Daily Current Affairs – September 25 2018
IMPORTANT DAYS
September 25 – Antyodaya Diwas
- 25th September is observed as Antyodaya Diwas every year to mark the birth anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya.
NATIONAL
Andhra Pradesh
RPF 34th Raising Day
- The Railway Protection Force (RPF) is organising several passenger awareness programmes on safety on trains and on railway premises.
Assam
No genuine citizen to be excluded from NRC
- The Assam government has asserted that no genuine citizen would be excluded from the National Register of Citizens.
New Delhi
Air pollution mitigation devices inaugurated
- Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences and Environment, Forest and Climate change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugurated air pollution control device WAYU(Wind Augmentation PurifYing Unit) for traffic junctions at ITO intersection and Mukarba Chowk in Delhi.
Uttar Pradesh
4th India International Science Festival
- The fourth edition of India International Science Festival will be inaugurated by President of India in Lucknow on October 6, 2018.
- IISF-2018 with its focal theme “Science for Transformation”
INTERNATIONAL
Nepal
‘Indra Jatra’ festival being celebrated in Kathmandu
- In Nepal, the famous Indra Jatra festival is being celebrated in Kathmandu with gaiety and religious fervor.
- The eight day long annual festival is observed to worship Indra, the lord of rain and good harvest.
‘Gandhi March’ in Netherlands
- India will organise ‘Gandhi March’ from the iconic Peace Palace at the Hague to Grote Kerk to launch the two-year long celebrations of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
Statue of Nelson Mandela unveiled at United Nations
- A statue of Nelson Mandela has been unveiled at the United Nations to honour the late South African leader’s birth. This year marks the 100th anniversary of Mandela’s birth, and the U.N. is declaring 2019-2028 the “Nelson Mandela Decade of Peace.
SUMMITS & CONFERENCES
First assembly of ISA, Second ministerial of IORA and Second REINVEST meet in India
- The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is organising the First Assembly of International Solar Alliance (ISA); the 2nd Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Renewable Energy Ministerial Meeting and the 2nd Global Renewable Energy Investment Meeting and Expo, (REINVEST- 2018) from 2nd to 5th October 2018 in New Delhi.
UAE to host Interfaith Alliance Forum
- The UAE will host the Interfaith Alliance Forum in the nation’s capital, Abu Dhabi on 19th and 20th November. The forum aims to address and discuss social challenges and to strengthen efforts by religious leaders to formulate cohesive ideas that enhance the protection of the young individuals from extortion and crime via the internet.
APPOINTMENTS
- Managing Director and Vice-President of Facebook India – Ajit Mohan
SCHEMES
SOUVAGYA scheme
- The Assam government will provide electricity connection to all households by December 31st this year under SOUVAGYA scheme.
MOU, AGREEMENTS & CABINET APPROVALS
India, China to sign internal security cooperation agreement
- India and China to sign an internal security cooperation agreement during the forthcoming visit of China’s Minister of Public Security, marking a new beginning in bilateral relations.
UAE, Red Cross sign pact
- The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has signed a cooperation agreement with the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, to support the humanitarian response plan in Yemen, Myanmar and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
AWARDS
- Croatian footballer Luka Modric – FIFA’s best player of the year award
SPORTS
Serbia Junior & Cadet Open
- India have swept the team Table Tennis titles in the girls and cadet boys category at the 2018 Serbia Junior and Cadet Open in Belgrade.
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