Daily Current Affairs August 13

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August 13 | Daily Current Affairs 2021

IMPORTANT DAYS – Daily Current Affairs August 13

1. World Organ Donation Day is observed on which date?
A) August 13
B) August 4
C) August 9
D) August 8
E) August 7
Answer: A) August 13

History of organ donation:

• The first-ever organ donation was done in 1954 when Ronald Lee Herrick donated a kidney to his identical twin brother.
• Doctor Joseph Murray conducted the procedure for which he has also won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1990 for advances in organ transplantation.
• In 2015, a newborn baby became the youngest ever organ donor after he donated his kidneys to an adult with renal failure.
• The boy just lived for just 100 minutes after being born.
• The oldest known donor has been in Scotland where a 107-year-old woman donated cornea after her death in 2016.
• The oldest known organ donor for an internal organ was a 95-year-old West Virginia man, who donated his liver after he died.

International Lefthanders Day 2021:

• August 13 is observed annually as the International Lefthanders Day to celebrate the “uniqueness and differences of left-handed individuals.”
• The day was first observed in 1976 by Dean R Campbell, the founder of Lefthanders International Inc.

SPORTS – Daily Current Affairs August 13

2. Unmukt Chand is related to which sports?
A) Cricket
B) Baseball
C) Basketball
D) Volleyball
E) Football
Answer: A) Cricket

• Unmukt Chand, India’s 2012 U-19 World Cup-winning captain, announced his decision to retire from all forms of cricket at the age of 28.

3. Chijindu Ujah has been provisionally suspended for allegedly breaching anti-doping rules at the Tokyo Games. He was related to which sports?
A) Cricket
B) Athlete
C) Basketball
D) Volleyball
E) Football
Answer: B) Athlete

BANKING AND FINANCE – Daily Current Affairs August 13

4. Exim Bank of India to provide USD 100 mn loan to which country for procuring defence items?
A) UK
B) Nepal
C) Mauritius
D) Bhutan
E) China
Answer: C) Mauritius

• Out of the total credit by Exim Bank under the agreement, goods, works and services of the value of at least 75 per cent of the contract price shall be supplied by the seller from India, and the remaining 25 per cent of goods and services may be procured by the seller for the purpose of the eligible contract from outside India.
• The agreement under the LoC is effective from July 22, 2021.

5. Which bank launches MSME mentoring programme in West Bengal?
A) Kotak Mahindra Bank
B) DCB Bank
C) Indian Bank
D) ICICI Bank
E) HDFC Bank
Answer: C) Indian Bank

6. World Bank signs $105m project to strengthen urban services in which state?
A) Maharashtra
B) Punjab
C) Rajasthan
D) Madhya Pradesh
E) Tamil Nadu
Answer: B) Punjab

• The Government of India, the Government of Punjab and the World Bank have signed a $105 million Punjab Municipal Services Improvement Project to strengthen urban services in Amritsar and Ludhiana, the two largest cities in Punjab, India.
• A major focus of the project will be on providing efficient water supply and sanitation services in Amritsar and Ludhiana, cities that are the engines of economic growth for the state of Punjab.

7. Which bank signs MoU with Indian Navy to offer Honour FIRST banking solutions?
A) Kotak Mahindra Bank
B) DCB Bank
C) DBS Bank India
D) IDFC FIRST Bank
E) HDFC Bank
Answer: D) IDFC FIRST Bank

• IDFC FIRST Bank announced the signing of 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.
• The Honour FIRST Defence Account is specially designed keeping in mind the needs of the Armed Forces and its veterans.
• Account holders of Honour FIRST are supported by a dedicated team of defence veterans.

