15 september 2021 current affairs

CURRENT AFFAIRS
15 SEPTEMBER 2021
Dr.A.Prabaharan
www.indopraba.blogspot.com

Delhi government's new guidelines: What will be
allowed/ not allowed in Delhi between September 15th-
October 1st?
 Delhi government on September 15, 2021 issued a list of
activities that will be allowed from the intervening night
of September 15-16 Sept till the intervening night of
September 30-October 1st.
 The guidelines also mention the activities that shall
remain prohibited during the period in the national
capital including a ban on all social, political, sports,
cultural, religious, festival and entertainment
gatherings.

Sputnik Light COVID-19 Vaccine receives
permission for Phase-3 trials in India
 The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) gave its approval to
conduct Phase-3 trials of the Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine on
the Indian population. Sputnik Light is the single-dose COVID-19
vaccine version of Sputnik V.
 The trials will assess if the vaccine gives a similar immune response
as it did on the Russian population.
 A Subject Expert Committee (SEC) in a meeting on August 5, 2021,
had recommended the trial condition based on the efficacy of the
vaccine also to be evaluated on the 42nd, 90th, and 180th day
following the second dose.
 The SEC stated, “Interim analysis can be conducted on the
42nd day as this day was generated during the Sputnik V trials in
India after the first dose, which was stated to be available up to
day 21.”

Union Cabinet approves PLI Scheme of Rs. 26,058 crores
for auto sector and drone industry
 The Union Cabinet on September 15, 2021, gave
its approval to Rs. 26,058 crore production Linked
Incentive (PLI) Scheme for the auto, auto-
components, and drone industry.
 The approved PLI Scheme has a budgetary
provision of Rs. 26,058 crores- Rs. 25,938 crores
for the auto sector and Rs. 120 crores for the
drone industry.

SCO Summit 2021: PM Modi to attend virtually on
September 17, Afghanistan key focus
 The 21st meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
Council of Heads of State will be held on September 17, 2021, in
Dushanbe, Tajikistan in a hybrid format.
 The President of Tajikistan H E Emomali Rahmon will chair the SCO
Summit. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead the Indian delegation
and address the plenary session of the Summit virtually. External
Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar will represent India in Dushanbe at the
SCO Summit 2021.
 This will be the first SCO Summit that will be conducted in a hybrid
mode and the 4th Summit that India will participate as a full-fledged
member of the SCO.
 The SCO Foreign Ministers met on July 14, 2021, and the SCO
Defence Ministers met on July 27-28, 2021 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

Delhi bans storage, sale and bursting of all
firecrackers
 Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced a complete ban
on the storage, sale and bursting of all kinds of firecrackers on
September 15, 2021.
 The Chief Minister tweeted saying that a complete ban on use of
all types of crackers is being imposed like last year in view of the
dangerous condition of Delhi's pollution during Diwali for the last
3 years.
 The Delhi CM appealed to traders to not store any kind of
firecracker to prevent losses, as many traders had suffered losses
last year as they had stocked up crackers.
 The complete ban on crackers had been imposed late last year.

Tamil Nadu declares encroachment of temple land
as cognizable, non-bailable offence
 The Tamil Nadu Assembly on September 13, 2021, passed a bill
that makes the encroachment of properties belonging to
religious institutions a cognizable and non-bailable offence.
 The bill seeking the amendment of the Tamil Nadu Religious and
Charitable Endowments Act, 1959 was tabled in the assembly on
September 13 and was passed unanimously.
 There are about 5 lakh acres of the properties that belong to
over 40,000 religious institutions that are under the control of the
Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE)
Department of the Tamil Nadu Government.
 The Government of Tamil Nadu has launched a massive drive to
retrieve the temple lands that have been encroached in various
areas of the State.

Chhattisgarh launches new mission to
become millet hub of India by 2023
 Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel launched 'Millet
Mission' on September 10, 2021 to make the state millet hub
of the country by 2023.
 The Chhattisgarh CM while addressing a programme in Raipur
said that the Millet Mission has been undertaken to give the
farmers the right price for small cereal crops and provide
input assistance, procurement arrangements and processing
so that it can benefit them.
 A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed for the
same between the Chhattisgarh CM, Indian Institute of Millet
Research (IIMR), Hyderabad and the Collectors of 14 districts
of the state including Dantewada, Bastar, Sukma, Balrampur,
Kondagaon, Kanker, Bijapur, Kawardha, Narayanpur,
Rajnandgaon, Koriya, Surajpur, Jashpur, Kawardha and
Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi.

