CURRENT AFFAIRS 16 SEPTEMBER 2024

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By EXAM JOB EXPERT Published: September 16, 2024

Teenager Workout Day, celebrated on September 16, has a significant history of addressing the rising obesity concerns among teenagers.
The day was founded by fitness trainer Greg Bouskila in 2018 in response to the increasing obesity rates among children and teens. This initiative came after recognizing that nearly 20% of U.S. children and teens aged two to 19 were obese between 2017 and 2018.

Two days after he walked out of prison on bail, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Sunday that he would resign in two days. He called for an early Assembly election in the national capital, allowing the people to decide if he was honest.
“I am going to resign from the Chief Minister’s post, and I will not sit in the Chief Minister’s chair until the public delivers its verdict on whether Kejriwal is honest,” he told workers at the Aam Aadmi Party’s office.
“A meeting will be called with all Aam Aadmi Party MLAs to choose a new leader who will serve as Chief Minister until elections are held.”

At least 30 pilgrims from Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu, who were stranded following landslips in Uttarakhand, were rescued on Sunday. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin monitored the rescue operation and spoke to a few of the pilgrims over the phone.
As per the information provided by the Uttarakhand government on Sunday evening, the rescued persons from Tamil Nadu were moved to Dharchula by helicopter in the morning, the Tamil Nadu government said in a press release. “Once they reach New Delhi from Dharchula, they would return to Tamil Nadu,” it added.
The rescued pilgrims are expected to return to Chennai by flight on Monday morning.

In the run-up to the Haryana Assembly elections, which are scheduled to be held on October 5, we look at recent electoral contests in the State.
Haryana has been governed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since 2014. In recent elections, the State has followed a pattern corresponding to the nature of the contest — Assembly or parliamentary.
In the Lok Sabha elections held in 2019 and 2024, the contests in the Assembly segments were largely bipolar (Table 1) and mostly between the BJP and the Congress .

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IIT Bombay Launches New Scholarship for Female Students

In an apparent attack on Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on reservation, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday said such comments by a person holding a constitutional post showed an “anti-Constitution mindset”.
“A person holding a constitutional post travels to foreign countries and says, ‘Reservation must end’. Look at the baton of prejudice against reservation handed over to them,” Mr. Dhankhar said at an event in Mumbai.

Neeraj reveals he took part in DL with fractured left hand

Double Olympic medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Sunday revealed that he took part in the Diamond League season finale despite a fracture in his non-throwing left hand which he sustained during a training session.
On Saturday, Neeraj came agonisingly close to winning the crown before missing it by a single centimetre to finish as runner-up to Anderson Peters for the second consecutive year. The Grenadian won with an 87.87m effort.
“On Monday, I injured myself in practice and x-rays showed that I had fractured the fourth metacarpal in my left hand. It was another painful challenge for me. But with the help of my team, I was able to participate in Brussels,” the 26-year-old said on his social media handle.