Friday 6 August 2021
GK Update of thirty first July 2021 masking the next information headlines: Academic Bank of Credit, Mission Niryatak Bano, Bharat BillPay, fiscal deficit, CORPAT, Maharashtra Bhushan award 2021, World Ranger Day.
National News
1. PM Modi launches Academic Bank of Credit and Artificial Intelligence programme
- PM Modi has launched a number of instructional initiatives together with the Academic Bank of Credit that can present a number of entries and exit choices for college students in Higher schooling.
- Academic Bank of Credit is envisaged as a digital financial institution that holds the credit score earned by a pupil in any course.
- Academic Bank of Credit is a significant instrument for facilitating multidisciplinary and holistic schooling and a number of entry and exit in increased schooling.
- Academic Bank of Credit and the Artificial Intelligence programme to make the youth future-oriented and open the way in which for an AI-driven economic system.
State News
2. Rajasthan Government launches ‘Mission Niryatak Bano’
- The Rajasthan authorities’s industries division and the Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation (RIICO) have launched the ‘Mission Niryatak Bano’ marketing campaign to advertise aspiring exporters within the state.
- The marketing campaign is aimed toward registering and handholding the native merchants keen to increase their enterprise to overseas international locations, in six steps.
- This shall cowl help from coaching, securing crucial documentation, registration in Rajasthan Export Promotion Council and even assist in exports and commerce operations.
- The state authorities in consideration of the challenges of small companies had waived off the necessity for a number of state-level clearances for the preliminary three years of upcoming companies.
- The exporter help marketing campaign shall be one other step in serving to the native enterprise develop understanding in direction of the procedures and enhance their enterprise.
Important takeaways for all aggressive exams:
- Chief Minister of Rajasthan: Ashok Gehlot; Governor: Kalraj Mishra.
Appointments News
3. Bharat BillPay appoints PayU’s Noopur Chaturvedi as new CEO
- Bharat Bill Payment System has appointed former PayU and Airtel Payments Bank government Noopur Chaturvedi as its new chief government officer. Chaturvedi, previous to this appointment, was the nation head for small and medium companies at PayU.
- In a profession spanning practically 20 years, she has labored with Airtel Payments Bank, Samsung, ING Vysya Bank and Citibank in varied senior roles.
- Bharat BillPay is an interoperable and built-in invoice fee system for on-line in addition to agent-based settlement of recurring payments.
- On April 1 this 12 months, NPCI transferred all its BBPS mandates to a newly arrange subsidiary referred to as the NPCI Bharat BillPay Limited (NBBL), successfully hiving off its automated billing enterprise. Founded in 2013.
Business News
4. HDFC Bank, ICICI and Axis choose up stake in blockchain start-up
- Three of India’s greatest personal lenders – ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank have taken stakes within the blockchain monetary know-how agency IBBIC Pvt Ltd. HDFC Bank and Axis Bank invested ₹5 lakh every for the shares.
- ICICI Bank additionally stated it has subscribed to 49,000 totally paid-up fairness shares of face worth ₹10 every of IBBIC constituting 5.44 per cent of the issued and paid-up share capital. It paid ₹4.9 lakh for the shares.
- IBBIC was integrated on May 25 this 12 months as a monetary know-how firm with the target of offering a platform for exploring, constructing, and implementing distributed ledger know-how (DLT) options for the Indian monetary providers sector.
- About 15 banks have come collectively to arrange IBBIC, with an intention to increase using blockchain functions in monetary sector transactions.
Economy News
5. Modi govt’s fiscal deficit touches 18.2% of annual goal
- The central authorities’s fiscal deficit stood at Rs 2.74 lakh crore or 18.2 per cent of the total 12 months’s Budget estimate on the finish of June, in response to knowledge launched by the Controller General of Accounts (CGA).
- The fiscal deficit on the finish of June 2020 was 83.2 per cent of the Budget Estimates (BE) of 2020-21.
- The fiscal deficit or the hole between expenditure and income for 2020-21 was 9.3 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), higher than 9.5 per cent projected within the revised estimates within the Budget in February.
Defence News
7. thirty sixth version of CORPAT between India and Indonesia begins
- The thirty sixth version of CORPAT between India and Indonesia is being held on 30 and 31 July 2021, within the Indian Ocean area.
- The Indian Naval Ship (INS) Saryu, an indigenously constructed Offshore Patrol Vessel and Indonesian Naval Ship KRI Bung Tomo is enterprise coordinated patrol (CORPAT).
- Besides this, Maritime Patrol Aircraft from each nations are additionally taking part. The train is being performed as a ‘non-contact, at sea only’ train in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. India and Indonesia have been conducting the Coordinated Patrols alongside the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) since 2002 twice a 12 months.
- The primary intention of CORPAT is to maintain the Indian Ocean Region protected and safe for industrial transport, worldwide commerce and conduct of official maritime actions.
- CORPATs assist construct understanding and interoperability between navies and facilitate the establishment of measures to stop and suppress Illegal Unreported Unregulated (IUU) fishing, drug trafficking, maritime terrorism, armed theft and piracy.
Awards News
8. Asha Bhosle to get prestigious Maharashtra Bhushan award 2021
- The Maharashtra Bhushan Selection Committee chaired by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has unanimously chosen legendary playback singer Asha Bhosle for the distinguished award.
- Asha Bhosle is greatest identified for her playback singing in Hindi cinema, though she has a wider repertoire. Bhosle’s profession began in 1943 and has spanned over seven many years. She has carried out playback singing for over a thousand motion pictures.
- Asha Bhosle was formally acknowledged by the Guinness Book of World Records as probably the most recorded artist in music historical past. The Government of India honoured her with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2000 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2008. Bhosle is the sister of playback singer Lata Mangeshkar and belongs to the outstanding Mangeshkar household.
Important Days
9. World Ranger Day: 31 July
- World Ranger Day is noticed yearly on 31 July to commemorate the Rangers killed or injured whereas on obligation and to have a good time the work that Rangers do to guard the world’s pure and cultural heritage.
- World Ranger Day affords an opportunity to assist their important work, which ranges from environmental campaigning to schooling. The day can be a possibility to pay tribute to rangers who’ve misplaced their lives within the line of obligation. A Ranger is an individual tasked with preserving and defending parklands and pure protected areas.
- A Ranger sometimes refers to a forest ranger or a park ranger. It was on at the present time in 1992 that International Ranger Federation (IRF) was based. World Ranger Day was created by the International Ranger Federation and was first held in 2007.
Miscellaneous News
10. 14 Tiger Reserves of India get (CA|TS) Recognition
- From India, 14 tiger reserves have obtained the accreditation of the Global Conservation Assured Tiger Standards (CA|TS), on the event of International Tiger Day on July 29, 2021.
- The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) acknowledged the ‘BaghRakshaks’ for his or her efforts in defending Tigers and forests. The NTCA’s quarterly publication STRIPES was additionally launched throughout the occasion.
The 14 tiger reserves of India which have obtained prestigious international accreditation from CA|TS are:
- Mudumalai and Anamalai Tiger Reserves, Tamil Nadu
- Bandipur Tiger Reserve, Karnataka
- Parambikulam Tiger Reserve, Kerala
- Sunderbans Tiger Reserve, West Bengal
- Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, Uttar Pradesh
- Valmiki Tiger Reserve, Bihar
- Pench Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra
- Satpura, Kanha and Panna Tiger Reserves, Madhya Pradesh
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