IOC suspends North Korea until end of 2022
after Tokyo no show
 The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)
Thomas Bach informed that North Korea has been suspended
from the International Olympic Committee until the end of 2022.
 The latest decision taken by IOC means that North Korea will
miss out on the Beijing Winter Games after the country failed to
send a team to the Tokyo Olympics.
 Thomas Bach, during a news conference, said, “The National
Olympic Committee of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is
suspended until the end of 2022 as a result of its unilateral
decision not to participate (in Tokyo).”
 North Korea was the only country that had not sent athletes to
Tokyo Olympics 2020 which was held in July-August 2021.

International Day of Democracy 2021
 The International Day of Democracy is observed worldwide every year
on September 15. The day aims at promoting and upholding the
principles of democracy and highlights the significance of equality that
can be achieved through a successful form of democracy.
 The International Day of Democracy is celebrated by the United
Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to encourage governments around
the world to strengthen democracy which is built on equal treatment,
inclusion, and participation.
 The International Day of Democracy educates people around the
world and encourages the discussion about the significance of the
political system which ensures equal treatment for all.
 The Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres while
highlighting the rising relevance of Democracy on this day said, “Let us
commit to a future in which we recognize human rights and the rule
of law as fundamental to democracy”.

What is Quad, How was it formed?
 The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, also known as the Quad, is a strategic dialogue between the
United States (US), India, Australia, and Japan. The Quad was formed in 2007 by Japanese Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe along with support from the then US Vice President Dick Cheney, Indian PM
Manmohan Singh, and Australian PM John Howard.
 The beginning of the Quad group can be traced to the evolution of Exercise Malabar. The military
exercise was widely viewed as a response to the increasing economic and military power of China.
 The Chinese government therefore issued formal diplomatic protests to the members of the Quad.
The US, Japan, and India continue to hold joint naval exercises through Malabar.
 The Quad however ceased due to the withdrawal of Australia in the wake of the growing tension
between the US and China in the Asia-Pacific region.
 In 2010, Julia Gillard replaced Australian PM Rudd following which enhanced military cooperation
between Australia and the US was resumed.
 During the 2017 ASEAN Summits in Manila, all four member countries namely the US, India, Australia,
and Japan led by Donald Trump, Narendra Modi, Malcolm Turnbull, and Shinzo Abe came together
to revive the Quad alliance in order to curb the growing military power of China in the South China
Sea.

Africa Food Prize 2021: Hyderabad-based Crops
Research Institute wins coveted Food Prize
 Hyderabad-based International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid
Tropics (ICRISAT) was chosen as the winner of the Africa Food Prize 2021 for
helping 25 million farmers in 13 countries to improve income and food
production.
 Africa Food Prize 2021 was awarded at the Africa Forum for Green Revolution
(AGRF) 2021 Summit in Nairobi, Kenya on September 8, 2021.
 The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics won the
award for its Tropical Legumes Project that was implemented to improve food
security across 13 sub-Saharan African countries.
 Chair of the Africa Food Prize committee Olusegun Obasanjo said while
announcing the award, “ICRISAT’s leadership in developing seeds, that not
only end malnutrition but also survive in semi-arid areas, is inspiring other
agricultural organisations to rethink seed development and farming practices
that suit and solve Africa’s agricultural challenges.”

Engineer’s Day 2021: Who was M
Visvesvaraya whose birthday is celebrated as
National Engineer’s Day?
 Engineer’s Day is celebrated on September 15 every year in India.
 The National Engineer’s Day was declared by the Indian Government
to honour Bharat Ratna Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya on his birthday
on the same day.
 Engineer’s Day in India 2021 celebrates the efforts of engineers
nationwide, who with their significant contributions have made our
day-to-day living much seamless and comfortable.
 M Visvesvaraya was a civic engineer, economist, educationist and a
scholar who is known for his significant contributions in the field of
engineering and is also considered as one of the greatest nation
builders who played an important role in the construction of dams,
reservoirs, and the hydro-power projects of Modern India.
 The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation
(UNESCO), on the other hand, celebrates World Engineer’s Day on
March 4 every year.

Coal Projects to boost green cover mission in India
 Jayant Opencast Coal Project in Singrauli District of Madhya
Pradesh, one of the largest projects of Coal India Limited
under the Ministry of Coal is working towards a mission of
land restoration and enhancing green cover each passing day
along with coal mining activity.
 The Project is one of many greenfield projects that aim at
simultaneous backfilling of land after opencast coal mining
operations and dense plantation to maintain environmental
balance.
 The Jayant Opencast Coal Project has helped in increasing
carbon offset and lowering down the effect of pollution
substantially.
 The Jayant Project is under Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL),
a subsidiary of CIL.

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