DAILY GK: 04, 05 JULY 2021
1.
‘DRAFT NATIONAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION POLICY – 2020’
• The
Department of Space (DoS) has placed the ‘Draft National Space Transportation
Policy – 2020 – Norms, Guidelines & Procedures (NGP)’ for implementation in
public domain for comments & suggestions.
• Indian
National Space Promotion & Authorization Center (IN-SPACe), an independent
body constituted by Government of India, under the DoS has been specified as
the nodal agency for all approvals related to launches by the Indian private
sector.
2. BRICS
CULTURE MINISTERS MEETING 2021
• India
virtually hosted the 6th BRICS(Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa)
Culture Ministers meeting 2021 under the chairship of Prahlad Singh Patel,
Minister of State (I/C) for Culture and Tourism.
• The
meeting saw the participation of the Minister of Culture from the BRICS member
countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa).
• The
meeting was conducted under the theme – “Bonding and Harmonizing Cultural
Synergy”.
• 2021’s
Theme – BRICS @ 15: Intra-BRICS Cooperation for Continuity, Consolidation and
Consensus
3.INDIA
JOINS G20-OECD TAX FRAMEWORK DEAL
• The
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) stated that 130
countries including G20 members, India & China have joined the G20-OECD Tax
Framework Deal for Global Minimum Corporate Tax.
• The
Global Minimum Corporate Tax is set to come into force from 2023 mandates 15%
Tax on globally operating companies (such as Google, Facebook).
• It
is applicable for Global companies with global annual revenue of at least 20
billion Euros (USD 24 billion) and a profit margin of over 10%.
• The
15% tax is expected to generate an estimated USD 150 billion additional tax
revenue each year.
4.WHO
AWARDED CHINA A MALARIA-FREE CERTIFICATE
• World
Health Organization (WHO) awarded China a malaria-free certification.
• This
certification recognized China’s 70-year effort to eradicate this disease.
• It
reported zero cases for last the 4 years.
• China
is the first country in the WHO Western Pacific Region to be awarded a
malaria-free certification in more than 3 decades.
• Other
countries in the region that have achieved this status include Australia
(1981), Singapore (1982) and Brunei Darussalam (1987).
5. NABARD
SANCTIONED RS 388 CRORE FOR ODISHA
• The
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned
financial assistance of Rs 388 crore under the Rural Infrastructure Development
Fund (RIDF) for Odisha to set up 4 mega piped drinking water supply projects
and 20 rural road projects across 15 districts of the state.
6.RBI
ISSUED DIRECTIONS FOR APPOINTMENT OF MD/WTD IN UCBS
• The
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued directions relating to ‘Appointment of
Managing Director (MD) / Whole-Time Director (WTD)’ in all Primary (Urban)
Co-operative Banks (UCBs).
• Educational
Qualifications: He should be a graduate,
preferably, with Qualification in banking or Post-graduation in any discipline.
• Age
Limit: From 35 years to 70 years. (the bank’s Boards are allowed to prescribe a
lower retirement age).
• Ineligible
Persons: Member of Parliament (MP), Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA),
Member of Municipal Corporation or Municipality or other local bodies, persons
engaged in business, trade or having substantial interest in any company.
TENURE
OF MD/ WTD:
CRITERIA TENURE
Minimum period to hold the post after
1st appointment 3
years
Maximum period to hold the post at a
time 5
years
Re-appointment
(in the same bank) After
a minimum gap of 3 years (In that 3 years they should not be appointed or
associated with a bank (directly/indirectly))
Maximum Tenure to hold the post in the
same bank 15
years.
7.WORLD
BANK INCREASED COVID-19 VACCINE FUNDING
• The
World Bank (WB) enhanced its available funding by $8 billion for COVID-19
vaccine purchases and deployment to $20 billion over next 18 months i.e.
through 2022 from a previous target of $12 billion.
• This
decision has been taken to overcome the disproportionate vaccination rates
between the advanced economies and developing countries as the latter are
facing sharp increase in overall financing demand.
8.RBI
IMPOSED RS 25 LAKH PENALTY ON PUNJAB AND SIND BANK
• RBI
imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 25 lakh on the state-owned Punjab and Sind
Bank for non-compliance with certain provisions related to the directions on
‘Cyber Security Framework in Banks’.
• RBI
has also imposed a Rs 1 lakh penalty on the Nagar Sahkari Bank Limited, Etawah,
Uttar Pradesh for contravention of certain regulations such as ‘Income
Recognition, Asset Classification, Provisioning and Other Related Matters –
UCBs (Urban Cooperative Banks)’.
9.WORLD’S
MOST INNOVATIVE INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCY OF 2021
• Union
Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal and Union Minister of
Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar congratulated ‘Invest India’ for
winning the World’s Most Innovative Investment Promotion Agency for 2021 by the
OCO Global.
• Invest
India has been continuously identifying innovative areas of investment and
bringing in sustainable investors to India, despite the disruptions caused by
COVID-19 pandemic
10.SHAMBHU
NATH SRIVASTAVA APPOINTED AS IFUNA CHAIRMAN
• ShambhuNath
Srivastava, the former Allahabad High Court Judge and former chief Lokayukta of
Chhattisgarh, has been appointed as the Chairman of the Indian Federation of
United Nations Associations (IFUNA).
• He
succeeded Mukul Sangma, a former chief minister of Meghalaya.
11.INDIA’S
1ST INDIGENOUS DRONE DEFENCE DOME
• India’s
first indigenous Autonomous Drone Defence Dome (AD3) namely ‘Indrajaal’ has
been developed by Grene Robotics, a Hyderabad (Telangana) based company into
building autonomous technologies.
• This
Anti-Drone Dome provides a 24*7 protection to a large area / city of
1,000-2,000 sq km against threats such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs),
incoming weapons (missiles), loitering munitions and Low-Radar Cross Section
(RCS) targets autonomously.
12.BOOK-
“NATHU RAM GODSE: THE TRUE STORY OF GANDHI’S ASSASSIN”
• Journalist
Dhaval Kulkarni has authored a book titled “Nathuram Godse: The True Story of
Gandhi’s Assassin”, the biography of Nathuram Godse, the assassin of Mahatma
Gandhi.
• Teesta Guha Sarkar,
editorial head at Pan Macmillan India acquired the book from Anish Chandy,
founder of Labyrinth literary agency in an auction.
13.INTERNATIONAL
PLASTIC BAG FREE DAY 2021 – JULY 3
• The
International Plastic Bag Free Day is annually observed across the globe on 3rd
July to create awareness about the issues of plastic pollution and to highlight
the effects of plastic pollution on the natural environment ranging from land
to marine.
