DAILY GK: 13 JULY 2021
1.INDIA’S 1ST PRIVATE LNG FACILITY PLANT
• Union
Minister for Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari inaugurated India’s
1st LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) Facility plant at Nagpur, Maharashtra.
• The
Plant has been set up by Baidyanath Ayurvedic Group.
• Nitin
Gadkari highlighted the importance of ‘Flexible Fuel Vehicles (FFVs)’.
• FFVs
have engines which are capable of operating on more than one fuel and also a
mixture.
• Typically,
a blend of petrol and ethanol or methanol or gasoline is used.
2.ICCR
TO SET UP A ‘BANGABANDHU CHAIR’ AT DELHI UNIVERSITY
• For
the 1st time, Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) has established the
‘Bangabandhu Chair’ at Delhi University to honour ‘Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman’, the father of Bangladesh and to commemorate the 50th anniversary of
the Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Bangladesh diplomatic relations.
• Note
– The Union government conferred Gandhi Peace Prize to Bangabandhu Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman, for the year 2020 and the Government of Bangladesh has declared
the year 2020-21 as the Mujib Year.
3.3RD
G20 FINANCE MINISTERS AND CENTRAL BANK GOVERNORS MEETING
• The
3rd Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting (FMCBGs) was held on
July 9-10, 2021 in Venice, Veneto (Italy) where India was virtually represented
by Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Ministry of Finance.
• This
was the first in-person Finance Track meeting since February 2020.
4.IMF
BOARD APPROVED US$650 BILLION SDR ALLOCATION
• In
July 2021, the executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
approved the Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) allocation equivalent to USD 650
billion, to support the economically vulnerable member nations’ battle against
COVID-19.
• It
is the largest allocation in the IMF’s history, it would boost the liquidity
and reserves of all IMF member countries and promote the resilience and
stability of the global economy.
5.EXIM
BANK LENT $35.26 MN LOAN TO KALPATARU POWER TRANSMISSION FOR SENEGAL PROJECT
• The
Export-Import (Exim) Bank of India has extended a USD 35.26 million loan for
Mumbai based Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd (KPTL) to execute a power
transmission project in Senegal.
• i.The
Credit facility was extended under the National Export Insurance Account (NEIA)
scheme.
• NEIA
would provide financing options to Indian project exporters with the support of
cover from NEIA Trust.
• ii.The
project would enable KPTL to secure energy supply in the southern regions of
Senegal viz, Tambacounda, Ziguinchor, and Tanaff, reduce operating expenses,
and the cost per kWh(kilowatt-hour).
• iii.Earlier
the bank provided a Credit facility of USD 200 million for KPTL under NEIA to
support the construction of a 225kV transmission line for the Tambacounda –
Kolda – Ziguinchor link in Senegal.
6.ETHIOPIA
PM ABIY AHMED ‘S PARTY WON ELECTION
• Ethiopia‘s
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed‘s Prosperity Party won the country’s parliamentary
election by winning 410 of 436 parliamentary seats.
• He
won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in ending the 20-year post-war
territorial stalemate between Ethiopia and Eritrea.
• He
is the 1st Ethiopian and the first Oromo to awarded a Nobel Prize.
7.VIRGIN
GALACTIC’S UNITY 22 HUMAN SPACE MISSION
• US
based private Spaceflight company ‘Virgin Galactic’ announced the 6-member crew
of its human commercial space mission “Unity 22”.
• The
crew includes Richard Branson – the founder of Virgin Galactic as one of its
passengers.
• Indian
origin Sirisha Bandla will be the 4th crew member of the space mission.
• Objective
– To act as a pre-run for all of its future commercial space trips, that will
allow passengers to witness the curvature of Earth from space.
8.WIMBLEDON
CHAMPIONSHIPS 2021
• The
134th Edition of Wimbledon Championships 2021 was held at the All England Lawn
Tennis and Croquet Club, London, UK.
CATEGORY WINNER RUNNER-UP
Men’s
Singles Novak
Djokovic(Serbia) Matteo Berrettini (Italy)
Women’s Singles Ashleigh
Barty (Australia) Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic)
9.FOOTBALL:
ITALY WINS UEFA EURO 2020
• The
Italy National Football Team won the 16th Edition of ‘2020 UEFA European
Football Championship (UEFA Euro 2020)’ by defeating England on penalties in
the finals held at Wembley Stadium, London, UK.
• This
is Italy’s 2nd European Championship Title (1st one was in 1968).
10.2021
CROATIA GRAND CHESS TOUR
• India’s
Vishwanathan Anand finished 2nd in the 2021 Croatia Grand Chess Tour Rapid and
Blitz tournament held at Zagreb, Croatia.
• Maxime
Vachier-Lagrave finished 1st in the tournament.
• FIDE
Rankings
• According
to July rankings of FIDE (International Chess Federation), Norway’s Magnus
Carlsen is the World Number 1.
• Vishwanathan
Anand is the top ranked Indian at 15.
11.ARGENTINA
WINS COPA AMERICA 2021
• Argentina
won the 2021’s Copa America football tournament against Brazil in the finals on
a 1-0 victory.
• The
2021 Copa America tournament was hosted by Brazil and the finals took place at
Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
12.NATIONAL
FISH FARMERS DAY
• National
Fish Farmers Day is annually observed across India on 10th July in memory of
the Scientists – Dr K. H. Alikunhi and Dr Hiralal Chaudhuri – who successfully
demonstrated the induced breeding in Indian Major Carps on 10th July 1957.
• The
National Fisheries Development Board(NFDB), under the Department of Fisheries,
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying virtually celebrated the
21st National Fish Farmers’ Day.
13. WORLD POPULATION DAY 2021 – 11 JULY
• United
Nations(UN)’s World Population Day is annually observed across the globe on
11th July to create awareness about the urgency and importance of population
issues such as the importance of family planning, gender equality, poverty,
maternal health and human right, and their relations to the environment and
development.
