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June 2 | Daily Current Affairs 2021

IMPORTANT DAYS

1. 8th Formation Day of which state is observed on June 2?
A) Chhattisgarh
B) Telangana
C) Mizoram
D) Madhya Pradesh
E) Sikkim
Answer: B) Telangana

SPORTS

2. Which country will host Copa America for the second consecutive time?
A) Iceland
B) Brazil
C) Maldives
D) New Zealand
E) Israel
Answer: B) Brazil

• In football, Brazil will host Copa America for the second consecutive time after Colombia and Argentina were stripped of hosting rights for the tournament.
• South American soccer body CONMEBOL announced the decision hours after it ruled out Argentina amid an increase in COVID-19 cases in the country.

3. Zhang Ning, Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng have been inducted into the Badminton World Federation’s Hall of Fame. They are related to which country?
A) Iceland
B) Nepal
C) Maldives
D) China
E) Israel
Answer: D) China

• China’s Olympic gold medallists Zhang Ning, Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng have been inducted into the Badminton World Federation’s Hall of Fame.
• Zhang won gold in the women’s singles at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics and was crowned world champion in 2003.
• Cai and Fu are the only men’s doubles pair to have won four world titles.
• They also won Olympic gold at London in 2012.
• BWF President Poul-Erik Hoyer said the trio are “iconic figures”.

RANKING

4. Which state has topped in the list of Artificial Intelligence Index 2021 Annual Report?
A) Odisha
B) Jharkhand
C) Mizoram
D) Karnataka
E) Sikkim
Answer: D) Karnataka

• Artificial Intelligence Index 2021,Annual Report Compiled by Srini Raju IT & Networked Economy (STRINE) research Centre at Indian School of Business (ISB) shows Over 1.14 lakh job postings Out of 50 lakh in 2020 are provided by Artificial Intelligence.
• Karnataka accounted for 36,790 jobs, or 41 per cent of the total AI jobs, Maharashtra 23 per cent (20,162), followed by Delhi and Tamil Nadu with 7 per cent (or about 6,000).
• Chennai tops in AI Patents filed, with almost 59 % in 2020 (increased from 40 % in 2011).
• USA Tops in the number of AI Patents Filed, Globally; followed by Japan.

BANKING AND FINANCE

5. Which Bank launched an exclusive NR savings account scheme for Seafarer segment?
A) Indian Bank
B) HDFC Bank
C) Canara Bank
D) ICICI Bank
E) Federal Bank
Answer: E) Federal Bank

• Private sector lender Federal Bank launched an exclusive NR savings account scheme for Seafarer segment.
• This scheme is specially curated and crafted for the mariners and offers best in class services clubbed with state-of-the-art digital banking platforms that allows the mariners to execute banking transactions seamlessly, irrespective of the geo coordinates and time zone differences.
• The facilities offered in the scheme are preferential exchange rate for monthly inward remittances, premium debit card with domestic airport lounge access, linked zero balance NRO account and bespoke financial planning and customized wealth management products and services.

6. Which Micro finance company launches UPI AutoPay for loan EMI payments?
A) Equitas Microfinance Pvt Ltd
B) Satin Creditcare Network Limited
C) Annapurna Microfinance Pvt Ltd
D) Arohan Financial Services Pvt Ltd
E) Disha Microfin Pvt Ltd
Answer: B) Satin Creditcare Network Limited

• Satin Creditcare Network Limited will be the first time that customers can pay their loan EMIs via UPI platform.
• HSBC India is a banking partner to Satin Creditcare and has always been partnering with corporates from multiple strategic sectors to offer meaningful solutions to them.
• By associating with Satin Creditcare, HSBC India has become the only international bank as part of the UPI AutoPay platform.

7. Which Bank joins hands with SWIFT to offer instant facility for cross-border inward remittances?
A) Indian Bank
B) HDFC Bank
C) Canara Bank
D) ICICI Bank
E) Federal Bank
Answer: D) ICICI Bank

• Private Sector lender ICICI Bank on Wednesday said that it has tied up with SWIFT to offer a facility that helps overseas partner banks to send instant remittances on behalf of their customers to the beneficiary in India.
• The beneficiary gets the credit to the bank account instantly.
• This makes ICICI Bank the first bank in Asia-Pacific and second globally to offer the facility, called ‘SWIFT gpi Instant’, for cross border inward payments.
• This service that offers instant credit works by connecting ‘SWIFT gpi’, the high-speed cross-border rails with a real-time domestic payments infrastructure.

8. NABARD sanctions Rs 254 crore for drinking water projects in which state?
A) Odisha
B) Jharkhand
C) Mizoram
D) Madhya Pradesh
E) Sikkim
Answer: A) Odisha

• NABARD has sanctioned Rs 254 crore to Odisha under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) for setting up two mega piped drinking water supply project.
• The two mega projects will come up in the Jajpur district (covering Badachana and Dharmasala blocks) and the Puri district (covering Brahmagiri and Krushnaprasad blocks).
• These projects are expected to provide clean and safe drinking water to an 8.78 lakh rural population across 1.37 lakh households in 565 villages of the state on completion.

BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

9. Which IT company, Finastra tie up to help digitalise banks in the Asia-Pacific?
A) Google
B) Accenture
C) Wipro
D) TCS
E) Microsoft
Answer: C) Wipro

BOOKS AND AUTHORS

10. “Skill It, Kill It: Struggles, Sacrifices and Success in Your Life and Career” is authored by whom?
A) Jeff Kinney
B) SK Joshi
C) Ronnie Screwvala
D) Dr. Mohan Kanda
E) PrachandPraveer
Answer: C) Ronnie Screwvala

• ‘Skill It, Kill It: Struggles, Sacrifices and Success in Your Life and Career’ – authored by Ronnie Screwvala & published by Penguin Random House.

APPOINTMENTS

11. Who is appointed as the Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission?
A) Justice Arun Kumar Mishra
B) Justice Aravind Kumar Mishra
C) Justice Ashok Kumar Mishra
D) Justice Sri Kumar Mishra
E) Justice Bala Kumar Mishra
Answer: A) Justice Arun Kumar Mishra

• Retired Supreme Court Judge Justice Arun Kumar Mishra took over as the Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
• He had retired from the apex court in September last year.

12. Isaac Herzog is appointed as President of which country?
A) Iceland
B) Nepal
C) Maldives
D) New Zealand
E) Israel
Answer: E) Israel

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

13. Which country launches global initiative for clean energy innovation?
A) India
B) Australia
C) Maldives
D) New Zealand
E) USA
Answer: A) India

• The goal is to make clean energy affordable, attractive and accessible for all this decade, to accelerate action towards the Paris Agreement and net zero pathways.

BRICS nations call for India office of New Development Bank:

• India is the last among the five countries in the BRICS grouping to host a regional office of the New Development Bank (NDB).
• The first regional centre was opened in South Africa in 2017, with the second coming up in Brazil in 2018 and the third in Russia opening up in 2019.
• China hosts the headquarters of the NDB in Shanghai.
• BRICS groups together Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
• The NDB was set up with an initial authorised capital of $100 billion with an initial subscribed capital of $50 billion, shared equally among founding members.
• The 2014 summit had also agreed to the signing an agreement for the establishment of the BRICS Contingent Reserve Arrangement (CRA) with an initial size of $100 billion.

NATIONAL AFFAIRS

14. The Union Cabinet was apprised of MoU signed between the India and which country on cooperation in the field of Sustainable Urban Development?
A) Iceland
B) Nepal
C) Maldives
D) New Zealand
E) USA
Answer: C) Maldives

• The agreement will promote strong, deep and long-term bilateral cooperation in the field of sustainable urban development between the two countries and expected to create employment in the areas of sustainable urban development including ‘Urban Planning, Smart Cities Development, Solid waste management, Affordable housing, Urban Green Mobility, Urban Mass Rapid Transport, Smart Cities Development.

15. Which state inaugurated ”Tunhar Sarkar, Tunhar Dwar” (your government at your doorstep), a platform through which the transport department can deliver 22 services to people’s homes?
A) Chhattisgarh
B) Jharkhand
C) Mizoram
D) Madhya Pradesh
E) Sikkim
Answer: A) Chhattisgarh

• At least 22 services of the transport department, including driving license renewals and smart card licenses, will now be made available at people’s doorstep under a new facility launched by the Chhattisgarh government.
• Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel inaugurated ”Tunhar Sarkar, Tunhar Dwar” (your government at your doorstep), a platform through which the transport department can deliver 22 services to people’s homes.
• Under this facility, smart card driving licenses, registration certificates among other documents will be delivered through speed post in maximum of seven days to applicants’ homes.
• Vehicle owners can apply for these services on www.parivahan.gov.in, he said, adding that with voluntary Aadhaar authentication under this new facility, people can avail these services immediately and track the status of speed posts online.

16. Which Minister launches ‘revamped’ health schemes on IT platform of NHA?
A) Mansukh Mandaviya
B) Amit Shah
C) Nirmala Sitharaman
D) Narendra Singh Tomar
E) Harsh Vardhan
Answer: E) Harsh Vardhan

• Health Minister Harsh Vardhan launched ”revamped” health schemes for providing cashless, paperless and citizen-centric services.
• He launched the revamped Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) and the umbrella schemes of Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN) and the Health Minister’s Discretionary Grant (HMDG) on the National Health Authority (NHA)’s IT platform.

17. Which state announced a contest for villages with an aim to encourage steps to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the rural areas of the state?
A) Chhattisgarh
B) Jharkhand
C) Mizoram
D) Maharashtra
E) Sikkim
Answer: D) Maharashtra

• Maharashtra announced a contest for villages with an aim to encourage steps to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the rural areas of the state.
• Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray recently lauded efforts by some villages to stem the spread of the viral infection and announced the “My Village Corona Free” initiative.
• The “Covid-free village” contest is part of the initiative announced by the chief minister
  Three village panchayats will be awarded for doing good work in COVID-19 management in each revenue division.
• The first prize will be ₹ 50 lakh, second ₹ 25 lakh and third ₹ 15 lakh, the minister said.
• There are six revenue divisions in the state which means there will be 18 prizes in all.
• The total prize money is ₹ 5.4 crore.
• The villages which win the contest will also get an additional amount equivalent to the prize money as encouragement, and it will be utilised for developmental works in those villages, the minister said.
• The participating villages will be judged on 22 criteria, he said, adding that a committee will be set up to judge the villages.

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