- The GOI granted sanction to Team CLAW to lead a team of people with disabilities to scale Siachen Glacier. This will help to frame a new record for the largest team of people with disabilities. It will be part of ‘Operation Blue Freedom Triple World Records’.
- Alexander Zverev (Germany) won a Gold medal in Men’s single tennis at Tokyo Olympics 2020. He had beaten Karen Khachanov of Russia.
- The United States won the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup in Football by defeating Mexico. The United States earned their seventh Gold Cup championship, with the first since 2017.
- The RBI imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 50.35 lakh on Janalaxmi Co-operative Bank, Nashik. The penalty was imposed because the bank did not follow the norms issued in 'Placement of Deposits with Other Banks by Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks' and 'Membership of Credit Information Companies (CICs)'.
- Secured Logistics Document Exchange (SLDE): It was launched by GOI and it is a Calculator for Green House Gas Emissions. It will help to reduce logistics costs, improve logistics efficiency and sustainability and promote multi-modality. This is the digital initiative that will transform the logistics sector.
- Lovlina Borgohain (Indian Boxer) won Bronze Medal in Tokyo Olympics 2020.
- The Union Minister of Culture, G. Kishan Reddy launched a unique programme to celebrate Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav on Independence Day 2021. Through this programme, the people are invited to sing the National Anthem and upload their videos on the website (www.RASHTRAGAAN.IN). Further, the compilation of the National Anthem will be shown live on 15th Aug 2021.
- The Lok Sabha has passed the Essential Defence Services Bill-2021. The bill prevents workers of government-owned ordnance factories from going on strike to oppose the corporatization of units. It allows the central government to have a prohibition on lockouts, strikes and layoffs in the units working in essential defence services.
- IMF approved Historic Allocation of $650 billion of SDR
- IndusInd Bank to Act as an ‘Agency Bank’
- PhonePe launched UPI based AutoPay Function for MF SIP
- CII signed Agreement with SII
- 2021 Fortune’s Global 500 List
Question:
Q.1 The GOI launched ‘SLDE’ which is a Calculator for Green House Gas Emissions. It reduces logistics cost and improves logistics efficiency. What does ‘S’ signifies in SLDE?
a. Secondary
b. Superfast
c. Secured
d. Speed
a. Secondary
b. Superfast
c. Secured
d. Speed
