Monday 26 July 2021
GK Update of twenty first July 2021 protecting the next information headlines: Stand Up India Scheme, Jeff Bezos, Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli, Arogya Rakshak insurance coverage plan, Book Village, National Mission for Clean Ganga.
National News
1. Govt to arrange Indian Institute of Heritage at Noida
- The authorities has determined to arrange the Indian Institute of Heritage at Noida, Gautam Buddha Nagar.
- This will influence greater schooling and analysis within the discipline of wealthy Indian heritage and its conservation, resulting in Masters and PhD programs in History of Arts, Conservation, Museology, Archival Studies, Archaeology, Preventive Conservation, Epigraphy and Numismatics, Manuscriptology in addition to conservation coaching amenities to in-service workers and college students of the institute.
International News
2. Russia efficiently examined S-500 missile system
- Russia has efficiently test-fired its new S-500 air defence missile methods, from a southern coaching vary, Kapustin Yar, on July 20, 2021. It hit a high-speed ballistic goal as deliberate.
- The S-500 missile system is beneath growth by the Almaz-Antey Air Defence Concern. After checks are efficiently accomplished the primary S-500 methods that are additionally named the Triumfator-M and Prometheus shall be positioned at an air defence unit exterior town of Moscow.
- The S-500 is probably the most superior anti-missile system on the earth and is predicted to have a spread of 600km.
- This missile system can also be able to countering assaults from area.
- The S-500, often known as Prometey or 55R6M “Triumfator-M”, is a Russian surface-to-air missile/anti-ballistic missile system which is probably the most superior anti-missile system on the earth and is able to countering assaults from area.
Important takeaways for all aggressive exams:
- Russia President: Vladimir Putin.
- Russia Capital: Moscow.
- Russia Currency: Russian Ruble.
3. China unveils 600 kph maglev practice makes public debut
- China unveiled a maglev practice able to a high velocity of 600 kph. The most velocity would make the practice, self-developed by China and manufactured within the coastal metropolis of Qingdao, the quickest floor automobile globally.
- Using electromagnetic power, the maglev practice “levitates” above the monitor with no contact between physique and rail. China has been utilizing the expertise for nearly twenty years on a really restricted scale.
- Shanghai has a brief maglev line working from one among its airports to city.
- At 600 kph, it could solely take 2.5 hours to journey from Beijing to Shanghai by practice – a journey of greater than 1,000 km.
- Launched in October 2016, the high-speed maglev practice venture noticed the event of a magnetic-levitation practice prototype with a designed high velocity of 600 km per hour in 2019 and performed a profitable check run in June 2020.
Important takeaways for all aggressive exams:
- China Capital: Beijing;
- China Currency: Renminbi;
- China President: Xi Jinping.
States News
4. Assam CM Himanta Biswa assures govt jobs for National Games Medalists
- The Assam State Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma has assured jobs for all National Games medalists of Assam any longer.
- He additionally talked about that every one those that gained medals in National Games thus far for Assam could be given Sports Pension by the State Government. He hoped that this resolution would assist the sportspersons of the state.
- The Chief Minister additionally introduced that the home would ship a goodwill message to boxer Lovlina Borgohain who shall be vying for a medal in Tokyo Olympics.
- The Chief Minister said concerning the improve of sports activities pension on the sixth day of the Assam Assembly cupboard assembly. Further, the minister additionally mentioned that the federal government is planning to extend the pension of sportsperson from Rs. 8000 to Rs. 10,000.
Important takeaways for all aggressive exams:
- Assam Governor: Jagdish Mukhi;
- Assam Chief Minister: Himanta Biswa Sarma.
5. NMGC approves new tasks for rejuvenation of 6 rivers in Uttarakhand
- The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) in its thirty sixth Executive Committee has accepted new tasks for the rejuvenation of six rivers in Uttarakhand.
- According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), there are a complete of 9 polluted stretches in Uttarakhand and 6 of them are within the Udham Singh Nagar district on numerous tributaries or small rivers equivalent to Bhela, Dhela, Kichha, Nandor, Pilankha and Kosi.
