DAILY GK: 09 JUNE 2021
1.IOCL
TO INVEST INR 24, 000 CRORE IN GUJARAT REFINERY
• Indian
Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) has signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with
Gujarat Government to invest around INR 24, 000 Crore in 6 projects at its
Gujarat Refinery in Koyali, Vadodara district, Gujarat.
• The
6 projects include setting up of India’s 1st Hydrogen Dispensing Facility, The
facility is for Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles.
• It
aims to fuel Hydrogen 75 buses of GSRTC (Gujarat State Road Transport
Corporation) running between Vadodara and Kevadia/Sabarmati Ashram.
2.INDIA’S
1ST INTERNATIONAL MARITIME CLUSTER
• Gujarat
Maritime Board (GMB) set up India’s 1st international maritime services cluster
at GIFT City (Gujarat International Finance Tec-City), in Ahmedabad, Gujarat to
enhance competitiveness and self-sufficiency of India in the maritime sector
and provide a one-stop solution for the entire maritime group.
• The
Maritime Cluster will be developed as a dedicated ecosystem comprising ports,
shipping, logistics services providers and pertinent government regulators, in
the GIFT City.
3.850-MW
RATLE HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT IN J&K
• National
HydroElectric Power Corporation (NHPC), along with Jammu & Kashmir State
Power Development Corporation Ltd (JKSPDC) has formed a joint venture
company(JVC), “Ratle Hydroelectric Power Corporation Limited” for the
implementation of 850 MW Ratle Hydroelectric Project in Jammu and
Kashmir(J&K).
• This
project is located on River Chenab, Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and it
is a Run of River Scheme.
4.I-FAMILIA
A GLOBAL DATABASE TO IDENTIFY MISSING PERSON
• INTERPOL,
The International Criminal Police Organization, has launched a new global
database named “I-Familia” to identify missing persons through family DNA.
• The
I-Familia will support the police to solve the cold cases of the member countries.
• I-Familia
utilises cutting edge scientific research and uses the DNA of relatives to
identify the missing persons or unidentified human remains across the globe.
5.G7
NATIONS MADE AN AGREEMENT ON GLOBAL CORPORATE TAX
• G7
nations’ Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting held in London
from June 4 to 5 2021, chaired by the British finance minister, Rishi Sunak,
made an agreement to introduce a global minimum corporate tax rate of at least
15 percent for multinational companies(MNCs).
• The
G7 nations include the United States, Japan, Germany, Britain, France, Italy
and Canada. The meet was held in Cornwall, southwest England.
• Objective:
To overcome the cross-border tax loopholes used by some of the world’s biggest
MNCs like Apple, Google and Amazon.
6.WORLD
BANK APPROVED A $500 MILLION PROGRAM TO SUPPORT INDIA’S MSMES
• The
World Bank’s(WB) Board of Executive Directors has approved a $500 million
programme named ‘Raising and Accelerating Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise
(MSME) Performance’ (RAMP), to support the Government of India’s nationwide
initiative to strengthen the MSME sector, which has been heavily impacted due
to COVID-19.
• Maturity:
The $500 million loan, which will be provided from the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), an arm of the world bank group, has a
maturity of 5 years including a 5.5-year grace period.
7.LIQUIDATOR
OF SHIVAJIRAO BHOSALE BANK
• The
state cooperative department has appointed deputy registrar RS Dhondkar, as
liquidator of Pune based Shivajirao Bhosale Bank.
• RBI(Reserve
Bank of India) cancelled the licence of the Shivajirao Bhosale Cooperative bank
for not having adequate capital and earning prospects.
• With
the cancellation of licence and commencement of liquidation, the process of
paying depositors as per the DICGC Act 1961, will be started as per RBI order.
• Deposit
Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) is liable to pay upto Rs 5
lakh within two months of filing a claim with the liquidator.
8.HITENDRA
DAVE APPOINTED AS CEO OF HSBC INDIA
• Hongkong
and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd. (HSBC)
has appointed Hitendra Dave as the interim Chief Executive Officer(CEO)
of HSBC India.
• Hitendra
Dave’s formal appointment as the CEO is subject to regulatory approval.
• Hitendra
Dave succeeds Surendra Rosha who has been appointed as the co-chief executive
of HSBC Asia-Pacific.
9.76TH
SESSION OF UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
• Maldives’
Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid elected as President of the 76th session of the
United Nations (UN) General Assembly.
• The
193-member General Assembly voted on June 07, 2021, to elect the President, who
will preside over the 76th session of the UN body that will start in September
2021.
• Turkish
Volkan Bozkır is the president of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly.
