1. Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck meets Narendra Modi in New Delhi
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The visiting Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck met the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 14 September 2022 in New Delhi .He also met the Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra and National Security Advisor, Ajit Doval.
IMPORTANT FACTS -
India Bhutan Relationship :
- India Bhutan relation is guided by 1949 treaty of Perpetual Peace and Friendship. Under this treaty India will guide Bhutan in its Foreign Affairs and will pay an annual subsidy to Bhutan . The government of India will not interfere in the internal affairs of Bhutan. The Treaty was revised in 2007.
Economic relations :
- The trade between the two countries is governed by the India-Bhutan Trade and Transit Agreement of 1972.
- India is Bhutan's largest trading partner.
- India has constructed three Hydroelectric Projects (HEPs) in Bhutan: Chukha, Kurichhu, and Tala. These power plants are operational and Bhutan exports electricity to India.
- Recently, India has completed a 720 MW Mangdechhu Hydroelectric Power Project and both sides are expediting the completion of other ongoing projects including the 1200MW Punatsangchhu-1 & 1020MW Punatsangchhu-2 .
- Bhutan was the first country to receive the Covishield vaccines under India's Vaccine Maitri Initiative.
Kingdom of Bhutan :
- It lies in South Asia and it is a member of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).
- The Bhutanese name for Bhutan, Druk Yul, means "Land of the Thunder Dragon"
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -
The King of Bhutan is also called Druk Gyalpo.
Capital : Thimphu
Currency : Ngultrum
Prime Minister : Lotay Tshering
2. Chinese President Xi Jinping on a first trip outside China in over two years
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China has announced that the Chinese President Xi Jinping will be on an official visit to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan from Sep 14 - 16 and attend the summit meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the Uzbek city of Samarkand.
IMPORTANT FACTS -
- India will take over the SCO Presidency from Uzbekistan at the summit.
- It is for the first time that President Xi is leaving China for abroad in the last two years since the onset of covid in China.
- It is not clear whether he will meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Uzbekistan on September 15-16 to attend the SCO Summit.
- Samarkand Summit would be the first in-person SCO summit since 2019.
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) :
- The Shanghai Cooperation Organization came into existence on June 15, 2001 after the expansion of the 'Shanghai Five'.
- The Shanghai Five was formed in 1996 by Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
- After the entry of Uzbekistan into the organization in the year 2001, 'Shanghai-5' was named SCO.
- In the year 2017, India and Pakistan got the status of its member.
- SCO has four observer states ;Iran, Mongolia, Belarus and Afghanistan
- It has six dialogue partner states; Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Nepal, Turkey and Sri Lanka.
Full From :
SCO : Shanghai Cooperation Organization
3. William Ruto sworn in as Kenya's president
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William Ruto was sworn in as president on September 13, following the elections held on August 9 in Kenya, which has been facing political instability for the past few years.
IMPORTANT FACTS -
- Ruto defeated longtime Leader of the Opposition Raila Odinga by a narrow margin in the election held on 9 August.
Odinga is a very popular leader in Kenya and he has contested the presidential election 5 times and this time he has to face defeat.
Odinga was the Prime Minister of Kenya from 2008 to 2013.
Ruto was the Vice President during the tenure of outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Ruto takes power in a debt-ridden country that will challenge his efforts to fulfill promises made to Kenya's poor.
About Kenya :
President - William Ruto
Capital - Nairobi
Official Languages -Swahili, English
Currency - Kenyan shilling
4. Mukul Rohatgi to be the Attorney General of India again
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Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi is set to become the Attorney General of India again. He is set to begin his second term as the country's top law officer from October 1.
IMPORTANT FACTS -
- Current Attorney General KK Venugopal's term ends on September 30, and has refused to extend his term, citing his age.
91-year-old Venugopal was appointed as the 15th Attorney General of the country on June 30, 2017, replacing Mukul Rohatgi.
Rohatgi has given his consent to assume the top post following a request from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).
