Current Affairs 14th July 2021 , Daily GK Update

Daily GK Update 14 July 2021, Daily Current Affairs 2021 

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National (Current Affairs)

UP population draft bill proposes two-child policy

• Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has launched a population policy that aims to incentivise couples who do not have more than two babies.
• Stating that population control is related to awareness among masses and poverty, Adityanath said every community has been taken care of in Population Policy 2021-2030.

NTPC set to construct India’s largest solar power park in Kutch

• Kutch region in Gujarat, the largest salt desert in the country and host to two of India’s largest coal-fired power plants, will now add another feather to its cap.
• The country’s largest power generator, NTPC, through its renewable energy arm, will construct what would be India’s largest single local solar power park of 4.75 Gigawatt (Gw) in Kutch. NTPC Renewable Energy (NTPC-REL) has received the approval of the nodal ministry of new and renewable energy.

Note: About NTPC

• Founded: 1975
• Headquarters: New Delhi
• NTPC CMD: Gurdeep Singh

Home Minister inaugurates National Forensic Science University in Gandhinagar

• National Forensic Science University, erstwhile known as ‘Gujarat Forensic Science University’ is dedicated to forensic and investigative science.
• The Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the newly built Center of Excellence for Research & Analysis of Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances of the National Forensic Science University in Ahmedabad. Virtual training on Investigation of Crimes Against Women was also inaugurated.

International (Current Affairs)

Bhutan To Become First Foreign Country To Adopt UPI

• Bhutan has become the first country to adopt India’s Unified Payment Interface (UPI) standards for its quick response (QR) code. It is also the second country after Singapore to have BHIM-UPI acceptance at merchant locations.
• NPCI is an umbrella organisation for operating retail payments and settlement systems in India, it is an initiative of Reserve Bank of India and Indian Banks’ Association for creating a robust payment and settlement infrastructure in India.

Note: About Bhutan

• Capital: Thimphu
• Currency: Bhutanese ngultrum

Nepal Inks USD 1.3 billion mega-deal with India to develop Hydropower project

• Nepal has signed a USD 1.3 billion deal with India, to develop a 679-megawatt Lower Arun Hydropower project, located between Sankhuwasabha and Bhojpur districts in eastern Nepal.
• As per the deal, India’s state-owned Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN), will develop the 679-megawatt hydropower project in the neighbouring Himalayan nation.

Note: About Nepal

• Prime minister: Sher Bahadur Deuba Trending
• Capital: Kathmandu
• Currency: Nepalese rupee
• President: Bidhya Devi Bhandari

Rail Cargo movement between India and Nepal gets a big boost

• India and Nepal have signed a Letter of Exchange(LoE) to revise the 2004 India-Nepal Rail Services Agreement (RSA).
• The revised agreement allows all authorized cargo train operators to utilize the Indian railway network to carry Nepal’s container and other freight – both bilateral between Indian and Nepal or third countries from Indian ports to Nepal.
• The authorized cargo train operators include public and private container trains Operators.

Science

ISRO plans to launch geo imaging satellite on August 12

• The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is getting back into launch activity fully at Sriharikota spaceport with the planned orbiting of geo imaging satellite GISAT-1 onboard GSLV-F10 rocket on August 12.
• GISAT-1 will be placed in a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit by GSLV-F10 and, subsequently, it will be positioned in the final geostationary orbit, about 36,000 km above earth’s equator, using its onboard propulsion system.

Note: About ISRO

• Chairman: K.Sivan.
• Headquarters: Bengaluru, Karnataka.
• Established: 15 August 1969.

 Important Day

14 July: Bastille Day

• The National Day of France, more commonly known as Bastille Day in English, is a national holiday in the country celebrated on July 14 every year with fireworks and parades.
• It marks the fall of Bastille, a military fortress and prison, on July 14, 1789, when an angry mob stormed into it, signalling the beginning of the French Revolution.

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