DAILY GK: 07 OCT 2021

 DAILY GK: 07 OCT 2021

1. INDUSTRIAL PARKS RATING SYSTEM 2.0

•      Minister of State (MoS) Som Prakash, Ministry of Commerce & Industry released the 2nd edition of Industrial Park Ratings System (IPRS) report or IPRS 2.0 Report in New Delhi.

•      It should be noted that it is the first annual IPRS as the earlier one was a pilot phase conducted in 2018.

•      In the report 41 Industrial Parks named as ‘Leaders’ category.

•      These are mostly from Maharashtra and Rajasthan.

•      90 Industrial Parks are marked as ‘Challenger’ while 185 have been rated under ‘Aspirers’.

 

2. PM MODI INAUGURATES AZADI@75 CONFERENCE

•      Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated ‘Azadi@75 – New Urban India: Transforming Urban Landscape’ Conference-cum-Expo in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, on October 05, 2021.

•      During the expo, the Prime Minister virtually handed over keys of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban (PMAY-U) houses to 75,000 beneficiaries in 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh.

 

3.2021 UNHCR NANSEN REFUGEE AWARD

•      Jeel Albena Association for Humanitarian Development (JAAHD), a Yemeni humanitarian organization, has been declared the winner of the 2021 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award.

•      The winner of the award was announced by Filippo Grandi, Commissioner of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Ameen Jubran, Founder of Jeel Albena, received the award on behalf of Jeel Albena.

 

4.2021 NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY

•      The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to German chemist Benjamin List and British chemist David W.C. MacMillan for the development of a precise new and ingenious tool for molecular construction: asymmetric organocatalysis.

•      The Nobel Prize carries a gold medal and a cash prize of 10 million Swedish kronor (around Rs 8.5 crore) which will be shared equally between the laureates.

 

5.FIRST AIRBUS OPERATOR TO START TAXIBOT SERVICES

•      AirAsia India has become the first Airbus operator in the world to start Taxibot services with passengers on board with a modified Airbus fleet.

•      It has announced the implementation of an Alternate Taxiing Solution (ATS), TaxiBot.

•      The airline has tied up with KSU Aviation, the exclusive operator of the TaxiBot in India.

•      Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) was the first airport in the world that introduced Taxibot.

 

6.INDIA’S FIRST E-FISH MARKET APP ‘FISHWAALE’

•      Assam Fisheries Minister Parimal Suklabaidya launched India’s first e-Fish market application named ‘Fishwaale’.

•      The app was developed by Aqua Blue Global Aquaculture Solutions Pvt Ltd, in collaboration with the Assam fisheries department.

•      It will provide a boost to Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY).

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DAILY GK: 05,06 OCT 2021

 DAILY GK: 05,06 OCT 2021

1. MITRA SHAKTI – 2021

•      The 8th Edition of India-Sri Lanka bilateral joint Military Exercise ‘Mitra Shakti – 2021’ was scheduled to be conducted at Combat Training School, Ampara, Sri Lanka.

•      The exercise doesn’t take place in 2020 due to the COVID-19.

 

2. NEW GI TAGS

•      Alibaug White Onion & Wada Kolam Rice of Maharashtra, Edayur Chilli and Kuttiattoor Mango of Kerala and Chinnor rice of Madhya Pradesh (MP) got the GI Tag.

•      GI tag in India is governed by Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration & Protection) Act, 1999.

•      It is issued by the Geographical Indications Registry (Chennai).

 

3. WORLD’S LARGEST FINTECH FESTIVAL GFF 2021

•      India hosted the 2nd edition of Global FinTech Festival (GFF) 2021, the World’s largest virtual fintech festival from September 28 to 30, 2021.

•      Theme: ‘FinTech: Empowering a Global Digital Economy’.

 

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DAILY GK: 03, 04 OCT 2021

 DAILY GK: 03, 04 OCT 2021

1.PPC 2021

•      Union Minister for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Giriraj Singh launched the People’s Plan Campaign (PPC) 2021- Sabki Yojana Sabka Vikas and Vibrant Gram Sabha Dashboard.

•      PPC-2021 is a strategy for ensuring the preparation of GPDP (Gram Panchayat Development Plan) in a campaign mode.

