DAILY GK: 26 JUNE 2021

 DAILY GK: 26 JUNE 2021

1.GOA BECOMES FIRST RABIES-FREE STATE IN INDIA

•          Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant announced that Goa became the First Rabies-Free State in India as it has not reported a single rabies case in the last three years.

•          A central government grant project, “Mission Rabies” played a major role in control of rabies.

 

2.RELIANCE INDUSTRIES MEETING HELD VIRTUALLY

•          The 44th Annual General  Meeting (AGM) 2021 of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), India’s largest company by market capitalization was conducted virtually.

•          During the event, RIL made several key announcements they are:

•          RIL to invest INR 75,000 in Clean Energy Business

•          Reliance Jio to partner with Google Cloud to launch 5G services in India

•          Chairman of Saudi Aramco Yasir Al-Rumayyan to join RIL Board as Independent Director

•          RIL is set to invest in setting up India’s 1st Carbon Fibre manufacturing unit

 

3.MEETING OF SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARIES OF SCO

•          India’s National Security Advisor (NSA) attended the 16th meeting of Security Council Secretaries of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) held at Dushanbe, Capital of Tajikistan.

•          The meeting was chaired by Tajikistan (Chairmanship of SCO in 2021).

•          India proposed an action plan against Pakistan-based Terrorist groups as part of the SCO Framework.

 

4.IIM BANGALORE RANKED BEST IN INDIA

•          The Post Graduate Programme in Enterprise Management (PGPEM) of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) ranked the best in India in the ‘QS Executive MBA Rankings 2021’ of QuacquarelliSymonds(QS).

•          Globally, it holds the 39th spot, became the only Indian institute to feature in the list of the top 100. In the Asia-Pacific category, IIMB holds the 10th spot, leading the B-school brigade from India.

 

5. INDIA’S BANK CREDIT-TO-GDP RATIO INCREASED TO 56.075% IN 2020

•          As per the data of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the bank credit-to-GDP ratio of India in 2020 rose to a 5-year high of about 56.075 percent (whereas in 2016 the ratio was at 59 percent)

•          The incremental credit growth in FY21 was about 5.56 percent (at Rs 109.51 lakh crore), which was the lowest recorded growth in 59 years (whereas in FY 1962 it was at 5.38 percent), in FY20, credit growth was at a 58-year-low at 6.14 percent.

•          The total outstanding bank credit in 2020 stood at $1.52 trillion.

 

6.WORLD BANK APPROVED $125 MILLION PROGRAM TO SUPPORT KERALA

•          The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved a $125 million program under the ‘Resilient Kerala Program’ to support Kerala’s preparedness against natural disasters, climate change impacts, and COVID-19.

•          Resilient Kerala Program is a part of a programmatic series of World Bank-financed operations in the state.

•          At the heavy monsoons of 2018, One-sixth of the state’s population – about 5.4 million people – were affected while 1.4 million were displaced, especially in the Pamba River Basin.

 

7.DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TEST-FIRES ‘NIRBHAY’

•          Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully test-fired the nuclear capable subsonic cruise missile ‘Nirbhay’ from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, Odisha.

•          It is India’s 1st indigenously developed cruise missile.

•          ‘Nirbhay’ is designed and developed in India by the Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) which comes under DRDO.

•          The Missile has a range of 1000 kms and is capable of reaching speeds of 0.6 – 0.7 Mach.

 

8.WORLD’S FIRST GENETICALLY MODIFIED RUBBER PLANTED IN ASSAM

•          World’s first genetically modified (GM) rubber sapling was planted at the Rubber board’s Sarutari research farm on the outskirts of Guwahati, Assam.

•          It is developed by the Kerala-based Rubber Research Institute of India (RRII), under the Rubber Board through long years of research in its Biotechnology laboratory.

 

9.WORLD VITILIGO DAY 2021 – 25TH JUNE

•          The World VitiligoDay(WVD) also known as the Vitiligo Awareness Day is annually observed across the globe on 25th June to create awareness about Vitiligo, a rare skin disease that affects around 1 to 2 % of the global population.

