiary of ICICI Bank post merger with Bharti AXA
• LIC Launches Mobile App ‘PRAGATI’ for Development Officers.
PRAGATI stands for Performance Review Application, Growth And Trend
Indicator.
Loans From Bank to India

Asian Development Bank USD 150 million For a sustainable housing project for
(ADB) the urban poor in Tamil Nadu
Asian Development Bank USD 112 million To improve water supply
(ADB) infrastructure in Jharkhand
Asian Development Bank USD 300 million To expand rural connectivity in
(ADB) Maharashtra
Agreements
National Mission for South Asian Institute for For Capacity Building on
Clean Ganga (NMCG) Advanced Research and Integrated River Basin
Development (SAIARD) Management with a focus on
Geospatial Technology in
Riverine Ecosystem’ in the
eastern region.
India United States Inked Project Agreement (PA)
for Air-Launched Unmanned
Aerial Vehicle (ALUAV)

India Nepal To reconstruct 117 heritage &
health projects damaged during
2015 earthquake in Himalayan
country
Government of India Assam ‘Karbi Anglong’ peace accord
HDFC Bank National Small Industries To provide credit support to
Corporation (NSIC) MSMEs
India Denmark To jointly launch Centre of
Excellence on Offshore Wind
India United States To launch the Climate Action
and Finance Mobilization
Dialogue (CAFMD)
NITI Aayog Byju’s To educate children in 112
aspirational districts
Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace becomes first Spacetech startup to formally
tie-up with ISRO
Appointments and Resignations

Person Post Organisation
JB Mohapatra Chairman CBDT
Pankaj Kumar Singh Director General Border Security Force (BSF)
Dr. PPK Ramacharyulu Secretary General Rajya Sabha
Cyrus Poncha Vice-President Asian Squash Federation
Harsha Bhupendra Bangari Managing Director EXIM Bank
SL Tripathy CMD United India Insurance
Arun Kumar Singh CMD BPCL
V. Vaidyanathan MD & CEO IDFC FIRST Bank
Lt. Gen. Gurmit Singh Governor Uttarakhand
R. N. Ravi Governor Tamil Nadu
Banwarilal Purohit Governor Punjab
Prof. Jagdish Mukhi Governor Nagaland
Neeraj Chopra Brand Ambassador Tata AIA Life Insurance
Sanjeev Barnwal CEO Ujjivan Financial Services
Vijay Goel Vice Chairman Gandhi Smriti and Darshan
Samiti
G C Murmu Chairman Asian Organisation of
Supreme Audit Institutions
(ASOSAI)
Jim Lanzone CEO Yahoo
Bhupendra Patel Chief Minister Gujarat
Justice M. Venugopal Acting Chairperson National Company Law

Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT)
Aziz Akhannouch Prime Minister Morocco
Pawan Goenka Chairperson Indian National Space
Promotion Authorization
Centre (In-SPACe)
Alka Nangia Arora CMD National Small Industries
Corporation Ltd. (NSIC).
Pankaj Tripathi Brand Ambassador Fino Payments Bank
Charanjit Singh Channi Chief Minister Punjab
Air Marshal Vivek Ram Chief of Air Staff Indian Air Force
Chaudhari (CAS)
Gordon Brown appointed as Ambassador WHO Global Health
Financing
Magnus Carlsen Global Brand Mastercard
Ambassador
Lt Gen Gurbirpal Singh Director General National Cadet Corps (NCC)
GC Murmu External Auditor IAEA
CK Ranganathan President All India Management
Association (AIMA)
Ladakh based Dorje Angchuk becomes first Indian to be inducted as Honorary
Member of the International Astronomical Union
Equitas Small Finance Bank appoints hockey player Rani Rampal & cricketer Smriti
Mandhana as brand ambassadors
Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi among four new SDG Advocates appointed by UN
Secretary-General
List of Resignations
• Uttarakhand Governor Baby Rani Maurya Resigns
• Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani Resigns
• Amarinder Singh resigns as Chief Minister of Punjab
Committee
Name of the Committee Set up by No. of Head
People
Committee on New Reserve Bank of 5 Shri. P. Vasudevan
Umbrella Entity (NUE) India
licenses
Committee to review Ministry of 12 Ashok Kumar Tandon
guidelines of Journalist Information and
Welfare Scheme Broadcasting
Task Force and Expert Ministry of Coal 5 (each) Task Force - Shri
Committee to Prepare Vinod Kumar Tiwari,

