DAILY GK: 05 , 06 SEP 2021
1.
MOU TO RECONSTRUCT PROJECTS DAMAGED BY 2015 EARTHQUAKE
• India
and Nepal signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs ) for the reconstruction
of 14 cultural heritage and 103 health sector projects across different
districts of Nepal, which were damaged by the 2015 earthquake.
• The
projects will be reconstructed at a cost of 420 crore Nepalese Rupees (~$36
million).
2.CYBER
LAB FOR ONLINE CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMME
• National
e-Governance Division (NeGD ) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology(MeitY ), Government of India has signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with National Law University(NLU), Delhi and National Law
Institute University (NLIU), Bhopal to establish a Cyber Lab for the “Online
capacity building Programme on Cyber Law, Crime Investigation and Digital
Forensics”.
• Goal:
To enable Police Officers, State Cyber Cells, Law Enforcement Agencies,
Prosecutors and Judicial Officers to acquire requisite skills to deal with
Cyber Forensics cases efficiently & effectively as per the Indian Cyber Law
while adopting global best practices, standards and guidelines.
3.APEDA
SIGNS MOU WITH ICAR-IIMR TO BOOST EXPORT
• The
Agricultural and Processed Food Product Export Development Authority (APEDA)
has signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Council of
Agriculture Research (ICAR)- Indian Institute of Millet Research(IIMR) to
increase export production by increasing quality and processing.
• Objective: To increase the export production with
necessary links in supply chain, technical warehouses , clinical research and
awareness.
4.ASIA’S
1ST COUNTRY TO LAUNCH A PLASTICS PACT
• World-Wide
Fund for Nature-India (WWF India) and the CII have collaborated to develop a
platform named ‘India Plastics Pact (IPP)’ to promote a circular system for
plastics.
• India
became the 1st Asian country to develop a plastics pact.
• The
pact is supported by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and Worldwide
Responsible Accredited Production (WRAP).
5.INDIAN
ARMY SET TO PROCURE OVER 100 “SKYSTRIKER”
• Indian
Army signed a Rs. 100 crore worth contract with the Joint Venture between
India’s Alpha Design & Israel’s Elbit Security Systems, for the procurement
of over 100 – ‘SkyStrikers’ under its emergency procurement powers.
• All
the ‘SkyStriker’ type drones will be manufactured in the Bangalore
manufacturing unit of Alpha Design.
• They
are also known as “Suicide Drones”, because of its autonomous system that is
designed to directly crash over the target with its pre-loded 5 kgs of Warhead.
6.GOI
ORGANIZES “MERA WATAN, MERA CHAMAN” “MUSHAIRA” &“KAVI SAMMELAN”
• Union
Minority Affairs Ministry organised “Mera Watan, Mera Chaman”, “Mushaira” and
“Kavi Sammelan” in New Delhi as a part
of “Amrit Mahotsav” of 75 years of India’s Independence.
• The
Programmes were launched by Union Minister of Minority Affairs, Mukhtar Abbas
Naqvi.
• It
will continue across the country till 2023.
7.“AYUSH
AAPKE DWAR” CAMPAIGN AT AYUSH MINISTRY
• Dr.
Munjapara Mahendrabhai, Minister of State, Ministry of Ayush, launched the “Ayush
Aapke Dwar” Campaign from Ayush Bhawan by distributing medicinal plants to
staff.
• The
Ministry of AYUSH launched the scheme from more than 45 locations across 21
states of India by distributing around 2
lakh medicinal plant saplings.
• Sarbananda
Sonowal, Union Minister of AYUSH, launched this campaign from Mumbai.
8.THE
WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 2022
• In
accordance with the ‘Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings
2022’, 3 Indian universities made it to the top 400 global rankings.
• Among
them, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru (Karnataka) is on the top
and continues to be between 301-350 cohort.
• It
was followed by IIT-Ropar (Punjab) and Mysuru (Karnataka) based private
university JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research in the 351-400 group.
9.ACC
NAMED SUMAN SHARMA AS NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SECI
• The
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has appointed Suman Sharma as the
Managing Director (MD) of Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI). .
• She
will succeed Jatindra Nath Swain who is currently serving as the chairman and
MD of the company.
• He
will remain the chairman of the company.
10.LIC
PICKS UP NEARLY 4% STAKE IN BANK OF INDIA
• Life
Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India has picked up around 3.9% stakes (around
159007791 shares) of Bank of India (BOI) through Open Market Acquisition on 2nd
September 2021.
• With
this acquisition the stake of LIC in Bank of India has increased from 3.17% to
7.05%, equivalent to 289287324 shares.
• The
BOI raised around Rs 2550 crore by allotting reference shares to qualified
institutional buyers.
11.LADAKH
SIGNS MOU WITH BRO FOR ROAD NETWORK UPGRADATION
• Union
Territory (UT) of Ladakh signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the
Border Roads Organisation (BRO) for construction & upgradation of its road
network.
• The
UT has also allocated 7 road & tunnel construction projects to BRO,
reviewing its expertise in construction over hilly areas.
• Note
– In August, BRO constructed the World’s highest motorable pass at Umling La
Pass in eastern Ladakh at an altitude of 19,300 feet.
12.NATIONAL
WILDLIFE DAY –SEP 04
• National
Wildlife Day is observed every year on September 4th.
• World
Wildlife Day will be celebrated in 2021 under the theme “Forests and
Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet”, as a way to highlight the central
role of forests, forest species and ecosystems services in sustaining the
livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people globally, and particularly of
Indigenous and local communities with historic ties to forested and
forest-adjacent areas.
