Daily Current Affairs & GS

2021-09-03 11:58:47 First in India : Male Personalities

1.The First President Of Indian Republic
- Dr. Rajendra Prasad

2.The First Prime Minister Of Free India
- Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru

3.The First Indian To Win Nobel Price
- Rabindranath Tagore

4.The First President Of Indian National Congress
- W. C. Banerjee

5.The First Muslim President Of Indian National Congress
- Badruddin Tayyabji

6.The First Muslim President Of India
- Dr. Zakir Hussain

7.The First British Governer General Of India
- Lord William Bentinck

8.The First British Viceroy Of India
- Lord Canning

9.The First Governor General Of Free India
- Lord Mountbatten

10.The First And The Last Indian To Be Governor General Of Free India
- C. Rajagopalachari

11.The First Man Who Introduced Printing Press In Free India
- James Hicky

12.The First Indian To Join I.C.S.
- Satyengra Nath Tagore

13.India's First Man In Space
- Rakesh Sharma

14.The First Prime Minister In India Who Resigned Without Completing The Full Term
- Morarji Desai

15.The First Indian Commander-in-Chief Of India
- General Cariappa

16.The First Chief Of The Army Staff
- Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singh Ji

17.The First Indian Member Of The Viceroy's Executive Council
- S. P. Sinha

18.The First President Of India Who Died While In Office
- Dr. Zakir Hussain

19.The First Prime Minister Of India Who Did Not Face The Parliament
- Charan Singh

20.The First Field Marshal Of India
- S. H. F. Manekshaw

21.The First Indian To Get Nobel Price In Physics
- C. V. Raman

22.The First Indian To Recieve Bharat Ratna Award
- Dr. Radhakrishnan

23.The First Indian To Cross English Channel
- Mihir Sen

24.The First Indian To Receive Jnanpith Award
- Sri Shankar Kurup

25.The First Speaker Of The Lok Sabha
- Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar

26.The first Vice-President of India
- Dr. Radhakrishnan

27.The first Education Minister
- Abul Kalam Azad

28.The first Home Minister of India
- Sardar Vailabh Bhai Patel

29.The first Indian Air Chief Marshal
- S. Mukherjee

30.The first Indian Naval Chief   
- Vice Admiral R. D. Katari

31.The first judge of International Court of Justice
- Dr. Nagendra Singh

32.The first person to receive Paramveer Chakra
- Major Somnath Sharma

33.The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen
- Sherpa Phu Dorjee

34.The first Chief Election Commissioner
- Sukumar Sen

35.The first person to receive Magsaysay Award
- Acharya Vinoba Bhave

36.The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine
- Hargovind Khurana

37.The first Chinese traveler to visit India
- Fahein

38.The first person to receive Stalin Prize
- Saifuddin Kitchlu

39.The first person to resign from the central cabinet
- Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

40.The first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna
- Khan Abdul Ghaftar Khan

41.The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics
- Amartya Sen

42.The first Chief Justice of Supreme CourtJustice
- Hiralal J. Kania Open / Comment

2021-09-02 16:37:48 CBSE Board Exam 2021-22 Term 1 Sample Papers for Class 10 and 12 have been released.

Check it now:-
Sample Papers of Class X:-
http://cbseacademic.nic.in/SQP_CLASSX_2021-22.html
Sample Papers of Class XII:-
http://cbseacademic.nic.in/SQP_CLASSXII_2021-22.html Open / Comment

2021-08-26 12:44:00 Arctic Council:-

1) It is an intergovernmental forum that addresses issues faced by Arctic Govts and indigenous people of the Arctic (Inuit, Aleut, Athabaskan, Gwich'in, Saami).

2) Ottawa declaration is related to the formation of Arctic Council in 1996.

3) There are 8 members: Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and USA. Decisions are based on Consensus.

4) Observer States: India, China, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, UK, France, Switzerland, Spain.

