Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF Download (Sep 15th to 21st Sep 2022)

Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs of Sep 15th o 21st Sep 2022. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming SBI Clerk 2022 and other competitive exams can make use of it.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS

• Every year 15th September is celebrated as National Engineer’s Day to mark the birth anniversary of Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya.
• The International Day of Democracy also known as World Democracy Day is observed every year on 15 September.
• World Ozone Day is observed on September 16 every year to spread awareness among people about the depletion of the Ozone Layer and find possible solutions to preserve it & the theme is “Montreal Protocol@35: global cooperation protecting life on earth”.
• International Red Panda Day is celebrated every year on the third Saturday of September & 2022, the day falls on 17 September.
• Every year on September 18, World Bamboo Day is marked as a day of celebration to raise global awareness of bamboo.
• Every year on September 21, people all across the world mark World Alzheimer’s Day.
• The International Day of Peace, also officially known as World Peace Day, is a United Nations- observed annually on 21 September & the slogan for 2022 is: “End Racism, Build Peace”.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL NEWS

• The National Maritime Heritage Complex is being constructed in Gujarat’s Lothal, a historic center of the Indus Valley civilization, for a total of 3500 crore rupees.
• As a result of our efforts to upgrade the distribution system and connect the entire nation to a single grid, India now has a surplus of electricity.
• The government has set up a panel to recommend measures to boost venture capital (VC)and private equity (PE) investments.
• Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will launch Raktdaan Amrit Mahotsav.
• The NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) hosted the first Shoonya Forum to commemorate the first anniversary of India’s zero pollution e-mobility campaign in
• The Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park (PNHZP) of Darjeeling, West Bengal (WB) has been recognized as the best zoo in
• During an interactive session with BLOs from across India, the Election Commission of India published a new digital magazine called ‘BLO e-Patrika.’
• At the World Water Congress and Exhibition in Copenhagen in 2022, India and Denmark released a joint whitepaper titled “Urban Wastewater Scenario in India.”
• India’s First Forest University to be Established in Telangana
• Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister for Education, Skill Development, and Entrepreneurship, launched the Ramkrishna Mission ‘Awakening’ Program for kids in grades I to V.
• Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has declared Andaman and Nicobar Islands as India’s first Swachh Sujal Pradesh.
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has released wild cheetahs in Kuno National Park and initiated the world’s first Cheetah Rehabilitation Project.
• Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, has inaugurated India’s first lithium-ion cell manufacturing zzfacility in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands were the first Indian states/UTs to attain 100% preventive dose coverage.
• At a ceremony in New Delhi, the Doordarshan and YouTube series “Door Se Namaste” was officially launched by UNICEF and the US Agency for International Development.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• India and Madagascar signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the training of diplomats between India and Madagascar.
• India will assume the presidency of the G20 (Group of Twenty) for one year starting 1 December 2022 to 30 November 2022.
• Mastercard has partnered with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Mastercard’s Lighthouse MASSIV: a free start-up partnership program designed to help 1 billion people lead more prosperous and secure lives by 2025.
• The first intermodal digital Transports Internationaux Routiers or International Road Transports (TIR)-based pilot transport along the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) corridor from India to Iran was flagged off from Nhava Sheva ( (Jawaharlal Nehru Port), Mumbai, Maharashtra.
• According to the Carbon Tracker and Global Energy Monitor, The world’s first database for tracking global fossil fuel production, oil and gas reserves, and emissions is named Global Registry of Fossil Fuels and is set to launch.
• The president of Kazakhstan Mr. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed constitutional amendments that extended the presidential term to 7 years from 5 years and officially changed the name of the capital Nur Sultan to Astana.
• Hon’ble Minister for Jal Shakti Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Hon’ble Minister Ms. Lea Wermelin, Minister of Environment, Denmark, and Hon’ble Minister Mr. Flemming Møller Mortensen, Minister of Development Co-operation, Denmark along with the Indian Delegation launched a Whitepaper on ‘Urban Wastewater Scenario in India’ at International Water Association (IWA) World Water Congress & Exhibition 2022 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
• The Members of the European Parliament  (MEPs) declared in a non-binding but highly symbolic report, that Hungary is no longer a fully functioning democracy.
• The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has overtaken Russia by a narrow margin to become India’s second-biggest supplier of oil behind Iraq in August 2022 after a three-month gap.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: STATE NEWS

