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GK Update

Fri 15 Sep, 2023

National 

OIML Certificates

  • India has become the 13th country in the world that can issue Internationally Accepted OIML (International Organisation of Legal Metrology) Certificates
OIML
Estd: 1955
HQ: Paris 

Railway projects worth around Rs 6,350 crores

  • PM Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation several rail sector projects worth around Rs 6,350 crore in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh.
Chhattisgarh
Capital: Raipur 

 National Judicial Data Grid platform

  •  Chief Justice of India announced that Supreme Court of India will come under the National Judicial Data Grid platform which provides tracking of pendency of cases.
Chief Justice of India
DY Chandrachud 

 Network Planning Group Meeting

  • 55th Network Planning Group Meeting under PM GatiShakti recommended six infrastructure projects.
  • Three Railways projects and three Roadways projects with a total project cost of more than Rs. 14,000 Crore were assessed.
PM GatiShaktiLaunched: 2021 
Launched: 2021 

Swachhata Special Campaign 3.0 Portal

  •  Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh launched the Swachhata Special Campaign 3.0 Portal.

International

India-Mongolia

  • Secretary (East) Saurabh Kumar concluded his three-day visit to Mongolia.
  • Both countries exchanged views on regional and international issues of mutual interest.
Mongolia
Capital: Ulaanbaatar
Currency: Mongolian Tugrik 

Defence

Indo-Pacific Army Chiefs' Conclave

 

  • Indian Army Chief invited his Bangladesh counterpart to attend Indo-Pacific Army Chiefs' Conclave (IPAC) to be held in Delhi.
Indian Army Chief: General Manoj Pande 
Bangladesh Army Chief: General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed 

Science & Tech

 Aditya L1

  •  Aditya L1 successfully undergoes fourth earth-bound manoeuvre.
  •  Aditya-L1 is the first Indian space-based observatory to study the Sun from a halo orbit around the first Sun-Earth Lagrangian point (L1)
ISRO
HQ: Bengaluru
Founded: 1969 

Person in News

Pawan Kumar Sain

  • Election Commission of India has approved the name of Pawan Kumar Sain for the appointment as the Chief Electoral Officer, Arunachal Pradesh.

 Miscellaneous

'Brands of India' initiative

 

  • Clothing Manufacturers Association of India (CMAI) launched the "Brands of India" initiative in Dubai.
  • The initiative serves to showcase India's most prominent apparel brands on the international stage.
President of CMAI
Rajesh Masand 

Doordarshan Foundation Day

 

  • Doordarshan was started on 15th September,1959 with the name of India Television, which was later named Doordarshan.
Regular daily broadcasting: 1965
National broadcasting: 1982 

 Engineers’ Day 

 

  • Engineers’ Day is observed every year on September 15 across India to celebrate the birth anniversary of M Visvesvaraya
Theme
'Engineering for a Sustainable Future' 

International Day of Democracy

 

  •  International Day of Democracy is celebrated on September 15.
  •  It was officially designated in 2007 via a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
Theme
“Empowering the Next Generation” 

 

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