Today Current Affairs for Competitive Exams - Current Affairs 2021 Online Construction of six submarines approved The Government Securities Acquisition Program (GSAP 2.0), which is higher than the The Defence Ministry has cleared a mega first tranche, will be conducted in the second project to build six conventional submarines quarter of the financial year. for the Indian Navy at a cost of around Rs The remaining ₹40,000 crores of GSAP 1.0 43,000 crore. will be conducted on 27 June 2021. The Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Make-in-India project named 'P-75 India' will United Airlines will launch Supersonic Jet be issued soon. United Airlines has announced plans to buy The decision was taken at a meeting of the 15 planes from airline startup Boom Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by Supersonic in a move that could revive the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. high-speed form of air travel after the Facebook appoints Marne Levine as CBO Concorde was wound down in 2003. Under the deal, it would purchase Boom's Facebook Inc has appointed Marne Levine as "Overture" aircraft once the planes meet its new Chief Business Officer, a new post in "United's demanding safety, operating and the executive ranks of the tech giant. sustainability requirements" with an aim to Prior to the new role, Levine was the Vice start passenger travel in 2029. President of global partnership at Facebook. As Chief Business Officer, she will now report RBI keeps policy repo rate unchanged to Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg. RBI has kept the benchmark interest rates Earlier Levine has also served as Instagram's unchanged amid COVID-19 uncertainty and Chief Operating Officer. fears over inflation. Appointments The projected Gross Domestic Product growth rate will be 9.5 percent for the current WarnerMedia has announced the fiscal year. appointment of Amit Malhotra as MD for its RBI has kept the repo rate unchanged at 4 streaming service HBO Max in southeast Asia percent, the sixth time in a row. and India. Malhotra will report to Johannes The RBI reverse repo rate or RBI's borrowing Larcher, Head of HBO Max International. rate also remains unchanged at 3.35 percent. Carlo Ancelotti has returned to Real Madrid as a coach, rejoining from Everton. He was Dr Patrick Amoth: Chair of WHO Executive Board previously in charge of the Madrid-based club The Acting Director-General for Health Dr. between 2013 and 2015. Patrick Amoth has been elected the RBI announces GSAP 2.0 of ₹1.2 trillion chairperson of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO). RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das has Dr. Amoth was elected to the position on June announced the second tranche of the bond- 1, 2021, during the 149th session of the buying program of ₹1.2 lakh crore, along WHO‟s Executive Board held in Geneva, expected lines. Switzerland. 1 | P a g e He takes over from India‟s Minister of Health Startup India is a flagship initiative of the and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan. central government, which was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in January Jammu and Kashmir signs MoU with Go Air 2016. The J&K govt has signed an MoU with a The recognized startups have now spread private airline for the transportation of across 623 districts and each state and Union perishable horticulture and agricultural Territory has at least one startup. produce to various destinations across the Flexibility in utilization of domestic coal country. Under the MoU, the airline will charge Rs 24, The govt has enabled state governments and Rs 34, Rs 47, Rs 48, and Rs 50 for the UTs by allowing flexibility in the utilization of transportation of perishable fruit produce from domestic coal amongst power generating Jammu and Srinagar to Delhi, Mumbai/Pune, stations to reduce the cost of power Chennai, Kolkata, and Bengaluru generation. respectively. States can use their linkage domestic coal, under flexible utilization of coal, in the Case-2 Ban from investing in Chinese firms: US Scenario-4 power plants. US President Joe Biden is set to ban The Case-2, Scenario-4 power plants are Americans from investing in dozens of those which have been bid based on the Net Chinese tech and defense firms with alleged Heat Rate. military ties. Anerood Jugnauth passes away The new executive order will come into effect on 2nd August 2021. Anerood Jugnauth, the former President and It will hit 59 firms including communications Prime Minister of Mauritius, passed away in giant Huawei. June 2021. The list of firms will be updated on a rolling Jugnauth was Mauritius' longest-serving basis. PM and held the post for more than 18 years. The move expands an order previously issued He served as the PM between 1982 and by former President Donald Trump. 