Important Current Affairs for State, SSC and Bank Exams

• Google Cloud has been hired by HDFC ERGO General Insurance to develop an online platform for selling insurance.
• Sanjay Kumar Verma has been appointed as the next high commissioner of India to Canada.
• The Centre for Citizen Services of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) was inaugurated by the Chief Justice of India, Uday Umesh Lalit.
• TV Sankaranarayan, a renowned Carnatic musician, has passed away. He was 77. He represented the Madurai Mani lyer style of Carnatic music.
• Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (PATWA), an affiliate of the United Nations World Tourism Organization, has bestowed upon West Bengal the International Travel Award 2023 for Best Destination for Culture (UNWTO).
• International Literacy Day (ILD) is observed annually on September 8 to raise public awareness about the meaning and value of literacy for individuals and societies.
• Bank of India (BOI) is the first public sector bank to go live on the Direct Tax Collection System Tin 2.0 of the Income Tax Department.
• This year’s International Literacy Day will be celebrated globally under the theme “Transforming Literacy Learning Spaces” and will provide an opportunity to reconsider the fundamental significance of literacy learning spaces in order to foster resilience and ensure quality, equitable, and inclusive education for all.
• M K Stalin, chief minister of Tamil Nadu, has launched the ‘Pudhumai Penn’ (modern woman) programme for the state’s female students.
• Suella Braverman, a barrister of Indian descent, was appointed the new Home Secretary of the United Kingdom.
• Birju Sah, the first Indian boxer to win medals at both the Asian and Commonwealth Games, passed away recently.
• The Indian healthcare industry is projected to reach $50 billion by 2025, according to Union minister Jitendra Singh.
• Warangal and two cities from Kerala have joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) in recognition of their exemplary efforts to make lifelong learning a reality for everyone at the local level.
• The National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) and the government of the United Kingdom have conducted a virtual Cyber Security Exercise for 26 countries.
• The low-cost Indian airline IndiGo announced on September 6 that Petrus Johannes Theodorus Elbers (Pieter Elbers) has joined the company as chief executive officer.