Daily Current Affairs August 27

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August 27 | Daily Current Affairs 2021

SPORTS – Daily Current Affairs August 27

1. Which country batsman Sean Williams to step away from international cricket?
A) Zimbabwe
B) USA
C) India
D) Russia
E) Australia
Answer: A) Zimbabwe

• Veteran Zimbabwe batsman Sean Williams has intended to step away from international cricket after the team’s upcoming tour of Ireland.
• As per the report, the middle-order batsman had earlier requested the Zimbabwe team management to not consider him for the upcoming five T20Is against Ireland. Williams however will be available for the ODIs series.
• Zimbabwe team’s tour to Ireland for three ODIs matches and five T20Is will get underway with the two sides facing off in the T20Is scheduled for August 27 and 29 at Clontarf and September 1, 2, and 4 at Bready.
• Meanwhile, veteran batsman Craig Ervine will captain Zimbabwe for the limited-overs series in Ireland and Scotland.

2. Who won the Barcelona Open chess tournament title?
A) Sethuraman
B) Pentala Harikrishna
C) Santosh Gujrathi Vidit
D) B. Adhiban
E) Viswanathan Anand
Answer: A) Sethuraman

• Indian Grandmaster SP Sethuraman won the Barcelona Open chess tournament title here while compatriot Karthikeyan Murali finished third.
• Sethuraman (Elo 2644) collected 7.5 points from nine rounds to emerge winner on the basis of a better tie-break score after Daniil Yuffa of Russia also finished level with the Indian player.
• Chithambaram took the fifth spot while Arjun Kalyan (6.5 points) ended ninth, followed by Visakh in 10th place after a handful of players finished with 6.5 points.
• Indian International Master N R Vignesh and Vaishali scored six points to finish 15th and 16th respectively.

3. Which company, WFI initiate programme to win gold medal in Paris Olympics 2024?
A) Unicorn
B) Adani Group
C) Tata Motors
D) Infosys
E) TCS
Answer: C) Tata Motors

• Tata Motors and the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) strengthened their long-term partnership with the launch of an initiative to win a gold medal in the next edition of Olympics.
• The initiative, ‘Quest for Gold at Paris Olympics 2024’, is a holistic development programme with the singular objective to win the coveted gold medal at the next Olympics.
• As part of this initiative, WFI, with support from Tata Motors, will focus on the growth, progress and advancement of both men and women wrestlers, across age groups, by providing access to the right infrastructure, platform, opportunities and security.

OBITUARY – Daily Current Affairs August 21

4. Former director of which organisation U S Mishra passed away?
A) CII
B) CCI
C) NHAI
D) NTPC
E) CBI
Answer: E) CBI

• Former CBI director U S Mishra passed away at a private hospital.
• Mishra took over reins of the agency as its 21st chief on December 6, 2003 during the NDA government under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and completed his two-year tenure on December 6, 2005 under the UPA dispensation led by Manmohan Singh.
• Mishra was also elected as the Vice President of Interpol.

BANKING AND FINANCE – Daily Current Affairs August 27

5. A penalty of how much amount has been imposed on Jijamata Mahila Sahakari Bank, Pune, Maharashtra by RBI for non-compliance with the directions on exposure norms and statutory/ other restrictions-urban co-operative banks?
A) Rs 2 lakh
B) Rs 3 lakh
C) Rs 4 lakh
D) Rs 5 lakh
E) Rs 6 lakh
Answer: B) Rs 3 lakh

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said it has imposed penalties on two co-operative banks and a non-banking financial company (NBFC), for deficiencies in certain regulatory compliance.
• A penalty of Rs 3 lakh has been imposed on Jijamata Mahila Sahakari Bank, Pune, Maharashtra for non-compliance with the directions on exposure norms and statutory/ other restrictions-urban co-operative banks (UCBs), the central bank said.
• In another statement, it said a penalty of Rs 2 lakh has been imposed on The Muslim Co-operative Bank Limited, Pune, for contravention of/non-compliance with the directions issued by the RBI on Know Your Customer (KYC).
• The RBI also said it has imposed a penalty of Rs 5 lakh on Seyad Shariat Finance Limited, Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu), an NBFC, for non-compliance with certain provisions of the Know Your Customer Directions, 2016.

