DAILY GK: 29 JUNE 2021
1.
NTPC SETS TARGET TO INSTALL 60GW OF RE CAPACITY BY 2032
• India’s
largest Power Producer NTPC Ltd unveiled its target to install 60 GW (or 60,000
MW) of renewable energy capacity (wind and solar) by 2032, as part of its plans
to reduce 10% of its net energy intensity by 2032.
• With
this, NTPC Ltd became India’s 1st energy company to declare energy compact
goals as part of HLDE 2021.
• NTPC
plans to invest INR 1 trillion between 2019 and 2024 to become a 130 GW power
producer by 2032.
2.
PAKISTAN REMAINS IN FATF’S ‘GREY LIST’
• Pakistan
has been retained on the ‘Grey List’
or list of countries under ‘increased
monitoring’ by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global terror
financing watchdog.
• It
has been retained due to its inability to prosecute the top leadership of UN
Security Council-designated Terror groups.
• FATF
also placed Malta, a member of European Union, on the ‘Grey List’ along with
countries like Haiti, Philippines and South Sudan.
3.
IMPLEMENTATION OF SALT PROGRAMME IN ANDHRA PRADESH
• International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the lending arm of World Bank
Group, had sanctioned a fund of Rs 1,860 crore to Andhra Pradesh for supporting
the implementation of the ‘Supporting Andhra’s Learning Transformation’ (SALT)
programme.
4.
DELHI METRO WON JAPAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS AWARD
• Delhi
Metro’s Phases I, II and III projects have won the ”Outstanding Civil
Engineering Achievement Award” for the year 2020 by Japan Society of Civil
Engineers (JSCE).
• The
Delhi Metro’s project was termed as high-quality Infrastructure development
project by JSCE.
5.
TASK FORCE FOR BUREAUCRATIC REFORMS
• The
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (MoPP&P) named former
Infosys Chief Executive Officer (CEO) S.D. ShibuLal as a chairperson of
three-member task force which is formed to help the government in bringing
major bureaucratic reforms through Mission Karmayogi.
• The
task force will submit its recommendations in the form of periodic/interim
reports within a period of six months.
6.
CENTRAL GOVT EXTENDED ATTORNEY GENERAL TENURE
• Central
Government extended the tenure of Attorney General (AG), K KVenugopal by 1 year
till June 30, 2022.
• He
became the 15th AG of India by replacing AG MukulRohatgie on July 1, 2017.
• is
actual term was about 3 years and this was the second time that the centre is
extending the tenure of AG as his tenure was extended by 1 year in June 2020.
7.
DRDO TEST FIRES ‘AGNI-P’
• The
DRDO successfully test-fired the nuclear capable, Surface-to-Surface Missile
‘Agni-P (Prime)’ from Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam island, Balasore, Odisha. Agni-P is a
new generation advanced variant of the Agni class of missiles.
• It
is a canisterised missile and has a range capability between 1,000 and 2,000
kms.
• Agni
is a family of medium to intercontinental range ballistic missiles developed by
DRDO.
8.
FIRST TRANSGENDER ATHLETE TO COMPETE AT OLYMPICS
• New
Zealand’s Laurel Hubbard has become the first ever transgender athlete picked
to compete at an Olympics, She will compete in the women’s 87-kg weightlifting
category for Tokyo Olympics 2020.
• Hubbard
has satisfied the IOC’s requirements for trans women.
• Note*Those
who transition from female to male are eligible to compete in the male category
without restriction.
9.
BOOK ‘ANOMALIES IN LAW AND JUSTICE’
• Chief
Justice of India(CJI) Justice NV Ramana released a book titled “Anomalies in Law and Justice” written
by the former Supreme Court judge RV Raveendran.
• This
Book is based on Evolving Legal System
10.
INDIA’S 1ST FENTON CATALYTIC REACTOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
• Gujarat
Chief Minister Vijay Rupani virtually inaugurated India’s 1st Fenton Catalytic
Reactor wastewater treatment plant at Vatva GIDC (Gujarat Industrial
Development Corporation), Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
• It
has a capacity of 30 MLD (Million Litres per day) and has been set up by the
Green Environment Services Co-operative Society Ltd (GESCSL) at a cost of INR
70 crore.
• The
plant will cater to the needs of at least 700 industrial units.
11.
MONGOLIA’S ‘THE ORDER OF POLAR STAR’
• Shri
RK Sabharwal, C&MD, Engineers India Ltd. (EIL) has been honoured with the
highest civilian award of Mongolia “The Order of Polar Star” by His Excellency,
the President of Mongolia to recognize the outstanding contribution made by him
towards the establishment of the first ever oil Refinery in Mongolia.
12.
SAJAN PRAKASH BECOMES FIRST EVER INDIAN SWIMMER TO QUALIFY
• Sajan
Prakash became the first Indian swimmer to qualify for the upcoming Tokyo
Olympics.
• This
is the first time an Indian swimmer managed to breach the Olympic qualification
mark.
• Sajan
achieved the feat as he clocked 1:56:38 in the men’s 200m butterfly at the
SetteColli Trophy in Rome.
• The
27-year-old swimmer from Kerala clocked a time of 1:56.96s
