• Sports

World Wrestling Championships 2019: Bajrang Punia, Ravi Kumar seal bronze medals

• Bajrang Punia defeated Mongolia’s Tulga Ochir in the bronze medal match of 65kg freestyle category at Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan.
• Ravi Kumar Dahiya defeated Reza Atrinagharchi of Iran to win a bronze medal in the 57kg freestyle.

• Sports

India slips to 104th spot in latest FIFA ranking

• The Indian football team slipped a place to 104th position in the latest FIFA rankings.
• Belgium holds the top position, while France have surpassed Brazil to reach the second spot.

Note:

About FIFA

President: Gianni Infantino

Headquarters: Zürich, Switzerland

Founded: 21 May 1904

• Appointments

Samuel Joseph Jebaraj appointed as DMD of IDBI Bank for 3 years

• The Board of Directors (BoD) of Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI Bank) approved the appointment of Samuel Joseph Jebaraj as Deputy Managing Director (DMD) for a period of 3 years with effect from September 19, 2019 succeeding KP Nair.
• This is the first major appointment on the Bank’s Board after Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) acquired a majority stake of 51% (January 2019) in the bank.

Note:

About IDBI

Headquarters: Mumbai

Founded: 1 July 1964

• Appointments

Alison Rose to become first female RBS chief executive

• Royal Bank of Scotland named Alison Rose as its new chief executive.
• She will be the 1st woman to lead the bank. Currently, she is the deputy head of RBS group’s Natwest Holdings retail & commercial banking division.
• She will replace Ross McEwan on Nov 1.

• Important Days

International Day of Peace – September 21

• International Day of Peace is celebrated on September 21 to encourage people about worldwide peace which can be achieved by focusing and understanding the factors of climate change.
• The theme is ‘Climate Action for Peace’.

• Science and Tech

74-year-old museum specimen-species of giant salamander becomes the world’s largest amphibian

• On September 19, 2019, researchers from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and London’s Natural History Museum have discovered a discovered a new species of giant Chinese salamander which is now considered to be the world’s largest amphibian.
• The study of this species is mentioned in the journal “Ecology and Evolution” and its scientific name is Andriassligoi.

• Defence

Indian Army conducted ‘Chang Thang’ exercise in Eastern Ladakh

• On September 18, 2019 the Indian army conducted massive integrated exercise named ‘Chang Thang’ in the Eastern Ladakh region bordering China in a very high altitude area in order to test and improve its capabilities in war fighting.
• The exercise involved all the arms of the Indian army like T-72 tanks, artillery guns and helicopters, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles etc.

Note:

About Indian Army:

Founded- 1 April 1895.

Headquarters- New Delhi.

Motto- “Service Before Self”

• Obituaries

Former Tunisia president Zine el-Abidine Ben passed away at the age of 83 in Saudi Arabia

• On September 19, 2019, former president of Tunisia Zine el-Abidine Ben has died in exile at the age of 83 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
• He was ousted from power in 2011 at the start of the Arab spring movement in which many leaders were swept from power.

• Obituaries

Former Dutch football international Fernando Ricksen passes away

• Former Rangers football player Fernando Ricksen of Netherlands has passed away in St Andrew’s Hospice in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland after a 6-year battle with motor neuron disease.
• He was 43.

• States

IR’s Secunderabad station becomes 1st station to get IGBC green platinum rating

• Secunderabad Railway Station has become the first station in the country to be awarded with the CII-IGBC (Indian Green Building Council) Platinum rating.
• The rating comes under the IGBC Green Railway Stations Rating System.

• Miscellaneous

Bollywood actor Neena Gupta wins two awards at Indian International Film Festival 2019 of Boston at Massachusetts, US

• Bollywood actor Neena Gupta registered a double victory at Indian International Film Festival of Boston.
• The Badhaai Ho actor won Best Actress award while her film The Last Color emerged victorious in Best Feature Film category.

• Miscellaneous

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu released ‘Himalayan Odyssey’ book by MP Veerendra Kumar in New Delhi

• On September 19, 2019, the Vice President of India Shri Venkaiah Naidu released the book in New Delhi named ‘Himalayan Odyssey’ written by Member of Parliament (MP) Veerendra Kumar.
• The book is an English translation of the Kendra Sahitya Akademi and Kerala Sahitya Akademi award-winning Malayalam original ‘Haimavathabhuvil’ by Veerendra Kumar, who is also the Chief Managing Director(CMD) of Mathrubhumi.