Current Affairs Quiz 10th December 2021 : Daily GK Update Quiz

Exp. Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami launched ‘Milk Price Incentive Scheme’

The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Pushkar Singh Dhami launched the ‘Milk Price Incentive Scheme‘ in Dehradun.

The scheme is aimed to provide incentives benefiting around 53,000 people of Uttarakhand. The state government is targeting to spend INR 444.62 crore to open 500 milk sales centres in Uttarakhand.

Exp. NITI Aayog launched “e-Sawaari India Electric Bus Coalition” with CESL & WRI India

NITI Aayog has launched e-Sawaari India Electric Bus Coalition in partnership with Convergence Energy Service Limited (CESL), World Resources Institute, India (WRI India) and with the support from Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI).

Aim: To share knowledge of various stakeholders – Central & State Govt. agencies, transit service providers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), on accelerating the process towards seamless adoption of e-bus services in India.

Exp. Airtel partnered with Invest India to launch “Airtel India Startup Innovation Challenge”

Bharti Airtel and Invest India, National Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency jointly launched ‘Airtel India Startup Innovation Challenge’ for Startups to develop solutions in 5G, IoT.

Under the Startup Innovation Challenge, early-stage technology companies are being invited to demonstrate differentiated solutions in areas such as 5G, Cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT) and digital entertainment.

Exp. Fortune India’s Most Powerful Women in India List 2021: Nirmala Sitharaman topped

Fortune India released the list of most powerful women in India 2021 in which Union Minister, Ministry of Finance & Ministry of Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman ranked 1st.

She is followed by Reliance Foundation Chairperson and Goodwill Ambassador Nita Ambani in 2nd position, and Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist, World Health Organization (WHO) at 3^rd.

Exp. World Inequality Report 2022: India among most unequal countries

Paris-based World Inequality Lab has released World Inequality Report 2022. As per the report 2022, India is now among the most unequal countries in the world with an affluent elite.

While the bottom half of Indian population earns Rs 53,610, the top 10% earns twenty times more (around Rs 11,66,520). Top 10% and top 1% hold respectively 57% and 22% of total national income, while share of the bottom 50% has gone down to 13%.

Exp. Cabinet approved continuation of PMAY-G till March 2024

Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the continuation of Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G) beyond March 2021 till March 2024.

Under this, financial assistance is to be provided for the construction of the remaining 155.75 lakh houses within total target of 2.95 crore houses.

Exp. Paytm Payments Bank got scheduled bank status from RBI

Paytm Payments Bank Limited (PPBL), an associate entity of Paytm, has gained the central bank’s approval to function as a scheduled payments bank, helping it to widen its financial services operations.

Being a Scheduled Payments Bank, Paytm Payments Bank can take part in government and other large corporations issued Request for Proposals (RFP), primary auctions, fixed-rate and variable rate repos, and reverse repos, along with participation in Marginal Standing Facility.

Exp. Neeraj Chopra & PV Sindhu appointed Brand Ambassadors of Disney BYJU’s Early Learn App

BYJU’S announced a 2-year partnership with Olympic medalists Neeraj Chopra and PV Sindhu as the brand ambassadors for Disney BYJU’S Early Learn app.

Javelin thrower, Neeraj Chopra is a Gold medallist and Badminton player, PV Sindhu is a Bronze medallist from 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Exp. Ropesh Goyal won the “Young Geospatial Scientist” Award 2021

Ropesh Goyal from IIT-Kanpur won the ‘Young Geospatial Scientist’ award in recognition of his unique contribution to developing the Indian Geoid Model and computation software.

The ‘Young Geospatial Scientist’ award and a gold medal have been presented every year since 2011 to promising scientists below 35 years of age in memory of Rachapudi Kamakshi, a strategic analyst with a strong inclination towards geography and geospatial studies.

Exp. India inked deal with Russia for procurement of AK-203 assault rifles

India has signed a contract with Indo-Russia Rifles Pvt. Ltd., Joint Venture between India and Russia for the indigenous production of over 6 Lakh AK-203 Assault Rifles at Korwa, UP.

It envisages complete transfer of technology to IRRPL by Kalashnikov in manufacturing of first 70,000 weapons.

Exp. India won 41 medals at Asian Youth Para Games 2021 held in Bahrain

India claimed 41 medals at 4th Asian Youth Para Games (AYPG), Asia’s biggest event held at Riffa city, Bahrain.

The event is organized by the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) of Bahrain with the support of the local government. Over 700 athletes from around 30 countries participated in the event from 2nd to 6th December 2021.

Exp. 8 December: SAARC Charter Day

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Charter Day is observed annually on 8th December to commemorate the adoption of the SAARC Charter.

The charter was signed by the Leaders of SAARC Countries Heads of State or Government of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka at the First SAARC Summit held in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 8 December 1985.

Exp. 10 December: International Human Rights Day

December 10 every year is observed as International Human Rights Day. The day marks the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations on 10 December, 1948.

Exp. 10 December: International Human Rights Day

December 10 every year is observed as International Human Rights Day. The day marks the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations on 10 December, 1948.

Theme 2021: Equality – Reducing inequalities, advancing human rights

Exp. Padma Shri awardee Nanda Kishore Prusty passed away

A well-known teacher from Odisha and Padma Shri awardee Nanda Kishore Prusty (Nanda Sir), passed away at Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

On 9th November 2021, he was conferred with the Padma Shri award for his contributions in the field of education.

Exp. Serum Institute of India Executive Director Suresh Jadhav passed away

Serum Institute of India (SII) Executive Director Suresh Jadhav (72 years) passed away in Pune, Maharashtra after a long illness.

He was instrumental in the development of the Covishield vaccine for Covid-19, and in setting up the Developing Countries Vaccine Manufacturing Network.