•      PPC 2021 meetings will be rolled out from October 2, 2021, to January 31, 2022.

 

2.2ND PHASES OF SWACHH BHARAT MISSION-URBAN

•      PM Narendra Modi launched the second phase of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U 2.0) and the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation 2.0 (AMRUT 2.0).

•      The SBM-U 2.0 aims to make cities completely ‘free of garbage’ and ensure grey and black water management in all cities other than those covered under AMRUT.

•      The outlay of SBM-U 2.0 is around Rs 1.41 lakh crore.

•      AMRUT 2.0 intends to improve sewage and septic management, making the cities into water safe cities and ensuring that no sewage drains anywhere in rivers.

•      It will benefit more than 10.5 crore people in urban areas and the outlay of AMRUT 2.0 is around Rs 2.87 lakh crore.

 

3.NUTRITIONAL PROFILE FOR 19 STATES AND UTS

•      NITI Aayog, in a joint effort with International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Indian Institute of Population Sciences (IIPS), UNICEF and Institute of Economic Growth (IEG) launched ‘The State Nutrition Profile’ for 19 States and Union Territories.

 

4.NAMAMI GANGE PROGRAMME’S MASCOT

•      The Union government unveils Chacha Chaudhary, a popular comic book character, as a mascot for ‘Namami Gange Programme’, for sensitising children and youths about the cleaning of Ganga and other rivers during the 37th executive committee meeting of the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) which was chaired by Director General Rajiv Ranjan Mishra.

•      Public engagement activities like ‘Ganga ki Baat, Chacha Choudhary Ke Sath’ will be initiated with the character.

•      Chacha Chaudhary character was created by cartoonist Pran Kumar Sharma in 1971 for the Hindi magazine Lotpot.

 

5.ADANI GROUP TO DEVELOP SRILANKA’S PORT

•      Adani group signed a more than $700-million build-operate-transfer agreement with the Sri Lankan government-owned Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) and John Keells Holdings (from Sri Lanka) for 35 years to jointly develop a Colombo Western Container Terminal (WCT).

•      Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) Limited is the largest developer and operator company in India which holds 24 percent of the overall port capacity in India.

 

6.BLOOMBERG BILLIONAIRES INDEX

•      According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a daily ranking of the world’s richest people, as of 28th September 2021, with a total net worth of 213 billion USD, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla has overtaken Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon,(total net worth of 197 billion USD) to become the world’s richest person.

•      Elon Musk gained 13 billion USD in net worth with a rise in the share price of tesla.

•      Mukesh Ambani Topped among Indians & ranked 11th globally.

 

7.BRAND AMBASSADOR OF UP GOVT  ‘ODOP’ SCHEME

•      The government of Uttar Pradesh (UP)  appointed Indian actor Kangana Ranaut as the brand ambassador of its ” one district-one product” programme (ODOP).

•      The ODOP aims to create product-specific traditional industrial hubs across 75 districts of the state.

•      It facilitates development of ingenious and specialized products and crafts of UP that are not found anywhere else.

•      Under the initial phase of the ODOP programme, 106 Products have been identified from 103 districts across 27 States.

 

8.CENTRE APPOINTS BC PATNAIK MD OF LIC

•      The Union government appoints BC Patnaik Managing Director of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) on October 1, 2021.

•      Currently, LIC has one chairman and four Managing Directors.

 

9.ISRO’S FIRST DEMAND-DRIVEN COMMUNICATION SATELLITE

•      The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) commercial arm, New Space India Limited (NSIL) announced its first ‘demand-driven’ communication satellite mission as part of Space reforms announced by the government in June 2020.

•      As part of this initiative, NSIL is undertaking its 1st demand driven communication satellite mission named GSAT-24, a four-tonne class Ku- band satellite.

•      The entire satellite will be leased to Tata Sky for meeting their DTH application needs.

 

10.INTERNATIONAL COFFEE DAY 2021 – OCTOBER 1

•      International Coffee Day is annually observed across the globe on October 1st to celebrate the diversity, quality and passion of the coffee sector.

•      The day also highlights the challenges faced by the farmers of coffee beans.

