Current Affairs Quiz - September, 2021

• IIT Roorkee, in a joint venture with National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), has built an app that can predict natural disasters.
• The app will alert about the probable natural calamities beforehand.
• The expert committee will intimate about the amount of rainfall that will be received in every area.
• The Doppler radar in Mukteshwar has started functioning and will also be set up at Surkanda Devi shortly.

• India’s market capitalisation to GDP ratio has touched a 13-year high of 122%.
• This means, the listed companies in India are worth 122 per cent of India’s latest annualised gross domestic product (GDP).
• This is the highest since December 2008, when it reached an all-time high of around 150 per cent.
• India’s current m-cap to GDP ratio is nearly 55 per cent higher than the 15-year median ratio of 79 per cent.

• Senior bureaucrat J B Mohapatra has been appointed the chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).
• Mohapatra, is a 1985-batch Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax) officer, is currently the member in the board that frames the policy for the Income Tax department.
• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of J B Mohapatra, as the Chairman of CBDT.
• After the extended tenure of incumbent P C Mody had ended, Mohapatra has been holding the additional charge of CBDT chairman since May 31.

• India’s Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Ministry of External Affairs is organising BRICS Film Technologies Symposium on 1-2 September.
• The symposium has been conducted in collaboration with FICCI in virtual format.
• India is organising the first ever BRICS Film Technology Symposium as a part of the special event planned before BRICS summit to be held in India.
• The focus of the BRICS Film Technology symposium is to acknowledge the service sector and technicians working for the film industry.

• The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is drafting a Mumbai Climate Action Plan (MCAP) to tackle climate challenges.
• BMC also recently launched a website for the same.
• The Climate Action plan focusses on six areas — sustainable waste management, urban greening and biodiversity, urban flooding and water resource management, building energy efficiency, air quality, and sustainable mobility.
• The plan is expected to be ready by November ahead of the United Nations Climate Change (COP26) conference.

• Nigeria Central Bank announced plans to launch its own digital currency named the “eNaira”.
• The Central Bank will work with Bitt Inc as a technical partner to launch its own cryptocurrency.
• Nigeria barred banks and financial institutions from dealing in or undertaking transactions in cryptocurrencies, earlier.
• eNaira would operate as a wallet against which customers can hold existing funds in their bank account.

• Slovenia currently holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union.
• External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met Slovenian President Borut Pahor and discussed the challenges facing India and the European Union.
• The Minister is set to visit Slovenia, Croatia and Denmark to boost bilateral ties and strengthen India’s cooperation with the EU.
• Slovenia has invited Jaishankar to attend the informal meeting of the foreign ministers of the EU states.
• Jaishankar will also attend the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF) being held in Slovenia.

• The Department of School Education & Literacy has decided to celebrate Shikshak Parv-2021 from 5th September till 17th September 2021.
• This event will be held through virtual mode.
• President Ram Nath Kovind will confer the awards to 44 Awardees, on 5th September, 2021 through virtual mode.
• The National Awards to Teachers were first instituted in 1958 to recognize excellence and commitment of teachers working in elementary and secondary schools.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan and former Governor of RBI Manmohan Singh is also a member of the committee.

The device uses LED and photodiode sensor combination to track micro organism and bacteria growth. This device would be used by astronauts to carry out biological experiments in outer space during mission ‘Gaganyaan’ which is India’s first crewed spacecraft.