Highlights of RBI Annual Report 2020 - 21  Various initiatives such as an innovation hub, a  Foreign Exchange: Gain from foreign exchange regulatory sandbox and offline payment solutions transactions rose from Rs 29,993 crore to Rs are underway to ensure that in the digital 50,629 crore in 2020 - 21. ecosystem, India maintains its position as a leader.  Surplus transfer to the g overnment: It transferred The RBI is also in the process of extending the Rs. 99,122 crore to the government which is likely geo - tagging framework put in place to capt ure to boost the government’s finances. It helped the location of bank branches and ATMs to cover governme nt even as the Covid pandemic payment system touch points, enabling accurate continued. capture of their location across the country.  Rupee against d ollar: The rupee strengthened by Ensuring l iquidity: The RBI will ensure a 3.5% against the US dollar (at end - March 2021 comfortable level of liquidity in the system during over end - March 2020) but underperformed vis - a - 2021 - 22 in alignment with the stance of monetary vis other Asian countries during 2020 - 21. policy. This is exemplified by the introduction of  Decreased bank f rauds: Bank frauds of Rs.1 lakh the secondary market G - sec acquisition and more fell by 25% in value to Rs.1.38 trillion programme (G - SAP). in the year 2020 - 21 with the number of such cases  Economic g rowth :As the vaccination drive picks also seeing a decline of 15% during the year. up and cases of infections fall, a sharp turnaround  Digital p ayments :The Covid - 19 pandemic in growth is likely, supported by strong favourable increased the proliferation of digital modes of base effects. payments.  The base effect refers to the effect that the choice  Total digital transaction volume in 2020 - 21 stood of a basis of comparison or reference can have on at 4,371 crore, as against 3,412 crore in 2019 - 20. the result of the comparison between data points.  The prospects for FinTech in India’s financial  RBI predicted 10.5% GDP (Gross Domestic system in 2021 - 22 will depend upon the degree of Product) growth for the year 2021 - 22. entrenchment of digital usage.

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2 . INTERNATIONAL AND BILATERAL Chi na’s p opulation growth records  The U S will provide finance and technological l owest rate in decades: China Census assistance to India to meet its target.  According to the 7th census conducted by  John Kerry is the 1st American climate change China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), envoy with cabinet rank. China’s annual population growth stood at  India is the 3rd CO2 emitter after China, USA. ‘0.53%’ in the last decade (2010 - 20), the lowest  According to a recent report by the International since 1953. Energy Agency (IEA), India’s CO2 emission  China’s population stood at 1.41 Billion in 2020, declined by 7% (or 160 Metric Tons of Carbon an increase of 72 million or 5.38% growth Dioxide) in 2020. compared to the last census in 2010. China – world’s first country to ban  The main cause of slowing growth rate has been synthetic cannabinoids attributed to China’s ‘one - child policy’.  China issued a total ban on synthetic  China’s population is expected to reach its peak cannabinoids, thus becoming the world’s first in 2025. country to ban all synthetic cannabinoid  According to Chinese demographers, India may substances. ov ertake China as the most populous country by  Synthetic Cannabinoids are human made 2023 or 2024, much sooner than the UN projects chemicals. They are designer drugs. A designer of 2027. drug is a functional and structural analog of a Saudi Arabia j oins ‘Net Zero Producers controlled substance that is designed to mimic Forum’ on climate change the pharmacological effects of the or iginal drug.  The five countries which are responsible for 40% World’s largest iceberg A - 76 breaks off of oil and gas production – Saudi Arabia ( the in Antarctica world’s biggest crude exporter), Qatar, the  An enormous iceberg 'A - 76' has calved from the United States, Canada and Norway have western side of the Ronne Ice Shelf, lying in the launched a cooperative forum on climate called Weddell Sea, in Antarctica. “Net Zero Producers Forum”.  It measures around 4320 sq km in size –  By 2030, Saudi Arabia aims to reduce its carbon currently making it the largest berg in the world. emissions by generating 50% of the country’s  The newly calved berg 'A - 76' was spotted in en ergy from renewables and the United States recent satellite images captured by the plans to achieve net - zero emission by 2050. Copernicus Sentinel - 1 mission.  US President Joe Biden unveiled plans to cut  Sentinel - 1 is one of the missions of the European emissions by 50% - 52% from 2005 levels. Space Agency (ESA) under Copernicus initiative U S set to partner with India to achieve (an earth observa tion programme). its t arget of 450 GW of RE by 2030  It has surpassed the now second - place A - 23A,  The United States (US) is set to partner with about 3,380 sq km in size and also floating in the India on climate change, it will assist India to Weddell Sea achieve its target of deploying 450 GigaWatts  Iceberg: An iceberg is ice that broke off from (GW) of Renewable Energy (RE) by 2030. glaciers or shelf ice and is floating in open water.  It was stated by US Special Presidential Envoy Iceberg s travel with ocean curr ents and either get for Climate John Kerry. caught up in shallow waters or ground themselves.

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3. NATIONAL

Agriculture Ministry alloc ates R s 2250 Area of summer c rops i ncreased by crore for h orticulture sector for FY 21.58% in 2021 2021 - 22  Area of cultivation of summer c rops increased by  The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers W elfare 21.58% in 2021 from 2020. i.e. s ummer crops (MoA&FW) has allocated R s 2250 c rore for the were c ultivated in 80.02 lakh hectares in 2021 as FY 2021 - 22 for ‘Mission for Integrated against 65.82 lakh hectares in 2020. Development of Horticulture’ (MIDH), a  The i ncrease in the area of summer crops is centrally sponsored scheme. It aims at mainly due to the sharp increase in cultivation of developing the h orticulture sector in th e FY pulses area. Pulses were sowed in 17.75 lakh 2021 - 22. hectares in 2021 as against 10.49 lakh hectares in  During the FY 2019 - 20, India recorded its 2020, which is a rise of almost 70% in cultivation highest ever horticulture production of 320.77 area. Million Tonnes (MT) from an area of 25.66  Cultivation area of Oilseeds increased by 12.05% million hectares. from 9.58 lakh hectares in 2020 to 10.7 4 lakh  As per estimates for 2020 - 21, the total hectare in 2021. horticulture produ ction in India stood at 326.58  Cultivation area of Rice increased by 15.52% l akh MT from an area of 27.17 lakh h ectares. from 35.13 lakh hectares in 2020 to 39.43 lakh  Mission for Integrated Development of hectare in 2021. Horticulture (MIDH) has been implemented MoSJE mandates States/UTs to issue since 2014 - 15.T he main objective is to ensure disability certificates through UDID holistic growth and development of Indian p ortal h orticulture sector.  The Department of Empowerment of Persons Startup ‘ Jupitice’ develops w orld’s 1st wit h Disabilities (DEPwD), Ministry of Social private digital court for dispute Justice & Empowerment (MoSJE) has issued a r esolution notification mandating all State/UT Governments  ‘Jupitice Justice Technologies’, an Chandiga rh - to issue a certificate of disability through online based startup has developed w orld’s 1st Private mode only using Unique Disability ID Portal Digital Court (powered by Blockchain & (UDID Portal) – (www.swavl ambancard.gov.in) Artificial Intelligence) to resolve disputes under from June 1, 2021. the Private Justice System through Alternative  The requirement of a c ertificate of disability is Dispute Resolution Mechanisms (ADR). mandated under the Rights of Persons with  The startup has collected ADR professionals Disabilities Act, 2016 (RPwD Act, 2016). across the world to form its own ‘Marketplace’. • Union Minister o f Social Justice and It will make it easier for justice seekers to Empowerment – Thaawar Chand Gehlot (Rajya connect with justice providers. Sabha, Madhya Pradesh)  It will help M SMEs (Micro, Small & Medium 5 Oil and Gas PSUs sign MoU for Enterprises) to resolve their cross - border disputes r edevelopment of Badrinath Dham as without any jurisdiction barrier. ‘Spiritual Smart hill Town’  Through this platform, cases can be filed from  5 Oil and Gas Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) anywhere across the globe at any time. – Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL),

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Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL), Dharmendra Pradhan flags off 1st Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC), supply of used cooking oil - based and GAIL India Ltd have signed a Memorandum biodiesel of Understanding (MoU) with Badrinath Utthan  Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas Charitable Trust for construction and Dharmendra Pradhan virtually flagged off the 1st r edevelopment of Badrinath Dham in Badrinath, supply of UCO (Used Cooking Oil) based Uttarakhand as a ‘Spiritual Smart hill Town’. Biodiesel blended Diesel from Indian Oil’s  As per the MoU , the 5 O il & Gas PSUs will Tikrikalan Terminal, Delhi. It is part of the contribute R s 99.60 c rore in 1st phase for various Expression of Interests (EoI) scheme. developmental activities.  It was aimed at creating an ecosystem for  The r edevelopment works are set to be completed collection and conversion o f UCO into Biodiesel in 3 years. and develop entrepreneurship opportunities. 100th 12000 HP WAG 12 B l ocomotive  India has set a target to achieve 5% blending of inducted in Indian Railways Biodiesel in Diesel by 2030.  The Indian Railways inducted its 100th 12000  EoI Scheme : The initiative has been carried out in HP WAG 12 B locomotive manufactured by 2 phases, Madhepura Electric Locomotive Private Limited  Under Phase 1 – 11 EoIs were floated between (MELPL), Bihar , one of India’s largest integrated August, 2019 to November, 2020 for 200 greenfield manufacturing facilities & produced locations. under the Make in India programme. The number  Under Ph ase 2 – EoIs have been extended for one of the locomotive, WAG 12 B is 60100. more year up to December, 2021 for 300 External Affairs Minister Jaishankar’s locations across India. visit to the United Kingdom Labour Ministry notifies Section 142 of  India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Social Security Code, 2020 visited London, United Kingdom from May 3 - 6,  Ministry of Labour & Employment has notified 2021 to participate in the G7 Foreign & Section 142 of the Social Security Code, 2020 Development Ministers Meeting. India has been which covers the applicability of Aadhar. It will invited as a Guest Country to the meeting by the enable the Labour Ministry to collect Aadhar UK. data of workers in the Unorganized Sector.  The G7 Countries are Britain, United States  The Aadhar details will be uploaded in the (US), Canada, France, Germany, Italy & Japan. National Database for Unorganised Workers  The 1st Trilateral Ministerial Dialogue between (NDUW) which is being develo ped by National I ndia - France - Australia was held on the sidelines Informatics Centre (NIC). of the G7 meeting.  It will help the government to extend benefits to  The G7 Foreign & Development Ministers the workers under various social security meeting took place in person at London, the UK schemes. The Social Security Code, 2020 is yet to from May 3 - 6, 2021 be implemented in India.  India’s EAM Jaishankar virtually participated in 581 sites identified for medical oxygen the Meeting from London (due to som e Indian plant s installation; NHAI is the nodal delegation members testing Positive for COVID - agency 19).  Due to the shortage of medical oxygen in many state hospitals, Union Minister of Road, Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari

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 The registration certificates of many NGOs were IFFCO introduces world’s first ‘Nano set to expire or expired during Septem ber 29, Urea’ for farmers globally 2020 - May 31, 2021.  Leading cooperative society, IFFCO ( Indian  The decision will benefit many NGOs as it is Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative ) has launched the mandatory for them to register under the FCRA world’s first ”Nano Urea” for farmers across the in order to receive foreign funding. w orld. India to launch mobile tech platform  The indigenously developed ”Nano Urea” will be ‘UNITE AWARE’ for UN peacekeepers in liquid form. in August 2021  The production of the urea will begin from June  India is developing a mobile tech platform called 2021. ‘UNITE AWARE’, to make use of technology in  The price of Nano Urea has been fixed at Rs 240 the safety and security of UN peacekeepers. per 500 ml bottle. This is 10 percent cheaper than  India is working on this project in collaboration the cost of a bag of conventional urea. with UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations  Farmers can get the Nano Urea from IFFCO”s e - and the Department of Operation al Support. commerce platform www.iffcobazar.in or  India is contributing $1.64 million towards the through its cooperative sales and marketing project. channel  UNITE AWARE will help to increase situational IBF to be renamed as Indian awareness and provide terrain - related Broadcasting and Digital Foundation information to peacekeepers, because field - (IBDF) focused, reliable and cost - effective new  The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF), t he technologies have b ecome need of the hour in apex body of broadcasters in India, is being peacekeeping operations that are driven by renamed as Indian Broadcasting and Digital practical needs of end users. Foundation (IBDF).  The project UNITE AWARE will be launched in  The decision to rename IBF has been taken as August 2021 when India will be the assuming the IBF is expanding its purview to cover digital Presidency of the 15 - nation UN Security platforms to bring all digital (OTT) players under Council. one roof. WHO names Covid - 19 variants first  IBDF will be forming a new wholly - owned found in India as ‘Kappa’ and ‘Delta’ subsidiary to handle all matters pertaining to  The UN health agency, World Health digital media. It will also form a self - regulatory Organisation (WHO), has given easy - to - say body named as Digital Media Content Regulatory labels to two variants of the Covid - 19, first found Council (DMCRC) for digital OTT (over - the - in India. The two variants are B.1.617.1 and top) platforms. B.1.617.2. The B.1.617.1 variant of the Covid 19 Central Govt. invites applications for has been named as ‘Kappa’ while the B1.617.2 Citizenship variant is named as ‘Delta.’  Central Government has invited Hindus, Sikhs,  The naming of these variants do not aim at Jains, Buddhists, Parsis and Christians from replacing the existing scientific names of these Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan to apply #SARSCoV2 Variants of Concern (VOCs) & for citizenship in India under the controversial Interest (VOIs), but is aim ed at helping the public Citizenship (Amendment) Act , 2019. discussion about VOI/VOC.

