21st August 2023 Daily Current Affairs

National & International Appointments

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), the second-largest Indian oil marketing company (OMC), announced Rahul Dravid, cricket legend and the current Head Coach of the Indian cricket team, as its latest brand ambassador
He will represent BPCL’s Pure for Sure initiative and its range of MAK lubricants.
BPCL operates three refineries in Bina, Kochi and Mumbai.
It was ranked 309th on the 2020 Fortune list of the world’s biggest Public sector undertakings in India

Banking & Finance

YES BANK has introduced its mobile banking app, iris by YES BANK, which aims to reform India’s digital banking landscape.
The app allows flexibility and personalization, enabling customers to access over 100 features on a single platform.
It also ensures the utmost safety of the customers’ financial data by incorporating safety features like Biometric Authentication, Sim-Binding, and a 2-factor Verification.
Managing Director & CEO of YES BANK is Prashant Kumar.

Sports

India’s Anahat Singh bagged the gold medal defeating Hong Kong’s Ena Kwong in the U-17 category in the Asian Junior Squash Individual Championships 2023 held in China.
She also has a bronze medal win, at Macau in the U-13 category in 2019.
She won the U-11 title during the British Junior Open Squash and by winning the U-13 title in the Dutch Junior Open Squash 2019
In 2021, she also reached the quarterfinals of the Indian Open held at Noida

National & International Organizations

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the G20 India presidency announced a new Global Initiative on Digital Health (GIDH) at the Health Minister’s Meeting of the G20 Summit
The new GIDH initiative will operate as a WHO-managed network and platform to support the implementation of the Global Strategy on Digital Health 2020–2025.
WHO is committed to working with countries to strengthen their capacities and to improve access to quality-assured digital solutions.

Banking & Finance

Indian Bank became the First Public Sector Bank to extend facility of execution of on-line locker agreement through Digital Document Execution(DDE) Platform of National E-Governance Services Limited (NeSL).
On-line locker agreement, which is available round the clock will enhance customer convenience and will reduce the turn-around
time of the agreement execution.
DDE is a fully automated contract execution platform with paperless e-stamp and e-Sign facility.

Banking & Finance

HDFC Group launched new life insurance and asset management services at International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) in Gujarat.
Aim: To offer services to Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and the global Indian diaspora.
HDFC Life unveils HDFC International Life and Re, and HDFC AMC International (IFSC) Ltd to cater to the financial needs of the worldwide Indian community to make world-class foreign currency denominated insurance solutions available for NRIs

Sports

Spain secured their first FIFA Women’s World Cup title 2023 by defeating England at the Accor Stadium in Sydney
Spain and Germany are now the only two nations to win both the men’s and women’s tournaments.
The victory made La Roja the first team to hold the under-17, under-20 and senior world titles at the same time – and the fifth winner in nine editions of the Women’s World Cup.
Spanish captain Olga Carmona’s first-half goal proved to be the difference maker

State Affairs

The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has embarked on a groundbreaking project to construct the ‘Likaru-Mig La-Fukche’ road in Ladakh.
Goal: To establish the world’s highest motorable road, spanning an altitude of approximately 19,400 feet, surpassing the previous record held by Umling La Pass.
The proposed road between Likaru-Migla-Fukche would provide an axis connecting Hanle to CDFD road at Fukche.

Agreement

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) partnered with the Jio Institute for a Faculty Development Programme on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Science.
Aim: To empower academic leaders and senior Faculty members with a deep understanding of AI and Data Science while also emphasizing on the ethical considerations of utilizing AI tools for immersive learning.
This is being initiated under AICTE’s ATAL (AICTE Training and Learning) programme

National Affairs

The finance ministry will organise a two-day Chintan Shivir in Gujarat starting from August 20 2023 held at the Statue of Unity at Kevadia.
Aim: To discuss various issues including the roadmap for India to become a developed nation by 2047.
Objective: To review the work of the Ministry and to evolve an action plan to implement Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s “Vision 2047”
FinMin Nirmala Sitaraman reviewed the progress of the G 20 Finance track.