15 September 2022 Current Affairs by Westbengaljob.in

1) Union Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya launched National Lists of Essential Medicines (NLEM) 2022.
➨384 drugs have been included in this list with the addition of 34 drugs, while 26 from the previous list have been dropped.

2) Legendary Telugu Actor and former Union Minister Krishnam Raju Garu passed away in Hyderabad. He was 83.

3) World Lymphoma Awareness Day (WLAD) is observed every year on September 15 to spread awareness of lymphoma, an increasingly common form of cancer.

4) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) has collaborated with the Indian Army for implementing a CSR project to coach and mentor less-privileged girl students in Kargil.
➨The project "Kargil Ignited Minds" aims to prepare 50 girl students for various national-level engineering and medical entrance examinations.

5) President Droupadi Murmu, on the recommendation of the central government, nominated Gulam Ali, a Gurjar Muslim from Jammu and Kashmir, to Rajya Sabha.

6) The sixth edition of Japan-India Maritime Exercise 2022 (JIMEX 22) hosted by the Indian Navy began in the Bay of Bengal.
➨The Indian Navy is represented by three indigenously designed and built warships, Sahyadri, a multi-purpose stealth frigate and Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvettes Kadmatt and Kavaratti.

7) Former India Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Sunil Lanba has been conferred Singapore’s prestigious military award, the Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Tentera) or Meritorious Service Medal (Military).


8) Former Pakistan umpire Asad Rauf passed away due to suspected cardiac arrest.

9) International Business Machines (IBM) has partnered with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-Madras) to advance quantum co­mputing skills development and research in India.

10) Ladakh Lieutenant Governor RK Mathur virtually inaugurated a 5-day Ladakh Screenwriters Fair in Leh.

11) Vinesh Phogat became the first Indian woman wrestler to win two medals at the World Championships as she clinched a bronze in 53kg by defeating Emma Jonna Malmgren of Sweden.
➨ The 28-year-old Vinesh had also won a bronze in the 2019 edition in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.

12) Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL), which is under the defence ministry, launched Taragiri, the third stealth frigate of Project 17A.

13) HDFC Bank, India’s largest private sector bank, became the first bank in the country to issue an Electronic Bank Guarantee (e-BG) in partnership with National E-Governance Services Limited (NeSL).

14) Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Bhupendra Patel announced Gujarat’s first ever ‘Cinematic Tourism Policy’.
➨This cinematic tourism policy will be important in the development of film infrastructure in Gujarat.
Gujarat:-
➨CM - Bhupendra Patel
➨Governor - Acharya Devvrat
➨Nageshwar Temple
➨Somnath Temple
➠ Marine( Gulf of Kachchh) WLS
➠Nal Sarovar Bird Santuary
➠ Kakrapar Nuclear Power Plant
➠ Narayan Sarovar wildlife sanctuary
➠ Sardar Sarovar Hydro Electric Power Plant
➠Porbandar Lake wildlife sanctuary

15) Senior diplomat Sibi George has been appointed as the next Indian ambassador to Japan.
➨George, a 1993-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, is currently the Ambassador of India to Kuwait. He will replace Sanjay Kumar Verma as India’s envoy to Japan.

16) Engineer's Day is observed every year in India on 15 September.
➨The day is dedicated to all engineers and commemorates the birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna Mokshagundam Vishweshvaraya, the first civil engineer of India.