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Daily G.K. - Top Stories

08 Jun 2021

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Kamala Harris tells Guatemala Migrants: 'Do Not Come to US'

  • US Vice President Kamala Harris has urged would-be migrants in Guatemala not to try to enter the United States illegally.
  • Speaking on her first overseas trip since taking office, she said that the journey north was dangerous and would mainly benefit people smugglers.
  • Ms. Harris warned people they would be turned back at the border.
  • She has been tasked by President Joe Biden with controlling a surge in migration at the southern border.
  • Ms Harris has described her task as finding solutions to tackle the root causes of the border crisis, including corruption and the lack of economic opportunities.

Peru Election: Pedro Castillo Gains Last-minute Lead

  • Left-wing candidate Pedro Castillo has edged into the lead in a dramatic twist in Peru's presidential election.
  • With 94% of votes counted, Mr. Castillo overtook his right-wing rival, Keiko Fujimori, who is running for the presidency for the third time.
  • He has a lead of 0.1 percentage point, with just over 25,000 votes currently separating the two candidates.
  • They have both called for calm while the count is under way. This is Peru's most polarised poll in recent history.
  • Ms. Fujimori had been leading since the official count began, but as results from rural areas - where support for Mr. Castillo is strong - started to come in, the gap between them narrowed.

Abdulla Shahid Elected President of 76th Session of UN General Assembly

  • Maldives' Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid was elected as the new President of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), winning a three-fourth majority against contender Afghanistan's former foreign minister Zalmai Rassoul.
  • Shahid garnered 143 votes while Rassoul received 48 votes out of the 191 votes polled.
  • The election to the UNGA presidential post is held on an annual basis, rotated amongst various regional groupings. The 76th UNGA session (2021-22) was the turn of the Asia-Pacific group.
  • This is the first time the Maldives will be occupying the office of the President of the UNGA.
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ENVIRONMENT

New Dinosaur Species is Largest Found in Australia

  • Scientists in Australia have classified a new species of dinosaur, discovered in 2007, as the largest ever found on the continent.
  • The Australotitan cooperensis or "the southern titan" is among the 15 largest dinosaurs found worldwide.
  • Experts said that the titanosaur would have been up to 6.5 m (21 ft) tall and 30 m long.
  • Its skeleton was first discovered on a farm in south-west Queensland.
  • Palaeontologists had worked over the past decade to identify the dinosaur - distinguishing it from other known species by comparing scans of its bones to those of other sauropods.
  • Sauropods were plant-eating dinosaurs known for their size. They had small heads, very long necks, long tails and thick, pillar-like legs.
  • These dinosaurs roamed the continent during the Cretaceous Period, about 92-96 million years ago.
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BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

Flipkart Launches QR-code-based Pay-on-delivery Facility

  • Walmart-owned Flipkart launched a contactless, QR-code-based payment facility for all its pay-on-delivery shipments.
  • Consumers who opt for cash on delivery can use this facility, scan the QR code attached to their purchase and make a digital payment for their order through any UPI app at the time of delivery.
  • This will help those consumers, who opted for cash on delivery, who can use this facility to scan the QR code attached to their purchase and make a digital payment for their order through any UPI app at the time of delivery.
  • The payment method not only ensures greater safety for consumers at a time when they are looking to minimise personal contact but also addresses the trust deficit that many consumers might face.

Thales Appoints Ashish Saraf as Head of India Business

  • Thales appointed Ashish Saraf as Vice-President and Country Director for India with effect from June 2021.
  • He succeeded Emmanuel de Roquefeuil, who took up a new role as the VP and head for Thales in the Middle East.
  • Before joining Thales, Saraf served as the President and Head of the Airbus Helicopters - India and South Asia. He led Airbus' Helicopters' Sales, Services, Training, Innovation, Industrial Partnerships and Government Relations functions across the Civil, Parapublic and Military markets in the region.