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4 . STATES

Jharkhand tops in implementation of Punjab set to become 1st Indian state smart c ity Projects: MoHUA to join Global COVAX Alliance  Jharkhand has clinched the 1st p osition among  Punjab is set to become the 1st Indian state to the 36 States & UTs of India based on the join the Global COVAX (C OVID - 19 Vaccines progress of implementation of smart c ity Global Access) Alliance. Joining the Alliance projects, Rajasthan came second in the rankings. will help Punjab to address the Ant i - Covid - 1 9 Th e rankings were released by the Ministry of vaccine shortage & to procure vaccines at the Hous ing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA). best price.  The ranking is based on factors like smart city  Across India, several states are facing shortage of plan implementation, ongo ing work and COVID - 19 vaccines, this has prompted state tendering process, utilisation of funds and governments to float global tender for procuring provision of utility certificates to the Centra l vaccines. Government. They are released frequently by  COVAX is a global initiative co - l ed by Coalition MoHU A. for Epidemic Prepar edness Innovations (CEPI),  Jharkhand’s ca pital Ranchi has risen to 12th GAVI Alliance (formerly the Global Alliance for p osition among the 100 Smart Cities ranking. Vaccines and Immunisation), World Health  In the list of States/UTs, Delhi was ranked at Organization (WHO), and key delivery partner number 11, Bihar at 27, Patna (Bihar) at 68th UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund). position & New Delhi Municipal Corporation is Puducherry becomes 4th ‘Har Ghar Jal’ at 41st position. State/ UT by achieved the target of  Smart City Mission was launched in 2015 with 100% tap water in rural areas an overlay of INR 48, 000 c rores.  Puducherry has become ‘Har Ghar Jal’ Union  R s 6, 450 c rore was allocated in Union Budget Territory(UT) by achieving the target of 100% 2021 - 22 for the Smart Cities Mission. piped water connection in rural areas under the Telangana signs MoU with NHA for Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) i mplementing Ayushman Bharat  With this, Puducherry becomes fourth State/UT  Telangana Medical and Health department has a fter Goa, Telangana and Andaman & Nicobar signed a memorandu m of understanding with the Islands to provide assured tap water supply to National Health Authority (NHA) for the every rural home . implementation of Ayushman Bharat (Pradhan  Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) is a flagship Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY)) scheme in programme of the Union Government, which the State. aims to provide tap water c onnection to every  The guidelines for the implementation of the rural household of the country by 2024. Ayushman Bha rat Scheme in the Sta te was also  In 2021 - 22 Union Budget, Rs 50,000 Crore has issued by the state Medical and health been allocated for JJM . department and will be implemented by the Himanta Biswa Sarma b ecomes 15th Aarogyasri Health Care Trust. Chief Minister of Assam  The health insurance coverage is for Rs 5 lakh  On May 10, 2021, Himanta Biswa Sarma was for beneficiaries. sworn in as the 15th Chief Min i ster of Assam. He  Separate PMJAY ecards also will be issued to t he has replaced Sarbananda Sonowal. Both the beneficiaries. candidates are from BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party).

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• Telegram: https://t.me/IACE4GovtJobs • YouTube: https://rb.gy/zhm0ll June 2021 – Digest  He was administered the oath by Governor  The cabinet compr ises 19 former and 15 fresh Jagdish Mukhi. faces, among them two women ministers. His son  Based on Article 164 the Governor appoints the Udhayanidhi was not included in the cabinet. Chief Minister.  He was administered the oath of Office &  BJP - led NDA(National Democr atic Alliance) Secrecy by TN Governor Banwarilal Purohit at secured a comfortable majority i n Assam Raj Bhavan, Chennai. winning 75 seats of the total 126 constituencies.  DMK Chief MK Stalin, also the son of late M  Himanta Biswa Sarma won from Jalukbari Karunanidhi, contested from the Kolathur Constituency for the 5th consecutive term. constituency in the 2021 General Assembly Assam became th e 1st Indian state to Elections. adopt an o nline flood reporting system N Rangasamy becomes CM of  Jishnu Barua, Chief Secretary, Assam launched a Puducherry for 4th time real - tim e Digital – Flood Reporting and  N Rangasamy who belongs to All India N.R. Information Management System (FRIMS). With Congress (AINRC) took o ath as the CM of this launch, Assam became the 1st state in India Puducherry. It is Rangasamy’s 4th Term (2001 - to adopt an online flood reporting system. 06, 2006 - 08, 2011 - 16) as CM of Puducherry.  FRIMS was developed jointly by Assam State  The a lliance led by AINRC won 16 seats out of Disaster Management A gency (ASDMA) and 30+3 in the Puducherry State Assembly. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).  Puducherry Assembly consists of 3 nominated Odisha announces Manoj Das members . International Literary Award  Article 164 of the Indian Constitution deals with  Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has the appointment of Chief Ministers and other announced ‘Manoj Das International Literary ministers. Award’ in me mory of eminent litterateur, Padma  According to Article 164 (1A), the total number awardee Manoj Das, who died on April 27.This of Ministers, including the Ch ief Minister, in the award wi ll be conferred on litterateurs from Council of Ministers in a State shall not exceed Odisha for their creative contribution to English 15 % of the total number of members of t he literature with a cash rewa rd of Rs 10 lakh every Legi slative Assembly of that state. year and also announced a memor ial ‘Manmath - Mamata Banerjee becomes West Manoj Memorial’ at Sankhari village in Balasore Bengal CM for 3rd consecutive term district.  On May 5, 2021, Mamata Banerjee who belongs MK Stalin took oath as 23rd Chief to the party of Trinamool Congre ss (TMC) took Minister of Tamil Nadu oath as the Chief Minist er (CM) of West Bengal  In the recent Tamil Nadu state as sembly for 3rd consecutive t erm (2011 - 2016, 2016 - 21). elections, M. K. Stalin - led Dravida Kazhagam  She is the 8th Chief Minister of West Bengal munneta (DMK) party won 131 seats out of th e  Mamata Banerjee was administered the oath of 234 seats . The ruling AIADMK won 70 seats, office by Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar. while the Congress was l imited to 17 and the BJP  Her party TMC won 213 seats out of 292 in the to 4 . State Assembly Elections whic h were held in 7  O n May 7, 2021 DMK chief MK Stalin was phases bet ween March 27 - April 29, 2021. sworn in as the 23rd Chief Minister of Tamil  Mamata Banerjee took oath as CM, even though Nadu fo r the first time and form his 34 - member she was defeated in her constituency of cabinet Nandigram.

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5 . ECONOMY AND BANKING

Real Estate f und SWAMIH to benefit percent on ether, 7 percent on dai and 12 percent 1.16 lakh home buyers on tether.  Union Minister for Finance Nirmala Sitharaman  Under the ZebPay Lending Platform, the has stated that the real es tate fu nd – ‘Special investors could deposit their Bitcoi ns/other coins Window for Affordable and Mid - Income and earn re turns like the bank’s fixed deposits Housing (SWAMIH) Investment Fund I’ w ill (FD). The first blockchain - based cryp tocurrency benefit 1.16 lakh home loan borrowers, whose launched was Bitcoin.I t was launched in 2009 by housing projects were stalled due to funding a person ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’. issues. SEBI doubled the overall limit for  On May 13, 2021, SWAMIH fund c omple ted its overseas investment by AIFs, VCFs to 1st r esid ential p roject – ‘Rivali Park $1,500 million Wintergreens’ is located in Mumbai,  On May 2 1, 2021, In consultation with the Maharashtra. Reserve Bank of India(RBI), Securit ies and  I t was also the 1st housing project in India to Exchange Board of India (SEBI) doubled the receive funding under the SWAMIH Fund. overall limit of the investment in overseas  SWAMIH investment f und I was a nnounced in markets by alte rnative investment funds(AIFs), 2019. It aims to provide last - mile funding to the and Venture Capital Funds(VCFs) registered stressed affordable and m iddle - income housing un der SEBI (VCFs) Regulations, 1996, from projects in Indi a. $750 million to $1,500 million (~Rs10,000  It is a R s 25 , 000 c rore fund having 14 investors, crore). with the Governm ent of India holding 50% in the  In 2015, the SEBI had allowed the overseas fund. investment by AIFs and VCFs to the exten t of Canara Bank l aunched 3 loan s chemes $500 million i.e. up to 25 percent of their amidst COVID - 19 investable corpus and later it was increased to  Canara Bank launched 3 categories of loan $750 million in 2018. schemes such as Ca nara Chikitsa healthcare • SEBI Headquarters – Mumbai, Maharashtra credit facility, Canara Jee vanrekha healthcare • Chairman – Ajay Tyagi • Estd – 1992 business loan, and Canara Suraksha per sonal loan Airtel Payments Bank l aunched a scheme, as a part of the fight against COVID - 19 Digital Platform for Gold Investment – to offer healthcare credit, business and personal ‘DigiGold’ loan to individuals.  Airtel Payments Bank in partnership with ZebPay launched India’s first crypto SafeGold, a digital go ld provider, launched a b a sed lending p latform digital platform called ‘DigiGold’ – for its  In May 2 021, ZebPay launched India’s 1st customers to make an investment in gold. lending platform under the cryptocurr ency  Under this, Airtel Payments Bank’s saving exchange for the investors to invest their coins account customers are enabled to inve st in 24K and earn returns (interest). Currently the gold using the Airtel Thanks app. exchange will s upport the bitcoin (BTC), ether Airtel Payments Bank: (ETH), tether (USDT) and dai (DAI) tokens. • It was India’s 1st payment bank.  Based on the term of deposits, users could • Headquarters – New Delhi generate returns of up to 3 percent on bitcoin, 7 • MD & CEO – Anubrata Biswas

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IOB g ot Shareh olders’ nod for Rs 4,100  Earlier, the LIC held a 3.09 percent stake in UBI, crore i nfusion by central government representing 19,79,23,251 eq uity shares of the  Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) obtained approval bank, now it was increased to 5.06 percent from its shareh olders through an Extraordinary (34,57,64,764 shares). General Meeting (EGM) for the issuance of  UBI had closed its Qualified Institutions 246,54,23,932 equity shares to the Government Placement (QIP), in which it raised a total of Rs of India (GoI) on a preferential basis for a capital 1,447.17 crore. infusion of Rs 4,100 crores by GoI in the bank. PayPal introduced d igital F IRA  After the capital infusion, the GoI’s shareholding  PayPal, the Digital payments provider, in IOB increase d from 95.84 percent to 96.38 introduced an automated process to receive percent. monthly Foreign Inward Remittance Advice  Out of Rs 4,100 crore an amount of Rs 2,465.42 (FIRA) digitally, allowing Indian merchants to crore will be credited to t he share capital account download their monthly digital FIRA issued by and Rs 1,634.58 crore will be credited to the banks. share premium account.  The initiative is aimed to em power Indian Indian Overseas Bank (IOB): MSME exporters to grow their business • Headquarters – Chennai, Tamil Nadu internationally. • Tagline – Good people to grow with  This step is a part of PayPal’s mission to reach • MD&CEO - Partha Pratim Sengupta net zero emissions by 2040. Central Govt in consultation with RBI  PayPal : • issued Sovereign Gold Bonds Scheme President and CEO – Dan Schulman • Headquarters – San Jose, California FY22  The Government of India in consultation with Eroute T echnologies gets PPI the Reserve Bank of India, has decided to i ssue autho rization f rom RBI Sovereign Gold Bonds for FY22. The Sovereign  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), in exercise of Gold Bonds will be issued in 6 tran ches from the powers conferred on it u nder the Payment and May 2021 to September 2021. Settlement Systems Act, 2007, grants  The Bonds will be sold through Scheduled authorization to Eroute Technologies Private Commercial banks (except Small Fi nance Banks Limited with perpetual validity f or issuance and and Payment Banks), Stock Holding Corporation operation of semi - closed Prepaid Payment of India Limited (SHCIL), designated post Instruments (PPIs) in the country. offices.  With this, Eroute Technologies can commence  Tenor: 8 years with exit option after 5th year (to issuance and operational ac tivities of semi - closed be exercised on the next interest payment dates) prepaid instruments with perpetual validity in  Maximum limit: 4 KG – individual, Hindu India. Undivided Family and 20 Kg – trusts and similar Kotak Mahindra Bank became 1st entities . Bank to i ssue FPI license to AIF under LIC hi ked its stake in Union Bank to GIFT IFSC over 5%  Kotak Mahindra Bank became the 1st bank to  The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) issue Foreign Portfolio Investment s (FPI) license acquired around a 2 percent stake in the state - run to an Alternate Investment Fund (AIF) Union Bank of India (UBI) and hiked its stake incorporated in Gujarat International Finance Tec hold in UBI to 5.06 percent. (GIFT) I nternational Financial Services Centre (IFSC), after its issuance of FPI license on May

