DAILY GK 25-26 JULY 2024
1.
CUSTOMISED GOLD COIN
BY GREVIN MUSEUM PARIS
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The Grevin Museum in Paris,
France has honoured Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan with customized gold
coins bearing his name and image/likeness, making him the first Indian actor with this
achievement.
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He is only
the second Indian to be
honored with a coin at the museum after
Mahatma Gandhi.
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The Grevin
Museum unveiled his wax statue in 2008.
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His wax
figures are at 14 locations across the world.
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Shah Rukh
Khan will be honored with the Career
Achievement Award at the 77th
Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland for his outstanding career in
Indian cinema.
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He also
awarded “Officer of the Order of Arts
and Letters” by the French
government for his contribution to the development of Indo-French
cooperation in the field of cinema.
2.
INDIA’S FIRST
INTERNATIONAL JAN AUSHADI KENDRA IN MAURITIUS
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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar inaugurated India's
first overseas Jan Aushadi Kendra in Mauritius.
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The inauguration took
place with the presence of Mauritius
Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth.
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This event marked one of
the initial international visits of S. Jaishankar in his current term.
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The Jan Aushadi Kendra is
a health partnership project designed to provide cost-effective, Made-in-India
medicines.
3.
RBI SELLS RS 34 BILLION INDIAN
BONDS
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According to
a Bloomberg Economics Index, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has sold Rs 34 Billion (USD 406
million) worth of bonds in the secondary market in July, 2024 to absorb excess cash in the banking
system.
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This action
followed India’s recent inclusion
in JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Government Bond Index-Emerging
Markets (GBI-EM) in June
2024, which spurred significant foreign investment of over USD 1 billion into Indian bonds within the month.
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The RBI sold
bonds to manage the excess liquidity resulting from the increased foreign
investments to stabilize the financial system by absorbing the surplus funds as
RBI added USD 9.7 billion to
its reserves.
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India became
the 25th market to be
included in the index since its inception in June 2005.
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It is
expected that the Indian bond market will attract an additional USD 20 billion to USD 25 billion in foreign
investments over time. This will likely enhance liquidity in India’s banking
system.
4.
RBI
CANCELS LICENCE OF URAVAKONDA CO-OPERATIVE TOWN BANK, AP
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The Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) has
cancelled the Certificate of Registration (CoR) (licence)
of Uravakonda Cooperative Town Bank
Limited based in Andhra Pradesh (AP), due to inadequate
capital and earning prospects.
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It has
failed to comply with the requirements of the Banking Regulation Act 1949.
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On liquidation, depositors are entitled to claim compensation through the
Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC), up to a maximum
of Rs 5 lakh per
depositor, subject to the provisions of the DICGC Act, 1961.
5.
SIDBI TO ESTABLISH $1
BILLION GREEN FINANCING FUND WITH
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The Small
Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), which received approval
of funding of $ 215.6 m from the Green Climate Fund, will
create a corpus of $1 billion for ‘financing mitigation and
adaptation projects’ (FMAP) of Medium and Small Enterprises
(MSMEs).
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The board of the Green
Climate Fund, which is an entity set up by the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), approved a $200
million loan and $15.6 million grant for capacity building to SIDBI.
6.
CHINA LAUNCHES ITS NEW EARTH OBSERVATION
SATELLITE
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China launched ‘Gaofen-11
05’, a new high resolution optical Earth Observation Satellite (EOS),
into space onboard Long March-4B carrier rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite
Launch Center (TSLC) in North China’s
Shanxi Province, China.
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This is the fifth Gaofen-11 high
resolution satellite launched to its China High-definition Earth Observation
System (CHEOS) constellation.
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Gaofen-11 05: will be used for conducting land
surveys, urban planning, road network design, crop yield estimation, land
ownership verification, disaster prevention and mitigation.
7.
GOVERNMENT REVIVES
INTEREST SUBSIDY UNDER PRADHAN MANTRI AWAS YOJANA (URBAN) 2.0
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The government has
reinstated the interest subsidy under the Pradhan Mantri Awas
Yojana (Urban) 2.0 and allocated Rs 4,000 crore for the Credit Linked Subsidy
Scheme (CLSS).
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The Union Budget 2024-25
has earmarked Rs30,170 crore for PMAY-U, marking a 20.19% increase from the
previous year's allocation.
8.
ADB USD 200 MILLION LOAN FOR METRO RAIL
NETWORK IN NAGPUR
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The Asian
Development Bank (ADB) approved
a USD 200 million loan for
the Nagpur Metro Urban Mobility
Project, to expand metro rail
corridors and enhance transport connectivity in Nagpur, Maharashtra.
