Daily Current Affairs October 06

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 October 06 | Daily Current Affairs 2021

Important Days – Daily Current Affairs October 06

1. World Cerebral Palsy Day is observed on which date?
A) October 5
B) October 1
C) October 6
D) October 4
E) October 2
Answer: C) October 6

• Cerebral Palsy (CP) is an unwelcome global phenomenon.
• World Cerebral Palsy Day, which occurs annually on October 6, reminds us that there over 17 million people impacted by this disorder.
• CP is one of the most common physical disabilities affecting the most vulnerable among us — children. Additionally, CP occurs over the span of a child’s entire lifetime with no cure.

Sports – Daily Current Affairs October 06

1. Which country unveils logo for UEFA Euro 2024?
A) Australia
B) Guinea
C) Germany
D) China
E) USA
Answer: C) Germany

• The logo features an outline of the Henri Delaunay Cup — the bulbous tournament trophy — set on a coloured oval outline that resembles the Olympiastadion’s roof.
• It features colours from the flags of UEFA’s 55 member nations, set in 24 slices around the trophy to represent the 24 teams that will ultimately qualify for the tournament in Germany.

‘Brand identity’:

• Logos for each of the 10 host cities — Berlin, Cologne, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Gelsenkirchen, Hamburg, Leipzig, Munich and Stuttgart — were also presented with each featuring a famous local landmark. Berlin’s, for example, features the Brandenburg Gate.
• The stadium was originally built for the 1936 Olympic Games hosted by Nazi Germany.
• West Germany also hosted the World Cup in 1974 and the European Championship in 1988

Obituary – Daily Current Affairs October 06

3. Yesudasan passed away. He was related to which field?
A) Musician
B) Singer
C) Writer
D) Actor
E) Cartoonist
Answer: E) Cartoonist

• Noted Cartoonist Yesudasan passed away in Kochi early this morning.
• He was 83.
• Yesudasan entered the world of political cartoons through Janayugom Malayalam Daily.
• Later, he worked with Shankar’s Weekly published from New Delhi and satirical magazines Cut-Cut and Tuk Tuk.

Banking and Finance – Daily Current Affairs October 06

4. IT services major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), its long-standing partnership with which bank has been extended for another five years?
A) Federal Bank
B) Indian Bank
C) State Bank of India
D) Punjab National Bank
E) HDFC Bank
Answer: C) State Bank of India

5. Which bank launches contactless payment solution through iMobile Pay?
A) ICICI Bank
B) Bank of Baroda
C) State Bank of India
D) Canara Bank
E) YES Bank
Answer: A) ICICI Bank

• Private sector lender, ICICI Bank announced the launch of a contactless payment service through its banking app, iMobile Pay, that enables customers to tap their smartphones to pay at POS (Point of Sale) machines of merchant outlets.
• The service offers improved convenience to over 1.5 crore debit and credit card customers of the Bank as they will no longer need to carry their cards for payments at retail stores.

6. Which organisation grants licence to NARCL under Sarfaesi Act?
A) PFRDA
B) IRDAI
C) SIDBI
D) SEBI
E) RBI
Answer: E) RBI

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has granted the National Asset Reconstruction Company (NARCL), which is seeking to turn around bad loans worth Rs 2 trillion, the licence to register as an asset reconstruction company (ARC).
• The licence to NARCL, dubbed as bad bank, was granted by the central bank on Monday, said an official.
• The approval to the entity has been accorded under Section 3 of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest (SARFAESI) Act 2002.
• The NARCL has been incorporated under the Companies Act, and public sector banks will hold 51 per cent in the bad bank.
• The remaining will be held by private banks and financial institutions.
• About 16 public and private sector banks have put in Rs 5,000-6,000 crore in the bad bank.
• That will be utilised by it to pay 15 per cent cash to the lenders while purchasing their bad loans.
• The remaining 85 per cent will be paid through security receipts guaranteed by the government.

7. Which company announced its entry into the Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) category with the launch of ‘postpe’?
A) Rupay
B) Visa
C) Innoviti
D) BharatPe
E) PhonePe
Answer: D) BharatPe

• BharatPe announced its entry into the Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) category with the launch of ‘postpe’.
• Customers can download the postpe app from Play Store and avail interest-free credit limit of up to ₹10 lakh.