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20, 2021, to the GIFT IFSC AIF of True Beacon Federal Bank ties up with Mashreq Global. Bank of UAE to offer money transfer  This was the first FPI license issued to an AIF in  Federal Bank has entered into a strategic tie - up GIFT IFSC by any custodia n bank or designated with Mashreq Bank of UAE, to facilitate money depository partic ipant in India. transfers from the UAE to India. IIT Madras, MPFI partner to boost  The partnership will support Mashreq’s payment digital money transactions in India product “QuickRemit”, which was launched in  Researchers of Indian Institute of Technology 2017. Madras (IIT Madras) & members o f Mobile  Federal Bank is a private sector bank Payment Forum of India (MPFI) are set to work h eadquartered in Aluva,Kerala. together for boosting digital money tr ansactions Bajaj f inance got RBI’s nod for PPIs in India.  Bajaj Finance got authorization from the Reserve  The two entities will develop voice - based Bank of India (RBI) for the issuance and solutions, especially in m ultiple vernacular operation of semi - closed Prepaid Payment languages to enable larger adoption of digital Instruments (PPIs) with perpetual validity. money transactions in India.  Bajaj Finance is a Non - Banking Finance  As part of the collaboration, IIT Madras will Company(NBFC) work on key technical area s like Machin e  PPIs are instruments that facilitate the purchase Learning (ML) & Artificial Intelligence (AI), of goods and services, including f inancial applied to the digital payments space . services, remittances, funds transfers, etc.,  Union Government in its budget for the FY 20 21 - against the value stored in/on such instrume nts. 22 has allocated R s 1, 500 c rore for increasing Bajaj Finance: the adoption of digital payments. • Headquarters – Pune, Maharashtra ADB launches Asia Pacific T ax Hub to • Chairman – Sanjiv Bajaj enhance international tax cooperation EPFO can i nvest up to 5% in AIFs  The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has  The Labour Ministry has notified the changes in launched the ‘Asia Pacific Tax Hu b’ to enhance the investment pattern of the Em ployees international tax cooperation . Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), which  The h ub will create an open and inclusive allowed it to make an investment of up to 5 platform for promoting strat egic policy dialogue, perce nt of its investible surplus in Alternative improving knowledge sharing & strengthening Investment Funds (AIFs). coordination on tax policy and administration  This change came after the Government’s recent among ADB members and development partners. modification over the investment pattern of Non -  ADB will establish a Secretariat to operationalize Government Provident Funds, Superannuation the hub. The hub will organise a first high - level Funds, and Gra tuity Funds to invest in AIFs. conference by the end of 2021.  The EPFO manages more than Rs 12 lakh crore Asian Development Bank (ADB) of retirement savings of over six crore • President – Masatsugu Asakawa subscribers. The new investment pattern will be • Headquarters – Mandal uyong City, Manila, effective from March 15, 2021. Philippines  The government plans to raise this to 100,000 • Members – 68 (including India) startups and ove r 100 u nicorns by 2025 by • Establishment year – 1966 helping Indian startups become global giants.  Investments could be made only in AIFs with a corpus equal to or more than Rs 100 crore.

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SAIL e nters 100 most - v alued Indian  The theme for this year’s State Focus Paper firms list with m - cap of Rs.55,500 c rore (2021 - 22) is ‘Collectivizat ion of Agricultural  With Rs.55,500 cror e market capitalisation (m - Produce for Enhancing Farmer’s Income’. cap), Steel Authority of India Limited(SAIL) NABARD enters 100 most - valued Indian firms’ club. • Establishment – 1982 (on the recommendations  SAIL regained market capitalisation (m - cap) of of B. Sivaramman Committee) Rs.50,000 crore, after its st ock of SAIL increased • Chairman – Govinda Rajulu Chintala to a nine year high of Rs 135.60 on the BSE . In • Headquarters – Mumbai , Maharashtr the last six weeks, the stocks of SAIL have KVGB bags top 5 PFRDA a wards increased by 85%.  Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB), has  According to BSE data, SAIL stood at 78th bagged top 5 awards from the Pension Fund position in the overall m - cap ranking with a Regulatory and Development Authority market cap of Rs 55,529 crore. (PFRDA) for various campaigns held under SAIL KVG B for enrolment of Atal Pension Yojana • Headquarters: New Delhi (APY). • CEO: Soma Mondal  The 5 awards include – Lead to Leap, APY • Founded: 19 January 1954 Makers of Excellence, Game C hangers, Axis Mutual Fund l aunched – Axis Leadership Capital and Amazing Achievers Global Innovation Fund of Fund  KVGB is a Government - owned Regional Rural  On May 6, 2021, Axis Mutual Fund launched a Bank (RRB) and sponsored by Canara Bank . mutual fund scheme called Axis Global KVGB Innovation Fund of Fund to provide opportunity • Headquarters – Dharwad, Karnataka for investors to invest in Schroder Internation al • Chairman – P Gop i Krishna Selectio n Fund (SISF) Global Disruption.This is • Chief Executive Officer – Susheela B AMC’s fourth international fund. eNAM s elected Kotak Mahindra Bank  SISF Global Disruption is an equity fund that as digital payments partner aims to provide long term capital growth by  Kotak Mahindra Bank was selected as a digital investing in worldwide companies that benefit payments part ner by the National Agriculture from disruption . Market (eNAM) to facilitate online transactions Axis Mutual Fund for all stakeholders on the eN AM platform, • Headquarters – Mumbai, Maharashtra including farmers, traders and farmer producer • MD & CEO – Chandresh Kumar Nigam organisations (FPOs) NABARD Provided Financial support of  Under this partnership, the bank will provide Rs 9162 crore to West Bengal in FY21 payment, clearing and settlem ent services by  In FY21, National Bank for Agriculture and integrating its payment system and portal directly Rural Development (NABARD) gav e financial with the p ayment interface of the eNAM support of Rs 9,162 crore to West Bengal (WB) plat form to enable a trade facility between a for the development of agriculture and allied buyer and seller (of agri produce). sectors under Covid - 19. India notifies digital tax threshold for  NABARD State Focus Paper 2021 - 22 has non - resident technology firms estimated a credit potential of Rs.2 .21 lakh crores  The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has to be disbursed by various banks for the priority notified digital tax threshol d for non - resident sector activities of WB. technology firms like Google, Facebook, Netflix to pay tax in India.

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• Telegram: https://t.me/IACE4GovtJobs • YouTube: https://rb.gy/zhm0ll June 2021 – Digest The Thresholds are  In 2020, global FDI flows represented only 1%  Transaction Threshold – Any non - resident whose of world GDP, the lowest level since 1999. revenue exceeds INR 2 Crore for transactions in LIC became 10th m ost valuable & 3rd respect of goods, services or property with any strongest insurance brand globally person in India. It includes t ransactions on  Brand Finance, a London - based brand valuation download of data or software. consultancy firm in its annual report on the most  User Threshold – Any entity that systematically valuable and strongest insurance brands – and continuously does business with more than 3 “Insurance 100 2021”, reported the Life Lakh users in India. Insurance Corporation (LIC) as the 3rd strongest  The thresholds are part of the Significant and the 10th most valuable insurance brand Economic Presence (SEP) pri nciple, which was globally. introduced in Finance Bill 2018 - 19.  LIC’s brand value increased by almost 7 percent  It is set to come into effect from April 1, 2022. to $8.65 billion from 2020 to 2021. Geojit partners with PNB to p rovide • Top Valuable Insurance Brands in the world 3 - in - 1 a ccount Position Insurer Coun try  Geojit Financial Services has entered into an 1 Ping An Insurance China agreement with the Punjab National Bank (PNB) 2 China Life Insurance China to provide the advantage of a three - in - one 3 Allianz Germany account to the customers of PNB. (The Three 4 AXA France Accounts are, Savings Account, Demat Account 10 Life Insurance Corporation India and a Trading Account). • Top Strongest Insurance Brands in the world  Saving a nd Demat accounts can be opened online Position Insurer Country in PNB. And the trading account can be opened 1 Poste Italiane Italy online in 15 minutes without any paperwork. 2 Mapfre Spain Punjab National Bank(PNB): 3 Life Insurance Corporation India • MD& CEO: S.S.Mallikarjuna Rao 4 Ping An Insurance China • Headquarters: New Delhi Jana Small Finance Bank launched – ‘I • Tagl ine: The name you can bank upon choose my number’ f eature Global FDI flows fall by 38% in 2020,  In order to make banking to be simple and India 3rd largest recipient : OECD Data personalised, Jana Small Financ e Bank, came up  According to a new set of data released by the with a feature called ‘I choose my number’, that Organisation for Economic Coop eration and allows its customers to choose their favouri te Development (OECD), the global FDI (Foreign numbers for their savings or current account. Direct Investments) dropped by 38% in 202 0  The bank customers can choose their favourite (co mpared to 2019) to USD 846 b illion, which is numbers as the last 10 digits of their bank a 15 - year low (lowest sin ce 2005). India became accoun t (savings/current) subject to the the 3rd l arg est r ecipient of FDI inflows in 2020 availability of the request ed number. with an inflow of USD 64 b illion.  As per the bank, this added feature is intended to  China became the la rgest r ecipient of FDI (USD relate the customers closer t o the bank as they 212 Billion) overtaking the Unit e d States (USD choose their auspicious or lucky numbers. 177 Billion) for the 2nd time in six years, while Jana Small Finance Bank Luxembourg finished 4th. • MD & CEO: Ajay Kanwal  The largest sources of FDI outflows in 2020 were • Headquarters: Bengaluru Luxembourg, the United States and Japan.

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• Telegram: https://t.me/IACE4GovtJobs • YouTube: https://rb.gy/zhm0ll June 2021 – Digest 6 . RBI UPDATES RBI cancelled the l icence of United Co - regarding the rationalisation of certain areas/ operative Bank regulations/ guidelines/ returns.  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cancelled Reserve Bank of India the license of United Co - operative Bank Ltd. • It was established on the recommendation of the Bagnan, West Bengal in May 2021, as the bank Hilton Young Com mission does not have adequate capital and earning • The First Governor of RBI was Sir Osborne prospects to pay its present depositors in full. Smith (1935 – 1937)  Following the cancellation of the licence, the • The First Indian Governor of RBI was CD bank is prohibited from conducting the ‘banking’ Deshmukh (1943 – 1949) th business (including acceptance of deposits and • Present Governor: Shaktikanta Das (25 ) repayment of deposits) (From May 13, 2021) as • Dr. Manmohan Singh is the only Prime Minister defined in Section 56 of the Banking Regulation to have also served as the Gove rnor of RBI (1982 Act, 1949. – 1985) • RBI e xcluded Lakshmi Vilas Bank from The First women deputy Governor of RBI was KJ Udeshi the Second Schedule of the RBI Act  Reserve Bank of India has excluded Lakshmi RBI’s comprehensive credit support Vilas Bank Ltd.(LVB) from the Second Schedule measures against the second wave of of the RBI Act, 1934 after it was merged with COVID - 19 DBS Bank India Ltd (DBIL) in 2020.  On May 05, 2021, the Reserve Bank of India About Second Schedule of RBI Act: (RBI) anno unced a series of measures and  All banks which a re included in the Second c omprehensive strategies to support all Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 stakeholders from the second wave of COVID - 19 are Scheduled Banks. It includes Scheduled led economic difficulties. Commercial Banks and Scheduled Co - operative Measures undertaken by RBI against the Banks. pandemic  Paid - up Capital requirement: Commercial banks  Term Liquidity Facility of ₹50,000 crores to ease with paid - up capital and reserves not less than access to emergency health services : RBI Rs.5 lakhs are eligible for inclusion under the announced an on - tap liquidity window of Rs Second Schedule of RBI Act 1934. 50,000 crore with 3 years of maturity and at repo RBI set up advisory group under S rate till March 31, 2022(End of FY22) under the Janakiraman to a ssist RRA 2.0 priority sector lending classification.  The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Regulations  Banks could lend under this scheme for vaccine Review Authority (RRA 2.0) has constituted a 6 - manufacturers; importers of vaccines and member Advis ory Group headed by S COVID related drugs manufacturers and Janakiraman, Managing Director of State Bank suppliers of oxygen and ventilators; patients for of India to support in reviewing the RBI’s treatment etc. regulations and compliance procedures to  Classification of SFB loan to MFIs for on - streamline/ rationalise them to make them more lending as PSL : RBI permitted the Small Finance effective. Banks’ (SFBs) lending to Micro - Finance  .It will submit reports periodically to RRA Institutions (MFIs) for on - lending to individuals containing the recommendations/suggestions under the classification of priority sector lending (PSL) for which the MFIs need to have Rs 500