6. Which payment app will launch of 12 percent Club app that will allow consumers to invest and earn up to 12 percent annual interest or borrow at similar rate?
A) NeoBank
B) PhonePe
C) Innoviti
D) LoanTap
E) BharatPe
Answer: E) BharatPe

• Fintech firm BharatPe announced its foray into the consumer space with the launch of 12 percent Club app that will allow consumers to invest and earn up to 12 percent annual interest or borrow at similar rate.
• BharatPe has partnered with RBI-approved NBFCs to offer this investment-cum-borrowing product for consumers, a statement said.

7. RBI Includes PM SVANidhi Scheme Beneficiaries To PIDF. What is the expansion of P in PIDF?
A) Prevent
B) Problem
C) Payments
D) Pay
E) Profit
Answer: C) Payments

• Reserve Bank of India, said that it had extended the scheme for encouraging the deployment of Point of Sale (PoS) infrastructure to street vendors which comes under the PM SVANidhi programme.
• The Reserve Bank has now decided to include street vendors identified as part of the PM Street Vendor’s Atma Nirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi Scheme) in tier-1 and tier-2 centres as beneficiaries under the PIDF Scheme.
• As hitherto, the street vendors in tier-3 to tier-6 centres will continue to be covered under the Scheme.
• The Payments Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) scheme, with a corpus of Rs 345 crore, predicts making 30 lakh new touch points each year for digital payments in level 3 to level 6 communities.

BUSINESS AND ECONOMY – Daily Current Affairs August 27

8. Which company along with Ernst & Young and Elets Technomedia launched the first edition of the Education Innovation Summit?
A) Infosys
B) TCS
C) Flipkart
D) Amazon India
E) Microsoft India
Answer: E) Microsoft India

• Committed to democratize education for all, Microsoft India along with Ernst & Young and Elets Technomedia launched the first edition of the Education Innovation Summit.
• The Education Innovation Summit seeks to bring together education influencers and ministers across the country to facilitate a dialogue on education transformation in the country, using technology to create a future forward and equitable learning ecosystem.
• The Summit will open a dialogue on the role of technology to transform education, improve learning outcomes and better prepare students across India for the new world of work.
• The first leg of the Summit was hosted today in Uttar Pradesh.
• Education influencers and public sector officials across the state came together to discuss the need for transforming every classroom across the state into a modern virtual classroom, helping students get a world-class education irrespective of geographical and linguistic barriers or accessibility needs.
• Anchoring these discussions, Microsoft shared its commitment to partner with the state, making available the technology and tools required to accelerate digital equity, empowering learners and educators to achieve more.

9. Which company became the fourth Indian company to touch a market valuation of USD 100 billion?
A) Infosys
B) TCS
C) Flipkart
D) Amazon India
E) Microsoft India
Answer: A) Infosys

• Infosys Ltd became the fourth Indian company to touch a market valuation of USD 100 billion.
• The IT services major has joined the league of TCS, Reliance Industries, and HDFC Bank for crossing the USD 100 billion mark in terms of market capitalization (m-cap).
• The milestone was achieved during the morning trade when the scrip was trading at its 52-week high value of Rs 1,755.6 on the BSE, which took them-cap to Rs 74.77 lakh crore or USD 100.78 billion.
• However, during the close of the trading session, it pared the earlier gains and settled 1.06 percent lower at Rs 1,720.75.

10. STPI, which foundation sign MoU to promote start-ups?
A) Bosch Foundation
B) Biocon Foundation
C) Axis Foundation
D) Wadhwani Foundation
E) Navjyoti India Foundation
Answer: D) Wadhwani Foundation

• The Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Wadhwani Foundation’s National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN) to promote entrepreneurship and create a nurturing ecosystem for startups.
• Under the MoU, the foundation will conduct NextGen IGNITE, a 14-week bootcamp programme for startups selected in Chunati 1.0.
• Chunati is a nation-wide challenge to find startups that can find solutions for problems faced during and after the pandemic.

APPOINTMENTS – Daily Current Affairs August 27

11. Lav Aggarwal, the joint secretary of the Union health ministry has been given a howmany-month extension?
A) 5
B) 4
C) 3
D) 2
E) 1
Answer: C) 3

• Lav Aggarwal, the joint secretary of the Union health ministry has been given a three-month extension for his central deputation, said the government in a statement.
  His tenure was going to end on 28 August.

12. RBI approves appointment of Sanjeeb Chaudhuri as part-time chairman of which bank?
A) Kotak Mahindra Bank
B) IndusInd Bank
C) Punjab National Bank
D) IDFC First Bank
E) Bank of Maharashtra
Answer: D) IDFC First Bank

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the appointment of Sanjeeb Chaudhuri as the part-time chairman of the IDFC FIRST Bank Limited.

13. Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit has been given the additional charge of governor of which state/UT?
1) J & K
2) Chandigarh
3) Punjab
A) Only 1 & 3
B) Only 2 & 3
C) Only 3
D) Only 2
E) Only 1
Answer: B) Only 2 & 3

• Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit has been given the additional charge of Punjab and the Union Territory of Chandigarh, according to an official statement issued.
• Earlier, V P Singh Badnore was the governor of Punjab and the administrator of Chandigarh

14. Pankaj Kumar is appointed as new Chief Secretary of which state?
A) Karnataka
B) West Bengal
C) Gujarat
D) Arunachal Pradesh
E) Assam
Answer: C) Gujarat

• The state government appointed 1986-batch IAS officer Pankaj Kumar the new Chief Secretary of Gujarat. Kumar will replace Anil Mukim, whose current term ends later this month.

AWARDS – Daily Current Affairs August 27

15. Amit Rohidas has been awarded the prestigious Biju Patnaik Sports Award for outstanding performance in Sports & Games by the government of which state?
A) Karnataka
B) West Bengal
C) Odisha
D) Arunachal Pradesh
E) Assam
Answer: C) Odisha

• Indian men’s hockey team defender, and drag-flicker Amit Rohidas has been awarded the prestigious Biju Patnaik Sports Award for outstanding performance in Sports & Games by the Odisha government.
• Rohidas played an instrumental role in India’s backline as well as PC defending in the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics Games, where India ended a 41-year wait for an Olympic medal by claiming bronze.
• Hockey India congratulated Rohidas on getting the prestigious award.
• The hockey star from Sundargarh district in Odisha has been a regular feature in the Indian team after making a comeback in 2017 and has been part of some of the biggest feats in recent years.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY – Daily Current Affairs August 21

16. Blue Origin would be launching its New Shephard (NS-17) spacecraft. Blue Origin is based on which country?
A) Zimbabwe
B) USA
C) India
D) Russia
E) Australia
Answer: B) USA

• Jeff Bezos space company Blue Origin would be launching its New Shephard (NS-17) spacecraft.
• The NS-17 will launch with the second flight of NASA’s lunar landing technology demonstration on board.
• The NS-17 mission is scheduled to lift off from Blue Origin’s West Texas launch site at 7:05 pm (IST).
• Blue Origin, dedicated the launch to flying scientific and research payloads and said that it will be the fourth flight for the New Shephard programme this year.
• This will be the 4th flight for the New Shepard program this year and the 8th flight for this particular vehicle, which is dedicated to flying scientific and research payloads to space and back
• New Shepard is a 60-foot-tall and fully autonomous rocket-and-capsule combo that cannot be piloted from inside the spacecraft.
• The capsule’s exterior comprises NASA’s Deorbit, Descent, and Landing Sensor Demonstration experiment, designed to help spacecraft land more accurately on the moon and other cosmic bodies.
• The New Shepard was first flown in October 2020.
• On July 20, Jeff Bezos blasted off on the first flight of his space travel company with a hand-picked group; his younger brother, an 18-year-old from the Netherlands, and an 82-year-old aviation pioneer from Texas — the youngest and oldest to ever hurtle off the planet.
• The Blue Origin rocket soared from remote West Texas on the 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, a date chosen by Bezos for its historical significance.
• Blue Origin has one main competitor in the suborbital space tourism business — Virgin Galactic.
• Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic conducted its first fully crewed suborbital mission in July, this year.
• Virgin Galactic is selling seats for $450,000 apiece. Blue Origin has not yet announced how much a ride on New Shepard costs.

17. Which company successfully test fires Falcon-9 rocket ahead of Dragon cargo launch for NASA?
A) Sierra Nevada Corporation
B) Blue Origin
C)Boeing
D) Roscosmos
E) SpaceX
Answer: E) SpaceX

• Former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ company Blue Origin blasted off its New Shepard (NS-17) cargo mission into space for a 10-minute 15-second ride.
• The spacecraft was launched from the company’s West Texas launch site.
• The NS-17 that completed the space mission didn’t carry any people, but the capsule contained as many as 18 commercial payloads – 11 of which are NASA-sponsored, along with thousands of postcards submitted by kids via Blue Origin’s nonprofit Club for the Future.

