Daily Current Affairs October 14

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 October 14 | Daily Current Affairs 2021

Important Days – Daily Current Affairs October 14

1. International E-Waste Day is observed on which date?
A) October 5
B) October 11
C) October 6
D) October 12
E) October 14
Answer: E) October 14

History:

• The annual event is organised by the WEEE Forum, a Brussels-based organisation that represents 43 producer responsibility organisations from across the world.
• The WEEE Forum established International E-Waste Day in 2018 to encourage people to safely reuse and discard electronic products.
• WEEE Forum members and other participants have participated in a variety of activities on International E-Waste Day in the past, ranging from conferences and seminars to school and city collecting programmes to competitions and games.
• Theme: “Consumer is the key to Circular Economy!”

World Standards Day 2021:

• World Standards Day, also called International Standards Day, is celebrated globally on October 14 every year.

World Standards Day 2021: Theme

• Last year, it was ‘Protecting the Planet with Standards,’ while in the year 2019, the theme for World Standards Day was ‘Video standards create a global stage’.
• The theme for World Standard Day 2021 is ‘Standards for sustainable development goals- a shared vision for a better future’.

World Sight Day 2021:

• World Sight Day is globally observed on October 14 every year to raise awareness about eye health and to recognise the work done by the thousands of ophthalmologists across the world to fix vision impairment.
• Also known as ‘World Eye Day’ or ‘World Vision Day’, the occasion is an international day of awareness to focus attention on and encouraging everyone to think about the importance of their own eye health.

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Sports – Daily Current Affairs October 14

2. Which edition of Hockey India Senior Women National Championship will be held in Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh from October 21 to 30?
A) 15
B) 14
C) 13
D) 12
E) 11
Answer: E) 11

• The championship will provide a platform for domestic players to showcase their talent.
• The 28 participating teams will be divided into eight groups.
• The group winners will qualify for the quarterfinals.
• After six days of group matches, the quarterfinals will be played on October 27, the semifinals on October 29 and the medal matches the next day.

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Ranking – Daily Current Affairs October 14

3. Which company is topped in India in the World’s Best Employers rankings 2021 published by Forbes?
A) Reliance Industries Ltd
B) ICICI Bank
C) HCL Technologies
D) HDFC Bank
E) State Bank of India
Answer: A) Reliance Industries Ltd

• Reliance Industries Ltd, the country’s largest company by revenues, profits, and market value, has topped Indian corporates in the World’s Best Employers rankings 2021 published by Forbes.
• Reliance was placed at 52 in the overall ranking of 750 global corporates likes Phillips, Sanofi, Pfizer, and Intel.
• Other Indian names in the top 100 rankings were ICICI Bank at 65, HDFC Bank at 77, and HCL Technologies at 90, according to the Forbes ranking.
• State Bank of India (SBI) was placed at 119 and Larsen & Toubro at 127.
• Infosys was ranked at 588 and Tata Group at 746.
• Life Insurance Corp (LIC) was placed at 504.

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4. What is the rank of India in The Global Hunger Index?
A) 102
B) 103
C) 104
D) 105
E) 101
Answer: E) 101

• Total countries: 116

• The Global Hunger Index launched ranked India at 101 position out of a total 116 countries.
• India is also among the 31 countries where hunger has been identified as serious.
• India ranked 94 among 107 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) released last year.
• Only 15 countries fare worse than India.
• These include Papua New Guinea (102), Afghanistan (103), Nigeria (103), Congo (105), Mozambique (106), Sierra Leone (106), Timor-Leste (108), Haiti (109), Liberia (110), Madagascar (111), Democratic Republic of Congo (112), Chad (113), Central African Republic (114), Yemen (115) and Somalia (116).

