International Day of Sign Languages to be celebrated on Sept 23
– 10th IBSA (India-Brazil-South Africa Dialogue Forum) Trilateral Ministerial Commission meeting held in New York
– 106 activists of PFI (Popular Front of India) arrested in raids by National Investigation Agency (NIA) in 11 states over terror funding charges
– Minister of State for Culture Meenakshi Lekhi unveils ‘Wall of Delhi’ mural depicting 75 historical sites
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– PSU REC accorded with ‘Maharatna’ company status
– UCO Bank becomes first lender to get RBI’s approval for rupee trade
– RBI cancels licence of Solapur-based Laxmi Co-operative Bank
– Over Rs 58,000 crore in taxes lost in 2019-20 due to illicit trade in FMCG, mobile, tobacco, alcohol industry: FICCI report
– First consignment of plant-based meat products under Vegan food category exported to USA from Gujarat
– Atul Chaturvedi elected as first chairman of Asian Palm Oil Alliance
WORLD
– Global Clean Energy Action Forum-2022 being held in Pittsburgh (US) on Sept 21-22
– International Space Station gets 3 new residents (I from US, 2 Russians) after Russian Soyuz rocket launch from Kazakhstan
– US Senate ratifies international climate deal (Kigali Amendment to the 1987 Montreal Protocol on ozone pollution) to limit use of refrigerants
– Germany nationalises country’s largest gas importer Uniper for energy security against the backdrop of Russia’s gas supply freeze
– Ukraine announces high-profile prisoner swap that frees Ukrainian fighters who defended a steel plant in Mariupol during Russian siege
INDIA
– Defence Ministry signs deal for dual role (land as well as anti-ship) Surface-to-Surface BrahMos missile with BAPL (BrahMos Aerospace Pvt. Ltd)
– NCC (National Cadet Corps), UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) sign MoU in New Delhi to tackle the issue of plastic pollution
