DAILY GK: 29 , 30 AUG 2021
1.MDS
TO SUPPLY ANTI-SUBMARINE SYSTEMS
• The
Ministry of Defence (MoD) has approved contracts worth INR 1349.95 crore to
Mahindra Defence Systems Limited (MDS), a group firm of Mahindra & Mahindra
Ltd, for supplying 14 Integrated Anti-submarine warfare Defence Suite (IADS) to
the warships of the Indian Navy.
• It
is the 1st of its kind technology developed by an Indian company.
2.COMMITTEE
TO STREAMLINE REVENUE LITIGATION
• The
Central Government has constituted a committee headed by Ashish Shiradhonkar,
heads e-courts project in National Informatics Centre (NIC), to develop a
technological platform streamlining the appeal filing process related to direct
and indirect taxation matters.
• The
committee will comprise representatives of NIC, law ministry, Central Board of
Direct Taxes (CBDT), Central Board of Indirect Taxes (CBIT), and the Department
of Revenue, Ministry of Finance.
3.STADIUM
NAMED AFTER NEERAJ CHOPRA
• Minister
of Defence, Rajnath Singh renamed Army Sports Institute stadium of Army Sport
Institute (ASI), Pune as “Neeraj Chopra Stadium”,after the Olympic Gold
Medalist Neeraj Chopra.
• The
inauguration ceremony was held in the presence of Army Chief General MM
Naravane and Neeraj Chopra.
4.BRICS
AGRICULTURE MINISTERS MEETING, 2021
• Union
Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar has
chaired 11th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China & South Africa)
Agriculture Ministers meeting virtually.
• The
theme of the meeting was “BRICS Partnership for Strengthening Agro Biodiversity
for Food and Nutrition Security”.
• BRICS
Agriculture Research Platform (BARP) created to enhance agricultural
cooperation among BRICS countries
5.1ST
HOSPITAL IN INDIA TO HOUSE A FIRE STATION
• The
All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), Delhi became the 1st hospital
in India to house a fire station inside the hospital premises.
• The
AIIMS and Delhi Fire Service (DFS) have partnered to establish the fire station
inside the AIIMS premises.
6.GLOBAL
DEFI ADOPTION INDEX; US TOPS
• The
1st Edition of the Global DeFi (Decentralised Finance) Adoption Index was
released by Chainalysis.
• India
ranked 6th place out of 154 countries. The United States topped the ranking
followed by Vietnam (2nd) & Thailand (3rd) respectively.
• DeFi
(Decentralised Finance) is a blockchain-based form of finance that does not
rely on central financial intermediaries such as brokerages, exchanges, or
banks to offer traditional financial instruments, and instead utilizes smart
contracts on blockchains, the most common being Ethereum.
7.LIC
LAUNCHED ANANDA MOBILE APP
• Life
Insurance Corporation(LIC) of India Chairman, Shri. M R Kumar launched Ananda (Atma Nirbhar Agents New Business
Digital Application) mobile app via video conferencing event in Hyderabad,
Telangana.
• Purpose
of the App- It works as a tool for the
on-boarding process to get the life insurance policy via paperless format.
8.UK
INDIA COVID-19 STUDY AWARDED GUINNESS WORLD RECORD
• Guinness
World Records’ title is awarded for ‘Most authors on a single peer-reviewed
academic paper’, a study about COVID-19 conducted at Indian hospitals among
others around the world by the United Kingdom(UK) experts along with University
of Birmingham and Edinburgh.
9.TN
GOVERNOR BANWARILAL PUROHIT GETS ADDITIONAL CHARGE OF PUNJAB
• Ram
Nath Kovind, President of India, has appointed Banwarilal Purohit, Governor of
Tamil Nadu(TN) to discharge the functions of the Governor of Punjab in addition
to his duties.
• He
was also appointed as the Administrator of the Union Territory(UT) of Chandigarh.
• Banwarilal
Purohit will replace V P Singh Badnore, who has been serving as the Governor of
Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh.
10.AMIT
BANERJEE APPOINTED AS NEW CMD OF BEML
• Amit
Banerjee is appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director(CMD) of BEML
(Bharat Earth Movers Limited).
• He
succeeded Deepak Kumar Hota(D.K.Hota), who retired on January 2021.
• After
the retirement of D.K.Hota , M V Rajasekhar was given additional charge as CMD.
11.NAKUL
CHOPRA APPOINTED AS CEO OF BARC INDIA
• Nakul
Chopra was appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Broadcast
Audience Research Council India (BARC) by replacing Sunil Lulla.
• BARC
India is the world’s largest television measurement science industry body.
• It
was registered with the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) as a
self-regulated, not-for-profit Joint Industry Body (JIB).
12.NATIONAL
REMOTE SENSING DAY 2021
• The
National Remote Sensing Day is annually observed across India on 12th August to
mark the birth anniversary of Dr Vikram Sarabhai, who is known as the Father of
the Indian Space Program.
• The
day also aims to create awareness of the Indian Remote Sensing program and its
applications for the Environment and Society.
13.WATER
PLUS CERTIFICATION
• 3
cities of Andhra Pradesh(AP) were awarded “Water Plus” certification by the
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs(MoHUA), Government of India.
• The
certification is awarded under the Swachh Bharat Mission and Swachh Survekshan
assessment.
• Greater
Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, Vijayawada Municipal Corporation and
Tirupati Municipal Corporation are among the 9 cities across India that were
awarded Water Plus Certification.
• AP
became the only state to have more than 1 water plus city.
