International Day of Charity: 05 September
International Day of Charity is celebrated by the United Nations on 05 September every year.
This day is celebrated on the death anniversary of Mother Teresa.
She died on 5 September 1997.
Mother Teresa: Mother Teresa was born on 26 August 1910 in Skopje, Macedonia.
Her real name was Agnes Gonza Boyajiju.
She took Indian citizenship in the year 1948.
Mother Teresa founded the ‘Missionaries of Charity’ (Kolkata) in 1950.
She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour, in 1980.
India ranked 24th in Tokyo Paralympics 2020 with 19 medals (5 gold, 8 silver and 6 bronze)
The Tokyo Paralympics 2020 was held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, the capital of Japan.
India ranked 24th out of 162 countries.
Top Place: China (207 medals)
2nd place: United Kingdom (124 medals)
3rd place: America (104 medals)
Indian players put up a historic performance, winning a total of 19 medals (5 Gold, 8 Silver and 6 Bronze).
Earlier it was India’s best performance at the Rio Paralympics (2016), where India won a total of 4 medals.
List of Indian medal winners in Tokyo Paralympics 2020:
| S.NO. | player | Play | medal |
| 1. | Avani Lekhra (India’s first gold in Tokyo Paralympics) | Shooting | Gold |
| 2. | Manish Narwal | Shooting | Gold |
| 3. | Sumit Antil (Throwing a world record of 68.55 meters in the final) | javelin throw | Gold |
| 4. | Pramod Bhagat (First Indian to win gold in Paralympic badminton event) | Badminton (Men’s Singles) | Gold |
| 5. | Krishna Nagar (Second Indian shuttler to win gold in Paralympic badminton event) | Badminton (Men’s Singles) | Gold |
| 6. | Bhavina Patel (Primera jugadora paralímpica india en ganar una medalla en tenis de mesa) | Tenis de mesa (individual femenino) | Silver |
| 7. | Nishad KUmar (Dallas Wise of America also won the silver medal in the same event.) | high jump | Silver |
| 8. | Mariyappan Thangavelu (Gold medalist at the Rio Paralympics (2016)) | high jump | Silver |
| 9. | Yogesh Kathuniya | discus throw | Silver |
| 10. | Devendra Jhanjharia (India’s record of winning gold twice in Athens Paralympics (2004) and Rio (2016) Paralympics) | javelin throw | Silver |
| 11. | Praveen Kumar | high jump | Silver |
| 12. | Suhas Yathiraj (District Magistrate of Noida) | Badminton | Silver |
| 13. | Sinharaj Adhana | Shooting | Silver |
| 14. | Avanil Lekhra (First Indian woman player to win two medals in the same Paralympics) | Shooting | Bronze |
| 15. | Sharad Kumar | high jump | Bronze |
| 16. | Harvinder Singh (First Indian to win a medal medal in Archery) | archery | Bronze |
| 17. | Manoj Sarkar | badminton | Bronze |
| 18. | Sundar Singh Gurjar | javelin throw | Bronze |
| 19. | Sinharaj Adhana (Second medal in the same Paralympics) | Shooting | Bronze |
Tokyo Paralympic 2020 Mascot: Someity
India’s 54-member contingent at the Paralympic Games, participated in 9 sports disciplines.
It was the largest party ever in India.
Flag bearer at Tokyo Paralympic opening ceremony: Tekchand (javelin thrower)
Flag bearer at the closing ceremony: Avni Lekhara
Indian Theme Song of Paralympics 2020: “Kar De Kamal Tu” (Composer & Singer: Sanjeev Singh)
Tokyo Paralympics 2020 closing ceremony titled: ‘Harmonious Cacophony’
This time the Tokyo Paralympics included two sports Badminton and Taekwondo.
Beginning of the Paralympic Games: 1960
India participated in the Tel Aviv Paralympics (1968) for the first time.
Total medals won by India in Paralympics: 31 (including 19 medals won at Tokyo Paralympics 2020)
President of Paralympic Committee of India (PCI): Deepa Malik
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National Teacher’s Day: 05 September
National Teacher’s Day is celebrated in India on 05 September every year
This day is celebrated on 5th September, the birthday of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan: Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was the country’s second President ((1952–1962)) and the first Vice-President (1962–1967).