 

11.WORLD VEGETARIAN DAY 2021 – OCTOBER 1

•      World Vegetarian Day is annually celebrated across the globe on October 1st to promote compassion and life-enhancing possibilities of vegetarianism.

•      The day celebrates the benefits of being vegetarian.

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DAILY GK QUIZ: 01 - 05 OCT 2021

 DAILY GK QUIZ: 01 - 05 OCT 2021

[Q] MSME Minister Narayan Tatu Rane inaugurated the India Export Initiative and SME Forum’s portal named __________ to increase export by 50% in 2022.

(a) MSMEXports

(b) ARM-MSME

(c) eMSME

(d) IndiaXports

(e) BharatNiryat

[ANS] d

 

[Q] As per the 3rd edition of ‘Digital Quality of Life Index (DQL) 2021’ prepared by ‘Surfshark’, India was positioned at an overall rank of _______ among 110 countries, while _______ was ranked at the top.

(a) 59th; Denmark

(b) 57th; Denmark

(c) 59th; South Korea

(d) 57th; South Korea

(e) 59th; Finland

[ANS] a

 

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DAILY GK: 02 OCT 2021

 DAILY GK: 02 OCT 2021

1.‘TERMS OF REFERENCE’ TO CONDUCT NAVY TO NAVY TALKS

•      Indian Navy signed the ‘Terms of Reference’ (ToR) with the Royal Australian Navy to conduct Navy to Navy (N2N) talks under the framework of the ‘Joint Guidance for the India – Australia Navy to Navy Relationship’ document signed by the Navies in August.

•      Notably, this is the 1st time the Indian Navy has signed such an agreement with another country.

•      Note – In 2020, Australia participated in the annual maritime exercise – ‘Malabar’ between India, Japan & USA, for the first time in 13 years.

 

2.IFSCA SET UP 10-MEMBER EXPERT PANEL

•      The International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) set up an expert panel headed by former Environment and Forest Secretary C K Mishra to suggest a framework to develop a world-class sustainable finance hub at IFSC.

•      IFSCA has constituted a 10-member Expert Committee to recommend approach towards development of Sustainable Finance Hub.

 

3.INDIA BECOMES LARGEST BENEFICIARY OF AIIB

•      The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will provide loan assistance of USD 356.67 million(~Rs.2.65 lakh Crore) for the expansion of Chennai Metro Rail system, Tamil Nadu (TN), India.

•      With this Investment, AIIB has invested a total of USD 6.7 billion making India its largest beneficiary.

 

4.IIFL WEALTH HURUN INDIA RICH LIST 2021

•      Hurun India and IIFL Wealth had jointly released the ranking report ‘IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2021’,a 10th annual ranking of the richest individuals in India.

•      Mukesh Ambani, the chairman of Reliance Industries(RIL) tops the list for 10th consecutive year.

•      Ambani was followed by Gautam Adani, Adani Group, and Shiv Nadar of HCL for the second and third spot of the 2021 list.

•      The Hurun’s 10th year anniversary logo is inspired by the Sanskrit word “Veerya”,meaning energy.

•      Shashvat Nakrani from New Delhi, 23, of Payment App Bharatpe is the youngest self-made individual.

 

5.NEW MD & CEO OF NSDL

•      Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) gave approval for the appointment of Padmaja Chunduru as the new Managing Director (MD) & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL). She will succeed GV Nageswara Rao after his superannuation.

 

6.NBA NAMES RANVEER SINGH AS BRAND AMBASSADOR FOR INDIA

•      The National Basketball Association (NBA) named Bollywood superstar Ranveer Singh as the NBA Brand Ambassador for India to help grow the league’s profile in India throughout its landmark 75th Anniversary Season in 2021-22.

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DAILY GK: 01 OCT 2021

 DAILY GK: 01 OCT 2021

1. EXPERT GROUP FOR MINIMUM WAGES RECONSTITUTED

•      Barely three months after the committee was set up, the Labour Ministry reconstituted the expert group responsible for determining the national floor level minimum wages under the Code on Wages.

•      Economist and statistician SP Mukherjee will lead the 9-member group.

•      In January 2019, the seven-member committee suggested a national minimum wage at Rs 375 per day or Rs 9,750 per month irrespective of sectors, skills, occupations and rural-urban locations.