• The Government of Tamil Nadu (TN) issued a government order (GO) to establish the 17th bird sanctuary in Tamil Nadu at Nanjarayan tank, in Tirupur district, Tamil Nadu (TN).
• Karnataka government’s cyber center of excellence in cyber security ‘CySecK’ and Dell Technologies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to create enhanced cybersecurity practices in Karnataka, especially among students.
• Telecom Minister Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw announced that Odisha will get 5G service along with other cities in the first phase of its launch.
• Bihar Chief Minister Shri Nitish Kumar has inaugurated India’s longest rubber dam ‘Gayaji Dam’ on the Falgu River in Gaya, near Vishnupad temple in Bihar, India.
• Delhi Chief Minister Shri Arvind Kejriwal unveiled the establishment of 26 Schools of Excellence (SoE) and 15 Model Schools in Tamil Nadu (TN) in an event held at the Bharathi Women’s College in Chennai, Tamil Nadu (TN).
• According to data shared by Law Minister Shri Kiren Rijiju with the chief justices of the high courts, Uttar Pradesh (UP) accounts for more than 70% of the 13.81 lakh pending trials in fast-track courts in cases of heinous crimes against women, children, and senior citizens.
• The governments of Delhi and Punjab have joined hands to use Pusa bio-decomposer, a microbial solution that can decompose paddy straw in 15 to 20 days on 5,000 acres to prevent stubble burning, a major cause of air pollution.
• The Center and Assam government signed a tripartite peace accord with eight tribal outfits of Assam.
• Manipur Chief Minister Shri N Biren Singh has launched a web portal named CM Da Haisi’ (Let’s Inform the CM) in Imphal, Manipur.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BANKING & FINANCE

• HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd has launched a term insurance plan Click2Protect Super.
• Canara HSBC Life Insurance has launched an individual, non-linked, non-participating, savings and protection life insurance plan called ” iSelect Guaranteed Future”
• HDFC ERGO General Insurance, one of India’s leading insurance companies has partnered with Google Cloud to create a technology platform that will help digitize insurance purchasing and services in India.
• Axis Bank, India’s third largest private sector bank, and Square Yards, India’s largest integrated Real Estate platform, have launched a jointly branded home buyer ecosystem called “Open Door”.
• Public sector lender and India’s largest Public Sector Bank (PSB) State Bank of India (SBI) has joined the 5.03 trillion market capitalization (market cap) for the first time after its shares touched a record high of Rs 564.45 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Index.
• A private non-life insurance company, ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited (ICICI Lombard) launched an Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered digital voice agent in collaboration with ai, an AI-based Software as a Service (SaaS) voice automation platform.
• As per a circular issued by the Ministry of Finance, the government has constituted an expert committee to suggest ways for scaling up venture capital and private equity (VC/PE) investments.
• Karnataka Bank Ltd has become part of the Karnataka Government’s integrated financial management system (IFMS) Khajane-II (K2) for implementing a single nodal agency (SNA) account system for Centrally-sponsored schemes.
• Global rating agency Fitch has lowered India’s economic growth forecast for fiscal 2022-23 (FY23) as measured by gross domestic product (GDP) to 7% from its June 2022 estimate of 7.8%.
• Nippon Life India Asset Management (Singapore) Pte. Ltd (a wholly owned subsidiary of Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited) has collaborated with DWS to provide portfolio management and investment advisory services to the European-listed Indian Government Bond Exchange Traded Funds (ETF).
• Reliance General Insurance Firm Ltd., an India-based private insurance company, has partnered with Paytm, India’s leading digital payments and financial services company, to provide the public with Reliance Health Gain Policy, a customizable health insurance solution.
• India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has lowered its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth forecast for the Fiscal Year 2022-23 (FY23) to 6.9% from its earlier forecast of 7.0%.
• The State Bank of India (SBI) has extended the deadline to invest in its senior citizen FD scheme, SBI WeCare FD, up to March 31, 2023.
• The nation’s largest lender, State Bank of India (SBI), has collaborated with Remitly for safe and simple remittances to India.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS

• Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has diluted its stake in GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals from 6.402% to 4.357%.
• Google Cloud Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Thomas Kurian announced that Google has completed the $5.4 billion acquisition of cyber-security firm Mandiant.
• The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has given its approval for ₹665-crore primary capital infusion in Aditya Birla Health Insurance (ABHI) by an entity controlled by the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA).
• Digital insurer Edelweiss General Insurance (EGI) has tied up with Repco Home Finance Ltd (RHFL) to offer insurance solutions to all home loan customers of RHFL.
• The Adani group has completed the acquisition of major cement players Ambuja Cements Limited and ACC Limited, becoming India’s second-largest cement player.
• The State Bank of India (SBI) has acquired 13.82% (ie 2,20,98,780 equity shares) stake of SBI Global Factors Ltd (SBIGFL) from its existing shareholders Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) 6.53%, Union Bank of India (UBI) 2.95% and Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) 4.34%.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS

