21 July, 2025
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” |