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Daily G.K. - Top Stories

24 May 2021

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

IAEA will Have No Access to Iran's Nuclear Sites

  • As per Iran's parliament speaker, a three-month monitoring deal between Tehran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog has expired, and the agency would no longer access images of nuclear sites.
  • The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, is to hold a news conference with Tehran.
  • He is in talks with Iran on extending the monitoring arrangement, which could affect talks between Tehran and six powers to revive the 2015 nuclear deal.
  • Iran began gradually breaching terms of the pact with world powers after then-President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the deal in 2018 and re-imposed sanctions.
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ENVIRONMENT

Cheetah to Be Re-introduced in India

  • As per reports, cheetah, the world's fastest land animal which was declared extinct in India in 1952, is expected to be re-introduced into the country in November this year at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh.
  • The country's last spotted cheetah died in Chhattisgarh in 1947, and it was declared extinct in the country in 1952.
  • The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) some years back prepared a cheetah re-introduction project.
  • The Supreme Court had earlier given its approval to introduce African cheetahs to a suitable habitat in India on an experimental basis.
  • Officials from India will be sent to South Africa for sensitisation and training in June and July this year and according to the plan, the transportation of the cheetahs will take place in October and November.
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BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

SC Allows Banks to Invoke Personal Guarantees of Defaulters

  • In a significant verdict spelling troubles for personal guarantors to corporate debtors, the Supreme Court upheld the validity of the Centre's notification allowing banks to proceed against such persons for recovery of loans given to a firm under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC).
  • A Bench comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao and S. Ravindra Bhat held that approval of the resolution plan for revival of sick companies under the IBC does not discharge personal guarantors of their liability to pay back the banks or financial institutions (FIs) as they are bound by separate contracts.

Leonard Blavatnik UK's Richest Person

  • Leonard Blavatnik has topped the latest Sunday Times Rich List, having seen his fortune swell to £23bn.
  • The Ukranian-born oil and media magnate, who also owns Warner Music, saw his wealth surge by £7.2bn during the year.
  • He took the title from Sir James Dyson, whose wealth rose by only £100m to £16.3bn, leaving him in fourth place.
  • There are now a record 171 billionaires in UK, with their wealth rising 21.7% during the pandemic to £597.2bn.
  • Mr. Blavatnik made his fortune in Russia where he owned stakes worth billions of pounds in companies selling metal and oil. He is a notoriously-private man, and holds both US and UK citizenship.
  • His wealth was boosted by the proceeds of a £1.37bn stake in Warner, which he received when it listed on the stock market in the US last year.
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Record-breaking Light has more than a Quadrillion Electron Volts of Energy

  • Extremely energetic light from space is an unexplained wonder of astrophysics, and now scientists have spotted this light, called gamma ray, at higher energies than ever before.
  • The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory, LHAASO, spotted more than 530 gamma rays with energies above 0.1 quadrillion electron volts. The highest-energy gamma ray detected was about 1.4 quadrillion electron volts. For comparison, protons in the largest accelerator on Earth, the Large Hadron Collider, reach mere trillions of electron volts. Previously, the most energetic gamma ray known had just under a quadrillion electron volts.
  • In all, the scientists spotted 12 gamma ray hot spots, hinting that the Milky Way harbors powerful cosmic particle accelerators. In order for gamma rays to reach such energies, electromagnetic fields must first rev up charged particles, namely protons or electrons, to immense speeds. Those particles can then produce energetic gamma rays, for example, when protons interact with other matter in space.
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SPORTS

Asia Cup Postponed to 2023

  • The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) officially postponed the 2021 edition of the Asia Cup to 2023. The committee will confirm the dates later. This year's continental tournament was moved from Pakistan to Sri Lanka but rising cases in the island nation had led to its cancellation.
  • With all the big four Asian sides having packed schedules until the end of the year, finding a window for the tournament this year would have been extremely difficult.
  • The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) issued a statement in this regard.
  • There has been no Asia Cup since 2018, with the tournament planned for 2020 also getting postponed because of the pandemic. India have won the last two editions of the tournament.
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS

Haryana Launches 'Sanjeevani Pariyojana'

  • Haryana launched an anti-Covid "Sanjeevani Pariyojana". It provides a supervised and quick medical care at home for people, with mild to moderate symptoms of covid-19, residing in rural areas.
  • "Sanjeevani Pariyojana" was launched to extend medical care in rural areas where awareness regarding the second wave of COVID-19 and related treatment remains low. It is an important step of bringing medical care for the people who need it most. Under it, scope of medical advice has been expanded beyond qualified doctors as it mobilises 200 final year & pre-final year medical students and interns by connecting them to consultants and experts.
  • This initiative comprises of an Integrated Command and Control Centre to manage critical resources such as ambulance tracking, oxygen supply, hospital beds availability besides, door-to-door awareness campaign. Thus, it helps the district administration in keeping a bird's eye view of entire healthcare system.

Shiv Sena Targets Maharashtra Governor over Delay in Nominations

  • The Shiv Sena expressed hope that Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari would take serious cognisance of the Bombay High Court's observations on the delay in the nomination of 12 members to the Legislative Council under the governor's quota.
  • Sena MP Sanjay Raut wondered what research was being done on the file that was sent by the state government to the governor in November last year recommending 12 names for nomination. "Is anybody doing a PhD on it?
  • The Bombay High Court directed the Maharashtra government to file a reply explaining why the governor was taking such a long time to decide on the nomination of members to the Legislative Council, despite the 12 names having been submitted on November 6 last year.
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DEFENCE

Solar Industries India Ltd to Deliver First Lot of 40,000 Grenades to Indian Army

  • Union Government's bold decision to open up the ammunition manufacturing sector for private agencies is paying rich dividends as the Indian Army is all set to receive the first consignment of high quality grenades manufactured by Nagpur-based Economic Explosives Limited, said Anmol Rathi, Deputy General Manager of the company.
  • It is for the first time in the Indian history a private company is manufacturing ammunition for the Armed Forces.
  • Economic Explosives Limited, a subsidiary of Solar Industries India Limited, was recently awarded the contract of manufacturing 10 lakh grenades worth Rs. 400 crore for the Indian Army.

