July 01-02, 2021 Current Affairs

 

GLOBAL STARTUP ECOSYSTEM INDEX 2021

·        Released by StartupBlink

·        India scored 8.833 and ranked at 20th position out of 100 countries (in 2020, India was ranked at 23rd position)

·        USA topped the index followed by UK and Israel respectively.

·        Bengaluru was the highest ranked Indian City (10th position); 43 Indian cities featured in the list (9 are new)

·        City wise: 1) San Francisco 2) New York 3) Beijing

DELIMITATION PANEL

·        Headed by Just. Ranjana Prakash Desai (retd) to visit Jammu & Kashmir

·        Commission includes CEC Sushil Chandra and JUK Election Commissioner, K. K. Shamra

·        Will interact with political parties, public representatives, and administration officials.

4 YEARS OF GST

·        GST (Goods & Service Tax) was implemented in India on July 01, 2017

·        GST implementation is a milestone in Indian Economy: Prime Minister

·        Introduced as 122nd Amendment, 2014 in the Parliament and implemented by 101st Amendment, 2016

·        Assam became the first state to ratify the bill; TN ratified on June 19, 2017

·        Committee recommended to implement GST

·        1999: Asim Dasgupta (Vajpayee - PM)

·        2002: Vijay Kelkar (Vajpayee - PM)

COVISHIELD: ALLOWED IN 8 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

·        Eight European Union states included Covishield in list of vaccines approved to enter into the region after India warned of retaliation when none of its vaccines were added to ‘Green Pass’.

·        Eight countries include Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Iceland, Greece, Spain, Ireland and Switzerland. These countries will exempt those vaccinated with COVISHIELD from all the travel curbs and mandatory quarantine.

·        India said that, it would recognize EU’s digital Covid certificate on a reciprocal basis. It would not accept it until 27-member EU does the same for both of Indian vaccines, COVISHIELD & COVAXIN.

·        Green Pass:-It is EU Digital Covid Certificate which will be required to travel in EU from July 01, 2021. It will allow those persons who have taken two doses of a vaccine on its list to travel to Europe.

22% SCHOOLS ONLY HAVE NET FACILITIES

·        United Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2019-20 for School Education was released by Union Ministry of Education.

·        In India, only 38.5% of schools had computers and an even lower 22.3% had internet access.

·        Computers in school: Kerala (92.44%) and Tamil Nadu (76.55%) leads while Bihar (13.83%) and Madhya Pradesh (13.28%) lags behind

·        Only 3 states - Kerala (88%), Delhi (86%) and Gujarat (71%) — have Internet facilities in more than half their schools.

ONE LINERS

·        R. Jagannathan: vice – Chancellor of Periyar University, Salem

·        10 millionth car was rolled out in Hyundai Motor India Ltd Unit at Irungattukottai in Kancheppuram Dt.

·        Indian American chess player Abhimanyu Mishra (12 years and 4 months) became the youngest ever Chess Grandmaster; he broke the record of Sergey Karjakin, who won the GM at the age of 12 years and 7 months and held the position for 19 years.

·        China’s ruling communist party marked its centenary celebrations; warned that, none can bully China.

·        July 01: National Doctors Day; theme: "Save the Saviours"; birth and death anniv. of Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, who served as the CM of West Bengal from 1948-62.

·        Andhra Pradesh government has launched its new ‘AP Information Technology Policy 2021-24’.

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