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National Voluntary Blood Donation Day: 1 October
✔ National Voluntary Blood Donation
Day is observed every year on 1 October.
✔ The purpose of this day is to
spread awareness about the importance of blood donation and the benefits
associated with this noble cause.
✔ The Indian Society of Blood
Transfusion and Immunohaematology first observed this day in 1975 on 1 October.
Wildlife Week 2021: October 2-8
✔ Wildlife week is celebrated
annually across India from 2 to 8 October with the aim of protecting and
conserving the flora and fauna of India.
✔ The first wildlife week was
celebrated in 1957.
✔ The year 2021 is celebrating the 67th
Wildlife Week, the theme of which is 'Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining
People and Planets'.
Sujata Chaturvedi: New Sports Secretary
✔ Sujata Chaturvedi took over as the
new Sports Secretary from outgoing Ravi Mittal on 1 October 2021.
✔ Chaturvedi is a 1989 batch IAS
officer of Bihar cadre.
✔ Chaturvedi has earlier served as
Additional Secretary in the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).
✔ During Ravi Mittal's tenure, India
recorded its best performance in both the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics 2020.
Saurav Bhattacharya: Won 1st Andhra Pradesh
Amateur Golf Tournament
✔ Sourav Bhattacharya of Delhi Golf
Club has emerged as the winner of the 1st Andhra Pradesh Amateur Golf
Championship.
✔ Arjun Bhati and Rohan Dhole Patil
were declared the first and second runners-up respectively.
✔ The championship was held from 28
September to 1 October 2021.
✔ The showpiece was organized under
the aegis of Indian Golf Union (IGU).
✔ The first Andhra Pradesh Amateur
Golf Championship was held in Visakhapatnam.
✔ It was organized by East Point Golf
Club (EPGC).
PM Modi launches Jal Jeevan Mission app, National
Jal Jeevan Kosh
✔ PM Narendra Modi launched the Jal
Jeevan Mission mobile application on 2 October 2021.
✔ It aims to increase awareness and
greater transparency and accountability of the schemes among the stakeholders
under the initiative.
✔ He also launched the National Jal
Jeevan Kosh, where any individual or organization can contribute to help
provide tap water connections to every rural household, school, etc.
Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya sworn in as interim
President of Guinea
✔ Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya has been
sworn in as interim President of Guinea, after leading a coup in which Alpha
Condé was overthrown.
✔ He has become Africa's second
youngest leader after Asimi Goeta, Mali.
✔ Colonel Daumbouya has been barred
from contesting future elections as part of a plan to restore civilian rule
announced in September'21.
✔ He has previously served in
missions in Afghanistan, Israel etc.
Kangana Ranaut: Became the brand ambassador of
ODOP scheme of Uttar Pradesh government
✔ The Uttar Pradesh government on 1
October 2021 named actor Kangana Ranaut as the brand ambassador of its
ambitious 'One District-One Product' programme.
✔ The Uttar Pradesh government has
launched a District-One Product (ODOP) program with an aim to create
product-specific traditional industrial hubs in 75 districts of the state.
Siddharth Roy Kapur appointed as President of
Producers Guild of India
✔ Filmmaker Siddharth Roy Kapur has
been re-elected as the President of the Producers Guild of India.
✔ He is the founder of Roy Kapur
Films and former MD of Disney India.
✔ Shibasish Sarkar, Group CEO of
Reliance Entertainment, was elected as the Vice President.
✔ The Producers Guild of India is a
film, television and digital content producer body that represents producers of
audio-visual content in India.
Piyush Goyal: Inaugurates India's Pavilion at
Dubai Expo 2020
✔ Union Minister Piyush Goyal
inaugurated the India Pavilion at the Dubai Expo 2020 on October 1, 2021.
✔ In this expo, India has deployed
the largest number of participants.
✔ It has a state-of-the-art 8,750
square meter pavilion.
✔ Showcasing ancient and future India
✔ The Indian Pavilion at the Dubai
Expo has been envisioned as a hi-tech structure.
✔ It is a civilizational confluence
of ancient India as well as future India.
✔ It is a massive four-storey
structure designed to attract people with popular exports to India including
yoga, literature, ayurveda, heritage, art, cuisine and space technology.
✔ The pavilion has been set up under
the overarching theme of 'India on the Move' and 'India the Diversity'.
✔ The face of Mahatma Gandhi is
included on both sides of the pavilion.
Adhir Arora: Who took over as the Chief
Hydrographer of the Government of India
✔ Vice Admiral Adhir Arora has taken
over as the Chief Hydrographer of the Government of India.
✔ He succeeds Vice Admiral Vinay
Badhwar, who retired on 30 September 2021.
