One Liners of the Day, 21 September 2019

Defence

• Next Chief of the Air Staff w.e.f. 30th September 2019 - Air Marshal R.K.S. Bhadauria.
• SITMEX-19, a maritime trilateral exercise between Singapore, India and Thailand, has commenced at - Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Environment

• Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) is sometimes referred to as - Atlantic conveyor belt.

National

• On 19 September, Nasscom's Data Security Council of India (DSCI) has collaborated with the IT ministry and this company to launch a nationwide awareness campaign 'Digital Payment Abhiyan' - Google India.
• First railways station that received a green Platinum rating - Secunderabad junction.
• First region in India to have 95% CNG powered industries - Delhi.

Persons in News

• Winner of the National Geoscience Awards for the year 2018 in the field of aquatic biogeochemical research - Prof. Syed Wajih Ahmad Naqvi.
• Winner of the Young Scientist Award 2018 - Dr. Sohini Ganguly.
• New Secretary of Ministry of Coal - Anil Kumar Jain.

State Current Affairs

• Delhi Police’s new mobile app to file FIR through mobile or to pay traffic challans online - Tatpar.
• This state government has decided celebrate the year of 2020 as the Year of Artificial Intelligence - Telangana.

General Knowledge

• Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) was formed in - 2001.
• Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) was formed in - 1895.
• Accessible India Campaign (AIC) was launched on - 3 December 2015.
• National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) was established in – 1988.