Daily Current Affairs – 8 December 2021 | Gkseries
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Daily Current Affairs 8 December 2021
External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has stressed on the importance of respecting and facilitating freedom of navigation and overflight and unimpeded commerce in a globalized world. He said this while addressing the fifth Indian Ocean Conference in Abu Dhabi. The theme of the conference was ‘Indian Ocean: Ecology, Economy, Epidemic’. The Conference is chaired by Sri Lankan President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa & Vice Chairs are S.Jaishankar, Vivian Balakrishnan, Sayyid Badr Bin Hamad Bin Hamoud Al Busaidi.
Who organized this conference?
The conference is being organized by India Foundation in collaboration with the RSIS Singapore, Institute of National Security Studies (INSS), Sri Lanka, and the Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR), UAE.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of multiple projects worth Rs 18,000 crore at Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The 7 projects inaugurated consist of initiatives focusing on making travel safer including the 120 MW Vyasi Hydroelectric Project, along with Himalayan Culture Centre in Dehradun.
The 11 projects for which the foundation has been laid include the Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor which will be built at a cost of Rs 8,300 crore. It will have Asia’s largest wildlife elevated corridor (12 kilometers) for unrestricted wildlife movement. The expressway will reduce the distance between the two cities from 248 km at present to 180 km. PM Modi laid the foundation stone for the Dehradun – Paonta Sahib (Himachal Pradesh) road project, being constructed at a cost of around Rs 1700 crore.
The 120 MW Vyasi hydroelectricity project, a 38-km long stretch between Devprayag and Shrikot on NH-58, and a widened 33 km stretch between Brahmapuri and Kaudiyala on Rishikesh-Badrinath national highway were among the other crucial projects inaugurated by PM Modi on Saturday.
He also announced that the services of three new medical colleges would soon be available in the state.
Static/Current Takeaways Important For All Exam 2021:
Uttarakhand Capitals: Dehradun (Winter), Gairsain (Summer);
Uttarakhand Governor: Lt Gen Gurmit Singh;
Uttarakhand Chief Minister: Pushkar Singh Dhami.
Gujarat has left behind Maharashtra to become the country’s leading manufacturing hub, according to data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Gujarat saw its Gross Value Addition (GVA) in manufacturing grow by 15.9 percent annually between FY12 to FY20 to stand at Rs 5.11 lakh crore, data shows. GVA is an economic metric that measures the supply of goods and services in an economy.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra’s annual growth rate stood at nearly half of Gujarat’s at 7.5 percent for the same time period and its GVA for manufacturing stood at Rs 4.34 lakh crore in FY20. Maharashtra is still the leading provider of services in India, with the state’s services GVA growing by 12.6 percent annually, standing at Rs 15.1 lakh crore in FY20.
Static/Current Takeaways Important For All Exam 2021:
Gujarat Capital: Gandhinagar;
Gujarat Governor: Acharya Devvrat;
Gujarat Chief minister: Bhupendrabhai Patel.
Unix, an Indian Mobile Accessories manufacturing brand, has signed Indian Cricket Fast Bowler, Jasprit Bumrah as its Brand Ambassador to increase the visibility of their products. UNIX is a popular Indian brand that offers the latest and widest range of mobile accessories for your smartphones. Since its inception in 2006, UNIX has been headquartered in Mumbai and a manufacturing facility in Gujarat.
The products include wearable mobile electronics such as Chargers, Earphones, Data Cables, Power Banks, Wireless Speakers, Smartphone Batteries, Bluetooth neckbands and TWS are mostly manufactured and marketed across India through distributors.
Kinara Capital on the occasion of the company’s 10th anniversary has announced cricketer Ravindra Jadeja as its brand ambassador.
Kinara Capital provide loan service to India’s MSMEs. Till date, Kinara Capital has disbursed 70,000 collateral-free loans. With this partnership, Kinara aims to boost its outreach in financing the MSME sector in the country. With a current AUM of INR 1000 crores, Kinara Capital plans to grow 500 percent by the year 2025.
Indian shipbuilder Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE) has achieved another milestone with the launch of the first Survey Vessel, in the series of four ships under the Survey Vessel (Large) project for the Indian Navy on December 5.
Called Sandhayak, the vessel is the first in the series of four ships being built under the Survey Vessel Large (SVL) project. It has been built at GRSE.
Indian State Defence Minister Ajay Bhatt, who was present at the launch ceremony, said that the ship’s launch is a new milestone for the country’s vision of ‘New India’ by 2030.
In October 2018, the Indian Ministry of Defence and GRSE signed the contract to build the four survey ships. Featuring over 80% indigenous content by cost, the ships are fully designed by GRSE and are being built using ‘Integrated Construction’ concepts.
Important For All Exam 2021:
GRSE Chairman & Managing Director: Rear Admiral V K Saxena.
GRSE Headquarters: Kolkata, West Bengal.
Punjab National Bank (PNB) said it has launched the PNB Pride-CRMD module tool, an android-based application for differently-abled employees to monitor and effectively follow up with the special mention account (SMA) borrowers. The Pride-CRMD module has built-in TalkBack software that allows the visually impaired to access the system freely and to interact with customers by tapping on their phones.
Significance of the app:
- Punjab National Bank emphasized the abilities of differently-abled staff members and the utilization of their skills in the conceptualization of PNB warriors and implementation of PNB Pride.
Aim of the app:
- The app aims to promote the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities, it said, adding that the platform opens new vistas of opportunities for ‘PNB Warriors’ with visual or any other physical impairment, helping them to make a valuable and tangible contribution.
- This tool shall be compatible with iOS also very soon, it said. SMA accounts are stressed loans which are recognized early, which enables banks to initiate remedial action in time. And prevent such borrowers from going into NPAs.
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton (Britain) won the inaugural edition of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix (GP), by surpassing Max Verstappen (Netherlands) in the event held at the 30-kilometer (18.6-mile) coastal resort area in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Reema Juffali has been appointed as an ambassador for the first edition of the Saudi Grand Prix, under the Formula 1 (F1) World Championship. Reema Juffali is the 1st Female F1 driver of Saudi Arabia.
A new book titled “1971: Charge of the Gorkhas and Other Stories” has been released and was written by Rachna Bisht Rawat. The book includes, from the story of the flight lieutenant who went missing after his plane crashed inside Pakistan to the ‘last khukri attack’ in modern military history.
Rachna Bisht Rawat is the author of six books by Penguin Random House India, including the bestsellers The Brave and Kargil.
“Public Service Ethics” book by Prabhat Kumar – The Vice President of India, M Venkaiah Naidu has released a new book titled “Public Service Ethics- A Quest for Naitik Bharat”. the book was authored by Prabhat Kumar, published by IC Centre for Governance, at Upa-Rashtrapati Nivas, New Delhi.
It highlights the multiple dimensions element of human character, the practice of ethical principles as a way of life. The book throws light on the multidimensional element of human character, the practice of moral principles as a way of life. It marked the importance of accountability, integrity, transparency, and credibility of the public governance system.
Sarada Menon, head of the Institute of Mental Health, and pioneer in India’s mental health space, died on Sunday at the age of 98, in Chennai. She was born in a Malayali family in Mangaluru, Karnataka. She was honoured with Padma Bhushan in 1992 for social works.
Some facts about Dr Sarada Menon:
- Dr Menon joined the Institute of Mental Health in Kilpauk in 1959 and soon became its first woman Superintendent by 1961.
- She established the Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF India) in 1984 along with psychiatrist R Thara.
- She also founded ASHA, a community-based platform supporting the families of those affected by mental illnesses.