- The tasks shall cowl the six polluted river stretches within the Kumaon area. Out of the remainder three polluted stretches, the venture of Ganga at Jagjeetpur, Haridwar has already been commissioned and on the remaining two, Namami Gange tasks are already beneath execution.
Important takeaways for all aggressive exams:
- Governor of Uttarakhand: Baby Rani Maurya;
- The chief minister of Uttarakhand: Pushkar Singh Dhami.
6. Perumkulam is Kerala’s first ‘Book Village’
- Perumkulam, in Kollam District, has been bestowed with the title Kerala’s first ‘Book Village’. This declare to fame outcomes from years of concerted efforts aimed toward encouraging the behavior of studying.
- Perumkulam is a small village in Kulakkada close to Kottarakkara in Kollam district. Bapuji Smaraka Grandhasala’, a library within the village is on the forefront on this effort of creating it the primary e book village of the State.
- The library inculcates ardour in the direction of studying by establishing bookshelves, or ‘Book Nests’ positioned at completely different corners of the village. Anybody can take books from the e book nests, learn them, and hold them again.
Important takeaways for all aggressive exams:
- Kerala CM: Pinarayi Vijayan;
- Kerala Governor: Arif Mohammad Khan.
Appointments News
7. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi appointed Deputy Leader of House in Rajya Sabha
- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has introduced the appointment of the Union minister for minority affairs, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi because the deputy chief of the House within the Rajya Sabha.
- Naqvi takes over from Piyush Goyal who has been elevated because the chief of the home within the Upper House.
- Both Goyal and Naqvi have their job minimize out for them. They must deal with the opposition within the Upper House and be sure that the home proceedings are performed easily to permit the passage of payments.
Economy News
8. ADB projected India’s financial progress forecast at 10% in FY22
- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has downgraded India’s financial progress forecast for the monetary yr 2021-22 (FY22) to 10 per cent, in its Asian Development Outlook (ADO) Supplement for July. Earlier this was estimated at 11%.
- The multilateral funding company has lowered the GDP progress forecast on account of the opposed influence of the coronavirus pandemic. Further, ADB has projected the GDP progress price for FY2022 (2022-23) to 7.5 per cent from the sooner projection of 7 per cent.
Business News
9. Goldman Sachs open its international centre in Hyderabad
- Banking and monetary providers main, Goldman Sachs has opened a brand new facility in Hyderabad as a part of its dedication to broaden its international centre for engineering and enterprise innovation in India.
- Hyderabad is rising as a key funding vacation spot for banking & monetary service.
- The new workplace is predicted to have about 800 folks by year-end and develop to over 2,500 folks by 2023.
- The new workplace will host features throughout engineering, finance, human capital administration, and assist for shopper banking, and concentrate on digital banking, synthetic intelligence and machine studying areas.
Important takeaways for all aggressive exams:
- Goldman Sachs CEO: David M. Solomon (Oct 2018–);
- Goldman Sachs Headquarters: New York, New York, United States;
- Goldman Sachs Founded: 1869.
10. LIC launches Arogya Rakshak insurance coverage plan
- The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has launched Arogya Rakshak, a non-linked, non-participating, common premium, particular person, medical health insurance plan.
- The plan offers fastened profit medical health insurance cowl towards sure specified well being dangers. It offers well timed assist in case of medical emergencies and helps the insured and his household to stay financially unbiased in troublesome occasions.
- The Arogya Rakshak coverage is completely different from the common complete medical health insurance by way of methodology of cost reimbursement.
- Generally, the great well being insurance policies reimburse the precise value incurred on the medical therapy, as much as the restrict of the sum insured.
Important takeaways for all aggressive exams:
- LIC Headquarters: Mumbai;
- LIC Founded: 1 September 1956;
- LIC Chairman: M R Kumar.
Defence News
11. OFT palms supply of 25 distant management weapons to Navy
- Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli palms over Fifteen 12.7 mm M2 NATO Stabilized Remote Control Gun to Indian Navy & 10 to Indian Coast Guard. It is manufactured with the switch of expertise settlement from Elbit Systems, Israel.
