DAILY GK: 13 MAR 2021
1.CONVERGENCE
OF ESI SCHEME WITH AYUSHMAN BHARAT PM-JAY
• Santosh
Gangwar launched the convergence of the ESI (Employees State Insurance) Scheme
with Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY (Pradhan Mantri-Jan Arogya Yojana) in 113 districts
of 4 States – Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh & Maharashtra.
2.INDIA’S
3RD SCORPENE CLASS SUBMARINE COMMISSIONED
• Indian
Naval Ship(INS) Karanj, India’s 3rd Scorpene class submarine was commissioned
into the India Navy at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai, Maharashtra.
• The
INS Karanj, a class of diesel-electric attack submarines designed by the Naval
Group of France, was constructed at the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited under
the Make in Indian Program.
• A
total of 6 Scorpene submarines are built under Project 75, The Indian Navy has
previously inducted 2 scorpene Class submarines namely, INS Kalvari (December
2017) and INS Khanderi (September 2019) from the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai.
• The
trials of Vela (May 2019) and Vagir (November 2020) are underway and the
construction of the 6th submarine Vagsheer is in progress.
3.J&K
CELEBRATES “HEARTH” FESTIVAL
• Three
day long Maha Shivaratri festival, locally known as “Hearth” festival is
celebrated across the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K).
• Pandit
Community across J&K celebrated the festival with religious offerings
“Watak Nath Pooja”.
• The
festival marks the wedding of Lord Shiva with Goddess Parvati.
4.GOOGLE
HONOURS ‘INDIA’S SATELLITE MAN’ UDUPI RAMACHANDRA RAO
• Google
has honoured ‘India’s Satellite Man’ Udupi Ramachandra Rao with doodle on his
89th birth anniversary, who was an Indian space scientist and chairman of the
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) between 1984-94, supervised the 1975
launch of India’s first satellite “Aryabhata.”
5.RBI
REMOVED IDBI BANK FROM ITS PCA FRAMEWORK
• The
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) removed LIC – owned Industrial Development Bank of
India (IDBI) from its enhanced regulatory supervision, the Prompt Corrective
Action (PCA) framework, after almost 4 years, on improved financial performance
and credit profile.
• IDBI’s
progress: The Net NPAs of them was around 5.25% and 1.94% in the December
quarter of the previous and current fiscal.
6.ICC
PLAYER OF MONTH AWARDS FOR FEBRUARY
• International
Cricket Council (ICC) has announced India’s Ravichandran Ashwin as the ICC
men’s player of the month (February) and England’s Tammy Beaumont as the ICC
Women’s Player of the Month for February 2021.
7.WORLD
KIDNEY DAY 2021
• World
Kidney Day is annually observed across the globe on the 2nd Thursday of March
to create awareness about the functions of Kidney and to educate the importance
of kidney health and reduce the impacts of kidney diseases.
• The
World Kidney Day Steering Committee has declared 2021 the year of “Living Well
with Kidney Disease”.
8.PM
UNVEILS KINDLE VERSION OF SWAMI CHIDBHAVANANDAJI’S BHAGAVAD GITA
• Prime
Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Kindle version of Swami
Chidbhavanandaji’s Bhagavad Gita and also address the occasion through virtual
mode.
• The
event has been organised to commemorate the sale of over five lakh copies of
the Swami Chidbhavanandaji’s Bhagavad Gita.
• Swami
Chidbhavanandaji is the founder of Sri Ramakrishna Tapovanam Ashram at
Thirupparaithurai, Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu.
9.RUSSIA
BREAK TWITTER SERVICES OVER ‘OBJECTIONABLE’ CONTENT
• In
Russia, the media regulator, Roskomnadzor, announced that it was slowing down
online access to the social media giant Twitter, accusing the social media
company of failing to remove around three thousands posts relating to
objectionable content.
• The
communications watchdog said, if Twitter does not comply with Russian law,
there will be further actions against the service, including a complete ban.
10.2021
YOUNG GLOBAL LEADERS LIST
• Bollywood
actor Deepika Padukone has joined the Forum of the Young Global Leaders (YGLs)
for the year 2021 compiled by the World Economic Forum.
• The
2021 class of the list comprises of 112world’s most promising leaders of under
the age of 40, who are involved in activities ranging from advocating for
public healthcare to campaigning for inclusivity in medical research.