Daily Current Affairs: August 13, 2021

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Important Days

World Organ Donation Day – 13 August

• World Organ Donation Day is observed on 13 August every year to spread awareness about the importance of organ donation and address and debunk myths related to donating organs.

International Lefthanders Day – 13 August

• The International Lefthanders Day is observed on 13 August every year to raise awareness about the importance of acknowledging and appreciating left-handed persons across the globe.

National News

• Union Government announces the Prime Minister’s Shram Awards for 2018Union Government announced the Prime Minister’s Shram Awards for 2018 in recognition of distinguished performance, innovative abilities, outstanding contribution in the field of productivity and exhibition of exceptional courage and presence of mind.
• Prime Minister’s Shram Awards for this year were given in three categories — Shram Bhushan Awards which carry a cash prize of Rs. 1 lakh each, Shram Vir/Shram Veerangana Awards which carry a cash prize of Rs. 60,000 each and Shram Shree/Shram Devi Awards which carry a cash prize of Rs. 40,000 each.

Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur launches nationwide Fit India Freedom Runs 2.0 programme

• Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur launched the Fit India Freedom Runs 2.0 programme from Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi.
• This initiative aims to encourage people to take up fitness activities such as running and sports in their daily lives and get freedom from obesity, laziness, stress and other diseases.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches a vehicle scrappage policy

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a vehicle scrappage policy to phase out unfit and polluting vehicles in an environment-friendly manner.

The number of billionaires in India drops from 141 to 136 in the current fiscal year from the past year

• The number of billionaires in India dropped to 136 in FY21 from 141 in FY20 as per a statement issued by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Rajya Sabha.

State News

Jammu and Kashmir Government launches the ‘PROOF’ app to monitor the timely completion of projects

• Jammu and Kashmir Government launched the Photographic Record of On-site Facility (PROOF) app to bring more transparency and accountability in the governance system.
• This app will help in monitoring and timely completion of projects.
• It will also help in uploading geo-tagged photographs while preferring bills in the concerned treasuries against the budget allotted through the BEAMS

Jammu and Kashmir

• Capital: Srinagar (Summer), Jammu (Winter)
• Lt. Governor: Manoj Sinha
• National Parks: Hemis National Park, City Forest (Salim Ali) National Park, Dachigam National Park, Kishtwar National Park
• Wildlife Sanctuaries: Changthang Cold Desert Wildlife Sanctuary, Gulmarg Wildlife Sanctuary, Jasrota Wildlife Sanctuary, Baltal-Thajwas Wildlife Sanctuary, Karakoram (Nubra Shyok) Wildlife Sanctuary
• Lakes: Mansar Lake, Nagin Lake, Wular Lake, Surinsar Lake, Dal Lake

Indore in Madhya Pradesh was declared as the first water plus city of India

• Madhya Pradesh’s Indore was declared as the first ‘water plus’ city of India under the Swachh Survekshan 2021.
•  The ‘water plus’ tag is given for maintaining cleanliness in rivers and drains.

Madhya Pradesh      

• Capital: Bhopal
• Chief Minister: Shivraj Singh Chauhan
• Governor: Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel
• National Parks: Bandhavgarh National Park, Dinosaur Fossils National Park, Fossil National Park, Pench National Park, Kanha National Park, Kuno National Park, Madhav National Park, Panna National Park, Sanjay National Park, Satpura National Park, Van Vihar National Park

The Finance Minister of the Tamil Nadu Government presented the state’s first budget after the party coming into power

• The Finance Minister of the Tamil Nadu Government Palanivel Thiaga Rajan presented the revised budget of Tamil Nadu for 2021–2022.
• ‘Singara Chennai 2.0’ project will be rolled out soon, under which three more flyovers will come up in Chennai — Ganeshapuram Subway, Konnur Highway and South Usman road.
• Metro rail service from Kodambakkam to Poonamalle will start its operation by 2025.
• Chennai will be made a ‘wall-poster-free’ city. Flood and drain systems are going to be inbuilt Kosasthalai river for Rs. 87 crores to prevent flooding in Chennai.
• Tamil Nadu Government has announced that tax on petrol will be reduced by Rs. 3 per litre.

Tamil Nadu                     

• Capital: Chennai
• Chief Minister: K. Stalin
• Governor: Banwarilal Purohit
• National Parks: Mukurthi National Park, Guindy National Park, Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park, Indira Gandhi (Annamalai) National Park, Mudumalai National Park

Maharashtra Government announces a new award named after Rajiv Gandhi

• The Maharashtra Government announced an award named after former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi for firms that excel in the Information Technology (IT) sector in Maharashtra.

Maharashtra    

• Capital: Mumbai
• Chief Minister: Uddhav Thackeray
• Governor: Bhagat Singh Koshyari
• National Parks: Chandoli National Park, Gugamal National Park, Nawegaon National Park, Pench (Jawaharlal Nehru) National Park, Sanjay Gandhi (Borivilli) National Park, Tadoba National Park

Banking and Finance

IDFC First Bank signs an MoU with the Indian Navy to offer Honour First Banking solutions

• IDFC First Bank signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Navy to offer Honour First, a premium banking solution to serving personnel and veterans of the Indian Navy.

Reserve Bank of India empanels South Indian Bank as an ‘agency bank’ for general banking business

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has empanelled South Indian Bank to act as an “agency bank” to undertake general banking businesses of the Union and state governments.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

• Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra
• Formation: 1 April 1935
• Governor: Shaktikanta Das
• Deputy Governors: MK Jain, MD Patra, M Rajeshwar Rao and T Rabi Sankar
• Subsidiaries: Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC), Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran (BRBNM)

Appointments

Sudhir Kumar Saxena was appointed as the Secretary of the Cabinet Secretariat

• According to the Union Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, senior IPS officer Sudhir Kumar Saxena was appointed as the Secretary of the Cabinet Secretariat.

Noopur Chaturvedi was appointed as the CEO of NPCI Bharat Billpay

• The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) appointed Noopur Chaturvedi as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NPCI Bharat BillPay Ltd (NBBL).

Kamlesh Kumar Pant was appointed as the Chairman of the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA)

• Kamlesh Kumar Pant was appointed as the new Chairman of the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) by the Appointments Committee of the Union Cabinet.

Agreements and MoUs signed

The National Health Authority and IIT Delhi sign an MoU to intensify healthcare innovations for low-income groups

• The National Health Authority (NHA) and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to intensify healthcare innovations which will support innovators and entrepreneurs in improving the healthcare facility of India.
• This MoU aims to improve affordable and quality healthcare services for low-income and vulnerable communities, particularly for the beneficiaries of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY).

Science and Technology

ISRO’s GSLV-F10 fails to launch earth observation satellite in orbit

• ISRO’s GSLV rocket failed to inject into orbit, India’s latest earth observation satellite, EOS-03, due to a failure to ignite the cryogenic stage of the launch vehicle.
• The GSLV-F10 was a three-stage engine rocket, with the first being solid fuel and the four strap-on motors by liquid fuel; the second was liquid fuel and the third a cryogenic engine.

Obituary

Malayalam film and television actor Saranya Sasi passed away

• Malayalam television actor Saranya Sasi passed at Thiruvanthapuram Kerala, at the age of 35.

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