DAILY GK : 1 FEB 2021
1. INDEGENOUS METRO
RACKS AT CHARKOP METRO DEPOT
• Uddhav Thackeray, Chief Minister of
Maharashtra unveiled the first indegeneous metro racks for the new Metro line
of Mumbai – Metro 2A and 7 at the Charkop Metro Depot, Mumbai, Maharashtra.
• The rake was manufactured by Bharat Earth
Movers Limited (BEML) and delivered the first ‘Made in India’ rake from the
Bengaluru facility of BEML.
2. THIRD BATCH OF 3
RAFALE AIRCRAFT
• The 3rd batch of 3 Rafale Aircrafts which
got airborne from Istres Air Base, France landed at an Indian Air Force Base,
India.
• The non-stop flight for 7000 km was
supported by the inflight refuelling by Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) ,
UAE Air Force.
• With this 3rd set of deliveries the total
number of Rafales in the IAF’s inventory became 11.
• IAF has ordered a total of 36 warplanes at
a cost of Rs. 59,000 crores from France in September 2016.
3. COVID PERFORMANCE
INDEX BY LOWY INSTITUTE
• According to the ‘COVID Performance Index
: Deconstructing Pandemic Responses’ released by Australia based Lowy
Institute, India with a score of 24.3 was ranked at 86 out of 98 Countries on
basis of its response towards tackling the Pandemic. New Zealand topped the
list followed by Vietnam & Taiwan.
• China was excluded from the rankings due
to lack of publicly available data on Testing.
Rank Country Average
1 New
Zealand 94.4
2 Vietnam 90.8
3 Taiwan 86.4
4. UN WTO NAMED 2020 AS
‘WORST YEAR ON RECORD’
• In accordance with the latest United
Nations World Tourism Organization (UN-WTO) “World Tourism Barometer”, the year
2020 was the “worst year on record” as global tourism suffered adversely due to
international travel bans implemented to contain the COVID-19 outbreak.
• The world saw a global tourism decline of
74% (-74%) which resulted in 1 billion fewer international arrivals than 2019.
5. RBI CANCELS LICENCE
OF SHIVAM SAHAKARI BANK LTD
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)cancelled
the licence of Shivam Sahakari Bank Ltd, a co-operative bank in Ichalkaranji,
Kolhapur, Maharashtra.
• Following the cancellation of its license,
the bank will stop to carry on the banking business, which includes accepting
and repaying deposits as defined in Section 5(b) read with Section 56 of the
Banking Regulation(BR) Act, 1949.
6. BSE ESTABLISHED ‘INNOVATION
SANDBOX’ WEB PORTAL
• BSE (formerly Bombay Stock Exchange) has
set up an ‘Innovation Sandbox’ web portal, a workflow based platform.
• It is a testing environment that enables
FinTech firms and individuals to do offline testing of their applications.
• The innovation sandbox is set up as per
the guidelines of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
7. BRAND FINANCE’S
GLOBAL 500 2021
• As per the Global 500 2021, an annual
report on the most valuable and strongest global brands of Brand Finance,
Reliance Jio has been ranked in 5th position as world’s strongest brand with a
Brand Strength Index (BSI) score of 91.7 out of 100 and AAA+ brand strength rating.
• Reliance Jio enters the ranking for the
1st time.
• The list is topped by WeChat with a BSI
score of 95.4 followed by Ferrari with 93.9 BSI score.