• The American Express Banking Corporation (AEBC) has appointed Sanjay Khanna as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Country Manager for India.
• The Minister of Textiles, Commerce and Industry, and Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Piyush Goyal has appointed Abhishek Mishra, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival (DPIFF) as the Member of the Consultative Committee, Food Corporation of India (FCI), Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Government of India.
• The senior advocate Mr. Mukul Rohatgi is set to be appointed as the 14 Attorney General (AG) of India & he was succeeded by K. K. Venugopal.
• State-managed CSC SPV (Common Service Centre Special Purpose Vehicle) has appointed former Indian Administrative Officer (IAS) Mr. Sanjay Kumar Rakesh as the Managing Director (MD) of CSC SPV.
• India’s leading fintech company, BharatPe appointed Shri B. P. Kanungo, Former Deputy Governor of RBI, and Shri Kaushik Dutta, current Chairman and Independent Director at Zomato, as Independent Directors to its
• The United States (US) President Mr. Joe Biden has appointed Renee Wegrzyn as the inaugural director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), which is housed within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for 5 years.
• A leading private healthcare services provider in the MENA region and one of the largest in the UAE, Burjeel Holdings, has partnered with Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan as its new Brand Ambassador.
• Senior diplomat Shri Prakash Chand has been appointed as the next ambassador of India to the State of
• Thalassery MLA Shri A N Shamseer was elected as the 24th Speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly after defeating UDF MLA Anwar Sadath by 56 votes in the election.
• IndusInd Bank has re-appointed Mr. Sumant Kathpalia as its Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for three years with effect from March 24, 2023, up to March 23, 2026.
• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved the appointment of  IAS Officer Mr. BVR Subrahmanyam as the new Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of the India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO).
• A 25-year-old climate activist from Uganda, Ms. Vanessa Nakate was appointed as the newest goodwill ambassador of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
• Sweden’s Social Democratic Prime Minister Ms. Magdalena Andersson resigned from the post after her center-left bloc lost narrowly to a bloc of right-wing parties, 176 seats to 173, with 99% of the votes counted.
• The government has appointed Thomas M Devasia – a senior executive from the private sector – as a member (non-life) of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI).
• The public enterprise selection board (PESB) selected Mr. Prasanna Kumar Motupalli as the Chairman and Managing Director of NLC India Limited.
• On the approval received from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), CSB Bank Limited (erstwhile Catholic Syrian Bank Limited) has appointed Mr. Pralay Mondal as the Managing Director (MD) & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Bank for a period of 3 years up to September 14, 2025.
• The Ministry of Defence announced that Senior bureaucrat Shri Vijoy Kumar Singh assumed charge as Ex-Servicemen Welfare Secretary.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: AWARDS AND HONOURS

• The Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti has launched the ‘Water Heroes: Share Your Stories’ contest.
• The 74th Primetime Emmy Awards were held, to recognize some great American television performances till mid-2022.
• Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh awarded INSPIRE Awards to 60 entrepreneurs, as well as financial assistance to 53,021 students, on behalf of the Ministry of Science and Technology.
• Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineering Limited (GRSE), Kolkata, has been awarded the ‘Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar’ by the Government of India’s Ministry of Home Affairs.
• Vice Chair of the Piramal Group, Swati Piramal, has received the Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur title (Knight of the Legion of Honour).

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BUSINESS NEWS

• The wholesale price index-based inflation rate fell for the third month in a row in August, to an 11-month low of 12.41 percent, as pricing pressure from manufactured and fuel products reduced despite an uptick in food inflation.
• According to data from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, export growth fell to 2.1 percent in July before dropping by 1.2 percent in August to a nine-month low of $33 billion.
• A weak currency and high gasoline costs will keep India’s current account deficit (CAD) under strain, with economists expecting it to be about 3% of GDP in FY23, up from 1.2% in FY22, putting pressure on government finances.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SUMMITS & CONFERENCES

• Union Minister of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME), Shri Narayan Rane headed the 18th meeting of the National Board of MSME (NBMSME).