Road Map for Coal based Additional Secretary
Hydrogen Production Coal.
Expert Committee -
Shri R.K. Malhotra,
Director General
(FIPI).
Committee To Frame New Ministry of Health 8 Dr VG Somani, Drugs
Law For Drugs, and Family Welfare Controller General of
Cosmetics, Medical India (DCGI)
Devices
High Level Expert Ministry of Defence 15 Shri Baijayant Panda
Committee for a
comprehensive review of
National Cadet Corps
(NCC)
GoM (group of ministers) Central Shri Rajnath Singh
for better implementation Government
of schemes meant for SC,
ST, OBC, minorities,
women
Panel to firm up India’s Central Ajay Seth (Economic
sustainable finance road Government affairs secretary)
map
Panel to develop new Ministry of 12 Former ISRO chief K
national curriculum Education Kasturirangan
frameworks (NCFs)
GoM to rationalise GST Central Karnataka CM
rates Government Basavaraj S. Bommai
MCA extends the tenure of Company Law Committee by 1 year; Head- Rajesh Verma
Conference
Conference Hosted by Extra Info
8th Meeting of India Meeting was chaired by
Agricultural Experts of Dr Trilochan Mohapatra,
BIMSTEC Countries Secretary, Department of
Agricultural Research &
Education & Director
General of ICAR
6th Eastern Economic Vladivostok, Russia Prime Minister Narendra
Forum 2021 Modi Addressed virtually
13th BRICS Summit India Theme: BRICS@15:

Intra-BRICS Cooperation
for Continuity,
Consolidation and
Consensus.
India-Australia 2+2 New Delhi Inaugural edition
ministerial dialogue
First in-person QUAD White House, Washington DC Indian delegation led by
(Quadrilateral Security Prime Minister Narendra
Dialogue) Leaders’ Modi
Summit
21st SCO Meeting of the Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Indian delegation led by
Council of Heads of State Prime Minister Narendra
Modi virtually and
At Dushanbe, India was
represented by External
Affairs Minister, Dr. S.
Jaishankar in person.
National Cooperative New Delhi
Conference
76th session of the New York Theme: ‘building
United Nations General resilience through hope –
Assembly (UNGA) to recover from Covid-19,
rebuild sustainably,
respond to the needs of
the planet, respect the
rights of people, and
revitalise the United
Nations’.
4th Indo-US Health New Delhi
Dialogue
Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar
represented India at the World Health Organization- South East Asia Regional Office
(WHO-SEARO) through video-conference on September 07, 2021.
India to organise first-ever Global Buddhist Conference in November 2021 at
Nalanda, Bihar.
Defence News
• INS Tabar participates in Maiden Maritime Partnership Exercise of India with
Algerian Navy
• 5th India-Kazakhstan Joint Military Exercise “KAZIND-21” Begins at Training
Node Aisha Bibi, Kazakhstan (Sept 01 to 10, 2021).

• 12th Defence Expo-2022 is scheduled to be held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat from
March 10 to 13, 2021
• 28th Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise ‘SIMBEX-2021’ Concludes
(September 02 to 04, 2021.)
• Indian Army to take part in military exercise ‘ZAPAD 2021’ in Russia from
September 03, 2021 to September 16, 2021
• 4th edition of Naval exercise between India and Australia- ‘AUSINDEX’ begins
(Sept 06 to 10, 2021).
• CAS RKS Bhadauria Attends Pacific Air Chiefs Symposium 2021 (PACS-21) in
Hawaii. The theme of the event was “Enduring Cooperation towards Regional
Stability”
• India’s first long-range nuclear missile tracking ship INS Dhruv commissioned
from Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh
• India–Africa Defence Dialogue to be held biennially at every DefExpo
• Indian Military Contingent Participates in 6th SCO Exercise ‘Peaceful Mission’
2021 at Russia
• 15th edition of Indo – Nepal Joint Military Training Exercise Surya Kiran is being
held at Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand from September 20 to October 03, 2021
• Third India – Indonesia bilateral maritime exercise ‘Samudra Shakti’ begins in
Sunda Strait, Indonesia
• Ministry of Defence inks $2.5 billion deal with Airbus Defence & Space, Spain for
56 C-295MW transport aircraft for IAF
• DRDO Conducts Successful Maiden Flight Test of new version of the Akash
Missile named ‘Akash Prime’ off Odisha Coast
International News
• New Development Bank approves UAE, Uruguay and Bangladesh as a new
member
• World’s largest Plant, 'Ocra', to capture Carbon Dioxide from Air commissioned
in Iceland
• China successfully launches new Earth observation satellite “Gaofen-5 02”
• South Korea successfully tested an indigenously developed submarine-launched
ballistic missile (SLBM) to become the first country without nuclear weapons to
develop such a missile system.
• Australia, the UK and the US have announced a new trilateral security
partnership, called AUKUS, with its first initiative to develop nuclear-powered
submarines for Australia.
• World Bank Group Discontinues Doing Business Report 
• SpaceX launches first all-civilian crew to orbit under Inspiration4 mission
The four member crew took of from SpaceX`s Falcon 9 rocket and spent time in
orbit in the SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft, dubbed as Resilience.
• Iran becomes 9th member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
• Justin Trudeau wins historic third term as Prime Minister of Canada
• WHO revises air quality norms for first time since 2005
24-Hour Exposure (µg/m³) Year-long Exposure (µg/m³)
Pollutant New Old New Old
PM2.5 15 25 5 10
PM10 45 50 15 20
• Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto’s first-ever statue in bronze unveiled in
Budapest, Hungary
• Apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak Launches new Space Startup ‘Privateer Space’
in partnership with Ripcord Inc. founder Alex Fielding
• North Korea tests hypersonic missile “Hwasong-8”
National and State News