Rohatgi was the Attorney General for the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government between 2014 and 2017.
Mukul Rohatgi is the son of former Delhi High Court judge, Justice Awadh Behari Rohatgi.
Rohatgi completed his law studies from Government Law College, Mumbai and started practising law.
He was nominated as Senior Advocate by the Delhi High Court in 1993 and later as Additional Solicitor General of India in 1999.
Attorney General of India :
The Attorney General of India is the top legal officer in the country.
He/She is assisted by 2 Solicitor Generals & 4 Additional Solicitor Generals.
According to the Constitution of India, Article 76 deals with the Attorney General of India and Article 165 deals with the Advocate General of the States.
Appointment - By President on Government advice
5. Army’s Kibithu base in Arunachal Pradesh renamed after first CDS, late General Bipin Rawat
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To honour the country’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) late General Bipin Rawat, the Kibithu military garrison in Arunachal was named as General Bipin Rawat garrison on 10 September 2022.
IMPORTANT FACTS -
- Kibithu is a small hamlet near Walong on the banks of the Lohit Valley in Arunachal Pradesh close to the India-China border.
- Gen Rawat commanded his Battalion 5/11 Gorkha Rifles as a Colonel at Kibithu from 1999-2000.
- The Governor of Arunachal Pradesh (Retd), Brigadier BD Mishra, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu and other senior military and civilian dignitaries were present on the occasion along with daughters of the late CDS.
- General Bipin Rawat and his wife along with senior Army and Air Force officers died in a Helicopter crash in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu 8 December 2021. He was going to the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, Tamil Nadu to address the faculty and student officers of the ‘Staff Course.
- He was the 27th Army chief and was the first Chief of Defence Staff. He was appointed to the Chief of Defence Staff post on December 31, 2019.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -
Arunachal Pradesh :
- It is the easternmost region of India. It is also called ‘Land of the Dawn-lit-Mountains’ or land of rising sun.
- It shares its International border with China, Bhutan and Myanmar.
- Arunachal Pradesh finds its mention in the literature of Kalika Purana and the great Hindu Epic Mahabharata. It is believed to be the Prabhu Mountains of the Puranas.
- It was earlier called as North East Frontier Agency (NEFA) and it was renamed as Arunachal Pradesh in 1972. It was a Union Territory.
- It became a state on 20 February 1987.
- Governor of the State: (Retd), Brigadier BD Mishra
- Chief Minister: Pema Khandu
- Capital: Itanagar
6. Army chief witnesses “Exercise Parvat Prahar” in eastern Ladakh, as India China starts disengagement in Ladakh
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The Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande who is on a two day (10&11 September) visit to Ladakh witnessed the Army war game code named “Exercise Parvat Prahar” on 10 September 2022.
IMPORTANT FACTS -
- His visit assumes significance because the disengagement process between India and China at the Gogra Heights-Hot Springs area (Patrolling Point-15), has already started in the area. The process which started on 8 September will be completed by 12 September 2022.
- Tensions arose between the two neighbouring countries in eastern Ladakh in May 2020, when China arbitrarily deployed its army in the area. India-China army came face to face at patrolling point 15 and finally led to a bloody clash in June 2020.
- Both India and China have agreed to dismantle and verify the temporary structures and other allied infrastructure created in the Gogra-Hot Springs area of the LAC in eastern Ladakh and they will go back to the area they held before the Chinese incursion.
- This disengagement process follows the sixteenth round of talks between the Corps Commanders of India and China that was held at Chushul Moldo Meeting Point (in eastern Ladakh) on July 17, 2022.
7. Eminent archaeologist B B Lal passes away
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Archaeologist Braj Basi Lal, who led an excavation at the Ramjanmabhoomi site in the mid-1970s and was honoured with the Padma Vibhushan in 2021 passed away on September 10.
IMPORTANT FACTS -
- He was the Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India between 1968 and 1972.
