DAILY GK: 05 AUG 2021
1.PUNE’S
1ST METRO UNVEILED BY TITAGARH WAGONS
• Titagarh
Wagons Ltd, a company based out of Titagarh in West Bengal, held a virtual
ceremony to display its first train for Pune Metro (Maharashtra) which was
manufactured by its subsidiary in Italy (Europe), Titagarh Firema SpA Plant.
• It
will be India’s first lightest metro trainset as it is being manufactured with
Aluminium for the first time in our country.
2.UNEMPLOYMENT
RATE ROSE TO 13.3% IN Q2 FY2
• In
August 2021, the National Statistical Office (NSO) released the 8th Periodic
Labour Force Survey (PLFS) – Quarterly Bulletin for the Q2 FY21 (July 2020 –
September 2020).
• As
per the PLFS, the Jobless/Unemployment rate (UR) in urban areas in Current Weekly
Status (CWS) increased to 13.3 percent in Q2 FY21 when compared to 8.4 percent
in Q2 FY20 (July 2019 – September, 2019).
3.INDIA’S
1ST HYPER-SCALE DATA CENTER WITH 100% RE
• ReNew
Power has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with RackBank Datacenters
Limited to power India’s 1st hyper-scale Data center with 100% Renewable Energy
(RE), it is also set to be India’s 1st Green Data center.
• The
MoU is one of India’s largest ‘Open Access’ MoUs.
4.GARIMA
GRIHAS FOR TRANSGENDER PERSONS
• During
a discussion in Parliament, Minister of State (MoS) for Social Justice and
Empowerment A. Narayanaswamy stated that Government is planning to set up
Garima Grihas for Transgender persons with the help of community-based
organizations.
• Garima
Grihas will provide safe and secure shelter to Transgender persons.
• 12
Pilot shelter homes have already been initiated.
5.SEBI
ALLOWS PAYMENTS BANKS TO ACT AS INVESTMENT BANKERS
• Securities
and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) allowed payments banks to carry out the activities
of investment bankers in order to ease the access for investors to participate
in public and rights issues by using various payment avenues.
• Also,
Non-scheduled payments banks, which have prior approval from the Reserve Bank
of India (RBI), will be eligible to act as Bankers to an Issue (BTI) with
regard to the conditions stipulated in the BTI rules.
6.MINI
IPE APPOINTED AS THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF LIC
• The
government of India has appointed Mini Ipe as the new Managing Director of the
Life Insurance Corporation(LIC) of India.
• She
has been serving as the Executive Director, Legal Department, LIC of India.
• She
has taken charge as the MD of the LIC of India succeeding Vipin Anand, who has
retired in July 2021.
7.PADMA
SACHDEV PASSED AWAY
• Padma
Sachdev the 1st Modern woman poet of Dogri language and Padma Shri awardee
passed away at Mumbai hospital due to health reasons.
• She
had won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1971 for her anthology of poems – ‘Meri
Kavita Mere Geet’.
8.‘MIRACLE
FROM CHANDIGARH’ PASSES AWAY
• Centenarian
sprinter and World Masters Games Medalist Man Kaur, who is referred as ‘Miracle
from Chandigarh’, has passed away in Patiala, Punjab.
• She
was born on 1st March 1916.
• Man
Kaur hailing from Patiala, Punjab, started her athletics career at the age of
93.
• She
became the world’s fastest Centenarian at 2016 American Masters games held in
Vancouver.
9.‘DELHI@2047’
TO MAKE DELHI A GLOBAL CITY BY 2047
• Delhi
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched the ‘Delhi@2047’ initiative to
facilitate partnership with the private sector, CSR initiatives (Corporate
Social Responsibility) and philanthropic Organisation to make Delhi a global
city by 2047.
• The
vision document has set an aim to take Delhi’s per capita income to Singapore’s
level (which means it has to increase the per capita income 16-fold).
