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Dear Great Ambitionists, here are today's (22nd September 2018) Important Current Affairs updates. You can download the pdf version of these current affairs from below link. Happy Reading :)
Daily Current Affairs of 22nd September 2018
International Current Affairs
- India has called off the meeting of the Indian and Pakistani Foreign Ministers scheduled in New York a day after announcing it.
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- The meeting was proposed by Pakistan's new Prime Minister Imran Khan but was cancelled in protest against the killing of policemen in Kashmir, the mutilation of a BSF jawan's body and issuance of Burhan Wani stamps by Pakistan.
- Pakistan has invited Saudi Arabia to join the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as the 3rd strategic partner.
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- Note : CPEC, a part of China's Belt and Road Initiative, aims to link Pakistan's Gwadar port with China's Xinjiang.
- Amid a rise in rape cases, Nepal has announced a ban on websites with adult content in the country.
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- Such websites promote sexual violence and perversion, the government said.
National Current Affairs
- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today announced that the state ranks 1st in the implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.
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- He said that the state has been successful in providing houses to 11 lakh poor families.
- In urban areas, this scheme has benefited over 4 lakh families.
Deaths
- Yashvir Singh, who was India's national wrestling coach when Sushil Kumar won the bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, passed away following a prolonged illness.
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- He was honored with the 'Coach of the Year' award by the International Wrestling Federation (FILA) after Sushil's 2010 World Championship gold.
- Yashvir had also mentored Olympic medallist Yogeshwar Dutt.
Banking, Business & Economic Affairs
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for a ₹13,000-crore project to revive Talcher fertiliser plant in Odisha.
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- Once commissioned, it will produce 1.27 million tonnes of neem-coated urea per annum.
- Talcher Fertilizers, a joint venture between GAIL, Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers, Coal India and Fertilizer Corporation of India, was constituted to revive the plant.
- Insurance regulator IRDAI has raised the minimum personal accident cover for owner-drivers to ₹15 lakh and has fixed the premium for the cover at ₹750 per annum.
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- Earlier, the mandatory cover was ₹2 lakh for cars and ₹1 lakh for two-wheelers.
- ICICI Bank today announced that it is going to acquire 8.85% stake in Avenues Payment India for ₹10 crore in cash.
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- Avenues Payment provides a global remittance platform catering to both business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B) market segments.
Awards & Honors
- Assamese film 'Village Rockstars' directed by Rima Das, has been announced as India's official entry for 2019 Oscars' Best Foreign Language Film category.
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- The film is about a 10-year-old girl from a village in Assam who wants to be a guitarist.
- The National Sports Awards 2018 were officialy announced.
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- Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli and weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu are going to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award- India's highest sports honour. Here is the complete list of winners :
- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2018
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- S. Mirabai Chanu – Weightlifting
- Virat Kohli – Cricket
- Dronacharya Awards 2018
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- Subedar Chenanda Achaiah Kuttappa – Boxing
- Vijay Sharma – Weightlifting
- A. Srinivasa Rao – Table Tennis
- Sukhdev Singh Pannu -Athletics
- Clarence Lobo – Hockey (Life Time)
- Tarak Sinha – Cricket (Life Time)
- Jiwan Kumar Sharma – Judo (Life Time)
- VR Beedu – Athletics (Life Time)
- Arjuna Awards 2018
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- Neeraj Chopra – Athletics
- Naib Subedar Jinson Johnson – Athletics
- Hima Das – Athletics
- Nelakurthi Sikki Reddy – Badminton
- Subedar Satish Kumar – Boxing
- Smriti Mandhana – Cricket
- Shubhankar Sharma – Golf
- Manpreet Singh – Hockey
- Savita – Hockey
- Col. Ravi Rathore -Polo
- Rahi Sarnobat – Shooting
- Ankur Mittal – Shooting
- Shreyasi Singh – Shooting
- Manika Batra – Table Tennis
- G Sathiyan – Table Tennis
- Rohan Bopanna – Tennis
- Sumit – Wrestling
- Pooja Kadian – Wushu
- Ankur Dhama – Para-Athletics
- Manoj Sarkar – Para-Badminton
- Dhyan Chand Award 2018
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- Satyadev Prasad – Archery
- Bharat Kumar Chetri – Hockey
- Bobby Aloysius – Athletics
- Chougale Dadu Dattatray – Wrestling
Sports Current Affairs
- Russia's Mikhail Youzhny, who is nicknamed 'Colonel', retired from professional tennis one win short of 500 career wins.
- The 36-year-old Youzhny won 10 tour titles and reached a career-high ranking of eighth in 2008.
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