First recipient of India’s highest civilian award ‘Bharat Ratna’: Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (with C. Rajagopalachari, CV Raman in the year 1954)
The ‘National Teacher Awards’ are given by the Union Ministry of Education every year on the occasion of National Teacher’s Day.
National Awards will be given to 44 teachers this year.
International Teacher’s Day: 5 October
PM Modi released a commemorative coin of Rs 125 on the 125th birth anniversary of Swami Prabhupada
International Monetary Fund (IMF) increased India’s quota of Special Drawing Rights (SDR)
Recently the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has increased the quota of Special Drawing Rights (SDR) for India.
IMF has increased the SDR quota for India to 12.57 billion (about US$ 17.86 billion).
Special Drawing Right (SDR): It is an alternative reserve currency for its member countries issued by the IMF in 1969.
Through this, member countries can freely conduct foreign exchange transactions among themselves.
Establishment of International Monetary Fund (IMF): July, 1944
Headquarters: Washington DC, US
Managing Director: Christine Lagarde
Member Countries:189
Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player in the world to score the most international goals
Bilateral Maritime Exercise “SIMBEX – 2021” held between Singapore and India
The annual bilateral maritime exercise “SIMBEX – 2021” was held between the navies of Singapore and India from September 02 to 04, 2021.
This is the 28th edition of the exercise conducted by the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN).
Capital of Singapore: Singapore
Currency: Singapore dollar
President: Halim Yacoub
Prime Minister: Lee Hsien Loong
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chairs 24th meeting of FSDC
Recently, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chaired the 24th meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC).
Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) constituted: December 2010
Chairman: Finance Minister (Nirmala Sitharaman)
The FSDC sub-committee is chaired by the RBI Governor.
RBI Governor: Shaktikanta Das
Ladakh declares snow leopard as state animal and black-necked crane as state bird
Narendra Modi becomes world’s most popular leader according to survey by The Morning Consult
According to a survey by American intelligence company ‘The Morning Consult’, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become the world’s most popular leader, surpassing 13 heads of state.
Top 05 Rating:
| head of state | Country | approval rating |
| Narendra Modi | India | 70% |
| Lopez Obrador | Maxico | 64% |
| Mario Draghi | Itli | 63% |
| Angela Merkel | Germany | 53% |
| Joe Biden | America | 48% |
इस सर्वे में सबसे अंतिम स्थान (13) पर जापान के प्रधानमंत्री योशीहिदे सुगा हैं जिनकी अप्रूवल रेटिंग 25% है।
India becomes world’s third largest unicorn ecosystem
Recently Hurun India Future Unicorn List 2021 has been released by Hurun Research Institute.
According to this list, India has become the third largest unicorn/startup ecosystem in the world.
At present there are a total of 51 unicorn startups in India.
The US (396 unicorn startups) topped the list.
China ranks second with 277 unicorn startups.
Unicorn: The term unicorn was first developed in 2013 by Ellen Lee, a world renowned venture capitalist.
Unicorns are said to be such initial private companies whose value is more than one billion dollars.
Book “A Rude Life: The Memoir” by Veer Sanghvi
Indian journalist and author Veer Sanghvi has authored a book titled “A Rude Life: The Memoir”.
Which is published by Penguin Random House.
Cyrus Poncha appointed as the new Vice President of Asian Squash Federation (ASF)
Cyrus Poncha, general secretary of the Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI), has been elected as the new vice-president of the Asian Squash Federation (ASF).
Cyrus Poncha is the third Indian to become the Vice President of the Asian Squash Federation (ASF).
Establishment of Asian Squash Federation (ASF): 1980
Headquarters: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Secretary General: Duncan Chiu
President: David Y.Y. muis
Nutrition Month: 01 to 30 September 2021
The Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Smriti Zubin Irani has decided to observe the entire month of September (from 01 to 30 September 2021) as the fourth nutrition month.
As part of this campaign, Smriti Irani inaugurated ‘Nutri Garden’ at All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), New Delhi.
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