1995, then again between 2000 and 2003, and later between 2014 and 2017. France halts military operations with Mali Jugnauth also served as the President of France is halting joint military operations with Mauritius from 2003-2012. Mali. India and Germany hold bilateral consultations The suspension would continue until it receives guarantees about a return to civilian India and Germany held bilateral rule in Mali. consultations on UN issues on 3 June French forces have been supporting troops 2021 via video conference. from Mali, Chad, Mauritania, Niger, and Vikas Swarup, Secretary (West) led the Indian Burkina Faso to fight militants in the Sahel delegation along with officials from the UN region. and Europe West Divisions of the Ministry and On 25 May'21 Mali's military leader, Col the Embassy of India in Berlin. Assimi Goïta, had expelled the country's PM. The German delegation was led by Antje Leendertse, State Secretary for Germany. Number of startups reaches 50,000 NCSM collaborates with Science Museum Group The number of startups recognized by the Department for Promotion of Industry and National Council of Science Museums, India Internal Trade, DPIIT, has reached 50,000. is collaborating with the Science Museum 2 | P a g e Group, London for an international traveling New Zealand all-rounder Kyle Jamieson was exhibition called „Hunt for the Vaccine‟. awarded the 2021 version of the Gamers‟ The exhibition will tell the story of the global Cap. efforts to find new ways to develop vaccines Gamers‟ Cap award is given to the player who at a pandemic speed. has been voted as „Cricketer of the Year‟ by The exhibition is scheduled to be inaugurated the players & support staff. in November 2022 in Delhi. By winning this award, Kyle has joined a elite list which includes Brendon McCullum, Tim Validity period of TET certificate extended Southee, Ross Taylor , K. Williamson and The govt has decided to extend the validity Trent Boult, who won the same award in past. period of the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) IIT Hyderabad develops oral Amphotericin B qualifying certificate to a lifetime. This will be implemented retrospectively from The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), the year 2011. Hyderabad has developed nano-fibre based TET is one of the essential qualifications for a oral tablets of Amphotericin B, called AmB, to person to be eligible for an appointment as a treat fungal infections post COVID treatment. teacher in schools. This was a first-ever attempt to fabricate The validity of the certificate was 7 years from nanofibrous oral tablets of Amphotericin B for the date of passing. the potential cure of Kala Azar (Mucormycosis). Defence Ministry signs a contract At present, the Amphotericin B is available in The Defence Ministry has signed a contract injectable form. with Mahindra Telephonics Integrated Appointments: Systems Limited, Mumbai for procurement of 11 Airport Surveillance Radars with Ride-hailing app Ola has appointed G.R. Arun Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar for Kumar as its new Group Chief Financial Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard. Officer (CFO). The procurement, at a cost of over Rs 323 cr, Swayam Saurabh will be the new CFO for will be made under the Buy and Make OLA's mobility, financial services and food category. businesses vertical. These will increase the air domain awareness Amol Muzumdar, the eight-time Ranji Trophy around airfields. champion with Mumbai, was appointed as Coach of the Mumbai cricket team for the TERI's World Sustainable Development Summit 2021-22 cricket season. Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Thaawarchand Gehlot to launch SAGE project Minister Prakash Javadekar addressed at TERI's World Sustainable Development Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Summit on 4 June 2021. Thaawarchand Gehlot will launch the Senior He informed that the availability of water is Care Ageing Growth Engine, SAGE project on continuously declining in the country due to 4 June 2021. various factors. The project aims to select, support and create The agriculture sector consumes 85 percent one-stop access to elderly care products and of available water. services by credible start-ups. He stressed on water conservation by The SAGE project is shaped on the adopting conservation technologies. recommendations of the empowered expert committee report on start-ups for the elderly. K.Jamieson: NZ's 'Cricketer Of The Year' Horse rider F. Mirza qualifies for Olympics 3 | P a g e Expert horse rider Fouaad Mirza has Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the completed the minimum eligibility requirement meeting of the Council of Scientific and (MER) to compete in Olympics Games‟ event. Industrial Research, CSIR Society, on 4 June Fouaad Mirza, a double 2018 Asian Games 2021 through video conferencing. medallist, officially became the first Indian to The CSIR Society is a part of the Department qualify for Olympics after the 2000 Sydney of Scientific and Industrial Research under the Games, Ministry of Science and Technology.