 

2. INDIA EXPORT INITIATIVE AND INDIAXPORTS 2021 PORTAL

•      The Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), Narayan Tatu Rane virtually inaugurated the India Export Initiative and SME (Small and Medium Enterprises) Forum’s portal IndiaXports 2021 India  in New Delhi.

•      It will enhance the exports and ensure localisation.

•      It will work as a global manufacturing powerhouse by improving India’s manufacturing base.

 

3. ATAL COMMUNITY INNOVATION CENTER LAUNCHED

•      India’s 1st Atal Community Innovation Center (ACIC) launched at Vivekananda Global University (VGU), Jaipur, Jagatpura, Rajasthan.

•      It will be set up by Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and NITI Aayog.

 

4. ‘DIGITAL QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX 2021

•      India was positioned at an overall rank of 59th among 110 countries in the 3rd edition of ‘Digital Quality of Life Index (DQL) 2021’ prepared by cybersecurity company ‘Surfshark’.

•      This is 2 positions lower than the 57th rank secured by India in the 2020 Index.

•      For the 2nd consecutive time, Denmark topped the ranking, followed by South Korea & Finland in 2nd & 3rd positions.

•      Note – India shares 49th rank along with Thailand, in the ‘2021 Inclusive Internet Index’ by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), where the ranking was topped by Sweden.

 

5. RBI TAKES IOB OUT OF PCA FRAMEWORK

•      Reserve Bank of India (RBI) removed Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) from the Prompt Corrective Action Framework (PCAF) as the performance of bank is compliant with the PCA parameters.

•      With this, IOB committed to comply with the norms of Minimum Regulatory Capital, Net NPA (non-performing assets) and leverage ratio on an ongoing basis.

•      Currently, Central Bank of India is the only lender under the RBI’s PCA framework.

 

6. SURYODAY SFB TO SHUT DOWN ITS ATMS

•      Suryoday Small Finance Bank (SFB) is set to shut down its Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) and discontinue its ATM services from 1st October 2021.

•      The customers can use their ATM or Debit card at other Banks’ ATMs to withdraw cash and for other services, the customers can use internet banking and mobile banking.

•      Suryoday SFB has become the first lender to discontinue its ATM services.

 

7.2021 RIGHT LIVELIHOOD AWARD

•      Delhi-based environmental organisation Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment (LIFE) has won the 2021 Right Livelihood Award, for empowering communities in areas ranging from child protection to environmental defence.

•      The award is also known as Sweden’s alternative Nobel Prize given by the Swedish Right Livelihood Foundation.

 

8. NEW PM OF JAPAN

•      Former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida(64 years old) has been elected as the president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party(LDP) and set to become the next and the 100th Prime Minister(PM) of Japan.

•      He will be succeeding Yoshihide Suga, who stepped down as Japan’s PM.

 

9. NORTH KOREA TEST-FIRED HWASONG-8

•      The North Korean Academy of National Defense Science has test-fired a newly-developed hypersonic missile, ‘the Hwasong-8’.

•      Hwasong series missiles used liquid-propellant engines with an ampoule fuel system.

•      North Korea has used the ampoule fuel system for the 1st time.

 

10.2021 OSTRAVA OPEN WOMEN’S DOUBLES TITLE

•      Sania Mirza and her Chinese partner Shuai Zhang won the 2021 Ostrava Open women’s doubles title by defeating the pair of Kaitlyn Christian and Erin Routliffe in the women’s doubles final of the Ostrava Open held in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

 

11. BOOK- “JUNGLE NAMA: A STORY OF THE SUNDARBAN”

•      “Jungle Nama: a story of the Sundarban” authored by Jnanpith Awardee Amitav Ghosh has been released as an audiobook voiced by Ali Sethi, US-based Singer-writer, who has also created the background music and ambient sound for the audiobook.

 

12. INTERNATIONAL TRANSLATION DAY 2021 – SEPTEMBER 30

•      The United Nations (UN)’s International Translation Day is annually observed across the globe on September 30th as a tribute to the language professionals.

•      The theme of  2021 is “United In Translation”, which was chosen by the International Federation of Translators(FIT- Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs).

