DAILY GK: 28 , 29 JULY 2021
1.
‘CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE’ IN THE NORTHEAST
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The Ministry of Science
and Technology (MoST) will launch a first-of-its-kind Centre of Excellence
(CoE) in the Northeast i.e. ‘Centre for Bio-Resources and Sustainable
Development’ at Kimin in Papum Pare district of Arunachal Pradesh (AR).
2.
EXERCISE CUTLASS EXPRESS 2021
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Indian Naval Ship (INS)
Talwar visited Mombasa, Kenya to participate in Exercise Cutlass Express 2021
(CE21). The Annual Maritime Exercise is to be conducted along the East Coast of
Africa.
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The Exercise is
sponsored by the U.S. Africa Command and conducted by U.S. Naval Forces Africa
(NAVAF).
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Indian Navy is
participating in the exercise in a ‘trainer role’.
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The main objective of
the exercise is to promote national and regional maritime security in East
Africa and the Western Indian Ocean.
3.
INDIA’S LARGEST 3 GWH LI-ION BATTERY FACTORY
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Lohum Cleantech, a
lithium-ion(Li-ion) battery maker and a battery recycling solutions company,
plans to set up India’s largest 3 GWh Li-ion manufacturing as well as recycling
plant in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh with an investment of Rs 300 crore within
18 months.
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It also plans to
introduce a new recycling facility in Kandla, Gujarat.
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The key raw materials
required for manufacturing a Li-ion battery are lithium, cobalt, nickel and
graphite.
4.
WORLD’S 1ST COUNTRY TO APPROVE GM ‘GOLDEN RICE’
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The Philippines became
the World’s 1st Country to approve Genetically Modified (GM) ‘Golden Rice’ for
Commercial Production.
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The GM rice will help
in increasing the rice productivity in the country.
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The rice variety
approved by the Philippines is enriched with Vitamin A-precursor beta-carotene
to make it more nutritional. In the
Philippines, around 17% of children under the age of 5 are deficient in Vitamin
A.
5.
BYJU’S ACQUIRED GREAT LEARNING
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Byju’s, Indian
Educational technology(Edtech) company based in Bengaluru has acquired the
Singapore based higher education platform “Great Learning” for 600 million USD
and after-school learning app “Toppr” for 150 million USD.
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Byju’s is set to invest
an additional 400 million USD to accelerate the growth of “Great Learning”.
6.
CENTRAL RESERVE POLICE FORCE RAISING DAY
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The Central Reserve
Police Force(CRPF), India’s largest Central Armed Police Force, under the
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) celebrates the 83rd CRPF Raising Day on 27th
July 2021.
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The Central Reserve
Police Force(CRPF) came into existence as ‘Crown Representative’s Police’ on
27th July 1939.
7.1ST
CITY TO PROVIDE 24×7 DRINKING TAP WATER
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Odisha Chief Minister
Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the ‘Sujal -Drink-from-Tap’ project in Puri, the
coastal city in Odisha to provide 24×7 piped pure drinking water.
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Through the launch,
Puri has become the 1st city in India to implement such a project.Under the
project, water fountains have been developed at 400 locations in Puri for the
people of Puri to avail high-quality drinking water directly from the tap on a
24-hour basis without any storage or filter.
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The drinking water will
be sourced from the Mangala river in Puri.
8.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE EXPORTERS IN 2019
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A recently released
World Trade Organization (WTO) report has ranked India 9th (holding 3.1% share
in global agri exports) among the Top 10 list of Agricultural produce exporters
in 2019.
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European Union (EU)
with a global share of 16.1% has replaced the US as the World’s largest
Agriculture produce exporter (13.8%).
TOP GLOBAL AGRICULTURE EXPORT COUNTRIES
Rank Country Share of Global Agriculture
Exports in 2019 (%)
1 European Union 16.1
2 US 13.8
3 Brazil 7.8
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The Top rice exporters
in 2019 were India (33%) followed by Thailand (20%) & Vietnam (12%).
