DAILY GK: 05 , 06 SEP 2021

 DAILY GK: 05 , 06 SEP 2021

1. MOU TO RECONSTRUCT PROJECTS DAMAGED BY 2015 EARTHQUAKE

•      India and Nepal signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs ) for the reconstruction of 14 cultural heritage and 103 health sector projects across different districts of Nepal, which were damaged by the 2015 earthquake.

•      The projects will be reconstructed at a cost of 420 crore Nepalese Rupees (~$36 million).

 

2.CYBER LAB FOR ONLINE CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMME

•      National e-Governance Division (NeGD ) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology(MeitY ), Government of India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Law University(NLU), Delhi and National Law Institute University (NLIU), Bhopal to establish a Cyber Lab for the “Online capacity building Programme on Cyber Law, Crime Investigation and Digital Forensics”.

•      Goal: To enable Police Officers, State Cyber Cells, Law Enforcement Agencies, Prosecutors and Judicial Officers to acquire requisite skills to deal with Cyber Forensics cases efficiently & effectively as per the Indian Cyber Law while adopting global best practices, standards and guidelines.

 

3.APEDA SIGNS MOU WITH ICAR-IIMR TO BOOST EXPORT

•      The Agricultural and Processed Food Product Export Development Authority (APEDA) has signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR)- Indian Institute of Millet Research(IIMR) to increase export production by increasing quality and processing.

•      Objective:  To increase the export production with necessary links in supply chain, technical warehouses , clinical research and awareness.

 

4.ASIA’S 1ST COUNTRY TO LAUNCH A PLASTICS PACT              

•      World-Wide Fund for Nature-India (WWF India) and the CII have collaborated to develop a platform named ‘India Plastics Pact (IPP)’ to promote a circular system for plastics.

•      India became the 1st Asian country to develop a plastics pact.

•      The pact is supported by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production (WRAP).

 

5.INDIAN ARMY SET TO PROCURE OVER 100 “SKYSTRIKER”

•      Indian Army signed a Rs. 100 crore worth contract with the Joint Venture between India’s Alpha Design & Israel’s Elbit Security Systems, for the procurement of over 100 – ‘SkyStrikers’ under its emergency procurement powers.

•      All the ‘SkyStriker’ type drones will be manufactured in the Bangalore manufacturing unit of Alpha Design.

•      They are also known as “Suicide Drones”, because of its autonomous system that is designed to directly crash over the target with its pre-loded 5 kgs of Warhead.

 

6.GOI ORGANIZES “MERA WATAN, MERA CHAMAN” “MUSHAIRA” &“KAVI SAMMELAN”

•      Union Minority Affairs Ministry organised “Mera Watan, Mera Chaman”, “Mushaira” and “Kavi Sammelan”  in New Delhi as a part of “Amrit Mahotsav” of 75 years of India’s Independence.

•      The Programmes were launched by Union Minister of Minority Affairs, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.

•      It will continue across the country till 2023.

 

7.“AYUSH AAPKE DWAR” CAMPAIGN AT AYUSH MINISTRY

•      Dr. Munjapara Mahendrabhai, Minister of State, Ministry of Ayush, launched the  “Ayush Aapke Dwar” Campaign from Ayush Bhawan by distributing medicinal plants to staff.

•      The Ministry of AYUSH launched the scheme from more than 45 locations across 21 states of  India by distributing around 2 lakh medicinal plant saplings.

•      Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Minister of AYUSH, launched this campaign from Mumbai.

 

8.THE WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 2022

•      In accordance with the ‘Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2022’, 3 Indian universities made it to the top 400 global rankings. 

•      Among them, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru (Karnataka) is on the top and continues to be between 301-350 cohort.

•      It was followed by IIT-Ropar (Punjab) and Mysuru (Karnataka) based private university JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research in the 351-400 group.

 

9.ACC NAMED SUMAN SHARMA AS NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SECI

•      The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has appointed Suman Sharma as the Managing Director (MD) of Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI). .

•      She will succeed Jatindra Nath Swain who is currently serving as the chairman and MD of the company.

•      He will remain the chairman of the company.

 

10.LIC PICKS UP NEARLY 4% STAKE IN BANK OF INDIA

•      Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India has picked up around 3.9% stakes (around 159007791 shares) of Bank of India (BOI) through Open Market Acquisition on 2nd September 2021.

•      With this acquisition the stake of LIC in Bank of India has increased from 3.17% to 7.05%, equivalent to 289287324 shares.

•      The BOI raised around Rs 2550 crore by allotting reference shares to qualified institutional buyers.

 

11.LADAKH SIGNS MOU WITH BRO FOR ROAD NETWORK UPGRADATION

•      Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) for construction & upgradation of its road network.

•      The UT has also allocated 7 road & tunnel construction projects to BRO, reviewing its expertise in construction over hilly areas.

•      Note – In August, BRO constructed the World’s highest motorable pass at Umling La Pass in eastern Ladakh at an altitude of 19,300 feet.

 

12.NATIONAL WILDLIFE DAY –SEP 04

•      National Wildlife Day is observed every year on September 4th.

•      World Wildlife Day will be celebrated in 2021 under the theme “Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet”, as a way to highlight the central role of forests, forest species and ecosystems services in sustaining the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people globally, and particularly of Indigenous and local communities with historic ties to forested and forest-adjacent areas.