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Banking and Finance – Daily Current Affairs October 14

5. Which Bank launches Micro ATMs across India?
A) Kotak Mahindra Bank
B) Indian Bank
C) Punjab National Bank
D) Federal Bank
E) Bank of Maharashtra
Answer: A) Kotak Mahindra Bank

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6. Which company has, in association with NPCI Bharat BillPay Ltd (NBBL), launched ClickPay for its customers?
A) Cubesat
B) Visa
C) Patym
D) PhonePe
E) BharatPe
Answer: D) PhonePe

• Digital payment platform PhonePe has, in association with NPCI Bharat BillPay Ltd (NBBL), launched ClickPay for its customers.
• ClickPay is a unique payment link that enables customers to make recurring online bill payments (electricity, water, gas, loan, etc) and removes the need to remember tedious account details associated with each biller or service.
• This link sent by the biller will lead the customer directly to the payment page, fetching the bill amount instantly.

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Business and Economy – Daily Current Affairs October 14

7. India’s annual wholesale price-based inflation in September eased to ____ from the previous month’s 11.39%?
A) 11.66%
B) 12.66%
C) 13.66%
D) 14.66%
E) 10.66%
Answer: E) 10.66%

• Fuel and power prices rose 24.81% in September year-on-year compared with 26.09% in August, while manufactured product prices rose 11.41% compared with 11.39% in the previous month.
• However, wholesale prices of food rose at a slower pace of 1.14% in September from a year earlier compared with 3.43% in the previous month.

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Acquisitions and Mergers – Daily Current Affairs October 14

8. Three state-owned lenders — SBI, Union Bank of India and PNB picked up over ____ per cent stake each in the proposed bad bank NARCL?
A) 12
B) 13
C) 14
D) 15
E) 16
Answer: A) 12

• Three state-owned lenders — SBI, Union Bank of India and PNB — picked up over 12 per cent stake each in the proposed bad bank NARCL, and said their holdings will be brought down by December.
• While State Bank of India (SBI) and Union Bank of India picked up 13.27 per cent stake each, representing a cumulative 3.88 crore shares in the National Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd (NARCL), PNB subscribed to 12.06 per cent stake (1,80,00,000 shares).
• The lender said it will bring down its stake of 13.27 per cent to 9.90 per cent by December 2021 on subscription by other public sector banks (PSBs)/ financial institutions.

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Appointments – Daily Current Affairs October 14

9. Navrang Saini has been given the additional charge as the Chairperson of which organisation?
A) IFSCA
B) IBBI
C) SIDBI
D) SEBI
E) RBI
Answer: B) IBBI

• Navrang Saini has been given the additional charge as the Chairperson of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI).
• The post fell vacant after MS Sahoo retired after a five-year tenure on September 30.
  Saini is a Whole Time Member of IBBI.
• IBBI is a key institution in implementing the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), which came into force in 2016.

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Science and Technology – Daily Current Affairs October 14

10. Which country sent its first solar exploration satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province?
A) Australia
B) Denmark
C) Pakistan
D) Bangladesh
E) China
Answer: E) China

• The satellite was launched aboard a Long March-2D rocket and entered its planned orbit successfully.
• Ten small satellites including an orbital atmospheric density detection experimental satellite and a commercial meteorological detection constellation experimental satellite were also sent into space using the same carrier rocket, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
• It was the 391st flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.

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11. Bharti Group-backed OneWeb has launched ____ satellites from Russia’s Vostochny Cosmodrome?
A) 36
B) 33
C) 32
D) 31
E) 37
Answer: A) 36

• This latest launch brings OneWeb’s total in-orbit constellation to 358 satellites, over half of its entire 648 LEO satellite fleet that will deliver high-speed, low-latency global connectivity.
• OneWeb has demo centres open at the company’s headquarters in London and at the Westcott Venture Park Innovation Centre in Buckinghamshire, as well as in the US in Talkeetna, Alaska and Germantown, Maryland, it added.

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International Affairs – Daily Current Affairs October 14

12. Which country becomes world’s biggest Bitcoin miner?
A) United States
B) Singapore
C) Germany
D) Bangladesh
E) Guinea
Answer: A) United States

• The U.S. has become the world’s epicenter for Bitcoin mining after a crackdown in China effectively eliminated the practice in the former cradle of the industry.
• At the end of August, America accounted for 35.4% of the global hash rate, a measure of computing power used to extract the digital currency, according to a Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance study published.
• That’s more than double the activity seen in April.

