It is a premier brainstorming event of the Military Commanders from the three Services.Defense Minister,Rajnath Singh held deliberations on Day 2.In a first,valedictory session on the third and final day to be chaired by the PM Narendra Modi.
Last CCC was held in 2018 at the Air Force Station,Jodhpur.
This will enable DRDO to develop long range air-to-air missiles(AAMs).DRDO had conducted successful tests in 2018 and 2019 as well.Ramjet powered missiles provide greater range and a higher average speed compared to missiles powered by solid propellants.
DRDO began developing SFDR first in 2017.
Mukhyamantri Antyodaya Parivar Utthan Yojana (for 1 lakh poorest families),Dr.BR Ambedkar Awas Navinikarn Yojana(assistance of Rs 80,000 to repair house),legal aid to SC/ST increased to Rs21,000 & Sant Mahapurush Vichar Samman and Prasaar Yojana announced.
It was the 644th birth anniversary of Guru Ravidas.
These SBI sponsored RRBs have become first among RRBs to adopt state-of-the-art technologies having full security features for zero contact onboarding of customers, which are at par with commercial banks.It will help increase their CASA portfolio.
Head&HQ:
V.Arvind,Hyderabad(TGB);
Praveen Kumar,Warangal(APGVB)
Under Section 45ZA of the RBI Act,Centre with RBI consultation had fixed the inflation target/Flexible Inflation Target for the period between August 5, 2016 and March 31, 2021, at 4% with upper tolerance of 6% and lower tolerance level of 2%.
Report is RBI's Report on Currency and Finance (RCF) for 2020-21
The term of Gulati, a keen backer of the recent farm laws who has also been appointed by the Supreme Court to a four-member panel, is for five years starting from 6th March 2021.He is currently the Infosys Chair Professor for Agriculture at ICRIER.
KMB's non-executive chairman is Prakash Apte.
It is to set up a 12 million ton integrated steel plant in Kendrapara district. This comes at a time when the Union government is looking to boost investment in sectors such as housing, roads, ports and railways.
ArcelorMittal:
Chairman: Lakshmi Mittal;
CEO:Aditya Mittal
PNB Housing and Yes Bank will co-originate loan at agreed ratio.In 2020, the RBI allowed co-origination of housing finance companies with banks to enable NBFCs and other banking institutions to provide mutually beneficial risk assessment services.
PNB Housing Finance:
MD & CEO: Hardayal Prasad;
HQ:New Delhi.
CSIR Floriculture Mission has been approved for implementation in 21 States & UTs. Knowledge base in CSIR Institutes to be utilized to help Indian farmers & industry re-position itself to meet import requirements and create opportunity for entrepreneurship
Indian floriculture market projected to reach Rs 47200cr by 2024
61% per cent of the waste came from households,26% from food service and 13% from retail.17% of total global food production may be wasted.In India,household food waste estimate in per capita per year is 50 kg,US is 59 kg and China is 64 kg.
Report is by UNEP and partner organisation WRAP.
RuPay SoftPoS solution turns NFC (near-field communication)-enabled smartphones into PoS terminals for retailers.With this, merchants will be able to accept contactless payments of up to Rs.5000 through a simple tap & pay mechanism on their smartphones.
SBI Payments:
MD and CEO:Giri Kumar Nair;
HQ:Mumbai
He is the son of M George Muthoot, who began the finance business and the grandson of Muthoot Ninan Mathai, the group founder.His eldest son George M George is the executive director of the group and the youngest son Alexander George is the director.
Muthoot Finance is the largest gold loan NBFC in India.
WSC is being modelled around TVET Institute, ITE (Institute of Technical Education) Singapore and seeks inspiration from World Skills,Russia and GIFTS (Global Institute for Transferring Skills), South Korea. Established with assistance from ADB with ITEES.
Established under Odisha Skill Development Project.
The UT stood first for the second successive time.They won 11 gold,18 silver and 5 bronze to finish with a tally of 34 medals.More than 1000 athletes from various parts of the country participated in the mega five-day event.In ice hockey ASCB won gold.
Karnataka came 2nd with 5 gold and 4 bronze medals.
The trio of Kirti Gupta, Manisha Keer and Rajeshwari Kumari went down 4-6 to Russia in the final of International Shooting Sport Federation(ISSF) Shotgun World Cup in Cairo, Egypt.The men’s Skeet team bagged a bronze medal earlier on in the tournament
ISSF:
President:Vladimir Lisin;
HQ:Munich,Gremany
Launched under Meghalaya Identification Registration (Safety and Security) of Migrant Workers Act 2020 enables migrant workers & persons/contractors employing migrant labourers/workers to register them,failing which they will be liable to pay Rs.5000 fine.
Registration through portal can be made from any part of India.
Report stated that online education is not an option for all as only 1 in 4 children has access to digital devices & internet connectivity. Pre-COVID,only a quarter of households(24%) in India had access to internet & there is large rural-urban divide.
Over 6 mn children were already out of school even before COVID.
NLRSI 2020-21 says that 29 out of 32 states and UTs showed a gradual improvement in their efforts to digitise land records compared to the previous year. West Bengal, Odisha, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu followed to round up the top five.
NCAER is a Delhi-based think-tank.
MTRC system will monitor,track & aid in communication between trains & control room thereby ensuring smooth movement of railway rakes.System uses lowest time to connect calls i.e 300 milliseconds & it is the first time that MTRC is commissioned in India.
Existing VHF based system, Mobile & CUG had its limitations.
MoU for restoration and reconstruction were signed for Jestha Varna Mahavihara in Lalitpur, Sulighyang Gumba and Shermathang Gumba located in Sindhupalchowk district.On February 11,India funded NRs 142 mn for restoration of 3 cultural heritage projects.
India is to undertake 28 projects under reconstruction grant.
Nomadland won best director,best drama film;best Musical or comedy by Borat Subsequent Moviefilm;Best actor & actress (Drama)-Chadwick Boseman & Viola Davis;Soul won best score & best animated motion picture and Minari won best foreign language film etc.
The Crown won 4 of its 6 nominations including Best TV series.
Turkmenistan’s paratroopers will be trained in 'Combat Free Fall' as a precursor to a series of customised courses which will assist in their capability enhancement.Special Forces Training School in Nahan,Himachal Pradesh is responsible for the training.
Turkmenistan:
Capital:Ashgabat;
Currency:Manat.
Taronga Conservation Society Australia & New South Wales State govt will build it at a zoo 391 km (243 miles) from Sydney, by 2022, which could house up to 65 platypuses.Concerns about the platypus going extinct have heightened since the 'black summer'.
Scientists estimate nearly 3 bn animals died in black summer.
In the absence of State Women's Commissions,this is being done.Earlier Ladakh became launching pad for 1st-ever online training programme Empowering Women through Entrepreneurship.NCW with IIM Bangalore & India SME Forum is training 5000 women across India
National Commission for Women Chairperson: Rekha Sharma
Ambani recently overtook China's Zhong Shanshan to become the richest person in Asia.He has net worth of $83 billion.Gautam Adani and family ranked 48,Shiv Nadar and family ranked 58,Lakshmi N Mittal at 104 & Cyrus Poonawalla of Serum Institute at 113.
India now has 209 billionaires, of which 177 live in India
It is an exhibition of GI tagged products & more than 40 GI registered proprietors,authorised users & artisans participated.TRIFED organised it in collaboration with LBSNAA.130th Tribes India Showroom was inaugurated at Velridge Building as well.
TRIFED jackets with geometric Ikat weaving was launched.
