DAILY GK: 05,06 OCT 2021
1.
MITRA SHAKTI – 2021
• The
8th Edition of India-Sri Lanka bilateral joint Military Exercise ‘Mitra Shakti
– 2021’ was scheduled to be conducted at Combat Training School, Ampara, Sri
Lanka.
• The
exercise doesn’t take place in 2020 due to the COVID-19.
2.
NEW GI TAGS
• Alibaug
White Onion & Wada Kolam Rice of Maharashtra, Edayur Chilli and Kuttiattoor
Mango of Kerala and Chinnor rice of Madhya Pradesh (MP) got the GI Tag.
• GI
tag in India is governed by Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration
& Protection) Act, 1999.
• It
is issued by the Geographical Indications Registry (Chennai).
3.
WORLD’S LARGEST FINTECH FESTIVAL GFF 2021
• India
hosted the 2nd edition of Global FinTech Festival (GFF) 2021, the World’s
largest virtual fintech festival from September 28 to 30, 2021.
• Theme:
‘FinTech: Empowering a Global Digital Economy’.
4.
2021 NOBEL PRIZE IN MEDICINE
• American
scientists David Julius and Lebanese-American molecular biologist Ardem
Patapoutian won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their
discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch.
• The
discovery explains how heat, cold and mechanical force can initiate the nerve
impulses that allow us to perceive and adapt to the world around us.
5.
COINDCX’S FIRST BRAND AMBASSADOR
• India’s
first crypto unicorn CoinDCX appointed Mr.Amitabh Bachchan as its first Brand
Ambassador to increase crypto awareness and to make crypto as an emerging asset
class.
• Amitabh
is being an crypto investor himself and also launched his own NFT (non-fungible
token) recently.
6.
PM LAUNCHED JJM MOBILE APP
• PM
Narendra Modi virtually launched the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) mobile
application to create awareness about the mission and to improve the
transparency and accountability of schemes under the JJM.
• In
August 2021, as per 15th Finance Commission recommendations Rs 1.42 Lakh Crore
was allocated to Panchayat Raj Institutions (PRIs) as a tied grant for water
& sanitation from FY22 to FY26.
7.
FC GOA WINS MAIDEN DURAND CUP
• Indian
Super League side FC Goa win their maiden Durand Cup Football Tournament title
after a 1-0 win over local giants Mohammedan Sporting Club in the final at the
Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata, West Bengal.
• Captain
Edu Bedia scored the winner from a free kick in the 105th minute after the
match went into the extra time.
8.
INDIA OBSERVES 2021 WILDLIFE WEEK FROM OCT 2 TO 8
• In
India, Wildlife Week is annually observed from October 2 to October 8 across
the country with an aim to protect and preserve the flora and fauna of India.
• The
2021 Wildlife Week, the 67th edition, is being celebrated with the theme
‘Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet’
9.
WORLD ANIMAL DAY 2021- OCTOBER 4
• World
Animal Day is celebrated annually on October 4, the feast day of Francis of
Assisi, the patron saint of animals.
• The
day is celebrated to take action for animal rights and welfare.
10.1ST
INDIAN DRONE TO DELIVER COVID-19 VACCINES
• Union
Minister Mansukh Laxmanbhai Mandaviya, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(MoH&FW) launched a delivery model namely ‘ICMR’s Drone Response and
Outreach in North East (i-Drone)’.
• This
will ensure the reach of life-saving vaccines to everyone.
• ICMR
tested the vaccine delivery capacity of drones in collaboration with Indian
Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur.
11.
INDIA’S FIRST VERTICAL LIFT RAILWAY BRIDGE
• The
Ministry of Railways announced that the construction work of the new 2.05 km
Pamban railway bridge in Mandapam will be completed by March 2022.
• The
bridge will connect Rameswaram to the mainland in Tamil Nadu.
• It
will be India’s first vertical lift railway bridge over the sea.
12.
RBI GRANTED LICENCE TO NARCL
• RBI
gave a licence to the Rs 6,000 crore National Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd
(NARCL) to start operations of the bad bank.
• The
licence was granted under the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial
Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest (SARFAESI) Act, 2002.
• Board
of NARCL: Padmakumar Madhavan Nair, a stressed assets expert from the State
Bank of India (SBI) was hired as the Managing Director (MD) of NARCL.
13.
2021 NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS
• Royal
Swedish Academy of Sciences at Stockholm, Sweden honoured the Japanese-American
Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann of Germany, and Giorgio Parisi of Italy for
2021 Nobel Prize in Physics.
• Syukuro
Manabe, a Japanese-American meteorologist and climatologist and Klaus
Hasselmann, a German oceanographer have been for the physical modelling of
Earth’s climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global
warming.
• Giorgio
Parisi has been recognized for the discovery of the interplay of disorder and
fluctuations in physical systems from atomic to planetary scales.
14.
BOOK ON GANDHI’S POLITICAL ECONOMY
• The
book titled Economist Gandhi: The Roots and the Relevance of the Political
Economy of the Mahatma published by Penguin Random House provide insights into
a hidden facet of Gandhi’s personality – his thoughts on economics and
capitalism.
• The
book was authored by retired entrepreneur Jerry Rao (Jaithirth Rao).
15.
NATIONAL PENSION SYSTEM DIWAS 2021 – OCTOBER 1
• India
celebrated the first-ever National Pension System Diwas (NPS Diwas) on 1st
October 2021 to promote pension and retirement planning for a carefree ‘azad’
retirement.
• NPS
diwas is a campaign of Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority(PFRDA)
launched as a part of the “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav”.
16.
WORLD HABITAT DAY 2021 – 4 OCTOBER
• The
United Nations (UN)’s World Habitat Day is annually observed across the globe
on the first Monday of October to highlight the role of the citizens towards
shaping the future of cities and towns.
• World
Habitat Day 2021 was observed on 4th October 2021.
• The
theme of World Habitat Day 2021 is “Accelerating urban action for a carbon-free
world”.
17.
WORLD TEACHERS’ DAY 2021 – OCTOBER 5
• The
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)’s
World Teachers’s Day is annually observed across the globe on 5th October to
celebrate the teachers across the globe.
• The
theme of World Teachers’ Day 2021 is “Teachers at the heart of education
recovery”.