He has worked extensively on archaeological sites associated with the Harappan civilization and the Hindu epic Mahabharata.
He has also served on several UNESCO committees and was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the President of India in the year 2000.
He is best known for his theory of a temple-like structure beneath the now-demolished Babri Masjid.
He was born in 1921 in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh.
He developed an interest in archaeology after completing his post-graduation in Sanskrit from Allahabad University.
During more than 50 years, he worked on more than 50 books and 150 research papers published in national and international journals.
अतिरिक्त जानकारी -
His findings in the Ramjanmabhoomi site in Ayodhya :
Lal commenced a project in 1975 titled, ‘Archaeology of the Ramayana sites’.
The project was funded by ASI, Jiwaji University, Gwalior and the Department of Archeology in the Government of Uttar Pradesh.
Under this, five sites related to Ramayana were excavated, including Ayodhya, Bharadwaj Ashram, Nandigram, Chitrakoot and Shringverapur.
Under his leadership the ASI had proved the existence of an ancient temple at the site.
8. King Charles III, Britain's new monarch
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Charles Philip Arthur George, eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II was proclaimed as the King of the United Kingdom in a ceremony at the St James's Palace, London on 10 September 2022. Before becoming the King he was known as the Prince of Wales.
The new monarch of the United Kingdom is proclaimed at St James's Palace in London, in front of a ceremonial body known as the Accession Council.
IMPORTANT FACTS -
Head of the Commonwealth :
- King Charles is now officially the Head of the Commonwealth .Commonwealth is an association of 56 Independent countries .
- He is also now the Head of State of 14 countries namely; Australia, Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, Papua New Guinea, St Christopher and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -
- Prince Charles has now become Britain's monarch, and his son William has been made Prince of Wales and William's wife, Catherine, Princess of Wales.
Charles said he was given the position by his mother, Queen Elizabeth, in 1958 when he was just nine years old.
Formerly Prince of Wales, Charles is the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II. He was born in 1948.
Charles married Lady Diana Spencer on 29 July 1981, they have two sons, William and Harry.
Princess of Wales Diana was killed in a car accident in Paris in 1997, later Charles married Camilla Parker on 9 April 2005.
Charles will be succeeded by his eldest son, Prince William.
9. Gadkari calls for joint effort to achieve 5 trillion dollar economy goal
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While addressing the 41st Meeting of the Transport Development Council at Bengaluru ,Karnataka on 9 September 2022 ,Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said that both the Centre and the States should work together to transform the transport sector.
IMPORTANT FACTS -
- The 41st Transport Development Council meeting was held as part of the 3 day ‘Manthan’ organised by the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways at Bengaluru.
- Gadkari said that” In the next five years, both the Centre and the states should work together to transform the transport sector of the country to become a five trillion-dollar economy,”
- In 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi envisioned making India a $5 trillion economy and global powerhouse by 2024-25.
- He further said that efforts should be made to increase the automobile industry from 7.5 lakhs crore to 15 lakhs crore in the next 5 years enabling India as a top automobile manufacturing hub in the world.
- Ministers of Transport from Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Goa, Karnataka, Delhi and Tamil Nadu participated in the 41st Transport Development Council.
10. Indian origin Devika Bulchandani appointed as the Global CEO of Ogilvy
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The leading global advertising and public relations agency Ogilvy has named India-born American citizen Devika Bulchandani as its Global Chief Executive Officer. Ogilvy is part of the London based British multinational company WPP.
IMPORTANT FACTS -
- The Amritsar born 53 years old Bulchandani is the latest in a number of Indian origin persons taking leadership positions in multinational companies.
- Last week coffee giant Starbucks appointed Laxman Narasimhan as its chief executive.
- The list includes Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, Twitter head Parag Agrawal, Leena Nair from Chanel, IBM Group CEO Arvind Krishna, Bata CEO Gunjan Shah, and Novartis CEO Vasant Narasimhan.
