DAILY GK: 04 SEP 2021
1.DEVELOP
PROTOTYPE OF ALUAV
• India’s
Ministry of Defence has announced that it signed a Project Agreement (PA) with
the United States (US) Department of Defence in July 2021, for co-development
of Air-Launched Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (ALUAV), under the Joint Working Group
Air Systems in the Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI).
2.MIB
CONSTITUTES COMMITTEE UNDER ASHOK KUMAR TANDON
• Ministry
of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) constituted a 11-member committee to
review the existing guidelines of the Journalist Welfare Scheme (JWS).
• The
Member of Prasar Bharati Board, Ashok Kumar Tandon, is named as its
chairperson.
• The
media domain has lost a large number of journalists due to COVID-19, therefore
it is required to revise the quantum of ex-gratia payment in case of death as
well as in other cases under the scheme.
3.PM
CHAIRED THE 37TH PRAGATI MEETING
• Prime
Minister Narendra Modi chaired the 37th edition of PRAGATI (Pro-Active
Governance and Timely Implementation) meeting and reviewed 8 projects and 1
scheme (One Nation – One Ration Card).
• PRAGATI
is an ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) based communications
multi-modal platform involving both the Centre and state governments.
• It
enables the PM to discuss the issues with the concerned central and state
officials with full information and the latest visuals of the ground-level
situation.
• The cost
of 8 projects amounting to Rs 1,26,000 crore pertaining to 14 states.
4.BRICS
ENERGY MINISTERS MEETING 2021
• Minister
of State (MoS) Krishan Pal Gurjar, Ministry of Power virtually chaired the 6th
meeting of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) Energy
Ministers 2021 under the Chairship of India.
• The
meeting saw an adoption of a joint communiqué consisting of the BRICS mutual
Cooperation in Energy Access and Affordability, among others.
5.GLOBAL
DAIRY TOP 20 REPORT
• As per
the 2021’s Global Dairy Top 20 report released by Rabobank, the France based
dairy major company – ‘Lactalis’ became the World’s number 1 dairy company in
terms of market capital.
• Lactalis
replaced Switzerland’s Nestle, which remained as the global leader in the dairy
sector for decades.
• Notably,
India’s Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) was placed at the
18th position, from its previous 16th rank in 2020.
GLOBAL POSITION IN 2021 COMPANY COUNTRY
OF ORIGIN
1 Lactalis
France
2 Nestle Switzerland
3 Dairy
Farmers of America USA
• Notable
points on Dairy Sector:
• India is
the World’s largest Milk producing country.
• New
Zealand is the World’s largest Milk exporter, while China is the top Milk
importing country.
6.1ST
BATCH NEW MEMBERS OF BRICS’S NDB
• The New
Development Bank (NDB) formerly known as ‘BRICS Development Bank’ which was set
up by the BRICS ( Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) admitted that
Uruguay, United Arab Emirates(UAE) and Bangladesh joined as the 1st batch of
new members of NDB.
• This new
addition of countries occurred as part of its expansion drive.
• It is
the first expansion of the NDB which got approval after a round of successful
negotiations started in 2020
7.EIGHT
MAJOR BANKS JOIN THE ACCOUNT AGGREGATOR NETWORK
• iSPIRT
Foundation virtually launched the industry-wide ‘Account Aggregator (AA)
ecosystem Go-Live’ and announced the joining of 8 Major Banks viz, State Bank
of India, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, IDFC First Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, HDFC
Bank, IndusInd Bank, and Federal Bank, under AA Network as financial
information providers (FIP).
• The 8
banks along with GSTN (Goods and Service Tax Network) have received the
in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to join AA as an
FIP.
• AA are
data access fiduciary.
• It will
be used for the exchange of financial information from FIPs to Financial
Information Users (FIUs) in a safe manner with due customer consent.
8.1ST
INDIAN TO WIN AANS AWARD
• Odisha
born neurosurgeon Basant Kumar Misra received the ‘’International Lifetime
Achievement Award in Neurosurgery ‘’ by American Association of Neurological
Surgeons (AANS).
• Basant
Kumar will be the first Indian who received the prestigious AANS award.
• The
award was presented at a virtual ceremony during the AANS Annual Scientific
Meeting 2021 held in Orlando, Florida.
• The
award is given for the recognition of providing high quality medical services
in the field of neurosurgery.
9.CHANDAN
MITRA PASSES AWAY
• Chandan
Mitra , former Rajya Sabha MP and a senior journalist have passed away in
Delhi.
• He has
served as the Editor and Managing Director of the Pioneer newspaper, Delhi.
10.MAHARASHTRA
GOVT LAUNCHES ‘MISSION VATSALYA’ FOR WOMEN
• Ministry
of Women and Child Development of Maharashtra has launched “Mission Vatsalya”
with an objective to serve around 18 benefits, schemes, services to the women
who lost their husband due to Covid-19.
• Some of
the schemes covered in this mission include Sanjay Gandhi Niradhar Yojana,
Gharkul Yojana, Shravanbal Seva State Pension Scheme, Indira Gandhi National
Old Age Pension Scheme, Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme etc.