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 crore asset size (Currently, the SFB’s PSL is not March 2021 under the 589th virtual meeting of permitted for MFIs for on - lending). the Central Board of Directors of the RBI.  This facility is made t o be available up to March  The current surplus fund transfer is 50 percent 31, 2022. higher than Rs 57,1 28 crore, the transfer  Special Long - Term Repo Operations (SLTRO) approved in the accounting year 2019 - 2020. for SFBs : To support small business, Micro,  The board also decided to maintain the Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME), and Contingency Risk Buffer at 5.50% in line with unorganised sectors RBI introduced special recommendations of the Bimal Jalan Committee three - year long - term repo operations (SLTRO) of report. Rs 10,000 crore at a repo rate for the SFBs. RBI mandated PPIs interoperability by  SFBs could lend up to Rs 10 lakh per borrower March 2022; in creased the l imit from till October 31, 2021. Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2 lakhs for Full - KYC  RBI allowed the utilisation of 100% floating PPIs provisions for non - performing assets: Banks are  On May 19, 2021, Under Section 18 read with allowed by RBI to utilise 100 percent floating Section 10(2) of the Payment and Settlement provis ions/counter - cyclical provisioning buffer Systems Act, 2007, The Reserve Bank of India held by them as of December 31, 2020 for (RBI) has mandated that all prepaid payment making specific provisions for non - performing instruments (PPIs) or mobile wallets such as assets (with prior approval of their Boards). The Paytm, PhonePe and Mobikwik that are fully utilisation is allowed up to March 31, 2022. KYC - compliant be made interoperable by March T Rabi Sankar appointed as the 4 th 31, 2022. Deputy Governor of RBI  The maximum amount outstanding in full - KYC  The Appointment Committee of the PPIs (KYC - compliant PPIs) has been increased Cabinet(ACC) chaired by Prime Minister from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2 lakhs by RBI. Narendra Modi has appointed T Rabi Sankar, the  RBI permitted Cash withdrawal from full - KYC Executive Director of Reserve Bank of PPIs issued by non - bank PPI issuers with a India(RBI) as the 4th Deputy Governor of RBI. Maximum limit of Rs 2,000 per transaction with ACC has cleared his appoint ment for a period of an overall limit of Rs 10,000 per month per PPI. 3 years or till his date of superannuation. RBI imposed Rs 10 crore penalty on  He succeeds B P Kanungo, who retired on 2nd HDFC Bank for violation of provisions April 2021 after serving one year extension  The Reserve Bank of India has imposed a fine of period. Rs 10 crore on HDFC Bank for deficiencies in  He is also incharge o f the paymen ts system, regulatory compliance found in the auto loan fintech, Information T echnology and risk portfolio of the bank. management at the RBI.  As per the RBI, HDFC Bank has violated the Other Deputy Governors of RBI: • Mahesh provisions of section 6(2) and section 8 of the Kumar Jain • Michael D Patra • Rajeshwar Rao Ban king Regulation Act, 1949. RBI Board approved transfer of Rs  RBI has imposed the monetary penalty in the 99,122 crore as surplus to Govt exercise of powers vested by the central bank  On May 21, 2021, the board of Reserve Bank of under the provisions of Section 47A(1)(c) read India(RBI) approved the transfer of Rs 99,122 with Section 46(4)(i) of the Banking Regulation  crore as surplus to the Central government for the Act. accounting period of 9 months from July 2020 to

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7 . SCHEMES & INITIATI VES

PM Modi announces Rs 10 lakh PM Government announces measures to CARES f und for kids orphaned due to help families who lost the earning COVID - 19 member due to Covid - 19  Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a  The Prime Minister Narendra Modi - led number of welfare measures for children who lost Government of India has announced two major their parents to COVID - 19. measures for those families who have lost the The welfare measures have been listed below: earning member due to Covid - 19 to mitigate  Government has announced “PM - CARES for financial difficulties that may be faced by them. Children” scheme under which fixed deposits will  Firstly, the government have decided to provide be opened in the names of such children from the family pension to such families and secondly, PM - CARES fund. provide them with an enhanced & liberalised  The total corpus of fund will be Rs 10 lakh for insurance compensation. each child. Key Facts related to th e schemes  This corpus will be used to give a monthly 1.Family Pension under Employees State financial support/ stipend when the child reaches Insurance Corporation (ESIC) 18 years of age, for the next five years to take care  Dependent family members of such persons will of his or her personal requirements. be entitled to get the benefit of pension equivalent  Upon reaching the age of 23 years, the child will to 90% of average daily wage drawn by the get the corpus amount as one lump sum for worker as per the existing norms. personal and professional use.  Thi s benefit will be applicable with effect from 24 Education March 2020 till 24 March 2022.  Children under 10 years will be given admission 2.Employees Provident Fund Organization - in the nearest Kendriya Vidyalaya or in a private Employees’ Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme school as a day scholar. (EDLI)  Children between 11 - 18 years of age will be given  The insurance benefits under the EDLI scheme admission in any central government reside ntial have been enhanced and liberalized, particularly school such as Sainik School and Navodaya to help the families of employees who hav e lost Vidyalaya. their lives due to COVID - 19.  For higher education, children will be assisted in  Amount of maximum insurance benefit has been obtaining education loan for professional courses increased from Rs 6 lakh to Rs. 7 lakh or higher education in India according to existing  The provision of minimum insurance benefit has norms. The interest on this loan will be paid from been retained at Rs. 2.5 lakh. the PM - CARES fund.  This benefit will apply retrospectively from 15 Health Insurance February 2020 for the next three years, that is 15  Each child will be enrolled as a beneficiary under February 2022. Ayushman Bharat Scheme (PM - JAY) with a Government launches YUVA – Prime health insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh. minister’s scheme f or mentoring young  The premium amount for these children will be authors paid by PM CARES, till they attain age of 18  The Department of Higher Education under years. Ministry of Education, has launched a new

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8 . CABINET APPROVALS

T he Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs into by the Institute of Cost Accountants of India (CCEA) Chaired by the Prime Minister Shri and the Institute of Company Secretaries o f India Narendra Modi has a pproved the following proposals with various countries and organisations. in May 2021 .  The MoUs seek to facilitate mutual recognition Cabinet approves PLI Scheme – of qualifications and a range of collaborative Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) Battery activities for the exchange of knowledge. Storage  The signed MoUs would help in the advancement  On May 12 , 2021, The Union Cabinet chaired by of the goals on equity , public accountability and Prime Minister Narendr a Modi approved t he PLI innovation among the beneficiaries countries. Scheme ‘National Programme on Advanced Union Cabinet approves MoC between Chemistry Cell (ACC) Batte ry Storage’ which India - Japan on urban development was proposed by the Department of Heavy  The Union Cabinet has approved a memorandum Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public of cooperation between India - Japan in the field Enterprises. of sustainable urban d evelopment. A  Objective: To incentivise battery makers to Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) on manufacture locally, cut import dependence, and Sustainable Urban Development has been signed also boost Electric Vehicle (EV) adoption. between the Ministry of Housing & Urban  Target: To achieve manufacturing capacity of 50 Affairs, Government of India and the Ministry of G igaWatt h our (GWh) of ACC and 5 GWh of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, ‘Niche’ ACC Government of Japan.  Total Outlay: Rs 18, 100 c rore  A Joi nt Working Group (JWG) will be also  Time & Incentive for Manufacturing facilities: formed to implement the programmes on Manufacturing facilities should be commissioned cooperation under the Memorandum of within a period of 2 years, and incentive will be Cooperation (MoC). The JWG will meet once a disbursed thereafter over a period of 5 years. year. Cabinet approves o pening of a new Cabinet approves signing and Consulate General of India in Maldives ratification for agreement on  Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the opening of a cooperation in the field of mass medi a new Consulate General of India in Addu City, the between all the member s tates of SCO  The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Maldives in 2021. Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its ex -  India and Maldives share ethnic, linguistic, post facto approval for signing and ratification of cultural, religious and commercial links steeped an Agreement titled “Cooperation in the field of in antiquity. Maldives occupies an important Mass Media” between all the mem ber s tates of place in the ‘Neighbourhood First Policy’ and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. ‘SAGAR’ (Security and Growth for All in the  The a greement for the same was signed in June, Region) vision of the Government of India. 2019. Cabinet approves MOUs signed  SCO group comprises of eight countries namely between ICOAL, ICSI w ith foreign India, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyz Republic, countries Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.  The Union Cabinet has granted approval to the [Headquarters: Beij ing, China] Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) entered

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9 . SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Mayflower 400, w orld’s first AI Ship to NASA, Axiom sign pact to send 1st navigate across t he Atlantic private astronaut mission to ISS  World’s First Artificial Intelligence(AI) Ship  US Space Agency NASA (National Aeronautics named “Mayflower 400” is set to navigate a cross and Space Administration) has signed an Atlantic Ocean.It is an unmanned v essel & was agreement with Axiom Space to send the 1st built by the marine research organization private astronaut mission to the International ProMare in collaboration with IBM. Space Station (ISS) by January 2022. The  It will begin its transatlantic voyage on May 15, mission has been designated as ‘Axi omMission 1 2021, to track aquatic mammals, analyze plastic (Ax - 1)’. in the water, and study marine pollution.  The mission will con sist of a crew of 4 China launches ‘Haiyang - 2D’ o c ean astronauts.It will be launched from NASA’s observation satellite into o rbit Kennedy Space Center, Florida, US.  China launched ‘Haiyang - 2D (HY - 2D)’ ocean  SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Capsule will carry the observation satellite into the orbit . It was crew to the ISS. launched by a Long March - 4B rocket from the  The crew will stay in the ISS for a period of 8 Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, Gobi Desert, days. China.  The 4 crew members are Michael Lopez - Alegria  HY - 2D will form a constellation with the already (Spanish - American) – Mission Commander, launched HY - 2B & HY - 2C satellites, which will Larry Connor (US), Mark Pathy (Canada), and support China’s early warning and prediction of Eytan Stibbe (Israel). marine disasters . ‘VINCOV - 19’ antibody engineered  The satellite has been developed by the China product to treat COVID - 19 cleared for Academy of Space Technology. clinical trials  It was the 370th launch by the Long March  The Drugs Controll er General of India, the apex rocket series. body for clinical trials in India, has given SpaceX to launch DOGE - 1 s atellite to approval to Hyderabad - based immunological the Moon in 2022 company VINS Bioproducts to test its Covid - 19  SpaceX is set to launch the ‘DOGE - 1’ s atellite to antibody product VINCOV - 19 . the Moon in 2022. It will accept the  This product is a collaborative effort of the cryptocurrency ‘Dogecoin’ as full payment for University of Hyde rabad (UoH), CSIR - Centre for the mission. It will be the 1st ever commercial Cellular and Molecular Biology (CSIR - CCMB) lunar payload in hist ory to be paid entirely with a and Vins Bioproducts Ltd,Hyderabad. c ryptocurrency.  VINCOV - 19 is an antibody product obtained  The Satellite is being developed by Geometric after immunisation of horses with inactivated Energy Corporation (GEC), a C anada based SARS - CoV - 2 virus in combination with intellectual property, manufacturing and logistics adjuvants. firm. It will be launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon9 World’s first 2 nanometer chip rocket. technology unveiled by IBM SpaceX  International Business Machines (IBM) unveils • Chief Executive Officer – Elon Musk the world’s first 2 nanometer chip technology • Headquarters – California, US that promises to speed up access to the Internet,

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longer battery life and faster processing time in Google partners with SpaceX to applications. provide Starlink Internet Service  It is projected to achieve 45 percent higher  Google Cloud is set to partner with SpaceX to performance, or 75 percent lower energy use, provide Cloud services to help deliver high speed than today’s most advanced 7 nm node chip internet through SpaceX’s Starlink satellites. Yaogan - 34 remote sensing satellite  As part of the partnership, SpaceX will install successfully launched by China Starlink terminals (ground stations) at Google  China has successfully launched Yaogan - 34 data centres acro ss the world. remote sensing s atellite by the Long March 4C  The Starlink t erminals will help in delivering rocket which took off from the Jiuquan launch high - speed broadband internet through Google base in the Gobi Desert of northwestern China. Cloud.  Yaogan 34 is an optical remote sensing satellite  The service will be available to enterprise that will be used for the survey of land resources, customers before the end of 2021. urban planning, the confirmation of land rights,  SpaceX’s Starlink is an initiative by SpaceX to road network design, crop yield estimati on, and provide Satellite Internet access. disaster prevention and reduction.  It removes the necessity of the need for ce ll  The launch of Yaogan 34 was the 12th orbital towers. launch attempt from China so far this year. Iran launched its most powerful s uper First electric tractor in I ndia tested at computer: Simorgh CFMTTI, Budni, MP  Iran has launched its most powerful  India’s first - ever electric tractor has been tested supercomputer Simorgh, named after the at the Central Farm Machinery Training and mythical Phoenix - like bird Simorgh or Simurgh. Testing Institute (CFMTTI), Budni, Madhya The sy stem was designed by the Amirkabir Pradesh (MP).This new electric tractor will be University of Technology (AUT) at a cost of 1 more environmentally friendly than other types trillion Iranian rials (around Rs 173 crore). of tractors.  The system currently has a processing power of  The Central Farm Machinery Training and 0.56 petaflops. Testing Institute works under the Ministry of  The installation of Simorgh spans around 42 Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. racks, providing 560 t eraflops. Facebook launched in App vaccine China’s f irst Mar s Rover ‘ZhuRong’ finder t ool in India successfully l ands on the Red Planet  Facebook partnered with the Government of  China successfully achieved the feat of landing India to launch the Vaccine Finder Tool on the its first Mars Rover ‘ Zhu Rong’ on the red planet, mobile application – Facebook – in India. The on May 15, 2021, becoming the only second app available in 17 languages, will enable the nation to do so. public to locate the nearby place to get  Till date, only the United States has successfully vaccinated. landed its rover on Mars. All other countries that  The tool will also collect and display the walk - in have tried have either crashed or lost contact option for the users of age 45 or above along with soon after reaching the surface. a link to regist er on the Cowin portal and  This achievement is part of ‘Tianwen - 1 mission’, schedule an appointment to get a vaccination. China’s first interplanet ary endeavor, to study the  Facebook has also announced a 10 million USD Red planet’s geology. grant to India for its emergency response against the COVID - 19 situation.

