DAILY GK: 10 JUNE 2021
1. COVID-19 HOME CARE IN 112 ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS
• NITI
Aayog and Piramal Foundation have launched ‘Surakshit Hum Surakshit Tum
Abhiyaanin’ in 112 Aspirational Districts to help district administrations to
provide home-care support to COVID-19 patients who are asymptomatic or have
mild symptoms.
• Objective
– It aims to provide long-term support to India’s poorest communities in the
Aspirational Districts by addressing the lasting impact of COVID-19.
2.
INDIA PLASTIC CHALLENGE HACKATHON 2021
• On
Occasion of the World Oceans Day (June 8), Union Minister for Environment,
Forest & Climate Change Prakash Javadekar launched an 2-month Awareness
Campaign on Single-Use Plastic (SUP) & India Plastic Challenge – Hackathon
2021.
• In
2019, Government of India had set a target of phasing-out SUP in India by 2022.
• The
awareness campaign will focus on plastic waste management and elimination of
identified SUP items and aims to bring behavioural change in the people.
3.
GOVERNMENT EXTENDS FREE FOODGRAINS SCHEME TILL NOVEMBER 2021
• The
Central Government has announced the extension of the Scheme to distribute Free
of cost – Wheat & Rice Under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana
(PMGKAY) to around 80 Crore people till November 2021.
• arlier,
the scheme was applicable for the months of May & June 2021 only.
• Under
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY), the Central government is
distributing 5 Kg free food grains per
person per month to 80 Crore beneficiaries covered under the National Food
Security Act (NFSA).
4.
EIU REPORT 2021
• According
to the Global Liveability Index 2021 released by the Economic Intelligence Unit
(EIU), New Zealand’s Auckland has been named as the World’s Most Liveable City
due to its ability to control the spread of COVID-19 pandemic faster and lift
restrictions earlier than other cities in the world even though city had more
COVID-19 cases.
• Osaka
(Japan), and Adelaide (Australia) came 2nd and 3rd respectively.
5.
QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 2022: MIT
• According
to the 18th Edition of QS World University Rankings 2022 released by QS
(Quacquarelli Symonds), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in USA was
ranked as the World’s No. 1 University followed by University of Oxford (UK)
while Stanford University (USA) & Cambridge University (UK) shared the 3rd
spot.
• Indian
Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)
was the top ranked Indian University at 177 (score of 46.4)
• Indian
Institute of Science, Bengaluru (IISc Bengaluru) was ranked as the World’s top
research university in accordance with quotes per faculty indicator.
6.
ANUP CHANDRA PANDEY APPOINTED AS ELECTION COMMISSIONER
• The
Government of India has appointed Anup Chandra Pandey, retired Ias officer of
1984 batch, Uttar Pradesh Cadre as the Election Commissioner of India with
effect from the date he assumes the office.
• Anup
Chandra Pandey will join Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sushil Chandra and
Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar in the 3 member top executive body of the
Election Commission of India (ECI) which will oversee the assembly elections in
Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand.
7.
RE-APPOINTED OF MD&CEO OF BANDHAN BANK
• The
RBI has granted approval for re-appointment of Chandra Shekhar Ghosh as
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer (MD&CEO) of Bandhan bank,
for a period of three years.
• After
getting licence from the RBI, it was established as a universal bank in August
2015 with headquarters in Kolkata,West
Bengal.
8.
PUNJAB BECOMES FIRST STATE TO USE NFC-BASED “EIDS”
• Punjab
Government becomes the first state in India to
initiate the usage of Electronic
Identity Cards (eIDs) equipped with Near Field Communication (NFC) technology
for Government officers and employees through Punjab Mandi Board.
• Besides
promoting e-governance, Punjab also launched a digi-locker facility for its
farmers,becoming the first State in India to do so.
9.
FIRST VILLAGE IN INDIA TO VACCINATE 100% ADULT POPULATION
• A
remote hamlet in the Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir has become the
first village in India to vaccinate all its adult population against the novel
coronavirus.
• “Weyan,
a village in district Bandipora (J&K) has become the first village in the
country, where the entire population above 18 years has been vaccinated”.
• Due
to the difficult terrain of the area, the vaccinators had walked 18 km on foot
to reach the village.
10.
PRIVATISATION OF CENTRAL BANK, INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK
• To
privatize two state-run banks as unveiled by Finance Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman in her Union Budget speech 2021, the Narendra Modi government may
soon finalize plans to sell Centre’s stake in Central Bank of India and Indian
Overseas Bank (IOB).
• NITI
Aayog has submitted the names of two public sector banks (PSBs) and one public
sector general insurer, which can be sold off under the government’s new
privatization policy, to the Core Group of Secretaries on Disinvestment.
