Daily GK Update - 21st September 2023 Current Affairs

                                          Current Affairs

                                           National Affairs

ECI Ropes In Chacha Chaudhary & Sabu To Educate And Motivate Young Voters.

• A comic book "Chacha Chaudhary aur Chunavi Dangal" was introduced through a collaborative effort between ECI and Pran Comics, with the goal of encouraging youth to engage in democratic participation.

Hoysala Temples is now India’s 42nd UNESCO World Heritage site.

• The Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysala, the famed Hoysala temples of Belur, Halebid, and Somananthpura in Karnataka have been added to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

Indian Army is going to conduct self-neutralising mines called Vaibhav.

• Indian Army has inducted 650 self-neutralizing mines named ‘Vaibhav’.
• These self-neutralising mines have been manufactured by the Kalyani Group.

Ministry of Defence is going to buy ‘Pralay Missile’.

• Ministry of Defence will induct the ‘Pralay Missile’ which is a ballistic missile with a range of 350-700km.
• Pralay is a surface-to-surface missile with a conventional warhead.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to inaugurate the Statute of Oneness in Madhya Pradesh.

• 108 Foot high statue will be inaugurated today by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Omkareshwar, Madhya Pradesh.

Pramilla Malik has become Odisha’s First Woman Speaker.

• Odisha’s Former Disaster Management Minister, Pramilla Malik has become Odisha’s First Woman Speaker.

                                                            Sports

Carlos Sainz has won the Singapore Grand Prix.

• In a highly contested grand prix, Carlos Sainz has won the 1st Singapore Grand Prix.

The Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh has launched Mukhya Mantri Shramik Kalyan Yojna.

• The Chief Minister of Arunachal Pema Khandu has launched Mukhya Mantri Shramik Kalyan Yojna for the welfare of Labourers in Arunachal Pradesh.