5) 1st country to chair Arctic was Canada, 2017 to 2019 Finland; 2019 to 2021: Iceland. Open / Comment

2021-08-26 06:51:05 26th August

Women's Equality Day

Women’s Equality Day is celebrated in the US to mark the 19th Amendment ratified in 1920 giving women the right to vote.

It was first celebrated in 1973.

Important Facts

Indian railways conducted a ten day long campaign under theme "Each for Equal" to celebrate International Womens's Days (8March).

Global Gender Gap Index 2021
Iceland:- Top
India:- 140

Vidatha probably the most popular assembly in which even women enjoyed an equal status with men in the Early Vedic periods.

United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-WOMEN)
Headquater:- Newyork
Anita Bhatia (Deputy Executive Director)

National Organisation for Women (NOW)
Headquater:- Washington DC

National Commission for Women (NCW)
Headquater:- New delhi EST: 1992
Chairperson:- Rekha Sharma

Permanent commission to women in Army observed by Supreme Court is based on following articles -
Rule of law - Equality before law- Article 14 & Article 16

As per the paper “Rethinking Gender Representation across Value Chains”released during the
3rd Gender Equality Summit 2020, If Women’s labour force is same as Men’s labour force then it can boost India’s GDP by 27%

ARTICLE of the Constitution which has a bearing on the rights of women are:

Indian women equality (Article 14)

No discrimination by the State Article 15(1)

Equality of opportunity (Article 16)

Equal pay for equal work Article 39 (d)

Article 42 -To make provision for just and humane conditions for work and maternity relief Open / Comment

2021-08-25 11:05:14 Remote Sensing Centre
Balasore Odisha

National Remote Sensing Centre
Hyderabad Telengana

Indian Institue of remote sensing
Dehradun Uttarakhand

Central Regional Remote Sensing Centre
Nagapur MH

Eastern Regional Remote Sensing Centre
Kharagpur WB

Western Regional Remote Sensing Centre
Jodhpur Rajsthan

Northern Regional Remote Sensing Centre
Dehradun Uttarakhand

Southern Regional Remote Sensing Centre
Banglore Karnataka Open / Comment

2021-08-24 18:00:06 International Organisations (Part-3)

Goulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
Founded:- 1989
Headquarter:- Riyadh Saudi Arabia
Secretary-General:- A. Bin Rashid Zayani
Members:- 6

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
Founded:- 1989
Headquarter:- Paris France
President:- Xiangmin Liu
Members:- 39

World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
Founded:- 1967
Headquarter:- Geneva Switzerland
Director-General:- Francis Gurry

World Trade Organisation (WTO)
Founded:- 1 Jan 1995
Headquarter:- Geneva Switzerland
Director-General:- Roberto Azevedo
Members:- 164

World Health Organisation (WHO)
Founded:- 7 April 1948
Headquarter:- Gevena Switzerland
Director-General:- Tedros Adhanom
Members:- 194

Organisation for Econoy Cooperation
Founded:- 1948
Headquarter:- Paris France
Director-General:- Jose Angel Gurria
Members:- 36

Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Founded:- 1960
Headquarter:- Vienna Austria
Secretary-General:- Mohammad Barkindo
Members:- 13

United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
Founded:- 4 Nov 1946
Headquarter:- Paris France
Director-General:- Audrey Azouley
Members:- 193

United Nations Children Fund
Founded:- 1946
Headquarter:- New york USA
Executive-Director:- Henritta H. Fore
Members:- 191

UN Development Programme (UNDP)
Founded:- 1965
Headquarter:- New york USA
Director-General:- Achim Steiner

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2021-08-24 13:00:10 International Organisations (Part-2)

Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)
Founded:- 6 June 1997
Headquarter:- Dhaka Bangladesh
Secretary-General:- M.Shahidul Islam
Members:- 7

Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Founded:- 1966
Headquarter:- Mandaluyong Philippines
President:- Masatsugu Asakawa
Members:- 68

