Agreement on ‘Greater Male Project’ of Maldives signed

1. Agreement on ‘Greater Male Project’ of Maldives signed

An agreement was signed between the Ministry of National Planning, Housing and Infrastructure of Maldives and Indian company AFCON for the ‘ Greater Male Connectivity Project (GMCP)’ to be prepared with the financial assistance of India . This is the biggest infrastructure project in Maldives. India is funding it. For this , financial assistance of $ 100 million and loan assistance of $ 400 million will be given. Under the plan, a 6.74 km long bridge and bridge link will be built in Male and the project will connect the capital Male to the nearby islands Villingali, Gulhifalhu and Thilaphushi. Will connect with The Government of India is funding the implementation of the GMCP through a Line of Credit (LoC) of US$ 400 million and a grant of US$ 100 million. The LoC of USD 400 million will be provided by the Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank).

2. To achieve the goal of sustainable development, North Eastern Region District SDG. First edition of Index Report and Dashboard 2021-22 released in New Delhi

• Toachieve the goal of sustainable development , North Eastern Region District SDG. The first edition of Index Report and Dashboard 2021-22 was released in New Delhi . It is called the United Nations Development Program-UNDP. It has been prepared by NITI Aayog and Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region with the technical support of This report was presented by NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region G. Kishan Reddy and Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region, B L Verma jointly released. The index is based on eight states – Arunachal Pradesh , Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura.The Sustainable Development Goals India Index (SDG India Index) of NITI Aayog measures the performance of the districts of the U.S. and their respective targets and ranks the districts accordingly. Shares the common ethos of benchmarking performance and ranking on SDGs to promote competition among districts, as well as being the principal and authoritative tool for monitoring progress on SDGs on Union Territories. Out of the 103 districts earmarked for ranking order, 64 were in the Leading category, while 39 districts were in the Doing category in the overall score and ranking of the districts. All the districts of Sikkim and Tripura fall under the Front Runner category and there is no district in the Aspirant or Achiever category. East Sikkim [issue 75.87] ranks first in this region,

3. Dr Jitendra Singh Inaugurates Digital Learning Facility ‘Karmayogi’ at ISTM, Delhi

• Union Minister of State for Science and Technology (Independent Charge); Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Earth Sciences; Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office; Public Grievances and Pensions, nuclear energy and space Minister  Jitendra Singhsaid of Personnel and Training (DoPT) in the major Central Training Institute of Secretariat Training and Management Institute under (Aistim) civil servants Digital Learning feature ” karmayogi The Government had approved the National Program for Civil Services Capacity Building (‘NPCSCB’)- “Mission Karmayogi” on September 2, 2020 with the objective of improving governance through Civil Services Capacity Building. NPCSCB Very carefully designed for capacity building of civil servants so that they stay connected to the Indian culture and sensibilities and not be too far from their roots while learning governance from best institutions and practices around the world. The pre-established training system is being restructured to make optimum use of Integrated Government Online Training (IGOT), a digital learning platform.

4. Madhya Pradesh is the second state after Karnataka to implement the National Education Policy.

• Madhya Pradesh has become the second state after Karnataka to implement the National Education Policy 2020 . Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced the implementation of National Education Policy in the presence of Governor Mangubhai Patel. Higher Education Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav Vice Chancellors of various universities and many researchers participated in the program organized in Bhopal.

5. India elected to the Council of Administration and Postal Operations Council of UPU

• External Affairs Minister  S. Jaishankar has said that India is a member of the Universal Postal Union-UPU ‘s Council of Administration and Postal Operations Council .It is very important to be selected. In a tweet, the External Affairs Minister congratulated the team of the Ministry of External Affairs and said that India will help strengthen the Universal Postal Union. In fact, India has registered a landslide victory in the elections for two councils in the 27th Universal Postal Union Congress 2021. In the 27th Universal Postal Union Congress held in Abidjan, India was elected to the Administrative Council (CA) with 134 votes. In the elections held for this council, India got the highest number of votes from South Asia and Oceania region. India has also been elected to the Postal Operations Council (Postal Operations Council) (POC). To join this council, India got the support (vote) of 106 countries out of 156 countries. As a United Nations-specialist agency with more than 192 member states, the UPU serves as the primary forum for international cooperation for the global postal industry. The Universal Postal Union (UPU) was established in 1874 as a general postal union after a treaty signed at the Postal Congress (Bern) (in force since 1875). The name Global Postal Union was adopted in 1878.

6. Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur and Culture Minister Kishan Reddy inaugurated two exhibitions titled Chitranjali at 75

• Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur and Culture Minister Kishan Reddy said in New Delhi in Citranjli at 75 inaugurated two exhibitions titled. The first e-photo exhibition is related to constitution making , while the second is a virtual exhibition related to film posters. As the Amrit Mahotsav of Azadi, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is observing a “Special Week” from 23rd to 29th August. Under this, many activities and programs are being run through various media units across the country. The first e-book in this series is ‘Making of the Constitution’. After this, e-books will be released on subjects like integration of the country, women in freedom movement, tribal movement, revolutionary/Gandhian movement etc. The process of making the constitution is depicted in the e-book ‘Making of the Constitution’ containing about 25 rare photographs. It also has links to videos and speeches taken from the Archives and Films Division of All India Radio. ‘Chitranjali@75’ presents various expressions of patriotism through posters and photographs of 75 films from different language theatres. The exhibition is divided into three sections: ‘

7. Anurag Thakur presents the first copy of the book Reflecting, Recollecting, Reconnecting to the Vice President

• Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur presented the first copy of the book Reflecting, Recollecting, Reconnecting to Vice President  Venkaiah Naidu . This book details the fourth year tenure of Venkaiah Naidu as the Vice President of India . In a tweet, Shri Naidu suggested elected representatives and public figures to present to the people a report card of their work every year. He said that it is the duty of the elected representatives to tell the people what work they have done during their tenure.

8. India to host International Climate Summit-2020-21 on 3rd September

• India will host the International Climate Summit-2020-21 onSeptember 3 next month . It will be conducted both virtual and off-line mode.  Ashish Lele , Director, CSIR, National Chemical Laboratory, said that this conference is important in the context of future strategies regarding climate change.

9. 11th meeting of Agriculture Ministers of BRICS countries chaired by Union Agriculture Minister Shri Tomar

• The 11th meeting of Agriculture Ministers of BRICS countries under the chairmanship of Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar was held virtually . In this , the Agriculture Ministers of India, Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa called ” BRICS Partnership to Strengthen Agricultural Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition Security “.The subject discussed. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Tomar said that the BRICS countries are well positioned to play a leading role in helping to achieve the objectives of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals of eradicating hunger and poverty. By increasing agricultural production. And by increasing the income of farmers, the problem of income inequality and food price volatility can be overcome.

10. Ministry of Electronics and IT launches SAMRIDH program

• The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has launched the Product Innovation, Development and Growth (SAMRIDH) program for MeitY of Start-up Accelerators . The program was inaugurated by Shri Ashwini Vaishnav, Union Minister, Meitwa. The SAMRIDH program aims to make Indian software product start-ups a conducive platform for enhancing their products and securing investments to grow their business. The program is being implemented by MeitY Start-up Hub (MSH). It will focus on accelerating 300 start-ups over the next three years by providing customer connect, investor connect and international immersion. Investments up to Rs 40 lakh will be provided to start-ups through selected accelerators.

11. RBI covers beneficiaries of PM Svanidhi Yojana under PIDF scheme

• Reserve Bank of India has paid Infrastructure Development Fund ( Payments Infrastructure Development Fund – PIDF ) beneficiaries as under Prime Street vendor independent fund ( PM Swnidi plan -PM SVANidhi SchemeInclusion of street vendors from Tier-I and Tier-II centers identified as part of the Payments Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) scheme launched by RBI to encourage deployment of Points of Sale (PoS) infrastructure (both physical and digital mode) in Tier-3 to Tier-6 centers and North Eastern States Was. Now RBI has specifically allowed street vendors from Tier-1 and Tier-2 centers to be part of PIDF scheme. Street vendors from Tier-3 to Tier-6 centers will continue to be covered under the scheme by default. PIDF currently has Rs. There is a corpus of 345 crores.

12. India’s first agriculture sectoral index GUAREX launched by NCDEX

• India’s first sectoral index in Agri Commodity Baskete. GUAREX National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange Limited ( NCDEX)) was launched. GUAREX is a price based sectoral index that tracks the movement in Guar Gum Refined Splits and Guar Seed futures contracts on real time basis. This index will provide a lot of opportunities to the product value chain. Guarseed and guar gum refined splits will have 63 per cent and 37 per cent weightage, respectively, in the index. Index futures will be cash settled. Initially, Guarex futures contracts expiring in September and October will be made available for trading. India is the world’s largest guar producer with 80-85 per cent production, while Rajasthan is the country’s top producer with 80 per cent market share. So far this year, guarseed was sown in 1.81 million hectares, which is 2.2% in the same period last year.

