DAILY GK: 03 , 04 AUG 2021
1.1ST POSITION IN INDIA UNDER
CCTNS
• The Haryana Police with 100 per cent
marks, secured the 1st position in India under Crime and Criminal Tracking
Network System (CCTNS).
• Gujarat Police secured the 2nd position,
while Himachal Pradesh was placed third.
• CCTNS was created for a comprehensive
and integrated system for effective policing through e-Governance.
2.NEW UNESCO HERITAGE SITE
• The Extended 44th Session of the World
Heritage Committee (WHC) was held in Fuzhou, China. It was organized by
UNESCO in cooperation with China.
• Dholavira: a Harappan City, Gujarat
(Cultural Site) – 40th World Heritage Site.
• India now has 40 UNESCO World Heritage
Sites (32 Cultural, 7 Natural & 1 Mixed Property).
• It enters the Super-40 club for World
Heritage Site inscriptions. Apart from India, Italy, Spain, Germany, China and
France have 40 or more World Heritage Sites.
• Maharashtra has the most UNESCO World
Heritage Sites (5).
3.LOKMANYA TILAK NATIONAL AWARD
2021
• Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla, Founder and
Chairman of the Serum Institute of India (SII), Pune has been selected for
Lokmanya Tilak National Award, 2021.
• Poonawalla will be honoured for his work
during the COVID-19 pandemic by manufacturing Covishield vaccine and thereby
saving many lives.
4.YOUNGEST TO REACH THE SUMMIT OF
K2
• Shehroze Kashif, a 19-year old from
Lahore, Pakistan became the Youngest person in the world to reach the summit of
K2 (8,611 metres or 28,251 ft) in Karakoram range on the border of Pakistan and
China.
5.GOVT APPOINTED DEEPAK DAS AS
25TH CGA
• Government of India has appointed Deepak
Das, the 1986-batch Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS) officer as the 25th
Controller General of Accounts (CGA) under the Ministry of Finance, Department
of Expenditure.
• Prior to his appointment as CGA, he was
the principal chief controller of accounts in the Central Board of Direct
Taxes.
6.INDIA ASSUMED THE UNSC
PRESIDENCY FOR AUGUST 2021
• India, the non-permanent member of the
United Nations Security Council (UNSC), took over the presidency of the UNSC
from France for the month of August 2021.
• During its presidency, India will be
hosting events related to maritime security, peacekeeping, and counter
terrorism.
• The presidency of the UNSC is held by
each of its members in turn for 1 month, following the English alphabetical
order of the Member States’ names.
7.HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX 2021
• Alpine Renault’s Esteban Ocon (France)
won the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix 2021 held at Hungaroring, Budapest,
Hungary.
• It is Esteban Ocon’s maiden F1 victory.
• Mercedes’ driver Lewis Hamilton (United
Kingdom) finished 2nd.
8.WORLD BREASTFEEDING WEEK 2021 –
AUGUST 1 TO 7
• United Nations(UN)’s World Breastfeeding
Week (WBW) is annually observed across the globe from 1st to 7th August to
encourage breastfeeding which contributes to the health of babies across the
Globe.
• The annual observance of the WBW is
organised by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action(WABA).
• The theme of World Breastfeeding Week
chosen by WABA is “Protect Breastfeeding: A Shared Responsibility”.
9.MUSLIM WOMEN RIGHTS DAY
• The Ministry of Minority Affairs (MoMA)
decided to observe Muslim Women’s Rights Day annually on August 1 across India
to celebrate the enactment of the law against triple talaq.
• The day also celebrated 2nd anniversary
of the enactment of the law against triple talaq in 2019 i.e. Muslim Women
(Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019.
10.WORLD LUNG CANCER DAY 2021 –
AUGUST 1
• World Lung Cancer Day is annually
observed across the globe on 1st August to create awareness about lung cancer,
one of the most common forms of cancer across the globe and the preventive
measure against lung cancer.
• The day also aims to promote overall
lung health.
• Pearl or white is the colour of the Lung
Cancer Awareness ribbon.
11.E-VOUCHER DIGITAL PAYMENT
SOLUTION E-RUPI
• PM Narendra Modi virtually launched a
prepaid electronic voucher-based digital payment solution named ‘e-RUPI’ to
strengthen the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) and the financial inclusion of
unbanked citizens.
• e-RUPI, the ‘person and
purpose-specific’ one-time cashless and contactless digital payment vouchers
was developed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on its UPI
(Unified Payments Interface) platform.
12.NATIONAL SC/ST HUB TO SUPPORT
ENTREPRENEURS
• During a session in Parliament, Union
Minister for MSME (Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises), Narayan TatuRane
stated that funds of INR 120 Crore were released in FY 21 under the National
Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) Hub (NSSH), to provide financial
support to SC/ST Entrepreneurs.
