Current Affairs Quiz 22nd September 2021 : Daily GK Update Quiz

Exp. Uttar Pradesh Government to set up ‘Electronic Park’

The Yogi Adityanath led Uttar Pradesh government has cleared a proposal to develop an ‘Electronic Park’, along the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) area, near Noida, to promote the electronics industry.

National and international companies manufacturing mobile phones, TVs and other electronic devices and accessories will establish their units in the park.

Exp. FSSAI’s 3rd State Food Safety Index 2021

Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Mansukh Mandaviya has released the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)’s 3rd State Food Safety Index (SFSI) to measure the performance of States across five parameters of food safety.

The index ranks states on five parameters of food safety: human resources and institutional data, compliance, food testing facility, training and capacity building besides consumer empowerment.

Gujarat, Kerala and Tamil Nadu have topped in the list of large states on the index. Among small states, Goa came first followed by Meghalaya and Manipur. Among union territories, Jammu and Kashmir, Andaman and Nicobar Island and Delhi secured the top three positions on the index.

Exp. FSSAI’s 3rd State Food Safety Index 2021

Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Mansukh Mandaviya has released the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)’s 3rd State Food Safety Index (SFSI) to measure the performance of States across five parameters of food safety.

The index ranks states on five parameters of food safety: human resources and institutional data, compliance, food testing facility, training and capacity building besides consumer empowerment.

Gujarat, Kerala and Tamil Nadu have topped in the list of large states on the index. Among small states, Goa came first followed by Meghalaya and Manipur. Among union territories, Jammu and Kashmir, Andaman and Nicobar Island and Delhi secured the top three positions on the index.

Exp. OECD trims India’s economic growth forecast to 9.7% for FY22

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on 21st Sept cut its projection of India’s economic growth by 0.2 percentage points to 9.7 per cent for the current financial year.

The economy was projected by the grouping of advanced nations to grow by 7.9 per cent next financial year, 0.3 percentage point slower than pegged by it earlier.

Exp. Air Marshal V R Chaudhari to be new chief of Indian Air Force

Air Marshal V R Chaudhari will take the reins as the chief of the Indian Air Force after the incumbent, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria, retires on September 30.

Air Marshal Chaudhari is presently serving as Vice Chief of the Air Staff. Air Marshal Chaudhari was commissioned into the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force on December 29, 1982.

Exp. Air India Chief Rajiv Bansal Appointed Civil Aviation Secretary

The government on 22nd Sept appointed Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Rajiv Bansal as the Secretary to the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation.

Mr Bansal, at present, is serving as the Chairman and Managing Director of the national passenger carrier Air India. He will succeed Pradeep Singh Kharola, who is due to retire by end of the month.

Exp. Facebook India appointed Rajiv Aggarwal as Head of Public Policy

Facebook India has appointed former IAS officer Rajiv Aggarwal as the Director of Public Policy. He succeeds Ankhi Das, who quit the company in October last year.

She was embroiled in a controversy for opposing the enforcement of hate-speech rules against right-wing leaders in the country.

Exp. SV Sarasvati receives National Florence Nightingale Award 2020

Brigadier SV Sarasvati, the Deputy Director-General of Military Nursing Service has been honoured with the National Florence Nightingale Award 2020. The National Florence Nightingale Award, the highest national distinction a nurse can achieve.

President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the award in a virtual ceremony on Brig Saraswati for her contribution as a nurse administrator.

Exp. Book title “The Three Khans: And the Emergence of New India” by Kaveree Bamzai

A book has titled “The Three Khans: And the Emergence of New India” authored by Kaveree Bamzai.

In the book, senior journalist, Kaveree Bamzai has juxtaposed the careers of the 3 Khans, Aamir, Shah Rukh, & Salman, with the most tumultuous times in the history of the republic.

Exp. Jyotiraditya M Scindia is the current Civil Aviation Minister of India.