DAILY GK: 7 MAY 2021
1.NOTIFICATION OF SECTION 142 OF SOCIAL SECURITY CODE, 2020
• Ministry of
Labour & Employment has notified Section 142 of the Social Security Code,
2020 which covers the applicability of Aadhar.
• It will
enable the Labour Ministry to collect Aadhar data of workers in the Unorganized
Sector.
• The Aadhar
details will be uploaded in the National Database for Unorganised Workers
(NDUW) which is being developed by National Informatics Centre (NIC).
2.CABINET
APPROVED STRATEGIC DISINVESTMENT IN IDBI BANK
• The Cabinet
Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi
gave approval for strategic disinvestment and transfer of management control in
Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI Bank).
• More than
94 percent of the equity of IDBI Bank was owned by the Government of India
(GoI) and Life Insurance Corporation(LIC) of which GoI holds 45.48 percent and
LIC holds 49.24 percent.
3.ALLOCATION
OF ADDITIONAL FOODGRAIN UNDER PM-GKAY
The cabinet has accorded approval to the allocation of
additional foodgrain under Phase-III of PM-GKAY for another period of 2 months
– May to June 2021.
• Each
beneficiary will get 5 Kg of rice per month for free of cost.
• It is set
to benefit around 79.88 Crore people covered under NFSA (National Food Security
Act)
• The
Allocations are aimed at alleviating the hardships faced by the poor due to
economic disruption caused by Covid-19.
4.G20
TOURISM MINISTERS’ MEETING
• Union
Minister of State for Tourism & Culture (I/c) Shri Prahlad Singh Patel virtually
participated in 2021 G20 Tourism Ministers’ Meeting held in Italy.
• Mr Massimo
Garavaglia, Minister of Tourism,Government of Italy Chaired the meeting.
• India in
Tourism development
• India will
support the Principles for the transition to a green travel and tourism economy
submitted by United Nation World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
• Note –
Indonesia will hold G20 Presidency in the year 2022.
5.IRDAI
INTRODUCED STANDARD TRAVEL INSURANCE
• Insurance
Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI), has issued guidelines on
Bharat Yatra Suraksha, the Standard Domestic Travel Insurance Product (SDTIP)
of india.
• The
standard product consists of five different plans under the standard travel
insurance product and the coverage is both benefit and indemnity-based.
6.THE
JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD
• American
Actor Tyler Perry received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, an Oscar
statue, at the 93rd Academy Awards(Oscar 2021) Ceremony.
• He was
honoured for his contribution towards the recovery of the entertainment
industry amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
• The JeanHersholt Humanitarian Award is presented
to an individual in the motion picture industry whose humanitarian efforts have
brought credit to the industry.
7.PARKER
SOLAR PROBE DETECTED RADIO SIGNAL FROM VENUS
• The NASA
Spacecraft Parker Solar Probe has discovered a natural radio signal from Venus.
• These
signals were detected when the space probe flew over the upper atmosphere of
Venus.
• According
to the findings of Parker Solar Probe, just like the earth, planet Venus also
has an electrically charged layer of gas in its upper atmosphere called the
ionosphere.
8.INDIA’S
1ST VACCINE FOR VNN DISEASES IN FISH
• Chennai-based
Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA) has developed India’s
first vaccine for the viral nervous necrosis (VNN) disease, caused by the
nervous necrosis virus (NNV), which affects various species of fish.
9.FORMER
UNION MINISTER CHAUDHARY AJIT SINGH PASSES AWAY
• Former
Union Minister and the Chief of RashtriyaLok Dal (RLD), Chaudhary Ajit Singh
passed away in Gurgaon, Haryana.
• He passed
away due to COVID-19 complications.
• Ajit Singh,
the son of former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh was one of the first
IITians in Indian Politics.