• The National SC/ST Hub was set up in
October, 2016 to provide support to SC/ST Entrepreneurs to fulfil obligations
under the Central Government Public Procurement Policy for Micro and Small
Enterprises Order 2012, adopt applicable business practices and utilize the
Stand Up India initiative.
13.DEFEXPO-2022 TO BE HELD AT
GANDHINAGAR, GUJARAT
• DefExpo-2022 (12th Edition), the land
and naval systems show of the Ministry of Defence has been scheduled to be held
at Gandhinagar, Gujarat from March 11-13, 2021.
• It is a biennial event and is organised
by the Ministry of Defence.
14.UN FORUM TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES
OF RACISM
• The United Nations General Assembly
(UNGA) approved the establishment of Permanent Forum of People of African
Descent to provide expert advice on addressing the challenges of racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance.
• The forum will consist of 10 members’
viz. five elected by the UNGA from all regions and five appointed by the UN
Human Rights Council (UNHRC) following consultations with regional groups and
organizations of people of African descent.
15.G20 CULTURE MINISTERS’ MEETING
2021
• The 1st G20 Culture Ministers’ Meeting
2021 was held in July 2021, virtually in Rome, Italy.
• It was hosted by Italy as it assumed the
G20 2021 Presidency on 1 December 2020.
• From India, Meenakashi Lekhi, the
Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture participated in the meeting.
16.MOST INNOVATIVE IN DIGITAL
BANKING
• The Banker, the Financial Times
publication has honoured DBS Bank, a Singapore based financial service group,
as the Global and Asia-Pacific winner for the Most Innovation in Digital
Banking, at its Innovation in Digital Banking Awards 2021.
• DBS Bank was formerly known as “The
Development Bank of Singapore Limited”
17.FORTUNE GLOBAL 500 LIST 2021
• MukeshAmbani’s oil-to-telecom
conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) slipped 59 places to rank 155th (due
to COVID-19) on the 2021 Fortune Global 500 list, this is the lowest ranking of
RIL since 2017.
2021
Fortune Global List:
Rank Name Revenues ($M)
155 Reliance
Industries Ltd $62,912.1
1 Walmart
$523,964
2 State
Grid $383,906
3 Amazon $280,522
18.MIN AUNG HLAING DECLARED
HIMSELF AS PM OF MYANMAR
• Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing,
the Chief of Myanmar’s Military has declared himself as the Prime Minister(PM)
of Myanmar.
• The state administration council of
Myanmar has been reformed as the “Caretaker government of Myanmar” headed by
Min Aung Hlaing as the PM.
19.TOKYO 2020 SUMMER OLYMPICS
• The 32nd Edition of Olympic Games is
taking place in Tokyo, Japan from 23rd July, 2021 – 8th August, 2021.
• The Specific Motto of the Tokyo Olympics
is ‘United by Emotion’.
• Japanese Emperor Naruhito officially
declared the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics open, while Japanese Women’s Tennis
Players lit up the Olympic Cauldron.
• The Opening ceremony took place at the
newly-built National Stadium, Tokyo.
• India’s Performance
• India has won 2 medals – 1 Silver, 1 Bronze till August 3, 2021.
• Medals
• Mirabai Chanu wins Silver Medal in
Weightlifting
• Mirabai Saikom Chanu (Manipur) won the
Silver Medal in 49kg Weightlifting category with a total lift of 202 Kg.
• She became 1st Indian Weightlifter to
win Silver in Olympics.
• P.V. Sindhu wins Bronze Medal in
Badminton
• P.V. Sindhu (Telangana) won the Bronze
Medal in Women’s Badminton after defeating China’s He Bingjiao in the Bronze
Medal match.
• She became the 1st Indian Woman and 2nd
Indian overall to win 2 Olympic Medals.
20.‘HAR HITH STORE’ SCHEME
• In order to make Haryana ‘Berojgar Mukt,
Rozgar Yukt’ by 2024 on the lines of Atmanirbhar Bharat, the Chief Minister
(CM) of Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar launched ‘Har Hith store’ scheme to
encourage youth towards self-employment.
• The launch of the scheme was made by
inaugurating a store during a programme held at Panchkula, Haryana.
21.RESTORATION OF MUGHAL GARDENS
• The government of Jammu and
Kashmir(J&K) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) with the JSW
Foundation for the conservation, restoration and maintenance of the Mughal
Gardens at Shalimar Bagh and NishatBaghin Kashmir.
• These 2 are among the 6 imperial gardens
proposed to be nominated to UNESCO as World Heritage Site.
• The estimated cost of the project isRs 7
crore.