IOC to Invest in Gujarat Refinery Expansion, Petchem Project

  • State-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) signed up an investment pact for adding petrochemical and lube plants to its previously announced plan to expand crude oil processing capacity at its Koyali refinery at Vadodara in Gujarat.
  • Expanding refining capacity by 4.3 million tonnes per annum to 18 million tonnes and adding plants to produce 500,000 tonnes per annum of polypropylene and 2,35,000 tonnes of lube oil base stock at the site would see total investment of about Rs. 24,000 crore.
  • Chief Minister of Gujarat Vijaybhai Rupani and Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Dharmendra Pradhan presided over an MoU signing ceremony for 'Investment Promotion' between the Government of Gujarat and IndianOil for setting up a Petrochemical and Lube Integration (LuPech) Project and Acrylics / Oxo Alcohol Project along with other infrastructure projects at Gujarat Refinery.
  • The LuPech project will produce import substitutes like Lube Oil Base Stock (LOBS) and Polypropylene. The Acrylics/Oxo Alcohol Project at Dumad and Gujarat Refinery will manufacture value-added Butyl Acrylate, a key ingredient for paints, coatings, adhesives, textile chemicals, plasticizer industry, and other similar products.
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SPORTS

French Open 2021

  • Defending champion Iga Swiatek held off a fierce challenge from Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk to reach the French Open quarter-finals with a 6-3, 6-4 victory. The eighth-seeded Pole has now won 22 consecutive sets at Roland Garros going into her clash with Greek 17th seed Maria Sakkari as she bids to become the first woman to retain the Roland Garros title since Justine Henin in 2007.

Railways to Monetise 15 Sports Complexes

  • Facing a cash-crunch owing to rising maintenance costs, the Railway Board has identified 15 sports facilities across the country for techno-economic studies for commercial development.
  • These facilities are Railway Sports Complex in DLW (Varanasi), Chennai, Kolkata, Raebareli, Maligaon in Guwahati, Kapurthala and Secunderabad; Indoor Stadium at Parel in Mumbai and Patna, Railway Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Bahala in Kolkata and Mahalaxmi in Mumbai; Cricket Stadium at Yelahanka in Bengaluru and Lucknow; Gorakhpur Stadium in Gorakhpur.
  • Effectively, this move will see Railways selling off these facilities to private players thereby ending all sporting activities.
  • The All India Railwaymen's Federation (AIRF) had written to the chairman, Railway Board, protesting the move.

Indian Women Archery Team Eye Tokyo Ticket

  • The Indian women's archery team, led by former World No. 1 Deepika Kumari to compete in their final Olympic qualification event on June 20.
  • The women's trio of Deepika, Ankita Bhakat and Komalika Bari will have to finish in the top-3 to clinch the last available berth for the Tokyo Olympics.
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS

Rajasthan Govt. Suspends Jaipur Greater Mayor

  • The Rajasthan government suspended the Jaipur Greater Municipal Corporation mayor and three councilors for allegedly misbehaving with the local body's Commissioner, a move that angered the BJP.
  • The Congress government also decided to conduct a judicial inquiry in the matter.
  • The Department of local self-governance issued the orders suspending mayor Somya Gurjar, and councilors Ajay Singh Chauhan, Paras Jain (all three from the BJP), and Shankar Sharma (independent) for allegedly manhandling, pushing and abusing the Commissioner.

India Elected to UN Economic and Social Council for 2022-24 Term

  • India has been elected to the Economic and Social Council, one of the six main organs of the United Nations, for the 2022-24 term.
  • The 54-member Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is at the heart of the United Nations system to advance the three dimensions of sustainable development – economic, social and environmental.
  • It is the central platform for fostering debate and innovative thinking, forging consensus on ways forward, and coordinating efforts to achieve internationally agreed goals.
  • It is also responsible for the follow-up to major UN conferences and summits.
  • India was elected in the Asia-Pacific States category along with Afghanistan, Kazakhstan and Oman.