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ADB was established in 1966 and aims for a prosperous, inclusive,
resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific with 68 members, 49 from the region.
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President-Masatsugu Asakawa
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Headquarters– Manila, Philippines
9.
‘THE FUTURE IS NOW’ - THEME FOR 8th
IMC
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Union
Minister Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia,
Ministry of Communications (MoC) unveiled the theme of the 8th India Mobile Congress (IMC) i.e. ‘The Future is Now‘.
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The theme
highlights India’s central role in technological evolution and IMC 2024, which is scheduled for
October 15-18 at Pragati Maidan, New
Delhi, Delhi.
10. INS
DELHI WINS BEST SHIP OF EASTERN FLEET 2024
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INS Delhi was recognised as the Best Ship of the Eastern
Fleet for its excellent performance and
operational achievements.
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The Fleet
Awards Function, held in Visakhapatnam, honoured the Eastern Fleet’s
tactical successes over the past year.
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Best Ship of the Eastern Fleet: INS
Delhi
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Best Ship in the Corvettes, OPVs, and LSTs Category: INS
Kavaratti
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Recognition for Spirit and Versatility: INS
Shivalik, INS Sumedha, and INS Sumitra
11. NITA
AMBANI RE-ELECTED AS IOC MEMBER
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Nita Ambani, the founder of Reliance Foundation has been re-elected for a
second term as the member of
the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from
India
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She received
100% of the vote at the 142nd IOC
session is held in Paris,
France.
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Nita Ambani
became the first Indian woman to
join the IOC in 2016.
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Moroccan Nawal El Moutawakel and the
Argentinian Gerardo Werthein are
elected as the VP of IOC.
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Mikaela Cojuangco Jaworski (Philippines)was also re-elected for a second term to the
IOC Executive Board, and Li Lingwei (China) was elected as
an EB member.
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John Coates (Australia) and UgurErdener (Turkiye) are elected as the Honorary Members of IOC.
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The
International Olympic Committee founded
by Pierre de Coubertin, is the supreme
authority of the worldwide modern Olympic movement which consists of 111 members.
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President – Thomas Bach
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Headquarters – Lausanne, Switzerland
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Founded – 23rd June 1894
12. IAF
WORLD SPACE AWARD 2024
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Chandrayaan-3 mission team of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) won the prestigious World Space Award for 2024, presented
by International Astronautical
Federation (IAF) for
its significant contributions to space exploration.
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The award is
given in recognition of the Chandrayan-3, India’s lunar mission historic
achievement of soft landing near the lunar South Pole.
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The theme for the 75th IAC will be. “Responsible
Space for Sustainability”.
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Chandrayaan-1 was launched in 2008 and Chandrayaan-2
was aimed to land a lunar rover but faced a hard landing in 2019.
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The mission
comprises a lunar lander named ‘Vikram’ and a lunar rover ‘Pragyan’, both were designed to explore the lunar surface and
conduct scientific experiments to enhance better understanding of the
composition and geology of moon.
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Besides
India, only the US, Russia and China
have achieved the milestone of soft landing on the moon.
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Prime
Minister (PM) Narendra Modi declared that 23rd August will be observed
as “National Space Day” every
year in India to commemorate the soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon.
13. ABHINAV BINDRA AWARDED
OLYMPIC ORDER BY IOC
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Abhinav Bindra, a former Indian rifle shooter, and the 1st Indian to win individual gold at the
Olympics, has been honoured with the Olympic Order by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for his outstanding contributions
to the Olympic movement.
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The Olympic
Order is the highest award of the IOC,
given for exceptional services to the Olympic Movement.
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Bindra, a
member of the IOC Athletes’ Commission (AC), is the 1st Indian to receive this prestigious award.
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Abhinav Bindra
became the 1st Indian to
win a World Championship Gold in
10-meter (m) Air Rifle Men shooting
at the 49th International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World
Championship 2006 held
in Zagreb, Croatia.
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He is India’s 1st individual Gold medalist at
the Olympics, securing the gold at the 2008 Olympics held in Beijing,
China in the men’s 10m Air Rifle
event.
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He was
honoured with the “Arjuna Award”
in 2000
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He was
the youngest recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
in 2001 at the age of 18.
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The Olympic Order Award was established in 1975,
it replaced the Olympic Diploma of Merit.
