CURRENT AFFAIRS: DAYS
National Engineer’s Day
- Nation celebrates Engineer’s Day on September 15 to commemorate the birth anniversary of the greatest Indian Engineer Bharat Ratna Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya.
- M Visvesvaraya was born on September 15, 1861, in the Muddenahalli village, Karnataka.
CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL
PM Modi addresses the ‘Grih Pravesham’ event in Madhya Pradesh
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the ‘Grih Pravesham’ event in Madhya Pradesh through video conferencing, where 75 Lakh Families were delivered pucca houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Grameen (PMAY-G).
- The work of 18 lakh houses has been completed throughout the country under the Prime Minister Awas Yojana-Gramin and among that 1.75 lakh houses completed in Madhya Pradesh itself.
About PMAY
- Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana is an initiative by Government of India in which affordable housing will be provided to the urban poor with a target of building 20 million affordable houses by 31 March 2022.
- Launch year: 2015
PM Modi inaugurates 3 petroleum projects worth Rs 900cr in Bihar
- Bihar is set to receive three key petroleum projects ahead of the Legislative Assembly polls, scheduled in October 2020.
- Modi devoted to the nation three petroleum sector initiatives value about Rs 900 crore through video conferencing.
- These projects that will help meet the demand for domestic cooking gas in the state include state-run Indian Oil Corporation’s 193-km long Durgapur-Banka section of the Paradip-Haldia-Durgapur liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) pipeline that will supply cooking gas for bottling at the new Banka plant in the state.
- Apart from the pipeline and the bottling plant at Banka, PM Modi also dedicated state-run Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd’ LPG bottling plant at Harsidhi in East Champaran district through video conferencing.
About Bihar
- Governor: Phagu Chauhan
- Capital: Patna
- Chief minister: Nitish Kumar