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Armed forces launched o peration ‘CO - Indian Navy’s 1st d estroyer ‘INS JEET’ to f ight Covid - 19 in India Rajput’ de commissioned after 41 years  The Indian Armed Forces has launched operation of s ervice “CO - JEET” to support anti - COVID - 19 efforts of  Indian Navy’s 1st destroyer INS Rajput was the country. decommissioned at Naval Dockyard,  Lieutenant General Dr.Madhuri Kanitkar is Visakhapatnam, A ndhra Pradesh after 41 years of monitoring the steps & working on strategies to service (commissioned on May 4, 1980). provide relief to Covid - 19 Patients.She is the 3rd  It was the 1st Indian Navy ship to be associated woman to become a three - star general in the with an Indian Army Regiment – ‘Rajput armed forces behind Punita Arora (1st) & regiment’, and the 1st ship to be fitted w ith anti - Padmavathy Bandopadhyay(2nd). ship supersonic cruise missile ‘Brahmos’ in  “CO - JEET stands for co - workers of all of the 2005. three companies who will last ly obtain ‘Jeet’  INS Rajpu t has participated in various naval (victory) over COVID. operations like  It aims to strengthen medical infrastructure and  Operation Pawan – to regain control of Jaffna in oxygen supply c hains and to ensure mental Sri Lanka from LTTE wellbeing of people.  Operation Aman – off the coast of Sri Lanka to Indian Armed Forces: assist Indian Peace Keeping Forces (IPKF) • Chief of Army Staff:  Operation Cactus – to resolve hostage situation General Manoj Mukund Naravane of Maldives • Chief of Defence Staff: General Bipin Rawat  Operation Crowsnest off Lakshadweep • Minister of Defence: Rajnath Singh Nation al Security Advisor Ajit Doval • Defence Secretary: Ajay Kumar, IAS c ommissions Indian Coast Guard Indian Navy hosts GMS - 21 v irtually; 13 Offshore Patrol Vessel Sajag Indian Ocean littoral countries  National Security Advisor Shri Ajit Doval p articipated dedicated to the nation, the Indian Coast Guard  Indian Navy hosted ‘GOA MARITIME (I CG) Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) Sajag SYMPOSIUM (GMS) - 21’ virtually for 2 days , digitally on May 29, 2021. on 11th & 12th May 202. I t was for the 1st time  Sajag is the third in a series of five offshore GMS - 21 held virtually. The theme for GMS - 21 patrol vessels indigenously designed and was “Maritime Security and Emerging Non - constructed by M/s Goa Shipyard Limited. Traditional Threats: A Case for Proactive Role  The ship is fitted with advanced technology for IOR Navies”. equipment, weap on and sensors capable to carry  13 Indian Ocean littoral countries India, a twin engine helicopter and four high speed Bangladesh, Comoros, Indonesia, Madagascar, boats. Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Myanmar,  OPV Sajag will enable ICG to undertake various Seychelles, Si ngapore, Sri Lan ka and Thailand operations within and beyond Indian Ocean participated in the GMS - 21. Region (IOR) for safeguarding the maritime interests.

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11 . AWARDS AND HONOURS

Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, 1st 11th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival woman of Asian heritage to win the 2021: Jungle Cry w on best film jury World Food Prize 2021 award  Indian Descent Dr.Shakuntala Haraksingh  “Jungle Cry” directed by Sagar Ballary won the Thilsted, a native of Trinidad and Tobago and a Best Film (Jury) award at the 11th Dadasaheb citizen of Denmark, won the 2021 World Food Phalke Film Festival 2021. Prize for her research, insights and innovations in  The Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival Awards is developing holistic, nutrition - sensitive annually presented to appreciate the talents and approaches to aquaculture and food systems.She skills of the film industry. becomes the first wom an of Asian heritage to  The Film Festival is annually organised on 30th receive this award. April to mark the birth annivers ary of Dhundiraj  World Food Prize Foundation instituted the Govind Phalke, the father of Indian Cinema, who World Food Prize Award. is fondly known as ‘Dada Saheb Phalke’.  The award was announced by Barbara Stinson , Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement President of the World Food Prize Foundation. Award for Excellence in Cinema Tahera Qutbuddin won 15th annual instituted in 2021 to be given at IF FI Sheikh Zayed Bo ok Award in 2021;1st a nnually Indian to w in the a ward  The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting  Mumbai born American, Tahera Qutbuddin, (I&B) has instituted the “Sa tyajit Ray Lifetime Professor of Arabic Literature, De partment of Achievement Award for Excellence in Cinema” NELC, University of Chicago, won the Sheikh which will be given at the International Film Zayed Book Award in 2021 for her book titled Fest ival of India (IFFI) every year starting from “Arabic Oration: Art and Function”. She became 2021. the first person from India to win the award .  The award consists of a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh,  She won the award under the Arab Culture in a certificate, shawl along with a silver peacock other languages category. medal and a scroll.  The awards under 8 different book categories  The award is instituted as a part of the were announced at th e 15th annual Sheikh Zayed celebration of the birth centenary o f Bharat Ratna Book Award ceremony held in Abu Dhab i. Awardee Satyajit Ray, who was born on 2nd Justice Gi ta Mittal became 1st Indian May 1921 in Kolkata, West Bengal. to r eceive Arline Pacht Global Vision Dr D Nageshwar Reddy b ecomes 1st Award for 2021 Indian t o w in 2021 Rudolf V Schindler  Justice Gita Mittal, f ormer Chief Justice of Award Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) High Court received  The American Society of Gastrointestinal the Arline Pacht Global Vision Award for 2021 Endoscopy ( ASGE) has honoured Dr Duvvur by the International Associ ation of Women Nageshwar Reddy with the renowned Rudolf V Judges (IAWJ). Schindler Award 2021.  She became the first India n Judge to receive the  He is the first Indian m edical practitioner to win honour. this award. He won the award for his work in the  She shared the aw ard with Justice Margarita field of endoscopy. Luna Ramos of Mexico

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12 . SPORTS

Formula One: Lewis Hami lton w ins Tennis - 2021 Madrid Open: Alexander Spanish Grand Prix 2021 Z verev won men’s s ingl es, Aryna  Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton (Britain) won Sab alenka won w omen’s s ingles the Spanish Grand Prix 2021 fo r the 6th time (5th  Germany’s Alexander Zverev defeated Matteo consecutive victory). The Spanish GP was held at Berrettini of Italy to win the men’s singles title of Circuit de Barcelona - Catalunya in Montmela, the 2021 Madrid Open (19th Edition on ATP). Spain. The victory is also his 98th F1 Race Win  In the women’s singles category , Belarus’ Aryna (highest - ever in F1). Sabalenka def eated w orld No.1 Ashleigh Barty  Lewis Hamilton also became the 1st Formula ( Australia) to clinch her maiden Madrid Open One driver to seal 100 pole positions (1st position Title. in the starting grid when the race is starting).  Horacio Zeballos (Argentina) & Marcel  Red Bull Racing Honda’s Max Verstappen Granollers (Spain) defeated C roatian Pair of (Netherlands) finished 2nd followed by Mercedes Nikola Mektic & Mate Pavic to win the men’s driver Valtteri Bottas (Finland). doubles title of the 2021 Madrid Open.  The F1 Championships are organised by  Czech Republic Pair of Barbora Krejcik ova & Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA). Katerina Siniakova defeated Gabriela Dabrowski Tennis – Italian Open 2021  (Canada) & Demi Schuurs (Netherlands) to win  Spain’s Rafael Nadal defeated S erbia’s Novak the women’s doubles title at the 2021 Madrid Djokovic to win the men’s singles t itle of 2021 Open. Italian Open (78 th Edition), also known as Rome  The 2021 Madrid Open was held from 30th April Masters. This is Nadal’s 10th Italian Open Title. 2021 – 9th May 2021 at Manzanares Park Tennis  In the Women’s Category, Iga Swiatek (Poland) Center (also kn own as Manolo S antana Stadium), defeated Karolina Plisk ova (Czech Republic) to Madrid, Spain. The Madrid Open is a Clay - court win the women’s singles title of Italian Open event. 2021. 22nd Laureus World Sports Awards –  Croatian pair of Nikola Mektic & Mate Pavic 2021 defeated Rajeev Ram ( US) & Joe Salisbury (UK)  The 22nd Laureus World Sports Awards 2021 to win the men’s doubles title of the 2021 Italian were unveiled at a Digital Awards Ceremony Open. from Sevilla, Spain.  Sharon Fichman (Canada) & Giulian a Olmos  Spanish Tennis Player Rafael Nadal won the (Mexico) defeated Kristina Mladenovic (France) Sportsman of the year title, whi le Japanese & Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Republic) to Tennis player Naomi Osaka won the Sports win the women’s doubles title of the 2021 Italian woma n of the year title. Open.  This is Nadal’s 4th Laureus Title (2014, 2011,  The Italian Open 2021 took place at the Foro 2006), and the 2nd Laureus Title for Naomi Italico venue in R ome, Italy from May 8 - 16, Osaka (previous one coming in 2019) . 2021. The Clay court Tournament is an ATP Tour  The Laureus World Sports Awards are awarded Masters 1000 event & a WTA 1000 event. annually by Laureus Sport for Good Foundation. Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)  Lau reus Sport for Good Foundation Chairman of • CEO – Massimo Calvelli Trustees – Edwin Moses • Headquarters – London, United Kingdom.

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Cricket: India ranked 2nd in T20 & 3rd Max Verstappe n wins F1 Monaco GP; in ODI f ormat Jack Miller wins French MotoGP  The International Cricket Council(ICC) released  Red Bull Racing Honda’s Max Verstappen from the men’s team rankings followin g the annual Netherlands won the 20 21 F1 Monaco Grand update carried out on 3rd May 2021. India has Prix held at Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo. retained its 2nd place behind England on the ICC  In MotoGP, Ducati’s Jack Miller from Australia team ranking in the Twenty20(T20) Format. won the 2021 French M otoGP (2021 SHARK India has dropped to the 3rd position in the ODI Helmets Grand Prix de) held at the Le Mans Ranki ng behind N ew Zealand (1st) and Australia Bugatti Grand Prix race circuit, Le Mans, France. (2nd) . At present the test ranking is topped by ICC expands men’s ODI cricket world India followed by New Zealand and Australia cup to 14 teams for 2027 & 2031 respectively. e ditions International Cricket Council  The International Cricket Council (ICC) has • Chairman - Greg Barclay announced that the Men’s Crick et World Cup in • Chief Executive - Manu Sawhney 2027 and 2031, will once again be a 14 - team, 54 - • Headquarters - Dubai, UAE match tournament. Mark Selby w on the 2021 World  Earlier in 2019 World Cup, only 10 teams Snooker Championship contested, compared to 14 teams in 2015 World  Mark Selby, a n English professional Snooker Cup. p layer won the 2021 World Snooker  These 14 teams will split into two groups Championship by defeating Shaun Murphy containing seven each. Top three from each (English professional snooker player).This is his group will be progressing to a Super Six stage, 4th World Championship. followed by semifinals and final.  The Championship h eld in Crucible Theatre,  ICC has also decided to expand the men’s T20 Sheffield, England. World Cup to 20 teams. The tournament will take  The Championship was organized by the World place every two years from 2024 - 2030. Snooker Tour, a subsi diary of the World Mary Kom settles with silver m edal at Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 2021 Asian Boxing Championships (WPBSA).  Indian pugilist Mary Kom, lost to two - time world  Judd Trump was ranked as World’s No.1 snooker champion Nazym Kyzaibay of Kazakhstan, to player. settle for silver medal at the 2021 ASBC Asian MMA Fighter Conor McGreg or tops the Boxing Championships in Dubai on May 30, Forbes’ World’s 10 highest - paid 2021. a thletes 2021  The five - time Asian Cha mpionships gold  Forbes’ annual ranking of the World highest - paid medallist Mary Kom was competing in high - athletes for 2 021 was released. Mixed Martial octane 51kg final. Arts(MMA) Fighter Conor McGregor from  This is the second silver for Mary Kom at the Ireland topped the list with a total ea rning of 180 Asian Championships . She has previously won million USD(around 1313 crores). McGregor is silver in 2008. followed by football players Lionel Messi (2nd)  Apart from this, she won world championship wit h 130 million USD and Cristiano Ronaldo titles on five occasions including 2003, 2005, (3rd) with 120 million USD and American 2010, 2012, and 2017. footballer Dak Prescott (4th) with 107.5 million USD.

