Here is the Daily GK Update of the 15th of September 2022 covering the
following news headlines: World Lymphoma Awareness Day, International Day of
Democracy, National Engineer’s Day 2022, Rajini’s Mantras, Virat Kohli, Robin
Uthappa.
The country has become power surplus, we have connected the whole
country into one grid, and strengthened the distribution system.
These steps have increased the power availability to 22 hours in rural
areas and 23.5 hours in urban areas. The next step is to take it to 24X7
guaranteed power supply at affordable price.
Union Minister R K Singh has urged states to be financially viable in
view of the mounting outstanding dues of power generation companies. This will
help attract investments in the power sector and also benefit the consumers
through reduced cost of electricity and improved consumer services, he said.
Indore will create history by implementing a fully digital addressing
system, making it the first city in India to do so. The smart city advanced
significantly when a memorandum of understanding was signed with the firm Pataa
Navigations.
The Memorandum of Understanding is signed by Rajat Jain, co-founder of
Pataa Navigations, and Rishav Gupta (IAS), CEO of Indore Smart City. Pataa has
developed patented technology and is working with the Indian Space Research
Organization (ISRO) to develop a digital addressing system for the nation.
Pataa is a brief and distinctive code, comparable to KUMAR100, SINGH221,
or other commonly used codes, that will help the user find the specific
geotagged location. Users of the Pataa App can upload images of their homes,
landmarks, etc., along with their addresses in full text.
The world’s largest museum of Harappan culture is coming up in
Rakhigarhi in Haryana to showcase about 5,000-year-old Indus Valley artefacts.
The village of Rakhigarhi was part of the Indus Valley Civilisation from
2600-1900 BC.
Haryana is slated to host the world’s largest museum dedicated to the
Harappan civilization. Rakhigarhi is a hamlet in Haryana’s Hisar district, some
150 kilometres from Delhi. The settlement is also a well-known archaeological
site from the time of the Indus Valley civilization.
Sanjay Kumar Rakesh, a former IAS officer, has been named managing
director of the CSC e-Governance India SPV, which is run by the central
government.
The appointment follows Dinesh Tyagi’s resignation from the position,
who was instrumental in increasing the number of CSCs from 60,000 in 2014 to
over 5 lakh at the moment.
Meity Secretary Alkesh Kumar Sharma presided over the board meeting,
which covered essential items like the hiring of a new managing director and
directors as well as the adoption of the annual financial statement for the
fiscal year 2021–2022.
India Post Payments Bank (IPPB), a division of India Post, the country’s
postal giant, has partnered with the Indian microblogging platform Koo. IPPB
has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Koo to boost financial
inclusion and literacy in the country.
IPPB and Koo will work together to promote financial education in
tier-2, tier-3, remote, and hinterlands. Koo is a multilingual platform that
allows users to communicate in 10 languages – Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati,
Punjabi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Assamese, Bengali and English.
HDFC Life Insurance Policy started Click2Protect: HDFC Life, one of the
top life insurers in India, has introduced the Click2Protect Super term
insurance plan, which allows customization based on your protection needs and only charges you for the benefits and plan options
you select. Click2Protect is a non-linked, non-participating, individual, pure
risk premium/savings life insurance plan.
Click2Protect Super gives you more freedom than ever before by allowing
you to change your life insurance coverage, lengthen the duration of your
policy, add coverage for accidental death and terminal illness, among other
things.
Axis Bank and Square Yards launched ‘Open Doors’, a co-branded Home
Buyer Ecosystem. The ‘Open Doors’ platform will ensure that the complete
journey from searching to buying one’s dream home becomes an efficient and
delightful experience for the customers.
Axis Bank and Square Yards have created a digital-first solution to
simplify the customer journey. These digital platforms reflect the cultural
alignment between the two organizations.
Customers, who are looking to purchase a house can now avail of
end-to-end home buying assistance, exclusive builder inventory access, seamless
home loan processing, and other ecosystem services.
The ecosystem services include rental and property management, home
furnishing, and legal and technical services.
SBI hit market capitalization of Rs 5 trillion: State Bank of India,
SBI, market capitalization of India’s largest state lender, surpassed $5 trillion
for the first time after its shares reached a new high of Rs. 564.85 in
intraday trade on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).
According to data from Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), State Bank of India
(SBI) is ranked seventh overall among corporations as of Wednesday, 10:30 am,
with a market valuation of 5.03 trillion.
State Bank of India, SBI surpasses the market cap of Rs. 5 trillion,
making it the third lender in the nation to do so.
Google acquire Mandiant: Google for $5.4 billion acquired Cybersecurity
company Mandiant has been fully acquired according to Thomas Kurian, CEO of
Google Cloud.
Mandiant in order to assist organisations in managing threats,
incidents, and exposures better will join Google Cloud. Mandiant is renowned
for discovering the shocking SolarWinds hack.
The SolarWinds breach, which was allegedly carried out by cyber
terrorists with support from Russia, affected a number of large businesses,
including tech titans like Intel, Cisco, VMware, and Nvidia.