18. Which country has come up with its own version of the caller ID and blocking application TrueCaller, called BharatCaller?
A) Zimbabwe
B) Iran
C) India
D) Russia
E) Australia
Answer: C) India

• India has come up with its own version of the caller ID and blocking application TrueCaller, called BharatCaller.
• BharatCaller was built by Prajwal Sinha, an alumnus of the prestigious Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore. Its co-founder is Kunal Pasricha.
• Both Sinha and Pasricha were winners of the National Startup Awards 2020.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS – Daily Current Affairs August 27

19. Which INS Ship exercised with German frigate Bayern in the Gulf of Aden?
A) INS Satpura
B) INS Trikand
C) INS Vishnu
D) INS Vikrant
E) INS Virat
Answer: B) INS Trikand

• The Indian Navy Ship (INS) Trikand exercised with German frigate Bayern in the Gulf of Aden, informed the Indian Navy in a statement.
• The exercise included ‘cross deck helo landings’, visit board search and seizure operations.
• The exercise between INS Trikand, which is Mission Deployed in the region for Anti Piracy patrol and German Naval Frigate Bayern on her Indian Ocean leg of Indo-Pacific Deployment 2021 enhanced interoperability and facilitated the exchange of best practices between partner navies in maritime domain.

20. Which country has won elections for membership of the Council of Administration (CA) and the Postal Operations Council (POC) of the Universal Postal Union?
A) Zimbabwe
B) Iran
C) India
D) Russia
E) Australia
Answer: C) India

• India has won elections for membership of the Council of Administration (CA) and the Postal Operations Council (POC) of the Universal Postal Union at the 27th UPU Congress at Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, in West Africa.
• India was elected with 134 votes to the Council of Administration (CA), and won the highest votes in the CA elections from South Asia and Oceania region.
• India was also elected with 106 votes out of 156 countries to the Postal Operations Council.

21. India and which country have decided to work towards concluding an early harvest agreement over the next four months that will pave the way for a bilateral comprehensive economic cooperation agreement (CECA)?
A) Zimbabwe
B) Iran
C) USA
D) Russia
E) Australia
Answer: E) Australia

• India and Australia have decided to work towards concluding an early harvest agreement over the next four months that will pave the way for a bilateral comprehensive economic cooperation agreement (CECA).
• Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, in a video conference with his Australian counterpart, Dan Trehan, agreed to instruct officials to speed up the negotiations and to meet as often as required to achieve an early harvest announcement by December 2021, according to a joint press statement issued after the talks.
• India and Australia had started talks on a CECA way back in 2011, but the negotiations were suspended in 2015 as India was not willing to meet Australia’s demands for greater market access for farm products while its own demands of visa liberalisation for workers were being thwarted by Australia.
• India was Australia’s seventh-largest trading partner and sixth-largest export market in 2020, driven by coal and international education, according to the Australian government. India’s total trade with Australia in 2020-21 was at $12.29 billion

NATIONAL AFFAIRS – Daily Current Affairs August 27

22. Who addressed the First ever G20 Ministerial Conference on Women’s Empowerment which was held at Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy?
A) Ram Nath Kovind
B) Narendra Modi
C) Smriti Irani
D) Nirmala Sitharaman
E) Subhas Sarkar
Answer: C) Smriti Irani

• The Union Minister of Women & Child Development, Smt. Smriti Irani addressed the First ever G20 Ministerial Conference on Women’s Empowerment which was held at Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy in a hybrid format.
• The Union Minister reaffirmed India’s commitment to addressing gender and women-centric issues through mutual cooperation.
• The Minister highlighted the various initiatives undertaken in India by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi led the government towards fostering gender equality, ensuring better healthcare and strengthening women’s safety & security.
• G20 Conference on Women Empowerment acknowledged the common objectives and shared responsibilities to advance the goals of equality and development of women and girls in all spheres including STEM, Financial and Digital Literacy, Environment and Sustainability.

23. Which state/UT announces Sonu Sood as brand ambassador for ‘Desh ke Mentors’ program?
A) Assam
B) Chandigarh
C) Delhi
D) Ladakh
E) J & K
Answer: C) Delhi

• Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that actor Sonu Sood will be the brand ambassador of the Delhi government’s ‘Desh Ke Mentors’ program that will be launched soon.

