DAILY GK: 07 AUG 2021
1.POWER
OF STATES, UTS TO MAKE ‘OBC LIST’
• The
Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the
Constitution (127th) Amendment Bill, which will restore the power of States and
Union Territories (UTs) to make their own Other Backward Class (OBC) lists.
• The
bill will be passed for parliament approval in the upcoming parliament session,
after approval, the amendments will be made over the Article 342-A and 366(26)
C of the Constitution.
• Article
366(26C) gives the definition for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes
(SEBC).
2.WATER
VILLAS WILL BE SET UP IN LAKSHADWEEP
• For
the first time in India, water villas will be set up in the Union Territory
(UT) of Lakshadweep with an outlay of Rs 800 crore.
• Similar
to water villas in Maldives, these will be solar-powered and eco-friendly to
provide world-class facilities.
• The
decision behind this development is to develop Lakshadweep like Maldives in
order to promote tourism and to benefit local residents.
3.ASHWINI
VAISHNAW REPRESENTS INDIA AT G20 DIGITAL MINISTERS MEETING
• Union
Minister for the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY),
Ashwini Vaishnaw led the Indian Delegation at the G20 Digital Ministers Meeting
2021 held virtually from Tieste, Italy.
• The
meeting was hosted by Italy (G20 2021 Presidency).
• The
participants adopted the “Leveraging Digitalization for a Resilient, Strong,
Sustainable and Inclusive Recovery” declaration at the meeting.
4.THIRD
BI-MONTHLY MONETARY POLICY OF FY21-22
• The
Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) 6-members Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) had met
on 4th, 5th and 6th August 2021 and released its third bi-monthly monetary
policy statement for FY22 (April 2021 – March 2022).
THE POLICY RATES WERE
KEPT UNCHANGED, WHICH ARE AS FOLLOWS:
CATEGORY RATES
Policy
Repo Rate 4.00%
Reverse
Repo Rate 3.35%
Marginal
Standing Facility (MSF) Rate 4.25%
Bank
Rate 4.25%
5.MAJOR
DHYAN CHAND KHEL RATNA AWARD
• The
Highest sporting honour of India, “Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award”, has been
renamed as “Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award” in honour of the hockey Wizard
Dhyan Chand.
• The
Khel Ratna Award named after former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was instituted
in 1991-1992 and the inaugural award was presented to Vishwanath Anand(Chess).
6.CHITKARA
UNIVERSITY AS DISTRICT GREEN CHAMPION 2020-2021
• Mahatma
Gandhi National Council of Rural Education (MGNCRE) under the Ministry of
Education has recognised the Chitkara University in Patiala as the ‘District
Green Champion’ for the academic year 2020-2021.
• Dr
Madhu Chitkara, Pro-Chancellor of Chitkara University received the award in the
presence of Kumar Amit, Deputy Commissioner, Patiala.
7.DHRITI
BANERJEE APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF ZSI
• The
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the proposal for appointment of
Dhriti Banerjee as the Director of the
Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), She will be the 1st Woman Director of ZSI in
100 years.
• Dhriti
Banerjee will succeed Dr. Kailash Chandra.
8.INDIA
AMBASSADOR FOR MOTOGP
• Eurosport
India, an Indian sports channel of Discovery Asia-Pacific has appointed
Bollywood Actor John Abraham as India ambassador for its flagship motorsport
property MotoGP.
• Yamaha’s
R15 is the co-presenting sponsor for the MotoGP broadcast in India.
9.BANKS
BUY STAKES IN IBBIC
• 6
Banks namely State Bank of India (SBI), Axis Bank, Indian Bank, Yes Bank, IDBI
Bank, and ICICI Bank have brought Equity Stakes in Financial Technology
Platform IBBIC (Indian Banks’ Blockchain Infrastructure Co).
• The
6 Banks have picked up 5.55 percent stake each, representing 50,000 shares in
IBBIC, for cash at INR 5 lakh each.
• IBBIC
platform offers Distributed Ledger technology (DLT) solutions (also known as
Blockchain Technology) to the Indian Financial services sector.
• The
equity ownership of IBBIC is aimed at providing DLT solutions for the financial
services sector.
10.FIDE
WORLD CUP 2021
• Jan-Krzysztof
Duda (Poland) defeated Sergey Karjakin (Russia) to win the 9th Edition of FIDE
(International Chess Federation) World Cup 2021.
• FIDE
World Cup 2021 was held at Sochi, Russia from July 12 – August 6th, 2021.
11.HIROSHIMA
DAY 2021 – AUGUST 6
• Hiroshima
Day is annually observed across the globe on the 6th August to remember the
victims of the world’s first atomic bombing on Hiroshima, Japan during World
War II(WW2).
12.INDIA’S
1ST ‘DOORSTEP HEALTHCARE’ SCHEME
• In
India’s 1st, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister (CM) M K Stalin launched ‘Makkalai Thedi
Maruthuvam’ scheme (Healthcare services at people’s doorstep Healthcare) at
Krishnagiri to deliver medical services at people’s doorstep.
• A
total of around INR 250 crore has been allocated for the scheme.
