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June 4 | Daily Current Affairs 2021

OBITUARY

1. Anerood Jugnauth passed away. He was served as prime minister of which country?
A) Iceland
B) Mauritius
C) Australia
D) New Zealand
E) USA
Answer: B) Mauritius

• The former prime minister of Mauritius, Anerood Jugnauth, who is credited with steering the island nation’s economic transformation as its longest-serving leader, has died aged 91.
• Elected prime minister for the first of six times in 1982, Jugnauth would also serve two terms in the ceremonial role of president during a 35-year career.
• He resigned in 2017 and handed the reins to his son Pravind, the country’s serving prime minister, who won a subsequent five-year term at the ballot box in 2019.

2. Usman Khan passed away. He was related to which sports?
A) Weightlifting
B) Table Tennis
C) Tennis
D) Hockey
E) Boxing
Answer: D) Hockey

• Former India hockey player Usman Khan has died after a prolonged battle with cancer, the sport’s governing body in the country.
• In Kolkata, Khan played for the Calcutta Customs and also represented Bengal in the national hockey championships for several years.

RANKING

3. What is the rank of India in FIH men’s Team Ranking?
A) 4
B) 5
C) 3
D) 2
E) 1
Answer: A) 4

FIH men’s Team Ranking:

FIH Women’s Team Ranking:

BANKING AND FINANCE

4. RBI has decided to extend a special liquidity facility of how much amount to SIDBI for on-lending and refinancing through novel models and structures?
A) Rs 13,000 crore
B) Rs 12,000 crore
C) Rs 11,000 crore
D) Rs 16,000 crore
E) Rs 14,000 crore
Answer: D) Rs 16,000 crore

• Reserve bank of India (RBI) has decided to extend a special liquidity facility of Rs 16,000 crore to SIDBI for on-lending and refinancing through novel models and structures.
• The facility is aimed at further supporting the funding requirements of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), particularly smaller MSMEs and other businesses including those in credit deficient and aspirational districts.

NACH payment system to be available 24X7 from 1 August:

• National Automated Clearing House (NACH) payment system will be available on all days of the week from August 1.
• NACH, a bulk payment system operated by the NPCI, facilitates one-to-many credit transfers such as payment of dividend, interest, salary, pension, etc., as also a collection of payments pertaining to electricity, gas, telephone, water, periodic instalments towards loans, investments in mutual funds, insurance premium, etc.

RBI Announcement:

• RBI keeps unchanged interest rate at 4% and reverse repo rate at 3.35%
• Rebound in global trade may support India exports.

5. SBI has sanctioned a loan of how much amount for the development of Noida International Airport which is being developed by Yamuna International Airport ?
A) ₹1725 crore
B) ₹2725 crore
C) ₹3725 crore
D) ₹4725 crore
E) ₹5725 crore
Answer: C) ₹3725 crore

• Country’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has sanctioned a loan of ₹3725 crore for the development of Noida International Airport (NIA) which is being developed by Yamuna International Airport (YIAPL) and will be the second airport in National Capital Region (NCR).
• The entire loan of ₹3725 crore has been underwritten by SBI on a door-to-door loan tenor of 20 years.

BOOKS AND AUTHORS

6. Pony is authored by whom?
A) Jeff Kinney
B) SK Joshi
C) RJ Palacio
D) Dr. Mohan Kanda
E) PrachandPraveer
Answer: C) RJ Palacio

• Pony is authored by RJ Palacio published by Random House Children’s Books

APPOINTMENTS

7. Who is appointed as secretary-general of The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) ?
A) Siddharth Jain
B) Sangar Jain
C) Sakthi Jain
D) Siva Jain
E) Selva Jain
Answer: A) Siddharth Jain

• The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) announced to appoint Turner International India’s former managing director Siddharth Jain as its secretary-general.

Rear Admiral Kapil Mohan Dhir is new Joint Secretary, Department of Military Affairs:

• Rear Admiral Kapil Mohan Dhir has been appointed as the Joint Secretary in the Department of Military Affairs .
• A recipient of the ‘VishistSeva Medal’ and the ‘AtiVishishtSeva Medal’, Admiral Dhir is the first Armed Forces officer to tenant this assignment.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

8. Which IIT develops nano-fibre technology based oral tablets of Amphotericin B to treat fungal infections?
A) IIT Madras
B) IIT Hyderabad
C) IIT Kanpur
D) IIT Lucknow
E) IIT Delhi
Answer: B) IIT Hyderabad

• The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad has developed nano-fibre based oral tablets of Amphotericin B, called as AmB, to treat fungal infections post COVID treatment. Currently the AmB is available in injectable form.
• The IIT Hyderabad researchers have decided to keep the technology free of intellectual property rights and ready for technology transfer for mass production of the drug, which is reportedly cheaper and higher AmB absorption and less Nephrotoxicity.