Aashritha V. Olety is India's First Woman Flight Test Engineer

  • In yet another first for women in the Indian military, an officer of the Indian Air Force (IAF) has graduated from the Air Force Test Pilot School as the country's first woman flight test engineer.
  • Squadron Leader Aashritha V. Olety is the first and only woman in the IAF qualified for the role, and as a flight test engineer, she evaluates aircraft and airborne systems before their induction into the armed forces. Olety, a native of Karnataka, has graduated as part of the 43rd Flight Test Course after completing a one-year course at the pilot school.
  • Test pilots, test engineers and test instrumentation engineers form an important team in test flying. It's a challenging avenue that requires theoretical and practical experience to test aircraft.
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PERSONS IN NEWS

Former Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Passes Away

  • Srikumar Banerjee, former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission passed away. He was 70.
  • He retired as chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and secretary of the Department of Atomic Energy in 2012.
  • Banerjee also served as the director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) for six years till 2010.
  • He was a recipient of many awards in his career, including the Padma Shri in 2005 and the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in 1989.

Music Director Ram Laxman Passes Away

  • Veteran music director Vijay Patil aka Laxman of Raam Laxman duo, who is known for his work in films such as Maine Pyaar Kiya, Patthar Ke Phool, Hum Saath Saath Hain and Hum Aapke Hai Kaun passed away. He was 79.
  • He had the rare distinction of working with the three Mangeshkar sisters, Lata, Usha and Asha. He gave Salman Khan the two biggest hits of his career. He reintroduced S.P. Balasubrahmanyam to Hindi film lovers. He gave Rajshri Films its most memorable box office success stories and he was the only one who survived the group's transition from making shoestring budget cinema to roaring multi-starrers. A sensitive man, he retained his composer partner's name (Raam had passed away in 1976) alongside his until he breathed his last following a cardiac arrest earlier today in Mumbai. He was none other than Vijay Patil, better known as music composer Raam Laxman.
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DAYS AND EVENTS

Commonwealth Day (India)

  • The Commonwealth Day is celebrated on the second Monday in the month of March every year. However, in India another Commonwealth Day is also celebrated on May 24. Also known as the Empire Day, the Commonwealth Day commemorates the formation of the British Empire in India and other colonies of Britain.
  • It was not until after the death of Queen Victoria, who passed away on January 22, 1901 that Empire Day was first celebrated. The first Empire Day was celebrated on May 24, 1902 which was the Queen's birthday. Many schools across the British Empire were celebrating it even before it was officially recognised as an annual event.
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GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND SCHEMES

Gujarat Governor Gives Assent to Bill Penalising Fraudulent Conversion by Marriage

  • Governor of Gujarat, Acharya Devvrat, gave his assent to Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2021 along with 7 other bills. These bills were passed in March 2021 during the budget session of the state assembly.
  • Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2021is also called as "anti-love jihad" Bill. It provides for punishment of 3-10 years in jail for forcible and fraudulent religious conversions by marrying the person. It amends the 2003 Act.
  • Earlier, Uttar Pradesh has enacted the "Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance, 2020" which is unofficially called as 'love jihad law'. This law makes conversion a non-bailable offence with up to 10 years of jail time if it is undertaken unlawfully or forcefully.
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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION

Asia's First International Memory Studies Workshop

  • Indian Institute of Technology Madras' Centre for Memory Studies hosted virtually Asia's first International Memory Studies Workshop. It precedes the official launch of the Indian Network for Memory Studies (INMS), and brought together participants from all over the world.
  • A number of participants acknowledged the academic as well as the deeply existential need to engage with the field of Memory Studies in the current pandemic world where memory, connectivity and empathy emerge as vital human attributes. Conducted from April 26 to 30 2021, the workshop had 108 registered participants.
  • This international workshop on Memory Studies, the first of its kind in Asia, precedes the official launch of the Indian Network for Memory Studies (INMS), the first national network in the field in Asia under the aegis of the International Memory Studies Association, Amsterdam. The launch of the INMS will take place in mid-June 2021 through a virtual event at IIT Madras.
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TOURISM AND HOTEL INDUSTRY AWARENESS

Spain to Reopen to Holidaymakers from UK

  • Spanish tourism officials have confirmed visitors from the United Kingdom will be able to travel to the country for a holiday from Monday.
  • Travellers from the UK will not need to present a negative Covid-19 test, as long as they have remained in the country for the past 14 days.
  • Similar conditions apply to Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Israel, South Korea, Thailand, Rwanda, China and Japan, as the country seeks to restart its tourism sector.

Guevara Joins Saudi Ministry of Tourism

  • The Saudi Arabia ministry of tourism appointed Gloria Guevara to the position of chief special advisor to Ahmed Al Khateeb, the Minister of Tourism.
  • Guevara was most recently chief executive of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC).
  • As a special advisor to the minister, she will draw on more than 25 years of public and private tourism sector experience to help facilitate international collaborations, develop human capital and contribute to the delivery of the ambitious, large-scale tourism investments under Vision 2030.
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