Current Affairs 30th November 2021, Daily GK Update

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30/11/2021

Current Affairs 30th November 2021, Daily GK Update

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National News

Indian Railways is constructing World’s Tallest Railway Pier Bridge in Manipur

The Indian Railways is constructing the world’s tallest railway bridge pier across river Ijai near Noney Valley crossing at a pier height of 141 metres in Manipur, India as a part of the 111 km long Jiribam-Imphal railway project.
The bridge will surpass the record of 139 meters high Mala – Rijeka viaduct on the Belgrade–Bar railway, in Montenegro, Europe.
The total cost of the bridge is estimated at Rs 374 crore. The bridge is being built at a height of141 metres. The total length of the Manipur bridge will be 703 metres.

About Manipur:

Capital: Imphal
Chief minister: Biren Singh
Governor: La Ganesan

Varanasi became 1^st Indian city to start Ropeway Service as a Mode of Public Transport

Varanasi, a city in Uttar Pradesh is all set to become the first Indian city to start ropeway service as a mode of public transport in order to ease the traffic congestion.
The proposed ropeway will be constructed between Cantt Railway Station (Varanasi Junction) to Church Square (Godauliya) covering an aerial distance of 3.45 km.
Its outlay is over Rs 400 crore which is divided between Central Government and State Government at 80:20. India will be the third country in the world after Bolivia and Mexico to use a ropeway for public transport.

Kerala Tourism launched STREET project for experiential tourism

Kerala Tourism launched the ‘STREET’ project to promote and take tourism deep into the interiors and rural hinterland of Kerala. The project would help visitors experience the diversity of offerings in these locales.
The STREET is an acronym for Sustainable, Tangible, Responsible, Experiential, Ethnic, Tourism hubs.
The project, conceived by the Responsible Tourism Mission, is inspired by the ‘Tourism for Inclusive Growth’ slogan of The United Nations World Tourism Organization.

About Kerala:

Capital: Thiruvananthapuram
Governor: Arif Mohammad Khan
Chief Minister: Pinarayi Vijayan

7th India International Science Festival 2021 will be held in Goa

7th India International Science Festival (IISF) will be held in Panaji, Goa from 10-13 December 2021.
It is a 4-day event, organized by the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Ministry of Science and Technology, Dept of Atomic Energy, Department of Space and Govt of Goa.
More than 100 scientists from different fields will participate. The theme will be based on Aazadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav with the motto of Celebration of science and its promotion.

About Goa:

Capital: Panaji
CM: Pramod Sawant
Governor: S. Sreedharan Pillai

International News

S Jaishankar attended 20th Summit of SCO Council of Heads of Government

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar represented India at the 20th Summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of Government (CHG) held on 25th November 2021 in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan under the Chairmanship of Kazakhstan.
SCO was founded in 2001 by the Presidents of Russia, China, the Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan at a summit held in Shanghai, China. India and Pakistan became SCO’s permanent members in 2017.

About Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO):

Headquarters: Beijing, China
Founded: 15 June 2001
Secretary-General: Vladimir Norov

Petr Fiala appointed new Prime Minister of Czech Republic

The President of the Czech Republic, Milos Zeman appointed Petr Fiala as the new Prime Minister of the Czech Republic. He succeeded incumbent PM Andrej Babis.
He belongs to the Civic Democratic Party (CDS) and previously served as Minister of Education, Youth and Sports from 2012-2013. Petr Fiala had written a book ‘Theory of Political Parties’ along with Maxmilián Strmiska.

About Czech Republic:

Capital: Prague
Currency: Czech koruna
President: Milos Zeman

Banking and Financial

RBI approved LIC to increase its stake in Kotak Mahindra Bank up to 9.99%

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) granted its approval to the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) to increase its holding in Kotak Mahindra Bank up to 9.99%. The approval is valid for a period of 1 year.
As of September 2021, LIC holds a 4.96% stake in Kotak Mahindra Bank. LIC is the 5th largest shareholder in Kotak Mahindra Bank. Uday Kotak and family, promoters of the bank, hold a 26% stake in Kotak Mahindra Bank while Canada Pension Plan Investment Board holds 6.37%.
On 26th November 2021, RBI accepted a working group’s recommendation to increase promoter stake in private banks till 26% and non-promoter stake to 10%.

About Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC):

Founded: 1956
Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Chairperson: M R Kumar

RBI raised a higher cap on promoter stake at 26% in private banks

Reserve Bank of India had formed an Internal Working Group (IWG) in June 2020, to review the extant guidelines on ownership and corporate structure for Indian private sector banks.
The IWG had 5 members with Shrimohan Yadavas the convenor. The Internal Working Group (IWG) had made 33 recommendations to RBI. Now RBI has accepted 21 recommendations out of these 33.
The internal working group of RBI has proposed to raise the cap on promoters’ stake in private banks from the current 15 % to 26 % in 15 years. Presently, a promoter of a private bank needs to pare holdings to 20 percent within 10 years, and to 15 percent within 15 years.

