Daily Current Affairs
1) Madhya Pradesh’s Happiness Dept. to open TimeBank
The Madhya Pradesh government’s Happiness Department plans to set up a TimeBank that would lend currency to an hour, which could be exchanged to learn a new skill without the need for any paper money. Whenever a bank member needs a service or wants to acquire a skill, say gardening or playing the guitar, she could exchange a credit, worth an hour, with another member knowing the skill.
2) Nilgiri tahr’s population up by 27% in three years
The Nilgiri tahr, its sightings in the Mukurthi National Park, has risen from 568 in 2018 to 612 this
year. The second consecutive year that an increase in the population of the animal had been recorded in the park, meaning the population of the Nilgiri tahr, also known as the Nilgiri ibex, has risen by 132 since 2016.
Almost 27% increase in the population of the tahr in the Nilgiris over the last three years showed
that current conservation policies keeping the national park closed to tourists and free from poaching while fighting the spread of invasive flora brought the desired results.
3) Ram Jethmalani passes away at 95
Ram Jethmalani, twice Law Minister, criminal lawyer, jurist, teacher, litigant and parliamentarian who relished the epithet “unchanged and unrepentant maverick”, passed away at 95.
4) UTs of J&K, Ladakh to have a common HC
The Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh will have a common High Court, State Judicial Academy’s Director Rajeev Gupta said so.
He added that 108 Central laws would apply to the two UTs, while 164 State laws would be repealed and 166 State laws would continue to be applicable.
5) Iran slams EU for broken promises on the nuclear deal
Iran’s atomic agency chief Ali Akbar Salehi slammed the EU, saying its broken promises gave Tehran little choice but to scale back on the nuclear deal. IAEA’s senior official Cornel Feruta visited Tehran in less than 24 hours after Iran said it was firing up advanced centrifuges that enrich
uranium at a faster rate.
6) Union Environment Minister holds a bilateral meeting with China on Day7 of COP14
The High-level segment meeting of the 14th Conference of Parties (COP14) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) on 9 September 2019 by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi at India Expo Centre & Mart, Greater Noida; the Union Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Shri Prakash Javadekar today held a bilateral meeting with China.
With a focus on strengthening south cooperation in addressing desertification and land degradation for better livelihood, the Environment Minister said “We want to tackle the problems scientifically and therefore we are using ultra-modern technologies with the cooperation of others because ultimately desertification has to be a people’s movement. India is also making positive progress in its actions of climate change”. Shri Javadekar also stated the various efforts made by the Government to improve efforts towards afforestation, by highlighting the recent distribution of CAMPA funds to various states.
7) Heartland International Film Festival, USA to explore “Special Focus on India”
The discussions, Ms. Hannah Fisher, Programming Head of Heartland International Film Festival of USA, suggested that there could be a special focus on India for the Festival commencing from 10th October 2019 under the ‘Foreign Language Category. Ms. Fisher said that this would help in enhancing the positioning of Golden Jubilee Edition of IFFI 2019 among the participants and international audience at the Festival.
8) Chinese trawlers in the southern Indian Ocean worry India
There has been a huge increase in Chinese deep sea fishing trawlers in the southern Indian Ocean far from the Chinese coast which has raised concerns in the government and the security establishment, according to
official sources. This was discussed in the recent coastal security meetings involving Director General (DG), Shipping, the Navy and other stakeholders.
In the last four years, on an average of at least 500 Chinese trawlers were present in the region and around 32,250 incidents per year were recorded. The trawlers were, however, not in India’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) but beyond, the source added. This includes trawlers from China, Hong
Kong and Taiwan. There were 1,100 occurrences near Somalia and 1,500 occurrences near the Coast
of Oman. Occurrences are recordings of the Automatic Identification System (AIS) aboard trawlers and ships recorded when they are activated. So a trawler can be recorded multiple times based
on its AIS signature.
9) Turkey, U.S. conduct joint patrols in Syria
Turkish and U.S. troops conducted their first joint ground patrol in northeastern Syria on Sunday as part of a so called “safe zone” that Ankara has been pressing for in the volatile region. Turkey hopes the buffer zone, which it says should be at least 30 km deep, will keep Syrian Kurdish fighters away from its border. Turkey considers these Kurdish militias a threat, but they’ve also been key U.S. allies in the fight against the Islamic State group. So far, the Kurdishled forces have withdrawn 14 km only.
10) Hong Kong has announced Withdrawl of Controversial Extradition Bill
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam announced the formal withdrawal of an extradition bill that triggered months of unrest and has thrown the Chinese-controlled city into its worst crisis in decades.
