DAILY GK: 19 , 20 AUG 2021
1.2ND
PHASE OF SAMVAD IN BENGALURU
• The 2nd phase of SAMVAD was launched by
the Union Minister of Women and Child Development (WCD) Smriti Zubin Irani in Bengaluru on the
successful completion of one year of SAMVAD programme.
• SAMVAD stands for Support, Advocacy &
Mental Health intervention for children in Vulnerable circumstances and
Distress.
2.MANUFACTURING
OF ASRAAM MISSILES IN INDIA
• Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) and MBDA,
Europe based Missiles Manufacturer signed an agreement to establish a facility
for the Final Assembly, Integration and Test (FAIT) of Advanced Short Range Air
to Air Missiles (ASRAAM) in Bhanur, Telangana.
• Under the agreement, MBDA will transfer
the equipment and technology to BDL for establishing the facility.
3.GE
AVIATION GOING TO SUPPLY ENGINES FOR LCA TEJAS
• Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) placed an
order in GE Aviation, the subsidiary of General Electric (GE), for purchasing
99 F404-GE-IN20 engines worth Rs 5,375 crore (US $716 million) to power the
Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA).
• This order is the largest purchase order
placed by HAL for LCA.
• It was a part of the execution of 83 LCA
contracts with the Indian Air Force (IAF).
4.AMRIT
MAHOTSAV SHRI SHAKTI CHALLENGE 2021
• As a part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav,
the 75th year of Independence of India, MyGov under the Ministry of Electronics
and Information Technology(MeitY) along with the United Nations(UN) Women
launched the “Amrit Mahotsav Shri Shakti Innovation Challenge 2021”.
5.RBI
ALLOWED HDFC BANK TO ISSUE NEW CREDIT CARDS
• Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had removed
the restriction imposed on HDFC Bank after 8 months and allowed it to issue new
credit cards.
• However, the restrictions on the bank’s
new offerings under its Digital 2.0 were not removed.
• Background: On December 2, 2020, the RBI
has stopped HDFC which has the largest credit card base in India from issuing
new credit cards due to its series of digital banking outages.
6.TCS
HITS RS 13 LAKH CRORE MARKET-CAP
• The market capitalisation(market-cap or
m-cap) of the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has reached around Rs 13 Lakh
crore on BSE. TCS became the first Information Technology(IT) company to cross
the 13 lakh crore mark and the 2nd Indian company after Reliance Industries
Limited (RIL) to achieve the feat.
7.VIRENDRA
KUMAR SOCIAL JUSTICE MINISTER LAUNCHED TAPAS
• Dr. Virendra Kumar, Union Minister for
Social Justice and Empowerment, launched an online portal TAPAS (Training for
Augmenting Productivity and Services) to offer access to lectures, study
materials and others, supplementing the physical classroom without compromising
teaching quality.
• It was developed by the National Institute
of Social Defence(NISD), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
8.GODFATHER
OF SUDOKU PASSES AWAY
• Maki Kaji , widely known as the Godfather
of Sudoku for his role in creating one of the World’s most popular puzzles,
passed away due to Bile duct cancer in Tokyo, Japan.
• Kaji’s interest with a game called Number
place was later renamed as ‘Sudoku’ – a Japanese word meaning Single Numbers.
9.BOOK
- “THE DREAM OF REVOLUTION: A BIOGRAPHY OF JAYAPRAKASH NARAYAN”
• A book titled “The Dream of Revolution: A
Biography of Jayaprakash Narayan” will be launched.
• The book is written by the historian Bimal Prasad and author Sujata
Prasad.
• It contains the biography of the great
revolutionary leader and independence activist Bharat Ratna, Jayaprakash
Narayan, also known as JP or Lok Nayak.
10.BOOK
“OPERATION TROJAN HORSE: A NOVEL INSPIRED BY TRUE EVENTS”
• “Operation Trojan Horse: A Novel Inspired
by True Events” authored by Abhishek Sharan and Divya Prakash Sinha (D.P.
Sinha) is a novel inspired by various true events like the 26/11 Mumbai attacks
and India’s fight against terrorism.
