DAILY GK : 20 OCT 2021

DAILY GK : 20 OCT 2021 

1.NITI AAYOG LAUNCHES GEOSPATIAL ENERGY MAP OF INDIA

•      NITI Aayog along with ISRO has launched the Geospatial Energy Map of India .This map identifies and locates all primary and secondary sources of energy and their transportation.

•      Geospatial Energy Map of India was launched by Rajiv Kumar (Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog), Dr. V K Saraswat (Member, NITI Aayog), and Shri Amitabh Kant (CEO, NITI Aayog).

•      Geographic Information System (GIS) Energy Map of India will help in providing a holistic picture of all energy resources of the country with a visualization of energy installations including power plants, oil and gas wells, petroleum refineries, coal fields and coal blocks, district-wise data on renewable energy power plants, and so on.

•      The NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India), is a think tank of the Government of India established in 2015 as a replacement for the Planning Commission to provide with relevant strategic, directional and technical advice across the spectrum of key elements of development process.

 

2.MERCER GLOBAL PENSION INDEX (2021 MCGPI)

•      Indian Pension System Ranked 40th out of 43 systems on overall index ranking

•      Ranking is topped by Iceland with Netherland at 2nd position

 

3. WORLD’S BEST EMPLOYER RANKINGS 2021

•      According to the World’s Best Employers ranking 2021 published by Forbes, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) placed at the 52nd position in the overall ranking of 750 global corporations and topped the Indian firms under the ranking.

•      Ranking is topped by Samsung Electronics of South Korea

•      In addition to RIL, the other Indian companies under top 100 rankings include ICICI Bank (65), HDFC Bank (77) and HCL Technologies (90, The State Bank of India (SBI) (119)

 

4. BNP PARIBAS OPEN

•      The 2021 BNP Paribas Open, also known as the 2021 Indian Wells Masters or 2021 Indian Wells Open, was held at California, the United States of America(USA).

•      Men’s singles-Cameron Norrie(UK)

•      Women’s singles-Paula Badosa(Spain)

•      In recent ATP ranking Novak Djokovic of Serbia is at top in men and Ashleigh Barty of Australia tops in women ranking

 

5. 2021 LONDON MARATHON

•      Ethiopia’s Sisay Lemma finished 1st in the 2021’s London Marathon, while Kenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei won the Women’s marathon