Uttar Pradesh Current Affairs- 22 September

Patrol vessel Samarth has been commissioned by the Indian Navy

The new ship for the Indian Coast Guard in Kochi will unquestionably improve the operational capability of the Indian Coast Guard at sea.

About Patrol Vessel Samarth:

  • Patrol Vessel Samarth is a ship which is outfitted with a high power external fire fighting (EFF) system, an integrated bridge management system (IBMS), an integrated platform management system (IPMS), and a power management system (PMS).
  • A twin-engine helicopter and four high-speed boats, including two inflatable boats for boarding operations, search and rescue operations, law enforcement, and maritime patrol, are all intended to be carried by the ship.
  • The ship is equipped with a cutting-edge surveillance system and has the ability to control marine oil spills.

4 locations will be promoted for tourism through G20 meetings

These locations are Srinagar, Siliguri, Kutch, and Goa

Alia Bhatt has been awarded the ‘Priyadarshini Academy’s Smita Patil Memorial Award’

About Smita Patil Memorial Award’

  • The Smita Patil Memorial Award for Best Actress is an honour established in 1986 by the Priyadarshni Academy in memory of actress Smita Patil.
  • It is awarded every other year to an Indian actress for her contribution to Indian cinema in the period prior to the ceremony, irrespective of a particular performance.

RuPay Credit Card has been launched by the RBI on UPI

About UPI

  • It is an advanced version of Immediate Payment Service (IMPS)- round–the-clock funds transfer service to make cashless payments faster, easier and smoother.
  • UPI is a system that powers multiple bank accounts into a single mobile application (of any participating bank), merging several banking features, seamless fund routing & merchant payments into one hood.
  • UPI is currently the biggest among the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) operated systems including National Automated Clearing House (NACH), Immediate Payment Service (IMPS), Aadhaar enabled Payment System (AePS), Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS), RuPay etc.

Israel and Turkey  heads met after a gap of 14 years recently

About  ISRAEL

  • Capital :Jerusalem
  • country in the Middle East, located at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea.
  • It is bounded to the north by Lebanon, to the northeast by Syria, to the east and southeast by Jordan, to the southwest by Egypt, and to the west by the Mediterranean Sea

About Turkey

  • Capital ; Ankara
  • Turkey is located in Southeastern Europe and Southwestern Asia
  • It’s neighbour to the northwest is Bulgaria; Greece to the west; Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran to the east; Georgia to the northeast; Syria to the south; and Iraq to the southeast.

eVolt India partnered with Indian Oil Corporation for electric vehicle charging stations

About Electric Vehicle (EV) ;

  • An electric vehicle (EV) is one that operates on an electric motor, instead of an internal-combustion engine that generates power by burning a mix of fuel and gases.
  • Electric Vehicles (EV’s) include, road and rail vehicles, surface and underwater vessels, electric aircraft and electric spacecraft.
  • Though the concept of electric vehicles has been around for a long time, it has drawn a considerable amount of interest in the past decade amid a rising carbon footprint and other environmental impacts of fuel-based vehicles.
  • An electric vehicle may be powered through a collector system by electricity from off-vehicle sources, or may be self-contained with a battery, solar panels, fuel cells or an electric generator to convert fuel to electricity.

Electric Vehicles can be broadly classified into 8 different types.

  1. Plug-in Electric Vehicle
  2. On- and Off-road Electric Vehicles
  3. Space Rover Vehicles
  4. Seaborne Electric Vehicles
  5. Airborne Electric Vehicles
  6. Electrically Powered Spacecraft
  7. Range-extended electric vehicle
  8. Railborne Electric Vehicles

India overtake china to become the largest bilateral lender for Sri Lanka

  • India has emerged as the top lender to Sri Lanka in 2022, disbursing USD 377 million in loans to the island nation as it grappled with an unprecedented political crisis and economic turmoil

22 September – World Rose Day

World Rose Day is celebrated on 22 September every year Dedicated to all cancer patients all across the globe,  In a bid to breathe happiness and hope into the lives of cancer patients,

Devendra Jhajharia won a silver medal at World Para Athletics Grand Prix

  • Devendra Jhajharia  is an Indian Paralympic javelin thrower competing in F46 events.
  • He is the first Indian Paralympics player to win two gold medals at the Paralympics.
  • He won his first gold in the javelin throw at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, becoming the second gold medalist at the Paralympics for his country.
  • At the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, he won a second gold medal in the same event, bettering his previous record.
  • Devendra is currently being supported by the Olympic Gold Quest.
  • He becomes India’s most decorated Paralympic player by winning his third medal, a silver at the 2020 Summer Paralympics at Tokyo.

Nyka founder Falguni Nayar has now become The Richest Self Made Indian women

  • She surpasses Biocon founder Kiran Majumdar Shaw to become the richest women

Arun Kumar Mishra elected as member of Governance committee of the Asia pacific forum

Famous comedian Raju Shrivastava passes away

 

 

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