Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award 2021
On 26 September 1942 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award 2021 was announced on the occasion of 80th Foundation Day of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
The award is given annually to scientists below the age of 45 for their contributions to biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, medicine, engineering and Earth, atmosphere, ocean and planetary sciences.
A total of 11 scientists have been given this award this year.
list of winners
| Catagory | scientist |
| Engineering Science | Dr. Debdeep Mukhopadhyay |
| Medical science | 1. Dr. Rohit Srivastava 2. Dr. Rohit Srivastava |
| Mathematical science | 1. Dr. Anish Ghosh 2. Dr. Saket Saurabh |
| Physics | Dr. Kanak Saha |
| chemical science | 1. Dr. Kanishk Biswas 2. Dr T Govindaraju |
| Biological Science | 1. Dr. Amit Singh 2. Dr. Arun Kumar Shukla |
| Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Science | Dr. Binoy Kumar Saikia |
Establishment of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award: 1958
This award is given by CSIR in the memory of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, the founder of CSIR.
Prize amount: Rs 5 lakh
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) established: 26 September 1942
Founder: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar
Director General: Shekhar C. Mande
World Rabies Day: 28 September
World Rabies Day is celebrated across the world on 28 September every year.
Theme of World Rabies Day 2021: ‘Rabies: Facts, Not Fear’
The famous French scientist Louis Pasteur discovered the rabies vaccine.
This day is celebrated to mark his death anniversary.
For the first time this day was celebrated on 28 September 2007.
This year is the 15th edition of World Rabies Day.
Rabies is a viral disease that is transmitted to people through the saliva of infected animals (bites from animals such as dogs, cats and monkeys).
Rabies is spread by lysavirus.
India’s first rabies free state/UT: Goa
Sania Mirza and Zhang Shuai win Ostrava Open women’s doubles title
Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and her partner Zhang Shuai (China) have won the women’s doubles title at the Ostrava Open in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
She defeated Caitlin Christian (USA) and Erin Rutliff (NZ) 6-3, 6-2 in the final to win the title.
Rajasthan’s ‘Sojat Mehndi’ and Assam’s rice wine ‘Judima’ get GI tag
Recently ‘Sojat Mehndi’ of Rajasthan has been given Geographical Indication (GI) tag.
Sojat Mehndi is the 16th GI tag product from Rajasthan.
Liquor ‘Judima’ made by Dimasa community in Assam has been awarded GI tag.
This wine is made from rice and certain herbs.
GI Tags: GI tags in India are given under the Registration and Protection Act 1999.
First GI Tag: Darjeeling Tea (2004)
Time limit of GI tag: 10 years (have to be renewed after 10 years)
75 Divyangjans from 15 states were honored with Hunarbaaz Award
On the occasion of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay’s birth anniversary (Antyodaya Diwas) on 25th September, 2021 and as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, 75 Divyangjans from 15 states have been honored with Hunarbaaz Awards.
These awards have been given by the National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PR), Hyderabad under the Ministry of Rural Development.
Amrit Mahotsav of Azadi: It is an initiative launched by the Government of India to commemorate 75 years of India’s independence.
The festival will run for 75 weeks (15 August 2023) starting from 12 March 2021.
Union Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj: Giriraj Singh
North India’s largest palmetum opened in Uttarakhand
Recently, Uttarakhand’s first and North India’s largest ‘Palmetam (palm horticulture site)’ has been inaugurated in Haldwani, Uttarakhand.
More than 100 species of date palm have been planted in this palmatum.
Lt Gen Gurbirpal Singh appointed as the new Director General of National Cadet Corps (NCC)
Lt Gen Gurbirpal Singh has been appointed as the 34th Director General of the National Cadet Corps (NCC).
He succeeds Lt Gen Tarun Kumar Aich in this post.
Lt Gen Gurbirpal Singh was commissioned in the ‘Parachute Regiment’ in the year 1987.
Establishment of National Cadet Corps (NCC): 16 April 1948 (on the recommendation of Hriday Nath Kunzru Kunzru Committee)
Headquarters: New Delhi
Motto: ‘Unity and Discipline’
Debabrata Mukherjee appointed as the new Chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC)
United Breweries Chief Marketing Officer Debabrata Mukherjee has been appointed as the new chairman of the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC).
As its vice-president, Pratap G. Pawar has been appointed.
Establishment of Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC): 1948
Headquarters: Mumbai
Haryana government launched ‘Samarpan Portal’
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar launched the Samarpan Portal on 25 September 2021 on the occasion of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay’s birth anniversary (Antyodaya Diwas).
Through this portal people willing to serve the society can register themselves to serve in the field of education, skill development, sports and agriculture.
Apart from this, the Chief Minister of Haryana launched the app ‘Hunar (Haryana, Enterprise, Job and Employment- HUNAR)’.
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Dr. Nimaben Acharya became the first woman Speaker of Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Nimaben Acharya, a senior woman MLA of BJP in Gujarat has been elected as the new Speaker (Speaker) of the 14th Vidhan Sabha.
With this, she has become the first woman Speaker of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly.
Formation of Gujarat State: 01 May 1960 (Separated from Mumbai)
First woman Chief Minister of Gujarat: Anandiben Patel
Gujarat Assembly seat: 182
Gujarat Lok Sabha seat: 26
Speaker of Lok Sabha: Om Birla
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HDFC Bank adjudged ‘India’s Most Outstanding Company’ by Asiamoney
HDFC Bank has been adjudged as ‘India’s Most Outstanding Company’ by Asiamoney for the fourth year in a row.
Establishment of HDFC Bank: 1994
Headquarters: Mumbai
MD & CEO: Shashidhar Jagadeesan
‘World’s Best Digital Bank 2021’: DBS Bank (Development Bank of Singapore)
‘Most Innovative in Digital Banking’ by ‘The Banker’: DBS Bank
Book “The Battle of Rezang La” by Kulpreet Yadav
Indian author and actor Kulpreet Yadav has written his new book titled “The Battle of Rezang La”.
National Parks of India and 25 important facts related to them
Supreme Court has implemented ‘FASTER Technology’
Recently the Supreme Court of India has introduced an electronic system called “FASTER”.
‘FASTER’ means: Fast and Secure Transmission of Electronic Records.
Through this system, e-certified copies will be easily transferred from courts to jails and prisoners will not have to wait for long for their release.
Establishment of Supreme Court: 26 January 1950
48th Chief Justice: Nutalapati Venkataraman