• For the first time in the history of Indian judiciary, nine new Supreme Court
Judges took oath as Supreme Court judges in one go, taking total strength to 33.
The total sanctioned strength of Supreme Court is 34.
• PM Modi releases special commemorative Rs 125 coin to mark ISKCON founder’s
125th birth anniversary on September 01, 2021
• Snow Leopard and Black Necked Crane declared state animal and bird of Ladakh
• Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha launches Rural
Enterprises Acceleration Programme titled ‘Saath’ for Self Help Group (SHG)
women
• India becomes first Asian nation to launch ‘Plastics Pact’
• India’s first dugong conservation reserve to come up in Tamil Nadu
• India’s first bio-brick based building inaugurated at IIT Hyderabad
• TRIFED to setup Atmanirbhar Corner in 75 missions and embassies around the
world in the next 3 months.
• PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Shikshak Parv-2021 organised by Ministry of
Education
Theme: “Quality and Sustainable Schools: Learnings from Schools in India”.
• India to host G-20 summit in 2023; Piyush Goyal to be the Sherpa
• Cabinet approves PLI scheme worth Rs 10,683 cr for textiles sector
• India’s tallest air purifier tower installed in Chandigarh
• Union Minister of Culture Shri Kishan Reddy Gangapuram launched a programme
named ‘BujurgonkiBaat–DeshKeSaath’ that aims at enhancing the interaction
between the youth and the elder persons who are 95 years and above and thus
have spent around 18 years in India before independence.
• CBDT sets up 3 Boards for Advance Rulings (BAR) to fast-track tax disputes
Out of the three BARs, two have been set up in Delhi and one in Mumbai and are
effective from September 01, 2021.
• India’s first Indigenously Designed High Ash Coal Gasification Based Methanol
Production Plant inaugurated at BHEL R&D Centre, Hyderabad
• Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs( MoHUA) in collaboration with the
Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) has launched the pilot
drive named ‘Main Bhi Digital 3.0′.
It is a special Campaign for Digital Onboarding and Training for street vendors
under PM SVANidhi scheme across 223 cities.
• India’s first emergency landing strip on national highway inaugurated on
National Highway-925 in Barmer, Rajasthan, for Indian Air Force (IAF) planes
• Govt adds dairy products under ‘Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA)
scheme for Specified Agriculture Products’
• PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Sardardham Bhavan in Ahmedabad, Gujarat
• India’s largest open-air fernery inaugurated in Ranikhet of Uttarakhand
• ‘Medicine from the Sky’ initiative launched in Telangana for delivery of
medicines, vaccine via drone
• Chhattisgarh Launches ‘Millet Mission’ in partnership with Indian Institute of
Millet Research (IIMR), Hyderabad, To Become Millet Hub Of India
• Haryana adjudged top in installation of solar pumps under PM-KUSUM
• Nuakhai harvest festival celebrated in Odisha
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays foundation stone of Raja Mahendra Pratap
Singh University in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
• Tata Steel commissions India’s first plant to capture CO2 from blast furnace gas
at its Jamshedpur Works
• Niti Aayog launches ‘Shoonya’ programme to promote zero-pollution delivery
vehicles
• Union Minister Nitin Gadkari launches AI-powered road safety project ‘iRASTE’
to reduce road accidents
iRASTE stands for Intelligent Solutions for Road Safety through Technology and
Engineering.
The project has been launched on a pilot basis in Nagpur, Maharashtra
• Cabinet approves 100% FDI under automatic route in Telecom Sector
• Cabinet approves Rs 26,058 crore PLI Scheme for Automobile Industry and
Drone Industry. This includes Rs 25,938 crores for the automobile industry and
Rs 120 crores for the drone industry.
• NITI Aayog Launches Report on ‘Reforms in Urban Planning Capacity in India’
• India's longest expressway, Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (1,380 kilometers), is
being developed at a cost of Rs 98,000 crores.
• Ministry of Law and Justice launches “Ek Pahal” campaign for Justice Delivery at
doorstep
• Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha launches Mission ‘One
Gram Panchayat-One DIGI-Pay Sakhi’
• MyGov launches Planetarium Innovation Challenge for Indian start-ups and tech
entrepreneurs
• Manipur’s Sirarakhong Chilli and Tamenglong Orange gets GI tag
• ‘Katley’ ( ‘Cooper Mahseer’) declared as state fish of Sikkim
• IRCTC Partners with Cordelia Cruises to launch India’s first indigenous luxury
cruise liner
• Uttar Pradesh government has cleared proposal to develop an ‘Electronic Park’,
along the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) area,
near Noida, to promote electronics industry.
• CISF woman Geeta Samota becomes ‘fastest Indian’ to summit 2 peaks in Africa
and Russia. She scaled the Mount Elbrus in Russia (5,642 mts) on August 13,
2021 and then Mount Kilimanjaro (5,895 mts) on September 11, 2021. The Mt
Kilimanjaro is the highest peak in Africa, located in Tanzania.
• Two more Indian Beaches get International Blue Flag Certification. These are –
Kovalam in Tamil Nadu and Eden in Puducherry. Now India has total 10 beaches
with the coveted International eco-label “Blue Flag”.
• Union Minister Piyush Goyal Launches National Single Window System for
Investors and Businesses as one-stop-shop to get approvals and clearances
• Vanijya Saptah being celebrated by Ministry of Commerce from 20-26 September
• Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) to observe
National Pension System Diwas (NPS Diwas) on October 01, 2021
• World’s Highest EV Charging Station Inaugurated at a height of 500 ft. At Kaza of
Lahaul and Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh
• The first edition of the Himalayan Film Festival organised at Leh, in Ladakh from
September 24 to 28, 2021.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission
Three component of the mission includes a digital health ID, healthcare
professionals registry and healthcare facilities registries. The digital health ID
will be a unique 14-digit health identification
• “Sweet Cucumber” of Nagaland gets geographical indication (GI) tag
• Sojat Mehndi from Rajasthan and Judima rice wine from Assam gets GI tag
• Centre extends existing Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-20 till March 31, 2022
• Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment launches Elder Line (Toll-Free No-
14567). Tata Trusts and NSE Foundation are the technical partners for “Elder
Line”.
• Union S&T Minister Jitendra Singh launches “Amrit Grand Challenge Program-
जनCARE” to identify 75 innovations by Start-ups and Entrepreneurs
• Nirmala Sitharaman to be Chief Guest at Global FinTech Fest 2021
The theme of the event is “FinTech: Empowering a Global Digital Economy”.
• Government increases the income limit of disabled dependents for family
pension to 30% of last drawn pay

