DAILY GK: 15 , 16 AUG 2021
1.PROHIBITION
SINGLE USE PLASTIC ITEMS BY 2022
• In
exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6, 8 and 25 of Environment
(Protection) Act 1986, (29 of 1986), the Central Government amended the Plastic
Waste Management (PWM) Rules, 2016 with Plastic Waste Management (Amendment)
Rules, 2021.
• With
effect from September 30, 2021, the thickness of plastic carry bags has been
increased from 50 microns to 75 microns.
2.HARYANA
GOT 1ST RAMSAR SITES
• Ministry
of Environment, Forest and Climate Change announced the addition of 4 more
wetlands from India, 2 each from Gujarat and Haryana in ‘The Convention on
Wetlands of International Importance’/ Ramsar Convention.
KEY POINTS: RAMSAR
SITES THAT ARE INCLUDED:
• Thol
Lake Wildlife Sanctuary, Gujarat
• Wadhvana
Wetland, Gujarat
• Sultanpur
National Park, Gurgaon, Haryana
• Bhindawas
Wildlife Sanctuary, Jhajjar, Haryana
• With
this, the number of Ramsar sites in India became 46 and the surface area
covered by the Ramsar sites became 1,083,322 hectares.
3.INTERNATIONAL
CLIMATE SUMMIT 2021
• Invest
India, the National Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency of the
Government of India has joined the ‘International Climate Summit 2021 (ICS
2021)’ as co-organizer.
• The
summit will help in building a platform for India’s transition to clean energy
with focus on ‘Powering India’s Hydrogen Ecosystem’.
4.INDIA’S
69TH CHESS GRANDMASTER
• 20
year old Harshit Raja from Pune, Maharashtra became the 69th Chess Grand Master
of India after drawing his game against Dennis Wagner at the Biel Masters Open
• He
won Silver in Under-13 National Chess Championship in 2014 held at Jamshedpur
and Gold in School Games Federation of India (SGFI) Nationals held in Tamil
Nadu in 2014.
5.BOOK
TITLED “RAMRAO: THE STORY OF INDIA’S FARM CRISIS”
• Rural
Journalist Jaideep Hardikar has authored a new book titled “Ramrao: The Story
of India’s Farm Crisis” which offers insights into the crisis faced by farmers.
• The
book published by HarperCollins India
features the biography of Ramrao Panchleniwar, a cotton farmer from Vidarbha,
Maharashtra.
6.WORLD
PREDIABETES DAY – 14TH AUGUST 2021
• The
World Prediabetes Day will be annually observed across the globe on 14th August
starting from 2021.
• The
day aims to create awareness about Prediabetes and to reduce the increasing
rate of diabetes.
• 14th
August 2021 marks the first World Prediabetes Day.
7.PM
DECLARED 14TH AUGUST AS “PARTITION HORRORS REMEMBRANCE DAY”
• PM
Narendra Modi declared the 14th August as the “Partition Horrors Remembrance Day”
to acknowledge the difficulties faced by the Indians during the partition of
India in 1947.
• 14th
August 2021 is the first-ever Partition Horrors Remembrance Day.
8.1ST INDIAN STATE TO RECOGNIZE COMMUNITY FOREST
RESOURCE RIGHT
• On
the occasion of International Day of World’s Indigenous People Day i.e. August
9, 2021, the Chief Minister (CM) of Chhattisgarh Bhupesh Baghel recognized
Community Forest Resource Rights in an urban area, making it the first state in
India to do so.
• In
this regard, certificates for the same were distributed during a program in
Raipur,
9.INDIA’S
1ST DRONE FORENSIC LAB & RESEARCH CENTRE INAUGURATED AT KERALA
• The
Chief Minister (CM) of Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the India’s first
first-of-its-kind Drone Forensic Lab and Research Centre in Thiruvananthapuram,
Kerala during a function held in the SAP (Special Armed Police) parade ground.
• Notably,
it was launched by the State police of Kerala.
