DAILY GK: 8 JAN 2021
1. LASI WAVE-1 REPORT 2020
• Union Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan released
the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI) Wave-1 Report 2020 based on
full–scale national.
• It is India’s first and the world’s
largest survey providing base for designing national and state level programmes
and policies for ageing population in India.
• The information obtained from LASI has
covered four domains viz. Health, Health care and Health care financing,
Economic, and Social.
• Initiative towards Better Health Care for
Elderly People.
• Andhra Pradesh (AP) topped the Measured
prevalence (%) of low vision (near and/or distance) among elderly age 60 and
above with 66.4%.
• Uttar Pradesh (UP) topped the Prevalence
(%) of blindness among elderly age 60 and above.
• Chhattisgarh topped in the prevalence of
undernutrition (underweight) among older adults aged 45 and above.
• Chandigarh has maximum prevalence of
overnutrition (overweight/obesity) among older adults aged 45 and above.
2. REWARI-MADAR FREIGHT CORRIDOR
SECTION OF WDFC
• PM Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the
306-Km long New Rewari in Haryana-New Madar in Rajasthan section of Western
Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) & flagged off the World’s 1st Double
Stack Long Haul 1.5 Km Container Train hauled by electric traction from Atela
in Haryana – Kishangarh in Rajasthan.
• It will ensure interruption free
connectivity with the western ports of Kandla, Pipavav, Mundhra, and Dahej in Gujarat.
• Japan International Cooperation Agency is
funding WDFC.
3. WORLD’S LARGEST FLOATING SOLAR
ENERGY PROJECT
• World’s Largest Floating 600 Megawatt (MW)
Solar Energy Project which is under construction at Omkareshwar dam on Narmada
river in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh is set to begin power generation by
the year 2022-23.
• The production of electricity will be in
about 2000- hectare water areas and the Floating panels will be installed in
the backwaters of Omkareshwar dam.
4. CDSCO GIVES APPROVAL TO VACCINES
OF M/S SII & M/S BHARAT BIOTECH
• The Committee of Central Drugs Standard
Control Organisation (CDSCO) gave approval to M/s Serum Institute of
India(SII), Pune, Maharashtra for
Covishield, a Recombinant Chimpanzee
Adenovirus vector vaccine, it encoded the SARS-CoV-2 Spike (S) glycoprotein
with technology transfer from AstraZeneca/Oxford University and to M/s Bharat
Biotech for COVAXIN, Whole Virion Inactivated Coronavirus Vaccine for
restricted use in India in emergency situations.
5. INDIA’S 1ST UCB TO CONVERT INTO
SFB
• The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has issued
a scheduled commercial banking license to Shivalik Mercantile Co-operative Bank
(SMCB) Ltd to carry on business as a Small Finance Bank(SFB) under its ‘Scheme
on voluntary transition of Urban Co-operative Bank(UCB) into a Small Finance
Bank’.
• It is the 1st UCB in India to transit to
SFB under the scheme.
• SMCB is renamed as Shivalik Small Finance
Bank (SSFB).
• The bank expects to commence business as a
SFB by April 2021.
6. IRDAI’S 3 STANDARD INSURANCE
PRODUCTS TO COVER RISK OF FIRED
• Insurance Regulatory and Development
Authority of India (IRDAI) has mandated General Insurance Companies to offer 3
standard Insurance Products namely –
Bharat Griha Raksha, Bharat Sookshma Udyam Suraksha & Bharat Laghu Udyam
Suraksha to cover risk of fire & allied perils from April 1, 2021.
• The 3 policies will replace the Standard
Fire and Special Perils (SFSP) Policy.
• Bharat Griha Raksha (meant for Home
Building and Home Contents)
• Bharat Sookshma Udyam Suraksha (meant for
enterprises where the total value at risk is upto Rs. 5 Crore)
• Bharat Laghu Udyam Suraksha (meant for
enterprises where the total value at risk is more than Rs. 5 Crore and upto Rs.
50 crore).
7. COMMITTEE TO PROTECT LANGUAGE,
CULTURE OF LADAKH
• Central Government has decided to form a
committee to protect the language, culture and land of the Union Territory (UT)
of Ladakh.
• The committee will be headed by the
Minister of State (MoS) Gangapuram Kishan Reddy and will include elected
representatives from Ladakh, members of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development
Council (LAHDC) and ex-officio members representing the Government of India and
the Ladakh administration.
8. BOOK “RIGHT UNDER YOUR NOSE”
• The book titled ‘Right Under Your Nose’ is
authored by Reserve Bank of India(RBI) Manager R Giridharan.
• This is his debut Book. The book is
published by Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd.
