DAILY GK: 05 AUG 2021

 DAILY GK: 05 AUG 2021

1.PUNE’S 1ST METRO UNVEILED BY TITAGARH WAGONS

•          Titagarh Wagons Ltd, a company based out of Titagarh in West Bengal, held a virtual ceremony to display its first train for Pune Metro (Maharashtra) which was manufactured by its subsidiary in Italy (Europe), Titagarh Firema SpA Plant.

•          It will be India’s first lightest metro trainset as it is being manufactured with Aluminium for the first time in our country.

 

2.UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ROSE TO 13.3% IN Q2 FY2

•          In August 2021, the National Statistical Office (NSO) released the 8th Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) – Quarterly Bulletin for the Q2 FY21 (July 2020 – September 2020).

•          As per the PLFS, the Jobless/Unemployment rate (UR) in urban areas in Current Weekly Status (CWS) increased to 13.3 percent in Q2 FY21 when compared to 8.4 percent in Q2 FY20 (July 2019 – September, 2019).

 

3.INDIA’S 1ST HYPER-SCALE DATA CENTER WITH 100% RE

•          ReNew Power has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with RackBank Datacenters Limited to power India’s 1st hyper-scale Data center with 100% Renewable Energy (RE), it is also set to be India’s 1st Green Data center.

•          The MoU is one of India’s largest ‘Open Access’ MoUs.

 

4.GARIMA GRIHAS FOR TRANSGENDER PERSONS

•          During a discussion in Parliament, Minister of State (MoS) for Social Justice and Empowerment A. Narayanaswamy stated that Government is planning to set up Garima Grihas for Transgender persons with the help of community-based organizations.

•          Garima Grihas will provide safe and secure shelter to Transgender persons.

•          12 Pilot shelter homes have already been initiated.

 

5.SEBI ALLOWS PAYMENTS BANKS TO ACT AS INVESTMENT BANKERS

•          Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) allowed payments banks to carry out the activities of investment bankers in order to ease the access for investors to participate in public and rights issues by using various payment avenues.

•          Also, Non-scheduled payments banks, which have prior approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), will be eligible to act as Bankers to an Issue (BTI) with regard to the conditions stipulated in the BTI rules.

 

6.MINI IPE APPOINTED AS THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF LIC

•          The government of India has appointed Mini Ipe as the new Managing Director of the Life Insurance Corporation(LIC) of India.

•          She has been serving as the Executive Director, Legal Department, LIC of India.

•          She has taken charge as the MD of the LIC of India succeeding Vipin Anand, who has retired in July 2021.

 

7.PADMA SACHDEV PASSED AWAY

•          Padma Sachdev the 1st Modern woman poet of Dogri language and Padma Shri awardee passed away at Mumbai hospital due to health reasons.

•          She had won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1971 for her anthology of poems – ‘Meri Kavita Mere Geet’.

 

8.‘MIRACLE FROM CHANDIGARH’ PASSES AWAY

•          Centenarian sprinter and World Masters Games Medalist Man Kaur, who is referred as ‘Miracle from Chandigarh’, has passed away in Patiala, Punjab.

•          She was born on 1st March 1916.

•          Man Kaur hailing from Patiala, Punjab, started her athletics career at the age of 93.

•          She became the world’s fastest Centenarian at 2016 American Masters games held in Vancouver.

 

9.‘DELHI@2047’ TO MAKE DELHI A GLOBAL CITY BY 2047

•          Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched the ‘Delhi@2047’ initiative to facilitate partnership with the private sector, CSR initiatives (Corporate Social Responsibility) and philanthropic Organisation to make Delhi a global city by 2047.

•          The vision document has set an aim to take Delhi’s per capita income to Singapore’s level (which means it has to increase the per capita income 16-fold).