BITA
(Banking Institude & TNPSC Academy)
Current Affairs October- 30
International News
1. Japan to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050
· Aapanese Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga has stated that the country will achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050.
· The Prime Minister stated he intends to make a sustainable economy a pillar of his growth strategy and put maximum effort into achieving a green society.
· Suga emphasized the need to shift away from fossil fuels to counter climate change as an opportunity rather than a burden. As per Japan’s current energy plan, 56 per cent of its energy requirements come from fossil fuels.
2. Yashvardhan K. Sinha appointed as new
Chief Information Commissioner
- Government
of India has approved the name of Former Foreign Service
officer, Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha as
the new Chief Information Commissioner.
- He was already the Information Commissioner and
was also the most senior. The post of CIC chairman had been vacant for
several months after Bimal
Zulka retired.
- A Marathi journalist, Uday Mahurkar has been selected for the post of Information Commissioner.
Uday Mahurkar worked as a deputy editor in India Today Group and is
considered close to the Sangh Parivar.
- Uday Mahurkar has also written a book on Prime
Minister Modi titled “Merging
with a Billion” and “Center Stage: Inside
Narendra Modi”.
3. Microsoft & NSDC tie-up to empower
1 lakh women with digital skills
- Microsoft has
collaborated with the National
Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) to impart digital skills
to more than one lakh underserved women in
India over the next ten months.
- This initiative is an extension of Microsoft’s
partnership with NSDC to provide digital skills to over 1 lakh youth in
the country.
- The programme will curate a series of live training sessions and digital skilling drives to help create opportunities for young girls and women, particularly first-time job seekers and those whose jobs may have been impacted by Covid-19, to join the future workforce
- 4. IIT Kanpur, ASI sign MoU with Italian institutes for restoration of monuments
· The Indian Institute of Technology,
Kanpur (IIT-K) and the Archaeological
Survey of India have signed an agreement with two
institutions from Italy, seeking restoration and protection of historical
monuments.
·
The MoU was signed among IIT-K, Ca’Foscari University
of Venice, Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti E Paesaggio, Venice, on
creating a network and sharing skills for restoration and protection of
historical monuments.
·
All institutes have agreed to develop collaborative
scientific study activities and sharing skills to restore and protect monuments
on a reciprocal and equal basis.
·
All institutes shall seek to promote collaboration and
activities in areas such as collaboration in scientific studies and skill
sharing, the exchange of knowledge, experience, academic materials and
publications, conducting workshops, undertaking joint field studies and
technology development.
Important takeaways for all competitive exams:
·
Archaeological Survey of India Director-General: V. Vidyavathi.
·
Archaeological Survey of India Headquarters: New
Delhi.
Business News
5. BharatPe launches digital gold on its platform
·
A leading merchant payment network, BharatPe has announced the
launch of digital gold on its platform.
·
The launch of this new category of fintech product is
in line with the company’s commitment to offering the entire gamut of financial
products to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).
·
BharatPe’s merchants will be able to buy and
sell 99.5 per cent pure 24-carat
gold. Merchants
can choose to buy in rupees or grams, any time of the day and from anywhere, by
using the BharatPe app.
·
To facilitate this, BharatPe has also partnered with Safegold, a digital platform
that allows customers to buy, sell and receive vaulted gold.
·
SafeGold has appointed IDBI
Trusteeship Services to protect the interest of merchants with regard
to their gold purchases.
Important takeaways for all competitive exams:
·
Chief Executive Officer of BharatPe: Ashneer Grover.
·
BharatPe Founded: 2018.
Award News
6. Anzar Mustaeen Ali wins special prize in Global Art
Competition
·
A six-year-old Bangladeshi boy, Anzar
Mustaeen Ali won a special prize of USD 1000 for his artwork
in the global art competition organised by the Indian
Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR).
·
The ICCR had launched a global painting competition
named ‘United Against CORONA- Express through
Art’ which
attracted 8000 artwork entries from around the world. After the first round of
competition 210 artworks were shortlisted.
Important takeaways for all competitive exams:
· ICCR President: Vinay Sahasrabuddhe
· ICCR Headquarters: New Delhi
·
ICCR Director General: Shri Dinesh. K. Patnaik
Defence
News
7. Indian Army launches indigenous mobile application
SAI
- The Indian
Army has
launched a secured messaging application platform named ‘Secure Application for the Internet’ (SAI).
- This mobile application for Android will support
end-to-end secure voice, text and video calling services. This application
is similar to applications like Telegram and WhatsApp.
- SAI has been vetted by CERT-in empanelled auditor
and Army Cyber Group. It also informed that the process for filing
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) hosting the infrastructure on NIC and
working on iOS platform is currently in progress.
- Ministry of Defence also informed that SAI will
be used by pan Army to ensure securing messaging.
- Upon reviewing the functionalities of the
application, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh praised Col Sai Shankar for
his skill and ingenuity for developing the application.
Science and Technology
8. NASA’s SOFIA discovers water on Sunlit Surface of
Moon
·
Two new studies published in Nature
Astronomy suggest
there could be much more water than previously thought, including ice stored in
permanently shadowed “cold traps” at lunar polar
regions.
·
Using data from the Stratospheric
Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Airborne Telescope, researchers
scanned the lunar surface at a more precise wavelength than had been used
before — six microns instead of three. This allowed them
to distinguish the spectral fingerprint of molecular water.
· Previous research has found indications of water by scanning the surface, but these were unable to distinguish between water (H2O) and hydroxyl, a molecule made up of one hydrogen atom and one oxygen atom. But a new study provides further chemical proof that the Moon holds molecular water, even in sunlit areas.
Important takeaways for all competitive exams:
·
The administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration: Jim Bridenstine.
·
Headquarters of NASA: Washington D.C., United States.
Obituaries
9. Award-winning author and editor Daniel Menaker passes away
·
Daniel Menaker, an award-winning
author of fiction and nonfiction and a longtime editor at The New Yorker and
Random House who worked with Alice Munro, Salman
Rushdie, Colum McCann and many others, passed away.
·
Daniel Menaker was the author of several books,
including the memoir My Mistake and the comic psychological novel The
Treatment, adapted into a 2007 movie starring Chris Eigeman and Ian Holm. He
was also known for the O Henry Award-winning title story of his collection The
Old Left.
Miscellaneous
10. Plastic Premier League tournament to be played in Indore
·
A unique Plastic Premier League
(PPL) tournament is being played in Indore,
Madhya Pradesh to free the city from single-use
plastic. Indore
is known for its innovative efforts regarding cleanliness.
·
Indore has been awarded as the cleanest
city in
the country four times so far.
·
Four teams have been formed for the Plastic
Premier League competition.
·
The 19 zones of Indore Municipal Corporation are
divided into these four teams.
·
For the competition, the team captain Radio
Jockey will
encourage citizens to donate more and more plastic from their radio station.
· These teams have been provided by municipal workers
and five vehicles to collect plastic.
· The team that collects the most single-use plastics in
this 45-day competition will be awarded
the PPL Trophy.
Important takeaways for all competitive exams:
·
Madhya Pradesh Capital: Bhopal.
·
Madhya Pradesh Governor: Anandiben Patel(additional
charge).
·
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister: Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
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