11) NCLT Bench coming up at Mangalagiri
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) is setting up the Amaravati Bench in the APIIC IT Park at Mangalagiri in Guntur district to exclusively adjudicate on matters about the Companies Act, 2013 (CA2013) in Andhra Pradesh.
Until now, the NCLT Bench in Hyderabad had combined jurisdiction over Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The Amaravati Bench was recently carved out and is temporarily functioning at the office
of NCLTHyderabad as it has no building and infrastructure of its own in the capital city of Andhra Pradesh post-bifurcation.
12) Saudis have lost the Yemen war
Saudi Arabia and the UAE are allies. When they launched the Yemen offensive in March 2015, their common goal was to defeat the Shia Houthi rebels, who had captured the capital Sana’a. After over four years, they are not even close to meeting this goal, and there are growing frictions within the anti Houthi coalition.
How did Saudi Arabia lose the war?
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the main architect of the war, may have thought Yemen would be a cakewalk for the Saudi troops. The Houthis lacked real battleground experience and are nothing in terms of a conventional military force against the Saudi war machine. The Saudis also enjoyed the support of the U.S. and had a coalition of Sunni Muslim countries backing them. The plan was to oust the Houthis quickly and restore the Saudi cherrypicked administration of President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi in Sana’a. But the Saudi coalition was weak on the ground. Former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and the troops loyal to him joined hands with the Houthis in a tactical alliance. President Hadi, who is living in Saudi Arabia, has been anything but an inspiring, charismatic wartime leader. Within the coalition, there has been historical mistrust between the predominantly northerners dominated government troops and the rebels in the south, who want the south to be a
separate country.
13) Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967, Maulana Masood Azhar, Hafiz Saeed, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi & Dawood Ibrahim have been declared as individual terrorists
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued a gazette notification stating Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief and Pulwama terror attack (February 14, 2019) mastermind Maulana Masood Azhar, Jamaat ud Dawa chief and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed, LeT's chief operational commander and 26/11 attack key accused Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and United Nations (UN) designated global terrorist Dawood Ibrahim as individual terrorists under Clause (a) of Sub-section (A) of Section 35 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967. They are the first individuals to be designated as terrorists under the law.
14) The grand Swachh Mahotsav event 2019 was held in New Delhi
The Swachh Mahotsav event 2019 was held in New Delhi. The historic event was organized by the Ministry of Jal Shakthi. President Ramnath Kovind conferred the Swachh India awards to the outstanding performance in Swachh India Mission (SBM). There are More than 1300 swachhata champions include college youngsters, NCC cadets, volunteers from NSS and NYKS, swachagrahies, sarpanches, representatives from States and UTs central government ministries and media persons participated in the grand event.
15) Asian Development Bank provides $200 million to upgrade rural roads for Maharashtra
Asian Development Bank (ADB) provides $ 200 million to upgrade rural roads to all-weather standards in 34 districts of Maharashtra. The main aim to improve road safety and better connectivity with markets. The project will improve the condition of about 2,100 kilometers of rural roads to all-weather standards, with climate resilience and safety features, connecting rural communities with productive agricultural areas and socio-economic centers.
16) Ministry of Home Affairs conducts a long cycle rally to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
Ministry of Home Affairs conducts a 2000 kilometer long cycle expedition to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on 7 September 2019. The rally was flagged off by Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy. The event will be a 26-day-long cycle expedition. Aim: The Ministry aims to spread the message of Gandhi regarding cleanliness and sanitation to the masses.
17) Dilip Sinha the author of the book on Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) named "Shakti Ki Manyata- Samyukta Rashtra Suraksha Parishad"
During the national conference on 2019 'India-Africa Partnership in a Changing Global Order-Priorities, Prospects and Challenges' Shri Naidu, released two books on Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) named "Shakti Ki Manyata- Samyukta Rashtra Suraksha Parishad" written by Dilip Sinha and "Bharat Aur European Sangh: Ek Antarangik Drishtikon" by Bhaswati Mukherjee.
18) The 3rd round of meeting between officials of India & Pakistan on the modalities for operationalization of the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor held in Attari in Amritsar, Punjab
The 3rd round of meeting between officials of India & Pakistan on the modalities for operationalization of the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor held at Attari in Amritsar, Punjab. This is the second meeting between the two countries in the backdrop of tensions arising between India and Pakistan after the withdrawal of special state status from Jammu and Kashmir(J&K).
19) Literacy and Multilingualism was the theme of International Literacy Day 2019
International Literacy Day is celebrated every year on September 8th to make people know the importance of Literacy for people, communities and societies. Aim: It aims to combat worldwide problems also to promote illiteracy. The theme for 2019 is Literacy and Multilingualism.
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