11.INDIA
& VIETNAM BILATERAL MARITIME EXERCISE
• India and Vietnam had conducted a
Bilateral maritime exercise in the South China Sea as a part of maritime
cooperation between the two countries.
• This maritime exercise aims to build
trustworthiness and enhance cooperation in the region of South China Sea.
12.AAROGYA
DHARA 2.0
• Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister for
Health and Family Welfare virtually inaugurated the Aarogya Dhara- 2.0 to
increase the reach of the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana
(AB-PMJAY) programme to the poorest households of India and to create awareness
about the scheme.
• He chaired the event – Aarogya Dhara- 2.0,
to mark the completion of 2 crore treatments under AB-PMJAY.
13.2021
GLOBAL CRYPTO ADOPTION INDEX
• According to the 2nd Edition of Global
Crypto Adoption Index 2021 released by Chainalysis, a crypto-analysis firm,
India with a score of 0.37 ranked 2nd out of 154 countries.
• Vietnam topped the index.
• The index ranks countries based on 3
indicators such as On-chain value received, On-chain retail value received and
Peer-to-Peer (P2P) exchange trade volume
Ranking Country Index
Score
1. Vietnam 1
2. India 0.37
3. Pakistan 0.36
14.RBI
ISSUED REVISED GUIDELINES FOR LOCKER IN BANKS
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued
revised guidelines for both new and existing Safe Deposit Locker and Safe
Custody Article Facility with the banks.
• The guidelines would come into effect from
January 1, 2022.
RBI’S GUIDELINES:
i. The banks are
directed to incorporate a clause in the ‘locker agreement’ for prohibiting the
hirer from keeping anything illegal or hazardous in lockers.
ii. Transparency: To
ensure transparency in lockers allotment, the RBI mandated banks to maintain a
branch-wise list of vacant lockers and a wait-list in Core Banking System (CBS)
or any other computerised system compliant with Cyber Security Framework.
iii. Compensation: The
banks are instructed to compensate the customers in case of incidents such as
fire, theft, burglary, dacoity, robbery, building collapse or fraud committed
by the bank’s employees.
• The compensation has to be an amount
equivalent to 100 times the existing annual rent of the safe deposit locker.
15.BLOOMBERG
BILLIONAIRES INDEX
• Radhakishan Damani, who owns the retail
chain D-Mart under Avenue Supermarts has made it to the top 100 richest people
in the world.
• He is now ranked 97 on the Bloomberg
Billionaires Index with a net worth of 19.3 billion USD (around Rs 1.4 lakh
crore).Elon Musk topped the list, followed by Jeff Bezos, Bernard Arnault.
• A total of 6 Indians are featured among
the top 100, with Mukesh Ambani(12), Gautam Adani(23), Azim Premji(36), Shiv
Nadar(52) and Lakshmi Mittal(71).
16.AMRULLAH
SALEH DECLARES HIMSELF AS CARETAKER PRESIDENT
• Afghanistan’s 1st Vice President (VP)
Amrullah Saleh declared himself as ‘the caretaker President of Afghanistan’
after President Ashraf Ghani fled the Taliban captured country.
• Currently, Afghanistan is under the
control of Taliban, capturing Kabul after the U.S led forces left the country.
THE
TALIBAN : HISTORY
i. The word ‘Taliban meaning Students’ in the Pashto
language, emerged in 1994 around the city of Kandahar, Afghanistan.
ii. It was one of the
factions which were fighting a civil war to rule the country following the
withdrawal of the Soviet Union in 1989 and the subsequent collapse of the
government in 1992.
17.WORLD
HUMANITARIAN DAY 2021 – AUGUST 19
• The United Nations(UN)’s World
Humanitarian Day(WHD) is annually observed across the globe on 19th August to
honour and recognise the efforts of Humanitarians across the globe on
protecting and supporting the people in need.
• WHD is a campaign by the United Nations
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and humanitarian
partners.
18.WORLD
PHOTOGRAPHY DAY 2021
• World Photography Day is annually observed
across the globe on 19th August to celebrate the art, craft, science and
history of photography.
• The day also inspires photographers across
the globe to share one of their photographs to share their world with the
world.
• World Photography Day is also known as
World Photo Day.
