DAILY DOSE 16TH SEP CURRENT AFFAIRS
1) 16 September 2022: Top 5 Morning Headlines
- SBI becomes third Indian lender to surpass Rs 5 trillion market cap
- Dharmendra Pradhan launches Ramakrishna Mission’s Awakening programme
- Centre signs tripartite agreement with Assam govt and 8 tribal groups
- Roger Federer announces retirement from professional tennis
- World Ozone Day: 16 September
2) SBI becomes third Indian lender to surpass Rs 5 trillion market cap
- State Bank of India on 14 Sept 2022 became the third lender and seventh Indian company to cross the Rs 5-trillion market cap.
- The SBI is the only third bank, along with HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank, to have a market cap of more than Rs 5 trillion.
- HDFC Bank, India’s largest private bank has a market cap of Rs 8.38 trillion, followed by ICICI Bank, which has a market cap of Rs 6.33 trillion.
3) Dharmendra Pradhan launches Ramakrishna Mission’s Awakening programme
- Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on 15 Sept 2022 inaugurated Ramakrishna Mission’s ‘Awakening’ programme for students of classes 1 to 5.
- It is an initiative towards ensuring overall personality development of a child in line with the philosophy of National Education Policy (NEP), 2020.
- Ramakrishna Mission Founder: Swami Vivekananda
- Founded: 1897
- HQ: Belur Math, West Bengal
4) Centre signs tripartite agreement with Assam govt and 8 tribal groups
- The Centre and Assam govt on 15 Sept 2022 signed a tripartite peace accord with 8 tribal outfits of Assam in the presence of Union home minister Amit Shah.
- Around 1100 people have shunned the path of violence with the signing of this agreement.
- In January 2020, the Centre had also signed a historic agreement with Assam govt and Bodo representatives to end the over 50-year-old Bodo crisis.
5) Roger Federer announces retirement from professional tennis
- Roger Federer, a 20 Grand Slam single titles winner and one of the greatest tennis players, has announced his retirement from professional tennis.
- The Laver Cup in Sept 2022 will be his final ATP tournament.
- Federer is the most successful player at Wimbledon, having won eight titles (2003-07, 2009, 2012, 2017).
- He last clinched a Grand Slam title in 2018 (Australian Open).
6) World Ozone Day: 16 September
- World Ozone Day is observed every year on September 16 to spread awareness among people concerning the depletion of the ozone layer and find possible solutions to preserve it.
- The ozone layer serves as a kind of shield for the earth & is crucial for preserving its ecology.
- This day was established by the UN General Assembly in 1994.
- 2022 Theme: ‘Global cooperation protecting life on earth’
7) Joao Lourenco re-elected as President of Angola
- Joao Lourenco was sworn in for a second term as president of Angola on 15 Sept 2022.
- Lourenco, 68, was sworn in alongside Esperanca da Costa, Angola’s first female vice president in the capital, Luanda.
- The ruling MPLA party garnered 51% of the votes and 124 seats in the 220-member parliament in the Aug 24 election.
- Angola is a country located on the west. coast of Southern Africa.
8) Jitendra Singh launches Dashboard of Dept of Science and Technology
- Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh on 15 Sept 2022 launched Dashboard of Department of Science and Technology (DST).
- It has been launched to ensure effective implementation of projects, schemes, scholarships and fellowships funded by DST.
- Through this dashboard, details of each of the schemes and programmes for any group in every State can be accessed on a real time basis.
9) Indian Navy revives Naval training area at Manasbal Lake in Kashmir
- The Indian Navy has revived the Naval training area at Manasbal Lake in Kashmir’s Ganderbal district after 33 years to provide training to National Cadet Corps (NCC) Cadets.
- Around 100 NCC Cadets from J&K will participate in the training camp.
- The training in the area was suspended in the early 1990s due to the deterioration of the security situation.
- NCC Founded: 1948
- Founder: H N Kunzru
10) BSF’s first female camel riding squad to be deployed along the border
- BSF’s first female camel riding squad will be deployed along the India-Pakistan border in Rajasthan & Gujarat.
- This Squad will be the first of its kind in the world.
- It will participate for the first time in the BSF Raising Day Parade on 1 December 2022.
- The BSF is India’s primary border-guarding force.
- Founded: 1965
- Director General: Pankaj Kumar Singh
- Headquarters: New Delhi
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