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Daily G.K. - Top Stories

15 Oct 2021

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Japan Dissolves Parliament, Paves Way for Election

  • Japan's new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida dissolved the Lower House of parliament, setting the stage for national elections later this month.
  • Kishida, who formally took over the reins from Yoshihide Suga, will be seeking to maintain a Lower House majority for his conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).
  • The Prime Minister also enjoys reasonable public support, according to opinion polls.
  • Voters in Japan will head to the polls on October 31 to choose a new parliament, and indirectly elect the country's next government.
  • The last Lower House election was held in 2017 under Shinzo Abe, who pulled the long-ruling LDP further to the right while serving as Japan's longest-serving Prime Minister.

Global Hunger Index Ranks India at 101 Out of 116 Countries

  • India slipped to 101st position in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021 of 116 countries, from its 2020 position of 94th and is behind its neighbours Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal.
  • Eighteen countries, including China, Brazil and Kuwait, shared the top rank with GHI score of less than five.
  • The report, prepared jointly by Irish aid agency Concern Worldwide and German organisation Welt Hunger Hilfe, termed the level of hunger in India alarming.
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ENVIRONMENT

Polar Bears Could Vanish by the End of the Century

  • Arctic sea ice has been steadily decreasing since the beginning of satellite records in 1979, but a new study comes with a chilling (or perhaps, warming) prediction: By the end of this century, Arctic sea ice may disappear during the summer, which could drive polar bears and other ice-dependent species to extinction.
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BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

World Steel Association Elects JSW Steel's Sajjan Jindal as Chairman

  • The World Steel Association (WSA) elected JSW Steel Chairman and Managing Director Sajjan Jindal as its Chairman for the 2021-22 period.
  • With this, Jindal became the first representative from India to serve as Chairman of the WSA.
  • WSA acts as the focal point for the steel industry, providing global leadership on all major strategic issues impacting the industry, particularly focusing on economic, environmental, and social sustainability.

Four Indian Companies in Forbes World's Top 100 Best Employers List

  • Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is among the top four Indian companies to work for, according to World's Best Employers rankings 2021 published by Forbes. Mukesh Ambani-owned RIL was placed at the 52nd position in the overall ranking of 750 global corporates.
  • Other Indian companies that made it to the top 100 rankings include ICICI Bank at 65, HDFC Bank at 77 and HCL Technologies at 90. Apart from that, State Bank of India (SBI) was ranked at 119, Larsen & Toubro at 127, Infosys 588, Tata Group at 746 and Life Insurance Corp (LIC) was placed at 504. Other Indian firms on the list include Bajaj at 215, Axis Bank at 254, Indian Bank at 314, Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) at 404, Amara Raja Group at 405, Kotak Mahindra Bank at 418 and Bank of India at 451. ITC was placed at 453, while Cipla was on 460 and Bank of Baroda at 496.
  • The top place in the Forbes rankings was occupied by South Korean giant Samsung Electronics, followed by US giants IBM, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, Alphabet and Dell Technologies. China-based Huawei was the 8th in order of the best employer in the world.

RBI Grants Banking Licence to Unity Small Finance Bank

  • The Reserve Bank of India has granted a banking licence to Unity Small Finance Bank Ltd (USFBL), which was established jointly by the Centrum Financial Services Ltd (CFSL) and Resilient Innovations Private Limited (BharatPe), to carry on a SFB business in India. It is the first time ever that two partners are uniting equally to build a Bank. The proposed business model is one of collaboration and open architecture, uniting all its stakeholders to deliver a seamless digital experience.
  • RBI had accorded "in-principle" approval to CFSL, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Centrum Capital, on June 18 to set up a small finance bank (SFB). Centrum's MSME and Micro Finance businesses shall be merged into Unity Small Finance Bank.
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

William Shatner Becomes World's Oldest Space Traveler

  • Actor William Shatner soared aboard a Blue Origin rocket ship on a suborbital trip and landed in the Texas desert to become at age 90 the oldest person ever in space as U.S. billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos's company carried out its second tourist flight.
  • Shatner was one of four passengers to journey to the edge of space aboard the white fully autonomous 60-foot-tall (18.3 meters-tall) New Shepard spacecraft.
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS

MHA Begins Tripartite Talks with Gorkhas and WB

  • The Union Home Ministry began tripartite talks with the Gorkha representatives from the Darjeeling Hills, Terrai and Dooars region and the Government of West Bengal in order to resolve the longstanding demand of statehood in the North Bengal region.
  • The talks were chaired by Home Minister Amit Shah with the Gorkha delegation led by Darjeeling MP Raju Bishta. The meeting discussed various issues concerning the Gorkhas and the region.