About Reserve Bank of India (RBI):

Founded: April 1, 1935
Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Governor: Shaktikanta Das
Deputy Governors: Mahesh Kumar Jain, Michael Debabrata Patra, M Rajeshwar Rao, T Rabi Sankar

RBI imposed a Rs. 1 crore penalty on Union Bank of India

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 1 crore on the Union Bank of India for violating certain provisions related to the sale of stressed assets and reporting of frauds.
The RBI inspection revealed non-compliance with rules on classification of an account as a red flag account despite the presence of early warning signals and also failure to disclose provisioning for Security Receipts (SRs) in its Annual Report

List of Banks who has been imposed penalty by RBI Recently

RBI fined Axis Bank Rs 5 crore for non-compliance with certain rules
RBI imposed a penalty of Rs 50.35 lakh on Janalaxmi Co-operative Bank
RBI imposed Rs 25 lakh fine on Axis Bank for flouting KYC norms
RBI imposed Rs 2 crore penalty on RBL Bank for breaching deposit, board composition norms
RBI imposed Rs 1 crore penalty on SBI for non-compliance
RBI imposed a fine of Rs 1.95 crores on Standard Chartered Bank
RBI imposed ₹1 crore penalty on Paytm Payments Bank
RBI imposed a monetary penalty of Rs. 1 crore on the State Bank of India

About Union Bank of India:

Founded: 1919
Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra
MD & CEO: Rajkiran Rai G
Tagline: Good People to Bank with

Appointment and Resignation

Parag Agrawal appointed the new CEO of Twitter

Parag Agrawal, 37, an IIT-Bombay graduate, has replaced Jack Dorsey as the new Twitter chief executive officer, becoming the youngest CEO in top 500 companies.
Agrawal, an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, was appointed Twitter CTO on March 8, 2018. He succeeded Adam Messinger, who left the company in December 2016.

About Twitter:

Founded: March 21, 2006
Headquarters: San Francisco, California, U.S.
Chairman: Patrick Pichette
CEO: Parag Agrawal

List of World’s Top Company and CEOs or MD:

Satya Nadella-Microsoft
Tim Cook-Apple
Andy Jassy– Amazon
David M. Solomon-Goldman Sachs
Sundar Pichai-Alphabet
Michael Corbat-Citigroup
Mark Zuckerberg-Facebook

Awards

Lionel Messi won Men’s Ballon d’Or for the seventh time

Lionel Messi won the men’s Ballon d’Or award for a record-extending seventh time at a ceremony in Paris. Messi won the last edition of the Ballon d’Or in 2019 before last year’s awards were canceled due to the pandemic.
He also won in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and in 2015. The 34-year-old scored 38 goals in 48 games last season for Barcelona and won the Copa del Rey before captaining Argentina to Copa America glory in July.

Ballon d’Or 2021 Winners:

Ballon d’Or (Men): Lionel Messi (PSG/Argentina)
Club of the year: Chelsea Football Club
Yashin Trophy for best goalkeeper: Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG/Italy)
Ballon d’Or (Women): Alexia Putellas (Barcelona/Spain)
Striker of the year: Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich/Poland)
Kopa Trophy for best young male player: Pedri (Barcelona/Spain)

Sports

Saurav Ghosal won the Malaysian Open squash championship 2021

Indian Squash star, Saurav Ghosal has scripted history as he has become the first Indian squash player to win the Malaysian Open Championships.
The second-seeded Ghosal beat Miguel Rodriguez of Colombia 11-7, 11-8, and 13-11 in the men’s singles final in Kuala Lumpur to win the 2021 Malaysian Open Squash Championships title.
On the other hand, the women’s singles title of the 2021 Malaysian Open squash championships has been won by Malaysia’s Aifa Azman.

Book and Author

Venkaiah Naidu released a Book “‘Democracy, Politics and Governance’ authored by Dr. A Surya Prakash

Vice President of India, Venkaiah Naidu on the 72nd anniversary of the adoption of the ‘Constitution of India’ released a book titled “Democracy, Politics and Governance” in English and ‘Loktantr, Rajniti and Dharm’ in Hindi authored by Dr. A. Surya Prakash at an event in the Central Hall of Parliament, New Delhi.
This book is a collection of articles about the social, political, and economic issues that impacted India’s politics and governance. Dr. A. Surya Prakash is a Vice Chairman, Executive Council of Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, and also a veteran journalist.

Important day

28 November 2021: NCC 73rd Raising Day

TheNational Cadet Corps (NCC), the youth wing of the Indian Armed Forces and the largest uniformed youth organization in the world, is observing the 73rd anniversary of its raising on November 28.
NCC day is celebrated every year on the 4th Sunday in November. The raising day is being celebrated all over the country with cadets participating in marches, blood donation camps, and social development programmes.
The NCC was formed on 15th July 1948. NCC is also the largest uniformed youth organization in the whole world. The NCC headquarters is located in New Delhi.

About NCC:

Headquarters: New Delhi, Delhi
Director-General: Lieutenant General Gurbirpal Singh
Motto: “Unity and Discipline”

30 November: Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare

The United Nation recognized Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare is held every year on November 30. The First Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare was held in
The day marks a tribute to the victims of chemical warfare, as well as to reaffirm the commitment of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to the elimination of the threat of chemical weapons, thereby promoting the goals of peace, security, and multilateralism.

Obituary

National Award-winning Choreographer Shiva Shankar Master passed away

The renowned National Award-winning choreographer and actor Shiva Shankar Master passed away in Hyderabad, Telangana.
Shiva Shankar was born on 7 December 1948 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He was an Indian dance choreographer, worked in South Indian movies. He received the National Award for ‘Best Choreographer’ for the movie ‘Magadheera’.

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