•          The day also marks the death anniversary of American singer Michael Jackson, “King of Pop”, who was also diagnosed with vitiligo.

•          Michael Jackson passed away on 25th June 2009.

•          Every year the WVD is hosted by a different city and the 2021 World Vitiligo Day is hosted by Jakarta, Indonesia which will act as the 2021 Campaign headquarters.

 

10.TRITON ELECTRIC VEHICLE TO SET UP MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN TELANGANA

•          US-based electric vehicles major Triton Electric Vehicle Pvt. Ltd has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Telangana government for setting up of a manufacturing unit for electric vehicles in Zaheerabad,Telangana.

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DAILY GK: 25 JUNE 2021

 DAILY GK: 25 JUNE 2021

1.BRICS GREEN HYDROGEN SUMMIT 2021

•        India hosted the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China & South Africa) Green Hydrogen Summit 2021 which took place virtually.

•        The event was anchored by NTPC Ltd, a Maharatna CPSU (Central Public Sector Undertaking) under the Ministry of Power.

•        Hydrogen, when produced by electrolysis using renewable energy is known as Green Hydrogen, It has no carbon footprint.

•        It is set to play a major role and build on the rapid increase of renewable resources across the world.

•        2021 India’s Theme – ‘BRICS @ 15: Intra-BRICS Cooperation for Continuity, Consolidation and Consensus’

 

2.DENMARK SIGNS FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT ON ISA WITH INDIA: MEA

•        The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) stated that the Kingdom of Denmark has signed the framework agreement of the International Solar Alliance Framework Agreement (ISA FA) and Instrument of Ratification with India.

•        With this, Denmark became the 1st country to ratify ISA FA after the amendments to it entered into force on January 8, 2021.

 

3.CSE’S EASE OF LIVING INDEX 2020

•        According to the ‘Ease of Living Index 2020’ released by Centre for Science & Environment (CSE) – Bengaluru (Karnataka) with a score of 66.7 has been ranked as India’s most liveable capital city followed by Chennai, Tamil Nadu at No. 2, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh at No. 3.

•        The Index is part of the report titled State of India’s Environment 2021.

 

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DAILY GK: 24 JUNE 2021

 DAILY GK: 24 JUNE 2021

1.PARTNERSHIP FOR STABILITY IN INDO-PACIFIC REGION

•          India, Italy & Japan launched a Trilateral partnership to establish stability and a govern-based global  order based on approval of all in the Indo-Pacific region.

•          Experts from the 3 nations discussed various things like security issues, collaboration with third world countries, multilateralism and the socio-economic dimension.

 

2.ASIAN MINISTERIAL ENERGY ROUNDTABLE 2022

•         India has agreed to host the 9th Asian Ministerial Energy Roundtable (AMER9) 2022 after a virtual meeting between International Energy Forum (IEF) Secretary-General Joseph McMonigle and India’s Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

•         The IEF is the world’s largest international organisation of energy ministers from 71 countries and includes both producing and consuming nations.

 

3.TATA POWER INAUGURATED INDIA’S LARGEST SOLAR CARPORT AT PUNE

•          Tata Motors and Tata Power jointly inaugurated India’s largest grid-synchronized, behind-the-meter solar carport at the Tata Motors car plant in Chikhali, Pune, Maharashtra.

•          The 6.2 MWp solar carport deployed by Tata Power will generate 86.4 lakh kWh of electricity per year and is estimated to reduce 7,000 tons of carbon emissions annually and 1.6 lakh tons over its lifecycle.

 

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DAILY GK: 22, 23 JUNE 2021

 DAILY GK: 22, 23 JUNE 2021

1. INDIAN NAVY-EUROPEAN UNION NAVAL FORCE EXERCISE

•          The inauguration edition of the Joint Naval Exercise between Indian Navy (IN) & European Union Naval Force Somalia (EU NAVFOR also known as Operation Atalanta) took place at Gulf of Aden from June 18-19, 2021.

