India's 'Largest Piggery Mission' launched in Meghalaya

• Meghalaya launched India's Biggest Piggery Project with an outlay of Rs 209 Crores. It is being launched under the aegis of Meghalaya Livestock Enterprises Advancement Society(MLEADS) and funded by the National Cooperative Development Corporation(NCDC).
• The main objective of the piggery mission is to reduce the annual import of Pork worth Rs 150 Crore and make Meghalaya self-sufficient ("Aatma Nirbhar") in Pork production over the next 3 years.
• The program will be implemented with Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) to ensure that people in villages will get benefited from it.

About Meghalaya

• Capital - Shillong
• CM Conrad Sangma
• Governor - Satya Pal Malik

Madhya Pradesh Govt re-introduces Deendayal Antyodaya Rasoi Scheme

• Madhya Pradesh Government during its 5th virtual cabinet meeting decided to reintroduce Deendayal Antyodaya Rasoi Scheme to provide nutritious and quality food to underprivileged people at a subsidized rate.
• The scheme will be implemented by the Departments of Food and Civil Supplies and Urban Development
• The amount for per plate has been increased to Rs 10 from Rs 5.

About MP

• Capital - Bhopal, CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Governor Anandiben Patel
• About Deendayal Antyodaya Rasoi Scheme
• In the name of BJP ideologue Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya, the scheme was launched in 2017 in 49 districts of the state.
• In May 2019, the scheme was discontinued due to the previous congress government.

Nagaland Govt launched its 1st 'Naga Telehealth' Tele Medicine Platform

• In order to provide quality healthcare services at the Ayushman Bharat - Health and Wellness Centers in Nagaland, S Pangnyu Phom, Nagaland Minister of Health and Family Welfare launched the state's first tele-medicine platform 'Naga Telehealth' in Kohima, Nagaland.
• It was developed by the state government in partnership with NISHTHA, a US Agency for International Development (USAID) 's health systems strengthening project, implemented by Jhpiego
• The platform enables people to connect with medical officers and specialist doctors to receive free of cost general and specialized tele-consultation at their doorstep.

About Nagaland

• Capital - Kohima CM - Neiphiu Rio, Governor - RN Ravi

Atal Innovation Mission Launches Aatma nirbhar Bharat ARISE-ANIC Initiative

• Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog launched Aatmanirbhar Bharat ANIC-ARISE Challenges(Atal New India Challenges in Applied Research and Innovation for medium and Small Enterprises) to stimulate applied research and innovation in Indian Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises and startups.
• It will be driven by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and four ministries namely Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to facilitate innovative solutions to sectoral problems.
• The ARISE-ANIC programme will support applied research-based innovations by providing funding support of up to Rs 50 lakh for speedy development of the proposed technology solution or the product.
• The main objective of the programme is to collaborate with Ministries and associated industries to catalyse research, innovation and give innovative solutions to sector problems.

Atal Innovation Mission Launches Aatma nirbhar Bharat ARISE-ANIC Initiative

• About Atal Innovation Mission (AIM)
• Mission Director - Ramanan Ramanathan
• Headquarters - New Delhi
• About Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME)
• Union Minister - Nitin Jairam Gadkari
• Minister of State (Mas) - Pratap Chandra Sarangi

Prime Minister launches PM Matsya Sampada Yojana, e-Gopala App & several initiatives in Bihar

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana, e-Gopala App for farmers in Bihar through virtual mode. He launched several initiatives in fisheries, animal husbandry dairy and agriculture sectors in Bihar.
• Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY)
• The Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) is a flagship scheme focused on sustainable development of fisheries sector in the country with an estimated investment of Rs 20,050 crores for its implementation duning a period of 5 years from FY 2020-21 to FY 2024-25 in all States / Unian Territories.
• The investment under PMMSY is the highest ever in the fisheries sector.

Prime Minister launches PM Matsya Sampada Yojana, e-Gopala App & several initiatives in Bihar

• PMSSY Implementation In Bihar
• PMSSY in Bihar will provide an investment of Rs 1390 crore with a Central Share of Rs 535 crores and the additional fish production target is 3 lakh tons.
• During the current financial year (2020-21), Government of India has sanctioned the proposal of Government of Bihar at a total project cost of Rs.107.00 crore for major components like establishment of Recirculatory Aquaculture System (RAS), construction of Biofloc ponds for aquaculture, finfish hatcheries, construction of new ponds for aquaculture , support services (Matsya Seva Kendra). and establishment of a Brood Bank.
• Other Key inaugurations related to Fisheries sector
• Fish Brood Bank - Establishment of Fish Brood Bank at Sitamarhi, and of Aquatic Disease Referral Laboratory at Kishanganj, under assistance of PMMSY.
• 'Fish on Wheels' - PM inaugurated one-unit fish feed mill at Madhepura and two units of 'Fish on Wheels' assisted at Patna under Blue Revolution.