• CHAMPIONS portal of the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises for
MSME/Udyam Registration crosses 50 lakh mark
Ranking
Index India Top Publishing
Organisation
2021 Global Dairy Top Indian Global Company - Rabobank
Top 20 Report company – AMUL Lactalis (France)
(Rank -18)
Global Innovation 46th Switzerland by World

Index 2021 Intellectual Property
Organization
(WIPO)
Largest Unicorn 3rd United States Hurun Research
ecosystem in the Institute
world
FSSAI releases 3rd edition of State Food Safety Index, 2020-21
Top state in larger states category – Gujarat
Top state in smaller states category – Goa
Top Union Territories – Jammu & Kashmir
Three Indian institutes in top 400 in Times World University Rankings 2022; Top
University Globally - University of Oxford
IIT Madras Retains Top Spot in Overall Category of 6th NIRF India Ranking 2021
Awards and Recognitions

Award Winner Achievement/Extra Info
2021 Ramon Magsaysay 1. Roberto “Ka Dodoy”
Award Ballon (Philippines)
2. Muhammad Amjad
Saqib (Pakistan)
3. Firdausi Qadri
(Bangladesh)
4. Steven Muncy
(Southeast Asia)
5. Watchdoc Indonesia
(Indonesia)
Bird Photographer of the Alejandro Prieto (Mexico)
Year 2021
Women’s Prize for Fiction Susanna Clarke (United
2021 Kigdom)
UNESCO King Sejong National Institute of Open Award is a part of UNESCO
Literacy Prize 2021 Schooling (NIOS) Literacy Prize 2021 for
Innovation in Education.
2021 Global Goalkeeper Phumzile Mlambo- Former UN-Under
Award of Bill and Melinda Ngcuka Secretary General
Gates Foundation
2021 UNHCR Nansen Jeel Albena Association The winner is a
Refugee Award. for Humanitarian humanitarian organization
Development from Yemen
Larsen & Toubro and Powergrid Wins the Prestigious Association for Talent
Development (ATD) 2021 BEST Award
President Ramnath Kovind Presents National Florence Nightingale Awards 2020 to
51 Awardees
President Ram Nath Kovind confers National Service Scheme (NSS) Awards for
2019-20 to 42 Awardees in 3 categories. The NSS Award is conferred every year by
the Department of Youth Affairs, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports
75 Divyangjan from 15 states felicitated with Hunarbaaz Awards by National
Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PR), Hyderabad under
the auspices of the Ministry of Rural Development
11 Scientists Receive 2021 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes
2021 Emmy Awards – Towards the end of PDF
Recognition:
Chandigarh Railway Station gets 5- star ‘Eat Right Station’ certification by FSSAI. It is
the fifth station in India to get this recognition.
Cristiano Ronaldo honored by Guinness World Records for Becoming Highest Goal
Scoring Man in International Football
PM Narendra Modi features in Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People 2021
List. The list also includes West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Serum
Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla.
Apps/ Portals launched

