Current Affairs 21,22.09.2022

Current Affairs 21,22.09.2022

1. September 22: World Rose Day is celebrated every year across the world for the welfare of cancer patients. The day aims to encourage, support, bring joy and hope to those battling cancer and remind them that they can win the fight against cancer through determination and positivity.

Roses, cards and gifts are given to cancer patients and their caregivers on World Rose Day. Events like these give inner strength and motivation to patients.

World Rose Day was first celebrated in honor of Melinda Rose, a 12-year-old cancer patient from Canada. She died in 1996. According to reports, Rose was diagnosed with Askins' tumor in 1994, a rare blood cancer. Doctors told her she would only live a few weeks, but Melinda Rose lived for more than three years.

 

2. September 22 is World Rhino Day. Create awareness about different rhino species and the dangers they face. The day also celebrates all five rhino species namely the Sumatran, Black, Greater One-Horned, Javan and White Rhino. Today, NGOs and zoos offer the general public an opportunity to respect rhinos in their own unique ways. Rhino has become endangered in the wild due to years of ongoing poaching and habitat loss, the day aims to spread the importance of protecting these animals.

 

3. India's Ministry of Defense Rajnath Singh and Egypt's General Mohammad Zaki signed the MoU to enhance defense cooperation. The meeting in Cairo decided to improve joint military exercises, training, co-production and maintenance of equipment.

The Egyptian counterparts were also invited to the Indian Ocean Defense Ministers' Meeting and the India-Africa Defense Dialogue to be held as part of the 12th Defexpo in Gandhi Nagar. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh acknowledged that Egypt is among India's most important trading partners in Africa and that bilateral trade has expanded.

 

4. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said in a meeting that the Maharashtra government intends to set up an organization on the lines of Niti Aayog. The organization is responsible for conducting comprehensive data analysis and making informed decisions about various state sectors.

 The Chief Minister of Maharashtra met with representatives of Niti Aayog and discussed several topics including monetization of assets and block chain in agriculture.

 Topics discussed at the conference include:

Alternative fuels, electric automobiles, drone healthcare, agribusiness among others. According to Devendra Fadnavis, NITI Aayog conducted a comprehensive investigation into the interrelated issues and created a technology that allows for the analysis of interrelated data from multiple disciplines to improve decision-making. Devendra Fadnavis used the example of situations where one department has information on disease outbreaks and another department has information on contaminated water. If both departments share data, things will be much simpler, he said.

 Economic plans of Maharashtra in near future:

1. Maharashtra wants a trillion dollar economy.

2. The state administration has also formulated a five-point agenda, which was unveiled in March along with the budget for 2022-2023.

3. The state government also considered Niti Aayog and the trillion-dollar economy to meet its deadline.

              In 2015 the BJP government scrapped the Five Year Plan and set up Niti Aayog, a think tank to stimulate economic growth through better policy making. The National Government's apex think tank for public policy, NITI Aayog, develops concepts and identifies important areas for policy formulation.It is also responsible for promoting cooperative federation by involving state governments in economic policy making.

 

5. Noted industrialist Ratan Tata, former Supreme Court judge KT Thomas and former Lok Sabha deputy speaker Kariya Munda have been nominated as trustees of the PM Cares Fund. Both Shah and Sitharaman are trustees of PM Cares Fund.

 

6. ISRO has successfully tested a hybrid motor. This may lead to the development of a new propulsion system for subsequent launch vehicles. The Bangalore-based space agency said the 30 kN hybrid motor tested at ISRO's Propulsion Complex (IPRC) in Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu, is stackable and scalable. Liquid oxygen (LOX) served as the oxidizer and hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) as the fuel for the motor.

7. RBI Governor launched three key digital payment initiatives. The three digital payment initiatives launched by RBI are Unified Payments Interface (UPI), Rupay Credit Card on UPI. UPI Lite, and Bharat Bill Pay bill payments.

Now UPI Lite will be enabled on BHIM app, offline users will be able to make small value transactions in nearby mode. UPI Lite was launched to reduce the debit load on the core banking system. thereby further improving the success rate of transactions.