Daily Current Affairs: August 21, 2021

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Important Days

World Senior Citizens’ Day – 21 August

• World Senior Citizens’ Day is observed on 21 August every year to recognise the contribution of elders towards society and its people.

• This day serves as an opportunity to raise awareness about issues like elder abuse, common medical conditions among them and at the same time appreciate their service to the community as well.

International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism – 21 August

• The United Nations observes 21 August as the International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to Victims of Terrorism.
• This day is observed with the aim to provide and promote human rights and fundamental freedoms to the victims of terrorism.

Sanskrit Week – 19 August to 25 August

• India observes Sanskrit week from 19 August to 25 August to raise awareness and promote the ancient Indian language.

National News

Union Cabinet approves Rs. 11,040 crores to increase the production of edible oils in India

• The Union Cabinet approved the National Mission on Edible Oils – Oil Palm (NMEO-OP) with a financial outlay of 11,040 crores to increase the production of edible oils in India.
• Out of the financial outlay of Rs. 11,040 crores, 8844 crores is the share of the Union Government and Rs. 2196 crores is the share of the states, including the viability gap funding.

Stadium at Pune’s Army Sports Institute  is set to be named after Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra

• A stadium in the premises of the Army Sports Institute in Pune is to be named after Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Neeraj Chopra.
• The stadium will be named as ‘Neeraj Chopra Army Sports Stadium’ in Pune Cantonment.

Union Government forms a panel for doubling production and quadrupling the exports of handlooms in 3 years

• Union Government constituted a committee headed by Sunil Sethi for doubling the production and quadrupling the exports of handlooms in a span of three years.

State News

Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation was declared as a ‘water plus’ city                    

• Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) was declared as a ‘water plus’ city from the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).
• Water plus certification is the next stage of Open Defecation Free (ODF++) given for liquid waste management.

India’s highest altitude herbal park was inaugurated at Uttarakhand

• India’s highest altitude herbal park situated at a height of 11,000 feet was inaugurated at Mana village close to the Indo-China border in Uttarakhand‘s Chamoli district.
• The herbal park has around 40 species found in high-altitude alpine areas in the Himalayan region.

Uttarakhand

• Capital: Dehradun
• Chief Minister: Pushkar Singh Dhami
• Governor: Baby Rani Maurya
• National Parks: Corbett National Park, Gangotri National Park, Govind Pashu Vihar National Park, Nanda Devi National Park, Rajaji National Park, Valley of Flowers National Park

Uttar Pradesh Government launches Phase 3 of Mission Shakti Abhiyan to promote safety, respect and self-reliance for women

• The Uttar Pradesh Government launched the third phase of ‘Mission Shakti’ with an aim to promote safety, respect and self-reliance for women.
• The third phase of this programme will end on 31 December. The main schemes that are scheduled to be implemented in this phase are the launch of ‘Mission Shakti Kaksha’ (classrooms) at all the 59,000 gram panchayat bhawans (village panchayat buildings) and the formation of one lakh women self-help groups.

Uttar Pradesh

• Capital: Lucknow
• Chief Minister: Yogi Adityanath
• Governor: Anandiben Patel
• National Park: Dudhwa National Park (Tiger Reserve)
• Zoological Parks: Shaheed Ashfaq Ullah Khan Prani Udyan (Gorakhpur Zoological GardenKanpur Zoological Park, Nawab Wajid Ali Shah Zoological Garden

Appointments

Nakul Chopra was appointed as the CEO of the Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC)

• Broadcast Audience Research Council India (BARC) appointed Nakul Chopra as its new chief executive officer (CEO). He succeeded Sunil Lulla.

Ismail Sabri Yaakob was  appointed as the next Prime Minister of Malaysia

• Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia Ismail Sabri Yaakob was appointed as the new Prime Minister of Malaysia.
• He succeeds Muhyiddin Yassin, who resigned after losing majority support in the lower house of parliament.

Agreements and MoUs Signed

USAID and DFC join hands with Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited (KMBL) to support MSMEs

• The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) would jointly sponsor a $50 million loan portfolio to guarantee to Kotak Mahindra Bank to support increased financial access to women borrowers and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in India.

Kotak Mahindra Bank

• Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra
• CEO: Uday Kotak
• Tagline: “Let’s make money simple”

Science & Technology

BRICS signs a deal on cooperation in remote sensing satellite data sharing

• Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) signed an agreement for cooperation in remote sensing satellite data sharing.
• This pact enables building a virtual constellation of specified remote sensing satellites of BRICS space agencies and their respective ground stations will receive the data.

NTPC commissions India’s largest floating solar power plant in Andhra Pradesh

• National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC Ltd.) commissioned India’s largest floating solar photovoltaic (PV) project of 25 megawatt (MW) on the water reservoir of its 2 gigawatt (GW) Simhadri project at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.

Obituary

Popular Tamil actor Chitra passed away at 56

• Popular actor ‘Nallennai’ Chitra passed away in Chennai at the age of 56 due to cardiac arrest.
• She had begun her career as a child artist in Tamil films, but she attained popularity through Malayalam films.

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