DAILY GK: 29 , 30 AUG 2021

 DAILY GK: 29 , 30 AUG 2021

1.MDS TO SUPPLY ANTI-SUBMARINE SYSTEMS

      The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has approved contracts worth INR 1349.95 crore to Mahindra Defence Systems Limited (MDS), a group firm of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, for supplying 14 Integrated Anti-submarine warfare Defence Suite (IADS) to the warships of the Indian Navy.

      It is the 1st of its kind technology developed by an Indian company.

 

2.COMMITTEE TO STREAMLINE REVENUE LITIGATION

      The Central Government has constituted a committee headed by Ashish Shiradhonkar, heads e-courts project in National Informatics Centre (NIC), to develop a technological platform streamlining the appeal filing process related to direct and indirect taxation matters.

      The committee will comprise representatives of NIC, law ministry, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), Central Board of Indirect Taxes (CBIT), and the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance.

 

3.STADIUM NAMED AFTER NEERAJ CHOPRA

      Minister of Defence, Rajnath Singh renamed Army Sports Institute stadium of Army Sport Institute (ASI), Pune as “Neeraj Chopra Stadium”,after the Olympic Gold Medalist Neeraj Chopra.

      The inauguration ceremony was held in the presence of Army Chief General MM Naravane and Neeraj Chopra.

 

4.BRICS AGRICULTURE MINISTERS MEETING, 2021

      Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar has chaired 11th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China & South Africa) Agriculture Ministers meeting virtually.

      The theme of the meeting was “BRICS Partnership for Strengthening Agro Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition Security”.

      BRICS Agriculture Research Platform (BARP) created to enhance agricultural cooperation among BRICS countries

 

5.1ST HOSPITAL IN INDIA TO HOUSE A FIRE STATION

      The All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), Delhi became the 1st hospital in India to house a fire station inside the hospital premises.

      The AIIMS and Delhi Fire Service (DFS) have partnered to establish the fire station inside the AIIMS premises.

 

6.GLOBAL DEFI ADOPTION INDEX; US TOPS

      The 1st Edition of the Global DeFi (Decentralised Finance) Adoption Index was released by Chainalysis.

      India ranked 6th place out of 154 countries. The United States topped the ranking followed by Vietnam (2nd) & Thailand (3rd) respectively.

      DeFi (Decentralised Finance) is a blockchain-based form of finance that does not rely on central financial intermediaries such as brokerages, exchanges, or banks to offer traditional financial instruments, and instead utilizes smart contracts on blockchains, the most common being Ethereum.

 

7.LIC LAUNCHED ANANDA MOBILE APP

      Life Insurance Corporation(LIC) of India Chairman, Shri. M R Kumar launched  Ananda (Atma Nirbhar Agents New Business Digital Application) mobile app via video conferencing event in Hyderabad, Telangana.

      Purpose of the App-  It works as a tool for the on-boarding process to get the life insurance policy via paperless format.

 

8.UK INDIA COVID-19 STUDY AWARDED GUINNESS WORLD RECORD

      Guinness World Records’ title is awarded for ‘Most authors on a single peer-reviewed academic paper’, a study about COVID-19 conducted at Indian hospitals among others around the world by the United Kingdom(UK) experts along with University of Birmingham and Edinburgh.

 

9.TN GOVERNOR BANWARILAL PUROHIT GETS ADDITIONAL CHARGE OF PUNJAB

      Ram Nath Kovind, President of India, has appointed Banwarilal Purohit, Governor of Tamil Nadu(TN) to discharge the functions of the Governor of Punjab in addition to his duties.

      He was also appointed as the Administrator of the Union Territory(UT) of Chandigarh.

      Banwarilal Purohit will replace V P Singh Badnore, who has been serving as the Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh.

 

10.AMIT BANERJEE APPOINTED AS NEW CMD OF BEML

      Amit Banerjee is appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director(CMD)  of BEML  (Bharat Earth Movers Limited).

      He succeeded Deepak Kumar Hota(D.K.Hota), who retired on January 2021.

      After the retirement of D.K.Hota , M V Rajasekhar was given additional charge as CMD.

 

11.NAKUL CHOPRA APPOINTED AS CEO OF BARC INDIA

      Nakul Chopra was appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Broadcast Audience Research Council India (BARC) by replacing Sunil Lulla.

      BARC India is the world’s largest television measurement science industry body.

      It was registered with the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) as a self-regulated, not-for-profit Joint Industry Body (JIB).

 

12.NATIONAL REMOTE SENSING DAY 2021

      The National Remote Sensing Day is annually observed across India on 12th August to mark the birth anniversary of Dr Vikram Sarabhai, who is known as the Father of the Indian Space Program.

      The day also aims to create awareness of the Indian Remote Sensing program and its applications for the Environment and Society.

 

13.WATER PLUS CERTIFICATION

      3 cities of Andhra Pradesh(AP) were awarded “Water Plus” certification by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs(MoHUA), Government of India.

      The certification is awarded under the Swachh Bharat Mission and Swachh Survekshan assessment.

      Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, Vijayawada Municipal Corporation and Tirupati Municipal Corporation are among the 9 cities across India that were awarded Water Plus Certification.

      AP became the only state to have more than 1 water plus city.