8. Which bank announced that has entered into a strategic co-lending partnership with IIFL Home Finance?
A) ICICI Bank
B) Bank of Baroda
C) Central Bank of India
D) Canara Bank
E) YES Bank
Answer: C) Central Bank of India

Awards – Daily Current Affairs October 04

9. The Nobel Prize for chemistry has been awarded to Benjamin List and David WC MacMillan. David WC MacMillan is related to which country?
A) Australia
B) Guinea
C) UK
D) China
E) USA
Answer: C) UK

• The Nobel Prize for chemistry has been awarded to Benjamin List and David WC MacMillan.
• They were cited for their work in developing a new way for building molecules known as “asymmetric organocatalysis.”
• The winners were announced Wednesday by Goran Hansson, secretary-general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
• The Nobel panel said List and MacMillan in 2000 independently developed a new way of catalysis.

International Affairs – Daily Current Affairs October 06

10. Which edition of India –Japan Maritime Bilateral Exercise ‘ JIMEX’, between the Indian Navy (IN) and the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF), will be held in Arabian Sea?
A) 6
B) 8
C) 3
D) 5
E) 4
Answer: D) 5

• The three-day fifth edition of India –Japan Maritime Bilateral Exercise ‘ JIMEX’, between the Indian Navy (IN) and the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF), will be held in Arabian Sea.
• JIMEX series of exercises commenced in January, 2012 with special focus on maritime security cooperation, HQ Eastern Naval Command said in a release here.
• The last edition of JIMEX was conducted in September 2020.

11. The Seychelles” Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB) programme was launched in partnership with ____?
A) Australia
B) India
C) UK
D) China
E) USA
Answer: B) India

• This programme is expected to be of 12-month duration during which India, in collaboration with the TIWB Secretariat and support of the UNDP Country Office in Mauritius and Seychelles, aims to aid Seychelles in strengthening its tax administration by transferring technical know-how and skills to its tax auditors through sharing of best audit practices.
• The focus of the programme will be on Transfer Pricing cases of tourism and financial services sectors, the CBDT said in a statement.

12. GI-tagged ‘Mihidana’ Batch From West Bengal Exported To which country?
A) Australia
B) India
C) UK
D) Bahrain
E) USA
Answer: D) Bahrain

• Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal informed that the initial consignment of Geographical Identification (GI) tagged sweet dish ‘Mihidana’ originated from West Bengal’s Bardhaman had been exported to the Kingdom of Bahrain.
• Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) registered M/S DM Enterprises in Kolkata and imported by Aljazira Group in Bahrain.

National Affairs – Daily Current Affairs October 06

12. Cabinet approves bonus equal to ____ days’ wage for over 11 lakh railway employees?
A)78
B)73
C)74
D)75
E)77
Answer: A)78

• The Union Cabinet approved a productivity-linked bonus equivalent to 78 days’ wage to eligible non-gazetted Railway employees, Union minister Anurag Thakur said.
• The bonus for the financial year 2020-21 will benefit about 11.56 lakh non-gazetted Railway employees, he said.
• An expenditure of nearly Rs 1,985 crore will be incurred on this.
• The bonus is usually announced ahead of Dussehra and Puja festivities.

14. ‘India’s first’ e-fish market app launched in which state?
A) Assam
B) Chandigarh
C) Delhi
D) Odisha
E) Tamil Nadu
Answer: A) Assam

15. Which state launched the ‘Swechha’ programme to provide good quality branded sanitary napkins to female students at government educational institutions free of cost?
A) Assam
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Delhi
D) Odisha
E) Tamil Nadu
Answer: B) Andhra Pradesh

• Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy launched the ‘Swechha’ programme under which the state government will provide good quality branded sanitary napkins to female students at government educational institutions free of cost.
• The release also said that as part of a monthly orientation program, Nodal Officers, ANMs and Mahila Police will gather at the local Sachivalayam to educate and create awareness amongst female students studying between classes 7 to 12.

