16 GK Fact Bytes 2020 21 Updated Till 15 Aug 2021
16 GK Fact Bytes 2020 21 Updated Till 15 Aug 2021
Launch news/Initiatives
News Narration
The Ministry of External The app aims to create a three-way
way communication
Affairs launched Global between the Indian missions, ministry, and the
Pravasi Rishta Portal and Indian diaspora.
app
Paytm launched its first The PoS machine comes bundled with Paytm's
pocket Android PoS device 'Scan to Order' service,
ervice, which is said to be gaining
for contactless ordering traction in places like restaurants and takeaway
and making payments, for joints. This product is also expected to make
SMEs. payments easier for logistic players, Kirana stores,
and small shopkeepers.
The Government made use The Aarogya Setu app was developed to track
of Aarogya Setu app COVID-19
19 positive cases, their movement & contact
compulsory for all the with others, using Bluetooth and location data
Centre Government
employees
General Awareness
Personalities
Key positions held
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West Bengal Mamta Banerjee
Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma
Puducherry N. Rangaswamy
Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan
Uttarakhand Tirath Singh Rawat
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Economic Affairs secretary Ajay Seth
Revenue secretary Tarun Bajaj
Finance secretary T V Somanathan
Chief Information Commissioner Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha
Central Vigilance Commissioner Sanjay Kothari
Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat
Chief Army Staff Manoj Mukund Naravane
Foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla
Chief Justice of India N V Ramana
CEO, Ayushman Bharat scheme R S Sharma
Law Secretary A K Mendiratta
Air Chief Marshal of India Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria
Principal Secretary to Prime P K Mishra
Minister
Chairman, Press Trustt of India Aveek Sarkar
Cabinet Secretary of India Rajiv Gauba
Defence secretary Ajay Kumar
Director General, BSF Rakesh Asthana
Home secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla
Chief, Research & Analysis Wing Samant Goel
Director, Intelligence Bureau Arvind Kumar
Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh
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Attorney General of India K K Venugopal
Director General, National Security Guard Anup Kumar Singh
Chairman, University Grant Commission Dhirendra Pal Singh
CMD, Air India Rajiv Bansal
Chairman, 15th Finance Commission N K Singh
Chairman, Economic Advisory Committee Bibek Debroy
Chairman, GSTN Ajay Bhushan Pandey
Comptroller & Auditor General of India G C Murmu
Chairperson, Competition Commission of India Ashok Kumar Gupta
Chairman, National Company Law Tribunal Justice B L Bhat
Chairman, Railway Board V K Yadav
Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian
Chairman, IRDA Subhash Chandra Khuntia
First CFO, RBI Sudha Balakrishnan
MD & CEO, NPCI Dilip Asbe
Chairman, Airports Authority of India Sanjeev Kumar
Chairman, National Green Tribunal (2010) Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel
Name Narration
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Rajan Mishra Renowned Hindustani classical vocalist & Padma
Bhushan awardee belonged to Banaras gharana
Soli Sorabjee Former Attorney General and leading human rights
lawyer
Tarun Gogoi A congressman & the longest serving chief minister of
Assam
Union Minister Ram The president of the Lok Janshakti Party & the current
Vilas Paswan Rajya Sabha MP served the portfolio of the Union
Cabinet Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public
Distribution in the present Modi government. Earlier, he
was elected to the Lok Sabha eight times & was a major
political face from Bihar
SP Balasubrahmanyam Padma ShShri
ri & Padma Bhushan awardee was a musician,
playback singer, music director, actor, dubbing artist
and film producer who worked predominantly in
Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam and sang
around 40000 songs in multiple languages
Jaswant Singh He handled critical portfolios like finance, defense and
external affairs in Vajpayee government from 1996-
1996
2004
S. Padmavati India’s first female cardiologist was awarded Fellowship
of the American College of Cardiology and FAMS,
Padma Bhushan & Padma Vibhu Vibhushan
Gulshan Ewing She edited two of India's most popular magazines –
women's journal Eve's Weekly and film magazine Star &
Style – between 1966 and 1989.
Pranab Mukherjee He was a 7-time
7 time MP & served in the cabinet of several
prime ministers. In 2012, Mukherjee
Mukherjee was elected
President of India. A Padma Vibhushan & Bharat Ratna
awardee handled finance, defence & external affairs
portfolios in various governments
People in news
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Name Narration
Mountaineer Priyanka Mohite Priyanka also holds the record of being the
became first Indian woman to first Indian woman to scale Mt Makalu, the
scale Mt Annapurna fifth highest mountain range in the world at
8,485 meters.
Kami Rati Sherpa scaled the Kami Rita, 51, first scaled Everest
verest in 1994 and
summit of Mt. Everest for a 25th has been making the trip nearly every year
time since then.
Entities in News
Entities Narration
Mithali Raj became first Indian Mithali became the second international
female cricketer to score 10,000 woman cricketer to achieve the feat after
international runs England’s Charlotte Edwards
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World’s largest Cricket Stadium The president inaugurated the world's
inaugurated in Gujarat largest cricket stadium at Motera in Gujarat.
The stadium was renamed Narendra Modi
Stadium and surpassed the Melbourne
Cricket Ground in size
Statue of Peace unveiled in Pali, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the
Rajasthan statue to mark the 151st Jayanti
celebrations of Jainacharya Shree Vijay
Vallabh Surishwer Ji Maharaj
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Bhubaneswar became the first The state capital of Odisha received
Indian city to get an ISO 9001:2015 Certification for 'Fecal Sludge and Septage
certification Management (FSSM) services'.
Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC)
was the first civic body to implement FSSM
regulations in the state
The UNESCO included Panna UNESCO's recognition mentioned Panna
National Park off MP under its list Tiger Reserve as a critical tiger habitat. The
of Biosphere reserves area has undergone substantial ecosystem
restoration in the buffer zone
Fossils of Dickinsonia discovered in Researchers have discovered the fossils of
Bhimbetka the world’s oldest and the earliest known
living animal, Dickinsonia. The fossils have
been found on the roof of the Bhimbetka
rock shelters which are about 40 km from
Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh
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