World Bank (WB)
Founded:- 1944
Headquarter:- Washington DC
President:- David Malpass
MD/CFO:- Anshula Kant
Members:-189

International Monetory Fund (IMF)
Founded:- 1945
Headquarter:- Washington DC
MD:- Kristalina Georgieva
Chief Economist:- Gita Gopinathan
Members:- 189

International Atomic Energy Agency
Founded:- 1957
Headquarter:- Vienna Austria
Director-General- Rafael Mariano Grossi
Members:-171

UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
Founded:- 5 June 1972
Headquarter:- Nairobi Kenya
Director:- Inger Andersen

International Court of Justice
Founded:- 1945
Headquarter:- The Hague Netherland
President:+ Abdulqawi Yusuf
Members:- 193

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
Founded:- 1949
Headquarter:- Brussles Belgium
Secretary-General:- Jens Stoltenberg
Air force General:- Tod. D Wolters
Members:- 30

Amnesty International (AI)
Founded:- 1961
Headquarter:- London
Secretary-General:- Kumi Naidoo

Federation International De Football Association (FIFA)
Founded:- 1904
Headquarter- Zurich Switzerland
President:- Gianni Infantino

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2021-08-24 09:00:05 International Organisations (Part-1)

INTERPOL
Founded:- 1923
Headquarter: - Lyon France
President:- Kim Jong Yang

World Customs Organisation (WCO)
Founded :- 1952
Headquarter:- Brussels Belgium
Secretary-General:- Kunio Mikuriya
Members:- 182

Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
Founded:-16 Oct 1945
Headquarter:- Rome Italy
Director-General:- Qu Dongyu (China)
Member:- 197

International Labour Organisation (ILO)
Founded:- 1919
Headquarter:- Geneva (Switzerland)
Director-General:- Guy Ryder
Member:- 187

Association of Southeast Asian Nation
Founded:- 1967
Headquarter:- Jakarta Indonesia
Director-General:- Lim Jock Hoi
Members:- 10

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Founded:- 2016
Headquarter:- Beijing China
President:- Jin Liqun

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
Founded:- 1996
Headquarter:- Beijing China
Secretary-General:- Vladimir Norov
Members:- 8

World Economic Forum (WEF)
Founded:- 1971
Headquarter:- Cologny Switzerland
Director-General:- Klaus Schwab

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Founded:- 1964
Headquarter:- Geneva Switzerland
Secretary-General:- Mukhisa Kituyi
Members:- 194

United Nations (UN)
Founded:- 24 oct 1945
Headquarter:- New york USA
Secretary-General:- Antonio Guterres
Deputy S.G:- Amina J Mohammad
Members:- 193

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2021-08-24 07:22:14 Latest Important City Index 2021

India Smart Cities Awards Contest (ISAC) 2020

Best City Award:- Indore and Surat
Best State Award:- Uttar Pradesh
Best UT Award:- Chandigarh

India’s Most Liveable City in Ease of Living Index 2020

Top:- Bengaluru
2nd:- Chennai
3rd:- Shimla

Global Liveability Index 2021

Top:- Auckland (New Zealand)
2nd:- Osaka (Japan)
3rd:- Adelaide (Australia)

Global Prime Residential Index 2020

Top:- Shenzhen (China)
2nd:- Shanghai (China)
32nd:- New Delhi (India)
36th:- Mumbai (India)
40th:- Bengaluru (India) Open / Comment

2021-08-23 18:20:52 About United States (US)

Capital:- Washington, D.C
Largest city:- New York City
Currency:- US Dollar
First President:- George Washington
46th President:- Joe Biden
Yudh Abhyas Exercise:- India & US
Tiger Trump Exercise:- India & US
Vajra Prahar Exercise:- India & Us
Malabar Exercise:- IND, US, AUS & JAP
India's Ambassador to US:- Taranjit Singh Sandhu Open / Comment