✔ Adhir has conducted hydrographic
surveys in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) as an expert Hydrographer.
✔ He has the rare distinction of
conducting foreign collaboration surveys in Mauritius, Seychelles and Kenya.
Chacha Chaudhary: Mascot declared for Namami Gange
program
✔ Chacha Chaudhary has been declared
as the mascot of the Namami Gange program.
✔ The decision was taken in the 37th
Executive Committee meeting of National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) chaired
by Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, Director General, NMCG.
✔ NMCG has tied up with Diamond Toons
for the development and distribution of comics, e-comics and animated videos.
✔ The 'Namami Gange Programme', an
integrated conservation mission, was approved as a 'flagship program' by the
Union Government in June 2014 with a budget outlay of Rs 20,000 crore.
✔ It aims to fulfill the twin
objectives of effective eradication of pollution, conservation and rejuvenation
of National Ganga River.
Leh: World's largest Khadi national flag
inaugurated
✔ The world's largest Khadi national
flag was installed in Leh on 2 October 2021 on the occasion of the 152nd birth
anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
✔ The flag was inaugurated by Lt
Governor of Ladakh RK Mathur.
✔ The tricolor, 225 feet long and 150
feet wide, weighs about 1,000 kg.
✔ It has been prepared by 57 Engineer
Regiment of the Indian Army.
Military Nursing Service celebrated 96th Raising
Day
✔ The Military Nursing Service (MNS)
celebrated its 96th Raising Day on 1 October 2021.
✔ A permanent nursing service was
established as a part of the Indian Army on October 1, 1926.
✔ The service was named as Indian
Military Nursing Service (IMNS).
✔ The promulgation of a military
ordinance on 15 September 1943 established the MNS as a part of the Armed
Forces permanently.
NITI Aayog: 'State Nutrition Profile' report
released
✔ NITI Aayog released its “State
Nutrition Profile” report on October 1, 2021. In this report, 19 states and
union territories obtained their nutrition profiles.
✔ The State Nutrition Profile (SNP)
report includes a comprehensive compilation of important data that can
positively influence policy decisions and facilitate research in that area.
✔ It analyzes data on wasting (low
weight for height), stunting, underweight, overweight and anemia, in addition
to diabetes and high blood pressure.
✔ The SNP has been prepared by NITI
Aayog in collaboration with UNICEF, International Food Policy Research
Institute (IFPRI), Indian Institute of Population Sciences (IIPS) and Institute
of Economic Development (IEG).
✔ It provides comprehensive
information about nutritional outcomes, immediate and underlying determinants
and interventions based on rounds 3, 4 and 5 of the National Family Health
Survey (NFHS).
✔ The report highlights the country's
best and worst performing districts, the most burdened districts as well as the
top coverage districts.
✔ It has covered what is important
for children, women and men as well as identified areas where the state can
improve further.
Ministry of AYUSH: Developed “Bal Raksha Kit”
✔ All India Institute of Ayurveda
(AIIA) under Ministry of AYUSH has developed “Bal Raksha Kit” which is an
immunity boosting kit.
✔ This kit has been developed keeping
in mind the third wave of coronavirus disease.
✔ It is an immunity boosting kit to
protect children up to the age of 16 from COVID-19 infection.
✔ On the occasion of National
Ayurveda Day on 2nd November 2021, about 10,000 kits will be distributed free
of cost.
✔ This kit has been developed with
the aim of boosting the immunity of children to help them fight against
SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes the COVID-19 disease.
✔ This kit is important because there
is no COVID-19 vaccine available for children in India yet.
✔ The hair protection kit contains a
syrup made of Tulsi, Giloy, Liquorice, Cinnamon and Dried Grapes, which has
amazing medicinal properties.
✔ This kit also includes Annu Tel,
Sitopaladi and Chyawanprash.
✔ These products help in boosting the
immunity level.
✔ The kit has been developed under
the strict guidelines of the Ministry of AYUSH while it was manufactured by the
Indian Medicine Pharmaceutical Corporation Limited (IMPCL) in Uttarakhand.
AUSINDEX : India-Australia biennial maritime
exercise
✔ India and Australia participated in
the biennial maritime series titled 'AUSINDEX' on 30 September 2021.
✔ The exercise will help the Royal
Australian Navy and the Indian Navy to strengthen their “inter-operability
capability” by sharing best practices.
✔ It will also help in developing a
'common understanding of procedures for maritime security operations'.
✔ The AUSINDEX maritime exercise is
conducted alternately in India and Australia.
✔ This fourth edition is being held
in Northern Australia.
✔ The exercise is part of the
Comprehensive Strategic Partnership of 2020 between the two countries.
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