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Daily G.K. - Top Stories

14 Oct 2021

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Chile's President Sebastián Piñera Faces Impeachment Bid

  • Chile's opposition has launched a bid to impeach President Sebastián Piñera over possible irregularities in the sale of a mining company, after details emerged in the Pandora Papers leak.
  • Mr. Piñera used "his office for personal business", congressman Tomas Hirsch said as he presented the accusation in the Lower House of Congress.
  • The President is accused of selling the firm to a friend in a deal contingent on a favourable regulatory decision.
  • The revelations come from the Pandora Papers, a leak of 11.9 million documents. The files say President Piñera sold the Dominga mine, a copper and iron project in an environmentally sensitive area, to a childhood friend in 2010, nine months after he had taken office.
  • The leaks suggest the last payment in the deal was conditional on not establishing an area of environmental protection where the mining company operated, a demand of environmental groups.
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BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

EESL Appoints Arun Kumar Mishra as CEO

  • State-owned Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL), a joint venture of NTPC Ltd and Power Grid Corp. of India Ltd, appointed Arun Kumar Mishra as chief executive officer (CEO) on deputation.
  • This follows EESL's executive vice chairperson Saurabh Kumar resigning. The PSU, set up under union power ministry, has been allotted the demand aggregation of electric three-wheeler and electric bus component under the Rs. 10,000 crore Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles (Fame) scheme of the central government.
  • Mishra is a veteran in the energy sector, with more than three decades of experience in National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) and Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) including Policy perspective as Director, National Smart Grid Mission (NSGM)– Project Management Unit (PMU) and Vice Chair, International Smart Grid Action Network (ISGAN).

India Retains 3rd Position in Renewable Energy Investment Attractiveness Index

  • India retained the third rank in the Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index released by consultancy firm EY.
  • India remained at the third position in the 58th edition of EY's 'Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index' (RECAI), which ranks the world's top 40 markets (nations) on the attractiveness of their renewable energy investment and deployment opportunities.

Paralympian Deepa Malik Joins OYO's Board as Independent Director

  • Oravel Stays Limited (OYO) appointed the current President of the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) Deepa Malik as an independent director to its Board.
  • An Indian athlete and a silver-medalist at the 2016 Paralympic Games, Malik joined OYO in September 2021.
  • Malik joins the board of OYO that has three other independent directors and one nominee director, besides Ritesh Agarwal who is the chairman.
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Germany Launches World's First Self-Driving Train

  • German rail operator, Deutsche Bahn and industrial group, Siemens launched the first automated & driverless train of the world.
  • The self-driving train was launched in the city of Hamburg, Germany.
  • This train is more punctual and energy efficient as compared to traditional trains.
  • The country has planned to add four such trains to the S-Bahn rapid urban rail network of northern city.
  • These trains will start carrying passengers from December on the existing rail infrastructure.
  • Other cities such as Paris have driverless metros on the other hand, airports often have automated monorail trains plying terminals. However, these trains run on exclusive single tracks while the Hamburg train will share tracks with other regular trains.
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SPORTS

BCCI Unveils Official Team India Jersey for T20 World Cup

  • The BCCI unveiled a brand new jersey which the Indian cricket team will be sporting at the T20 World Cup. The new kit is called the 'Billion Cheers Jersey' which replaces the 1992 World Cup pattern-like jersey the team had been donning since late 2020.
  • The jersey has been launched by MPL Sports, the official kit sponsors of the Indian cricket team.

Divya Deshmukh Becomes Woman Grand Master

  • Child prodigy Divya Deshmukh became India's latest Woman Grand Master (WGM) at the First Saturday Grandmaster Chess tournament in Budapest, Hungary.
  • She scored five points from nine rounds and came up with a rating performance 2452 to secure her third and final WGM-norm.
  • She also secured her second IM-norm and is now a norm away from becoming an International Master.
  • The Nagpur teenager had earned the first two WGM norms at the Velammal International women's round-robin tournament and the Aeroflot Open 2019.
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS

President Appoints 14 New Judges to Telangana, Orissa and Kerala High Courts

  • President Ram Nath Kovind appointed 14 new judges to Telangana, Orissa and Kerala high courts.
  • The judges were appointed in consultation with the Chief Justice of India.
  • Those appointed include 12 judicial officers, one advocate and a member of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal.
  • While seven judges were appointed to the Telangana High Court, four were appointed to the Kerala High Court. The Orissa High Court got three new judges.

Eight Newly Appointed Judges of Allahabad HC administered Oath

  • Eight newly appointed judges of the Allahabad High court were administered the oath office by Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal.
  • The oath was administered in a simple ceremony at the court of Chief Justice.
  • The judges who were administered the oath are Chandra Kumar Rai, Krishna Pahal, Sameer Jain, Ashutosh Srivastava, Subhash Vidyarthi, Brij Raj Singh, Shree Prakash Singh and Vikas Budhwar.
  • With the new judges being appointed, the number of judges in the Allahabad High Court increased to 97 against the sanctioned strength of 160 including the Chief Justice.