16. Who launches Advanced Green War Room and Green Delhi App to address 10 types of pollution?
A) Ram Nath Kovind
B) Narendra Modi
C) Gopal Rai
D) Parshottam Rupala
E) Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Answer: C) Gopal Rai

• Delhi Environment minister Gopal Rai launched the ‘Advanced Green War Room’ and ‘Green Delhi App’ app for people to send in their complaints into the problems pertaining to 10 kinds of pollution throughout the winter season.

17. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the SVAMITVA Scheme in _____?
A) Assam
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Delhi
D) Odisha
E) Tamil Nadu
Answer: B) Madhya Pradesh

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the SVAMITVA Scheme in Madhya Pradesh by electronically distributing 1.71 lakh e-property cards to residents of about 3,000 villages in 19 districts.
• Mr Modi joined the event via videoconferencing from New Delhi while Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was present in Harda.

18. Who launched Heli-borne survey technology for groundwater management?
A) Ram Nath Kovind
B) Jitendra Singh
C) Gopal Rai
D) Parshottam Rupala
E) Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Answer: B) Jitendra Singh

• Heli-borne geophysical mapping technique will provide high-resolution 3D image for sub-surface up to a depth of 500 meters below the ground level and map potential groundwater sources.
• This latest technology is being employed by CSIR to map groundwater sources in arid regions and utilise groundwater for drinking purposes, he said.

19. Who Launches Rewarding Scheme for Grant of Award to the Good Samaritan who has saved life of a victim of a fatal accident involving a motor vehicle?
A) Ram Nath Kovind
B) Jitendra Singh
C) Gopal Rai
D) Nitin Gadkari
E) Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Answer: D) Nitin Gadkari

• Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) issued Guidelines for the “Scheme for grant of Award to the Good Samaritan who has saved life of a victim of a fatal accident involving a motor vehicle by administering immediate assistance and rushing to Hospital/Trauma Care Centre within the Golden Hour of the accident to provide medical treatment”.
• The Scheme mainly aims to motivate the general public to help the road accident victims in emergency situation, inspire and motivate others to save innocent lives on road.
• Any individual who has saved life of a victim of a fatal accident involving a motor vehicle by administering immediate assistance and rushing to Hospital within the Golden Hour of the accident to provide medical treatment would be eligible for the award.
• An individual Good Samaritan can be awarded maximum 5 times in a year.
• The amount of award for the Good Samaritan(s) would be Rs.5,000/- per incident.
• On receipt of communication from the Police Station/Hospital, District Level Appraisal Committee shall review and approve the proposals on a monthly basis.

20. Who inaugurates Brahmaputra River Heritage Centre?
A) Ram Nath Kovind
B) M. Venkaiah Naidu
C) Mansukh Mandaviya
D) Parshottam Rupala
E) Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Answer: B) M. Venkaiah Naidu

• The British annexed Assam in 1826.
• The post of DC was created for Guwahati in 1839.
• But the city had no appropriate house at that time to accommodate Captain James Matthie, the first DC.
• Several sites were surveyed before Barphukanar Tilla on the banks of the Brahmaputra, where cannons used in the Battle of Saraighat lay scattered, was chosen.
• Post-Independence, it continued to be the DC’s bungalow until 2011.
• A project to convert it into a heritage museum was later taken up under the Brahmaputra Riverfront Development plan.
• The Vice President, after arriving in Guwahati, began his trip by inaugurating the Brahmaputra River Heritage-Cultural Centre.
• He also visited the museum and several other sections of the centre like the art gallery, the Central Hall with the theme ‘Life Along the River’ and ‘Majuli Corner’, containing famed masks, panel paintings and other artifacts.
• He released a coffee-table book Forever Guwahati on this occasion.

21. Alibaug white onion of which state gets GI tag for health benefits?
A) Assam
B) Maharashtra
C) Delhi
D) Odisha
E) Tamil Nadu
Answer: B) Maharashtra

• The Alibaug white onion was given the Geographical Indication (GI) tag , bringing worldwide recognition to its unique sweet taste, no-tears factor, as well as its medicinal properties.
• “The soil of Alibaug taluka has low sulphur content.
• The NABL-approved lab test report mentions low pungency, sweet taste, ‘no tear’ factor, low pyruvic acid, high protein, fat and fibre content, besides high antioxidant compounds (quercetin),” said Professor Jitendra Kadam, who proved the geographical difference of the white onion.

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