8. Which Bank awarded the ISO 22301:2019 certification for its Business Continuity Management System (BCMS)?
A) Federal Bank
B) DCB Bank
C) DBS Bank India
D) IDFC FIRST Bank
E) HDFC Bank
Answer: A) Federal Bank

9. Which bank has been empanelled as an ‘Agency Bank’ by Reserve Bank of India to undertake general banking businesses of Central and State government on behalf of the RBI?
A) Federal Bank
B) DCB Bank
C) South Indian Bank
D) IDFC FIRST Bank
E) HDFC Bank
Answer: C) South Indian Bank

BUSINESS AND ECONOMY – Daily Current Affairs August 13

10. ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India has signed an agreement with which organisation to provide digital skill training to over 800 people across the country?
A) NITI Aayog
B) NHAI
C) NSDC
D) CCI
E) NABARD
Answer: C) NSDC

• ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India said it has signed an agreement with National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) to provide digital skill training to over 800 people across the country.
• Under the partnership, the Gujarat-based company will financially sponsor digital skill training for eligible candidates over the next year as part of its CSR programme
  ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel (AMNS) India is a joint venture between Luxembourg-headquartered ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel of Japan.

APPOINTMENTS – Daily Current Affairs August 13

11. Who is appointed as CMD of Godrej Industries Limited?
A) Nadir Godrej
B) Sakthi Godrej
C) Karthik Godrej
D) Arun Godrej
E) Sarath Godrej
Answer: A) Nadir Godrej

• Veteran industrialist Adi Godrej will step down as chairman as well as from the board of directors of Godrej Industries Ltd, passing on the baton to his younger brother Nadir Godrej, effective October 1.
• Nadir Godrej, who is currently managing director of GIL, will take over as chairman and managing director of the company

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY – Daily Current Affairs August 13

12. National Health Authority teams up with which IIT to strengthen India’s response to COVID-19 crisis?
A) IIT Mumbai
B) IIT Mandi
C) IIT Kharagpur
D) IIT Delhi
E) IIT Madras
Answer: D) IIT Delhi

• Through this partnership, the National Health Authority (NHA) will be a technical collaborator on the US Agency for International Development (USAID)-supported SAMRIDH Healthcare Blended Financing Facility.
• This collaboration will be crucial to support rapid scaling and absorption of health innovations across more than 23,000 PM-JAY empanelled hospitals.

IFFCO joins hands with IIT-Delhi for research on agri-tech projects:

• Fertilizer co-operative Indian Farmers Fertilizer Co-operative Ltd (IFFCO) has tied up with Indian Institute of technology Delhi (IIT-Delhi) to do joint research on agricultural technological projects, and promote precision farming.
• IFFCO’S research and development unit, Nano Biotechnology Research Centre (NBRC), has signed an agreement with IIT-Delhi that will promote research consultancy, knowledge transfer, and collaborative projects.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS – Daily Current Affairs August 13

13. 3-day long maiden bilateral exercise ‘Al-Mohed Al – Hindi’ between Indian Navy, which country Naval Force commenced off the coast of Al Jubail?
A) Germany
B) Saudi Arabia
C) Hungary
D) France
E) Ireland
Answer: B) Saudi Arabia

14. Which country organized the IBSA (India, Brazil and South Africa) Tourism Ministers’ virtual meeting?
A) Germany
B) India
C) Hungary
D) France
E) Ireland
Answer: B) India

• India organized the IBSA (India, Brazil and South Africa) Tourism Ministers’ virtual meeting.
• The Minister of Tourism of India, Shri G. Kishan Reddy; the Minister of Tourism of the Federative Republic of Brazil, H.E. Mr. Gilson Machado Neto and the Deputy Minister of Tourism of the Republic of South Africa, H.E. Mr. Fish Amos Mahlalela, met through videoconferencing under India’s IBSA Chairship on 12th August 2021.
• India organized the IBSA Tourism Ministers’ Meeting to promote tourism cooperation among the member states and reviewed the intra IBSA Tourism cooperation.

