DAILY GK : 22 OCT 2021
1.PM
NARENDRA MODI INAUGURATED KUSHINAGAR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
• The
Ministry of Tourism organized a two days conference titled ‘Tourism in Buddhist
Circuit- A way forward’ at Kushinagar for the inauguration of Kushinagar
International Airport by PM Narendra Modi.
• Built
at an estimated cost of Rs. 260 crore, Kushinagar international airport will connect the eastern UP with important
centres on the Buddhist circuit in India .
2.UNEP
PRODUCTION GAP REPORT 2021
• United
Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has released the Production Gap Report,
2021, the report analyses the ‘production gap’ i.e. the difference between
governments’ plan for fossil fuel production and the globally agreed climate
limits (including the Paris climate agreement).
• As
per the report, the world’s government plans to produce more than twice (around
110 percent) the amount of fossil fuels in 2030, that would be consistent with
limiting warming to 1.5°C.
• India
plans to expand coal production by nearly 60 percent i.e. from 730 million
tonnes in 2019 to 1,149 million tonnes in 2024.
• About
Paris Agreement : To tackle climate change and its negative impacts, world
leaders at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris made the Paris
Agreement to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions to limit the global
temperature increase in this century to 2°C while pursuing efforts to limit the
increase even further to 1.5°C.
• The
Agreement is a legally binding international treaty.
• It
entered into force on 4 November 2016. Around 192 Parties (191 countries plus
the European Union) have joined the Paris Agreement.
3.SAKHAROV
PRIZE 2021
• Russian
Opposition leader (Party-Russia of the Future), lawyer and anti-corruption
activist, Alexei Navalny was awarded the ‘Sakharov Prize for Freedom of
Thought’ (Sakharov Prize), the European Union’s (EU) top human rights prize for
human rights defenders.
• The
Sakharov Prize recognises the individuals, groups, and organisations that have
made an outstanding contribution towards protecting freedom of thought.
• The
prize was awarded for the 1st time in 1988 to Nelson Mandela and Anatoli
Marchenko.
4.UN
INVESTMENT PROMOTION AWARDS FOR PROMOTING HEALTHCARE
• The
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has awarded the
‘United Nations Investment Promotion Awards’ to investment promotion agencies
(IPAs) from Costa Rica, the Netherlands, and the Republic of Korea for
excellence in promoting investment in health sectors.
• The
award was announced at UNCTAD’s 7th World Investment Forum (WIF) through video
conferencing.
• UNCTAD Headquarter Geneva, Switzerland
• Founded:
1964
5.INTERNATIONAL
CHEFS DAY 2021 – OCTOBER 20
• International
Chefs Day is annually celebrated by the World Association of Chefs Societies(Worldchefs)
on 20th October to celebrate the profession of culinary arts and to create
awareness about the importance of healthy food.
• The
theme of International Chefs Day 2021 is “Healthy Food for the Future”.
6.GLOBAL
IODINE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS PREVENTION DAY 2021 – OCTOBER 21
• Global
Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDDs) Prevention Day which is also known as World
Iodine Deficiency Day is annually observed on October 21st to create awareness
about the importance of iodine for normal thyroid functions, growth and
development.
• Iodine
is one of the essential micronutrients that is needed for the production of
Thyroid hormone.
