DAILY GK: 16,17 MAY 2021
1. 8TH INSTALLMENT UNDER PM-KISAN SCHEME
• PM
Narendra Modi has released the 8th instalment of funds to beneficiaries under
the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme.
• Around
~INR 20, 667 Crore was distributed to around 9.5 Crore farmer beneficiaries in
the 8 instalment.
• For the
1st time, farmers in West Bengal joined the PM-KISAN Scheme, and around 7 Lakh
Bengal farmers received their 1st instalment.
• PM-KISAN
Scheme was launched by 24th February, 2019 by PM Narendra Modi at Gorakhpur,
Uttar Pradesh.
• It is
100% funded by the Central Government.
2.
US TO HELP INDIA TO ACHIEVE ITS RE TARGET
• The
United States (US) is set to partner with India on climate change, it will
assist India to achieve its target of deploying 450 GigaWatts (GW) of Renewable
Energy (RE) by 2030.
• It was
stated by US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry.
• John
Kerry is the 1st American climate change envoy with cabinet rank.
• India is
the 3rd CO2 emitter after China, USA.
3.
WORLD’S 100 MOST ENVIRONMENTALLY RISKIEST CITIES
• According
to the ‘Environmental Risk Outlook 2021’ released by Verisk Maplecroft, India
has 43 of the World’s 100 most environmentally riskiest cities.
• Jakarta
in Indonesia was ranked as the most riskiest city in the world, followed by
Delhi & Chennai (Tamil Nadu).
• 99 of
the World’s 100 riskiest cities are in Asia (43 in India and 37 in China).Lima,
Peru is the only non-Asian city to be listed in the World’s 100 Riskiest
cities.
• Glasgow,
Scotland was ranked as the safety city in the report.
World’s
3 most environmentally riskiest cities
1 Jakarta, Indonesia
2 Delhi, India
3 Chennai, Tamil Nadu
4.
ADB COMMITTED USD 3.92 BILLION LOAN TO INDIA IN 2020
• Asian
Development Bank (ADB) has committed $3.92 billion in sovereign loans for 13
projects to India in 2020, including $1.8 billion in projects to support the
Government of India’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic response.
• Since
the start of its lending operations in 1986, this 2020 lending was ADB’s
highest-ever annual lending commitment to India.
5.
NEXT GENERATION DIGITAL FINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
• The
Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT), an arm of
the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), is building a next-generation Digital
Financial Infrastructure named National Digital Financial Infrastructure
(NADI).
• Its
modern Became the only Indian to win network infrastructure includes 5G/Edge
Cloud with SDNs (software-defined networking) for connecting to the critical
data centre infrastructure at the back-end.
6.
WHITLEY AWARD 2021
• YNukluPhom,
a church worker from Nagaland, won the Whitley Award 2021 for his efforts
toward creating “Biodiversity Peace Corridor”, a network of community-owned
forests in Nagaland and protecting the Amur Falcon.
• He is
the only Indian to win the prestigious award.
• The
Whitley Award is also known as the ‘Green Oscar’.
7.
FORTUNE’S LIST OF WORLD’S 50 GREATEST LEADERS
• Fortune
Magazine released its ‘World’s 50 Greatest Leaders’ list for 2021 which is
topped by New Zealand(NZ) Prime Minister(PM) JacindaArdern.
• Serum
Institute of India’s CEO Adar Poonawalla is on the 10th spot and he is the only
Indian among the top 10 names on the list.
8.
NEW CEO OF BATA INDIA LTD
• India’s
largest footwear retailer Bata India Ltd., appointed Gunjan Shah as its New
Chief Executive officer (CEO).
• He will
succeed Sandeep Kataria who was elevated as the global CEO of Bata Brand.
9.
1ST SPACE TOURISM FLIGHT IN JULY 2021
• Amazon
founder Jeff Bezos’s rocket company, Blue Origin, announced the first flight
that aboard its New Shepard rocket, and crew capsule which is designed to carry
up to 6 tourists per flight, beyond an invisible line, known as the Karman line,
which separates Earth from space.
• The
first flight is scheduled to take place in July 20,2021 and one seat was
auctioned off to the highest bidder.
• Note –
The space tourism rocket was named after Alan Shepard – the second man and the
first American to travel into space.
10.
EXTREME DEPTHS OF WORLD’S 5 OCEANS
• The Five
Deeps Expedition has measured the extreme depths of the World’s 5 Oceans –
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic & Southern ocean (also known as Antarctic
ocean).
• The
Challenger Deep (10, 924 m) in Mariana Trench in Pacific Ocean remains the
Deepest Trench in the world.
• The 2nd
Deepest Trench in the world is the Horizon Deep (10, 816 m) in the Tonga
Trench, Pacific Ocean.
• Ocean
& Deepest Points
• Atlantic
Ocean – Brownson Deep (8, 378 m) in Puerto Rico Trench
• Southern
Ocean (Antarctic Ocean) – Factorian Deep (7, 432 m) in South Sandwich Trench
• Indian
Ocean – Unnamed Deep (7, 187 m) in Java Trench
• Pacific
Ocean – Challenger Deep (10, 924 m) in Mariana Trench (deepest trench in the
world).
• Arctic
Ocean – Molloy Hole (5, 551 m)
11.
MALERKOTLA BECOMES 23RD DISTRICT OF PUNJAB
• Amarinder
Singh Chief Minister of Punjab announced Malerkotla as the 23rd district of
Punjab.
• The
district was created by carving the only Muslim majority town from Sangrur
district.
