Magazine Current Affairs 25th and 26th September 2019 National International Sports Current Events PDF Download

Current Affairs 26th and 27th September 2019

♦ Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the President, Iran Hassan Rouhani in High-Level Segment of the 74th Session of UNGA, NewYork. Both leaders had last met at Ufa in 2015

Discussed on the operationalization of Chabahar Port and bilateral relations between two countries

Iran/ Islamic Republic of Iran Captial: Tehran

Iran Currency: Iranian rial

Iran President: Hassan Rouhani

Chabahar Port located in southeastern Iran on the Gulf of Oman

♦ Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the President, Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades in High-Level Segment of the 74th Session of UNGA, NewYork. Modi thanked the government of Cyprus for its support to India’s candidature for UNSC permanent membership and also invited President to join the International Solar Alliance.

In 2018-19, bilateral trade between India and Cyprus is at US$ 464 mn

Cyprus/ Republic of Cyprus Capital: Nicosia

Cyprus Currency: Euro

Cyprus President: Nicos Anastasiades

♦ Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the Prime Minister, New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern in High-Level Segment of the 74th Session of UNGA, NewYork and also thanked PM for accepting an invitation to participate in the event “Relevance of Gandhi in the contemporary Times” to be held on the sidelines of UNGA on 24 Sep 2019

New Zealand Captial: Wellington

New Zealand Currency: New Zealand dollar

New Zealand Prime Minister: Jacinda Ardern

♦ The President  Ram Nath Kovind presented Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards 2019 for outstanding contributions in science and technology at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on the occasion of CSIR Foundation Day

CSIR Foundation Day: 26 September 1942

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards 2019 Categories: 

Biological Sciences

• Dr. KayaratSai Krishnan
• Dr. SoumenBasak

Chemical Sciences 

• Dr. Raghavan B Sunoj 
• Dr. Tapas Kumar Maji

Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences

• Dr. Subimal Ghosh

Engineering Sciences

• Dr. ManikVarma

Mathematical Sciences

• Dr. DishantMayur Bhai Pancholi
• Dr. Nina Gupta

Medical Sciences

• Dr. Dheeraj Kumar
• Dr Mohammad Javed Ali

Physical Sciences

• Dr Aninda Sinha
• Dr Shankar Ghosh

♦ The President Ram Nath Kovind unveiled 1st Indigenous High-Temperature Fuel Cell System which developed by CSIR in partnership with Indian industries under the program “New Millennium Indian Technology Leadership Initiative (NMITLI)”

The Fuel Cells developed on HTPEM Technology which suitable for distributed stationary power applications like; for small offices, commercial units, data centers, etc.; By this new technology would replace Diesel Generating (DG) sets and help’s to reduce India’s dependence on crude oil

HTPEM: High-Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane

♦ Vice President Venkaiah Naidu presented National Tourism Awards 2017-18 on World Tourism Day (September 27) in New Delhi. A total of 76 Awards under various categories presented this year.

UNWTO as chosen India as the host country to celebrate World Tourism Day 2019 on the theme ‘Tourism and Jobs: A better future for all’

UNWTO: United Nations World Tourism Organisation

Secretary-General, UNWTO: Mr. Zurab Pololikashvili

UNWTO Headquarters: Madrid, Spain

World Tourism Day: September 27

♦ Army Chief General Bipin Rawat received the Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC) baton from outgoing Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa

Chiefs of Staff Committee, Chairman: Bipin Rawat

♦ Joint Military Exercise KAZIND-2019 fourth edition between Indian Army and Kazakhstan Army to be commenced from 02 to 15 October 2019 at Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand

KAZIND-2019, Annual Military Exercise Event to share experiences in various counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations

♦ Kishan Reddy inaugurated the 15th Formation Day of the National Disaster Management Authority, NDMA in New Delhi, the theme for this year’s Formation Day was ‘Fire Safety’.  

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs: Kishan Reddy

♦ Renuka Singh inaugurated the National Tribal Festival “Aadi Mahotsav” organized by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs at India Expo Centre, Noida. It will feature exhibition-cum-sale of tribal handicrafts, art, paintings fabric, jewelry and more

Minister of State for Tribal Affairs: Renuka Singh

TRIFED: Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India

TRIFED, Chairman: R.C. Meena

♦ Dada Saheb Phalke Foundation Awards South 2019

Best Actor: Mahesh Babu

Best Actress: Anushka Shetty