CURRENT AFFAIRS: DEFENCE NEWS

• The sixth edition of Japan India Maritime Exercise 2022 (JIMEX 22) was hosted by the Indian Navy & commenced in the Bay of Bengal.
• The Border Security Force’s (BSF’s) first female camel riding squad is ready to be deployed along the India-Pakistan border in Rajasthan and

CURRENT AFFAIRS: MOUS AND AGREEMENT

• Vedanta Limited, managed by Anil Agarwal, and the Foxconn Group would contribute more than Rs 1.54 lakh crore to Gujarat’s semiconductor ecosystem development.
• MeitY Startup Hub (MSH) and Meta will collaborate to launch a program to support and accelerate XR technology entrepreneurs in India.
• The National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) of the Department of Sports, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation) Foundation and REC (Rural Electrification Corporation) Foundation for the development of sports in the country.
• Amity University Uttar Pradesh inked an MoU with the Indian Navy to establish a long-term academic collaboration connection.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: RANKING AND INDEX

• The 2021 Global Estimates for Modern Slavery Report indicates, at any given time, there are 50 million people in modern slavery, including 28 million in forced labor and 22 million in forced marriage.
• According to Kantar BrandZ report on India’s most valuable brands, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is India’s most valuable brand in 2022 with a brand value of $45.5 billion followed by HDFC Bank.
• Federal Bank was placed 63rd on Great Place to Work’s list of the Best Workplaces in Asia 2022, making it the only bank in India to be included.
• Chainalysis, a blockchain analysis platform, announced its worldwide crypto adoption index for 2022, with India placing fourth, two positions lower than last year.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-Madras) has become the first Indian educational institution to join forces with the New York-based International Business Machines (IBM) Quantum Network to promote and advance quantum computing skills development and research in
• RattanIndia Enterprises launched its first anti-drone product ‘Defender.’
• China has successfully tested its first fully solar-powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)/drone namely ‘Qimingxing-50’ or Morning star-50 which can fly uninterrupted for months and can function even as a satellite if required.
• Hughes Communications India Private Limited (HCI), a leading provider of broadband satellite and managed network services launched India’s first high throughput satellite (HTS) broadband internet service in India, offering satellite internet to remote locations across India.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SPORTS NEWS

• Alireza Firouzja, an Iranian-French grandmaster in chess, defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi in the finals to take home the ninth edition of the Sinquefield Cup.
• Virat Kohli has now become the first cricketer to have 50 million Twitter followers.
• Chess player Pranav Anand, 15, of Bengaluru, Karnataka, earned the 76th GrandMaster (GM) of India after defeating Armenian International Master (IM) Emin Ohanyan.
• At the 2022 World Wrestling Championship, Vinesh Phogat took home bronze in the women’s 53kg division.
• The ICC Player of the Month award for August 2022 has been given to all-rounders Sikandar Raza of Zimbabwe and Tahlia McGrath of Australia in their respective categories.
• Robin Uthappa has declared his retirement from Indian cricket in all formats.
• In the final of the SAFF U-17 Championship, India defeated Nepal 4-0.
• Sunil Chhetri’s Bengaluru FC defeated Mumbai City FC 2-1 in the 131st Durand Cup final at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata.
• Indian javelin thrower and Paralympics gold medalist Devendra Jhajharia clinched a silver medal for the country in the World Para Athletics Grand Prix held in Morocco.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BOOKS AND AUTHOR

• C. Balasubramanian (PC Bala), an entrepreneur and author, has published a new book in English titled “Rajini’s Mantras: Life Lessons from India’s Most Loved Superstar.”
• Sjoerd Marijne, a former Dutch field hockey player and Indian Women’s Hockey Coach, has written a new book titled “Will Power: The Inside Story of the Incredible Turnaround in Indian Women’s Hockey.”
• Former President Ram Nath Kovind has released the book ‘Ambedkar and Modi: Reformer’s Ideas, Performer’s Implementation.’
• Apurva Chandra, the secretary of information and broadcasting, attended a function in New Delhi where popular actor Manoj Bajpayee released a book titled Muskurate Chand Lamhe aur Kuchh Khamoshiyan.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: OBITUARIES

• Dwarka peeth Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati Passed away at the age of 99 at Narsinghpur, Madhya Pradesh, India.
• The godfather of France’s New Wave cinema, Jean-Luc Godard, passed away at the age of 91 in Rolle, Switzerland.
• Former Cabinet Minister of Malaysia and first Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awardee from Malaysia, Dr. S. Samy Vellu Passed away at the age of 86 in Malaysia.
• Former Indian Tennis Player & Davis Cup Captain Naresh Kumar passed away at the age of 93 in Kolkata, West Bengal.
• Former Pakistan cricket umpire Asad Rauf passed away at the age of 66 in Lahore.
• Former union minister and Congress leader Manikrao Hodlya Gavit Passed away at the age of 87 in Nashik, Maharashtra.