DAILY GK: 31 AUG 2021
1.INDIA’S
1ST GREEN HYDROGEN ELECTROLYSER FACTORY
• Ohmium
India Private Limited, a Subsidiary of Ohmium International Sets up Green
Hydrogen Electrolyser manufacturing Gigafactory in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
• This
is India’s 1st Green Hydrogen (H2) Electrolyser unit.
• The
factory will produce Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Hydrogen electrolysers.
• Green
Hydrogen-Hydrogen produced by electrolysis using renewable energy or non-
fossil sources.
• It
has no carbon footprint.
• It
is set to play a major role & build on the rapid increase of renewable
resources across the world.
• Other
types of Hydrogen are Brown Hydrogen (created through coal gasification), Blue
Hydrogen (produced from Carbon Capture Usage & Storage), Grey Hydrogen
(formed from splitting of Hydrogen & CO2)
2.PM
DEDICATED ‘RENOVATED JALLIANWALA BAGH SMARAK’ TO NATION
• PM
Narendra Modi virtually dedicated the renovated complex of Jallianwala Bagh
Smarak at Amritsar in Punjab to the nation.
• PM
also inaugurated the Museum Galleries at the Smarak.
• 4
Museum galleries have been created through adaptive reuse of redundant and
underutilised buildings.
• India
decided to observe 14th August every year as ‘Partition Horrors Remembrance
Day’.
• 13th
April 2021 marked the 102nd anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.
3.MOCA
NOTIFIES THE DRONE RULES, 2021
• The
Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has notified the Drone Rules, 2021 replacing
the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) rules, 2021.
• Several
approvals abolished: Unique Authorisation Number (UAN), Unique Prototype
Identification Number, Certificate of manufacturing and Airworthiness,
Certificate of conformance, Certificate of maintenance, Import clearance, etc
has been abolished under the new rules.
• Total
number of forms to be filled has been reduced from 25 to 5.
4.“VRIKSHAROPAN
ABHIYAN – 2021”
• Pralhad
Joshi, Minister of Coal virtually launched the “Vriksharopan Abhiyan – 2021” as
a part of the Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav.
• Around
300 plantation sites around the coalfield across India will be connected
through this Abhiyan.
• Vriksharopan
Abhiyan – 2021 includes environmental sustainability in mining operations and
enable the coal sector to obtain a social and environmental licence to operate.
• Under
the “Go Greening” drive, coal Public sector undertakings(PSUs) of the Ministry
of Coal has targeted to cover 2385 hectares of area under
bio-reclamation/plantation.
5.INDIA’S
EXPORT TO ASEAN
• The
Union Minister of State(MoS) for Commerce and Industry Anupriya Patel
inaugurated “India-ASEAN(Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Engineering
Partnership Summit 2021’’ which was organised by Engineering Export Promotion
Council (EEPC) in association with the Ministry of External Affairs and the
Department of Commerce .
• The
US 400 billion merchandise export target was announced in the budget of the
financial year 2021-22.
• Focus
areas- Industry 4.0, Integration of MSME(Micro Small and Medium Enterprises).
• The
government of Tamil Nadu joined as a ‘Partner State’ while the Haryana
government joined as the ‘Focus State’.
6.TOKYO
2020 SUMMER PARALYMPIC GAMES
• The
16th Edition of Paralympic Games is taking place in Tokyo, Japan from 24th
August to 5th September, 2021.
• A
total of 22 sports are scheduled. For the 1st time, Badminton and Taekwondo
will be making their debut at the 2020 Paralympic Games by replacing Sailing
& 7-a-side Football.
• The
official Mascot is ‘Someity’
• The
Paralympic Games symbol of the “Three Agitos” has been installed on a giant
floating platform in the Tokyo Bay area.
• The
94-tonne steel monument stands 17.5 m tall, is 23.4 m long and 2m wide.
• Tek
Chand (Shot put Thrower) was the flag-bearer of India in the opening ceremony
of the Tokyo paralympics.
INDIA’S PERFORMANCE
• India
has won 8 Medals– 2 Gold, 4 Silver & 2 Bronze till August 30
• Avani
Lekhara wins Gold Medal in Shooting:Avani Lekhara (Rajasthan) has won the Gold Medal in the
Women’s 10 m Air Rifle Standing 1 (SH 1) Shooting event by scoring 249.6 in the
final.
• Avani
became the 1st Indian Woman to win a Gold Medal at the Paralympics & 4th
Indian Gold medal at the Paralympics.
JAVELIN THROW:
i.Sumit Antil wins Gold Medal in
Javelin Throw, F-46: Sumit Antil (Haryana) has won the Gold Medal in the Men’s
Javelin Throw F-64 event by throwing a distance of 68.55 m in the finals.
ii.Devendra Jhajharia & Sundar Singh
Gurjar wins SIlver & Bronze respectively in Javelin Throw, F-46
• Bhavinaben
Patel wins Silver Medal in Table Tennis: Bhavinaben Patel (Gujarat) won the
Silver Medal in the Women’s Singles Class 4
Table Tennis event by losing 7-11, 5-11, 6-11 in the finals.
7.BELGIAN
GRAND PRIX, 2021
• Red
Bull driver Max Verstappen (Netherland) has been declared the winner of the
Belgian Grand Prix (GP), 2021.
• It
was the Shortest ever Grand Prix in terms of distance Completed.
8.NATIONAL
SPORTS DAY 2021 – AUGUST 29
• National
Sports Day is annually observed across India on 29th August to commemorate the
birth anniversary of Olympian and Indian Hockey legend, Major Dhyan Chand, who
is popularly known as the “Hockey Wizard” and “the Magician”.
• On
the occasion of the National Sports Day 2021, Union Minister Youth Affairs and
Sports Anurag Singh Thakur launched the Fit India Mobile app, India’s most
comprehensive fitness app, at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, Delhi.
9.INTERNATIONAL
DAY AGAINST NUCLEAR TESTS 2021
• The
United Nations(UN)’s International Day against Nuclear Tests is annually
observed across the globe on 29th August to create awareness about the hazards
of testing nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosions and the need to end
nuclear tests and achieve a nuclear-weapon-free world.
10.NATIONAL
SMALL INDUSTRY DAY 2021 – AUGUST 30
• National
Small Industry Day is annually observed across India on 30th August to
celebrate and recognise the contribution of small-scale industry to the
development of India.
