DAILY GK: 17 SEP 2021
1.
NITI AAYOG LAUNCHES “SHOONYA”
• NITI
Aayog in partnership with Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and RMI India launched
a campaign named “Shoonya” – an initiative to promote the usage of
Zero-pollution delivery vehicles among e-commerce companies, fleet aggregators,
original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and logistics companies.
• Around
10% of the freight transportation related CO2 emission in India is caused by
Urban Freight vehicles, which is expected to grow by 114% by 2030.
2.
INDIA’S 1ST CELL BROADCAST BASED PUBLIC WARNING SYSTEM
• Vodafone
Idea Limited (VIL), India’s leading telecom service provider, has partnered
with the Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Agency(APSDMA) and Celltick,
the world’s largest cell broadcast-based products provider to Launch India’s
1st cell broadcasting Public Warning System (PWS).
3.
RAJA MAHENDRA PRATAP SINGH UNIVERSITY IN ALIGARH
• PM
Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State
University in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.
• Uttar
Pradesh will establish the university in the memory of Jat social reformer Raja
Mahendra Pratap Singh.
• He
was a Jat freedom fighter, social reformist, journalist and writer.
• He
served as the President in the Provincial government of India, the Indian
government that served in exile during World War I.
• In
1979, the Government of India issued a postage stamp in his honour.
• He
is popularly known as Aryan Peshwa.
• Singh
was known as an unofficial envoy of Afghanistan.
4.
BHEL COMMISSIONED INDIA’S LARGEST FLOATING SOLAR PV PLANT
• India’s
largest Floating Solar PV plant at NTPC Simhadri, Andhra Pradesh (AP), executed
by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), has become commercially
operationalized by NTPC Limited.
• The
25MW floating Solar power plant covering an area of 100 acres is set up under
the Flexibilisation scheme notified by the Indian Government in 2018.
5.
SUPPORTS TO FARMERS KEEPING THE WORLD AWAY FROM SDGS
• United
Nations (UN) agencies viz. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), UN
Development Programme (UNDP) and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) released a
report titled ‘A multi-billion-dollar opportunity: Repurposing agricultural
support to transform food systems’.
• The
contemporary food production system emits high greenhouse gas (GHG) and support
is being provided for the most emission-intensive sectors like sugar and the
beef production chain.
6.INDIA
PARTICIPATES IN SCO PEACEFUL MISSION 2021
• Indian
Military participated in a Joint Counter Terrorism Exercise SCO PEACEFUL
MISSION 2021.
• It
is a biennial exercise organised under the aegis of the Shanghai Cooperation
Organisation (SCO) at Orenburg in Russia.
7.
AUKUS- A NEW TRILATERAL DEFENCE & SECURITY PARTNERSHIP
• United
States(US), United Kingdom(UK) and Australia established a trilateral security
partnership named – ‘’AUKUS” in order to strengthen diplomatic, security and
defence cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region.
• The
partnership was announced between the US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister
Boris Johnson and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in a virtual
meeting.
8.
WORLD’S FIRST CRICKET NFT MARKETPLACE WAS LAUNCHED
• Cricket
Foundation, a Singapore-headquartered blockchain-based platform launched
world’s first cricket NFT (Non Fungible Token) named CricketCrazy.io.
• Cricket
Foundation has partnered with around 120 cricketers including Wasim Akram, VVS
Laxman and Lance Klusener
• The
Cricket Token (CRIC) is listed on Indian and international crypto exchanges
with a market cap of over $200 million
9.UNCTAD
REPORT
• United
Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) released its “Trade and
Development Report 2021”, which predicts India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
to grow by 7.2 percent in 2021, whereas the Global Growth rate is projected at
5.3 percent.
OTHER
IMPORTANT GDP FORECASTS:
RATING AGENCY INDIA’S
GDP FORECAST FOR FY22
OECD 9.9
percent
SBI 7.9
percent
ICRA 8.5
percent
World
Bank 8.3
percent
IMF 9.5
percent
Economic
Survey 2021 11
percent
10.TCS
HIT USD 200 BILLION IN M-CAP AFTER RIL
• Tata
Consultancy Services (TCS) of TATA groups becomes the 2nd Indian company to hit
the 200 Billion USD market capitalization (M-Cap) mark.
• Reliance
Industries (RIL)was the first Indian Company to achieve the feat.
• Among
the most valued software companies, TCS is ranked behind Accenture (USD 218bn)
and ahead of IBM (USD 123 bn).
11.AMAZON
LAUNCHES “KISAN STORE”
• Amazon
launched ‘Kisan Store’ – a facility that allows Farmers to purchase
agricultural products like seeds, farm accessories, plant protection, nutrition
at Amazon Easy stores.
• Over
8000 products were available for their purchase with doorstep delivery
facilities.
• The
website is available in 5 Indian languages – Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, and
Malayalam.
12.NATIONAL
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE AWARDS 2020
• President
Ram Nath Kovind, President of India, presented the National Florence
Nightingale Awards 2020 to 51 nursing personnel across India over a virtual
ceremony.
• He
commended the selfless dedication and compassion of the nurses and felicitated
the winners of the Florence Nightingale Awards 2020.
• Indian
Government has introduced Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP):
Insurance Scheme for Health Workers Fighting covid-19’ to provide a personal
accident cover of Rs. 50 lakh to all healthcare providers.
13.100
MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE BY TIME
• ‘The
100 Most Influential People of 2021’, an annual list of global leaders was
released by TIME magazine recently. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar
Poonawalla were named among the world’s 100 most influential people of 2021.
14.‘WORLD’S
BEST BANK’ & ‘WORLD’S BEST DIGITAL BANK’ FOR 2021
• Euromoney,
a UK-based financial publication, announced its Global Awards for Excellence
2021 recently, and named DBS, the Singapore based financial services group as
‘World’s Best Bank 2021’ for the 2nd time in 3 years.
• Euromoney
has also named DBS the ‘World’s Best Digital Bank 2021’.
• DBS
becomes the first bank in the world to hold both titles concurrently.
• DBS
was awarded for demonstrating its rare skills in surviving the COVID-19
pandemic and for utilising the chance to innovate and become a better bank.
15.‘STAY
IN PLAY’ CAMPAIGN
• Adidas,
a German footwear and accessories company, has named Olympic silver medalist
(weightlifting), Mirabai Chanu as the face of its “Stay in Play” campaign,
which is designed to keep more menstruating women in sports.
16.BOOK-“HUMAN
RIGHTS AND TERRORISM IN INDIA”
• BJP
MP Subramanian Swamy has authored a book “Human Rights and Terrorism in India”
which traces how the combating of terrorism can be harmonised with human and
fundamental rights within reasonable restrictions that are permitted by the
Constitution and upheld by the Supreme Court.
• The
book mentions the release of three dreaded terrorists in exchange of hijacked
Indian Airlines passengers in Afghanistan’s Kandahar in 1999 as the “worst capitulation” to terrorists in India’s
modern history.
