current affairs 25 September 2022

Former hockey captain, Dilip Tirkey elected as Hockey India president.

• Dilip Tirkey (former India hockey captain) was unanimously elected as Hockey India (HI) president.
• He was member of the gold medal-winning team at the 1998 Asian Games.
• He has a record 412 international matches as a defender in his career spanning more than 15 years.
• He represented India at the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996, Sydney in 2000, and Athens in 2004.
• Bhola Nath Singh was elected the secretary general.

Nirmala Sitharaman to launch e-learning platform Bharat Vidya.

• Nirmala Sitaraman to launch the Bharat Vidya, an online platform for Oriental and South Asian Studies.
• This platform is designed and developed by the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (BORI).
• This is a first-of-its-kind online platform that offer both free and paid courses covering various aspects of Indology about art, architecture, philosophy, language, and science.
• BORI will collaborate with Indian and Foreign universities for awarding credits for its courses.

UCO Bank becomes first lender to get RBI's approval for rupee trade.

• UCO Bank has received the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) approval to open a special vostro account with Gazprombank of Russia for trade settlement in Indian rupees.
• This is the first bank to receive RBI's approval after the RBI’s decision to allow Indian banks to settle trade in Indian currency in July.
• Gazprombank of Russia was set up by world’s largest gas producer and exporter Gazprom.
• Aim: To provide banking services for gas industry enterprises.

Assam to use portable device "SAANS" to stop neonatal deaths.

• The Assam government has decided to use the air pressure machine named SAANS.
• SAANS is a portable neonatal Continuous Positive Air Pressure (CPAP) system.
• It can provide lifesaving breathing support to infants in hospital settings as well as during travel.
• It is developed by a Bangalore-based start-up, InnAccel Technologies.
• For the development of the machine, InnAccel Technologies has joined hands with the SAMRIDH Healthcare Blended Finance Facility.

Nagaland govt to launch its own health insurance scheme CMHIS.

• Nagaland Government to launch its own health insurance scheme called the Chief Minister’s Health Insurance Scheme (CMHIS) on 1st of October.
• Aim: To reduce out-of-pocket expenditure on hospital care for all bonafide citizens of the state.
• It provides free health insurance coverage of up to five lakh rupees per family per year.
• It will cover State government employees and pensioners and all the Indigenous and or Permanent residents of the State.