DAILY GK: 23 OCT 2021
1. PAKISTAN TO REMAIN ON ‘GREY LIST’ OF GLOBAL
TERROR FINANCING WATCHDOG FATF
• Global terror financing watchdog Financial
Action Task Force (FATF) retained Pakistan in the ‘Grey List’.
• It was announced at the fifth Plenary of
the FATF under the German Presidency of Dr. Marcus Pleyer, that took place on
19-21 October.
• FATF also added Jordan, Mali and Turkey in
its grey list.
• Grey list is also called ‘increased
monitoring list’. Those countries who have failed to curb issues like money
laundering and terror financing in their countries added in this category.
• FATF Headquarte – Paris, France.
2. HIGHLIGHTS OF EAM S JAISHANKAR’S VISIT TO
ISRAEL
• India and Israel agreed to restart both
the nations’ Free Trade negotiations from November 2021 and conclude by June
2022.
• Every year the Indian Army commemorates
September 23 as the Haifa Day to pay respects to the three brave Indian Cavalry
Regiments – Mysore, Hyderabad and Jodhpur Lancers – which helped to liberate
Haifa.
• EAM S. Jaishankar visited Israel’s Ovda
Airbase to meet the Indian contingent participating in the biennial exercise
Blue Flag 2021, which involves Air Force missions from 8 countries, to share
knowledge and combat experience to improve operational capabilities.
• Israel Capital – Jerusalem,Currency –
Israeli Shekel,Prime Minister – Naftali Bennett.
3. 1ST SATYAJIT RAY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
• American Director Martin Scorsese &
Hungarian Director Istvan Szabo will be honoured with the first-ever Satyajit
Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at the 52nd International Film Festival of India
(IFFI 2021) which is to be held from 20th to 28th November 2021 in Goa.
• The BRICS Countries are the focus
countries of the 52nd IFFI.
4. SANDRA MASON ELECTED
AS THE 1ST EVER PRESIDENT OF BARBADOS
• The Governor-General of Barbados, Dame
Sandra Prunella Mason, has been elected as the first-ever President of
Barbados, a Caribbean island.
• She will replace Britain’s Queen Elizabeth
II as the new head of Barbados.
• Barbados will remove the Queen as its Head
of state and gain the status of a republic.
• At present, Queen Elizabeth II is the head
of the State of 15 Commonwealth countries (including Barbados) in addition to
the United Kingdom(UK).
5.SOUTH KOREA LAUNCHED
ITS FIRST DOMESTICALLY-DEVELOPED SPACE ROCKET – “NURI”
• The Nuri rocket, the first homegrown space
rocket at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Korea
• South Korea becomes the 10th nation to
send a satellite into space on its own technology.
6. FIFA RANKING 2021:
INDIA RISE ONE SPOT TO 106TH
• India has ranked 106th in the FIFA
(Fédération Internationale de Football Association) Rankings 2021
• Under the FIFA Rankings, Belgium is at 1st
position. Brazil holds 2nd position, France holds 3rd position.
7. BOOK TITLED
“ACTUALLY… I MET THEM: A MEMOIR”
• A book titled ‘Actually…I Met Them: A
Memoir‘ authored by Indian poet-lyricist and director Gulzar(original name
Sampooran Singh Kalra).
• Sampooran Singh Kalra is professionally
known as ‘Gulzar’ or ‘Gulzar Saab’.
