DAILY GK: 08 , 09 AUGUST 2021
1.FINDING
INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO COMBAT COVID-19
• The
2nd Edition of the ‘COVID-19 Innovation report 2021’ released by Startup Blink
in association with Health Innovation Exchange & UNAIDS (United Nations
Programme on HIV/AIDS) has ranked India 32nd (score 0.396) in the global
coronavirus innovation rankings for countries.
• The
US has topped the rankings, followed by Israel & Canada.
• In
the Cities Rankings, San Francisco Bay (US), New York (US) & Moscow
(Russia) were ranked as the Top 3 cities.
• India
has 2 cities – Bengaluru, Karnataka (49th Rank), New Delhi (55th) in the top
100 rankings.
2.ASEAN
REGIONAL FORUM FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING 2021
• Minister
of State (MoS) for External Affairs, Rajkumar Ranjan Singh led the Indian
Delegation at the 28th Association of SouthEast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional
Forum (ARF) Foreign Ministers Meeting 2021.
• The
meeting was held virtually under the Chairmanship of Brunei Darussalam.
• During
the meeting, S. Jaishankar proposed to commemorate 2022 as the ASEAN-India
friendship year on occasion of the 30th Anniversary (India joined ASEAN in
1992).
3.AGENCY
BANK TO RBI
• The
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has empanelled the Karnataka Bank as the ‘Agency
Bank’ to facilitate transactions related to government (govt) businesses.
• RBI
has allowed Karnataka Bank to handle transactions related to revenue receipts
under the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the Central Board of Indirect
Taxes and Customs (CBIC) and Goods and Services Tax (GST) on behalf of the
state/central govt.
4.NASSCOM’S
AI GAMECHANGER AWARD 2021
• The
Information Technology, Electronics and Communication(ITE&C) Department of
the Government of Telangana has won the AI Game Changer Award 2021 for the
implementation of the ‘Crowd Monitoring using AI’ scheme.
• The
winners of the awards were announced at the Xperience AI Summit 2021 organised
by the National Association of Software and Services Companies(NASSCOM).
5.CHAIRPERSON
OF NCW
• The
government of India has nominated Rekha Sharma as the Chairperson of the
National Commission for Women(NCW) for another term of 3 years with effect from
7th August 2021 or till the age of 65 or until further orders.
• She
has been serving as the chairperson of NCW since 7th August 2018.
6.NISAR
PROPOSED TO BE LAUNCHED EARLY 2023
• Earth
Sciences Minister Jitendra Singh stated about the proposed launch of ‘NASA-ISRO
Synthetic Aperture Radar’ (NISAR) in early 2023.
• NISAR
is a joint Earth-observation satellite mission between ISRO (Indian Space
Research Organisation) and US space agency NASA (National Aeronautics and Space
Administration) for global observations over all land masses including the
Polar cryosphere and the Indian Ocean region.
7.7TH
NATIONAL HANDLOOM DAY
• The
National Handloom Day(NHD) is annually observed across India on 7th August to
create awareness about the handloom works in India and to recognise its
contribution to the socio-economic development of India.
• The
annual celebration of the national Handloom day is organised by the Ministry of