App/Portal Launched by Purpose
E-Source IIT Madras An electronic market to address the
problem of e-waste (electronic
wastes)
Y-Break Yoga Ministry of AYUSH
protocol app
Ubreathe Life IIT Ropar World’s first ‘Plant based’ smart
air-purifier
Pulse platform PhonePe First Indian digital payment
interactive geospatial platform
PRANA portal Union Ministry of
Environment, Forest, and To regulate air pollution in 132
Climate Change cities
Project Udaan IIT Bombay a language translator to translate
engineering textbooks and learning
materials from English to Hindi and
all other Indian languages.
IIT Delhi Liquid-solid Interface A device that can generate
Triboelectric electricity through water droplets
Nanogenerator’ to power small electronic devices
FASTER Supreme Court of India FASTER stands for Fast and
Secured Transmission of Electronic
Records
FASTER’ System will transfer e-
authenticated copies from courts to
prisons.
Books & Author

Book Name Author
Human Rights and Terrorism in India Subramanian Swamy
Translating Myself and Others Jhumpa Lahiri
Shining Sikh Youth of India Dr Prabhleen Singh
400 Days Chetan Bhagat
Jungle Nama Amitav Ghosh
The Long Game: How the Chinese Negotiate with India Vijay Gokhale
The Fractured Himalaya: How the Past Shadows the Nirupama Rao
Present in India-China Relations
Sports News
• South African Pacer Dale Steyn announces retirement from all forms of cricket
• Singhraj Adhana Wins 2020 Tokyo Paralympics Bronze Medal in 10m Air Pistol
• Mariyappan Thangavelu Wins Silver, Sharad Kumar Wins Bronze at Paralympics
Men’s High Jump (T63)
• Archer Harvinder Singh Clinches Bronze in Men’s Individual Recurve at
Paralympics
• Avani Lekhara wins bronze in 50m Rifle to win her second medal at Tokyo
Paralympics
• Praveen Kumar wins silver at Paralympics men’s T64 high jump
• Manish Narwal wins Gold and Singhraj Adhana clicnhes Silver in 50m Mixed
Pistol (SH1) at Tokyo Paralympics
• Shuttler Pramod Bhagat wins GOLD, Manoj Sarkar claims bronze at Tokyo
Paralympics 2020
• Max Verstappen wins Dutch Grand Prix 2021
• Krishna Nagar Wins Gold, Suhas L Yathiraj wins silver in Badminton at Tokyo
Paralympics
• India secures record 19 medals at Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020 (Complete list
at the end of the PDF)
• Daniel Ricciardo wins F1 Italian Grand Prix 2021
• 2021 US Open Tennis Title
Men’s single – Daniil Medvedev (Russia) defeated Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Women’s single – Emma Raducanu (Great Britain) defeated Leylah Fernandez
(Canada)
Men’s double – Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury
Women’s double – Samantha Stosur / Zhang Shuai
Mixed Doubles – Desirae Krawczyk / Joe Salisbury
• ICC Players of the Month for August 2021
Men’s - Joe Root of England
Women’s -Ireland’s Eimear Richardson
• Brendan Taylor of Zimbabwe Announces Retirement From International Cricket
• Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga announces retirement from all forms of
cricket
• Harmilan Kaur Bains breaks 19-year-old record in 1500m to win gold at 60th
National Athletics Championships
• M.S. Dhoni named mentor for Indian Men’s Team for T20 World Cup 2021. The
T20 world cup will be played in Oman and UAE starting from October 18.
• Pankaj Advani wins Asian Snooker Championship 2021
• Warangal-based R. Raja Rithvik becomes India’s 70th Chess Grandmaster
• “Together for a Shared Future” launched as the official motto of the Olympic and
Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022
• Pankaj Advani wins 6Reds Snooker World Cup 2021
• Odisha to host FIH Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup 2021 in Bhubaneswar from
November 24 to December 05, 2021
• Lewis Hamilton wins the Russian Grand Prix 2021
• England all-rounder Moeen Ali announces retirement from Test cricket
• India claims three silver medals at 2021 Archery World Championships in
Yankton, United States. Winners list is given below:
Women’s Compound Individual – Jyothi Surekha Vennam
Women’s Compound Team – Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Muskar Kirar and Priya
Gurjar
Compound Mixed Team – Abhishek Verma and Jyothi Surekha Vennam

• Sania Mirza-Shuai Zhang wins 2021 Ostrava Open women’s doubles title
• United States beats Europe to Win 2021 Ryder Cup Golf Tournament
Obituary
Person Profession Extra Info
Vasoo Paranjape Cricket Coach Hailed from Patiala Punjab
Chandan Mitra Indian journalist and Worked for The Pioneer
politician
Sidharth Shukla Television actor Winner of Big Boss Season 13
Jacques Rogge Former President International Olympic
Committee (IOC)
Jean-Pierre Adams Footballer France
Keshav Desiraju Politician Former Union Health
Secretary
Oscar Fernandes Politician Veteran Congress leader and
former Union minister
Manorama Mohapatra Litterateur, social worker Odia
and journalist
Mahant Narendra Giri President Akhil Bharatiya Akhara
Parishad
Jimmy Greaves Footballer England
Yudhvir Singh Dadwal Former Governor of Also former Commissioner of
Arunachal Pradesh Delhi Police
Kamla Bhasin women’s right activist and
author
Important Days in September 2021