BJP Wants Dalhousie Renamed as Netaji Nagar

  • A controversy has erupted in Himachal Pradesh over a proposal to rename Dalhousie, a famous hill station in Chamba district, as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Nagar, a demand made by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy and being opposed by the Congress.
  • Swamy wrote to state Governor Bandaru Dattatreya in this regard. The town is named after Lord Dalhousie, who was the Governor General of India during the British rule.
  • In 1992, the BJP government under CM Shanta Kumar had even issued a notification renaming the town, but the subsequent Congress regime withdrew it.
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DEFENCE

Russia Confirms Exit from Open Skies Treaty

  • Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a Bill to withdraw from an international treaty allowing surveillance flights over military facilities, following the US exit from the pact.
  • The Bill was endorsed by Russian lawmakers after US officials told Moscow last month that President Joe Biden's administration had decided not to reenter the Open Skies Treaty that the US left under President Donald Trump.
  • As a presidential candidate, Biden had criticised Trump's withdrawal as "short-sighted". Moscow had signaled its readiness to reverse the withdrawal procedure and stay in the 1992 treaty if the United States returned to the agreement, but now Putin's signature seals the Russian withdrawal that would take effect in six months.
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DAYS AND EVENTS

World Oceans Day

  • Every year, on the occasion of World Oceans Day on 8 June, the world comes together to celebrate the largest water body on the planet. This day is observed to create awareness about the benefits provided by the oceans to human beings.
  • In 2008, World Oceans Day was declared as an official occasion by the United Nations (UN) which finalises different themes every year to celebrate the special day. This year's theme is 'The Ocean: Life and Livelihoods', which focuses on the livelihood and life that oceans sustain.
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GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND SCHEMES

Delhi Govt. Launches 'Jahan Vote, Wahan Vaccination' Campaign

  • With the aim to vaccinate all people above 45 years against COVID-19 in Delhi within the next four weeks, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched 'Jahan Vote, Wahan Vaccination' campaign.
  • Kejriwal said, "We are starting a 'Jahan Vote, Wahan Vaccination' campaign from today. Under this campaign, we will tell people to visit their designated polling stations to get vaccinated. Our goal is within four weeks if there is no shortage of vaccines, all the people above 45 years of age will be vaccinated in Delhi. The central government is providing vaccine doses for beneficiaries of this age group."
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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION

PMK Calls upon TN Govt. to Make Tamil Compulsory Medium of Instruction in Schools

  • The founder leader of Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), S. Ramadoss, has called upon the Tamil Nadu government to bring in legislation to make Tamil the compulsory medium of instruction in schools across the state.
  • The PMK leader said that Section (F) of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE), 2009 says that "Mother tongue must be the medium of instruction as far as practicable".

JMI Improves Rank in London based THE Asia University Rankings-2021

  • Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) has been ranked at 180th position by the London-based Times Higher Education (THE) Asia University Rankings- 2021. With a remarkable jump of 18 position JMI reached to 180th rank improving its position from 198 last year.
  • The Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings assessed performance of 551 universities from 30 countries on the same 13 performance indicators/parameters as the THE World University Rankings, but they were recalibrated to reflect the attributes of Asia's institutions.
  • The universities were judged across all their core missions teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons available. JMI has scored maximum points for its teaching, citations and industry income.
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BOOKS AND AUTHORS

Book '1232 km: The Long Journey Home'

  • A new book titled '1232 km: The Long Journey Home' by filmmaker Vinod Kapri chronicles the journey of seven migrant workers from Bihar, who journeyed back home on their bicycles and reached their destination after seven days. The book is published by Harper Collins. The nationwide lockdown in March 2020 forced thousands of migrant workers to return to their native villages by covering thousands of kilometres on foot.
  • Kapri accompanied these seven migrant workers — Ritesh, Ashish, Ram Babu, Sonu, Krishna, Sandeep and Mukesh — on their 1,232-km journey from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh to Saharsa in Bihar. It is a story of courage as well as the desperation of seven men braving police lathis and insults, battling hunger and exhaustion to reach their home. According to the author, he was curious to know what makes labourers' cycle 1,232 kilometres without food or any help in such extreme circumstances. He wanted to see them up close.
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TOURISM AND HOTEL INDUSTRY AWARENESS

Hyatt Regency Mumbai Shuts Operations Indefinitely

  • Hyatt Regency Mumbai has shut its Mumbai property due to the financial crunch facing its asset owner Asian Hotels (West). The five star property issued a notice informing the staff on its roll that no funds are being infused from the property owner to meet the operational expenses of the hotel including payment of salaries. The hotel, therefore, has to be closed until further notice.
  • Hyatt is managing the property in Mumbai on a contract basis on behalf of Asian Hotels.
  • Hyatt is an American hospitality brand that manages and franchises hotels.
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