25 september current affairs (top 10 the hindu current affairs)

1.  ICICI Lombard appoints Sanjeev Mantri as MD and CEO 

• Sanjeev Mantri has been named the new MD and CEO of ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company replacing Bharagav Dasgupta.
• Sanjeev Mantri has been with the ICICI group for over 20 years beginning his career with ICICI bank in 2023 
• Bhargav Dasgupta the outgoing MD and CEO of ICICI Lombard has been appointed as vice president of the Asian Development Bank...Read more
  
  
  
  
  

     2. India win gold medal in men's 10m air rifle team event 

• India won their first gold medal at the Asian Games 2023 in the 10m air rifle team event 
• Rudraksha Patli Aishwary Tomar and Divyansh Panwar were the winning team members 
• the women's shooting squad India clinched the silver medal in the women's 10m air rifle team competition 
• Sony Liv will stream the Asian Games 2023 live...Read more
  
  
  
  
  

     3. Italy's Marco Bezzecchi wins MotoGP Bharat 2023 Martin finishes 2nd 

• Marco Bezzecchi won the maiden Indian GP at the Buddh International Circuit in Noida on 23 September with Spain's Jorge Martin and France's Fabio Quartararo finishing second and third respectively 
• the race was held at a reduced distance distance of 21 laps to ease the stress on the riders 
• the total number of teams in each of the motoGP, Moto2, and Moto3 races were 11, 16, and 14, respectively...Read more
  
  
  
  
  

      4. X's head of policy for India South Asia Samiran Gupta resigns 

•  Social media platform X's government affairs head for India and South Asia Samiran Gupta has       resigned 
•    Gupta joined X in February 2022 before Elon Musk acquired the company 
• Gupta was the most senior India employee for X and was responsible for key content-related policy issues and defending Twitter's position with new policy development...Read more
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

      5. India and the UN launch capacity building in the initiative for the global south 

• India and the United Nations have launched a joint capacity-building initiative that will operationalize the development of relevant deliverables of India's G20 presidency 
• it aims to share the country's best practices with partner countries in the global south 
• the initiative will also provide technological transformation and build digital public infrastructure...Read more
  
  
  
  
  

      6. UPNEDA and SIDBI signed an MoU to promote green projects 

• the agreement was inked during an event organized in the SIDBI's Lucknow office in UP 
• this MoU will help in promoting solar energy and encourage innovations for environment-friendly projects...Read more
  
  
  
  

       7. Axis Bank launches NEO for business for MSMEs 

• it has contemporary UX (user experience) and UI (User interface) along with bank-grade security features 
• NEO for business is the latest launch as part of NEO by Axis Bank branding NEO by Axis Bank is the digital banking proposition for its corporate banking customers /clients...Read more
  
  
  
  
  

       8. Utkarsh Small Finance Bank launched interoperable cardless cash withdrawal (ICCW) using UPI on ATMs 

• this is in line with the notification ICCW at ATMs released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in 2022 under section 10 (2) read with section 18 of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act 2007 (act 51 of 2007) 
• ICCW is also known as UPI-ATM it enables withdrawal through quick response (QR)...Read more
  
  
  
  
  

       9. highlights of raj bhasha Kirti Puraskar 2023 

• Department of Pension & pensioners' Welfare receives first prestigious Raj Bhasha Kirti Puraskar 2022-23 
• Power Finance Corporation (PFC) received the prestigious Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar in the category for the year 2022-23 PFC secured the third position in this category
• banking institutions such as Punjab National Bank, bank of Baroda, Indian Overseas Bank (IOS) Central Bank of India UCO Bank, and Bank of Maharashtra have been recognized in different categories...Read more
  
  
  
  
  

       10. rajya sabha chairman appoints four new women vice chairpersons panel to discuss women's reservation bill 

• for the first time in the history of Rajya Sabha (the upper house of the Indian parliament) has given equal representation to women members in the panel the four new women vice-chairpersons are Kanta Kardam ( uttar pradesh) Sumitra Balmik (madhya pradesh) Mamata Mohanta (Odisha) and Geeta alias Chandra Prabha (Uttar Pradesh) 
• the panel of vice-chairpersons was constituted for a day specifically to discuss the women's reservation bill in 2023 this suggests that the panel was formed temporarily to address this particular legislative matter or session to discuss the bill...Read more