Date Day Theme 2021
Theme - Building a Safe
Inclusive Resilient and
02 September World Coconut Day Sustainable Coconut
Community Amid COVID-
19 Pandemic & Beyond
Death anniversary of
05 September International Day of Charity
Mother Teresa
Birth anniversary of Dr
05 September National Teachers’ Day
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
07 September International Day of Clean Air for Theme: Healthy Air,
blue skies Healthy Planet

Theme: Literacy for a
human-centred recovery:
08 September International Literacy Day
Narrowing the digital
divide
International Day to Protect
09 September
Education from Attack
Theme: Contribution of
09 September Himalayan Diwas Himalayas and our
responsibilities
09 September World EV (Electric Vehicle) Day
Theme: Creating hope
10 September World Suicide Prevention Day
through action
11 September
(Second Theme: First aid and road
World First Aid Day 2021
Saturday of safety
September)
Theme: South-South
cooperation: solidarity in
United Nations Day for South-South
12 September support of a more
Cooperation
inclusive, resilient and
sustainable future
14 September National Hindi Day
14 September National Forest Martyrs Day
Birth anniversary of the
engineering pioneer of
15 September Engineer’s Day India, Sir Mokshagundam
Vishweshvaraya, (Father
of Modern Mysore).
Theme: Strengthening
15 September International Day of Democracy democratic resilience in
the face of future crises
15 September World Lymphoma Awareness Day
Theme: Montreal Protocol
International Day for the
16 September – keeping us, our food and
Preservation of the Ozone Layer
vaccines cool
Theme: Safe maternal and
17 September World Patient Safety Day
newborn care
Theme : #PlantBamboo: It
18 September World Bamboo Day
Is Time To Plant Bamboo
18 September World Water Monitoring Day
18 September International Equal Pay Day
18 September
International Coastal Clean-Up Day Theme: Keep trash in the
(Third Saturday
2021 bin and not in the ocean
of September)
18 September
(Third Saturday International Red Panda Day
of September)
Theme: Celebrating
September 20 to International Week of Deaf People
Thriving Deaf
26 2021
Communities
Theme: Recovering Better
21 September International Day of Peace for an Equitable and
Sustainable World
Theme: Know Dementia,
21 September World Alzheimer’s Day
Know Alzheimer’s
22 September World Rhino Day
Theme : We Sign For
23 September International Day of Sign Languages
Human Rights
Theme :Pharmacy: Always
25 September World Pharmacist Day
trusted for your health
25 September Antyodaya Divas Celebrated in India
Theme: Prioritizing
Environmental Health for
26 September World Environmental Health Day
healthier communities in
global recovery
International Day for the Total
26 September
Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
26 September
Theme: Waterways in our
(Fourth Sunday World Rivers Day 2021
communities
of September)
Theme: Tourism for
27 September World Tourism Day
Inclusive Growth
Theme: Rabies: Facts, not
28 September World Rabies Day
Fear
Theme : The Right to
International Day for Universal Know – Building Back
28 September
Access to Information Better with Access to
Information
29 September Theme : USE HEART to
World Heart Day
2020 connect
Theme : Stop food loss
International Day of Awareness of
29 September and waste. For the people.
Food Loss and Waste
For the planet.
Theme: United in
30 September International Translation Day
translation
September 30
Theme: Seafarers: at the
(Last Thursday World Maritime Day 2021
core of shipping’s future
of September)
2021 Emmy Award

• The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards honored the best in U.S. prime time
television programming from June 1, 2020, until May 31, 2021, as chosen by the
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Full list of winners
• Outstanding Drama Series:The Crown
• Outstanding Comedy Series: Ted Lasso
• Outstanding Variety Talk Show: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
• Outstanding Limited Series: The Queen’s Gambit
• Outstanding Actor – Comedy:Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso
• Outstanding Actor – Drama: Josh O’Connor
• Outstanding Actor – Limited Series or Movie: Ewan McGregor –Halston
• Outstanding Actress – Comedy: Jean Smart – Hacks
• Outstanding Actress – Drama: Olivia Colman – The Crown
• Outstanding Actress – Limited Series or Movie: Kate Winslet – Mare of Easttown
• Outstanding Supporting Actor – Comedy: Brett Goldstein – Ted Lasso
• Outstanding Supporting Actor – Drama: Tobias Menzies – The Crown
• Outstanding Supporting Actor – Limited Series or Movie: Evan Peters – Mare of
Easttown
• Outstanding Supporting Actress – Comedy: Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso)
• Outstanding Supporting Actress – Drama: Gillian Anderson – The Crown
• Outstanding Supporting Actress – Limited Series or Movie: Julianne Nicholson –
Mare of Easttown
• Outstanding Director – Comedy: Lucia Aniello – Hacks
• Outstanding Director – Drama: Jessica Hobbs – The Crown
• Outstanding Director – Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special: Scott Frank –
The Queen’s Gambit
• Outstanding Writing – Comedy: Lucia Aniello, Paul W Downs and Jen Statsky –
Hacks
• Outstanding Writing – Drama: Peter Morgan – The Crown
• Outstanding Writing – Limited Series, Movie Or Dramatic Special: Michaela Coel –