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National Affairs – Daily Current Affairs October 14

13. Adani Group takes over operation of which airport?
A) Varanasi International Airport
B) Mumbai International Airport
C) Thiruvananthapuram International Airport
D) Kolkata International Airport
E) Chennai International Airport
Answer: C) Thiruvananthapuram International Airport

• Announcing the formal takeover of the airport, the business giant said in a tweet that it was privileged to serve and welcome passengers to God’s Own Country.
• Established in 1932, the airport was owned and operated by the Airports Authority of India.

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14. Which AIIMS launched an android based bi-lingual app Healthy Smile to spread awareness about maintaining the oral hygiene of children right from infancy?
A) AIIMS Mumbai
B) AIIMS Varanasi
C) AIIMS Kharagpur
D) AIIMS New Delhi
E) AIIMS Chennai
Answer: D) AIIMS New Delhi

• The application aims to motivate the children to brush thoroughly twice a day by also giving information on how we can keep dental decay under control by simple home care measures.
• The app is an initiative of the Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry of AIIMS and was launched by the institute’s director Dr Randeep Guleria.

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15. India’s first Atal Community Innovation Center has been launched in which state?
A) Karnataka
B) Chhattisgarh
C) Rajasthan
D) Uttar Pradesh
E) Manipur
Answer: C) Rajasthan

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16. Who addresses Ministerial Session of Green Grids Initiative-One Sun, One World, One Grid, Northwest Europe Cooperative Event?
A) Ram Nath Kovind
B) Narendra Modi
C) Nitin Gadkari
D) R. K. Singh
E) Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Answer: D) R. K. Singh

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17. Who launches Climate Resilience Information System and Planning CRISP-M tool?
A) Ram Nath Kovind
B) Giriraj Singh
C) Nitin Gadkari
D) R. K. Singh
E) Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Answer: B) Giriraj Singh

• Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Giriraj Singh launched Climate Resilience Information System and Planning CRISP-M tool for integration of climate information in Geographic Information System, GIS-based watershed planning under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA along with Minister of State for South Asia and the Commonwealth in the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Lord Tariq Ahmad through a virtual event.

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18. Which organisation signs MoU with GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar for boosting agri-exports from Uttarakhand?
A) India Post
B) NHAI
C) NPCI
D) APEDA
E) IFFCO
Answer: D) APEDA

• For strengthening the agricultural products value chain through building synergy with various institutions of repute, the Agricultural and Processed food Products Development Authority (APEDA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (GBPUAT), Pantnagar, Uttarakhand.
• The MoU envisages cooperation between APEDA and GBPUAT which would harness their respective expertise and resources for development of agriculture products exports from India.

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19. Who attends 4th G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) Meeting in Washington D.C.?
A) Nirmala Sitharaman
B) Giriraj Singh
C) Nitin Gadkari
D) R. K. Singh
E) Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Answer: A) Nirmala Sitharaman

• The meeting was the final FMCBG Meeting under the G20 Italian Presidency and saw discussions and agreements on various issues concerning global economic recovery, pandemic support to vulnerable countries, global health, climate action, international taxation and financial sector issues.

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20. Which company has announced the launch of “UFill” – a digital customer experience?
A) NHAI
B) PFC
C) IOCL
D) BHEL
E) BPCL
Answer: E) BPCL

• With UFill, the invitation to customers is to “Fast forward your fill”, leveraging the latest in digital technology which obviates the need for looking at zero or final reading and such offline manual interventions.
• If not used within 48 hours, the money paid in advance is automatically refunded to the bank account from where debited.
• Thus, no need to check zero before fueling or final reading, the dispensing unit will automatically dispense the exact quantity of fuel.

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21. Who lays foundation stone of National Forensic Sciences University in Goa’s Dharbandora?
A) Nirmala Sitharaman
B) Giriraj Singh
C) Amit Shah
D) R. K. Singh
E) Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Answer: C) Amit Shah

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