DAILY GK: 25 SEP 2021
1.INDIAN ARMY TO PROCURE 118 ARJUN MK-1A
• Heavy
Vehicles Factory (HVF) of Avadi, Chennai grabbed Rs 7,523 crore order from the
Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the supply of 118 Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) Arjun
Mk-1A for the Indian Army.
• The
tank is known as the “hunter killers”.
2.INDIA
RANKED 46TH IN GII 2021 BY WIPO
• India’s
rank in Global Innovation Index (GII) 2021 by the World Intellectual Property
Organisation (WIPO) improved by two spots to 46th from 48th in GII 2020.
• India
entered into the group of top 50 countries in GII for the 1st time.
Overall Rank of GII Country
1 Switzerland
2 Sweden
3 United
States of America
3.GLOBAL
STARTUP ECOSYSTEM REPORT 2021
• As
per the annual ranking of the international startup hubs named ‘Global Startup
Ecosystem Report 2021’, compiled by research organisation ‘Startup Genome’,
London, Mumbai, and Bangalore are featured among the world’s top startup hubs.
• Bangalore
ranked 23rd (26 in 2020) among the top 30 global startups, whereas Delhi ranked
36.
• Global
Startup Ranking: Silicon Valley ranked 1st followed by New York City and London
(2nd) Beijing ranked at 4 and Boston at 5.
• Mumbai:
It retained its 1st position in the Emerging Ecosystems ranking outperforming
other fast-growing ecosystems in areas of funding, performance market research,
and talent.
• Emerging
Ecosystems are the ecosystems in earlier stages of growth that have high
potential to be global performers in the future.
4.UNESCO’S
WORLD BOOK CAPITAL FOR 2023
• Audrey
Azoulay, Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization(UNESCO) has named Accra, Capital of Ghana as the UNESCO
World Book Capital for 2023, following the evaluation of the World Book Capital
Advisory Committee.
• Accra
is the 23rd city to be named the World Book Capital since 2001.
5.BANK
DEPOSITS GREW BY 11.9% IN FY21
• As
per the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) publication of ‘Deposits with Scheduled
Commercial Banks – March 2021’, Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) deposits in
FY21 grew by 11.9 percent year-on-year compared to 8.8 percent in FY20 due to
high growth in the Current Account and Savings Account (CASA) deposits.
6.GEETA
SAMOTA BECAME FASTEST INDIAN TO DO DUAL SUMMIT
• Central
Industrial Security Force (CISF) official Geeta Samota became the ‘Fastest
Indian to do Dual Summit’ after she completed the summit of two peaks of Mt
Elbrus (5,642 mts) in Russia and Kilimanjaro peak (5,895 mts) in Tanzania
(Africa).
7.EY
NORWAY CHESS 2021
• Magnus
Carlsen, Norwegian chess Grandmaster won the 9th edition of EY Norway Chess
2021 against Russian Grandmaster Ian Alexandrovich Nepomniachtchi.
• This
marks Magnus Carlsen’s 3rd consecutive title in Norway chess and 4th overall
title.
