DAILY GK: 19 OCT 2021
1. INTEREST RATES ON ‘SMALL SAVINGS SCHEMES’
UNCHANGED FOR Q3-FY22
• The
Central Government has kept the interest rates on ‘Small Savings Schemes’ (SSS)
unchanged for the third quarter of Financial Year 2022
• The
interest rates on SSS were altered by the Central government on a Quarterly
basis.
• Public
Provident Fund (PPF) – 7.1%
• National
Savings Certificate (NSC) – 6.8%
• Senior
Citizens Savings Scheme – 7.4% (5-year scheme, where interest is paid
quarterly)
• Sukanya
Samriddhi Yojana account – 7.6%
• West
Bengal is India’s largest contributor in SSS, followed by Uttar Pradesh.
2. 17TH INDIA-US JOINT MILITARY TRAINING
EXERCISE
• India-US
joint training exercise ‘Ex Yudh Abhyas 21’ held in Alaska, United States (US).
• This
is the only India-U.S. service exercise continuing in bilateral format.
3. FM NIRMALA SITHARAMAN’S VISIT TO THE USA
• Nirmala
Sitharaman made a week-long official visit to the USA (United States of
America) to attend the Annual Meetings of International Monetary Fund (IMF) and
World Bank, G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meetings,
India-US Economic and Financial Dialogue
4. INDIA WON SAFF CHAMPIONSHIP 2021
• Indian
Football team (nicknamed: The Blue Tigers) won the 2021 South Asian Football
Federation (SAFF) Championship
• Indian
team beat Nepal national football team (nicknamed: The Gurkhas) at the National
Stadium in Male, Maldives.
• The
teams that participated in the SAFF Championship 2021 were India, Maldives,
Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
• With
the 5 goals scored during the SAFF Championship, Sunil Chhetri increased his international
goal tally to 80 and became the 2nd highest goal scorer equaling Lionel
Messi(80) of Argentina.
5. BOOK VEER SAVARKAR: THE MAN WHO COULD
HAVE PREVENTED PARTITION
• Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh launches the book titled “Veer Savarkar: The Man Who
Could Have Prevented Partition” authored by Uday Mahurkar and Chirayu Pandit at
Ambedkar International Centre,New Delhi.
• V.D.Savarkar
or Vinayak Damodar Savarkar is born in Maharashtra,India.
• He
is a symbol of India’s integrity and unity.
• All
the national security related problems of India was predicted by him such as
war against China, Pakistan as well as the problem in Assam.
6. INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ERADICATION OF
POVERTY 2021 – OCTOBER 17
• The
United Nations (UN)’s International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is
annually observed across the globe on October 17th
• The
theme of the 2021 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is “Building
Forward Together: Ending Persistent Poverty, Respecting all People and our
Planet.”
7. NATIONAL SECURITY GUARD (NSG) OBSERVES
37TH RAISING DAY ON OCTOBER 16
• The
National Security Guard (NSG) force celebrated the 37th Raising Day.
• NSG
are popularly known as ‘’Black Cats’’.
• The
SAG (Special Action Group) is formed of army personnel as well as the Special
Ranger Groups (SRG), which comprise of personnel drawn from State Police Forces
or Central Armed Police Forces.
• The
Black Cats played a key role during the ‘Operation Black Tornado‘ of 2008, when
NSG commandos stormed the Nariman House, Taj Mahal Palace Hotel and the Oberoi
Trident hotel,