NATIONAL AFFAIRS – Daily Current Affairs August 13

15. Which UT launches ‘PROOF’ app to monitor timely completion of projects?
A) Puducherry
B) Ladakh
C) Jammu & Kashmir
D) Delhi
E) Lakshadweep
Answer: C) Jammu & Kashmir

• In a bid to bring more transparency and accountability in the governance system, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha launched PROOF ‘Photographic Record of On-site Facility’ app.
• It will help in uploading geo-tagged photographs while preferring bills in the concerned treasuries against the budget allotted through the BEAMS application.
• The app will help in monitoring and timely completion of projects.
• Details of all projects with complete geo-tagged photographs shall now be available for the public through EMPOWERMENT portal.

16. Which state announces doorstep assistance scheme for aged, disabled and destitute persons?
A) Maharashtra
B) Kerala
C) Rajasthan
D) Madhya Pradesh
E) Tamil Nadu
Answer: B) Kerala

• The first phase of the scheme, which would commence from September, will be implemented in areas under 50 local bodies and based on the government’s experience it would be extended to the entire state in December, he said in a release.
• Explaining how the scheme would be implemented, the release said that in all Local Self Government Institutions, a committee consisting of an Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA), a Kudumbasree representative and volunteers under the chairmanship of the Ward member will carry out the work of providing the services.

17. Who launched vehicle scrappage policy that significant milestone in India’s development journey?
A) Ram Nath Kovind
B) Narendra Modi
C) Arjun Munda
D) Anurag Singh Thakur
E) Subhas Sarkar
Answer: B) Narendra Modi

18. Who launched the nationwide program of ”Fit India Freedom Run 2.0” to celebrate 75 years of India’s Independence?
A) Ram Nath Kovind
B) Narendra Singh Tomar
C) Arjun Munda
D) Anurag Singh Thakur
E) Subhas Sarkar
Answer: D) Anurag Singh Thakur

• Sports Minister Anurag Thakur launched the nationwide program of ”Fit India Freedom Run 2.0” to celebrate 75 years of India’s Independence.
• The run will start on August 15 and will go on till October 2.
• Thakur flagged off the event at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium.
• The event was also held at 75 locations across the country, including iconic ones like the Cellular Jail in Port Blair; Kaza Post in Lahaul Spiti; Mumbai’s Gateway of India, and the Attari Border in Punjab among many others.

19. Tata Motors ties up with which state govt to set up vehicle scrapping centre?
A) Gujarat
B) Kerala
C) Rajasthan
D) Madhya Pradesh
E) Tamil Nadu
Answer: A) Gujarat

• The scrappage centre, which will be for both passenger and commercial vehicles, will have a capacity of recycling up to 36,000 vehicles a year.
• Tata Motors will set up the scrapping centre in association with a partner.

20. ‘Atham’ festival is celebrated in which state?
A) Maharashtra
B) Kerala
C) Rajasthan
D) Madhya Pradesh
E) Tamil Nadu
Answer: B) Kerala

• Keralalites celebrated ‘ Atham’, which marks the beginning of the ten day long Onam festival.
• Onam, the State festival of Kerala is the biggest celebration of Keralites across the globe.
• The most auspicious day of Onam celebration, the “Thiruonam” falls on 21st of this month.

Kerala Police comes up with country’s first Drone Forensic Lab & Research Centre:

• At a time when drones emerge as a major security threat in the country, the Kerala police launched a first-of-its-kind Drone Forensic Lab and Research Centre here with an aim to address the rising concerns in this regard.
• Besides addressing the threat aspects of the drones, the lab-cum-research centre is also envisaged to look at the utility part of the unmanned aerial vehicles.

21. Who launched ‘SonChiraiya’ – (A brand and logo)- for marketing of urban Self-Help Group (SHG) products?
A) Ram Nath Kovind
B) Durga Shanker Mishra
C) Arjun Munda
D) Anurag Singh Thakur
E) Subhas Sarkar
Answer: B) Durga Shanker Mishra

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