India has launched Joint Whitepaper on ‘Urban Wastewater Scenario in
India’, with Denmark at World Water Congress and Exhibition 2022 in Copenhagen.
The ‘Urban Wastewater Scenario in India’ was facilitated by Jal Shakti
Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat along with Danish Environment Minister Lea
Wermelin and Development Co-operation Minister Flemming Moller Mortensen.
India has committed an investment of more than 140 billion dollars by
2024 in the water sector.
Robin Uthappa has announced his retirement from all forms of Indian
cricket. In last season’s IPL, Uthappa played 12 matches for Chennai Super
Kings and scored 230 runs with his highest score being 88. He was part of the
country’s 2004 Under-19 World Cup team.
He made his India debut two years later and featured in 46 ODIs and 13
T20Is for India. He scored 934 and 249 runs in ODIs and T20Is. He has 9446
first class and 6534 List A runs under his belt. His last ODI appearance was
back against Zimbabwe in 2015, where he scored a 44-ball 31.
Virat Kohli has now become the first cricketer who have notched up 50
million followers on Twitter. Team India’s star cricketer and former skipper
Virat Kohli has now achieved another big feat, but this time it is on the
social media.
Virat Kohli has popularity in all the platforms of social media which
includes 211 million followers on Instagram and 49 million followers on
Facebook as well.
Vinesh Phogat won bronze at the World Wrestling Championship 2022 in the
women’s 53kg category. Vinesh Phogat became the first Indian woman wrestler to
win two medals at the World Championship.
She also became the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at both the
Commonwealth and Asian Games. At Commonwealth Games 2022, she won the gold
medal in the women’s 53 kg freestyle wrestling category.
In the bronze medal bout, Vinesh defeated European Champion Emma
Malmgren of Sweden by 8-0.
Earlier in the Asian Games she defeated Zhuldyz Eshimova of Kazakhstan
in the first repechage round.
The entrepreneurcumauthor, P.C. Balasubramanian (PC Bala) authored a
new book “Rajini’s Mantras: Life lessons from India’s mostloved Superstar” in
English. It was published by Jaico Publishing House (India).
PC Bala’s 1st book was Rajini’s Punchtantra and Raja Krishnamoorthy,
which became a national bestseller. Grand Brand Rajini and Ram N Ramakrishnan
were published on December 2022.
In Rajini’s Mantras, bestselling author P.C. Balasubramanian brings out
the best life lessons from Rajinikanth’s iconic speeches, public interactions
and performances right from his early days in the film industry.
World Lymphoma Awareness Day (WLAD) is held on September 15 every year
and is a day dedicated to raising awareness of lymphoma, an increasingly common
form of cancer. It is a global initiative hosted by the Lymphoma Coalition.
The day is dedicated to raising awareness about lymphoma and the
particular emotional and psychosocial challenges facing patients and caregivers
suffering from different forms of lymphoma.
World Lymphoma Day was initiated in 2002 by the Lymphoma Coalition, a
worldwide network of 83 lymphoma patient groups based in Ontario, Canada, whose
mission is enabling global impact by fostering a lymphoma ecosystem that
ensures local change and evidence-based action.
This year, September 15 marks the 15th anniversary of the International
Day of Democracy. The day is celebrated annually around the world to strengthen
democracies and highlight its values and principles.
This year, Democracy Day will focus on the importance of media freedom
to democracy, peace, and delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals.
A theme is chosen for the International Day of Democracy. This year, the
day is focused on the “importance of media freedom to democracy, peace, and
delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals”.
In India, Engineer’s Day is celebrated on September 15 every year. The
day is celebrated to recognise the contribution of engineers in the development
of the nation.
This day commemorates the birth anniversary of Sir Moksha Gundam
Visvesvaraya, who is considered one of the greatest engineers of India. Joining
India, Sri Lanka and Tanzania also celebrate Engineers Day on September 15,
2022, in honour of Sir Moksha Gundam Visvesvaraya.
Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya was born on September 15, 1861 in
Karnataka. He later on attended the University of Madras to study for a
Bachelor of Arts. Later in life, he decided to switch career paths and
completed a diploma in civil engineering at the College of Science in Pune.
Former Pakistan umpire Asad Rauf has passed away due to suspected
cardiac arrest. He breathed his last at the age of 66. He was one of the
legendary umpires Pakistan ever produced, along with the likes of Aleem Dar.
Back in 2006, Rauf was included in the ICC’s Elite Panel of Umpires,
after which he officiated in 47 Tests, 98 ODIs and 23 T20Is. He served at the
top for seven years before being dropped from the elite panel of umpires in
2013 following an annual review of performance.
India’s first plastic project: EKI Energy Services, a developer and
seller of Carbon credits, announced that it is the first company to list an
Indian plastic project (India’s first plastic project) under a global
accreditation standard.
With this, the Indore-based carbon credit specialist, EKI Energy Services, who has worked in the field of climate action and offset solutions for the past 14 years across 16 countries, became the first company to ever list a plastic project from the nation with the goal of creating India’s first-ever international plastic credits.
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