Urban Mental Wellbeing Index: Kochi, Chandigarh Best

  • An independent firm tracking consumer insights and behaviour in its research on mental wellbeing of people in urban centres has shown that people in tier 2 cities are doing much better on the wellbeing index than those in metros.
  • In its second Mental Wellbeing Whitepaper released to mark the World Mental Health Day, TRA Research followed citizens across urban India and covered 1,003 respondents across 16 cities between July and September 2021.
  • It measured the nature of worry people had—health worry, economy worry, family worry and financial worry and their ability to cope with these challenges.
  • The research found Tier 2 cities displayed the highest mental wellbeing scores. Kochi showed the highest MWBI (Mental Wellbeing Index) 2021 score followed by Lucknow and Chandigarh. Indore and Jaipur were next displaying very good mental wellbeing scores.
  • The worst mental health scores came from Kolkata, Ahmedabad and Chennai.
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DEFENCE

In a first, Assam Rifles Launches Skill Development Centre in Manipur

  • IG Assam Rifle (South) inaugurated first of its kind Skill Development Centre.
  • The historic step was taken by Assam Rifles to empower SoO (Suspension of Operations) carders with the launch of first of its kind skill development centre at SOO camp in Churachandpur district, Manipur.
  • This is a historic step was taken by Assam Rifles to bring SoO cadres into the mainstream by empowering them.
  • IGAR (South) coordinated with Zomi Revolutionary Organisation (ZRO) officials, Humanism foundation and NSDC to provide assistance in arranging equipment and Skill development training.
  • The training will be organised in multiple phases of 30 days each.

Centre Extends BSF Jurisdiction

  • The Centre issued a notification increasing the jurisdiction of the Border Security Force (BSF) to give its officers the powers of arrest, search and seizure to the extent of 50 kilometres from the borders inside the bordering states of Punjab, West Bengal, Assam, and Tripura.
  • According to an official notification, which has been issued by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), BSF is now authorised to take action under CrPC, Passport Act and Passport (Entry to India) Act.
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PERSONS IN NEWS

Rohit Sharma is Brand Ambassador of Infinity Learn

  • India opener Rohit Sharma was roped in as brand ambassador of Infinity Learn by Sri Chaitanya, an edtech company.
  • Rohit said that he was glad to be associated with reputed educational institution such as Sri Chaitanya with their digital learning venture Infinity Learn.
  • He will be the face of Infinity Learn's multi-channel marketing campaign and brand activities.
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DAYS AND EVENTS

World Sight Day

  • World Sight Day, observed annually on the second Thursday of October, is a global event meant to draw attention on blindness and vision impairment. It was originally initiated by the SightFirstCampaign of Lions Club International Foundation in 2000.
  • It has since been integrated into VISION 2020 and is coordinated by IAPB in cooperation with the World Health Organization.
  • The theme for 2021 World Sight Day is "Love Your Eyes." The theme stresses the need for awareness about our eye health and the need for taking care of our eyesight. For this purpose, we must get our eyes tested and encourage those we know to go for it, as well.

World Standards Day

  • World Standards Day is observed on October 14 annually and aims to spread awareness about the importance of standardisation to the global economy among regulators, consumers and the industry.
  • The International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) was established in 1947 with 67 technical committees. However, it was in 1970 that the first World Standards Day was formally inaugurated by Faruk Sunter, the then President of the ISO.
  • The date was chosen as October 14 to commemorate the first meeting of delegates from 25 countries on October 14, 1946 in London, who decided to design a global organisation for facilitating standardisation. The ISO was created by them one year later.
  • The theme for 2021 World Standards Day was "Standards for sustainable development goals - shared vision for a better world". The theme aimed to address social imbalances, develop a sustainable economy and slow the rate of climate change.
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AWARDS AND HONOURS

Dr. Randeep Guleria Bags 22nd Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award

  • AIIMS Delhi Director Dr. Randeep Guleria was honoured with the 22nd Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence for his pioneer and sustained contribution in the field of medicine and pandemic awareness.
  • Dr. Guleria was conferred the prestigious award by Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu who called him "commander-in-chief" of India's dedicated army of frontline warriors who have been selflessly waging a tireless battle against COVID-19.
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GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND SCHEMES

Tamil Nadu CM Stalin Launches Scheme to Melt Temple Jewellery

  • Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin launched temple gold monetisation scheme to melt into 24 carat gold bars, the unutilised jewellery in the possession of the temples in the State.
  • Initially, the gold ornaments lying unutilised at the three renowned temples of Sri Karumariamman temple in Tiruverkadu, Sri Mariamman temple in Samayapuram and Sri Mariamman temple at Irukkankudi, will be melted and converted into gold bars for monetisation.
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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION

NTA Launches National Aptitude Test for Skill Assessment

  • National Testing Agency, NTA, launched a National Aptitude Test (NAT 2021), an ability profiler exam for students aged 13 to 25. It aims to guide students toward the right institutions and skills training. Candidates can register themselves at the official website of NAT, nat.nta.ac.in. NTA conducts national medical and engineering exams, NEET and JEE Main.
  • NAT 2021 will be conducted at four levels for different age groups-Level 1 (13-15 Years), level 2 (16-18 Years), level 3 (19-21 years), level 4 (22-25 Years). The exam will be conducted on October 23 and 24 in an internet-based mode within a duration of two hours.
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TOURISM AND HOTEL INDUSTRY AWARENESS

IRCTC Launches 'Bharat Darshan' Tourist Train from Madhya Pradesh

  • The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) launched another Bharat Darshan tourist train from Madhya Pradesh in a bid to promote religious tourism in the country. The launch comes days after the IRCTC started a similar 'tourist train', which is meant to explore the five northeastern states under the 'Dekho Apna Desh' ("Explore your country") initiative. These tour packages are meant to be all-encompassing, with the IRCTC team taking care of all the travel needs of the passengers.
  • Bharat Darshan is a joint project of the Indian Railways and the Union ministry of tourism and culture, which organises "the world's cheapest and most comfortable" tour packages from time to time. Its purpose is to introduce the culture of different parts of the country to people who are deprived of tourism due to any reason.
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