DAILY GK: 15,16 OCT 2021
1. RENEWABLE ENERGY
COUNTRY ATTRACTIVENESS INDEX 2021
• US Tops and India has retained its 3rd rank in the 58th
edition of Ernst & Young Global Limited’s (EY) ‘Renewable Energy Country
Attractiveness Index 2021’ (RECAI).
• Corporate PPA Index 2021: Corporate Power
Purchase Agreement (PPA) Index was newly included in the current edition of
RECAI, in which India ranked 6th among the top 30 PPA markets.
• EY Headquarter – London, United Kingdom
(UK)
2. 60TH NAM MEETING AT
SERBIA
• Meenakshi Lekhi, Minister of State (MoS)
for External Affairs participated in the 60th Anniversary NAM (Non-Aligned
Movement) Commemorative Meeting at Belgrade, Serbia
• NAM was established in 1961, by
like-minded countries, which decided not to support either the USA or the
Soviet Union in the Cold war.
• Members – 120 Member States
• Established through an initiative of the
Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito,
Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah and Indonesian
President Sukarno.
3. PETA INDIA AWARD FOR
‘VEGAN LEATHER’ INITIATIVE
• The Forest & Environment Minister of Meghalaya, James Pangsang Kongkal Sangma
received the Progressive Business Concept Award of PETA (People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals) India 2021 for his Vegan Leather initiative.
• He started an initiative to make ‘Vegan
Leather’ from Pineapples in the northeastern states of India.
• Vegan leather is a material that mimics
leather, but is created from artificial or plant products instead of animal
skins.
• It is most often made from two different
plastic polymers; polyurethane (PU) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) – they are
commonly used due to their wrinkled texture which helps to give the effect of
real leather.
• PETA Headquarters: Norfolk, Virginia,
United States.
4. INDIA’S 21ST WOMAN
GRAND MASTER
• Divya Deshmukh, a 15-year-old from Nagpur,
became the 21st Woman Grand Master (WGM) of India.
• She attained this fleet during the “First
Saturday Grand Master(GM)” in Budapest, Hungary.
• Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi was India’s 1st
Women Grandmaster, while Viswanathan Anand became India’s 1st Grandmaster in
1988.
5. TAGLINE FOR 2022 AFC
WOMEN’S ASIAN CUP UNVEILED
• Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
unveiled ‘Our Goal for All’ as the official tagline for the AFC Women’s Asian
Cup India 2022.
• The AFC Women’s Asian Cup India 2022 will
take place in three Indian cities of Maharashtra – Navi Mumbai, Mumbai and Pune
• AFC Headquarter- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
6. FATHER OF PAKISTAN’S
NUCLEAR BOMB ABDUL QADEER KHAN PASSED AWAY
• Pakistani nuclear scientist and
metallurgical engineer Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan who also known to be father of
Pakistan’s nuclear weapons programme. He was born in 1936 at Bhopal,British
India.
7. WORLD STANDARDS DAY
2021:OCTOBER 14
• World Standards Day or International
Standards Day is observed on October 14 every year at the global level.
• World Standard Day 2021 Theme- ‘’Standards
for Sustainable Development Goals – Our Shared Vision for a Better World”.
• International Organization for
Standardization Headquarter– Geneva, Switzerland.
8. GLOBAL HUNGER INDEX
(GHI) 2021
• India ranked 101 out of 116 countries in
the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021 with a score of 27.5.
• India is behind its neighbours Pakistan
(92), Bangladesh (76) and Nepal (76).
• The GHI 2021 report was prepared jointly
by Irish aid agency Concern Worldwide and German organisation WeltHunger Hilfe.
9. INDIA TO INCREASE
SOLAR CAPACITY TO 5630 GW BY 2070
• According to The Council on Energy,
Environment and Water (CEEW), an independent think tank, India to increase the
total installed Solar Power Capacity to 5630 Giga Watts (GW) by 2070, to
achieve Net Zero emission.
• A total land of 4.6% (approx.) of India’s
land is required for Solar power generation in 2070.
• At present, India has 100 GW of installed
Renewable Energy (RE) capacity (40GW Solar) & targets to attain 450GW RE
capacity by 2030
10. INDIA GETS
RE-ELECTED TO UNHRC
• India re-elected to the United Nations
Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the term 2022-24 .
• It was elected for a 6th time with an
overwhelming majority in the 76th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
• India got 184 votes in the 193-member
assembly, while the required majority was 97.
• UNHRC Headquarter Geneva, Switzerland
11. AMITABH CHAUDHRY
REAPPOINTED AS MD & CEO OF AXIS BANK
• The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has
approved the reappointment of Amitabh Chaudhry as the Managing Director(MD) and
Chief Executive officer(CEO) of Axis Bank .
• The MD & CEO of private banks are
appointed by their respective boards, subject to approval by the RBI.
• The post of MD & CEO of a private bank
cannot be held by the same individual for more than 15 years and no person can
continue on such positions beyond the age of 70 years.
• Axis Bank is the 3rd Largest Private
Sector Bank in India.
12. A K Goel Elected as
Chairman of IBA
• Atul Kumar Goel (A K Goel), Managing
Director and Chief Executive officer (MD & CEO) of UCO Bank has been
elected as the Chairman of the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) .
13. WORLD SIGHT DAY
2021 – OCTOBER 14
• World Sight Day is annually observed
across the globe on the 2nd Thursday of October to create awareness on the
global issue of eye health.
• World Sight Day is coordinated by the
International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB). Headquarters–
London, United Kingdom
• The theme of World Sight Day 2021 is “Love
Your Eyes”.
14. WORLD STUDENT’S DAY
2021:OCTOBER 15
• The day
marked as the birth anniversary
of 11th President, Dr. A P J (Avul Pakir
Jainulabdeen) Abdul Kalam.
• Awards: Bharat Ratna, Hoover Medal, Padma
Vibhushan and others
15. GLOBAL HANDWASHING
DAY 2021 – OCTOBER 15
• The Global Handwashing day is annually
observed across the globe on October 15th to create awareness about the
importance of washing hands regularly.
• The theme of the Global Handwashing Day
2021 is “Our Future is at Hand – Let’s Move Forward Together”.