- This gun is provided with an inbuilt CCD digicam, thermal imager & a laser vary finder for commentary & monitoring of targets by means of the day and night time operations. The gun is supposed for marine functions and may remotely interact targets.
Science and Technology News
12. IIT Ropar develops first-of-its-kind Oxygen Rationing Device ‘AMLEX’
- The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar has developed a first-of-its-kind Oxygen Rationing Device known as AMLEX, to avoid wasting the oxygen which in any other case will get wasted unnecessarily, and in flip, improve the lifetime of medical oxygen cylinders three folds.
- The gadget will provide a required quantity of oxygen to the affected person throughout inhalation and can journey when the affected person exhales carbon dioxide.
- “AMLEX”, alternatively, was a system developed particularly for oxygen cylinders synchronising the circulate of oxygen with inhalation and exhalation of the affected person, thus conserving a considerable amount of oxygen within the reservoir for a long-lasting operation.
- As “AMLEX” provides a required quantity of oxygen to the affected person throughout inhalation and journeys when the affected person exhales CO2, it saves the circulate of oxygen at the moment.
13. Jeff Bezos launches to area aboard New Shepard rocket ship
- Billionaire Jeff Bezos has made a brief journey to area, within the first crewed flight of his rocket ship, New Shepard. He was accompanied by Mark Bezos, his brother, Wally Funk, an 82-year-old pioneer of the area race, and an 18-year-old scholar.
- They travelled in a capsule with the largest home windows flown in area, providing beautiful views of the Earth. On this flight was the oldest one that has been to area, Wally Funk and the youngest, scholar Oliver Daemen.
- When the capsule touched again down after the 10-minute, 10-second flight, Jeff Bezos exclaimed: “Best day ever!”.
- New Shepard, constructed by Bezos’ firm Blue Origin, is designed to serve the burgeoning marketplace for area tourism.
Important takeaways for all aggressive exams:
- Amazon CEO: Andrew R. Jassy;
Schemes News
14. GoI extends ‘Stand Up India Scheme’ as much as 2025
- The Government of India has prolonged the length of the ‘Stand Up India Scheme’ as much as the yr 2025.
- The scheme was launched by the Prime Minister on 05 April 2016 to facilitate loans to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and ladies debtors, to advertise entrepreneurship amongst them.
- The scheme gives financial institution loans to ladies and SC & ST communities to encourage them in establishing a greenfield enterprise, exterior of the farm sector, that’s within the manufacturing, providers or buying and selling sector.
- A complete of 1,16,266 loans amounting to Rs. 26204.49 crore has been prolonged beneath the Scheme since its inception. The mortgage beneath Stand Up India Scheme is prolonged by Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) between Rs. 10 lakh and Rs.1 Crore.
Miscellaneous News
15. IOC to arrange first ‘green hydrogen’ plant at UP
- Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), India’s largest oil agency, will construct the primary ‘green hydrogen’ plant of the nation at its Mathura refinery, to fulfill the rising demand for each oil and cleaner types of vitality.
- This would be the nation’s first inexperienced hydrogen unit. Previously, tasks have been introduced to supply ‘grey hydrogen’ utilizing fossil fuels equivalent to pure fuel.
- For this, the corporate will make use of 250 MW of electrical energy which it produces from renewable sources like solar energy, to supply completely inexperienced hydrogen by means of electrolysis.
- Mathura has been chosen by advantage of its proximity to TTZ (Taj Trapezium Zone). Hydrogen is the most recent buzz for assembly the world’s vitality wants. Hydrogen, in itself, is a clear gasoline however manufacturing it’s energy-intensive and has carbon byproducts.
Important takeaways for all aggressive exams:
- Indian Oil Corporation Chairperson: Shrikant Madhav Vaidya;
- Indian Oil Corporation Headquarters: Mumbai;
- Indian Oil Corporation Founded: 30 June 1959.
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