Current Affairs Daily Digest – November 02 2021
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1. Indian Navy stealth frigate Tushil launched in Russia
The seventh Indian Navy frigate of the P1135.6 class was launched at the Yantar Shipyard at Kaliningrad in Russia. The ship has been formally named as Tushil, a Sanskrit word that means protector shield. Tushil will be commissioned into the Indian Navy in mid-2023 followed by its sister ship by the end of 2023.
2. J&K team clinch 1st position in World Deaf Judo Championship
The Jammu & Kashmir team for deaf clinched 1st position in World Deaf Judo Championship held at Paris Versailles, France. Rakshanda Mehak who is part of the Indian team for the deaf clinched the bronze medal by defeating the South Korean team in the semifinal. The championship was held at Versailles, France. The championship is organised by the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf.
3. A book on Rani Laxmibai’s lawyer John Lang authored by Amit Ranjan
Amit Ranjan authored a book titled “John Lang: Wanderer of Hindoostan, Slanderer of Hindoostanee, Lawyer for the Ranee”. The book is about John Lang’s life, his exploits, and literary works. He was an Australian journalist and lawyer who settled in India in the 19th century. He fought many cases against the British and also represented Rani Laxmibai in her legal battle against the annexation of her kingdom of Jhansi by the East India Company (EIC).
4. Yes Bank and BankBazaar launched ‘FinBooster’ Credit Card
Yes Bank and BankBazaar.com together launched a Co-Branded credit card named FinBooster to measure the Creditworthiness of the customers. FinBooster is built around a credit fitness tracker. FinBooster uses the CreditStrong app Subscription (credit fitness report) which helps customers to track creditworthiness that improves the Credit score.
5. Federal Bank and Aditya Birla Health Insurance tie-up for Bancassurance
The Federal Bank and Aditya Birla Health Insurance Co. Limited (ABHICL) entered into a Bancassurance Partnership. As a part of this alliance, Federal Bank will provide to its customer’s innovative health insurance solutions offered by ABHICL.
Customers of Federal Bank will have facilities like Day 1 cover for asthma, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, coaching on nutrition etc.
6. Edelgive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2021
Hurun India and EdelGive have jointly released the Edelgive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2021. The list was topped by Azim Premji, the founder chairman of Wipro, with a donation of Rs 9,713 crore during fiscal 2020-21 which is around Rs 27 crore a day.
HCL’s Shiv Nadar once again retained the second spot on the list with an annual donation of Rs 1,263 crore, marking a 59 per cent rise. Mukesh Ambani, the chairman of Reliance Industries, and his family occupied the third spot on the philanthropy list with an annual donation of Rs 577 crore.
7. 5th edition of “Ganga Utsav 2021” begins
The 5th edition of the three-day-long Ganga Utsav has been organised from November 01 to 03, 2021 in virtual format. The “Ganga Utsav 2021 – The River Festival “ will not only celebrate the glory of the river Ganga but all the rivers of the country to promote the celebration of ‘Nadi Utsav’ (River Festival). The 2021 event has been organised under the leadership of the Union Minister for Jal Shakti, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
8. ‘Vax’ named Oxford English Dictionary’s Word of the Year 2021
‘Vax’ has been chosen as the word of the year by the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) in 2021. Vax is derived from the Latin word Vacca, which means cow. Vax is used as a short form for vaccines and means a substance put into a person’s body to prevent them from getting a disease. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, words related to vaccines saw a surge in 2021, including terms like double-vaxxed, unvaxxed and anti-vaxxer.
9. International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists
The International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists is an UN-recognized day observed annually on 2 November. The day draws attention to the low global conviction rate for violent crimes against journalists and media workers, estimated at only one in every ten cases.
10. Australian legend Alan Davidson passes away
Australian legend Alan Davidson has passed away. The bowling allrounder, who made his Test debut against England in 1953, represented Australia 44 times in the longest format. The left-arm pacer had finished his career with a stunning average of 20.53, having picked up 186 wickets.
11. Chennai-Mysore-Chennai Shatabdi Express gets IMS certification
The Chennai-Mysore-Chennai Shatabdi Express has become the first train of Southern Railway to receive Integrated Management Systems (IMS) certification.
It got the certificate for world-class maintenance of the train, environment-friendly resources and convenient and safe travel of the passengers. It is also the first Shatabdi train and the only second mail/express train of Indian Railways to receive this prestigious certification.
12. Elon Musk’s SpaceX establishes subsidiary in India, plans to apply for license
SpaceX, owned by the world’s richest person Elon Musk, on November 1, 2021, established its wholly-owned subsidiary in India in order to start local broadband operations.
The satellite broadband arm of SpaceX, Starlink aims to start the broadband services in India from December 2022, with 2 lakh active terminals subject to permission from the Government of India.
13. Defence Acquisition Council approves proposals worth Rs. 7,695 crores for armed forces under ‘Make in India’
The Defence Acquisition Council on November 2, 2021, approved the proposals worth Rs. 7,695 crores for the Armed Forces Modernisation under ‘Make in India’. The Council was headed by the Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
As per the press release by the Defence Ministry, the defence acquisition council (DAC), in its meeting of November 2, 2021, held under the Chairmanship of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for capital acquisition proposals for modernization and operational needs of the Armed Forces amounting to Rs. 7,695 crores.
14. Clean Ganga Mission registered in Guinness Book of World Records on Day 1 of river festival
The National Mission of Clean Ganga (NMCG) has been registered in the Guinness Book of World Records on the first day of Ganga Utsav- the River Festival 2021 for the highest number of photos of handwritten notes that were uploaded on Facebook in an hour.
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Jal Shakti Minister had posted his message on the Ganga on Facebook, after which the Guinness activity was opened for the public at large.