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KR Gouri Amma - Kerala’s first revenue  He has also served as the Minister of Agriculture minister & architect of land reforms from 2001 to 2003 and in 2011 he served as the passed away M inister of Civil Aviation.  The first revenue min ister of Kerala, Dr. Philipose Mar Chrysostom, India’s Kalathilparambil Raman (KR) Gouri Amma longest - serving Bishop passed away at popularly known as the architect of land reforms 103 in Kerala passed away at th e age of 101 due to  Padma Bhushan Reverend (Rev) Dr Philipose age - related ailments . Mar Chrysostom Mar Thoma Valiya  KR Gouri Amma is fondly known as the Iron Metropolitan, a well - known religious leader and Lady and Stormy Petrel of Kerala politic s. India’s longest serving Bis hop passed away at the Eminent Sculp tor, Rajya Sabha age of 103 in Pathanamthitta, Kerala. He was member, Padma a war dee Raghunath born on 27th April 1918 in Travancore, British Mo hapatra p assed a way India.  Eminent sculptor , Rajya Sabha member and  He was ordained as Deacon of the Church in Padma Awardee Raghunath Mohapatra passed 1944 and in 1953 he was consecrated as Bishop. away due to covid - 19 in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha.  He was honoured with Padma Bhushan in 2018.  In 2018, Raghunath Mohapatra was nominated Renowned mathematician Padma by President Ram Nath Kovind as the first person B hushan Prof. M S Narasimhan passed from Odisha to the Rajya Sabha. away  He was awarded India’s second highest civilian  Renowned mathematician Padma B hushan Prof. award Padma Vibhushan in 2013 for his Mudumbai Seshachalu Narasimhan (MS contribution to the field of stone sculpture. Narasimhan) passed away at the age of 88. He is  He had also won Padma Bhushan awar d in 2001 well known, along with C. S. Seshadri, for the and Padma Shri award in 1976 . Narasimhan – Se shadri theorem. Former Union Minist er Chaudhary Aji t  He was born on 7th June 1932 in Thandarai, Singh p assed a way Madras Presidency, British India (now Tamil  Former Union Minister and the Chief of Nadu). Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), Chaudhary Ajit Singh  He was the only Indian to receive the King Faisal passed away at the age of 82 in Gurgaon, International Prize in Science. Haryana. He passed away due to COVID - 19 Noted e nviro nmentalist and Padma complications. Vibhushan awardee Sunderlal  Ajit Singh, the son of former Prime Minister Bahuguna passed a way Chaudhary Charan Singh was one of the first  Well - known environmentalist, Gandhian and IITians in Indian Politics. He was born on 12th Padma Vibhushan Awardee Sunderlal Bahuguna February 1939 in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. passed away due to COVID - 19 related  He has served as the President of Lok Dal (A) complica tions in Rishikesh,Uttarakhand. He was and Janata Party in 1987 and 1988 and later he born on 9 January 1927 in Maroda,Uttarakhand. founded the RLD in 1996.  In 2009, Sunderlal Bah uguna was awarded  He was a 7 - time Member of Parliament (MP) Padma Vibhushan by the government of India for from the Baghpat constituency of Uttar Pradesh. his contribution to environment conservation.

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• Telegram: https://t.me/IACE4GovtJobs • YouTube: https://rb.gy/zhm0ll June 2021 – Digest 14. PERSONS IN NEWS Andrea Meza of Mexico c rowned with Aashritha V Olety b ecomes India’s first Miss Universe 2020 woman flight test engineer  On May 16, 2021, Mexican Model Andrea Meza  In yet another first for women in the Indian was crowned as the Miss Unive rse 2020 at the mili tary, Aashritha V Olety, an office r of the televised event held in Florida, US. She became Indian Air Force (IAF), graduated from the Air the 3rd Mexican woman to be crowned as M iss Force Test Pilot School has become the first Universe. She is a software engineer. woman flight test engineer in the country.  Miss Universe 2020 was the 69th Miss Universe  As a flight test engineer, Olety will be pageant. responsible for evaluating aircraft a nd airborne Miss Universe 2020 Final Results Contestants systems before their induction into the armed • Miss Univ erse 2020: Andrea Meza – México forces. • 1st Runner - up : Julia Gama – Brazil  Hailing from Karnataka, Olety is among only • 2nd Runner - up: Janick Maceta del Castillo – Peru about 275 graduates who have ever cleared this • 3rd Runner - up: Adeline Castelino – India Flight test course, since the course began in 1973. Tashi Ya ngjom - 1st Indian woman  Olety was commissioned as a Flying Officer in climber to s cale Mt Everest in 2021 t he IAF in 2014.  Mountaineer, Tashi Yangjom fr om Arunachal New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern Tops Pradesh becomes the 1st In dian Woman Climber Fortune’s World’s 50 Greatest Leaders to Scale the World’s highest Mountain, Mt 2021, Adar Poonawalla Only Indian in Everest (Elevation of 8,849 Metres) in 2021. She Top 10 was trained at the National Institute of  New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has Mountaineering and Allied Sports (NIMAS) in topped the ‘World’s 50 Greatest Leaders’ list for Dirang, Arunachal Prad esh. 2021, released by Fortune Magazine Nepali Mingma Tenji Sherpa s ets world  From India, Adar Poonawalla, the chief executive record by climbing Mount Everest officer (CEO) of Serum Institute of India (SII) is t wice with in four days the only Indian among the top 10 names. He is  Nepali mountain guide, Mingma Tenji Sherpa, a placed at 10th spot. 43 - year - old , had created a world record by  The ‘World’s 50 Greatest Leaders’ list for 2021 climbing 8848.86 - meter - high Mount is the eighth edition of the ann ual list which Everest(world’s highest peak) twice in the celebrates leaders, some well - known and others shortest span of just four days. who aren’t so familiar, who made a difference  Previously, Indian mountaineer Anshu Jamsenpa amid the “truly unprecedented times” of the had held the record fo r fastest dual ascents on Covid - 19 pandemic. Mount Everest in 118 hours and 15 minutes in 2017 and still holds the record f or fastest dual ascent on Mount Everes t by a woman  Nepali mountain guide Kami Rita Sherpa broke his own record of the most ascents of the world’s highest peak for the 25th time.

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15 . REPORTS, INDICES AND RANKINGS

World Food Price Index increased in International Energy Agency (IEA) April, h ighest since May 2014: FAO • Headquarters – Paris, France  The Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO) • Members Countries – 30 member countries and Food Price Index (FFPI) has avera ged 120.9 8 association countries points in April 2021, which is 2 poin ts (1.7%) At least 155 million p eople faced acute higher than the FFPI in March 2021 and 28.4 food i nsecurity in 2020: GNAFC Report points(30.8%) higher than April 2020.  According to the ‘Global Report on Food Crises  This marks the 11th consecutive monthly rise in 2021 (GRFC)’ (5th Edition, An nual Report) the FFPI value to its highest since May 2014. launched by Global Network Against Food  The April rise of FFPI was led by the increase in Crises (GNAFC), At least 155 million people (an the price of sugar, followed by oils, meat, dairy increase of 20 million people from 2019) faced and cereals. Acute Food Insecurity in 2020 due to conflicts,  Sugar Price Index averaged 100.0 points in April, extreme weather & econom ic shocks caused by up 3.8 points (3. 9 percent) from March 2021. COVID - 19.  Dairy Price Index averaged 118.9 points in April, Delhi ranks 32, Mumbai r anks 36 in up 1.4 points (1.2 percent) from March, 2021. Prime Global Cities Index of Knight  Meat Price Index* aver aged 101.8 points in Frank April, up 1.7 points (1.7 percent) from March,  The Knight Frank, London based International 2021. • FAO Headquarters : Rome, Italy Property Consultant has released t he Prime India’s renewable capacity addition Global Cities Index Q1 2021, a valuation based falls by 50% to 5.62 GW in 2020 : IEA on the prime r esidential prices in the local  According to the new report ‘Renewable Energy currency across more than 45 cities across the Market Update – Outlook for 2021 and 2022’ globe. released by International Energy Agency (IEA),  Delhi has recorded a decline of 0.0% and India’s Renewable Energy capacity addition dropped from 31st rank in Q4 2020 to 32nd rank declined by almost 50% to 5.62 GigaWatts (GW) in Q1 2021 .There was a decline of 0.2% from Q1 in 2020 (compared to 2019). 2020 to Q1 2021.  The report stated that India will add 17 GW  Mumbai recorded a d ecline of 0.1% and dropped renewable capacity in 2021. from 35th rank in Q4 202 0 to 36th rank in Q1  India has a renewable capacity of around 95 GW 2021.There was a decline of 1.5% from Q1 2020 including small hydro and biomass. to Q1 2021.  At the Global level, the annual renewable Bengaluru recorded a decline of 0.6% in prime capacity additions increased 45% t o almost 280 residential prices and dropped from the 36th rank GW (up from 190 GW in 2019), which is the in Q4 2020 to the 40th rank i n Q1 2021.There highest year - on year increase since 1999. was a decline of 1.5% from Q1 2020 to Q1 2021.  I ndia with a score of 66.2 has been ranked 3rd  Top 3 Cities: Chinese cities Shenzhen (1st), out of 40 countries in th e 57th Renewable Energy Shanghai(2nd) and Guangzhou(3rd ) have topped Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI) – May the Q1 2021 index where Shenzhen recorded a 2021 – released by Ernst & Young Global L td growth of 18.9% from Q1 2020 to Q1 2021. (EY). The United States (US) topped the index,  New York was ident ified as the weakest while China took the 2nd Ra nk. performing market with negative 5.8% growth.

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• Telegram: https://t.me/IACE4GovtJobs • YouTube: https://rb.gy/zhm0ll June 2021 – Digest 16 . COMMITTEES MHA constituted committee to propose Companies (ARCs) in the financial sector separate s ection on hate s peech in IPC ecosystem.  The c ommittee is ap pointed by the Ministry of  The panel will be headed by former Executive Home Affairs (MHA) to propose a separate Director of RBI, Sudarshan Sen. s ection in IPC on ‘Offences relating to speech Terms of refere nce for panel and expression’. The 5 - member Committee for  Review existing legal and regulatory framework Reforms in Criminal Laws is headed by Vice applicable to ARCs Chancellor of National Law University (NLU),  Recommend measures to improve efficacy of Delhi (C urrently – Srikrishna Deva Rao) ARCs.  It will also take into account the  Review business models of ARCs. recommendations made by the T K Viswanathan  Study role of ARCs in resolution of stressed committee, which recommended strong laws to assets including under Insolvency & Bankruptcy deal with online hate speech. Code (IBC), 2016 Government sets up p anel to examine  Suggest ways for improving liquidity in and trading of security receipts. ‘valuation of s ervices’ by casinos &  Recommend suitable measures for enabling online gaming companies for l evying ARCs to meet the growing requirements of the GST financial sector.  The government has set up a seven - member panel of state ministers for better valuation of Labour Ministry sets up 3 expert services of casinos, online gaming portal and race committees to review standards u nder courses companies, to levy goods and services OSH & WC Code, 2020 tax (GST).  The Ministry of Labour & Employment has  The group of min isters (GoM) will be headed by constituted 3 expert c ommi ttees to review Gujarat Dep uty Chief Minister Nitin Patel. standards under Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (OSH & WC) Code, 2020. IFSCA constitutes an expert  The committees will review the existing rules & committee on Investment Funds under regulations on safety, health an d working Nilesh Shah conditions standards, pertaining to factories,  The International Financial Services Centres docks & Construction work. Authority (IFSCA) has constituted an expert  The heads of the 3 expert committees are committee on Inve stment Funds.  Dr R K Elangovan , Director General, Directorate  The Committee has been formed under the General Factory Advice an d Labour Institutes Chairmanship of Nilesh Shah, Managing Director (DGFASLI) will head the Expert Committee for of Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co. Ltd. Factories & Dock Works. RBI constitutes six - member panel  P L N Murthy , Vice President & Head Domestic headed by former ED Sudarshan Sen to Operations, L&T Hydrocarbo n, Chennai will review ARCs head the Expert Committee for Building & Other  The Reserve Bank of India (R BI) has constituted Constructions Works. a six - member panel to carry out comprehensive  D K Shami , Fire Advisor to Government of review of the working of Asset Reconstruction India, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) – Head of Expert Committee for Fire Safety.