 

13. WORLD MARITIME DAY 2021 – SEPTEMBER 30

•      The United Nations (UN)’s World Maritime Day (WMD) is annually observed across the globe during the last Thursday of September to recognise the contribution of the international maritime industry towards the world’s economy and sustainable development.

•      The day is annually observed by the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

•      The theme of 2021 is “Seafarers at the core of shipping’s future”.

 

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DAILY GK: 28,29, 30 SEP 2021

 DAILY GK: 28,29, 30 SEP 2021

1. NEW GI TAG FOR PRODUCTS

•      Sojat Mehndi from Rajasthan, known for its medicinal values has received the geographical indication (GI) tag.

•      From the North East States, the traditional brew of Dimasa community, Judima from Assam and Naga Cucumber known for its high potassium content also bagged GI tags.

 

2. AYUSHMAN BHARAT DIGITAL MISSION

•      The PM Narendra Modi launched ‘Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission’ (ABDM) via video conference.

•      The program was organized on World Tourism Day.

•      It was launched in the presence of Mansukh Mandaviya.

•      Digital infrastructure of India-It is based on the principle of bringing from ration to administration (Ration to Prashasan) to the citizens in a fast and transparent manner.

•      The mission was launched under the pilot project National Digital Health Mission (NDHM).

•      Currently, over 1 lakh unique Health IDs have been created under the NDHM  this project is being implemented in the pilot phase across six states and Union Territories on a pilot basis on 15th August, 2020.

 

3. WORLD’S HIGHEST EV CHARGING STATION

•      The world’s highest Electric Vehicle (EV) charging station was inaugurated at 500 feet in Kaza, in the Spiti Valley, Lahaul and Spiti district, Himachal Pradesh.

•      The charging station will support all EV Scooters and cars.

•      The EV charging facility was installed by goEgo Network, a Pune-based EV Charging infra startup.

 

4. PM NARENDRA MODI’S VISIT TO USA

•      PM Narendra Modi visited the United States of America (USA) from 22 to 25 September 2021 and participated in the 1st in-person QUAD Leaders’ Summit in Washington D.C., the USA, along with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, and US President Joe Biden.

 

5. LUNAR CRATER NAMED AFTER MATTHEW HENSON

•      The International Astronomical Union(IAU) has named a crater at the Moon’s south pole after Matthew Henson, an African-American Arctic explorer, who was the 1st person to stand at the very top of the world.

•      Henson crater is located in the South Pole of the Moon, between Sverdrup and de Gerlache craters.

 

6. F1 DRIVER IN HISTORY TO SEAL 100 WINS

•      Lewis Hamilton sets a new record by registering his 100th win after finishing first in Russian Grand Prix held at Sochi Autodrom in Russia on September 28.

•      With this win, Hamilton became the first Formula-one driver in the history to reach 100 wins.

•      Max Verstappen finished second.

 

7. BOOK-THE BATTLE OF REZANG LA

•      ‘The Battle of Rezang La’, a book which describes the story of 120 soldiers who put up a strong fight against the 5,000 Chinese military troop in the 1962 Indi-China war, preventing a possible occupation of the Ladakh region.

•      The book was published by Penguin Veer and written by ex-naval officer and author Kulpreet Yadav.

 

8. WORLD RIVERS DAY 2021 – SEPTEMBER 26

•      World Rivers Day is annually observed across the globe on the fourth Sunday of September to create awareness about water bodies and to promote the conservation of water bodies across the globe.

•      World Rivers Day 2021 was observed on 26th September 2021.

 

9. WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DAY 2021

•      World Environmental Health Day (WEHD) is annually observed across the globe on September 26 to create awareness about the health of the environment.

•      The theme of WEHD 2021 is “Prioritizing Environmental Health for healthier communities in global recovery”.

•      Background:

•      The World Environmental Health Day was launched by the International Federation of Environmental Health council during the meeting held in Indonesia on 26th September 2011.

•      The first ever World Environment Health Day was observed on 26th September 2011.

 

10. WORLD TOURISM DAY – 27 SEPTEMBER

•      The United Nations(UN)’s World Tourism Day(WTD) is annually observed across the globe on 27th September to create awareness about the importance of tourism

•      The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has designated World Tourism Day 2021 as a day to focus on “Tourism for Inclusive Growth” .

