CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 2nd SEPTEMBER 2022
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World Coconut Day is celebrated on 2 September every year. The World Coconut Day theme for this year is “Growing Coconut for a Better Future and Life”.
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Ministry of Women and Child Development is celebrating the 5th Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2022 across the nation from 1 September to 30 September. The central theme of Poshan Maah 2022 is “Mahila aur Swasthya” and “Bacha aur Shiksha”.
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Dr Ashutosh Raravikar has authored a new book titled ‘Indian Banking in Retrospect – 75 years of Independence’. He is currently the Director of the Department of Economic and Policy Research (DEPR), RBI.
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The Rajasthan government has come up with its electric vehicle policy to encourage the purchase of electric vehicles in the state.
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The Sri Lankan government and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a preliminary agreement for a loan of 2.9 billion dollars.
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Home Minister Amit Shah launched the Central Armed Police Forces’ eAwas web-portal in New Delhi on 1 September, 2022.
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Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) under the Ministry of Electronics and IT successfully designed and conducted the Cyber Security Exercise ‘Synergy’ for 13 countries in August 2022.
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PM Modi laid the foundation stone for the second phase of the Kochi Metro project on 1 September, 2022.
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Yamuna Kumar Chaubey took over as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of NHPC on 1 September, 2022.
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Apeksha Fernandes became the first Indian woman to reach the final of the World Junior Swimming Championships on 31 August, 2022.
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A multilateral strategic and command military exercise ‘Vostok’ commenced on 1 September, 2022 in Russia.
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Minister of State for AYUSH, Munjpara Mahendrabhai Kalubhai unveiled a book titled ‘Science behind Surya-namaskar’, in August 2022.
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Nuakhai is an annual harvest festival in Odisha. Nuakhai is celebrated to welcome the approaching new season and welcome the season’s new rice.
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The World’s largest religious monument is expected to cost $100 million and replace Cambodia’s 400-acre-large Angkor Wat temple complex.
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Rajesh Kumar Srivastava has been appointed as the new interim chairman of ONGC.