DAILY GK: 21 AUG 2021
1.
R-AL-BAHR’ MARITIME EXERCISE 2021
• 2nd
edition of Bilateral Maritime Exercise Zair-Al-Bahr (Roar of the Sea) 2021
between the Indian Navy and Qatar Emiri Naval Force (QENF) was conducted in the
Persian Gulf.
• Indian
Navy Guided Missile Stealth Frigate INS (Indian Naval Ship) Trikand arrived at
Qatar’s capital city, Doha for participation in the sea phase.
• It was
commanded by Captain Harish Bahuguna.
2.
AK-103 RIFLES DEAL UNDER EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT
• India
finalized a deal with Russia for the procurement of a sizeable number of AK-103
series of assault rifles for the Indian Army under the provisions of emergency
financial powers granted to the three services to make urgent purchases.
• Also in
September 2020, Ministry of Defence and Russian representatives inked a major
deal for manufacturing ~ 6 lakh AK-47 203 rifles in India under ‘Make-in-India’
programme.
• These
will be manufactured by the Indo-Russia Rifles Pvt. Ltd, a joint venture
between the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), the Kalashnikov Concern (manufacturer
of the AK rifles) and Rosoboronexport, the Russian state agency for military
exports.
3.
ASSAM CELEBRATED WANCHUWA FESTIVAL 2021
• Tiwa
tribal community living in the hills celebrated the Wanchuwa festival 2021 in
Morten Village in Karbi Anglong District of Assam.
• This
festival is related to agriculture as it marks a good harvest and also involves
prayers for protection from pests and natural calamities.
• Also
known as Lalung tribe, Tiwa tribe’s people are a part of Bodo Kachari group.
• They
mainly live in Assam and Meghalaya and also found in some parts of Arunachal
Pradesh and Manipur.
4.
GENERAL INSURANCE BUSINESS (NATIONALISATION) AMENDMENT ACT, 2021
• General
Insurance Business(Nationalisation) Amendment 2021 got assent of the President
Ramnath Kovind.
• This
bill will amend the General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act of 1972.
• The Act
classifies the General Insurance Business for fire, marine, or miscellaneous
insurance.
• It
excludes capital redemption and annuity certain business from the definition.
• The Bill
removes this definition and instead, refers to the definition provided by the
Insurance Act, 1938.
• Under
the Insurance Act capital redemption and annuity certain are included within
general insurance business.
5.
INDIA’S LARGEST FLOATING SOLAR PV PROJECT IN SIMHADRI
• India’s
largest Power Producer, NTPC Ltd launched India’s largest Floating Solar PV
(Photovoltaic) project with the capacity of 25MW on the reservoir of its
Simhadri thermal station in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
• The
floating solar PV project became the 1st project to be set up under the
Flexibilisation Scheme, which was notified by the Government of India in 2018.
6.
UP GOVT RENAMED KAKORI KAND TO KAKORI TRAIN ACTION
• The
Uttar Pradesh (UP) government renamed the movement in the history of India’s
freedom struggle, the ‘Kakori Kand’ to ‘Kakori Train action’ as the word ‘Kand’
denotes a sense of humiliation to the Independence struggle because ”kand”
(conspiracy).
• Kakori
Train action is a train robbery that took place at Kakori, a village near
Lucknow, UP committed by the Indian freedom fighters against the British Raj on
August 9, 1925.
• UP
celebrated the anniversary of the ‘Kakori Train action’ under the program
‘Chauri Chaura Mahotsav’, which is going to complete 100 years in 2022.
7.
COMMITTEE TO DOUBLE THE PRODUCTION & EXPORTS OF HANDLOOMS
• Government
of India (GoI) has constituted a 8 member Committee for Doubling the Production
& Quadrupling the Exports of Handlooms in a period of 3 years.
• The
Committee will be headed by Sunil Sethi, Chairman, Fashion Design Council of
India (FDCI), NewDelhi.
8.
HURUN GLOBAL 500 MOST VALUABLE COMPANIES 2021
• Hurun
Global 500 List 2021 released by Hurun Research Institute.
• It is a
list of the 500 most valuable non-state-controlled companies in the world
ranked according to their value, defined as market capitalization for listed
companies and valuations for non-listed companies.
• Reliance
Industries Ltd topped the list of Indian companies with a global rank 57.
• As per
the Hurun Global 500 Most Valuable Companies list 2021, Apple is the world’s
most valuable company (USD 2,443 billion) and followed by Microsoft (USD 2114
billion) and Amazon (USD 1802 billion) got the 2nd and 3rd place in the list
respectively.
9.
OVERVIEW OF TOKYO 2020 SUMMER PARALYMPIC GAMES
• The
Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympic Games will be held from 24th August – 5th
September, 2021.
• The
official Mascot is ‘Someity’.
• For the
1st time, Badminton & Taekwondo will be Introduced by replacing Sailing and
7-a-side football.
• India
will field their largest contingent ever in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.A total
of 54 Athletes will compete in 9 Sporting events.
• Only 19
Indian Athletes competed in the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
• High
Jumper Mariyappan Thangavelu (Won Gold at the 2016 Rio Paralympics) will be the
flag-bearer of India in the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Paralympics.
10.
WORLD SENIOR CITIZENS’ DAY 2021 – AUGUST 21
• World
Senior Citizen’s Day is annually observed across the globe on 21st August to
recognise and acknowledge the contribution of the elders to society and their
inclusiveness in society.