h2e Power to develop India’s first hydrogen 3-wheeler:

• Pune-based h2e Power Systems, part of the Poonawalla Group, is developing India’s first totally integrated hydrogen fuel cell three-wheeler using PEM (proton-exchange membrane) fuel cell and innovative hydrogen cylinders.
• These three-wheelers are being developed in collaboration with Canada-based Hydrogen in Motion under an Indo-Canadian program funded by Gita, a public-private partnership between Technology Development Board, Department of Science & Technology, and CII.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

9. G7 finance ministers meeting held in which country?
A) Iceland
B) UK
C) Australia
D) New Zealand
E) USA
Answer: B) UK

• Finance ministers from the G7 group of rich nations are meeting in London for two days of talks aimed at moving closer to a global deal to raise more tax from the likes of Google, Facebook, and Amazon.
• Also Britain hosted health ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) rich countries in Oxford for a two-day summit, as pressure intensifies to do more to broaden access to COVID-19 vaccines across the world.

NATIONAL AFFAIRS

10. Which state flagged off ‘Mera Panchayat Corona Mukt’ campaign in Darbhanga in an effort to arrest the surge in COVID-19 cases in rural areas of the state?
A) Bihar
B) Jharkhand
C) Mizoram
D) Madhya Pradesh
E) Sikkim
Answer: A) Bihar

• The Bihar government flagged off ‘Mera Panchayat Corona Mukt’ campaign in Darbhanga in an effort to arrest the surge in COVID-19 cases in rural areas of the state.
• Darbhanga district administration announced that five Gram Panchayat who excel in carrying out the campaign will get appreciation certificates from district administration as well as a recommendation to the state.

11. DAC has approved proposals concerning Capital Acquisitions of various equipment for modernisation and operational needs of the Armed Forces amounting to approx. How much amount?
A) Rs 6,000 crore
B) Rs 3,000 crore
C) Rs 4,000 crore
D) Rs 5,000 crore
E) Rs 7,000 crore
Answer: A) Rs 6,000 crore

12. Indian Navy’s hydrographic survey ship Sandhayak to be decommissioned. The ship was commissioned to the Indian Navy on which date?
A) February 26, 1985
B) February 26, 1984
C) February 26, 1983
D) February 26, 1982
E) February 26, 1981
Answer: E) February 26, 1981

• Indian Navy’s hydrographic survey ship Sandhayak decommissioned after serving the nation for 40 years.
• The decommissioning ceremony of INS Sandhayak will be held at naval dockyard Visakhapatnam and will be a low-key event attended only by in-station officers and sailors with strict observance of COVID-19 protocols.
• Apart from survey missions, the ship has been an active participant in many significant operations such as Operation Pawan (assisting the Indian Peace Keeping Force in
  Sri Lanka in 1987) and Operation Rainbow (rendering humanitarian assistance post Tsunami of 2004).
• Sandhayak also participated in the maiden joint INDO-US HADR (humanitarian assistance and disaster relief) exercise ‘Tiger-Triumph’ in 2019.
• The ship was commissioned to the Indian Navy on February 26, 1981.

13. Which Minister launches SAGE portal to help elderly persons?
A) Health and Family welfare Minister
B) Women and Child department Minister
C) AYUSH Minister
D) Coal Minister
E) Social Justice and Empowerment Minister
Answer: E) Social Justice and Empowerment Minister

• Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Thawarchand Gehlot launched the SAGE portal with a view to help elderly persons.
• SAGE or Senior care Ageing Growth Engine project has been established to select, support and create a ‘one-stop access’ of elderly care products and services by credible start-ups.
• Ministers of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale and Shri Rattan Lal Katariya were also present on this occasion.

14. Which Minister addresses TERI’s World Sustainable Development Summit?
A) Health and Family welfare Minister
B) Women and Child department Minister
C) Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister
D) Coal Minister
E) Social Justice and Empowerment Minister
Answer: C) Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister

15. Which state launched Jagananna Palavelluva- AP Amul project in West Godavari district?
A) Bihar
B) Jharkhand
C) Mizoram
D) Andhra Pradesh
E) Sikkim
Answer: D) Andhra Pradesh

• Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy launched Jagananna Palavelluva- AP Amul project in West Godavari district virtually from his camp office.
• Farmers were earning ₹5 to ₹15 more per litre under the Amul project.
• The Chief Minister said 52.93 lakh litres of milk were so far collected from 13,739 women dairy farmers in 722 villages of Guntur, Chittoor, Kadapa and Prakasam districts, where a sum of Rs 24.54 crore was paid.
• Amul had paid ₹4.06 crore more than the existing total price.
• Bulk milk cooling units and automatic milk collection units would be set up in 9,899 villages at a cost of ₹4,000 crore as part of the Amul project in the next two years.

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