24. Numaligarh Refinery Ltd joined hands with IWAI for transportation of heavy equipment through waterways for its expansion project in which state?
A) Karnataka
B) West Bengal
C) Nagaland
D) Arunachal Pradesh
E) Assam
Answer: E) Assam

• State-run Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL) joined hands with IWAI for transportation of heavy equipment through waterways for its expansion project in Assam.
• A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the northeast region’s largest refinery and Inland Waterways Authority of India for ferrying over-dimensional cargo and overweight consignment to a factory located at Numaligarh in Golaghat district of Assam.
• NRL is expanding its capacity from 3 million metric tonne per annum to 9 MMTPA at an investment of Rs 22,594 crore, which includes a 1,398-km crude oil pipeline from Odisha’s Paradip to Numaligarh and a 654-km product channel from its facility to West Bengal’s Siliguri.
• The MoU was signed in the presence of Union Shipping and Waterways Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, while Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Rameshwar Teli attended the programme virtually.

25. Who addresses first IBSA Youth Summit through video conferencing?
A) Ram Nath Kovind
B) Narendra Modi
C) Smriti Irani
D) Anurag Thakur
E) Subhas Sarkar
Answer: D) Anurag Thakur

• Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Thakur inaugurated and addressed the first India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Youth Summit through video conferencing.
• The theme of the Summit this year is Youth in Governance, Youth Development Programme, Youth Development Index and Health of Youth-Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Youth.

Anurag Thakur inaugurates e-photo exhibitions on Making of the Constitution and virtual film poster in New Delhi:

• Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur and Culture Minister G Kishen Reddy inaugurated an e photo exhibition on Making of the Constitution and virtual film poster exhibition titled Chitranjali @ 75 in New Delhi.
• As part of commemoration of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry is celebrating the week of 23rd to 29th August as the iconic week.
• Under this, various activities and programmes are being carried out throughout the country by the various media units of Information and Broadcasting Ministry.
• All India Radio will broadcast Azadi Ka Safar Akashvani Ke Saath and Azadi Ke Tarane – Special Programme on patriotic films and songs. A regional Amrit Mahotsav quiz is also being held.
• The Publication Division will organise book exhibitions in Mumbai and Lucknow.
• An ongoing series is also underway on Tribal Freedom fighters of India on DPD social media platforms.
• The Bureau of Outreach Communication is organising outreach programmes at Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Pune, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Shillong and Jaipur.
• The Songs and Drama Division is organising 100 programmes across the country

26. Which state launches web portal dedicated to unsung freedom fighters of state?
A) Karnataka
B) West Bengal
C) Nagaland
D) Bihar
E) Assam
Answer: D) Bihar

• Bihar’s culture department has launched a web portal dedicated to the war heroes, freedom fighters and martyrs of the state.
• The portal, amritmahotsav.bih.nic.in will carry the details about the series of activities and programmes which have been planned by the department to pay tributes to the bravehearts on the occasion of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav which began on August 15, the Independence Day, this year.

27. Who launched a national food and nutrition campaign for farmers?
A) Ram Nath Kovind
B) Narendra Singh Tomar
C) Smriti Irani
D) Anurag Thakur
E) Subhas Sarkar
Answer: B) Narendra Singh Tomar

• Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar launched a national food and nutrition campaign for farmers.
• Tomar said when the Modi government took over, the budget for agriculture was about ₹21,000crore which has now been increased to over ₹1.23lakh crore.

Union Agriculture Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar chairs 11th meeting of Agriculture Ministers of BRICS countries:

• Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar chaired the 11th Meeting of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) Agriculture Ministers.
• The Ministers of Agriculture from Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa deliberated virtually on the theme “BRICS Partnership for Strengthening Agro Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition Security”.
• BRICS brings together the major emerging economies of the world, hosting 41% of the world population, contributing 24% of the world GDP and over 16% share in world trade.
• Shri Kailash Choudhary, Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Shri Sanjay Agarwal, Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Shri Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary (DARE) & DG(ICAR), Shri. Abhilaskha Likhi, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and Ms. Alaknanda Dayal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare attended the virtual meeting of the BRICS Agriculture Ministers.

28. Which state has decided to name two medical institutes of the state after former chief minister Kalyan Singh?
A) Karnataka
B) West Bengal
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Bihar
E) Assam
Answer: C) Uttar Pradesh

• The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to name two medical institutes of the state after former chief minister Kalyan Singh who died after a prolonged illness at Lucknow’s Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) on August 21.
• Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has decided to name Bulandshahr’s medical college and Lucknow’s Super Speciality Cancer Institute after Kalyan Singh.
• After the decision, the two institutes would now be known as Kalyan Singh Rajkiya Medical College, Bulandshahr and Kalyan Singh Super Speciality Cancer Institute, Chak Ganjaria, Lucknow.

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