DAILY GK: 19,20 SEP 2021
1.RAIL
KAUSHAL VIKAS YOJANA (RKVY) UNDER PMKVY
• Union
Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Ministry of Railways launched Rail Kaushal Vikas
Yojana (RKVY) under the aegis of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)
from Rail Bhavan, New Delhi.
• The
program envisages empowering youth viz. 50000 candidates with industry relevant
skills over a period of three years under the Apprentice Act 1961 through 75
Railway training institutes. It will be free of cost.
2.SIRARAKHONG
CHILLI & TAMENGLONG ORANGE GET GI TAG
• Manipur’s
Sirarakhong Chilli (Hathei Chilly) and Tamenglong Orange have received the
Geographical Index (GI) tag.
• The
Chief Minister of Manipur,N. Biren Singh, announced it during the inaugural
ceremony of the Van Dhan Vikas Kendra (VDVK) Mela, 2021.
3.BYJU’S
ACQUIRES K-12 CODING COMPANY TYNKER
• NITI
Aayog Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Amitabh Kant launched an initiative in
collaboration with edutech company BYJU’S to provide free access to the
company’s “Premium Learning’’ resources to
students of class 6-12 in government schools across 112 ‘Aspirational
Districts’.
• BYJU’S
has acquired 100 percent share in US based K-12 coding company Tynker.
• The
objective is to provide every child a
strong foundation in computer science, programming and critical thinking
skills.
4.HIGH
ASH COAL TO METHANOL CONVERSION PLANT
• Bharat
Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has developed India’s 1st High ash Indian Coal
to Methanol conversion plant in Hyderabad, Telangana under plot basis.
• The
plant is developed using indigenous technology, to promote the adoption of
clean technology.
• Methanol
produced through the plant will be blended with crude oil to reduce emission
through transportation fuel.
5.INDIA
TO HAVE WORLD’S LONGEST EXPRESSWAY BY MARCH 2023
• Nitin
Gadkari, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways announced that India is
set to have the world’s longest expressway – Delhi-Mumbai Express Highway by
March 2023.
• The
1,380 km long Expressway, developed at a cost of Rs.98000 Crore will reduce the
travel time between Delhi and Mumbai to 12 to 13 hours.
• The
first phase from Delhi-Jaipur (Dausa)-Lalsot and Vadodara-Ankleshwar is
expected to be open to traffic by March 2022.
• The
expressway is expected to be completed by March 2023.
• This
will be India’s first expressway to have helipads and fully equipped trauma
centres at every 100 km.
6.‘DUSHANBE
DECLARATION’ ADOPTED
• PM
Narendra Modi virtually participated in the 21st Meeting of the Council of
Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) that was held for
the first time through hybrid format from Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
• During
the meeting, SCO member countries adopted the ‘Dushanbe Declaration’ to promote
counter terrorism & stability in Afghanistan.
7.PIYUSH
GOYAL ADDRESSES THE G-33 VIRTUAL MEETING
• The
G-33 Virtual Informal Ministerial Meeting organized by Indonesia.
• The
informal Ministerial Meeting was chaired by Muhammad Lutfi, Minister of Trade,
Republic of Indonesia.
• Objective
-To discuss the ‘Agricultural Priority Issues of G-33’ and the Way Forward for
the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC-12) scheduled to be held.
8.YOSHIHIDE
SUGA TO STEP DOWN AS JAPAN’S PM
• Japan’s
prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, is set to step down as the Prime Minister(PM)
of Japan.
• He
took over as the Prime Minister of Japan succeeding Shinzo Abe who resigned in
September 2020.
• Yoshihide
Suga is the leader of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
9.APPOINTMENT
OF 17 SDG ADVOCATES BY UN
• United
Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed 17 Sustainable
Development Goals (SDG) Advocates, ahead of the 76th General Assembly.
• Nobel
Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi, STEM activist Valentina Munoz Rabanal,
Microsoft President Brad Smith and K-pop superstars Blackpink were named in the
list.
10.WORLD’S
1ST 5-COUNTRY BIOSPHERE RESERVE
• UNESCO
(United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) declared
Europe’s Mura-Drava-Danube (MDD), the largest riverine protected area on the
continent known as ‘Amazon of Europe’ as the world’s first five-country
biosphere reserve.
• Key
Features of Amazon of Europe:
• Countries
covered– Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary and Serbia.
• Rivers
covered– Mura, Drava and Danube
• Total
area of the reserve– Million Hectares
11.WORLD
BAMBOO DAY 2021 – SEPTEMBER 18
• World
Bamboo Day (WBD) is annually observed across the globe on September 18th to
create awareness about Bamboo, a non-wood forest product, which is considered
Green Gold and to promote the new cultivation of bamboo for new industries
across the globe.
• The
Message of WBD 2021 is “#PlantBamboo: It is Time to Plant Bamboo”.
