Monthly Current Affairs September 2021

1.  Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has introduced a new registration mark for new vehicles i.e. “Bharat series (BH-series)”.
2. The Reserve Bank of India has increased the limit of fund transfer under the Indo-Nepal Remittance Facility Scheme from Rs 50,000 per transaction to Rs 2 lakh per transaction. 
3. Army Sports Institute (ASI), Pune stadium renamed as “Neeraj Chopra Stadium”.
4. The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has launched the mobile application of its digital paperless solution, ANANDA, for LIC agents.
5. Max Verstappen (Red Bull – Netherlands) has been declared the winner of the Belgian Grand Prix 2021.
6. The world’s highest movie theatre has been inaugurated in Ladakh.
7. Indian shooter Singhraj Adana has won the bronze medal in the P1 Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 final.
8. India’s Mariyappan Thangavelu has won the silver medal in men’s high jump (T63) at the Tokyo Paralympics.
9. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras developed digital platform, named as ‘e-Source,’ which will act as an exchange platform, to serve as an online marketplace for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment.
10. The Union Territory of Ladakh has declared snow leopard (Panther unica) as the new state animal and black-necked crane (Grus nicricollis) as the new state bird.
11. Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually released a special commemorative coin of Rs 125 to mark the 125th birth anniversary of ISKCON founder Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
12. In Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha launched a Rural Enterprises Acceleration Programme titled ‘Saath’ for Self Help Group (SHG) women. 
13. Mexican photographer Alejandro Prieto has emerged as the winner of the Bird Photographer of the Year (BPOTY) 2021. 
14. Pankaj Kumar Singh has taken charge as the new Director General (DG) of the Border Security Force.
15. Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID), has been awarded Association for Talent Development 2021 BEST Award.
16. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has made an allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDR) 12.57 billion to India. 
17. University of Oxford in United Kingdom has topped the list of top universities for the sixth consecutive year.
18. Indian para-athlete Praveen Kumar claimed a silver medal in the men’s high jump T64 event at Tokyo Paralympics and set a new Asian record.
19. AvaniLekhara has now won a Bronze Medal for the country at the Paralympics Games in Tokyo.
20. India has become the first country in Asia to launch a Plastics Pact.
21. The 28th edition of Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX) took place.
22. The Ministry of AYUSH has launched a campaign titled ‘AYUSH AAPKE DWAR’, which aims to distribute medicinal plant saplings to 75 lakh households in one year.
23. India finished Tokyo Paralympics 2020 with 19 medals which includes five gold, eight silver, and six bronze.
24. Max Verstappen (Red Bull – Netherlands) has won the formula one Dutch Grand Prix 2021.
25. S.L.Tripathy has been selected as the Chairman-cum-Managing Director of the United India Insurance Company Limited.
26. Tamil Nadu state government has announced to setup India’s first dugong [sea cow] conservation reserve.
27. India’s first building made of bio-bricks from agro-waste has been inaugurated at IIT Hyderabad. 
28. The 4th edition of AUSINDEX, a bilateral navy exercise between the Indian Navy and the Royal Australian Navy has begun.
29. Actress Tamannaah Bhatia launched her book ‘Back to the Roots’.
30. Equitas Small Finance Bank (ESFB) has roped in Indian women hockey player, Rani Rampal and cricketer Smriti Mandhana as the brand ambassadors of the company. 
31. Writer and Festival Director, NamitaGokhale was awarded the 7th YaminHazarika Woman of Substance Award 2021.
32. The Andhra Pradesh government has appointed Rajnish Kumar as its economic advisor.
33. Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has been appointed as India’s Sherpa for the G20.
34. The Government has appointed G.S. Pannu as Officiating President of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal.
35. The Union Minister of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav launched a portal named PRANA, for regulation of air pollution in 132 cities.
36. IIT Madras has topped the overall category ranking of the NIRF India Rankings 2021.
37. Emergency Landing Facility for choppers on a National Highway in Rajasthan was inaugurated. 
38. The world’s largest plant designed to capture carbon dioxide out of the air began its operations in Iceland.
39. China successfully launched a new Earth observation satellite, Gaofen-5 02.
40. El Salvador became the first country in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender.
41. Iqbal Singh Lalpura has been appointed chairman of the National Commission for Minorities.
42. Yahoo, has named Jim Lanzone as its new chief executive officer.
43. India and Australia are undertaking their first-ever 2+2 ministerial dialogue.
44. India’s largest open-air fernery has been inaugurated in Ranikhet of Uttarakhand.
45. India’s first nuclear-missile tracking ship, named INS Dhruv, has been commissioned from Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.
46. Bhupendra Patel has been chosen as the new Chief Minister of Gujarat.
47. Daniel Ricciardo has won the Formula One Italian Grand Prix 2021.
48. Chhattisgarh launched ‘Millet Mission’, which aims to provide proper price rate to farmers for minor cereal crops.
49. Haryana has topped among all other states of the country in terms of installation of off-grid solar pumps under PM-KUSUM.
50. Aziz Akhannouch has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Morocco.
51. Justice M. Venugopal has been appointed as the new Acting Chairperson of the appellate tribunal, National Company Law Appellate Tribunal.
52. Skyroot Aerospace has become the first private company to formally enter into an agreement with the Indian Space Research Organisation.
53. Paytm Payments Bank Ltd (PPBL) has launched India’s first FASTag-based metro parking facility.
54. Tata Steel has commissioned India’s first carbon capture plant that extracts CO2 directly from the blast furnace gas, at its Jamshedpur Works.
55. Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.
56. India is set to host the first-ever Global Buddhist Conference.
57. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has launched ‘Project Udaan’, a language translator.
58. In Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha launched a new mission called ‘One Gram Panchayat-One DIGI-Pay Sakhi’.
59. Alka Nangia Arora has been appointed as the Chairman cum Managing Director of the National Small Industries Corporation Ltd.
60. Nagaland’s first and India’s 61st Software Technology Park of India centre was inaugurated at Kohima.
61. Department of Justice under the Ministry of Law and Justice has launched the “EkPahal" campaign to encourage mass registration under Tele-Law. 
62. Sirarakhong chilly and Tamenglong Orange have received the Geographical Index (GI) tag for Manipur.
63. Pankaj Advani of India won the Asian Snooker Championship 2021.
64. The Government of Sikkim has declared ‘Cooper Mahseer’ locally named as ‘Katley’ as the state fish. 
65. India has been ranked at 46th place in the Global Innovation Index 2021.
66. The Crown has won the outstanding drama series at the 2021 Emmy Award.
67. USA topped the Global Innovation Index.
68. The International Astronomical Union has named a crater at the Moon’s south pole after the Arctic explorer Matthew Henson.
69. Hungary has unveiled the statue of Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto.
70. The Government of India has approved the appointment of Air Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari as the next Chief of the Air Staff.
71. Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has won the third term to serve as the PM of the country.
72. Facebook India has appointed former IAS officer Rajiv Aggarwal as the Director of Public Policy.
73. Nagaland's "sweet cucumber" was awarded a geographical identification.
74. Supreme Court of India has approved an electronic system named FASTER (Fast and Secured Transmission of Electronic Records).
75. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Great Britain), has won the F1 Russian Grand Prix.
76. Lieutenant General Gurbirpal Singh has taken charge as the 34th Director General of National Cadet Corps.
77. England cricket all-rounder Moeen Ali has announced his retirement from the Test match career.
78. DRDO carried successful maiden test flight of a new version of the Akash Missile named ‘Akash Prime’.
79. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India, G C Murmu has been selected as the external auditor of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
80. Assam's homemade rice wine Judima receives GI Tag.