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India was the 3rd
largest cotton exporter (7.6%), and the 4th largest cotton importer (10%) in
2019.
9.
PSBS WRITING-OFF NPAS IN FY21
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State Bank of India
(SBI) topped the list of Public Sector Banks (PSB) writing off loans in FY21
followed by Union Bank of India (UBI).
TOP
3 LIST OF PSBS WROTE OFF BAD LOANS IN FY21:
S.no Public
Sector Bank Written
off value
1 SBI Rs
34,402 crore
2 UBI Rs
16,983 crore
3 Punjab National Bank (PNB) Rs 15,877 crore
10.
SWIFT LAUNCHED ‘SWIFT GO’
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Society for Worldwide
Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT) has launched a new solution for
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) named ‘SWIFT Go’ to enable seamless
Low-Value Cross-Border Payments anywhere in the world, directly from their bank
accounts.
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SWIFT’s network
connects more than 11,000 institutions and 4 billion accounts across 200
countries worldwide.
11.
IMF CUT INDIA’S FY22 GDP GROWTH FORECAST
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In its July 2021 World
Economic Outlook (WEO) titled ‘Fault Lines Widen in the Global Recovery’, the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reduced India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
growth forecast in FY22 to 9.5 percent from 12.5 percent (April 2021
projection) and raised the growth forecast for FY23 to 8.5 percent from 6.9
percent.
12.
‘GOOD FOOD FOR ALL’
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3 Indian Small and
Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) have won the United Nations (UN) Food Systems
Summit competition ‘Best Small Business: Good Food for All’, which aims to
showcase innovative solutions in improving access to healthy and sustainable
food.
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The 3 Indian SMEs:
Edible Routes Private Limited, Oorja Development Solutions India and Taru
Naturals were among the 50 SMEs which were announced as the winners of the Best
Small Businesses of the Good Food for All competition held in conjunction with
the UN Food Systems Summit.
13.
23RD CHIEF MINISTER OF KARNATAKA
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Basavaraj S Bommai, who
belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took charge as the 23rd Chief Minister
of Karnataka.
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He will succeed BS
Yediyurappa who resigned.
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He was administered the
oath of office & Secrecy by Governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot.
14.
LADAKH RECEIVED RBI APPROVAL TO ACQUIRE 8.23% STAKE IN J&K BANK
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The government of Union
Territory(UT) of Ladakh has got the Reserve Bank of India(RBI)’s approval to
acquire 8.23% of the paid-up equity capital of Jammu and Kashmir Bank (J&K
bank) as of the date of enforcement of Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act
2019, i.e, 31st October 2019.
15.
WEB-BASED PORTAL ‘PMCARESFORCHILDREN.IN’
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The Ministry of Women
and Child Development (MWCD) launched the web-based portal ‘pmcaresforchildren.in’
to identify the children who are eligible to receive support under the ‘PM
CARES for Children’ scheme.
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‘PM CARES for Children’
scheme was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to support the orphan
children who have lost both parents/legal guardian/adoptive parents due to
COVID-19.
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The scheme will provide
monetary support of Rs 10 lakh for those children, on reaching 23 years
16.
WORLD NATURE CONSERVATION DAY 2021
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World Nature
Conservation Day is annually observed across the globe on 28th July to highlight
the importance of nature and the environment.
18.
WORLD HEPATITIS DAY 2021
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The United
Nations(UN)’s World Hepatitis Day is annually observed across the globe on 28th
July to highlight the need for the global response defined in the World Health
Organisation (WHO)’s Global hepatitis report 2017.
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The theme of World
Hepatitis Day 2021 is “Hepatitis can’t wait”.
19.
MISSION ‘NIRYATAK BANO’
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The Industries
Department of Rajasthan & Rajasthan Industrial Development and Investment
Corporation (RIICO), the apex industrial development body of Rajasthan have
launched the campaign ‘Niryatak Bano’ to help local traders to expand their
businesses to foreign countries.
