CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 4th SEPTEMBER 2022

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 4^th SEPTEMBER 2022

1. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik disbursed Rs 869 crore for the state’s 41.85 lakh farmers, under its Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme.
2. The James Webb space telescope has revealed new detail of a Phantom galaxy which is 32 million light-years away.
3. Madhya Pradesh government has decided to exempt school children from carrying bags once a week and reduce pressure on them.
4. The US has announced hosting the first-ever US-Pacific Island Country Summit. It will be held in Washington from 28 to 29 September, 2022.
5. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has topped among all Ministries and Departments in resolving Public Grievances for the month of August 2022.
6. The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) launched Pharmaceutical Database Management System 2.0 and Pharma Sahi Daam 2.0 app during the celebration of the silver jubilee on 29 August 2022.
7.  Ana Brnabic has been nominated as Prime Minister of Serbia by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to serve another term.
8.  India had launched its First indigenously-developed quadrivalent Human Papilloma Virus (qHPV) vaccine on 1 September, 2022 against Cervical Cancer.
9. On 1 September the Government of Karnataka launched the Global Startup Challenge ‘VentuISE’, to support the growth stage of start-ups in manufacturing and sustainability sectors.  
10. On 1 September 2022, Paban Kumar Borthakur, senior IAS officer, took charge as the new Chief Secretary of Assam.
11.  A new species of freshwater crab named ‘Ghatiana dvivarna’ was discovered in the central Western Ghats region around Bare in Yellapur taluk of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka.
12.  Supreme Court judge Justice DY Chandrachud has been nominated as the next executive chairperson of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA).
13.   Former chairman of Tata Sons, Cyrus Mistry has died in a road accident while en route from Ahmedabad to Mumbai.
14. Rajya Sabha Chairman and Lok Sabha Speaker jointly decided that Utpal Kumar Singh, currently holding the post of Secretary General Lok Sabha, will additionally charge the functions of CEO Sansad TV.