 

2. CONFERENCE OF BRICS NETWORK UNIVERSITIES

•          Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay virtually hosted the 3-day long Conference of BRICS Network Universities, under the theme – “Electric Mobility”.

•          This conference is a part of the 13th BRICS Summit which is set to be held in 2021, under the Chairship of India.

•          All the 5 BRICS countries will discuss on various aspects of Electric Mobility (e-Mobility) like – Traffic Management, Hydrogen technology, Hybrid vehicles, Lithium-ion batteries to boost Electric Vehicles (e-Vehicles) usage.

 

3. UNCTAD REPORT

•          According to the ‘World Investment Report 2021’ released by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) – India received  Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows worth USD 64 billion in 2020 making it the 5th largest recipient of inflows in the world.

•          The US with 156 Billion was the top destination for FDI in 2020 followed by China (USD 149 billion) & Hong Kong, China (USD 119 billion).

•          India was ranked 8th in the UNCTAD’s 2020 Report based on its FDI Inflows.

•          Countries with Largest FDI outflows are China (133 billion), Luxembourg (127 billion) & Japan (116 billion).

•          India was ranked 18th with USD 12 billion (compared to USD 13 billion in 2019).

 

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DAILY GK: 20 , 21 JUNE 2021

 DAILY GK: 20 , 21 JUNE 2021

1. ECI RELEASED ‘GENERAL ELECTIONS 2019 INDIA – AN ATLAS’

•          Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra along with Election Commissioners Rajiv Kumar and Anup Chandra Pandey released the “General Elections 2019 India – An Atlas”, which consists of data and statistical figures of 17th General Elections held in 2019.

•          The Atlas was published by the Election Commission of India(ECI).

 

2. INDIA, JAPAN CONDUCT BILATERAL NAVAL EXERCISE IN INDIAN OCEAN

•          An Indian Navy (IN) and Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) conducted a joint naval exercise at the Indian Ocean under the motive ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific‘ (FOIP).

Other Exercises between India-Japan:

•          i.Dharma Guardian: It is a Military Exercise.

•          ii.Malabar: It is a trilateral Naval Exercise between India, Japan and the United States (US)

•          iii.Japan–India Maritime bilateral exercise (JIMEX): It is also a Naval Exercise. In September 2020, IN and JMSDF conducted 4th edition of biennial JIMEX-2020 in the North Arabian Sea.

 

3. UNHCR REPORT

•          According to the ‘Global Trends: Forced Displacement in 2020 Report’ released by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) – The number of people fleeing wars, violence, persecution, and human rights violations increased to nearly 82.4 million people in 2020, an increase of 3 million people compared to 79.5 million recorded at the end of 2019.

•          The report states that more than 1% of the world’s population or 1 in 95 people are now forcibly displaced.

•          This compares with 1 in 159 in 2010.

 

4. RBI GRANTED APPROVAL TO CFSL FOR TAKING OVER PMC BANK

•          Reserve Bank of India (RBI) granted  in-principle approval to Centrum Financial Services Limited (CFSL) to set up a small finance bank (SFB).

•          Through this SFB, Centrum will take over crisis-hit Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank (PMC) as a separate process.

•          For the setting up of SFB, there will be capital infusion of Rs 1,800 crore by the Centrum Capital, holding entity for CFSL, and its partner BharatPe.

 

5. COVID-19 RELIEF PROGRAM – ‘GHARGHARRATION’

•          IDFC First Bank has launched an Employee-funded relief program named ‘GharGhar Ration’, for its low-income customers whose livelihoods are affected due to COVID-19.

•          Under the program, a Customer COVID Care Fund was set from the contribution of the bank employees’ personal income (Employees contributed one day to one month’s salary).

•          Ration kits will be supplied under the program to 50,000 COVID-19 affected low-income customers of IDFC FIRST Bank.

 

6. EUROPEAN INVENTOR AWARD 2021

•          Indian-American chemist, Sumita Mitra won the European Patent Office’s (EPO) European Inventor Award 2021 under the Non-EPO countries category for her innovative dental filling invention using Nanotechnology.

•          The 2021 European Inventor Award ceremony was held digitally.

