Global Climate Action Summit: Indian Cities, States Step Up Climate Action Plans

The Global Climate Action Summit 2018 was held at San Francisco, California, United States. Over 4000 businesses, cities, states and civil society delegates attended the summit and showed their commitments to achieve the goals set by the Paris Agreement.

The co-chairs of the Summit, Governor of California Edmund G. Brown Jr. and UN’s Special Envoy for Climate Action Michael R Bloomberg, unveiled a new report demonstrating how cities, states, and businesses can help the US in achieving its 2025 emissions reduction target. 
As per Maharashtra Principal Secretary for Financial Reforms, Sujata Saunik, six more states would adopt heat action plans. In 2018, based on guidance provided by the central government, 13 states and over 30 cities adopted or are developing Heat Action Plans. These 13 states are Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh.

Source- The Financial Express

India Approves MOU on Joint Blockchain Research with BRICS Members

The Union Cabinet of India has approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the collaborative research of distributed ledger technology (DLT). The research will be jointly conducted by the Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) and one bank from each BRICS member states.
The MoU was initially proposed at the 10th International BRICS Summit held in Johannesburg in July, the main focus of which was cooperation in economic development in the face of the fourth industrial revolution. The banks then agreed to jointly study DLT in the interests of the development of the digital economy.

Source: The Moneycontrol

Static/Current Takeaways Important for Indian Bank PO Exam 2018- 
  • Venue of  BRICS Summit 2019 – Brazil
  • Exim Bank Headquarters in: Mumbai, Founded in: 1982, CEO- Shri Yaduvendra Mathur.

Hindi Diwas: 14 September

Hindi Divas is celebrated on 14 September because, on this day in 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India had adopted Hindi written in Devanagari script as the official language of the Republic of India. Under the Article 343 of the Indian Constitution, on 26 January 1950, Hindi, written in Devanagari script was adopted as the official language.
Later, Pt Jawaharlal Nehru announced this day to be celebrated as Hindi Diwas in the country. There are 22 Scheduled languages of India, of which, two are officially used at Union government of India level: Hindi and English. Hindi is the fourth most spoken language of the world. 


Source- DD News


 Static/Current Takeaways Important for Indian Bank PO Exam 2018- 

  • The first Hindi day was celebrated on- 14th September 1953

Index Of Industrial Production Grows At 6.6% In July

According to the data released by Central Statistics Office (CSO), Index of Industrial production  (IIP) grew at 6.6% in July on the back of good performance by the manufacturing sector and higher offtake of capital goods and consumer durables. 
The IIP growth for June was also revised downwards to 6.8% from the provisional estimate of 7% released in July.  The IIP growth in April-July period was 5.4% compared to 1.7% year ago. 
The Index of Industrial production growth in different Sectors: 
1. Manufacturing sector (Weightage: 77.6): recorded 7% growth.
2. Electricity sector (Weightage: 7.9%): recorded 6.7% growth.
3. Mining (Weightage: 14.3%): recorded 3.7% growth.
4. Consumer durables sector: recorded an impressive growth of 14.4% as against dip of 2.4% in July 2017.
5. Capital goods production: grew by 3% as against the decline of 1.1% in July 2017. 
Source- The Economic Times

Static/Current Takeaways Important for Indian Bank PO Exam 2018- 
  • Arun Jaitley is the present Finance Minister of India. 

Country’s 1st Tribal Tourism Circuit Launched in Chhattisgarh

Union minister K J Alphons, the Minister of State for Tourism, inaugurated the country’s first tribal circuit project connecting 13 tourism sites in Chhattisgarh. This project was sanctioned by the Ministry of Tourism in February 2016 for Rs. 99.21 Crores.
The project was implemented under the Tourism Ministry’s Swadesh Darshan scheme launched in 2014-15 for development of thematic circuits in the country in a planned and prioritized manner. The government had decided to include Chhattisgarh in the scheme under tribal circuit theme with an objective to acknowledge the sovereignty of tribes and to promote the rich and diverse primitive assets in the state.

Source: News on air
Static/Current Takeaways Important for Indian Bank PO Exam 2018- 
  • Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh: Raman Singh.
  • Governor of Chhattisgarh: Anandiben Patel.

ISSF World Championship: Udhayveer Singh Wins Gold In Junior Men’s 25m Pistol Event

Sixteen-year-old Udhayveer Singh has won an individual Gold Medal in Junior Men’s 25 metre pistol event in the World Shooting Championships in South Korea. He also spearheaded India to the team Gold. Singh shot a score of 587 in the individual competition to grab the Gold ahead American Henry Leverett and Korean Lee Jaekyoon. 
The bronze medal went to Team Korea, which shot a score of 1721. India is placed fourth in the medals tally with 9 Gold, 8 Silver and seven bronze medals for a total of 24. The tally is India’s best performance in International Shooting Sports Federation’s showpiece. 
Source- AIR World Service

Static/Current Takeaways Important for Indian Bank PO Exam 2018- 
  • South Korea Capital- Seoul, Currency: South Korean won. 

Venkaiah Naidu Embarks on 3-Nation Visit to Serbia, Malta, And Romania

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu embarks on a three-nation visit to Serbia, Malta and Romania. During the seven-day visit, Mr Naidu will first reach Serbia where he will meet the leadership of that country. Several MoUs including in the field of Agriculture and Tourism are expected to be signed during the Vice President’s visit to these countries. 
In the second leg of his visit, Mr Naidu will arrive in Malta, where he will meet the country’s leadership and discuss issues of mutual interest. In the last leg of his visit, the Vice President will reach Romania. 

Source- AIR World Service

Static/Current Takeaways Important for Indian Bank PO Exam 2018- 
  • Serbia Capital: Belgrade, Currency: Serbian dinar. 
  • Malta Capital: Valletta, Currency: Euro. 
  • Romania Capital: Bucharest, Currency: Romanian leu. 

G-20 Trade And Investment Ministerial Meeting Held in Argentina

Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu participated in G-20 trade and investment ministerial meeting at Mar del Plata in Argentina. Issues including increasing protectionism challenges to promote global commerce and the new industrial revolution were discussed at the meeting. 
The members of the G20 include Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union.

Source- AIR World Service

Static/Current Takeaways Important for Indian Bank PO Exam 2018- 
  • Argentina Capital: Buenos Aires, Currency: Argentine peso. 

Minister For Minority Affairs Launched ‘National Scholarship Portal Mobile App’

Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi launched the country’s first “National Scholarship Portal Mobile App” (NSP Mobile App) in New Delhi. This “National Scholarship Portal Mobile App” will ensure a smooth, accessible and hassle-free scholarship system for students from poor and weaker sections. 
All the scholarships are being given directly into bank accounts of the needy students under Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode through the National Scholarship Portal which has ensured that there is no scope for duplication and leakage. 

Source- Press Information Bureau (PIB)

Justice Ranjan Gogoi Appointed Next Chief Justice Of India

The President of India has appointed Justice Ranjan Gogoi as the next Chief Justice of India. He will assume the office of Chief Justice on 3rd October, 2018 after the retirement of the current Chief Justice, Justice Dipak Misra. Mr Gogoi is the 46th Chief Justice of India. 
Justice Gogoi was enrolled as an advocate in 1978. He practised in the Gauhati High Court on constitutional, taxation and company matters. He was appointed as a Permanent Judge of the Gauhati High Court on 28th February 2001. 
Source- DD News

Static/Current Takeaways Important for Indian Bank PO Exam 2018- 
  • Justice Harilal Jekisundas Kania was the first Chief Justice of Independent India.