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International Olympic Committee (IOC) is a not-for-profit independent international
organisation established on 23 June 1894.
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President– Thomas Bach
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Headquarters– Lausanne, Switzerland
14. APC
APPOINTS DEEPA MALIK AS SUB-REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR SOUTH ASIA
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The Asian
Paralympic Committee (APC) at
its 34th Executive Board meeting appointed Dr. Deepa Malik, India’s
1st woman Paralympic medallist, as the sub-regional
representative for South Asia.
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This
appointment for the 1st time increases female representation on the APC Executive Board to 5, the highest
in its history.
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Kazuhiro Yagi from Japan appointed as the new Vice President of the APC.
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Dr. Deepa
Malik is the 1st woman to represent
India at international level sports in her category of disability (F-53)
and also the first ever Indian paraplegic woman swimmer, biker, and car
rallyist.
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She is
India’s 1st female para-athlete to win a Silver Medal in the Shotput
F53 category at the Rio
2016 Paralympic Games held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a lifetime
personal best performance of 4.61 meters.
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She was
honoured with the Arjuna Award (National
Sports Award) in 2012;
the Padma Shri for Sports
in 2017; and the Major Dhyan Chand
Khel Ratna Award (formerly Rajiv Gandhi KhelRatna Award)
in 2019.
15. FRANCE’S
‘OFFICIER DANS L’ORDRE DES ARTS ET DES LETTRES‘ AWARD
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The French Government has honoured the
Indian Curator and Author RahaabAllana with
‘Officier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres’ (Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters) to recognise his
outstanding career as curator of
contemporary South Asian photography and his contributions to Indo-French
artistic cooperation.
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Rahaab Allana
is a curator and publisher of the Alkazi
Foundation for the Arts in New Delhi.
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Ordre des Arts et des Lettresis an order of France established by the Ministry of Culture in 1957 and
supplementary status to the Ordre national du Mérite was confirmed by President
Charles de Gaulle in 1963.
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It is the most significant arts-specific distinction,
which honours the personalities who have
distinguished themselves by their creativity in the field of art, culture
and literature or for their contribution to the influence of arts in France and
throughout the world.
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The award is given at three levels: Commandeur (Commander), Officier (Officer) and
Chevalier (Knight).
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Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia,Raghu Rai,
Ebrahim Alkazi, HabibTanveer, Shah Rukh Khan, AishwaryaRai and
UpamanyuChatterjee are some of
the noted Indian recipients of this honour.
16. THE
PARAM VISHISHT SEVA MEDAL
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President Droupadi Murmu awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) to
Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi and Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi for
their exemplary service to the nation.
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94 distinguished service decorations were
presented to armed forces and Indian Coast Guard personnel.
17. GLOBAL
MDRT RANKINGS 2024
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Tata AIA
Life Insurance Company Limited (Tata
AIA), one of India’s leading life insurance companies, has secured
the 6th position (out of
the top 100 global companies) in the Global Million
Dollar Round Table (MDRT) rankings for 2024.
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Tata AIA
registered the largest number of
MDRT-qualified Life Insurance Advisors in India with 2584 MDRT-qualified
advisors and employees as of 31st December 2023, a 30.64% increase over the
previous year.
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Tata AIA has
the highest number of female MDRT
qualifiers in India, with 1238 women
MDRT advisors, ranking No.1 in
India and No. 7 globally.
18. KANTAR’S
BRAND INCLUSION INDEX 2024
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The Brand
Inclusion Index (BII) 2024 released
by Kantar, a leading marketing
data and analytics business, has named Google, Tata Motors, Amazon, Jio, and Apple as the top 5 most inclusive brands in India.
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The global
index lists Google, Amazon, Nike, Dove and McDonald’s as the top five most inclusive brands.
19. UN’S
SOFI 2024 REPORT
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According to
the latest United Nation(UN) report titled “State of
Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) 2024: Financing to end hunger,
food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms”, around 733 million people faced hunger in 2023,
which is equivalent to 1 in 11 people (approx. 9%) globally and 1 in 5 in Africa.
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The theme of SOFI 2024 is “Financing
to end hunger, food insecurity and all forms of malnutrition’’. This year
theme draw attention to achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)2
Zero Hunger.
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India is home to 194.6
million (19.5 crore) undernourished
people, which is the highest in any
country in the world.
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This annual
report was launched on the backdrop of the Group-20
(G-20) Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty Task force Ministerial
held in Brazil, which
cautioned that the world is falling significantly short of achieving
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 i.e. Zero Hunger by 2030.