•          She was the 1st one to have successfully integrated nanotechnology into dental materials, and has invented stronger, durable & aesthetically pleasing dental fillings.

 

7. ANTONIO GUTERRES RE-ELECTED AS UN SECRETARY GENERAL

•          Antonio Guterres, was re-elected as the Secretary General of United Nations (UN) for a 2nd 5-year term from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2026.

•          His appointment was made by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on the recommendation of the 15-nation UN Security Council (UNSC) and announced by the President of the 75th session of the UNGA, VolkanBozkir.

 

8. MICHAEL SCHUMACHER OUT OF COMA AFTER 6 YEARS

•          Formula One(F1) Champion Michael Schumacher, a retired German racing driver who has recorded the most wins – 91, pole positions – 68 and Podium finishes – 155 has got out of coma after 6 years.

•          He was placed under a medically induced coma after a head injury.

 

9. INDIAN SPRINTER PADMA SHRIMILKHA SINGH PASSED AWAY

•          Legendary Indian sprinter Padma Shri Milkha Singh, who is popularly known as ‘Flying Sikh’ in the athletic field, passed away in Chandigarh.

•          He was born on 20th November 1929 in Govindpura, Pakistan.

 

10. 26TH NATIONAL READING DAY – 19TH JUNE 2021

•          The National Reading Day is annually observed across India on 19th June to encourage reading among the students across India.

•          The day also marks the death anniversary of Puthuvayil Narayana Panicker (P.N.Panicker), who was known as “Kerala’s Father of Library Movement”.

•          19th June 2021, marks the celebration of the 26th National Reading Day..

 

11. JAPAN TO LAUNCH VACCINE PASSPORT FOR TRAVEL ABROAD

•          Japan stated it will make a vaccine passportavailable from next month for Japanese travellers, as governments around the world experiment with ways to relaunch tourism and business trips.

•          The certificate will be paper-based rather than digital and will be issued by local governments from sometime next month.

•          The European Union is working on a digital vaccine passport for this summer so it can welcome back badly needed tourists, and some EU countries plan to introduce certificates at the national level.

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DAILY GK: 19 JUNE 2021

 DAILY GK: 19 JUNE 2021

1. ‘CUSTOMIZED CRASH COURSE PROGRAMME FOR COVID-19 FRONTLINE WORKERS’

•          Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually launched ‘Customized Crash Course programme for COVID-19 Frontline Workers’.

•          The training programme will be conducted in 111 training centres spread over 26 states.

•          Under the training programme about 1 lakh youth will be trained under in the next 2-3 months.

•          The programme has been designed as a special programme under the Central Component of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 3.0 (PMKVY 3.0) of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE).

 

2. TARGETS TO REDUCE ROAD ACCIDENT DEATHS BY 50% BY 2024

•          Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) introduced common PUC (Pollution Under Control) certificate format for all vehicles pan-India under Central Motor Vehicle Rules 1989.

•          The PUC database will be linked with the National Register.

•          MoRTH has also extended the validity of motor vehicle documents under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 till 30th September, 2021.

•          MoRth also sets a target to reduce road accident deaths by 50% by the year 2024.

 

3. MHA OPERATIONALISES NATIONAL HELPLINE TO PREVENT CYBER FRAUD

•          Ministry of Home (MHA) operationalised the national helpline 155260 and reporting platform via Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System for preventing financial loss of individuals due to cyber fraud.

•          These have been made operational by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) under MHA, in cooperation from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), all major banks, payment banks, wallets and online merchants.

 

4. SNB STATISTICS 2020

•          According to ‘Annual Bank Statistics of 2020’ released by Swiss National Bank (SNB), the Central Bank of Switzerland – India with Swiss Francs (CHF) 2.55 billion ( ~ INR 20, 706 Crore) has been placed at 51st place in the list of foreign clients’ money in Swiss Banks during 2020.

•          The United Kingdom (UK) topped the list with CHF 377 billion, followed by US (152 billion).

•          In the ‘Annual banking statistics, 2019’ India was placed at the 77th position.

