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Current Affairs 01 September 2019

New Governors Appointed for 5 States

The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind has approved the appointment of new Governors of 5 states on September 01, 2019.
Following are the new Governors List
- Maharashtra – Bhagat Singh Koshyari (Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister)
- Kerala – Arif Mohammed Khan
- Himachal Pradesh – Bandaru Dattatraya
- Rajasthan – Kalraj Mishra
- Telangana – Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan

Lt Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane Takes Charge as Vice Chief of the Army Staff

Lt Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane assumed the charge of Vice Chief of the Army Staff (VCOAS) on 1 September 2019.
He succeeds Lt Gen Devraj Anbu who superannuated on 31 August 2019.
Prior to this, Lt Gen Naravane was the incharge of the Eastern Command of the Indian Army.

September Month Being Celebrated as ‘Rashtriya Poshan Maah’ With the Theme Complimentary Feeding

The Government of India has decided to observe the entire month of September as the ‘Rashtriya Poshan Maah’ (National Nutrition Month) beginning September 01, 2019.
The theme for 2019 celebrations is Complimentary Feeding.
Through the Poshan month celebrations, government aims to take the message of nutrition to every nook and corner of the country to focus on complimentary food, treatment and prevention from infections in children.

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu Inaugurates India’s Longest Electrified Rail Tunnel in Andhra Pradesh

Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu dedicated India’s longest electrified rail tunnel between Cherlopalli and Rapuru and the electrified railway line between Venkatachalam and Obulavaripalli in Andhra Pradesh on September 1, 2019.
The railway tunnel has been built at a cost of Rs 437 crore and has 44 trolley refuges and 14 cross-passages in a horseshoe design.
The 112-km new line has no level crossings and is completed at a cost of Rs 1,993 crore and consists of 9 railway stations along the route, 146 bridges, 60 road-under-bridges and two tunnels.
The minister also inaugurated the re-modelled yard at Guduru railway station and flagged-off a new inter-city superfast express train between Guduru and Vijayawada.

IIT Kharagpur partners with Amazon Web Services for National Artificial Intelligence resource platform

IIT Kharagpur has collaborated with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to develop the National Artificial Intelligence Resource Portal (NAIRP).
NAIRP is a resource portal to promote learning and development in the artificial intelligence (AI) and is aimed at making the search for AI learning resources simpler and more accessible to learners, practitioners and researchers in India.
The initiative is being funded by Ministry of Human Resources Development, as part of the National Digital Library of India (NDLI) project. NDLI project is being managed by IIT Kharagpur.

ECI to Host 4th General Assembly of Association of World Election Bodies

The Election Commission of India (ECI) will host the 4th General Assembly of Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB) at Bengaluru on 3rd September 2019.
India will also take charge as the Chair of A-WEB for the 2019-21 term.
An International Conference on “Initiatives and Challenges of Social Media and Information Technology in Elections” will also be held during the meet that will take place from 02 to 04 September, 2019.
The Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB) is the largest association of Election Management Bodies (EMBs) worldwide. Its permanent secretariat of is located at Seoul South Korea.

Charles Leclerc wins F1 Belgian Grand Prix

Monacan based Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) has won the Formula 1, Belgian Grand Prix 2019. This is his first F1 win.
Lewis Hamilton was on second while Valtteri Bottas finished third.

India’s Sasikumar Mukund Finishes Runner Up in Both Singles and Doubles at ATP Challenger Tour in China

In Tennis, Sasikumar Mukund ended runner-up in both singles and doubles at ATP Challenger Tour, in Baotou, China.
The 12th seed Mukund lost to Australian top seed James Duckworth 4-6 3-6 in the singles in the clay-court event of Challenger 80 category tournament.
In the doubles, Mukund and Russian Teymuraz Gabashvili pair lost 6-7 (3) 2-6 to second seed Korean pair of Ji Sung Nam and Min-Kyu Song.

Tejinderpal Wins Shotput Silver at Czech Republic Athletic Meet

Asian Games gold medallist Tejinderpal Singh Toor won silver medal in men’s shot put event at V. Koci Memorial Athletics Meet at Decin, Czech Republic.
The 24-year-old came with his best throw of 20.09m.
Tomas Stanek of Czech Republic won the gold with 20.86m.

Daily Current Affairs – 01 September 2019