DAILY GK: 25 SEP 2021

 DAILY GK: 25 SEP 2021

1.INDIAN ARMY TO PROCURE 118 ARJUN MK-1A

•      Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) of Avadi, Chennai grabbed Rs 7,523 crore order from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the supply of 118 Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) Arjun Mk-1A for the Indian Army.

•      The tank is known as the “hunter killers”.

 

2.INDIA RANKED 46TH IN GII 2021 BY WIPO

•      India’s rank in Global Innovation Index (GII) 2021 by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) improved by two spots to 46th from 48th in GII 2020.

•      India entered into the group of top 50 countries in GII for the 1st time.

Overall Rank of GII                                                                  Country

1                                                                                              Switzerland

2                                                                                              Sweden

3                                                                                              United States of America

 

3.GLOBAL STARTUP ECOSYSTEM REPORT 2021

•      As per the annual ranking of the international startup hubs named ‘Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2021’, compiled by research organisation ‘Startup Genome’, London, Mumbai, and Bangalore are featured among the world’s top startup hubs.

•      Bangalore ranked 23rd (26 in 2020) among the top 30 global startups, whereas Delhi ranked 36.

•      Global Startup Ranking: Silicon Valley ranked 1st followed by New York City and London (2nd) Beijing ranked at 4 and Boston at 5.

•      Mumbai: It retained its 1st position in the Emerging Ecosystems ranking outperforming other fast-growing ecosystems in areas of funding, performance market research, and talent.

•      Emerging Ecosystems are the ecosystems in earlier stages of growth that have high potential to be global performers in the future.

 

4.UNESCO’S WORLD BOOK CAPITAL FOR 2023

•      Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO) has named Accra, Capital of Ghana as the UNESCO World Book Capital for 2023, following the evaluation of the World Book Capital Advisory Committee.

•      Accra is the 23rd city to be named the World Book Capital since 2001.

 

5.BANK DEPOSITS GREW BY 11.9% IN FY21

•      As per the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) publication of ‘Deposits with Scheduled Commercial Banks – March 2021’, Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) deposits in FY21 grew by 11.9 percent year-on-year compared to 8.8 percent in FY20 due to high growth in the Current Account and Savings Account (CASA) deposits.

 

6.GEETA SAMOTA BECAME FASTEST INDIAN TO DO DUAL SUMMIT

•      Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) official Geeta Samota became the ‘Fastest Indian to do Dual Summit’ after she completed the summit of two peaks of Mt Elbrus (5,642 mts) in Russia and Kilimanjaro peak (5,895 mts) in Tanzania (Africa).

 

7.EY NORWAY CHESS 2021

•      Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian chess Grandmaster won the 9th edition of EY Norway Chess 2021 against Russian Grandmaster Ian Alexandrovich Nepomniachtchi.

•      This marks Magnus Carlsen’s 3rd consecutive title in Norway chess and 4th overall title.