02nd September, 2022

1. Indian Railways has set up ‘Meghdoot’ machines (aka Atmospheric Water Generator Kiosks) at Dadar, Thane and other stations of Mumbai Division.
2. Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers has launched Integrated Database Management System 2.0 and Pharma Sahi Dham 0 app.
3. Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), under Ministry of Electronics & IT, has conducted the cyber security exercise named ‘Synergy’, in collaboration with Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) for 13 countries.
4. All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has partnered with Adobe to accelerate digital creativity skills across the country.
5. Ministry of Women and Child Development is celebrating the 5th Rashtriya Poshan Maah from September 1-30, 2022.
6. Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has developed a user-interactive dashboard for industry associations and trade bodies.
7. Home Minister Amit Shah has launched the Central Armed Police Forces’ eAwas web-portal in New Delhi.
8. Alappuzha has become the fifth fully digital banking district in Kerala.
9. Uttarakhand Education Department has launched an e-governance portal — “Samarth” – to provide all administrative and educational updates including information about entrance exams, salary structures, appointments from five state universities and 140 public schools.
10. Nagaland has got its second railway station after a gap of more than 100 years at Shokhuvi.
11. Maharashtra government will take a loan of Rs 4,000 crore from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for setting up medical colleges in 12 districts of the state.
12. Delhi has launched Delhi Model Virtual School, affiliated with Delhi Board of School Education. It is claimed as India’s first virtual school.
13. Assam Energy Development Agency (AEDA), in partnership with WRI India, has launched an online, open source, interactive geo-spatial platform for the state, called Energy Access Explorer (EAE).
14. Meghalaya CM Conrad K Sangma has launched the “Rural Backyard Piggery Scheme” under National Livestock Mission at Byrnihat in Ri-Bhoi district.
15. Nuakhai or Navakhai is an agricultural festival mainly observed by people of Western Odisha and Southern Chhattisgarh.
16. National Dairy Development Board has signed an MOU with Suzuki to set up two biogas plants for providing clean energy and organic fertilizers to farmers.
17. Union Cabinet has decided to dispose of 15 lakh tonne of chana procured under its schemes to states at a discounted rate, incurring a cost of Rs 1,200 crore.
18. India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier – INS Vikrant – has been commissioned on September 2.
19. QNu Labs, a Bengaluru-based deep tech start-up, has developed advanced secured communication through Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) systems, under the aegis of Innovation for Defence Excellence (iDEX).
20. India has participated in the multilateral Vostok exercise organized by Russia.
21. Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) has sanctioned Rs 6,500 crore to HAL for designing and developing of Tejas Mark-2 fighter jet.
22. Union Cabinet has approved the signing of an MOU between India and Nepal in the field of biodiversity conservation (forests, wildlife, environment, and climate change).
23. Global steelmaker POSCO has signed an MOU with ZeroC, a subsidiary of renewable energy company Greenko, to make green hydrogen.
24. G20 Environmental and Climate Ministerial Meeting was organized in Bali, Indonesia.
25. Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, has launched ‘Globalise to Localise: Exporting at Scale and Deepening the Ecosystem are Vital to Higher Domestic Value Addition’ report.
26. Muthoot FinCorp Ltd has partnered with IME India Pvt Ltd to provide money remittance services between India and Nepal.
27. Serum Institute of India (SII) and Department of Biotechnology (DBT) have launched India’s first indigenously developed quadrivalent Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine named as “CERVAVAC” for prevention of cervical cancer.
28. Central Government has decided to scrap sale of Central Electronics Ltd (CEL) to Nandal Finance & Leasing.
29. India’s largest airline IndiGo has entered into a codeshare agreement with UK carrier Virgin Atlantic.
30. In its Global Macro Outlook 2022-23 report, Moody’s has reduced India’s GDP forecast to 7% in 2022.
31. Goldman Sachs has reduced India’s GDP forecast to 7% in 2022.
32. Santhosh Iyer has been appointed as the CEO of Mercedes-Benz India Pvt Ltd.
33. Acefour Accessories, a travel accessories company, has roped in Jasprit Bumrah as brand ambassador for its eco-friendly luggage brand ‘Uppercase’.
34. V. Iyer has been appointed as the interim Chairman & Managing Director of GAIL (India) Limited for a period of 3 months.
35. Rajesh Kumar Srivastava has been appointed as the interim Chairman & Managing Director of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).
36. Vasudha Gupta has been appointed as the director general of the News Services division of the All India Radio (AIR).
37. Utpal Kumar Singh, currently holding the post of Secretary General Lok Sabha, will additionally assume the duties of CEO of Sansad TV.
38. August 31 – International Day for People of African Descent
39. September 1-7 – National Nutrition Week; Theme – Celebrate A World of Flavours
40. ‘Forbes Asia-100 To Watch’ list has been released to track the performance of start-ups and small companies headquartered in Asia-Pacific.
41. Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd. (GRSE) has been conferred with the coveted Green Channel Certification by Ministry of Defence for supply of Portable Steel Bridges (Bailey Type) of various spans and configurations to Indian Army.
42. Smart Solutions Challenge & Inclusive Cities Awards 2022 were given by the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) under Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, and the United Nations (UN).
43. Colin de Grandhomme (Zimbabwean-born New Zealand international cricketer) has announced retirement from cricket.
44. 61st Subroto Cup, an annual school’s football tournament, will be held in Delhi.
45. India has qualified for the Men’s Under-21 World Championship, after winning a silver at the Asian u-20 volleyball championship in Riffa, Bahrain.
46. Minister of State for AYUSH Munjpara Mahendrabhai Kalubhai has unveiled a book titled “Science behind Suryanamaskar,” a collection of evidence-based research on one of the most well-known Yoga asanas at the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA).
47. Mikhail Gorbachev (former President of Soviet Union) has passed away.

National News

1. Indian Railways has set up ‘Meghdoot’ machines (aka Atmospheric Water Generator Kiosks) at Dadar, Thane and other stations of Mumbai Division.
   • The unique ‘Meghdoot’ machines use innovative technology to convert water vapour in the air into potable water.
   • Maithri Aquatech Pvt Ltd. has been given the contract to install 17 ‘MEGHDOOT’ machines across the Mumbai Division of Central Railway.
   • The company has also collaborated with the CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad to produce water of the highest quality.
2. Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers has launched Integrated Database Management System 2.0 and Pharma Sahi Dham 0 app.
   • These initiatives were launched on the 25th anniversary of National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (set up in 1997).
3. Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), under Ministry of Electronics & IT, has conducted the cyber security exercise named ‘Synergy’, in collaboration with Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) for 13 countries.
   • The exercise is a part of the international counter ransomware initiative – Resilience Working Group.
   • The RWG is being led by India under the leadership of National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS).
   • The theme of the exercise was “Building Network Resiliency to Counter Ransomware Attacks”.

   About CERT-In –

   • CERT-In is the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team.
   • Established in January 2004 as the nodal agency for tackling cyber security issues.
   • Under the Information Technology Amendment Act of 2008, CERT-In has been established as the national nodal agency for responding to computer security incidents as and when they occur.
   • CERT-In undertakes following functions –
     • Collection, analysis, and dissemination of information on cyber incidents
     • Forecast and alerts of cyber security incidents
     • Emergency measures for handling cyber security incidents
     • Coordination of cyber incident response activities
     • Issue guidelines, advisories, vulnerability notes, and whitepapers relating to information security practices, procedures, prevention, response and reporting of cyber incidents.
4. All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has partnered with Adobe to accelerate digital creativity skills across the country.
   • The partnership aims to empower over 75,000 faculty in 10,000 colleges and universities over the next 2 years with access to Adobe Express.
   • Adobe Express is a new web and mobile-based app that makes it easy for everyone, independent of skill level, to create and communicate their ideas through great design.
   • Chairman of AICTE – Anil Sahasrabudhe
5. Ministry of Women and Child Development is celebrating the 5th Rashtriya Poshan Maah from September 1-30, 2022.
   • Focus of the Poshan Maah – “Mahila aur Swasthya” and “Bacha aur Shiksha”
6. Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has developed a user-interactive dashboard for industry associations and trade bodies.
   • This new digital initiative will facilitate authorized user associations to register their suggestions and issues with the government so that their issues related to various departments of the government can be resolved in a transparent manner.
7. Home Minister Amit Shah has launched the Central Armed Police Forces’ eAwas web-portal in New Delhi.
   • The web-portal will enable online registration and allotment of residential quarters to eligible personnel of CAPFs and Assam Rifles.

State News

1. Alappuzha has become the fifth fully digital banking district in Kerala.
   • Banking services in Thrissur, Kottayam, Palakkad and Kasaragod have already become digital.
2. Uttarakhand Education Department has launched an e-governance portal — “Samarth” – to provide all administrative and educational updates including information about entrance exams, salary structures, appointments from five state universities and 140 public schools.
3. Nagaland has got its second railway station after a gap of more than 100 years at Shokhuvi.
   • Dimapur Railway Station, the first railway station of the state, was inaugurated in 1903.
   • Donyi Polo Express, which used to run daily between Guwahati in Assam and Naharlagun in Arunachal Pradesh, has been extended to Shokhuvi Railway Station.
4. Maharashtra government will take a loan of Rs 4,000 crore from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for setting up medical colleges in 12 districts of the state.
5. Delhi has launched Delhi Model Virtual School, affiliated with Delhi Board of School Education. It is claimed as India’s first virtual school.
   • The Centre had launched the National Institute of Open Schooling in August 2021.
6. Assam Energy Development Agency (AEDA), in partnership with WRI India, has launched an online, open source, interactive geo-spatial platform for the state, called Energy Access Explorer (EAE).
   • Purpose – to assess the availability of energy at Assam’s health, education, and livelihood infrastructures and take corrective actions to enhance the access
   Meghalaya CM Conrad K Sangma has launched the “Rural Backyard Piggery Scheme” under National Livestock Mission at Byrnihat in Ri-Bhoi district.
   • Purpose – to ensure that the farmers earn a sustainable livelihood through different livestock farming activities
   • Under Rural Backyard Piggery Scheme – phase 1, the government will distribute four high-yielding improved varieties of pigs to 6000 families at a cost of Rs 15.18 crore.
   • Rs 25 crore will be spent in second phase of the programme.
   • Under this scheme 4 piglets (3 female and 1 male piglet) will be distributed to farmers to promote pig breeding to provide regular income to farmers.
   • To make the state self-sufficient in pork, the government is implementing one of the largest piggery development programmes the ‘Meghalaya Piggery Mission’. Under the mission, 0% interest rate loans are provided for setting up piggery.
7. Nuakhai or Navakhai is an agricultural festival mainly observed by people of Western Odisha and Southern Chhattisgarh.

Agriculture and Rural Development

1. National Dairy Development Board has signed an MOU with Suzuki to set up two biogas plants for providing clean energy and organic fertilizers to farmers.
2. Union Cabinet has decided to dispose of 15 lakh tonne of chana procured under its schemes to states at a discounted rate, incurring a cost of Rs 1,200 crore.
   • It also raised the procurement ceiling for tur, urad and masur from current 25% to 40% under the price stabilisation scheme.
   • The Centre will offer 15 lakh tonne chana to states at a discount of Rs 8 per kg over the issue price of sourcing state on first-come-first-serve basis.

Defence News

1. India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier – INS Vikrant – has been commissioned on September 2.
   • It is India’s second aircraft carrier and the largest ship ever built in India’s maritime history.

Capabilities –

• It is 262 m long and 62 m wide.
• It would be capable of operating air wing consisting of 30 aircraft, comprising MiG-29K fighter jets, Kamov-31 and MH-60R multi-role helicopters, in addition to indigenously manufactured Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH) and Light Combat Aircraft (LCA).

Development –

• Designed by the Warship Design Bureau (WDB), Indian Navy’s in-house organization and built by public sector undertaking Cochin Shipyard Limited, the carrier is named India’s first aircraft carrier (INS Vikrant), which played a vital role in the 1971 war with Pakistan.
• The warship grade steel has been developed by Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) in collaboration with Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL) and the Indian Navy.
• Over 100 MSMEs have supplied materials for the development of the warship.

Expenditure –

• Rs 20,000 crores have been spent to construct this warship, which helped India to enter the elite club of countries like the US, the UK, Russia, China, and France having capabilities of indigenously designing and building an aircraft carrier.

Unveiling of New Naval Ensign (Nishaan) –

• To get rid of the legacy of colonial past, PM Narendra Modi unveiled the new Ensign of Indian Navy.

• PM also inaugurated various projects of the Kochi Metro and Indian Railways in Kochi, Kerala.

2. QNu Labs, a Bengaluru-based deep tech start-up, has developed advanced secured communication through Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) systems, under the aegis of Innovation for Defence Excellence (iDEX).
   • With this technology, India will be able to join the elite global club having more advanced quantum communication technology.
   • China, the US, Canada and other European countries are global leaders in the QKD systems.
   • This technology enables the transfer of data/messages in a non-hackable ecosystem. Thus, the army communication will become more secure.
   • QNu Labs co-founder and CEO – Sunil Gupta
3. India has participated in the multilateral Vostok exercise organized by Russia.
4. Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) has sanctioned Rs 6,500 crore to HAL for designing and developing of Tejas Mark-2 fighter jet.
   • This allocation is in addition to the existing Rs 2500 crore.

Memorandum of Understanding

1. Union Cabinet has approved the signing of an MOU between India and Nepal in the field of biodiversity conservation (forests, wildlife, environment, and climate change).
2. Global steelmaker POSCO has signed an MOU with ZeroC, a subsidiary of renewable energy company Greenko, to make green hydrogen.

International News

1. G20 Environmental and Climate Ministerial Meeting was organized in Bali, Indonesia.
   • Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav has addressed the meeting.

Report and Indices

1. Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, has launched ‘Globalise to Localise: Exporting at Scale and Deepening the Ecosystem are Vital to Higher Domestic Value Addition’ report.
   • Developers – India Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), in collaboration with India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA)
   • Purpose – to explore how India can achieve electronics production target of $300 billion and exports of $120 billion by 2025-26

Banking and Economy

1. Muthoot FinCorp Ltd has partnered with IME India Pvt Ltd to provide money remittance services between India and Nepal.
   • Muthoot FinCorp has been assisting the Nepali community in India in remitting money through their existing partner – Prabhu Money Transfer Pvt Ltd.
   • IDFC First Bank, India and Global IME Bank Ltd., Nepal are the banking partners to facilitate Indo-Nepal remittance service.
2. Serum Institute of India (SII) and Department of Biotechnology (DBT) have launched India’s first indigenously developed quadrivalent Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine named as “CERVAVAC” for prevention of cervical cancer.
3. Central Government has decided to scrap sale of Central Electronics Ltd (CEL) to Nandal Finance & Leasing.
4. India’s largest airline IndiGo has entered into a codeshare agreement with UK carrier Virgin Atlantic.
   • This is the seventh codeshare partnership for IndiGo.
   • Under a codeshare agreement, airlines agree to sell seats in each other’s flights in order to provide their respective customers a wider network.

GDP Forecasts

1. In its Global Macro Outlook 2022-23 report, Moody’s has reduced India’s GDP forecast to 7% in 2022.
2. Goldman Sachs has reduced India’s GDP forecast to 7% in 2022.

Appointments

1. Santhosh Iyer has been appointed as the CEO of Mercedes-Benz India Pvt Ltd.
   • Mercedes-Benz HQ – Stuttgart, Germany
   • Mercedes-Benz CEO – Ola Källenius
2. Acefour Accessories, a travel accessories company, has roped in Jasprit Bumrah as brand ambassador for its eco-friendly luggage brand ‘Uppercase’.
3. V. Iyer has been appointed as the interim Chairman & Managing Director of GAIL (India) Limited for a period of 3 months.
4. Rajesh Kumar Srivastava has been appointed as the interim Chairman & Managing Director of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).
5. Vasudha Gupta has been appointed as the director general of the News Services division of the All India Radio (AIR).
   • AIR is a division of Prasar Bharti (CEO- Shashi Shekhar Vempati).
6. Utpal Kumar Singh, currently holding the post of Secretary General Lok Sabha, will additionally assume the duties of CEO of Sansad TV.

Important Days

1. August 31 – International Day for People of African Descent
2. September 1-7 – National Nutrition Week; Theme – Celebrate A World of Flavours
   • The first edition of the NNW was celebrated in 1982.

Awards

1. ‘Forbes Asia-100 To Watch’ list has been released to track the performance of start-ups and small companies headquartered in Asia-Pacific.
   • A total of 11 companies from India have featured on the list.
2. Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd. (GRSE) has been conferred with the coveted Green Channel Certification by Ministry of Defence for supply of Portable Steel Bridges (Bailey Type) of various spans and configurations to Indian Army.
3. Smart Solutions Challenge & Inclusive Cities Awards 2022 were given by the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) under Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, and the United Nations (UN).
   • Category 1: Early-stage Innovations
     • Fifth Sense by Glovatrix Pvt. Ltd
     • Digital Mobility Subsidy by Ola Mobility Institute
     • AxcesAble Places by AxcesAble Designs LLP
   • Category 2: Market-ready Solutions
     • Mouseware by Dextroware Devices
     • AI by Incluistic Pvt. Ltd. / Friends for Inclusion
     • IncluMaps by Vikas Upadhyay, Research Scholar, IIT Delhi
   • Category 3: Implemented Solutions
     • Multi-Dimensional Inclusiveness: Using Advanced Technologies for Education and Literacy by Belagavi Smart City Ltd.
     • myUDAAN by Tekra Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
     • ‘Moving with Pride’ (Mo Bus and Mo E-Ride) by Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT), Odisha
     • Nirbhaya App by Sagar Smart City Ltd.
   • A ‘Compendium of Smart and Innovative Solutions for an Inclusive & Accessible Urban Future’ was also launched.

Sports

1. Colin de Grandhomme (Zimbabwean-born New Zealand international cricketer) has announced retirement from cricket.
2. 61st Subroto Cup, an annual school’s football tournament, will be held in Delhi.
3. India has qualified for the Men’s Under-21 World Championship, after winning a silver at the Asian u-20 volleyball championship in Riffa, Bahrain.
   • Iran won the gold in the final.

Miscellaneous

1. Minister of State for AYUSH Munjpara Mahendrabhai Kalubhai has unveiled a book titled “Science behind Suryanamaskar,” a collection of evidence-based research on one of the most well-known Yoga asanas at the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA).
   • The book “Science behind Suryanamaskar” has been compiled by the AIIA’s Department of Swasthavritta and Yoga.
2. Mikhail Gorbachev (former President of Soviet Union) has passed away.

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