DAILY GK: 14 , 15 DEC 2021
1. HAIDERPUR WETLAND RECOGNIZED AS 47TH RAMSAR SITE IN
INDIA
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Haiderpur Wetland, the human-made wetland of around 6908 hectares in
Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh(UP) has been recognised as the 47th Ramsar
Site of India
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The
wetland is located within the boundaries of Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary, Uttar Pradesh.
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The
Convention on Wetlands (RAMSAR Convention) is the oldest of the modern global
intergovernmental environmental agreements that unite 172 countries to protect
and use wisely the wetlands and the resources they provide.
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The
convention was adopted in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971 and came into force in 1975.
2.
DUBAI
BECOMES WORLD’S 1ST 100% PAPERLESS GOVT.
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Dubai became
the world’s first government to
turn 100 percent paperless, the
announcement was made by the United Arab Emirate (UAE) Crown
Prince, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
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The
digitization will provide all the govt. services to customers &
reduce paper consumption by more than 336 million papers.
3. WHO REPORT ON 3 DISEASES: STATE OF INEQUALITIES –
HIV, TB AND MALARIA
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The
World Health Organization (WHO) and
the Global Fund released titled ‘State of Inequalities – HIV,
Tuberculosis and Malaria’, stating that the poorest, least-educated
and rural subgroups remain vulnerable to Human Immunodeficiency Virus
(HIV), Tuberculosis (TB) and malaria.
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The report takes a look at 32
health indicators from 186 countries on HIV, TB and
malaria.
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India’s average on prevention of HIV,
TB and malaria have improved in the past decade.
4. INDIA RANKS 56TH ON IMD 2021 WORLD TALENT RANKING
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India has
ranked 56th on
the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) 2021 World Talent Ranking, which
evaluates the ability of the economies in developing, attracting and retaining
talent.
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In
the Peer Group Ranking – Asia – Pacific, India have ranked 12th.
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Switzerland tops the
ranking followed by Sweden in 2nd and Luxembourg in 3rd.
5. RBI MANDATED 20-DIGIT LEI FOR CROSS-BORDER
TRANSACTIONS ABOVE RS 50 CRORE
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The
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has mandated the companies to
quote the 20-digit Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) for
cross-border transactions for capital or current account transactions of Rs
50 crore and above, from October 1 2022.
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LEI
is a number used to uniquely identify parties to financial transactions
worldwide to improve the quality and accuracy of financial data systems.
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The
LEI numbers are maintained in a global LEI database available on the website of
the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF).
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RBI
has introduced the LEI in a phased manner for over the counter (OTC) derivative,
non-derivative markets, large corporate borrowers and large value transactions
in centralised payment systems.
6. 70TH MISS UNIVERSE: INDIA’S HARNAAZ SANDHU CROWNED
MISS UNIVERSE 2021
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Indian
Actor and Model, Harnaaz Sandhu from Chandigarh, Punjab, has been crowned Miss Universe 2021 at
the 70th Edition of
the Miss Universe Competition held in Eilat, Israel.
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Harnaaz
Sandhu became the 3rd Indian to be crowned Miss Universe after Sushmita Sen,
the 1st Indian to win Miss Universe (1994) and Lara Dutta (Miss Universe 2000).
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Miss Universe 2020 Andrea
Meza(Mexico) presented the crown to Harnaaz Sandhu.
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Nadia
Ferreira(Paraguay) finished 2nd followed by Lalela Mswane (South Africa) in
3rd.
7. CHINA LAUNCHES SATELLITES FOR SPACE EXPLORATION –
SHIJIAN-6 05
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China
successfully launched a new group of satellites Shijian-6 05 into
space from the Jiuquan Satellite
Launch Center in northwest China for space
exploration and new technology tests.
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According
to the rocket developers with the state-owned space giant China Aerospace
Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), the first 100 launches
took place over 37 years, the second 100 launches took seven and half years,
the third took four years and three months, and the fourth only took two years
and nine months.
8. DIGITAL PLATFORM TO ADDRESS CITIZEN’S COMPLAINTS –
‘LOKPALONLINE’
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Lokpal Chairperson Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose inaugurated a digital platform for the complaints management from anywhere
called ‘LokpalOnline’ for
Indian citizens.
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The LokpalOnline is
a web-based portal hosted on National Informatics centre (NIC)
Cloud which has been developed on an Open Source Technology for the management of complaints
against public servants filed under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013.
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Lokpal
of India, has been established under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act,
2013 to inquire and investigate allegations of corruption against
public functionaries.
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Aim of Lokpal is to free the country from corruption and to build a
strong and corruption free India.
9. INDIA SUCCESSFULLY TEST-FIRES SUPERSONIC MISSILE
ASSISTED TORPEDO IN ODISHA
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India
has successfully test-fired a long-range Supersonic Missile Assisted
Torpedo (SMART) off the coast of Balasore in Odisha.