 

5. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2021

•          According to the 6th Edition of  ‘Sustainable Development Report 2021 (SDR 2021)’ released by Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), India with a score of 60.1 has been placed at 120th rank out of 165 countries.

•          Finland topped the Index followed by Sweden & Denmark.

 

6. GLOBAL PEACE INDEX 2021

•          According to the 15th Edition of Global Peace Index 2021 (GPI 2021) released by Institute of Economics and Peace (IEP), India with a score of 2.553 has been ranked 135 out of 163 countries, which specifies ‘Low State of Peace’.

•          Iceland topped the GPI 2021 Index followed by New Zealand & Denmark.

•          The average level of global peacefulness decreased by 0.07 per cent in the 2021 Global Peace Index.

•          It has deteriorated for the 9th time in the last 13 years.

 

7. UNCCD’S 2021 LAND FOR LIFE AWARD

•          Familial Forestry, the environment conservation concept of Rajasthan-based climate activist ShyamSundarJyani has won the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification’s (UNCCD) Land for Life Award for 2021.

•          Theme: Healthy Land, Healthy Lives

 

8.DIRECTOR AT INDIA’S WTO MISSION FOR A 1ST TIME

•          In an introductory move, a private person namely AashishChandorkar has been appointed by the Central Government as Counsellor in India’s Permanent Mission in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for a period of three years.

•          He is a director of Bengaluru (Karnataka) based policy think tank Smahi Foundation of Policy and Research.

•          WTO, a 164-member multi-lateral body headquartered at Geneva, Switzerland, deals in global trade. India has been its member since 1995.

 

9. U.S. WOMEN’S OPEN 2021

•          Yuka Saso became the first Filipino (Philippines) player to win a major Golf Tournament, Saso a dual citizen with a Filipino mother and Japanese father tied Park Inbee as the youngest champion at the tournament, after winning the 76th US Women’s Open golf championship 2021 at the Olympic Club in San Francisco.

 

10. SUSTAINABLE GASTRONOMY DAY 2021 – JUNE 18

•          The United Nations(UN)’s Sustainable Gastronomy Day is annually observed across the globe on 18th June to acknowledge gastronomy as a cultural expression related to the natural and cultural diversity of the world.

 

11. WORLD CROCODILE DAY 2021 – JUNE 17

•          World Crocodile Day is annually observed across the globe on 17th June to create awareness about the difficulties faced by the endangered crocodiles and alligators around the world.

•          World Crocodile Day is also known as World croc day.

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DAILY GK: 18 JUNE 2021

 DAILY GK: 18 JUNE 2021

1. DEVELOPMENT OF NMHC AT LOTHAL, GUJARAT

•      The Ministry of Culture (MoC) signed MoU with the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) for Cooperation in Development of National Maritime Heritage Complex (NMHC) at Lothal, Gujarat.

•      National Maritime Heritage Complex is India’s first of its kind facility dedicated to the legacy of Maritime Heritage of India.

•      It will be developed at the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) site of Lothal, Gujarat.

 

2. UNION CABINET APPROVES RESTRUCTURING OF OFB

•      The Union Cabinet approved a plan for the restructuring of the 246-year old Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) which has 41 factories, into 7 fully government owned corporate entities on the lines of Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSU).

•      In September 2020, an Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) under the chairmanship of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was set up to decide on matters related to restructuring of OFB.

 

3. INDIA’S H-ENERGY TO SUPPLY LNG TO BANGLADESH

•      India’s H-Energy signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Petrobangla (company of Bangladesh) for supply of R-LNG (Regasified-Liquefied Natural Gas) to Bangladesh.

•      H-Energy will supply LNG to Bangladesh via the 250 km ‘Kanai Chatta (West Bengal) – Shrirampur (Bangladesh) Natural Gas Pipeline’, which is expected to be commissioned in 2023.

 

4. NATO SUMMIT 2021

•      31st North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit happened at Brussels in Belgium, the leaders of NATO’s 30 member countries were participated in the summit.