 

11. SWACHH SURVEKSHAN 2022

•      Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, launched the 7th consecutive edition of Swachh Survekshan (SS)-2022 themed on ‘People First’ from New Delhi.

•      SS 2022 has incorporated specific indicators focusing on frontline workers like improvement in their working conditions and livelihood opportunities.

•      MoHUA also released a coffee table book titled ‘A Change of Heart’ featureing inspirational stories of individuals and communities related to urban India’s cleanliness drive.

 

12. SUSTAINABLE FINANCE ROAD MAP

•      The government of India has set up a task force under Ajay Seth, Secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry of Finance, to strengthen the road map to enhance the sustainable finance architecture of India.

 

13. INDIA’S 1ST SPORTS ARBITRATION CENTRE

•      Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju inaugurated India’s 1st ‘Sports Arbitration Centre of India’ (SACI) in Gujarat.

•      The SACI will serve as an independent body to redress the disputes in the sports sector and expand the country’s sports sector.

•      The Ministry of Law and Justice will provide all the legal backing to the SACI.

 

14. GOVERNMENT SET UP IDRCL TO CLEAR NPAS

•      The government has set up the India Debt Resolution Company Ltd (IDRCL), an asset management company (AMC) that will work with the National Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd (NARCL)/Bad Bank to clean up bad loans (i.e Non-Performing Assets (NPAs)).

•      Objective: To carry out all kinds of debt management, operational management, resolution advisory, support, and consultancy services in relation to debt resolution, and insolvency resolution.

•      IDRCL was set up with a paid-up capital of Rs 80.5 lakh on an authorized capital of Rs 50 crore.

•      Canara Bank is the sponsor bank.

 

15. GOVT DISSOLVES ORDNANCE FACTORY BOARD

•      As part of the Atmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India) to corporatize the production in Defence sector, Defence Ministry of India had dissolved the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB).

•      As per the announcement issued by the Government of India on May 16,2020, the management, control, operations and maintenance of 41 production units and identified non-production units under OFB will be transferred to the wholly government owned seven defence PSUs (Public Sector Units) with effect from October 1,2021.

SEVEN NEW COMPANIES ARE:

•      Troop Comforts Ltd. and Gliders India are reorganised for manufacturing textiles.

•      Munitions India Ltd., India Optel Ltd., Armoured Vehicles Nigam Ltd., Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Ltd., and Yantra India Ltd. are into manufacturing machinery and equipment.

 

16. INDIA’S 1ST PLATFORM TO ACCEPT INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCES DIRECTLY INTO DIGITAL WALLET

•      Paytm Payments Bank has partnered  with Ria Money Transfer, a cross-border money transfer firm and a business segment of Euronet.

•      It will facilitate users to receive money from their relatives abroad.

•      With this partnership, Paytm Payment Bank becomes the first digital wallet in India to accept deposits from international remittances while Ria Money Transfer has become the first money transfer company that will connect with 333 million Paytm’s wallet users.

 

17. DRDO SUCCESSFULLY FLIGHT-TESTED ‘AKASH PRIME’

•      Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested the new version of Akash Missile namely ‘Akash Prime’ from Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur, Odisha.

•      Akash Prime is a medium-range mobile surface-to-air missile (SAM) system developed by the DRDO and produced by Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL).

 

18. U.S. SUCCESSFULLY FLIGHT-TESTS RAYTHEON HYPERSONIC WEAPON

•      According to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of United States, the country has successfully tested a Raytheon hypersonic weapon, an air-breathing hypersonic weapon, the next generation of arms that plunder the reaction time of rivals and traditional defeat mechanisms for Air Force.

 

19. ‘MY LIFE IN FULL: WORK, FAMILY AND OUR FUTURE’

•      Indra Nooyi, former Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo Inc, has penned her memoir titled ‘My Life in Full: Work, Family and Our Future’.

•      The book is published by Hachette India.

•      Indra Nooyi is an Indian-American business executive, who served as the chairperson and chief executive officer (CEO) of PepsiCo from 2006 to 2019.

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