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1 7 . SUMMITS AND CONFERENCES

S.No Name Of The Summit & Conference Details  The Meeting was hosted by India, which assumed the BRICS Presidency in 2021. 1st BRICS Employment Working  It was held on 11th – 12th May 2021 in Sushma Swaraj 1 . Group Meeting (Virtual mode) Bhawan, New Delhi.  The meeting was chaired by Apurva Chandra, Secretary, Labour and Employment.  Union Minister for Earth Science Dr Harsh Vardhan virtually represented India in the 3rd Arctic Science Ministerial (ASM3) 2021 held in Tokyo, Japan from May 8 - 9, 2021. 2 . 3rd Arctic Science Ministerial 2021  I t was jointly organized by Iceland & Japan.  The ASM3 2021 is the 1st meeting to be held in Asia.  Chair of the Arctic Council (2019 - 21) – Iceland  Theme : ‘Knowledge for a Sustainable Arctic’. .  The Conference chaired by India’s Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Harsh Vardhan 33rd Conference of Health Ministers  The theme of the meeting: “Commonwealth Response to of Commonwealth Countries COVID - 19: Ensuri ng Equitable Access to Vaccines and Building Resilience for Health Systems and Emergencies”.  PM Narendra Modi virtually participated in the In dia - European Union (EU) Leaders Meeting 2021 which was held in a hybrid format on 8th May 2021 in Porto, Portugal. India - European Union Leaders  It is the 1st time that the EU has hosted a meeting with India 3. Meeting 2021 in the EU+27 format.  Portu gal h olds the Presidency of the Council of EU for the year 202 1.  European Union (EU) Members – 27  Union Minister of State for Tourism & Culture (I/c) Shr i Prahlad Singh Patel virtually participated in 2021 G20 2021 G20 Tourism Ministers’ Tourism Ministers’ m eeting held in Italy. 4. Meeting  2021 Presidency: Italy  2022 Presidency: Indonesia  India will hold G20 Presidency in the year 2023 .  The India - UK Virtual Summit 2021 between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi & Prime Minister of United Kingdom Boris Johnson took place on 4th May 2021. 5. India - UK Virtual Summit 2021  During the summit, the two leaders adopted ‘Roadmap 2030’ which ai ms to elevate bilateral ties to ‘Comprehensive Strategic Partnership’.

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18 . APPOINTMENTS S.No Name Appointed as

1. Dr. Patrick Amoth Dr Patrick Amoth of Kenya Appointed as Chair of WHO Executive Board, r eplacing Dr Harsh Vardhan . 2. Isaac Herzog Elected as 11th President of Israel, assuming office with effect from July 09, 2021.He succeed s Reuven Rivlin, who is set to complete his tenure in July 2021 after seven years in office. 3. Samant Kumar Goel and The government extended the tenure of Intelligence Bureau (IB) Arvinda Kumar Director Arvinda Kumar and Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) Chief Samant Kumar Goel, by one - year. Now the two - year fixed term of both the officers, which was due to end on June 30, 2021, has been extended to June 30, 2022. 4. Kuldeep Singh The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Director General Kuldeep Singh has been given the additional charge as the DG of National Investigation Agency (NIA), by the Ministry of Home Affairs. He succeeds Y.C. Modi 5. J B Mohapatra Jagannath Bidyadhar Mohapatra, a member of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), has been given the additional charge as the Chairman of CBDT, for a period of three months. He succeeds Prakash Chandra Mody. 6 . Rajesh Bansal Appointed as CEO of Reserve Bank of India Innovation Hub

7 . Narinder Batra Re - elected as presid ent of the International Hockey Federation(FHI) for a 2nd term 8 . Anatole Collinet Appointed as the Prime Minister of Congo • Congo Capital - Kinshasa • Currency – Congolese franc 9 . Neera Tanden I ndian - American Neera Tanden appointed as senior adviser t o US President Joe Biden 10 . Sir David Attenborough Appointed as COP26 People’s Advocate for the UN Climate Change Conference 2021 . 11 . Yoweri Museveni Sworn in as the President of Uganda for his 6th term . • Uganda Capital - Kampala • Currency – Ugandan Shilling 12 . Martin Griffiths Appointed as UN Humanitarian Chief . He succeeds Mark Lowcock

13 . Padmakumar Madhavan Appointed as the 1st Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nation al Nair Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd (NARCL). 14 . Arun Kumar Singh Appointed as the Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Bharat Pe troleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) 15 . Jose J Kattoor Appointed as Executive Director of RBI 16 . T Rabi Sankar Appointed as the 4th Deputy Governor of RBI . He succeeds B P Kanungo

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19 . DAYS AND THEMES

Date Day Description & Theme of 2021 May 31st World No Tobacco Day Theme of 202 1 : Commit to quit.

May 29th World Digestive Health Day Theme of 202 1 : Obesity: An Ongoing Pandemic.

May 29th International Day of United Theme of 202 1 : The road to a lasting peace: Nations Peacekeepers Leveraging the power o f youth for peace and security.

May 28 th World Hunger Day Theme of 202 1 : Access Ends Hunger .

May 23rd World Turtle Day Theme of 202 1 : Turtles Rock

May 22nd World Biodiversity Day Theme of 202 1 : We’re part of the solution

May 21st National Anti Terrorism Day In India, the National Anti Terrorism Day is observed on May 21 to commemorate the death anniversary of former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi. May 20 th World Metrology Day Theme of 202 1 : Measurement for Health. May 20 th World Bee Day Theme of 202 1 : Bee engaged: Build Back Better for Bees. May 18 th International Museum Day Theme of 202 1 : The Future of Museums: Recover and Reimagine May 17th - 23rd UN Global Road Safety Week Theme of 202 1 : Streets for Life #Love30 2021 May 17 th World Hypertension Day Theme of 202 1 : Measure Your Blood Pressure Accurately, Control It, Live Longer. May 12 th International Nurses Day Theme of 202 1 : Nurses: A Voice to Lead – A vision for future healthcare’

May 11 th National Technology Day

May 10 th International Day of Argania The inaugural “International Day of Argania” was observed on May 10, 2021 . The day was proclaimed by the United Nations G eneral Assembly on May 03, 2021 t o recognize the importance of A rgan tree.

May 8 th World Migratory Bird Day Theme of 2021 : Sing, Fly, Soar – Like a Bird! 2021 May 8 th World Thalassemia Day Theme of 2021 : Addressing Health Inequalities Across th e Global Thalassaemia Community

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May 8 th World Red Cross and Red Theme of 2021 : Unstoppable Crescent Day

May 5 th World Athletics Day

May 5 th World Hand Hygiene Day Theme of 2021 : Seconds Save Lives: Clean Your Hands

May 4 th World Asthma Day Theme of 2021 : Uncovering Asthma Misconceptions

May 3rd World Press Freedom Day Theme of 2021 : Information as a Public Good

May 2nd ( first World Laughter Day Sunday of May ) May 1st International Workers’ Day 20 . BOOKS AND AUTHORS

Book title Author

All Time Favourites for children Ruskin Bond , renowned author

Klara and the Sun Nove Kazuo Ishiguro , Nobel Prize - winning a uthor

The Bench Meghan Markle , an American a ctress

Sach Kahun Toh Indian actress and television director, Neena Gupta’s autobiography

Buddha in Gandhara Sunita Dwivedi

21. V ARIOUS TYPES OF ATM S ATM T YPE P URPOSE White Label ATM ATMs are owned and operated by non - bank entities but not outsourced Brown Label ATM Outsourced ATMs operated by 3rd parties Orange Label ATM Share Transactions Yellow Label ATM E - commerce & Online Purchase Green Label ATM Agricultural Transaction Pink Label ATM Accessible only to Women customers

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22 . CURRENT AFFAIRS PRAC TICE QUESTIONS 1. In May 2021, the Ministry of Home Affairs appointed 6. Match the following Trophies with their respective a 5 - member Committee for Reforms in Criminal sport s : Laws. What are the points that are correctly related to i. Sultan Azlan Shah Cup A. Badminton the Reforms committee? ii. Rovers Cup B. Hockey 1 ) The 5 - member reforms committee is headed by iii . Thomas Cup C. Football Srikrishna Deva Rao , Vice Chancellor of National iv. Deodhar Trophy D. Cricket Law University (NLU),Delhi a ) i - D, ii - B, iii - A, iv - C b ) i - B, ii - C, iii - A, iv - D 2 ) The committee will review IPC, with respect to c ) i - A, ii - D, iii - C, iv - B d) i - D, ii - A, iii - C, iv - B hate s peech as recommended by T K Viswanathan e) i - B, ii - A, iii - C, iv - D Committee 7. Who became the 1st Indian to win the annual 'World 3 ) At present, under IPC hate speech is punishable up Choreography A ward’ during the 10 th annual award to 2 - years of jail along with a ₹5,000 fine ceremony in 2020? a ) Only B b ) Only A & C a ) Suresh Mukund b ) Prabhu Deva c ) Only C d ) Only B & C c ) Remo D'Souza d ) Terence Lewis e ) Only A & B e ) Punit Pathak 2. Which organisation conducts the war games 8. Who was elected as the President of Syria in May “Steadfast Defender 21” in May 2021? 2021? a) Association of Southeast Asian Nations a ) Barham Salih b) Abdallah Salloum Abdallah b) Shanghai Cooperation Organisation c ) Mustafa Al - Kadhimi d) Bashar al - Assad c) North Atlantic Treaty Organization e) Abdrabbuh Mansur Had d) Organization for Security and Co - operation in 9. In May 2021, the Central Government extended the Europe tenure of Samant Kumar Goel the Secretary of e) South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ______and ______the Director of 3. Name the company that launched a 1st of its kind Intelligence Bureau by 1 - year. Crypto - based lending platform in India under its a) Central Bureau of Investig ation; Praveen Sinha cryptocurrency exchange. b) Research and Analysis Wing; Arvind Kumar a) Unocoin b) Coinbase c) Central Bureau of Investigation; Arvind Kumar c) Gemini d ) Bitfinex d) Research and Analysis Wing; Praveen Sinha e ) ZebPay e) National Investigation Agency; Yogesh Chander 4. Who became the 1st Indian to win the Rudolf V Modi Schindler Award from the American Society of 10. In May 2021, the e - Committee of the Supreme Court Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) in 2021? of India released the manual of e - Courts Services a) Dr. Randeep Guleria Mobile App in 14 regional languages. What are the b) Dr. D Nageshwar Reddy points that are correctly related to the e - Courts c) Balram Bhargava Services Mobile App? d) Dr. Milind Shirodkar 1) e - Courts Services Mobile App is an Electronic e) Soumya Swaminathan Case Management Tool (ECMT) l aunched in 2017 5. Who authored the book, “Stargazing: The Players in 2) Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud is the My Life”? chairperson of e - Committee a ) Pullela Gopichand 3) All details of cases handled only in Supreme Court b ) Bharat Arun of India are available in the App c ) Ravi Shastri a) All 1, 2 & 3 b) Only 2 d ) Anil Kumble c) Only 1 & 3 d) Only 2 & 3 e ) Kapil Dev e) Only 1 & 2

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• Telegram: https://t.me/IACE4GovtJobs • YouTube: https://rb.gy/zhm0ll June 2021 – Digest 25. Indian Navy decommissioned its 1st Naval destroyer 32. Who is the world highest - paid athlete for 2021 as per ship in May 2021 after its 41 years of service. Name the annual ranking of Forbes? the destroyer ship. a) Virat Kohli b) Dak Prescott a) INS Kolkata b) INS Delhi c) Conor McGregor d) Cristiano Ronaldo c ) INS Rajput d) INS Vikrant e) Lionel Messi e) INS Arihant 33. Who was appointed as the People’s Advocate of the 26. In May 2021, Padma Vibhushan Awardee Sunderlal UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties Bahuguna passed away. What is the famous Chipko (COP26) - 2021? movement slogan coined by him? a ) Alok Sharma a ) Ecology is the permanent economy b ) Sir David Attenborough b ) Aaram Haraam Hai c ) Nigel Topping c ) Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan, Jai Vigyan d ) Peter Hill d ) Satyameva Jayate e ) John Kerry e ) One religion, one caste and one God for mankind 34. When & where will the FIFA U - 17 Women’s World 27. What is the theme of 2021 International Day for Cup be conducted? Biological Diversity that is annually observed across a) India, October 2021 the globe by the United Nations on 22nd May? b) UAE, October 2021 a) Biodiversity and Sustainable Tourism c) India, October 2022 b) Celebrating 25 Years of Action for Biodiversity d) New Zealand, October 2021 c) We’re Part of the S olution e) UAE, October 2022 d) Our Biodiversity, Our Food, Our Health 35. India ranked ______in the Renewable Energy e) Our Solutions Are In Nature Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI) released by 28. The United Nations General Assembly has adopted Ernst & Young Global (in May’21) with an addition 2021 as the International Year of of _____ solar energy capacity in 2020. ______. a) 4th, 72 GW a) Fruits and Vegetables b) 4th, 39 GW b) Elimination of Child Labour c) 3rd, 39 GW c) Cr eative Economy for Sustainable Development d) 2nd, 72 GW d) Peace and Trust e) 3rd, 72 GW e) All the Above 36. Which Indian city was ranked highest position in the 29. Where is Pualreng Wildlife Sanctuary located? “Prime Global Cities Index Q1 2021” report released a) Jharkhand b) Sikkim by The Knight Frank? c) Arunachal Pradesh d) Chhattisgarh a) Mumbai e) Mizoram b) Delhi 30. Which is the 1st bank to issue Foreign Portfolio c) Ahmedabad Investme nt (FPL) to alternate investment funds d) Bangalore incorporated in GIFT International Financial Services e) Hyderabad Centre? 37. In May 2021, RBI issued regulatory guidelines for a ) State Bank of India b) Indian Overseas Bank prepaid payment instruments (PPIs) issuers. What are c ) HDFC Bank d) Kotak Mahindra Bank the points that are correctly related to the regulations e) Axis Bank issued? 31. “Elderline” call centers were established across India 1) All PPI issuers are mandated to allow to address the difficulties faced by senior citizens interoperability of UPI & Mobile wallets by May during COVID - 19 pandemic. Which Ministry has set - 31, 2021 up the Elderline call centers? 2) Maximum outstanding loan amount for full - KYC a) Ministry of Information and Broadcasting PPIs is relaxed to Rs. 2 lakhs b) Ministry of Law and Justice 3) Full - KYC PPIs maximum payment limit is c) Ministry of Personnel, Public Gr ievances and increased to Rs. 2000/transaction Pensions a) All 1, 2 & 3 b) Only 2 & 3 d) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare c) Only 1 d) Only 1 & 3 e) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment e) Only 1 & 2

