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Daily Current Affairs 27 October 2021
Shri R K Singh, Union Minister of Power & New and Renewable Energy launched the new market segment, Green Day Ahead Market (GDAM).
Under this, any interested party can set up renewable energy capacity and sell it to Discoms / industries that sell renewable energy. Advantages of free ISTS will be available and Open access will be granted within 15 days. Large industries can go green. Our efforts have been to make doing the business simpler and GDAM is a step in this direction.
Open access will be granted within 15 days and large industries can go green. It will help in enabling this energy transition and will deepen the green market and will provide competitive price signals and trade in green energy.
Union Minister for Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra Pradhan launched phase-II of Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship, a two-year-long fellowship conceived to create opportunities for young, dynamic individuals to contribute to enhancing skill development at the grassroots.
It seeks to combine classroom sessions by academic partner IIMs with intensive field immersion at the district level.
MGNF Phase-I (Pilot): launched with IIM Bangalore as Academic Partner and 69 Fellows currently deployed in 69 districts across 6 States.
The Department of School Education and Literacy has constituted a National Steering Committee (NSC) for the implementation of the NIPUN Bharat Mission.
Focus: To achieve the goal of universal proficiency in foundational literacy and numeracy for every child by end of Class 3 by 2026-27.
It seeks to develop a methodology of assessment to analyze the progress of education and provide feedback to States/UTs.
Invest India, a young startup within the Government of India has been unanimously elected as the President of the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) for 2021-2023.
Other Members of WAIPA Steering Committee:
Two Vice Presidents: Egypt and Switzerland. Nine Regional Directors: Brazil, South Korea, Finland, Kuwait, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Azerbaijan, Ghana, Samoa.
Invest India: National Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency to help investors with investment opportunities and options in India.
Actor Rajinikanth has been conferred with the 51st Dadasaheb Phalke Award (2019 edition) for his stupendous contribution to Indian cinema at 67th National Film Awards ceremony. Union Minister Prakash Javadekar announced the same today, April 1. Rajinikanth made his debut in 1975 with K Balachander’s Apoorva Ragangal and has completed over 45 years in Kollywood.
Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2019 was to be announced last year but was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It is awarded for excellence in cinematic achievement and is the highest honour in film, awarded by the government. The recipient of the 2018 Dadasaheb award was Amitabh Bachchan.
Certified by Guinness World Records, the world’s largest cricket bat, was unveiled in Hyderabad on 23 October 2021 by former Indian captain Mohammed Azharuddin. Unveiled on the eve of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, Pernod Ricard dedicated the bat to the Indian team.
The unique bat has been designed by Pernod Ricard India (P) Ltd and has been fabricated by BSL Events. It is made of poplar wood. The bat measures 56.10 feet long and weighs nine tonnes or 9000 kg. Currently, the bat is placed for display on Tank Bund in Hyderabad till November 16, 2021, after which it shall be shifted at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium at Uppal for display.
The Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port (SPM) in Kolkata has become the first Major Indian Port to get a Radio over Internet Protocol (ROIP) System.
The ROIP was inaugurated by Vinit Kumar, Chairman of SPM, on October 25, 2021. ROIP system is being introduced as a marine communication mode, for the first time in any Major Indian Port.
The solution shall cover the entire Hugli River Estuary from Kolkata to Sandheads, and will have base stations at 4 Locations: Kolkata, Hugli point, Haldia, and Sagar Pilot Station. With this facility, vessels at Sandheads can be directly communicated via Radio, from Kolkata, specially during storms and inclement weather.
The Armed Forces of India and the United Kingdom (UK) are undertaking the sea phase of the maiden Tri-Service exercise ‘Konkan Shakti 2021’ off the Konkan coast in the Arabian Sea from October 24 to 27, 2021. Named Konkan Shakti 2021, it “aims to derive mutual benefits from each other’s experiences and also showcase the continuing cooperation between the two countries,” the Navy said.
The harbour phase of the seven-day exercise was held in Mumbai from October 21 to 23, 2021. The exercise Konkan Shakti 2021 aims at further strengthening the cooperation between the 2 countries.
The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank signed a $4.5 million project readiness financing (PRF) loan to support project preparation and design activities to improve urban mobility in Aizawl, the capital city of the northeastern state of Mizoram.
The project will support preparation and design activities to improve urban mobility in Aizawl, the capital city of the northeastern state of Mizoram.
Disarmament Week is observed annually to promote awareness and understanding of the issues of disarmament in several countries. The week-long celebration aims to reduce the use of weapons, specifically nuclear weapons, to bring peace to society. This year, the disarmament week will be starting on October 24. The week-long observance will continue till October 30. The observance of disarmament week was initiated by the United Nations. It was first suggested in the Final Document of the UN General Assembly’s special session on disarmament in 1978.
The Vigilance Awareness Week 2021 has been organised by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC). This year, Vigilance Awareness Week is being observed from October 26 to November 01, 2021, with the theme – ‘India@75: Self Reliance with Integrity’.
The annual event is celebrated during the week in which the birthday of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel falls, which is held on October 31.
The World Day for Audiovisual Heritage takes place every 27 October. The day was chosen by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) in 2005 to raise awareness of the significance and preservation risks of recorded sound and audiovisual documents (films, sound, and video recordings, radio and television programmes).
2021 Theme: “Your Window to the World”.
