MeitY banned 118 Chinese Mobile Apps

• Ministry of Electronics and Information & Technology banned 118 Chinese Mobile Applications.
• The mobile applications have been banned as they were found to be harmful to the Sovereignty, Integrity. Defense of India and Public Order.
• The apps have been banned under section 69A of the Information Technology Act read with the relevant provisions of the Information Technology (Procedures and Safeguards for Blocking of Access by Information by Public) Rules 2009.
• Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Center. under the Ministry of Home Affairs had sent a recommendation to the Ministry of Electronics and Information & Technology for concerns of Data Security

About Ministry of Electronics & IT

• Union Minister - Ravi Shankar Prasad
• Shri Vallabh Pittie International Group => MoU with Rajasthan Govt to invest Rs. 4,000 crore in various sectors
• Rajasthan government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Shri Vallabh Pittie (SVP) International Group to develop projects for textile, defense and aerospace, which includes aircraft Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility, aviation academy.
• Through this MoU, SVP will invest Rs 4000 crore for these projects.

About Rajasthan

• Capital - Jaipur CM Ashok Gehlot
• Governor - Kalraj Mishra

Sikkim celebrated Pang Lhabsol which is a festival of Cultural Heritage and Historical Importance

• Pang Lhabsol, a festival of cultural heritage and historical importance is one of the most historically and culturally significant festivals celebrated annually by Sikkim people.
• This festival is celebrated only in this state. It commemorates the blessing of Mount Khangchendzonga as the guardian deity of Sikkim.
• The festival aims to pay tribute to Mount Khangchendzonga, the guardian deity of Sikkim which is believed to have been protecting this sacred land since ages.

About Sikkim

• Capital - Gangtok, CM - Prem Singh Tamang, Governor - Ganga Prasad

AP Government signs MoU with CSIR-IICT to set up Bulk Drug Pharma Park

• Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Ltd (APIIC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-ICT) to set up a Bulk Drug Park (BDP) in the state.
• The park will be set up in a minimum of 2,000 acres al a cost of Rs 6,940 crores in East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh.
• It is being set up under the BDPS scheme of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Department of Pharmaceuticals, Government of India.

AP Government signs MoU with CSIR-IICT to set up Bulk Drug Pharma Park

About Andhra Pradesh

• Capital - Amaravati
• CM-Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy
• Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan

About CSIR

• Director General - Shekhar C Mande
• Headquarters - New Delhi

Aveek Sarkar Elected as the New Chairman of PTI; succeeds Vijay Kumar Chopra

• Aveek Sarkar Editor Emeritus and Vice Chairman of Ananda Bazar Group of Publication elected as the new Chairman of PTI.
• He will succeed Vijay Kumar Chopra, Chief Editor of the Punjab Kesari Group of Newspapers.

About PTI

• HQ - New Delhi
• Editor-in-chief - Vijay Joshi

ACC approved restructuring of the Indian Railways and appointed first ever CEO of IR

• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the organizational restructuring of the Indian Railways, which includes the merger of eight Group A services and also approved the appointment af the current chairman of the Railway Board VK Yadav as the first ever CEO of IR .
• Along with the CEO post he also holds the chairman post,
• Union Cabinet has already given a nad fad the restructuring of Indian Railways in December 2019. 
• The 8 Group A services will be consolidated into a central service called the Indian Railway Management Service.
• The Indian Railway Medical Service (IRMS) will be renamed the Indian Railway Health Service (IRHS).
• After this restructuring process, now Indian Railways has five member railway board, which includes CEO along with four members who are responsible under Infrastructure. Operations & Business Development, Rolling Stock and Finance.
• In addition to VK Gupta, 4 others have been appointed namely:
• Pradeep Kumar - Member, Infrastructure
• PC Sharma - Member, Traction and Rolling Stock
• PS Mishra - Member, Operations and Business Development Manjula Rangarajan - Member, Finance,

ACC approved restructuring of the Indian Railways and appointed first ever CEO of IR

• 3 apex level post surrendered
• According to the decision of the cabinet, with this rearrangement three apex level posts, namely; Member (Staff), Member (Engineering) and Member (Materials Management) in the Railway Board have been surrendered.

Pope Francis's New Book "Let Us Dream" to release in December 2020

• Pope Francis is set to release the book "Let Us Dream" in December 2020. The book will be an outcome of numerous exchanges between Pope Francis and his biographer Austen Ivereigh in the weeks following the Coronavirus outbreak around the world.

India ranks 48th in the 13th Edition of Global Innovation Index 2020 released by WIPO

• For the first time, India joined the group of top 50 countries in the 13th edition of Global Innovation Index (GH) 2020, as it took the 48th rank with a score of 35.59 in the annual report jointly released by World Intellectual Property Organization, Cornell University and INSEAD Business School
• The Theme of the 13th edition of the GII 2020 is "Who Will Finance Innovation?"

India ranks 48th in the 13th Edition of Global Innovation Index 2020 released by WIPO

• A total of 131 countries were analyzed under the Gl before arriving at the rankings.
• India occupied the 52nd position in 2019, and 81st in the year 2015.
• Indicators: The indicators for Gl include institutions, human capital and research, infrastructure, market sophistication and business sophistication, knowledge and technology outputs and creative outputs.