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The weapon system is a
next-generation missile-based standoff torpedo delivery system.
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It is being developed by Defence
Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the Indian Navy.
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It is a canister-based missile system
and it consists of advanced technologies like two-stage solid propulsion,
electro-mechanical actuators and precision inertial navigation.
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Earlier Defence
Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Air Force (IAF) has
flight-tested the indigenously made helicopter-launched SANT (Stand-off Anti-tank) missile from Pokhran
ranges.
10. ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX 2021
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Red
Bull’s Max Emilian Verstappen (24)
from The Netherlands clinched the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
2021 by defeating Mercedes’ Lewis
Carl Davidson Hamilton of the United Kingdom (UK) at the Yas Marina
Circuit on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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With this, Max Verstappen won
his first Formula One (F1) World Driver Championship.
11. INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE DAY 2021 –
DECEMBER 12
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The
United Nations(UN)’s International Universal Health Coverage Day
(UHC Day) is annually observed across the globe on 12th
December to create awareness about the need for strong and resilient health
systems and Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
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The theme of UHC Day 2021 is “Leave No One’s Health
Behind: Invest in health systems for all.”
12. GOVT LAUNCHES NATIONAL HELPLINE TO REPORT ATROCITIES AGAINST SCS/STS
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The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
launched a National Helpline
Against Atrocities (NHAA) to prevent atrocities on members of Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes
(STs).
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The NHAA will be available 24×7 on
toll-free number 14566 across the country.
13. UTTARAKHAND’S ASKOT WILDLIFE SANCTUARY DECLARED AS
ECO-SENSITIVE ZONE
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An
area of 454.65 square
kilometres around the boundary of Askot
Wildlife Sanctuary in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand has
been declared as the Askot
Wildlife Sanctuary Eco-sensitive Zone (ESZ).
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There
is no village falling inside the Eco-Sensitive Zone of Askot Wildlife
Sanctuary.
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The
activities prohibited within ESZ are, Commercial mining, stone quarrying and
crushing units; Setting up industries causing pollution; Establishment of major
hydroelectric projects; Use or production or processing of any hazardous substances;
Discharge of untreated effluents in natural water bodies or land areas;
Commercial use of firewood; Setting up of new sawmills; and Setting up of brick
kilns.
14. BOB LAUNCHES WEARABLE PAYMENT SOLUTION – BOB WORLD
WAVE
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Bank
of Baroda (BOB) in
partnership with National Payments Corporations of India (NPCI) launched bob World Wave, a wearable line of
products for payments, integrated with a complete health ecosystem.
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A bob World Wave wearable device will allow
customers to monitor their Saturation of Peripheral Oxygen (Sp02), body temperature, heart rate and blood pressure.
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The
device will provide contactless payments of up to Rs. 5,000 in all Near-Field Communication (NFC)
enabled Point of Sale (PoS) devices and also enable payments above Rs 5000 using the PIN.
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BOB
will also provide a dummy plastic card, with the same card number printed as
that of the wearable device along with expiry date and Card Verification Value
(CVV) to enable customers to do e-commerce transactions at ease.
15. ELON MUSK NAMED TIME MAGAZINE’S ‘PERSON OF THE
YEAR’ 2021
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The
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of
Tesla & SpaceX, Elon
Musk named ‘Person of the
Year 2021’ by Time magazine.
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He
took over the title from US
President Joe Biden & Vice President Kamala Harris, who received the
title in 2020.
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COVID-19
Vaccine scientists Kizzmekia
Corbett, Barney Graham, Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman named ‘Heroes
of the year 2021’ by Time Magazine.
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In April 2021, NASA granted
Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX an exclusive contract to put United States
(US) astronauts on the moon for the first time since 1972.
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Elon Musk is
the founder, CEO and Chief Engineer at SpaceX, and CEO – Product Architect of
Tesla.
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In
2021, Elon Musk became the world’s richest person with a total worth of
USD 300 billion.
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He
succeeded Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon, who previously held the position of
World’s Richest Person.
16. BOOK ‘PRIDE, PREJUDICE AND PUNDITRY’
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Former
union minister and Lok Sabha Member of Parliament Dr Shashi Tharoor‘s 23rd book titled ‘Pride, Prejudice and Punditry’ was
launched in Hyderabad, Telangana.
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He
is serving as MP in Lok
Sabha from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, since 2009.
17. NATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION DAY 2021 – DECEMBER 14
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National
Energy Conservation Day is annually observed across India on 14th December to
create awareness about the importance of energy conservation and the benefits
of replacing non-renewable resources with renewable energy.
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The
Ministry of Power has celebrated the National Energy Conservation Week 2021
from 8th to 14th December 2021 as Iconic Week under “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav”.
