1.The Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) issued an advisory against the ‘Momo challenge’.Momo is a social media account on WhatsApp, Facebook, and YouTube, which uses the image of a horror artwork to induce curiosity among children, challenging them to communicate with an unknown number.The challenge consists of a variety of self-harming dares and ends with a suicide challenge.
2.The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court directed the National Board for Wildlife to look into the issue of the removal of invasive trees in the Western Ghats.Invasive species like eucalyptus, wattle, pine and cypress trees, as well as Lantana camara plants, are proliferating across the Nilgiris upper slopes.Prosopis juliflora, parthenium and eupatorium have spread ón the lower slopes.
3.The Supreme Court ordered status quo on the implementation of 12 February circular of the Reserve Bank of India.The circular mandates insolvency proceedings for a debt servicing default beyond 180 days.SC ordered that insolvency proceedings should not commence against the defaulting power companies.Banks have exposure of about ₹1.74 lakh crore to stressed power assets.
4.The district administration of Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) declared the whole district as Open Defecation Free (ODF).A total of 75000 toilets have been constructed in all 230 panchayats of the district.A city/ward/district can be notified/declared as ODF city/ward/district if, at any point of the day, not a single person is found defecating in the open.
5.James Anderson has become the highest wicket-taker among seamers in Test matches.He took 564 wickets and surpassed Australian great Glenn McGrath’s 563 to become the most successful fast bowler in Test history.The list of highest wicket takers in Tests, however, is led by spinners – Muttiah Muralitharan (800 wickets), Shane Warne (708 wickets) and Anil Kumble (609 wickets).
6.India, Iran and Afghanistan held their first tripartite meeting in Kabul on 11th September, 2018.In the meeting, implementation of Chabahar port project and a host of other issues including ways to deepen counter-terror cooperation were discussed.The Indian delegation was led by Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale.
7.Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal launched a web portal ‘Rail Sahyog‘ on 11 September 2018.It is a platform for the corporates and Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) to contribute to the creation of amenities at Railway stations through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds.The companies desirous of contributing can register their requests on the portal.
8.NITI Aayog, Intel and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research are collaborating to set up a Model International Center for Transformative Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI).The collaboration aims to bring together fundamental and applied research, innovation and technology to solve important problems.The initiative is part of NITI Aayog’s ‘National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence’.
9.The government mandated that issue of further shares and transfer of all shares by unlisted public companies should be only in ‘demat form’ beginning October 2, 2018.This was notified by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. According to the government, the move would help eliminate risks associated with physical certificates such as loss, theft, mutilation and fraud.
10.Justice Mukul Mudgal was named the chairman of the 11-member selection committee to select Dronacharya and Dhyanchand awardees for 2018.The retired judge was previously appointed to probe into the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal.Mukul Mudgal is currently the deputy chairman of the FIFA Governance Committee and Review Committee.
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