10.RANJITSINH
DISALE BECOMES EDUCATIONAL ADVISOR OF WORLD BANK
• Ranjitsinh
Disale, a school teacher from Maharashtra was appointed as the Educational
Advisor of the World Bank from June 2021 till December 2024.
• He
was one of the 12 advisors from the World to be appointed by the World Bank.
• Notably,
Ranjitsinh Disale was the winner of 2020’s Global Teacher Prize and also the 1st
Indian to win the prize.
11.SPACEX’S
DRAGON CAPSULE CARRIES SQUIDS, MICROORGANISMS TO ISS
• As
part of mission CRS-22, SpaceX’s Dragon Capsule was launched aboard the Falcon
9 Rocket from Florida, USA.
• The
Capsule contained supplies for the International Space Station (ISS) scientific
instruments such as new high-tech solar
panels and living organisms such as Squids & a microorganism called
Tardigrades.
• It
is SpaceX’s 22nd station supply run for NASA.
• It
is the 5th Spacecraft currently parked at the ISS.
12.INDIAN
NAVY INDUCTS 3 INDIGENOUS ALH MK-III AT INS DEGA, ANDHRA PRADESH
• Indian
Navy inducted 3 Indigenous Advanced Light Helicopters (ALHs) into its Eastern
Naval Command (ENC) during the ‘322 Dega Flight’ induction ceremony held
at INS Dega (Naval Air Station),
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
• The
ALH Mk-III has been designed & built by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) as
part of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ initiative.
13.CHINA’S
‘ARTIFICIAL SUN’ SETS NEW WORLD RECORD
• China’s
‘Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST)’ project or known as
‘Artificial Sun’ set a new record by running at 216 million degrees Fahrenheit
or 120 million degrees Celsius for 101 seconds.
• For
another 20 seconds, the ‘artificial sun’ also achieved a peak temperature of
288 million degrees Fahrenheit (160 million degrees Celsius), which is over 10
times hotter than the sun.
• The
device replicates the nuclear fusion process carried out by the sun.
• These
processes leave no nuclear waste and have the potential to provide unlimited
clean energy at low costs.
• The
experiment was conducted at the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Chinese
Academy of Sciences (ASIPP), in Hefei, China.
14.BHARATPE
BECOMES ICC’S OFFICIAL PARTNER TILL 2023
• The
International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that it has entered into a
strategic partnership with BharatPe for being its global tournament sponsor
from 2021 to 2023.
• As
per the agreement, BharatPe will promote the association across broadcast and
digital platforms, as well as execute in-venue brand activations at all the ICC
events.
• This
Deal includes all editions of men’s and women’s 50-over,T20 World Cups and the
World Test Championship as well as U-19 world cups that happen until 2023.
• The
key tournaments include the upcoming
• ICC
World Test Championship (Southampton, UK 2021)
• Men’s
T20 World Cup (India, 2021)
• Men’s
T20 World Cup (Australia, 2022)
• Women’s
World Cup (New Zealand, 2022)
• U19
Cricket World Cup (West Indies, 2022)
• Women’s
T20 World Cup (South Africa, 2022)
• Men’s
Cricket World Cup (India, 2023) and
• World
Test Championship (2023).
15.WORLD
OCEANS DAY 2021 – JUNE 8
• The
United Nations(UN)’s World Oceans Day is annually observed across the globe on
8th June to focus on the major role of the oceans in everyday life.
• The
theme of World Oceans Day 2021 is “The Ocean: Life and Livelihoods”.
16.WORLD
BRAIN TUMOUR DAY 2021 – JUNE 8
• The
World Brain Tumour Day is annually observed across the globe on 8th June since
2000 to create awareness among the general public about brain tumors.
• The
day also aims to pay respect to patients with brain tumors and their families.
• The
Grey Ribbon is used to promote brain cancer awareness.
17.‘PRAN
VAYU DEVTA PENSION SCHEME’ TO BENEFIT TREES
• On
occasion of the World Environment Day (i.e June 5) Haryana Chief Minister
launched ‘Pran Vayu Devta Pension Scheme (PVDPS)’, which is the 1st of its kind
initiative in India and Oxy Van (Oxygen Forests) initiative.
• PVDPS
– It is an initiative to honour Trees which are of the age of 75 years and
above.
• For
maintenance of such trees, Tree pension amount of INR 2500 will be given each
year under the scheme.
• Oxy
Van – Around 3 Crore saplings will be planted in a year in Haryana and
plantation will be done on 10% of 8 lakh acres of panchayat land, which will be
named as Oxy Van.