DAILY GK: 11 FEB 2021
1. CONSTRUCTION OF
LALANDAR [SHATOOT] DAM BY INDIA
• Central Government has laid the foundation
of 2nd dam i.e. Lalandar [Shatoot] Dam, to be built by India in Afghanistan, by
signing the virtual MoU between both nations.
• It will be constructed on the Kabul river
basin which is one of the five river basins of Afghanistan.
2. IEPF AUTHORITY SIGNS
MOU WITH IGNOU FOR TELECAST OF IAP
• Investor Education and Protection Fund
Authority (IEPF Authority), Ministry of Corporate Affairs signed a MoU with
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) for collaboration in using the
Tele-Lecturing Facility of Gyan Darshan Channel (EMPC – Electronic Media
Production Centre) for telecast of Investor Awareness Programmes (IAPs) through
distance learning mode.
• In September, 2016 the Investor Education
and Protection Fund Authority was established for the administration of
Investor Education and Protection Fund Government of India under the provisions
of section 125 of the Companies Act, 2013.
3. GOI ALLOCATES RS.
16000CR FOR PMFBY FOR FY22
• Central Government has allocated Rs 16000
crores for Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) for FY22, an increase of
around Rs 305 crore as compared to FY21.
• The reason behind an increase in the
amount is to boost the safety of farmers’ crops and ensure maximum benefit of
crop insurance.
• Notably, the scheme covers the entire
cropping cycle from pre-sowing to post-harvest which include loss coverage due
to prevented sowing and mid-season adversities.
4. IEA’S INDIA ENERGY
OUTLOOK 2021
• In accordance with the International
Energy Agency’s (IEA) “India Energy Outlook 2021”, India will surpass European
Union as the world’s third-biggest energy consumer by 2030.
• In this regard, India energy demand growth
share will be maximum at 25% in the next two decades.
• As per India’s current national policy
scenario, its gross domestic product (GDP) expands to an estimated $8.6
trillion by 2040 thereby the energy consumption is expected to be nearly doubled.
5. DECLARATION FOR
SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE
• During the 34th Session of UN’s FAO (Food
and Agriculture Organization) Committee on Fisheries (COFI 34) which took place
virtually, members of the session supported the first-ever Declaration for
Sustainable Fisheries & Aquaculture.
• The declaration calls for Strong action to
combat Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing and emphasized on the
importance of recovering from impacts of COVID-19 pandemic.
• The Committee on Fisheries (COFI) is a
subsidiary body of the FAO Council established by FAO Conference in 1965.
6. ‘NPCI PAYAUTH
CHALLENGE’ ON APIX
• National Payments Corporation of India
(NPCI) launched a Global level Hackathon ‘NPCI PayAuth Challenge’, to find out
the alternatives for the authentication of UPI (Unified Payments Interface)
transaction for eg: Biometric.
• This Challenge is supported by APIX,
world’s first cross-border, open architecture API marketplace and sandbox
platform.
• The Challenge is an open for global Fintechs,
solution providers and developers and can submit unique solutions that simplify
authorization.
7. WORLD’S LARGEST
RADIO TELESCOPE
• Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO)
Council held its Maiden Meeting during the meeting they approved the
establishment of World’s Largest Radio Telescope namely ‘Square Kilometre
Array’.
• The telescope will consist of a vast
number of radio receivers which will be positioned in South Africa and
Australia.
• SKAO is a 10-member intergovernmental
organisation dedicated to radio astronomy.
• The members of SKAO are Australia, Canada,
China, India, Italy, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden, Netherlands and UK.
• The headquarters of SKAO is situated at
the University of Manchester’s Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, United
Kingdom.
• Radio Telescopes are capable of detecting
gas and can reveal areas of space which are hidden by cosmic dust.
8. ICC ANNOUNCED BYJU’S
AS GLOBAL PARTNER
• The International Cricket Council (ICC)
announced BYJU’s as its global partner from 2021 to 2023.
• Under the 3-year agreement BYJU’s will
partner all the events of ICC from 2021 to 2023, including the Men’s T20 World
Cup in India, and the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.
• Under this partnership BYJU’s will have
extensive in-venue, broadcast, and digital rights to all ICC events.
• BYJU’s became the official jersey partner
of Indian Cricket team in August 2019.
9. BOOK-‘THE TERRIBLE,
HORRIBLE, VERY BAD GOOD NEWS’
• Meghna Pant has authored a new book titled
‘The Terrible, Horrible, Very Bad Good News’.
• The book will be published by Penguin
Random House India.
• It will be released in April 2021, and will shortly become a
major motion picture under the title Badnam Ladoo.
10. WORLD PULSES DAY
2021
• United Nations(UN)’s World Pulses Day is
annually observed across the globe on 10th February to celebrate the
contribution of the pulses to the sustainable food system, healthy growth and
environmental benefits.
• The World pulses day was proposed by
Burkina Faso
11.16 DIGIT UNICODE TO
IDENTIFY THE LANDHOLDINGS
• The government of Uttar Pradesh(UP) has
introduced a new system to issue a unique 16-digit unicode to identify the
landholding in UP.
• The unicode will be used to check on cases
of land dispute and protect people from fraudsters.
• The first 6 digits is based on the
population of the land, next 4 digit determines the identity of the land, next
4 digit based on the number of divisions of the land and last 2 digit based on
the category of the land (agricultural, residential and commercial land).