•      NATO 2030 agenda sets a higher level of ambition for NATO. It provides clear guidelines for further adaptation to address existing, new and future threats and challenges, building on the ongoing political and military adaptation of the Alliance.

 

5. WORLD COMPETITIVENESS INDEX 202

•      In the recently released World Competitiveness Index 2021 released by the Institute for Management Development’s (IMD) World Competitiveness Center, India retained its 43rd rank out of 64 nations (for the 3rd consecutive year).

•      Switzerland topped the Index followed by Sweden in the 2nd spot & Denmark in the 3rd spot.

•      Botswana (61st) was added to the ranking this year 2021.

 

6. SDG PIONEER OF THE YEAR BY UNGC

•      During the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) Leaders Summit 2021, 10-Global leaders were named as the SDG Pioneers 2021.

•      Sumant Sinha, the Chairman and Managing Director of ReNew Power was recognised as one of the Global leaders working towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) through the implementation of the UN Global Compact Ten Principles on human rights, environment, labor, and anti-corruption.

 

7. MICROSOFT APPOINTED CEO SATYA NADELLA AS CHAIRMAN

•      Microsoft Corporation appointed its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Satya Nadella as its Chairman.

•      He will succeed John Thompson who will now serve as lead independent director.

•      Notably, Satya Nadella backed billion dollar acquisitions like LinkedIn, Nuance Communications and ZeniMax.

 

8. BRAND AMBASSADOR OF CORONA VACCINATION PROGRAM IN MAHARASHTRA

•      The Maharashtra government has appointed Mukund Gosavi as a brand ambassador of the Corona vaccination program for speedy implementation of Corona vaccination in the Jalgaon district, Maharashtra due to his selfless service

•      Mukund Gosavi is a person with 80 percent who assisted disabled people and senior citizens in remote areas by providing medical care facilities, arranging essential items to at least 1000 people and reducing fear among COVID positive patients by counselling them.

 

9. BOOK TITLED “THE NUTMEG’S CURSE: PARABLES FOR A PLANET IN CRISIS”

•      Jnanpith awardee and Renowned author Amitav Ghosh authored a new book ‘The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis’.

•      This Book is Published by John Murray and will be released.

 

10. WORLD DAY TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION AND DROUGHT 2021

•      The United Nations(UN)’s World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is annually observed across the globe on 17th June to create and raise awareness regarding prevention of desertification of the soil in arid, semi-arid, and dry sub-humid areas caused due to climate change and human activities.

•      The theme of World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 2021 is “Restoration.Land.Recovery: We build back better with healthy land”.

 

11. EUROPE’S LARGEST DIGITAL AND START-UP EVENT, VIVATECH

•      PM Narendra Modi invited the world to invest in India while addressing the 5th edition of global tech event VivaTech via video conferencing.

•      He stated, “India offers what innovators and investors need.

•      He invites the world to invest in India based on the five pillars of: Talent, Market, Capital, Eco-system, And, culture of openness”.

•      PM talked about how technology and digital have become the emerging areas of cooperation among the wide range of subjects that India and France have been working together for.

•      VivaTech is one of the largest digital and startup events in Europe, held in Paris every year since 2016.

 

12. RAJASTHAN GOVT WILL SET VEDIC EDUCATION AND SANSKAR BOARD

•      The Rajasthan government will soon set up a Vedic Education and Sanskar Board to revive the knowledge of Sanskrit scriptures and Vedas.

•      A committee, formed to define aims, objectives and functioning of the board, has submitted its report to the state government, Minister of State (MoS) for Sanskrit Education Subhash Garg mentioned, adding modules will be presented before the board based on the report.

 

13. FACEBOOK INITIATES ‘REPORT IT, DON’T SHARE IT!’ CAMPAIGN

•      Facebook has kicked off a new initiative to keep children safe on the internet.

•      The ‘Report it, don’t share it’ campaign is being helmed by the social media giant in collaboration with Aarambh India Initiative, Cyber Peace Foundation, and Arpan.

•      The main idea behind the initiative, as the name suggests, is to encourage people to report abusive or harmful content, and not share it.

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