DAILY GK: 19 JUNE 2021
1. ‘CUSTOMIZED
CRASH COURSE PROGRAMME FOR COVID-19 FRONTLINE WORKERS’
• Prime
Minister Narendra Modi virtually launched ‘Customized Crash Course programme
for COVID-19 Frontline Workers’.
• The
training programme will be conducted in 111 training centres spread over 26
states.
• Under
the training programme about 1 lakh youth will be trained under in the next 2-3
months.
• The
programme has been designed as a special programme under the Central Component
of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 3.0 (PMKVY 3.0) of Ministry of Skill
Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE).
2. TARGETS TO
REDUCE ROAD ACCIDENT DEATHS BY 50% BY 2024
• Ministry
of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) introduced common PUC (Pollution Under
Control) certificate format for all vehicles pan-India under Central Motor
Vehicle Rules 1989.
• The
PUC database will be linked with the National Register.
• MoRTH
has also extended the validity of motor vehicle documents under Motor Vehicles
Act, 1988 and Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 till 30th September, 2021.
• MoRth
also sets a target to reduce road accident deaths by 50% by the year 2024.
3. MHA
OPERATIONALISES NATIONAL HELPLINE TO PREVENT CYBER FRAUD
• Ministry
of Home (MHA) operationalised the national helpline 155260 and reporting
platform via Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System for
preventing financial loss of individuals due to cyber fraud.
• These
have been made operational by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)
under MHA, in cooperation from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), all major
banks, payment banks, wallets and online merchants.
4. SNB
STATISTICS 2020
• According
to ‘Annual Bank Statistics of 2020’ released by Swiss National Bank (SNB), the
Central Bank of Switzerland – India with Swiss Francs (CHF) 2.55 billion ( ~
INR 20, 706 Crore) has been placed at 51st place in the list of foreign
clients’ money in Swiss Banks during 2020.
• The
United Kingdom (UK) topped the list with CHF 377 billion, followed by US (152
billion).
• In
the ‘Annual banking statistics, 2019’ India was placed at the 77th position.
5. SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2021
• According
to the 6th Edition of ‘Sustainable
Development Report 2021 (SDR 2021)’ released by Sustainable Development
Solutions Network (SDSN), India with a score of 60.1 has been placed at 120th
rank out of 165 countries.
• Finland
topped the Index followed by Sweden & Denmark.
6. GLOBAL PEACE
INDEX 2021
• According
to the 15th Edition of Global Peace Index 2021 (GPI 2021) released by Institute
of Economics and Peace (IEP), India with a score of 2.553 has been ranked 135
out of 163 countries, which specifies ‘Low State of Peace’.
• Iceland
topped the GPI 2021 Index followed by New Zealand & Denmark.
• The
average level of global peacefulness decreased by 0.07 per cent in the 2021
Global Peace Index.
• It
has deteriorated for the 9th time in the last 13 years.
7. UNCCD’S 2021
LAND FOR LIFE AWARD
• Familial
Forestry, the environment conservation concept of Rajasthan-based climate
activist ShyamSundarJyani has won the United Nations Convention to Combat
Desertification’s (UNCCD) Land for Life Award for 2021.
• Theme:
Healthy Land, Healthy Lives
8.DIRECTOR AT
INDIA’S WTO MISSION FOR A 1ST TIME
• In
an introductory move, a private person namely AashishChandorkar has been
appointed by the Central Government as Counsellor in India’s Permanent Mission
in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for a period of three years.
• He
is a director of Bengaluru (Karnataka) based policy think tank Smahi Foundation
of Policy and Research.
• WTO,
a 164-member multi-lateral body headquartered at Geneva, Switzerland, deals in
global trade. India has been its member since 1995.
9. U.S. WOMEN’S
OPEN 2021
• Yuka
Saso became the first Filipino (Philippines) player to win a major Golf
Tournament, Saso a dual citizen with a Filipino mother and Japanese father tied
Park Inbee as the youngest champion at the tournament, after winning the 76th
US Women’s Open golf championship 2021 at the Olympic Club in San Francisco.
10. SUSTAINABLE
GASTRONOMY DAY 2021 – JUNE 18
• The
United Nations(UN)’s Sustainable Gastronomy Day is annually observed across the
globe on 18th June to acknowledge gastronomy as a cultural expression related
to the natural and cultural diversity of the world.
11. WORLD
CROCODILE DAY 2021 – JUNE 17
• World
Crocodile Day is annually observed across the globe on 17th June to create
awareness about the difficulties faced by the endangered crocodiles and
alligators around the world.
• World
Crocodile Day is also known as World croc day.
