Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 17 October 2021 | SSC CGL CPO CHSL MTS JE
Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 17 October 2021
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1) India was re-elected to the U.N. Human Rights Council for the 2022-24 term with an overwhelming majority in the General Assembly.
➠ India got 184 votes in the 193-member assembly, while the required majority was 97.
➠The 76th UN General Assembly held elections for 18 new members of the U.N. Human Rights Council who will serve for a period of three years, starting in January 2022.
2) Indian captain Sunil Chhetri broke legendary footballer Pele's record during a match against the Maldives in the ongoing 2021 SAFF Championship
➠ Pele had 77 goals for Brazil, and Chhetri surpassed the Brazilian legend in the 62nd minute of the encounter against the Maldives.
3) MS Dhoni became the first player to captain in 300 T20 games. Dhoni achieved this feat when he captained Chennai Super Kings in the final of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Dubai International Stadium in UAE.
4) UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced that the seven aspirational districts in the state had figured in the list of top 10 in the national July-August 2021 “delta ranking”.
➠Seven districts are Fatehpur, Siddharthnagar, Sonbhadra, Chitrakoot, Shravasti and Chandauli.
➠ “Delta ranking” is a ranking done by NITI Aayog of all the 112 aspirational districts in the country and the ranking rates incremental progress made by these districts in various development areas.
➠ Aspirational districts’ programme was launched in 2018 by the Centre for transforming these districts.
5) The Government of India has accorded ‘Maharatna’ status to the state-owned Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC).
➠Incorporated in 1986, PFC is the largest infrastructure finance company dedicated to the power sector under the administrative control of the Ministry of Power.
6) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin launched the preliminary work to melt into 24 carat gold bars, the unutilised jewellery in the possession of the temples in the State.
Tamil Nadu :-
➨ CM - M K Stalin
➨Sathyamangalam tiger reserve (STR)
➨Kalakkad Mundanthurai tiger reserve (KMTR)
7) Reliance Industries Ltd, the country's largest company by revenues, profits and market value, has topped Indian corporates in the World's Best Employers rankings 2021 published by Forbes. Reliance was placed at 52 in the overall ranking of 750 global corporates likes Phillips, Sanofi, Pfizer and Intel.
8) Jnanpith awardee and bestselling author Amitav Ghosh's new book 'The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis' was released on 14 October 2021.
9) The Indian government will set up as many as 500 multi modal cargo terminals by 2025 under the Gati Shakti-National Master Plan that would require an investment of over ₹50,000 crore.
10) Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal launched a port mobile application called 'MyPortApp' in Kolkata. The App is aimed at promoting transparency and easy access to port-related information
11) World Steel Association (WSA) has elected Sajjan Jindal, Chairman and Managing Director of JSW Steel Ltd, as Chairman for the year 2021-22.
➠Jindal is the first representative from India to serve as Chairman of the WSA. JSW Steel is the flagship business of the diversified $13 billion JSW Group and engaged in the manufacturing of iron and steel products in India and across the globe.
➭World Steel Association :-
➠Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium
➠Founded: 10 July 1967
12) China sent its first solar exploration satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province.
➠ The satellite was launched aboard a Long March-2D rocket and entered its planned orbit successfully.
13) The Reserve Bank of India approved re-appointment of Amitabh Chaudhry as managing director of private sector Axis Bank for a period of three years. The extended three-year term would be effective from January 1, 2022.