13. BharatPe launches P2P lending app ‘12% Club’

• Bharat Pe has launched a ” 12% Club ” app that will allow consumers to invest and earn 12 per cent annual interest or borrow at a similar rate. BharatPe has partnered with LenDenClub (RBI approved NBFC) for this app and loan arrangement . Consumers can invest their savings anytime by lending money on the “12% Club” app. In addition, consumers can avail collateral-free loans up to Rs 10 lakh on the 12 Percent Club app for a tenure of 3 months.

14. Sandeep Bakshi reappointed as MD and CEO of ICICI Bank

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the re-appointment of Sandeep Bakshi as MD and CEO of ICICI Bank . It will be effective from October 15, 2021 to October 3, 2023. The shareholders at the Annual General Meeting held on 9th August, 2019 had already approved the appointment of Shri Bakshi for the period effective 15th October, 2018 to 3rd October 2023. After the exit of his predecessor Chanda Kochhar following the ICICI Bank-Videocon loan dispute, Bakshi, who was chosen by his mentors- KV Kamath and N Vaghul, took charge in October 2018. Had handled

15. Appointment of Hitendra Dave as CEO of HSBC India approved

• The Reserve Bank of India ( RBI ) has approved the appointment of Hitendra Dave as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of HSBC Bank (India) . RBI has given approval for a period of three years with effect from August 24, 2021. In June 2021, HSBC announced the appointment of Hitendra Dave as the Chief Executive Officer of HSBC India. Dave will replace Surendra Rosha who is moving to Hong Kong after three years as co-chief executive of HSBC, Asia-Pacific . Hitendra Dave, formerly Head of Global Banking and Markets, HSBC India.

16. Ohmium Launches India’s First Green Hydrogen Electrolyzer Gigafactory

• US-based Ohmiam International ( Ohmium International ) in Bangalore, Karnataka , India’s first green hydrogen Ilektrolaijr ( Green Hydrogen Electrolyzer) manufacturing unit is started. The factory will manufacture Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) hydrogen electrolysers manufactured in India. Green hydrogen is made from non-fossil sources, while blue hydrogen is made from fossil sources. Making green hydrogen in India will provide cost benefits to the manufacturers instead of importing them. The Gigafactory will manufacture Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) hydrogen electrolysers manufactured in India, with an initial manufacturing capacity of about 500 MW per year and increasing it to 2 GW per year.

17. Carol Furtado appointed as interim CEO of Ujjivan Small Finance Bank

• Uzzivn Small Finance Bank ( Ujjivan Small Finance Bank ) recently full-time CEO Nitin Chugh resignation of Carol Furtado (Carol Furtado) is named as the bank’s interim CEO. He has also been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) of the Bank. Furtado currently serves as the CEO of Ujjivan Financial Services, the holding company of the bank. This appointment is subject to the approval of the Reserve Bank of India.

18. Government changed Unmanned Aircraft System Rules 2021

• The Civil Aviation Ministry has repealed the Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Rules, 2021 and replaced it with the Liberalized Drone Rules, 2021 . This step has been taken as the earlier UAS Rules 2021 were considered restrictive in nature by academia, startups, end-users and other stakeholders as they involved a lot of paperwork, every drone flight required. and very few free to fly green zones were available.

19. Dubai sets up special court to deal with money laundering

• Dubai courts (Dubai Courts) the Court of First Instance and the Court of Appeal ( Court Of First Instance And Court Of Appeal ) within the Money Laundering (money laundering) announced the establishment of a special court to deal with. The court is involved with a number of initiatives aimed at reducing financial crimes and follows the recent establishment of the Executive Office on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism. This step will enable our stakeholders to effectively implement the National AML/CFT Strategy and National Action Plan and enhance their efficiency in achieving their goals through a robust and sustainable system. Will do

20. International dog day 2021

• Dog adoption and every year to raise awareness about the importance of providing a safe and loving environment for rescue dogs August 26 the International Dog Day ( International Dog Day is celebrated). This day was started in the US in 2004 as National Dog Day by pet and family lifestyle expert, animal rescue advocate, conservationist and dog trainer Colleen Paige. August 26 was chosen as this day, Paige’s family adopted their first dog “Sheltie” from an animal shelter when she was just 10 years old.