DAILY GK: 13, 14 JUNE 2021
1.
INDIA-THAILAND CORPAT CONDUCTED IN ANDAMAN SEA
• The
31st Edition of India-Thailand Coordinated Patrol (Indo-Thai CORPAT)
(Bi-Annual) between the Indian Navy and Royal Thai Navy was conducted in the
Andaman Sea.
• India
& Thailand have been conducting the CORPAT Bi-Annual exercise along their
International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) since 2005.
2.
UNGA APPROVES DECLARATION TO END AIDS BY 2030
• During
the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) High-Level Meeting (HLM) on
HIV/AIDS; the assembly approved a
declaration to end AIDS by 2030.
• The
declaration also committed assembly’s 193 member countries to implement.
• The
1st case of AIDS was reported in 1981, since then nearly 77.5 million people
have been infected with HIV and nearly 35 million have died from AIDS.
3.
GLOBAL HOME PRICE INDEX
• India
was ranked 55th in the Global Home Price Index for the 1st Quarter (Q1) ie;
January to March 2021, which is 12 spots lower than its Q1 ranking of 43rd in
2020.
• Global
Home Price Index is prepared by the London-based Knight Frank, which monitors
housing prices in 56 countries.
• The
ranking was topped by Turkey with 32%
year-on-year (YoY) growth, followed by New Zealand and Luxembourg .
4.
RBI’S NEW RULES OVER ATM
• RBI
has increased the interchange fee that banks could charge on ATM per
transaction from Rs 15 to Rs 17 for financial transactions, and from Rs 5 to Rs
6 for non-financial transactions in all centres.
• This
could be effective from August 1, 2021.
• RBI
enabled the customers eligible to make 5 free transactions (inclusive of
financial and non-financial transactions) every month from their own bank ATMs.
• The
free transactions limit (inclusive of financial and non-financial transactions)
for every month from other bank ATMs is fixed to 3 in metro centres and 5 in
non-metro centres.
5.
SBI LAUNCHED ‘KAVACH PERSONAL LOAN’
• State
Bank of India (SBI) has introduced a collateral-free offering scheme called
‘Kavach Personal Loan’ to provide financial assistance to its customers to
manage the COVID-19 treatment-related expenses.
• Under
the term loan, the customers could avail collateral-free personal loan ranging
from Rs 25,000 to Rs 5 lakh at an interest rate of 8.5 percent per annum for 60
months which is inclusive of 3 months moratorium.
6.
BANK OF MAHARASHTRA TOPS PSU BANKS IN TERMS OF LOAN
• As
per the data published by the Bank of Maharashtra (BoM), it emerged as the top
performer among Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) banks in terms of loan and
deposit growth in FY21.
• BoM
recorded a 13.45 percent increase in gross advances at Rs 1.07 lakh crore in
FY21.
7.
WINNERS OF 2021 PULITZER PRIZES ANNOUNCED
• Winners
of the 2021 Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism, Books, Drama and Music were
announced over a virtual ceremony.
• The
winners of the 2021 Pulitzer prize constitute the 105th class of Pulitzer Prize
winners.
• The
New York Times won the Public Service Pulitzers for its extensive coronavirus
coverage that exposed racial and economic inequities, government failures in
the United States and beyond.
• Louise
Erdrich won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize under the fiction category for his book
titled “The Night Watchman”.
• Late
Les Payne and Tamara Payne won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize under the Biography
category for the book titled “The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X”.
8.
WORLD’S LONGEST UNDERSEA CABLE BUILT BY GOOGLE
• Google
announced its plan of connecting the United States of America (USA) with South
American countries by constructing an Open subsea cable.
• The
subsea cable was named as “Firmina” honouring Brazil’s 1st poet ‘Maria Firmina
dos Reis’.
• It
is the World’s longest subsea cable, which is capable of fully operating
through a single power source, in case if other power sources become
temporarily unavailable Firmina will be connecting the East Coast of the USA
with Las Toninas, Argentina, and additional landings in Praia Grande, Brazil,
and Punta del Este, Uruguay.
9.
WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOUR 2021 – JUNE 12
• United
Nations(UN)’s World Day Against Child Labour is annually observed across the
globe on 12th June to highlight the focus on the global extent of child labour
and the action and efforts required to eliminate Child Labour.
• UN
declared 2021 as the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour.
• Based
on the theme “Act now: end child labour“, a high-level virtual event will be
carried by International Labour Conference(ILC) on 2021 World Day Against Child
Labour.
