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Current Affairs is the most important area in all competitive exams. But the difficulty level is very high. That\u2019s why; many aspirants get confused, how to select Current Affairs for Preparation of Competitive Examination? In this Post, Daily Current Affairs 29 August 2021, we have tried to cover each and every point and also included all important facts from National\/ International news that are useful for upcoming competitive examinations such as UPSC, SSC, Railway, State Govt. etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Current Affairs 29 August 2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Govt\u2019s clarifications on CSR expenditure<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has clarified that excess Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) expenditure prior to FY21 cannot be set off against future CSR expenditure requirements and that corporate donations to government schemes cannot be counted as CSR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Companies with a minimum net worth of Rs 500 crore, turnover of Rs 1,000 crore, or net profit of Rs 5 crore are required to spend at least 2 per cent of their average profit for the previous three years on CSR activities every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ministry has clarified that any CSR expenditure in excess of the mandated 2 per cent expenditure can be set off against mandatory CSR expenditure in the three subsequent fiscals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notably however, excess expenditure prior to FY21 is not eligible to be set off against future CSR requirements. The government had in May notified that donations made to the PM CARES fund on March 31, 2020 in excess of CSR requirements could be set off against CSR expenditure requirements for FY21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indian researchers discovered 3 black holes from 3 galaxies<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Indian researchers have discovered three supermassive black holes from three galaxies merging together to form a triple active galactic nucleus in our nearby universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The study was published as a letter in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This rare occurrence in our nearby Universe indicates that small merging groups are ideal laboratories to detect multiple accreting supermassive black holes and increases the possibility of detecting such rare occurrences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supermassive black holes are difficult to detect because they do not emit any light. But they can reveal their presence by interacting with their surroundings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the dust and gas from the surroundings fall onto a supermassive black hole, some of the mass is swallowed by the black hole, but some of it is converted into energy and emitted as electromagnetic radiation that makes the black hole appear very luminous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are called active galactic nuclei (AGN) and release huge amounts of ionized particles and energy into the galaxy and its environment. Both of these ultimately contribute to the growth of the medium around the galaxy and ultimately the evolution of the galaxy itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many AGN pairs have been detected in the past, but triple AGN are extremely rare, and only a handful has been detected before using X-ray observations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

G20 Ministerial Conference on Women’s Empowerment<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The Union Minister of Women & Child Development, Smt. Smriti Irani addressed the First ever G20 Ministerial Conference on Women\u2019s Empowerment which was held at Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy in a hybrid format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

G20 Conference on Women Empowerment acknowledged the common objectives and shared responsibilities to advance the goals of equality and development of women and girls in all spheres including STEM, Financial and Digital Literacy, Environment and Sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The members of the G20 are: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Union Minister of Personnel inaugurated the “Karmayogi” Digital Learning Facility<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Union Minister of Personnel inaugurated the “Karmayogi” Digital Learning Facility for Civil Servants at the Institute of Secretariat Training & Management (ISTM), a premier Central Training Institution under the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This digital learning platform will help further extending the citizen centric reforms initiated by the Government under \u2018Mission Karmayogi\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (\u2018NPCSCB\u2019) \u2013 \u201cMission Karmayogi\u201d was approved by the Government on 2nd September, 2020 with the objective of enhancing governance through Civil Services Capacity Building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NPCSCB has been carefully designed to lay the foundations for capacity building for Civil Servants so that they remain entrenched in Indian Culture and sensibilities and remain connected, with their roots, while they learn from the best institutions and practices across the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The training of Civil Servants at various Academies is being restructured to include optimum use of the digital learning platform of Integrated Government Online Training (iGOT).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BRICS nations resolve to fight climate change<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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India stressed the need for taking concrete collective actions against global environment and climate challenge, guided by equity, national priorities and circumstances, chairing the seventh meeting of the BRICS Environment Ministerial 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Meeting, the Environment Ministers adopted the New Delhi Statement on Environment, which is also aimed at furthering the spirit of Cooperation for Continuity, Consolidation and Consensus in Environment among the BRICS Nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The key areas proposed in the BRICS Environment Ministers\u2019 Statement, 2021 are guided by the issues, which may have primacy in UN Biodiversity COP 15 and UNFCCC COP 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Government launched QSim \u2013 Quantum Computer Simulator Toolkit<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar launched QSim \u2013 Quantum Computer Simulator Toolkit, to enable Researchers and Students to carryout research in Quantum Computing in a cost effective manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

QSim is an outcome of the project \u201cDesign and Development of Quantum Computer Toolkit (Simulator, Workbench) and Capacity Building\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is one of the first initiatives in the country to address the common challenge of advancing the Quantum Computing research frontiers in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This project is being executed collaboratively by IISc Bangalore, IIT Roorkee and C-DAC with the support of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Narendra Singh Tomar addressed the 11th meeting of BRICS Agriculture Ministers<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Union Minister for Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar addressed the 11th meeting of BRICS Agriculture Ministers under the theme BRICS Partnership for Strengthening Agro Biodiversity for Food Security and Nutrition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Action Plan of 2021-24 for Agricultural Cooperation of BRICS Countries was adopted in the Ministers’ meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Action Plan focuses on the themes of food security, welfare of farmers, conservation of agrobiodiversity, resilience of food and agricultural production systems, promotion of digital agricultural solutions etc. which are integral to the sustainable development of agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has been proposed to include \u201cConservation and promotion of agrobiodiversity for nutrition and sustainability\u201d as a focus area for collaboration in the Action Plan 2021-2024 for Agricultural Cooperation of BRICS Countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BRICS-Agricultural Research Platform<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar announced the operationalization of BRICS Agricultural Research Platform prepared and set up in India for strengthening the cooperation in the field of agricultural research & innovations amongst the BRICS member States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The BRICS- Agricultural Research Platform, as a global platform for science-led agriculture will help in addressing the issues of world hunger, undernutrition, poverty and inequality by promoting sustainable agricultural development through strategic cooperation in agriculture and allied sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The BRICS-ARP has been operationized to intensify cooperation in the areas of agricultural research, technology, policy, innovations and capacity building including technologies for smallholder farming and to sustainably increase yields and farmers income in the BRICS member countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The platform shall escalate the exchange of research findings and innovation and best practices for upscaling in the respective BRICS Nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018BH series\u2019 registration for seamless vehicle transfer across states<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The government as well as private sector personnel no longer need to get a fresh registration for their new vehicle on their transfer and relocation of the vehicle to another state, provided they opt for the new registration mark under Bharat-series (BH-series)) introduced by the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A vehicle bearing this registration mark shall not require assignment of a new registration mark when the owner of the vehicle shifts from one State to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Format of Bharat series (BH-series) Registration Mark –<\/p>\n\n\n\n