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• Telegram: https://t.me/IACE4GovtJobs • YouTube: https://rb.gy/zhm0ll June 2021 – Digest 49. Which sports organisation entered into a partnership 55. Match the following crops with the leading producer with Stupa Sports Analytics (in May’21) for AI based states of India: real time match analysis? i. Rice A. Assam a) International Table Tennis Federation ii. Sugar Cane B. Uttar Pradesh b) Badminton World Federation iii. Rubber C. Kerala c) International Hockey Federation iv. Tea D. West Benga d) Fencing Association of India a) i - A, ii - D, iii - C, iv - B e) Board of Control for Cricket in India b) i - B, ii - A, iii - C, iv - D 50. Which city will host the 2021 AIBA Men’s World c) i - D, ii - A, iii - C, iv - B Boxing Championships from October 26 to November d) i - A, ii - B, iii - C, iv - D 6, 2021? e) i - D, ii - B, iii - C, iv - A a) Bhubaneswar, India 56. In May 2021, ______announced a Climate b) Belgrade, Serbia Change partnership with India, to assist India in c) Yekaterinburg, Russia achieving its targeted Renewable Energy generation d) Lausanne, Switzerland of ______by 2030 . e) Zagreb, Croati a a) Finland, 650 GigaWatts 51. Padma Bhushan awardee and India’s only recipient of b) USA, 450 GigaWatts King Faisal International Prize, MS Narasimhan, c) Canada, 650 GigaWatts passed away in May 2021. What was his profession? d) Finland, 450 GigaWat ts a) Mathematician e) USA, 650 GigaWatts b) Neuro - Surgeon 57. In FY21, ______allocated a record high c) Environmentalist amount of Rs. 1,236 crores under Rural Infrastructure d) Classical Singer Development Fund (RIDF) for rural road connectivity e) Sculptor projects in ______. 52. In May 2021, Former Governor of Kerala & 6 - time a) NHAI, Odisha Member of Parliament, Raghunandan Lal Bhatia, b) NHAI, Assam passed away. From which constituency was he elected c) NABARD, Chhattisgarh as MP for 6 - times? d) NHAI, Chhattisgarh a) Kasaragod, Kerala e) NABARD, Assam b) Amritsar, Punjab 58. Which bank recently (in May’21) launched a micro - c) Ernakulam, Kerala website to provide data of various Covid - 19 related d) Muzaffarpur, Bihar emergency needs to its employees? e) Sangrur, Punjab a) State Bank of India 53. Any Non - Banking Financial Company can be b) Canara Bank converted into a Small Finance Bank with a minimum c) Bank of Baroda paid up capital of Rs. 100 crores, however they need d) Indian Overseas Bank to increase their minimum net worth to ______e) Bank of India within 5 - years. 59. Which country recently (in May’21) launched the a) Rs. 200 crores b) Rs. 500 crores remote sensing satellite called “Yaogan - 30” into c) Rs. 150 crores d) Rs. 250 crores orbit? e) Rs. 750 crores a) Taiwan b) South Korea 54. Which of the following West flowing rivers of India c) Japan d) China does not drain in the Arabian Sea? e) Indonesia a) Indus 60. Which aerospace company announced to launch its b) Luni 1st space Tourism flight in July 2021? c) Sabarmati a) Boeing d) Narmada b) SpaceX e) Tapi c) Blue Origin d) Virgin Galactic e) Lockheed Martin

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• Telegram: https://t.me/IACE4GovtJobs • YouTube: https://rb.gy/zhm0ll June 2021 – Digest 61. Malerkotla became the newest & 23rd district of 67. Which country successfully launched the Ocean which state? Observation Satellite ‘Haiyang - 2D (HY - 2D)’? a ) Uttarakhand a) Taiwan b) J apan b ) Punjab c) China d) Vietnam c ) Sikkim e) Mongolia d ) Assam 68. In May 2021, Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh e ) Himachal Pradesh qualified for the Tokyo Olympics. They represent 62. What is the maximum time duration given for a India in which sport? resolution applicant to submit the resolution plan, as a ) Water Polo per the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016? b ) Sailing a) 240 days c ) Weightlifting b) 90 days d ) Rowing c) 45 days e ) Fencing d) 120 days 69. In May 2021, Sahitya Akademi winning writer Ki e) 150 days Rajanarayanan passed away. In which language did he 63. Identify the points that are correctly related to author novels? Ayushman Bharat projects: a) Marathi b) Malayalam 1) Karnataka is ranked number 1 in establishing c) Telugu d) Tamil Health & Wellness Centre (HWC) under the e) Hindi Ayushman Bharat project for 2020 - 21 70. ______signed an MoU with National Health 2) Ayushman Bharat was launched in 2018 with 2 Authority (NHA) to provide health insurance with a main pillars - HWCs & Pradhan Mantri Jan coverage of ______under Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) Arogya Yojana 3) Ayushman Bharat targets to establi sh 1.5 lakh a) Tamil Nadu, Rs. 10 lakhs functional AB - HWCs by December 2022 b) Telangana, Rs. 5 lakhs a ) All 1, 2 & 3 b ) Only B & C c) Rajasthan, Rs. 10 lakhs c ) Only A & B d ) Only A & C d) Rajasthan, Rs. 5 lakhs e ) Only C e) Telangana, Rs. 10 lakhs 64. In May 2021, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs 71. In the recent (May’21) conflict between Is rael and announced ______as the top implementer Palestinian forces, Israel extensively used its Iron of Smart City Mission, that was launched in Dome Defence system. What is Iron Dome? ______with a total outlay of Rs. 48,000 crores. a ) Anti - Satellite Weapon System a) Kerala, 2015 b) Gujarat, 2018 b ) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle c) Maharashtra, 2018 d) Rajasthan, 2018 c ) Radar Guided Torpedoes e) Jharkhand, 2015 d ) Supersonic Cruise Missile 65. Which organisation released the “Net Zero by 2050” e ) Anti - Missile Defence System report that frames a r oad map to achieve net zero 72. Which company signed a MoU (in May’21) with the global carbon emissions by 2050? Ministry of Tribal Affairs for implementing AI based a) International Energy Forum (IEF) curriculum to skill educators & students in Tribal b) International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Schools? c) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change a) Microsoft b) Google (IPCC) c) IBM d) Amazon d) International Solar Alliance (ISA) e) Wipro e) International Energy Agency (IEA) 73. India’s monthly Wholesale Price Index (WPI) 66. Who was the 1st Indian Woman Mountain Climber to infl ation was ______in April 2021 as per the data scale Mount Everest in 2021? released by ______. a) Gunbala Sharma a) 10.49 %, Ministry of Finance b) Baljeet Kaur b) 7.39 %, Ministry of Finance c) Tashi Yangjom c) 10.49 %, NITI Aayog d) Shivangi Pathak d) 7.39 %, Ministry of Commerce & Industry e) Malavath Purna e) 10.49 %, Ministry of Commerce & Industry

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• Telegram: https://t.me/IACE4GovtJobs • YouTube: https://rb.gy/zhm0ll June 2021 – Digest 87. In May 2021, the Union Cabinet gave approval to 92. Which financial institution (in May’21) enabled several initiatives including the changes made to Foreign Inward Remittance Advice (FIRA) the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme. digitally for Indian merchants? Select the points that are correct with respect to the a) PayPal context of the recent approvals. b) American Express 1) A National Programme on Advanced Chemistry c) Google Pay Cell (ACC) Battery Storage was included under d) Paytm PLI scheme with an outlay of Rs. 18,100 crore e) PhonePe 2) All ACC should possess a minimum 93. Which company recently (in May’21) got approval manufacturing capacity of 5 GWh from RBI to operate as a Prepaid Payment 3) Himachal P radesh govt. will use land owned by Instruments (PPI) company? ITBP for construction of ‘Aerial Passenger a) CreditMantri Ropeway System’ b) Eroute Technologies a) Only 2 b) Only 2 & 3 c) Financial Software Systems c) All 1, 2 & 3 d) Only 1 & 2 d) Instamojo e) OnlyA e) Shiksha Finance 88. According to the report released by CEEW - CEF, 94. Yoweri Museveni (inMay’21) bec ame the President India added ______power generation capacity in of Which county? 2020 - 21 with 7.7 GW from ______. a) Burundi b) Rwanda a) 12.1 GW, Coal Energy c) Uganda d) Kenya b) 14.8 GW, Solar Energy e) Tanzania c) 12.1 GW, Renewable Energy 95. In May 2021, one of India’s oldest politicians d) 14.8 GW, Renewable Energy Kalathilparambil Raman Gouri Amma passed e) 13.3 GW, Coal Energy away. She belongs to which state? 89. In May 2021, National Bamboo Mission (NBM) a) Tamil Nadu launched the MIS Module (Management b) Karnataka Infor mation Systems).Development of which c) Andhra Pradesh industry is focused through MIS Module? d) Kerala a) Pharmaceutical e) Telangana b) Khadi 96. Who authored the book “All Time Favourites for c) Horticulture Children”? d) Agarbatti a ) Samuel Hopk ins Adams b ) J. K. Rowling e) Rubber c ) Ruskin Bond d ) R. K. Narayan 90. In May 2021, China released its 7th Census, where e ) Khushwant Singh its population stood at ______in 2020 and 97. Various types of ATMs available and the purposes expected to rea ch the maximum by ______. are mentioned in the options. Select the one which a) 1.41 Billion, 2030 is wrongly related. b) 1.56 Billion, 2025 a ) White Label ATM - ATMs are owned and c) 1.56 Billion, 2030 operated by non - bank entities but not d) 1.56 Billion, 2028 outsourced e) 1.41 Billion, 2025 b ) Brown Label ATM - Outsourced ATMs operated 91. What was the rate of increase in Global food prices by 3rd parties as per the FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) for April c ) Orange Label ATM - Accessible only to Women 2021? customers a) 101.8 points d ) Yellow Label ATM - E - commerce & Online b) 120.9 points Purchase c) 100.0 points e ) Green Label ATM - Agricultural Transaction d) 135.1 points e) 106.5 points

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Answers

1 e 21 d 41 c 61 b 81 e 101 b 121 e 141 d 161 b 181 b

2 c 22 a 42 a 62 e 82 b 102 a 122 e 142 b 162 a 182 c

3 e 23 a 43 d 63 a 83 b 103 a 123 d 143 c 163 a 183 c

4 b 24 d 44 a 64 e 84 c 104 a 124 b 144 d 164 c 184 c

5 c 25 c 45 d 65 e 85 e 105 e 125 b 145 c 165 b 185 c

6 b 26 a 46 e 66 c 86 e 106 d 126 d 146 c 166 e 186 d

7 a 27 c 47 a 67 c 87 d 107 a 127 b 147 a 167 b 187 b

8 d 28 e 48 d 68 d 88 c 108 a 128 a 148 b 168 a 188 d

9 b 29 e 49 a 69 d 89 d 109 b 129 b 149 b 169 b 189 c

10 e 30 d 50 b 70 b 90 e 110 a 130 c 150 b 170 b 190 a

11 a 31 e 51 a 71 e 91 b 111 e 131 e 151 e 171 e 191 a

12 c 32 c 52 b 72 a 92 a 112 c 132 e 152 c 172 b 192 a

13 a 33 b 53 a 73 e 93 b 113 e 133 a 153 d 173 d 193 b

14 b 34 c 54 b 74 c 94 c 114 e 134 a 154 b 174 a 194 e

15 e 35 c 55 e 75 e 95 d 115 b 135 e 155 a 175 c 195 d

16 e 36 b 56 b 76 a 96 c 116 a 136 c 156 a 176 e 196 a

17 b 37 b 57 a 77 e 97 c 117 a 137 e 157 e 177 e 197 c

18 d 38 d 58 c 78 c 98 d 118 e 138 e 158 c 178 b 198 b

19 a 39 c 59 d 79 d 99 b 119 c 139 b 159 c 179 d 199 c 20 a 40 e 60 c 80 b 100 e 120 a 140 a 160 b 180 c 200 c

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