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India secures record 19 medals at Tokyo Paralympic Games
2020
• India finished their campaign at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 with an all-time
high 19 medals which includes five gold, eight silver, and six bronze. This is the
best medal tally for India at single edition of the Paralympic Games.
• India is placed at 24th position in the overall medal tally out of a total of 162
nations.
• Team China topped the final medal tally at Tokyo Paralympic Games. The country
won a total of 207 medals (96 golds, 60 silvers and 51 bronzes).
• Flag Bearers: Javelin thrower Tek Chand was the flag bearer at the opening
ceremony of Tokyo Paralympics.
• Shooter Avani Lekhara was India’s flag-bearer at the closing ceremony
List of Medal Winners of Tokyo Paralympics 2020
Name Sports
Sport Event Medal
Class
Sumit Antil Athletics Men’s Javelin Throw – F64 GOLD F64
Pramod Bhagat Badminton Men’s Singles SL3 GOLD SL3
Krishna Nagar Badminton Men’s Singles SH6 GOLD SH6
Manish Narwal Shooting P4 – Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 GOLD SH1
R2 – Women’s 10m Air

Avani Lekhara Shooting GOLD SH1
Rifle Standing SH1
Yogesh Kathuniya Athletics Men’s Discus Throw – F56 SILVER F56
Nishad Kumar Athletics Men’s High Jump – T47 SILVER T47
Mariyappan
Athletics Men’s High Jump – T63 SILVER T42
Thangavelu
Praveen Kumar Athletics Men’s High Jump – T64 SILVER T44
Name Sports
Sport Event Medal
Class
Devendra
Athletics Men’s Javelin Throw – F46 SILVER F46
Jhajharia
Suhas Yathiraj Badminton Men’s Singles SL4 SILVER SL4
Singhraj Adhana Shooting P4 – Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 SILVER SH1
Table
Bhavina Patel Women’s Singles – Class 4 SILVER 4
Tennis
Men’s Individual Recurve –

Harvinder Singh Archery BRONZE ST
Open
Sharad Kumar Athletics Men’s High Jump – T63 BRONZE T42
Sundar Singh
Athletics Men’s Javelin Throw – F46 BRONZE F46
Gurjar
Manoj Sarkar Badminton Men’s Singles SL3 BRONZE SL3
P1 – Men’s 10m Air Pistol

Singhraj Adhana Shooting BRONZE SH1
SH1
R8 – Women’s 50m Rifle 3

Avani Lekhara Shooting BRONZE SH1
Positions SH1
Current Static GK in News – September 2021
Headquarters
International
• International Astronomical Union (IAU) – Paris France [September 01, 2021]
• Moody’s Investors Service – New York, United States [September 01, 2021]
• Morgan Stanley- New York, United States [September 02, 2021]
• Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
(BIMSTEC) – Dhaka, Bangladesh [September 02, 2021]
• New Development Bank (NDB) – Shanghai, China [September 03, 2021]
• International Monetary Fund (IMF) – Washington, D.C., United States [September
04, 2021]
• Asian Squash Federation (ASF) – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [September 05, 2021]
• International Olympic Committee (IOC) – Lausanne, Switzerland [September 06,
2021]
• Asian Development Bank (ADB) – Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines.
[September 07, 2021]
• World Health Organization (WHO) – Geneva, Switzerland [September 08, 2021]
• S&P Global Ratings – New York, United States [September 08, 2021]
• Yahoo Inc. – California, United States [September 12, 2021]
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) – Geneva,
Switzerland [September 16, 2021]
• Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) – Beijing, China [September 16, 2021]
• World Bank – Washington, D.C., United States [September 19, 2021]
• Ford Motor Company – Dearborn, Michigan, United States [September 20, 2021]
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) – Geneva, Switzerland
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) – Paris, France
• United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) – New York, United States [September
27, 2021]
• United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) – Madrid, Spain
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) – Vienna, Austria [September 29,
2021]
National
• Reserve Bank of India – Mumbai [September 03, 2021]
• Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)- Mumbai [September 06, 2021]
• Wildlife Institute of India (WII) – Dehradun, Uttarakhand [September 07, 2021]
• Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank) – Mumbai [September 08, 2021]