Prime Minister launches PM Matsya Sampada Yojana, e-Gopala App & several initiatives in Bihar

• Comprehensive Fish Production Technology Center
• A Comprehensive Fish Production Technology Center at Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa,Bihar was inaugurated
• e-Gopala App
• Gopala App is a comprehensive breed improvement marketplace and information portal for direct use of farmers,
• e-Gopala app will be an online digital medium that will help the farmers to choose better quality livestock and get freedom from middlemen.

10th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers' Meeting

• Muraleedharan, Minister of State (Mos) for External Affairs attended the 10th East Asia Summit (EAS) Foreign Ministers' Meeting. The Meeting was held over a virtual platform
• The meeting was chaired by Mr. Pham Binh Minh, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
• About The East Asia Summit (EAS)
• It is the Indo-Pacific premier forum for strategic dialogue by leaders of, initially, 16 countries in the East Asian, Southeast Asia and South Asian Membership expanded to 18 countries.
• Members 18(including India and 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations-ASEAN countries)

World is getting closer to passing 1.5-degree Celsius Warming Limit as per UN 2020 Report

• As per the United Nations Science 2020 report, the second in a series that the world is nearing to pass the temperature limit set by global leaders 5 years ago(limits set in 2015 by world leaders in the Paris climate change agreement) and may exceed it in the next decade or so.
• In the next 5 year, the world has about a 1-in-4 chance to experience a year that is hot enough to keep the global temperature at 2.7 degrees (1.5 ° C) above pre-industrial times.
• It has been compiled by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), with input from the Global Carbon Project, UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO-IOC), Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), UN Environment Program (UNEP) and the Met Office.

About UN Environment Program (UNEP)

• Executive Director - Inger Andersen
• HQ - Nairobi

Razorpay launched Cash Advance, Collateral Free LOC to Increase MSME Cash Flow

• Razorpay, leading financial solutions company, launched its tech-enabled services "Cash Advance" - a collateral free line of credit for businesses to support and recover the cash flow of the capital of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
• Under the Cash Advance, the MSMEs can borrow the working capital with a credit limit of 50000 to 10 lakh through the Razorpay dashboard.
• The business can renew the Cash Advance with every 6 or 12 months with easy auto repayment options.

About Razorpay

• CEO & Co-Founder - Harshil Mathur
• HQ - Bengaluru

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance + NSDL Payments Bank to offer insurance products

• ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited (ICICI Prudential Life) has entered into a corporate agency agreement with NSDL Payments Bank, a subsidiary of NSDL (National Securities Depository Ltd), the 1st and largest depository in India.
• ICICI Prudential Life will offer its customer centric protection and savings products to the customers of NSDL Payments Bank under the agreement.

About ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited

• MD & CEO - N. S. Kannan
• Hq - Mumbai
• About NSDL Payments Bank
• HQ Mumbai
• Chairman - G. V. Nageswara Rao

AITA elected Anil Jain, Rajya Sabha member as its New President

• Anil Jain, elected member of Rajya Sabha and national general secretary was elected as the new President of All India Tennis Association (AITA) succeeding Praveen Mahajan.
• The 7 elected vice presidents of AITA includes, Hironmoy Chatterjee, Chintan N Parikh, Navneet Sehgal, Anil Khanna, Bharat N Oza, CS Sunder Raju, Vijay Amritraj, Rajan Kashyap.

Wushu Star Poonam Khatri's Silver Medal at 2019 World Championship Upgraded to Gold Medal

• Poonam Khatri who won the Silver Medal at the 15 * edition of World Wushu Championships (WWC) 2019 held at Minhang Gymnasium in Shanghai, China has now been upgraded to Gold Medal.
• Poonam is now the third Indian to win a gold in Wushu World Championship after Pooja Kadyan (2017) and Praveen Kumar (2019)
• Her Gold Medal got upgraded after Iran's Maryam Hashemi failed in her dope test. Maryam wan the gold medal in the women's Sanda event after defeating Poonam Khatri in the finals af the 75 kg category.

Himalayan Day or Himalaya Day , 9 September 2020

• Himalayan day or Himalayan day is celebrated all over India especially in Uttarakhand on 9 September to create awareness and spread on the conservation of Himalayan ecosystem.
• Vice President of India, m. Venkaiah Naidu participated in a webinar and called for an active participation of people and citizens to make the conservation of nature as a people's movement. On the occasion, Naidu was also presented a virtually copy of the book "Sanad mein Himalaya" written by Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'.
• Theme of 2020: 'Himalayas and Nature'.

About Uttarakhand

• Capital - Dehradun
• CM - Trivendra Singh Rawat
• Governor - Baby Rani Maurya