Current Affairs

National Amrit Grand Challenge- जनCARE, Reimagining the Healthcare Delivery-Touching a billion lives ⇒ Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh launched the “Amrit Grand Challenge Program” titled “जनCARE” on 28 September 2021. Amrit […]

National CSIR Award for S&T Innovations for Rural Development (CAIRD) for the year 2020 ⇒ CSIR Award for S&T Innovations for Rural Development (CAIRD) for the year 2020 Winners 1. CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu CSIR-IIIM, Jammu won the award for “Purple Revolution in Jammu & Kashmir: Rural Development through Lavender cultivation in Jammu

National First woman speaker of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly ⇒ Senior BJP MLA Nimaben Acharya became the first woman speaker of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly. She holds the position since 27 September 2021. Export Champion Award 2020-21 ⇒ Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy presented the Export Champion Award 2020-21 to Brandix India

National 7th edition of Swachh Survekshan ⇒ Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) launched the seventh consecutive edition of Swachh Survekshan, the world’s largest urban cleanliness survey conducted by Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) at New Delhi on 27 September 2021. Highlights: Designed with ‘People First’ as its driving philosophy, Swachh

National Maiden Flight Test of Akash Prime Missile ⇒ A new version of the Akash Missile – ‘Akash Prime’ has been successfully flight tested from Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur, Odisha on 27 September 2021. The missile intercepted and destroyed an unmanned aerial target mimicking enemy aircrafts, in its maiden flight test after improvements. Comparison:

National Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 and AMRUT-2.0 ⇒ To celebrate and commemorate 75 years of progressive India and its glorious history, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs organized special events and programmes throughout India from 27th September to 3rd October, 2021, as part of the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ celebrations. The main feature of

National ‘A Silent Revolution: The Journey of the Srinivasan Services Trust’ Book ⇒ Srinivasan Services Trust (SST), the social arm of Sundaram-Clayton Limited and TVS Motor Company, as part of its 25 years of its journey announced the release of the book – ‘A Silent Revolution’. ‘A Silent Revolution: The Journey of the Srinivasan Services

National Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission ⇒ The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission on 27 September 2021. Based on the foundations laid down in the form of Jan Dhan, Aadhaar and Mobile trinity and other digital initiatives of the government: Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission will create a seamless online platform

National NSS Awards 2019-2020 ⇒ The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presented the National Service Scheme Awards for the year 2019-20 in a virtual ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi on September 24, 2021. The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Department of Youth Affairs confers every year the National Service Scheme Award.

National Aarogya Manthan 3.0 ⇒ Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Shri Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated and chaired the inaugural session of Aarogya Manthan 3.0 to mark the third anniversary of Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana scheme for its three years successful implementation across the country. The National Health Authority has organized