By: D.K Choudhary
ii. The campaign theme for 2017 is ‘Environmental and Climate Literacy’. The first Earth Day celebrations took place in 1970.
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad launches Probono Services, Legal Aid Schemes, Nyaya Mitra
2. Tele-law service- It aims to connect marginalized communities with lawyers through video conferencing facilities, to be set up at Common Service Centres (CSCs).
3. Nyaya Mitra Project- It aims to reduce pendency in lower courts, with a special focus on cases which are more than ten years old.
1st ‘India Indonesia Energy Forum’ held in Jakarta
ii. The Energy Forum was preceded by 2nd Joint Working Group (JWG) on Oil and Gas, 4th Joint Working Group on Coal and 1st Joint Working Group on New and Renewable Energy. The reports of three Joint Working Groups were presented to two Ministers during the Energy Forum.
GIC Re- first insurance company to sets up base in GIFT City, Gujarat
China successfully launched first cargo spacecraft
ii. It is programmed to conduct scientific experiments after reaching the now-crewless Tiangong 2, China’s second space station. China aims to build up the permanent space station by 2022.
iii. China becomes the 3rd country after US and Russia to Master the techniques of refueling in Space.
RBI signs MoU with the Bank of Guyana
ii. Earlier, RBI has signed 40 such MoUs, one Letter for Supervisory Co-operation and one Statement of Co-operation.
AU Financiers converts to small finance bank
i. AU Financiers India, a non-banking finance company (NBFC), has converted itself into a small finance bank by the name AU Small Finance Bank.
ii. As an NBFC, AU had a network of 300 branches spread across 10 States namely Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Goa.
NDMA conducted first mock exercise on forest fire in Uttarakhand
ii. The mock exercise was conducted on the principle of Incident Response System (IRS).
India, South Korea sign MoU for Defence Industry
ii. The Indian side was represented by Secretary of Defence Production A K Gupta and South Korea was represented by his counterpart Chang Miyung Jin, in New Delhi. India has nominated Hindustan Shipyard at Vishakhapatnam whereas South Korea is yet to nominate its shipyard.
GNFC wins Golden Peacock Award
ii. The Golden Peacock Awards were established by the Institute of Directors (IOD) in India in 1991.
iii. Rajiv Kumar Gupta, the managing director of the GNFC, was given the award at a ceremony at the 27th World Congress at the Dubai Global Convention.
Veteran Journalist Nora Chopra passes away
i. Veteran Journalist Nora Chopra passed away at 64 due to multi-organ failure.
ii. A senior journalist and columnist, Smt. Chopra was widely admired and respected for her journalistic skills.
Important Takeaways from above GK Update are as follows
- World Earth Day is observed globally on 22 April
- The campaign theme for 2017 is ‘Environmental and Climate Literacy’
- The first Earth Day celebrations took place in 1970.
- Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad is Minister of Law and Justice
- He launched 3 welfare initiatives viz. Pro-bono legal services, Tele-law service and Nyaya Mitra project
- 1st ‘India Indonesia Energy Forum’ held in Jakarta
- Jakarta is the capital of Indonesia
- Currency of Indonesia is Indonesian rupiah
- GIC Re becomes the first insurance company to sets up base in GIFT City, Gujarat
- GIC Re is wholly owned by the government and was designated as the national reinsurer in 2001
- Mrs. Alice G Vaidyan is the Chairman-cum-Managing Director of GIC Re
- It is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
- China launched its first unmanned cargo spacecraft named Tianzhou 1
- China becomes the 3rd country after US and Russia to Master the techniques of refueling in Space
- Capital of China is Beijing, its Currency is Renminbi and its President Xi Jinping
- RBI signs MoU with the Bank of Guyana
- The MoU was signed on Supervisory Cooperation and Exchange of Supervisory Information
- Dr. Gobind N. Ganga is the Governor of Bank of Guyana
- Guyana Country in South America with its capital in Georgetown
- AU Financiers India converted itself into a small finance bank
- New Name is AU Small Finance Bank
- Mr. Mannil Venugopalan is the Chairman of Board of AU small financial Bank
- National Disaster Management Authority conducted its first-ever mock exercise on forest fire in Uttarakhand
- Mock exercise was conducted on the principle of Incident Response System (IRS)
- India and South Korea signed an MoU for Defence Industry cooperation
- The agreement was signed in New Delhi
- Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Hanwa Techwin of South Korea signed a contract to manufacture the K9 Vajra-T tracked self-propelled artillery guns for the Indian Army
- GNFC won the Golden Peacock Award 2017
- Justice Dr. Arijit Pasayat was the Chairman of Jury
- Rajiv Kumar Gupta is the managing director of the GNFC
- Full form of GNFC is Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd