- The e-GOPALA app (Generation of wealth through Productive Livestock) was integrated with the UMANG app (Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance). The announcement for the same was made by the Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Giriraj Singh.
- GOI has brought forward the target to achieve 20% ethanol-blending with petrol to 2023 from 2025. This will help to reduce India's dependence on costly oil imports.
- Important Days and Themes: 4th June 2021: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
- Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Dharmendra Pradhan launched initiatives to enhance the SATAT scheme (Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation). The initiatives are: (1) Cooperation in the agreements signed among oil and gas companies (2) Website for SATAT (3) MoU between MoPNG with GGGI (Global Green Growth Institute) and companies to establish CBG plants (4) Establishing 5 CBG plants (5) CBG-CGD synchronization
- Static Part:
- SATAT Scheme: It was launched to set up Compressed Bio-Gas production plants and make CBG available in the market for use as a green fuel. The scheme has set the target of producing 15 MMT of CBG from 5000 plants by 2023.
- BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting: It was hosted by India and was chaired by Union Foreign Minister S Jaishankar. The dignitaries assured to cooperate in security, economic, finance, cultural exchanges etc. They also assured to strengthen the UN and its principal firms like WHO, WTO, IMF, World Bank and UN Security Council.
- Author: India is the chair for BRICS for 2021
- Theme for 2021 BRICS: ‘BRICS@15: Intra-BRICS Cooperation for Continuity, Consolidation and Consensus’
- The BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange) signed MoU with Electronics and ComputerSoftware Export Promotion Council (ESC) to make aware startups and SMEs about the benefits of listing on the BSE SME and Startup platform.
- Static Part:
- HQ of BSE: Mumbai
- MD and CEO of BSE: Ashishkumar Chauhan
- HQ of ESC: New Delhi
- The Horticulture Department of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) signed MoU with Go-Airlines to transport perishable horticulture and agricultural produces to destinations across India.
- Obituaries: Sir Anerood Jugnauth: He was former PM and President of Mauritius.
- Bharti AXA Life Insurance Signed Bancassurance Pact with Shivalik SFB
- AIRINC Global 150 Cities Index for Financial Attractiveness Ranking
- NITI Aayog’s 3rd SDG India Index 2020-21
- ICICI Lombard partnered with Microsoft
- Appointments on 4th June 2021
Question:
Q.1 Which state or UT horticulture dept. Signed MoU with Go-Airlines to transport perishable horticulture and agricultural produces to destinations across India?
a. Haryana
b. Jammu and Kashmir
c. Delhi
d. Jharkhand
a. Haryana
b. Jammu and Kashmir
c. Delhi
d. Jharkhand
