DAILY GK: 13 MAY 2021
1.AROUND
219 ENDANGERED SPECIES THREATENED BY ARMED CONFLICT
• According
to the report ‘Nature in a Globalised World: Conflict & Conservation’
released by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) – Civil
unrest and military exercises pose high risk to 219 Endangered Species (out of
30, 178 species assessed as threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened
Species).
• The
report is the 1st in IUCN’s Nature in a globalised world report series.
2.GOOGLE
PAY LAUNCHES INTERNATIONAL MONEY TRANSFERS FOR US USERS
• Google
Pay has launched International Money Transfers for its United States (US)
users, it has launched the initiative in partnership with remittance firms –
Wise and Western Union Co.
• Using
the feature, Google Pay users in the US can transfer money to app customers in
India & Singapore.
• Google
Pay has 150 million users in 40 countries, and this initiative is seen as a
step to expand its financial services offering, and increase competition in the
digital payments sector.
3.INDIA’S
GDP TO GROW 7.5% IN 2021, 10.1% IN 2022: UN
• In its
mid-year report of the World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP), United
Nations(UN) has increased India’s GDP growth forecast for the calendar year
2021 to 7.5 percent, a 0.2 percent increase from its earlier projection
(January 2021 projection – 7.3 percent) following a contraction of 6.8 percent
(-6.8) in 2020.
• The
report forecasted India’s GDP to grow at 10.1 percent in 2022, becoming the
fastest-growing major economy in the world.
4.WORLD
FOOD PRIZE 2021
• Indian
Descent Dr Shakuntala Harak singh Thilsted, a native of Trinidad and Tobago and
a citizen of Denmark, won the 2021 World Food Prize for her research, insights
and innovations in developing holistic, nutrition-sensitive approaches to aquaculture
and food systems.
• She was
born in 1949 on the Caribbean island of Trinidad.
• The
award carries a cash prize of 250,000 USD (around Rs 1.8 crore).
• The
award was announced by Barbara Stinson, President of the World Food Prize
Foundation.
5.IREDA
WON THE “GREEN URJA AWARD 2021”
• Indian
Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA) under the Ministry of New
& Renewable Energy (MNRE) won the Green Urja Award 2021 for its
developmental role towards the Green Energy Financing.
• IREDA
won the award for being the Leading Public Institution in Financing Institution
for Renewable Energy.
• The
award was conferred by the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
6.NASA
SPACECRAFT OSIRIS-REX HEADS FOR EARTH
• National
Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA)’s Spacecraft Origins, Spectral
Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer
(OSIRIS-REx), started its 2-year long journey towards earth with the samples-
rocks and dust -collected from the Asteroid Bennu.
• The
Spacecraft will orbit the sun twice before delivering the samples to the Earth
in September 2023.
• The
Asteroid Bennu is located around 200 million miles (around 1.9 Astronomical
Units) away from Earth.
7.“SHOOTER
DADI” CHANDROTOMAR PASSED AWAY DUE TO COVID-19
• The
89-year-old sharpshooter ChandroTomar passed away in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
after suffering from COVID-19.
• ChandroTomar
popularly known as “Shooter Dadi”, started her shooting career in her 60’s and
was acclaimed as the World’s Oldest Women Shooter.
• The 2019
movie “Saand Ki Aankh” was based on the biography of ChandroTomar and PrakahiTomar
(2nd oldest woman shooter in the world).
• BothChandroTomar
and PrakahiTomar belong to Johri village of Uttar Pradesh.
8.INTERNATIONAL
NURSES DAY 2021
• The International
Nurses Day (IND) 2021 is annually celebrated across the globe on May 12 to
highlight the importance of nurses in healthcare and to appreciate their work
towards healthcare.
• The
International Nurses Day marks the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale.
• The
theme of IND 2021 is Nurses: A Voice to Lead – A vision for future healthcare.