About WIPO

• The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is a global forum for intellectual property policy services, information and cooperation. It is a special agency of the United Nations and assists 193
• member states to develop IP legal framework to meet the society's evolving needs.
• Director General - Daren Tang (Singapore)
• Headquarters - Geneva, Switzerland

IISC Bengaluru tops among 63 Indian Institutes in the World University Ranking 2021

• UK based Times Higher Education (THE) released the World University Rankings 2021.
• Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru rank under the 301-350 group ranking tops among the 63 Indian institutions which were qualified for the THE rankings.
• IIT Ropar which is under the 351-400 group rankings and IISc Bengaluru are the only Indian institutes in the world top 400 Universities
• University of Oxford of UK was seen tops in the list.

Overall Top 3 Institutes -

• University of Oxford England UK -1st rank
• Stanford University, California, UK-2nd rank
• Harvard University, Massachusetts, US- 3rd rank

IISc Bengaluru tops among 63 Indian Institutes in the World University Ranking 2021

• Indian Top 3 Institutes
• Institute-rank
• Indian Institute of Science (IISc)Bengaluru 301–350
• Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar 351-400,
• Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Indore 401-500
• The rankings are made based on 13 performance indicators that measure the performance of the institute across 4 areas which are, teaching, research. knowledge transfers and international outlook. Ranking includes around 1500 universities from 93 countries and regions.
• Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi; King George's Medical University. Lucknow and the Mahatma Gandhi University, Delhi ranked the highest among the institutes that debuted in the THE ranking in 601-800 group

Mustapha Adib Appointed as the New Prime Minister of Lebanon

• Presidency of Lebanon appointed the Lebanon ambassador to Germany Mustapha Adib as the New Prime Minister
• He replaced Hassan Diab, who resigned amid the economic crisis due to the aftermath of the blast in the Beirut port.

About Lebanon

• President - Michel Aoun
• Prime Minister - Mustapha Adib
• Capital - Beirut
• Currency - Lebanese Pound

SIDBI + Maharashtra Signed Pact to Develop MSME Ecosystem

• Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has inked Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Government of Maharashtra to develop the micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) ecosystem in the state. This decision has been taken on the lines of the recommendations of the Upendra Kumar (UK) Sinha Committee on MSMEs set up by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) envisaged more focused engagement of SIDBI with State Governments for MSME promotion and development.
• SIDBI + Maharashtra Signed Pact to Develop MSME Ecosystem

About SIDBI

• CMD - Mohammad Mustafa
• Headquarter - Lucknow

About Maharashtra

• Capital - Mumbai
• Chief Minister - Uddhav Bal Thackeray
• Governor - Bhagat Singh Koshyari

RBI Approved the Appointment of Murali Ramakrishnan as MD & CEO of South Indian Bank

• RBI approved the appointment of Murali Ramakrishnan as the new MD & CEO of the South Indian Bank, Kerala for a period of 3 years with effect from 1st October 2020. He replaced V. G. Mathew whose tenure will be completed on 30th September 2020.

About South Indian Bank

• Headquarters - Thrissur, Kerala
• Tagline - Experience Next Generation Banking

S Krishnan Appointed as MD & CEO of Punjab & Sind Bank; Replaces S Harishankar

• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved the appointment of S Krishnan as the MD & CEO of Punjab & Sind Bank.
• He will replace S Harishankar

About Punjab & Sind Bank

• Non-Executive Chairman - Dr Charan Singh
• HQ - New Delhi
• Tagline - Where Service is a Way of Life

Adani Group will purchase 74% Stake in Mumbai International Airport Limited

• Adani Airport Holdings Limited (AAHL), holding company of Adani Group for its airports business (and a subsidiary of Adani Enterprises Limited - "AEL": collectively called "Adani") has entered into an agreement to acquire 74% in Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) or Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport
• Through the agreement, AAHL will acquire the debt of current promoter GVK group and buy out minority shareholders.
• MIAL is a joint venture (JV) between the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and GVK Industries. Airport Company of South Africa (ACSA) holds 10% and Bidvest Group holds 13.5% in MIAL.
• Adani Group will purchase 74% Stake in Mumbai International Airport Limited

About Adani Group

• Chairman - Gautam Adani
• HQ - Ahmedabad

About Airports Authority of India

• Chairman - Arvind Singh
• HQ-New Delhi

International Day of Charity 2020 → 5th September

• UN International Day of Charity is observed annually on September 5, to raise awareness about the role of charity to ease poverty and hunger. September 5 was chosen to commemorate the death anniversary of Mother Teresa of Calcutta (Saint Teresa of Calcutta, Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu), who was the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.
• International Day of Charity
• The day promotes and recognizes charity, charitable organizations & individuals around the word including the work of Mather Teresa) whose role has eased humanitarian crises and suffering in the world and has contributed to create more inclusive and resilient societies.
• The day also aims to stimulate and mobilize people, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and stakeholders around the world to help others through volunteer and philanthropic activities.
• The 19 day was celebrated in 2013.

National Teachers Day 2020 → 5th September

• India celebrates 5h September of every year as the National Teachers day to honor the roles of teachers in shaping the future of the nation. The day is marked on the birth anniversary of India's former President Bharat Ratna Awardee, renowned teacher and philosopher Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan who was born on 5th September 1888.
• The first National Teacher's Day was celebrated in 1962.
• Radhakrishnan hails from Tiruttani, Madras Presidency (now Tamil Nadu). He served as the first Vice President of India from 1952 to 1962. He became the second President of India in 1962 and served till 1967.