India Gets Re-elected to UN Human Rights Council

  • India was re-elected to the UN Human Rights Council for the 2022-24 term and vowed to continue to work for the promotion and protection of Human Rights through "Samman, Samvad and Sahyog."
  • The UN General Assembly elected by secret ballot Argentina, Benin, Cameroon, Eritrea, Finland, Gambia, Honduras, India, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Montenegro, Paraguay, Qatar, Somalia, UAE and the USA.

Haryana Allows Government Employees to Take Part in RSS Activities

  • After 54 years, Haryana government employees will now be able to take part in the activities of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as the state government considers the sangh a non-political organisation.
  • In a very clandestine manner the BJP-led Haryana government lifted the ban on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Jamaat-e-Islami. As per notification issued yesterday by the general administration department of the state government states that the Haryana Government while implementing Haryana Civil Services (Government Employees Conduct) Rules, 2016 has banned the participation of employees in politics and elections.
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DEFENCE

China, Russia Launch Joint Naval Drills in Russian Far East

  • China and Russia are holding joint naval drills off the Russian Far East in the latest sign of their growing political and military alignment.
  • The exercises Joint Sea 2021 kicked off with a ceremony in Russia's Peter the Great Gulf.
  • As per reports, the drills encompassed communications, anti-mine, anti-air and anti-submarine operations, joint maneuvering and firing on seaborne targets.
  • While such exercises have been held before, the reports said that this is the first time China has sent anti-submarine warfare planes and destroyers of more than 10,000 tons in displacement for exercises abroad.

Greece, U.S. Renew Defence Deal to Boost Cooperation

  • The United States and Greece signed an agreement renewing their long-standing defence cooperation, a move Secretary of State Antony Blinken said would allow the NATO allies to advance security in the Eastern Mediterranean region and beyond.
  • Known as the U.S.-Greece Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement, the MDCA has allowed U.S. forces to train and operate within Greek territory since 1990.
  • The two countries, which have strong political and economic ties, renewed their agreement for five years with an understanding that from then onward, it would remain in place indefinitely unless one of the parties chooses to withdraw.
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PERSONS IN NEWS

Coca-Cola India Extends Partnership with Sourav Ganguly for Three Years

  • Beverage major Coca-Cola India extended partnership with former Indian skipper and BCCI President Sourav Ganguly as its ambassador for another three years.
  • Ganguly, now President of the Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI), had earlier signed a pact with Coca-Cola in 2017.
  • The US-based company has a long history of sponsoring major sporting events around the world. It operates in the country through its power brands like Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, ThumsUp, Fanta, among others.
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DAYS AND EVENTS

World Students' Day

  • October 15 of every year is celebrated as World Students' Day in honour of former Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam, who was born on the same day in 1931. The day aims to acknowledge the efforts of Kalam towards education and students.
  • The United Nations declared October 15 as World Students' Day in 2010. Every year the world body decides a theme to mark the observance of the day. The theme for World Students' Day 2021 was "Learning for people, planet, prosperity and peace", which aims to reaffirm the role of education as a fundamental right of every person across the world.
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AWARDS AND HONOURS

Nadella Gets C. K. Prahalad Award for Business Sustainability Leadership

  • Indian American Satya Nadella, the Microsoft CEO, is among the corporate leaders to receive this year's prestigious C. K. Prahlad Award for Global Business Sustainability Leadership.
  • Created in 2010 the prestigious award recognises exceptional, globally significant private-sector action that exemplifies the fundamental connection between sustainability, innovation and long-term business success in a globalizing world.
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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION

DRDO Chief Lays Foundation Stone of Kalam Centre for Science and Technology

  • Defence R&D Secretary and DRDO Chairman Dr. G Satheesh Reddy laid the foundation stone for construction of the Kalam Centre for Science and Technology (KCST) in the campus of Central University of Jammu.
  • Reddy said that KCST will emerge as a focussed research and prominent work centre in the country.
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ART AND CULTURE

Gold 'Sun Bowl' Discovered Near Bronze Age Swamp

  • Archaeologists excavating a 3,000-year-old settlement in Austria unearthed a golden bowl with the image of a sun adorning its underside.
  • At the bottom of the bowl, a sun disc with 11 rays is depicted. The artisan (or artisans) who crafted the bowl also included a "circular motif [images] of circles and dots" decorating the bowl's exterior.
  • The fragile bowl was shaped out of gold sheet metal, and it "probably had a cultic function.
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