• United India Insurance Company Limited (UIICL) – Chennai [September 08, 2021]
• Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) – Mumbai [September 08, 2021]
• National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) – Mumbai [September 11, 2021]
• Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) – Bengaluru [September 14, 2021]
• National Small Industries Corporation Ltd. (NSIC) – New Delhi [September 18,
2021]
• Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) – New Delhi [September 22,
2021]
Banks
• Axis Bank – Mumbai [September 02, 2021]
• State Bank of India (SBI) – Mumbai [September 02, 2021]
• Bank of India – Mumbai [September 06, 2021]
• Equitas Small Finance Bank (ESFB) – Chennai [September 07, 2021]
• HDFC Bank – Mumbai [September 09, 2021]
• Karnataka Bank- Mangalore [September 09, 2021]
• UCO Bank – Kolkata [September 10, 2021]
• Bank of Baroda – Vadodara [September 10, 2021]
• IDFC First Bank – Mumbai [September 10, 2021]
• Paytm Payments Bank – Noida [September 15, 2021]
• Fino Payments Bank – Mumbai [September 19, 2021]
• Yes Bank – Mumbai [September 23, 2021]
Country – Capital, Currency

• Algeria – Capital: Algiers; Currency: Algerian dinar [September 01, 2021]
• Kazakhstan – Capital: Nur-Sultan; Currency: Kazakhstani tenge [September 02,
2021]
• United States – Capital: Washington, D.C.; Currency: United States Dollar
• Singapore – Capital: Singapore; Currency: Singapore dollar [September 05, 2021]
• Russia – Capital: Moscow; Currency: Russian ruble [September 05, 2021]
• New Zealand – Capital: Wellington; Currency – New Zealand Dollar [September
06, 2021]
• Australia – Capital: Canberra; Currency: Australian dollar [September 07, 2021]
• Iceland – Capital: Reykjavik; Currency: Icelandic krona [September 11, 2021]
• China – Capital: Beijing; Currency: Renminbi [September 11, 2021]
• Denmark – Capital: Copenhagen; Currency: Danish krone [September 13, 2021]
• Morocco – Capital: Rabat; Currency: Moroccan dirham [September 14, 2021]
• South Korea – Capital: Seoul; Currency: South Korean won [September 16, 2021]
• Nepal – Capital: Kathmandu; Currency: Nepalese rupee [September 18, 2021]
• Iran – Capital: Tehran; Currency: Iranian rial [September 22, 2021]
• Indonesia – Capital: Jakarta; Currency: Indonesian rupiah [September 22, 2021]

• Canada – Capital: Ottawa; Currency: Canadian dollar [September 22, 2021]
• North Korea – Capital: Pyongyang; Currency: North Korean won [September 30,
2021]
Miscellaneous
• State animal of Ladakh : Snow leopard (Panther unica) and State Bird of Ladakh:
black-necked crane (Grus nicricollis) [September 03, 2021]
• Mount Elbrus – Russia (5,642 mts) [September 22, 2021]
• Mount Kilimanjaro (5,895 mts) – highest peak in Africa, located in
Tanzania.[September 22, 2021]
• Kovalam beach – Tamil Nadu [September 23, 2021]
• Eden Beach – Puducherry [September 23, 2021]
• Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT) – Mumbai (also known as Nhava Sheva Port)
• Judima, a home-made rice wine – Assam [September 29, 2021]
• Sojat Mehndi (Henna) – Rajasthan [September 29, 2021]
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Banking and Economy News

• RBI takes UCO Bank out of PCA Framework

Loans From Bank to India

Aerial Vehicle (ALUAV)

Appointments and Resignations

Justice M. Venugopal Acting Chairperson National Company Law

Committee to Prepare Vinod Kumar Tiwari,

13th BRICS Summit India Theme: BRICS@15:

Node Aisha Bibi, Kazakhstan (Sept 01 to 10, 2021).

National and State News

pension to 30% of last drawn pay

Global Innovation 46th Switzerland by World

Awards and Recognitions

Apps/ Portals launched

Books & Author

Compound Mixed Team – Abhishek Verma and Jyothi Surekha Vennam

Important Days in September 2021

blue skies Healthy Planet

2021 Emmy Award

• Outstanding Writing – Limited Series, Movie Or Dramatic Special: Michaela Coel –

List of Medal Winners of Tokyo Paralympics 2020

Sumit Antil Athletics Men’s Javelin Throw – F64 GOLD F64

Pramod Bhagat Badminton Men’s Singles SL3 GOLD SL3

Krishna Nagar Badminton Men’s Singles SH6 GOLD SH6

Manish Narwal Shooting P4 – Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 GOLD SH1

R2 – Women’s 10m Air

Yogesh Kathuniya Athletics Men’s Discus Throw – F56 SILVER F56

Nishad Kumar Athletics Men’s High Jump – T47 SILVER T47

Praveen Kumar Athletics Men’s High Jump – T64 SILVER T44

Suhas Yathiraj Badminton Men’s Singles SL4 SILVER SL4

Singhraj Adhana Shooting P4 – Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 SILVER SH1

Men’s Individual Recurve –

Sharad Kumar Athletics Men’s High Jump – T63 BRONZE T42

Manoj Sarkar Badminton Men’s Singles SL3 BRONZE SL3

P1 – Men’s 10m Air Pistol

R8 – Women’s 50m Rifle 3

Current Static GK in News – September 2021

• Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank) – Mumbai [September 08, 2021]

Country – Capital, Currency

• Indonesia – Capital: Jakarta; Currency: Indonesian rupiah [September 22, 2021]

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