Important Daily Current Affairs of 21st September 2021
In this article, we will discuss all the important current affairs of 21st September 2021 in detail.
National
1. In Srinagar, the J&K Police Department hosts a cycling event called “Pedal for Peace.”
- Around 1,000 bikers took part in the Jammu and Kashmir Police Department’s “Pedal for Peace” cycle event.
- The Jammu and Kashmir Police, in association with the J-K Cycling Association, Srinagar, organised a big sporting event called “Pedal for Peace” as part of the “Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav” celebrations.
2. The state fish of Sikkim is named ‘Katley.’
- The Sikkim government has designated the ‘Copper Mahseer,’ also known as ‘Katley,’ as the state fish in order to emphasise the importance of the species and conservation efforts, according to a Fisheries Department official.
- The fish has a high market value and is quite popular among the people of the state.
3. The IRCTC is planning a launch. The first luxury cruise vessel built in India.
- In collaboration with Cordelia Cruises, a private firm, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) will launch the country’s first indigenous cruise liner.
- Once the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has subsided and foreign cruises can resume normal operations, bookings can be made through the IRCTC web platform.
4. The Ministry of Law and Justice has launched a pan-India special campaign to bring justice to people’s homes.
- The Ministry of Law and Justice has launched a pan-India special campaign named “Ek Pahal Drive” to deliver justice to people’s homes.
- The campaign was established in order to stimulate widespread Tele-Law registration.
International News
5. India climbs two places to 46th place in the Global Innovation Index. 2021
- India has increased its ranking on the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Global Innovation Index (GII) 2021. (WIPO). This year, India is rated 46th, an increase from last year’s position of 48th.
- Since 2015, when it was placed 81st on the innovation index, the country has been steadily improving. In 2020, India will be among the top 50 countries on the list.
6. UNESCO has designated the ‘Amazon of Europe’ as the world’s first 5-country biosphere reserve.
- According to a statement from the World Wide Fund for Nature, UNESCO named Mura-Drava-Danube (MDD) as the world’s first “five-country biosphere reserve.”
- The Mura, Drava, and Danube biosphere reserves span 700 kilometres of the Mura, Drava, and Danube rivers in Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, and Serbia.
7. The world’s longest motorway will connect Delhi and Mumbai in March 2023.
- The government is building the world’s longest motorway, the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, according to Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari.
- By March 2023, the eight-lane Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, a 1,380-kilometer expressway, would be completed.
8. Iran joins the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as a full member.
- The Shanghai Cooperation Organization has formally accepted Iran as a full member (SCO). At the 21st meeting of the SCO leaders in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, the decision to admit Iran as a full member was announced.
- At the conclusion of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) 21st Summit, the leaders of the organization’s eight major members agreed to upgrade the Islamic Republic of Iran’s status from observer to full member and signed the necessary documents.
Banking & Finance News
9. HDFC Bank and Paytm have partnered to offer co-branded credit cards.
- Businesspeople, millennials, and others will be able to get co-branded credit cards on the Visa platform thanks to a partnership between HDFC Bank and Paytm.
- The lender will use its position as the premier credit card issuer and its expertise in enhanced customer interaction to offer services to Paytm’s 330 million customers, allowing for deeper penetration in Tier II and III cities and speeding up the adoption of digital payments.
Appointments News
10. Pankaj Tripathi has been appointed as a brand ambassador by Fino Payments Bank.
- Actor Pankaj Tripathi will serve as the brand ambassador for Fino Payments Bank Limited (FPBL), a fintech for emerging Indian customers.
- Pankaj Tripathi will be the face of Fino Payments Bank’s marketing campaigns across multiple platforms for the duration of the two-year contract, which begins on September 1, 2021.
Sports News
11. Harmilan Kaur Bains of Punjab sets a new national record at the Athletics Nationals.
- Harmilan Kaur Bains of Punjab broke a 19-year-old national record to win the 1500m title, while Taranjeet Kaur of Delhi came out on top against all odds in the 100m sprint at the 60th National Open Athletics Championships in Warangal.
- Harmilan, 20, sped to victory in 4 minutes, 05.39 seconds, breaking Sunita Rani’s Asian Games record of 4:06.03 set in 2002. She also smashed the meet record of 4:11.83 set by OP Jaisha (2006).
12. CricketCrazy.io: The World’s First Cricket-Only NFT Marketplace Cricket Foundation, a Singapore-based blockchain-based platform, has enlisted the help of around 120 cricketing industry leaders, including Wasim Akram, VVS Laxman, and Lance Klusener, to launch the first NFT of its kind, dubbed “CricketCrazy.io.”
- The crypto-currency, which is rapidly gaining popularity in the western market, is now preparing to enter the cricketing sphere with the ‘Cricket Foundation,’ which claims to have 50,000 users and over 60,000 followers on social media even before its launch.
13. Raja Rithvik is the 70th Grandmaster of India.
- R At a recent event in Hungary, Raja Rithvik became India’s 70th and most recent chess Grandmaster, achieving his third and final norm.
- Rithvik won his second and third GM norms in less than a month after earning his first in 2019.
14. Pankaj Advani wins the Asian Snooker Championship for the second year in a row.
- Pankaj Advani of India won the Asian Snooker Championship 2021 in Doha, Qatar, by defeating Amir Sarkhosh. He has won this title for the second time in a row.
- He won the most recent Asian Snooker Championship, which took place in 2019. Pankaj also became the first player to win titles in billiards, snooker, 6Reds, and 10Reds events in 2019.
Awards & Honours News
15. The 73rd Emmy Award will be presented in 2021.
- In Los Angeles, California, the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony was place. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences selected the best in US prime time television programming from June 1, 2020, to May 31, 2021, for the award. Cedric the Entertainer is hosting the 73rd edition of the Television Academy’s highest honours on CBS.
- Netflix’s “The Crown” was the major winner at the Primetime Emmy Awards, taking home the most awards of any show with seven. This is the first year in which a woman has won both directing awards in the same year.
16. Rajbhasha Gaurav and Rajbhasha Kirti Awards are presented by Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah.
- Shri Amit Shah, Union Minister of Home Affairs and Cooperation, presented the Rajbhasha Gaurav and Rajbhasha Kirti Awards to Ministries, Departments, and Undertakings that excelled in the Official Language in 2018-19, 2019-20, and 2020-21.
- The 160th issue of the “Rajbhasha Bharati” booklet was also released by Union Ministers of Home Affairs and Cooperation.
Books & Authors News
17. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has launched Dr Prabhleen Singh’s book on Sikh youth, titled “Shining Sikh Youth of India.” Dr Prabhleen Singh is an administrative officer at the Punjabi University in Patiala.
- The book is part of the 400th birth anniversary celebrations for Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Guru of the Sikhs.
Important Days
18. The 21st of September is the International Day of Peace.
- Every year on September 21, the International Day of Peace (or World Peace Day) is commemorated as a time to observe 24 hours of nonviolence and cease-fire, as well as to raise awareness and preach peace and harmony around the world.
- The United Nations General Assembly declared the day in 1981, and it was fully named in 2001.
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