Daily Current Affairs – 19 October 2021 | Gkseries

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Daily Current Affairs 19 October 2021

The International Cricket Council has partnered with UNICEF to spread awareness about the mental health and wellbeing of both children and adolescents in the Men’s T20 World Cup.

Under this partnership, ICC will promote the #OnYourMind campaign of UNICEF at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021, beginning on October 17, 2021.

The ICC will use its global platforms, including its broadcast and digital channels to support UNICEF’s work and urge for greater commitment, connection, and the partnership will highlight the need for more conversations around mental health and wellbeing.

The Reserve Bank of India on October 18, 2021, slapped a fine of Rs 1 crore on State Bank of India NSE -0.50 % for failing to comply with fraud classification rules. The regulator said it had conducted a probe in accounts maintained with SBI and had found it deficient in reporting frauds.

The penalty has been imposed for non-compliance with the directions contained in “RBI (Frauds classification and reporting by commercial banks and select FIs) directions 2016”.

The penalty has been imposed in the exercise of powers vested in RBI under the provisions of section 47A (1) (c) read with sections 46(4)(i) and 51(1) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

A New Delhi-based 17-year-old entrepreneur named Vidyut Mohan earned the coveted ‘Earth shot Prize’ in London on October 17. Dubbed as the ‘Eco-Oscars’, it is an environmental award run by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William, and Kate Middleton.

The ‘Eco-Oscars’ is an environmental award established by Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and renowned British historian David Attenborough in 2020, to be awarded annually from 2021 to 2030 to 5 winners.

Vidyut Mohan’s one-of-a-kind invention was nominated in the ‘Clean Our Air’ category of the awards. Known as ‘Takachar’, it aims to not only lessen the smoke emissions but also combat climate change and portable device that uses crop residue to convert it into bio-products like fuel and fertilisers to reduce smoke emissions and combat air pollution.

Each of the five winners will receive £1 million for their project.

The awards were announced in five categories namely: Protect and Restore Nature, Clean our Air, Revive our Oceans, Build a Waste-Free World and Fix our Climate.

The Indian Army won a gold medal at the Cambrian Patrol Exercise held in the UK while competing against 96 teams representing Special Forces and regiments from around the world.

The 4/5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) represented the Indian Army at the drill held at Brecon, Wales, in the United Kingdom from October 13 to 15, 2021.

The award ceremony was attended by Gen Mark Carleton-Smith, the chief of general staff of the British Army, who presented the gold medal to the Indian Army team. Brig Vikramjit Singh Gill, the military advisor at the Indian high commission, also attended the event. The Ex Cambrian Patrol is an international event organised by UK Army, in which militaries from across the world take part.

The drill sometimes referred to as the Olympics of Military Patrolling among militaries in the world, is considered the ultimate test of human endurance and team spirit.

Rahul Dravid will be appointed as Team India’s Head Coach after the conclusion of the upcoming T20 World Cup. Ravi Shastri would be stepping down from the position after the conclusion of the showpiece event. whose tenure at the helm ends after the 2021 edition of the T20 World Cup in the UAE. 

The BCCI, following due process invited applications for the posts of Indian men’s senior cricket team Head coach and batting, bowling, and fielding coaches. As per reports, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and honorary secretary Jay Shah had a meeting with Dravid in Dubai and pleaded with him to take charge of the national team. As per reports, Dravid, also known as ‘The Wall’ of Indian cricket, has been roped in on a two-year contract and he will draw a salary of INR 10 crores.

Team India has also appointed lieutenant Paras Mhambrey as their bowling coach, replacing Bharat Arun. Even as Vikram Rathour has been persisted with as the batting coach, the decision on who should replace fielding coach R Sridhar hasn’t been made just yet.

Fifteen-year-old Divya Deshmukh became India’s 21st Woman Grand Master (WGM) after achieving her 2nd International Master (IM) at Grand Master (GM) in Budapest, Hungary. Deshmukh scored five points in the nine rounds and ended up with a performance rating of 2452 to secure her final WGM norm.

Divya also secured her second IM-norm and is now a norm away from becoming an International Master. Apart from three wins, she played out four draws while losing two games in the tournament.

Who Is Divya Deshmukh?

In 2020, the chess prodigy had won in India’s U-16 girls’ category. The victory placed Deshmukh at the first position in the under 16 girls’ chess in India and on the fifth spot in the world ranking. She got 2,322 international rating points. She is also the first ranking player in the under 18 age group and holds the fifth rank in under 20 categories of chess in India.

Capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India has constituted a four-member “high powered advisory committee on settlement orders and compounding of offenses”.

The Chairman of the committee will be Vijay C Daga, retired judge of the High Court of Bombay. The terms of reference of the Committee will be as per “Securities and Exchange Board of India (Settlement Proceedings) Regulations, 2018”.

The committee will be chaired by Vijay C Daga, retired judge of the High Court of Bombay, according to an update with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi).

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi launched the “Mera Ghar Mere Naam” scheme to give ownership rights to people living in houses within the ”lal lakir” of villages and cities. The land area which is a part of the village habitation and is used for non-agriculture purposes only is known as Lal Lakir.

The Revenue Department has been mandated to undertake drone surveys of such residential properties both in rural and urban areas for digital mapping, following which all eligible residents would be given the property cards, after proper identification or verification, to confer proprietary rights upon them in a time-bound manner. The property card will serve the purpose of registry against which they can avail loans from the banks or even sell their properties.

China has successfully launched its 1st solar exploration satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province. The satellite was launched aboard a Long March-2D rocket and entered its planned orbit successfully.

The satellite was named ‘Xihe’ (Xihe is the goddess of the sun who created the calendar in ancient Chinese mythology), also known as the Chinese Hα Solar Explorer (CHASE). The satellite has been developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).

It said the mission is expected to provide scientists with the first high-quality observation data of the source area of a solar eruption and will improve China’s research capability in solar physics, adding that it is very meaningful to the nation’s space exploration and satellite technology.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approved the re-appointment of Mr. Amitabh Chaudhry as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of leading private lender – Axis Bank for a period of three years. Amitabh had taken charge as Axis Bank’s new MD and CEO in January 2019 after outgoing MD and CEO Shikha Sharma retired, effective December 31, 2018.

The extended three-year term will be effective from January 1, 2022, as per a regulatory filing by the bank to the stock exchanges.