DAILY GK: 23 , 24 DEC
1.
RBI EMPANELED CSB BANK AS AGENCY BANK TO UNDERTAKE
GOVERNMENT BUSINESSES
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RBI announced empanelment of CSB Bank, a
private sector lender as an ‘Agency Bank’ to undertake general
banking business of central and state governments.
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An agent bank is a bank that performs services in some
capacity on behalf of the government. An agent bank, also known as agency bank,
can offer a wide variety of services for businesses looking to expand
internationally.
2.
HDFC LIFE WINS THE ‘BEST GOVERNED COMPANY LISTED
SEGMENT
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HDFC Life, one of India’s leading life insurance
companies has won the ‘Best Governed Company Listed Segment: Large
Category’ at the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI)
National Awards for Excellence in Corporate Governance.
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The awardees were selected through a comprehensive six-step
evaluation process with various compliance and governance parameters
followed by the evaluation based on principles of good corporate governance.
3.
JGU WINS “DIGITAL INNOVATION OF THE YEAR” AT THE THE
ASIA AWARDS 2021
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O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) won
the ‘Digital Innovation of the Year Award’ in the prestigious Times
Higher Education (THE) Asia Awards 2021 for creating a free,
cloud-based application to help schools and universities manage data.
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JGU was the only Indian University to
be shortlisted for the “Digital Innovation of the Year”.
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Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) bagged
the prize for Asia’s ‘Leadership and Management Team of the Year’ category at
THE Asia Awards 2021.
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JGU has created a free, cloud-based application ‘Tou’ to
help schools and universities manage data. It is an amalgamated version of the
internal software tools that JGU uses to operate the University online.
4.
INDIA SUCCESSFULLY TESTS ‘PRALAY’ MISSILE
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India successfully test fired short-range, surface to
surface-guided ballistic missile ‘Pralay’ from APJ Abdul
Kalam Island, off the coast of Odisha
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Pralay is the solid-fuel, battlefield missile developed
by DRDO based on Prithvi Defence Vehicle from the Indian
ballistic missile programme.
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Pralay is a 350-500 km short-range, surface-to-surface missile
with a payload capacity of 500-1,000 kg.
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The missile is powered with a solid propellant rocket
motor with state-of-the-art navigation system and integrated
avionics which can be launched from a mobile launcher.
5.
PAKISTAN SUCCESSFULLY TEST-FIRES BABUR CRUISE MISSILE
1B
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Pakistan successfully test-fired an enhanced range
version of its indigenously-built surface-to-surface Babur cruise missile
namely ‘Babur Cruise Missile 1B’ that can strike targets up to
900 kilometres from 450 km of former missile.
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The Babur missile is capable of engaging targets at
land and sea with high precision.
6.
NATIONAL MATHEMATICS DAY 2021 – DECEMBER 22
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National Mathematics Day is celebrated to mark
the birth anniversary of renowned Indian mathematician Srinivasa
Ramanujan, who was born on 22nd December 1887 in Erode,
Madras Presidency, British India (now Tamil Nadu).
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In 2012, to mark the 125th birth anniversary of
Srinivasa Ramanujan, then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declared the 22nd
December of every year as the National Mathematics Day.
7.
INDIGENOUS MULTI-TERRAIN ARTILLERY GUN 155– BR
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The Union Minister Rajnath Singh, Ministry of Defence
(MoD) unveiled indigenously built Multi-terrain Artillery Gun (MArG 155) – BR
which is the only 155mm 39 calibre gun system mounted on 4×4
HMV (High Mobility Vehicle) in the world.
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It was unveiled in the presence of Chief of the Army
Staff (COAS), Manoj Mukund Naravane.
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It is developed by Pune (Maharashtra)-based Indian MNC
(Multinational Company) Bharat Forge Ltd.
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The weight of a fully kitted gun is 18 ton.
8.
GLOBAL UNICORN INDEX 2021: INDIA RANKED 3RD
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As per the Global Unicorn Index 2021 report released
by the Hurun Research Institute, India ranked at third (by adding 33
‘unicorns’) in 2021 by displacing the United Kingdom (UK) to the 4th spot.
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US, China comprise 74% of unicorns: The
United States (US) and China still continue to bag the top two ranks in the
list by adding 254 and 74 unicorns, respectively.
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India ranked third (with a total of 54 unicorns) with
Edtech company Byju’s as the most valuable unicorn in India, with a total
valuation of $21 billion followed by mobile ad-tech firm InMobi (US$12bn),
travel-stay finder OYO Rooms (US$9.5bn).
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Unicorns are privately held start-up
companies having a valuation of more than $1 billion.
9.
VAYANA NETWORK & FEDERAL BANK BAGS THE ‘MOST
EFFECTIVE BANK-FINTECH PARTNERSHIP’ AWARD
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Vayana Network, one of India’s largest trade
finance platforms, and Federal Bank, a leading Private Sector Bank have
been awarded the ‘Most Effective Bank-Fintech Partnership: Agile and
Adaptable’ at the IBSi-Global Fintech Innovation Awards 2021.
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Federal Bank partnered with Vayana Network to provide
an easy on-boarding experience to dealers through their unique ‘Full
Stack’ technology infrastructure.
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This facilitates end to end digital solutions like
client supply chain account set up, monitoring, digital authentication of
documents on the transaction platform and notification to customers at every
step.
10.
EMMA RADUCANU NAMED AS BBC SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE
YEAR 2021
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2021 US Open Women’s Singles Champion, Emma
Raducanu a British professional tennis player has been voted as the BBC
Sports Personality of the Year 2021.
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Team of the Year 2021: England men’s football team
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Young Sports Personality of the Year 2021: Sky Brown
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Lifetime Achievement Award 2021: Simone Biles
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Coach of the Year 2021: Gareth Southgate.
11.
INDIAN ARMY LAUNCHES IN-HOUSE MESSAGING APPLICATION
ASIGMA
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The Indian Army, launched a contemporary messaging
application named ‘ASIGMA’ (Army Secure IndiGeneous Messaging
Application).
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It is a new generation web-based application developed
entirely in-house by a team of officers of the Corps of Signals of the Army.
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It works as an alternative to Army Wide Area
Network (AWAN) messaging application which has been in service for the
past 15 years.
12.
INDIA WINS BRONZE IN MEN’S HOCKEY ASIAN CHAMPIONS
TROPHY 2021
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Indian Men’s Hockey team under the Captaincy of
Manpreet Singh won a bronze medal in the Men’s Asian
Champions Trophy Hockey tournament 2021 in Dhaka,
Bangladesh after defeating Pakistan.
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Tournament Held at Mawlana Bhashani Hockey
Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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The Men’s Asian Champions Trophy Hockey Trophy 2021
was won by South Korea and silver for Japan.
13.
NATIONAL FARMERS’ DAY 2021 – DECEMBER 23
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The Kisan Diwas or National
Farmers’ Day is annually observed across India on 23rd December to
commemorate the birth anniversary of Chaudhary Charan Singh, the
5th Prime Minister(PM) of India (1979-1980).
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He is popularly known as the “champion of
India’s peasants”.
14.
ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT
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In the exercise of the power conferred by Article 223
of the Constitution of India 1949, the President of India has appointed Justice
Sanjaya Kumar Mishra, the senior-most judge of Uttarakhand High
Court (HC), has been appointed as the Acting Chief Justice(CJ) of
the Uttarakhand HC
