CURRENT AFFAIRS 3RD SEPTEMBER

India lift SAFF Under-15 title in Kolkata

A convincing India U-15 team thrashed Nepal 7-0 to lift the SAFF (South Asian Football Federation) U-15 title at the Kalyani Stadium in Kolkata. Striker Sridarth Nongmeikapam scored a hat-trick while Maheson Singh, Amandeep, Sibajit Singh and Himanshu Jangra scored one goal apiece.

The victory also meant that India is now the most successful team in the tournament’s history. They won the title for a record third time after previous wins in 2013 and 2017,both of which came in Nepal.

IDBI Bank introduces repo-linked home and auto loans

IDBI Bank will introduce two Repo Linked Products –Suvidha Plus Home Loan and Suvidha Plus Auto Loan from September 10. The new Home Loan and Auto Loan products will be offered to new customers having good credit score and minimum income of Rs. 6 lakh per annum.

The Suvidha Plus Home Loan will be offered for up to Rs. 75 Lakh with a tenor of up to 35 years. The Suvidha Plus Auto loan will be offered for up to Rs. 25 lakh covering the on-road price with a tenor of up to 7 years.

EC launches Electors Verification Programme

The Election Commission launched new mega Electors Verification Program (EVP) across the country. The program, which seeks to electoral rolls through crowd sourcing, will go on till 15th of October.

Under the program, a voter from each family will get a username and password, allowing a person to upload all documents related to electoral registration and tag similar details about his or her family members. The EVP program can be effected both online and offline.

Higher penalties for violating traffic rules come into force

The amended provisions of the Motor Vehicle Act, which hike the penalty for traffic rules violation have come into force from 01st September 2019. As many as 63 clauses of the Act, which correspond to an increase in the fine for traffic rule violation came into force

The fine for jumping red-light has been revised from 1,000 rupees earlier to 5,000 rupees now. Driving without wearing the seat belt, which earlier invited a fine of 100 rupees will now attract a fine of 1,000 rupees.

New Governors Appointed in 5 Indian States

A total of five governors have been appointed by President Ram Nath Kovind, including the transfer and appointment of Kalraj Mishra.

  • Kalraj Mishra, the Governor of Himachal Pradesh, was transferred and appointed as the Governor of Rajasthan. He will replace Kalyan Singh.
  • Taking over Mishra’s role as Himachal governor is former Union minister Bandaru Dattatreya.
  • Tamil Nadu BJP president Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan has been appointed as the Governor of Telangana, replacing ESL Narasimhan.
  • Bhagat Singh Koshyari has been appointed as the new Governor of Maharashtra. Koshyari will replace Vidyasagar Rao.
  • Arif Mohammed Khan has been appointed as the Kerala governor in place of P Sathasivam.

“Mega Vendor Meet 2019” held at Lucknow

Research Designs and Standards Organization organized the “Mega Vendor Meet 2019” at Lucknow. The special meet was organized to expand vendor base and spread information on greater business opportunities in Railways Sector.

Research Designs and Standards Organization is a research wing of Indian Railways.

Lt. Gen. Mukund Naravane took charge as Vice Chief of Army Staff

Lieutenant General Manoj Mukund Naravane has assumed charge as Vice Chief of the Indian Army. He succeeded Lieutenant General D. Anbu.

Before assuming charge as Vice Chief of the Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Naravane was heading the Eastern Command of the Indian Army which takes care of India’s border with China.

NOTES :

Chief of the Army Staff: General Bipin Rawat.

India ranks 9th on “Global Happiness Survey” by Ipsos

According to a “Global Happiness Survey” by Ipsos, Indian has been ranked 9th on the happiness index among 28 global markets. For India, there has been a six per cent drop (from 83 per cent in 2018 to 77 per cent in 2019).

Australia and Canada at the top spot (at 86 per cent) have emerged as the happiest nations of the world, While Russia (47 per cent) emerged at the bottom of the heap, among the 28 markets.

NOTES:

Head Quarter : Paris , France

Founded : Didier Truchot

Jasprit Bumrah becomes 3rd Indian to register hat trick in Test cricket

Indian pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah has become the third Indian to register a hat-trick in Test cricket. He took 3 wickets in 3 successive balls in the 2nd test against West Indies, held in Kingston, Jamaica. He dismissed Darren Bravo, Shamarh Brooks and Roston Chase to claim the hat trick.

This was the third test hat-trick by an Indian bowler after Harbhajan Singh and Irfan Pathan.

IPS Vivek Kumar Johri takes charge as BSF DG

IPS officer Vivek Kumar Johri took charge as the Director General (DG) of the country’s largest border guarding force, BSF. He has been serving as the Special Secretary in the external intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), under the Cabinet Secretariat. He will retire in September next year and is the 25th chief of the force.

NOTES :

Headquarters of BSF: New Delhi;

Established: 1 December 1965.


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