WCF, NITI Aayog Partner to provide training to Country's Children and Youth on Cybersafety

• WCF (WNS Cares Foundation), the Corporate Social Responsibility wing of Private firm WNS Global Services has partnered with Atal Tinkering Labs an initiative under Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog for providing training to India's children and youth on cybersafety. WCF will provide digital education through its platform CyberSmart.

• CyberSmart Platform is India's first Holistic cybersecurity education portal. It inculcates learning through gaming, thematic quiz-based module based on curriculum advisory

• In May 2020, Ajay Prakash Sawhney, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) launched the platform and provides cyber education to around 164, 000 learners which includes teachers, parents and students.

About WNS Global Services:

• Chief Executive Officer - Keshav Murugesh
• Headquarters - Mumbai, Maharashtra

About Atal Innovation Mission (AIM):

• Mission Director - R. Ramanan

• Headquarters - New Delhi

UNESCO Launched 2020 State of Education Report for India to Support Gol in Youth's Skill Development

• UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), New Delhi virtually launched the 2nd edition of "State of the Education Report for India 2020: Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)".

• It has been developed by an experienced team of researchers from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, Maharashtra under the guidance of UNESCO New Delhi. It's technical and financial partner was New York (United States) based American India Foundation (AIF)

• To support the Government of India (Gol) by acting as a reference tool for enhancing and influencing the policies and programs related to skills development

• The SDG 4 represents Quality education. As per NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog 2019 Performance of states and UT on the SDG Himachal Pradesh is performing best in SDG 4 with a score of 81

Indian Navy finalises procurement of Israeli 'SMASH 2000' Anti-Drone Systems

• Indian Navy has finalised the contract for procurement of a batch of Israeli 'SMASH 2000 Plus fire Control Systems' Anti Drone Systems which is capable of destroying high-speed enemy drones. It is manufactured by Israel Firm 'Smart Shooter'.

• The Smash Fire Control Systems Are Electro-optical rifle sights which will be mounted on Assault rifles such as AK-47/103 rifles.

• They are expected to be delivered by 2021.

• SMASH 2000 Plus has a range of up to 120 metres

About Indian Navy:

• Chief of Naval Staff (CNS)- Admiral Karambir Singh
• Integrated Headquarters of Ministry of Defence (Navy)- New Delhi

About Smart Shooter

• Chief Executive Officer (CEO) - Michal Mor
• Location - Israel

6th India-Japan ICT Joint Working Group meet held virtually

• The 6th Meeting of Joint Working Group under the India-Japan ICT (Information & Communications Technology) was held virtually. Cooperation in 5G technologies, medical applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) were some of the key issues discussed during the meeting. The meeting was inaugurated by Anshu Prakash, Secretary, Telecom, Ministry of Communication, India.

• The Indian side was represented by K Ramchand, Advisor (Technology) from the Department of Telecommunication and Anshu Prakash, Secretary (Telecom), Department of Ministry of Communication, India.

• They undertook a collaborative project at the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology in Hyderabad, the project involves the use of Al by Software to assist doctors in Colonoscopy diagnosis.

• India highlighted that Japan's NEC Corp was involved in the laying of submarine optical fiber cable which connects Chennai & Andaman & Nicobar.

About Ministry of Communication:

• Union Minister - Ravi Shankar Prasad
• Minister of State (Mos) - Shri Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao
• Headquarters - New Delhi

About Japan:

• Prime Minister - Yoshihide Suga
• Capital - Tokyo
• Currency - Japanese Yen

India drops to 9th spot in Global Spam Call Tally - 4th Edition of Insights Report by Truecaller

• According to the 4th Edition of Global Insights Report for 2020 released by Truecaller, a Swedish Caller ID and Spam Blocking app, India ranked 9th in the list of countries affected by spam calls in 2020

• In India, Gujarat received the most spam calls. The list was topped by Brazil, United States & Hungary The report also stated that 8 out of 10 women in India receive sexual harassment, inappropriate calls and SMS regularly.

ADB Approved US$300 mn Loan for Primary Health Care Program in Urban Areas

• Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved USD 300 million (about Rs 2,200 crore) loan for Strengthening Comprehensive Primary Health Care Urban Areas Program in India. In addition to the loan, a $2 million technical assistance grant was also provided from ADB's Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction to provide technical support for program implementation.

• The program involving all levels of governance viz. Central, State, and Municipal will strengthen, upgrade, and increase the number of functional health and wellness centers in 13 states. It also aims to address COVID-19 challenges and to ensure equitable access and continuous provision of nonCOVID-19 health services.

• The 13 states are Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and West Bengal.

About Asian Development Bank (ADB):

• Establishment, 1966

• Headquarters, Mandaluyong City, Manila, Philippines
• Membership- 68 countries (Including India)

RBI Cancelled Licence of Karad Janata Sahakari Bank , Maharashtra

• Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cancelled the licence of The Karad Janata Sahakari Bank Ltd., Karad, Maharashtra to carry on banking business, which includes acceptance of deposits and repayment of deposits as defined in Section 5(b) read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949

• The bank was under All Inclusive Directions since November 07, 2017.

• On liquidation, every depositor is entitled to repayment of deposits up to a monetary ceiling of Rs 5,00,000 from the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC), as per the DICGC Act, 1961. More than 99% of the depositors of the bank will get full payment of their deposits from DICGC.

Reason behind License Cancellation:

• The bank does not comply with the provisions of section 11(1) and section 22 (3) (d) read with section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 as it does not have adequate capital and earning prospects.

• It also failed to comply with the requirements of section 22(3) (a), 22 (3) (b), 22(3)(c), 22(3) (d) and 22(3)(e) read with section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949,

• To save the public interest as its present financial position is unable to pay its present depositors in full.

About Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation:

• Executive Director- Pammi Vijaya Kumar
• Headquarter- Mumbai, Maharshatra

ICICI Bank Becomes Designated Bank for all financial transactions under NHM in WB

• ICICI (Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India) Bank won the mandate to be the designated financial institution for all monetary transactions under National Health Mission (NHM) in West Bengal (WB) as it quoted the lowest bid.

• This is on the lines of WB government decision of implementing a single bank account system for NHM. Under this, all financial transactions will be conducted through online software, integrated with bank accounts.

About National Health Mission (NHM):

• Launched in 2013, the NHM encompasses its two Sub-Missions viz. National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and National Urban Health Mission (NUHM). Its components include Health System Strengthening, Reproductive- Maternal- Neonatal Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCH+A), and Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases.

• The mission was extended by Cabinet in 2018 with effect from 1st April 2017 to 31st March 2020.

• It is operated under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW).

About West Bengal:

• Chief Minister - Mamata Banerjee
• Capital, Kolkata
• Governor- Jagdeep Dhankhar

Finance Minister of India Nirmala Sitharaman Ranked 41 in the World's 100

• Most Powerful Women 2020 by Forbes

• Finance Minister of India, Nirmala Sitharaman made it to the World's 100 most powerful women list 2020 announced in the 17th annual Forbes power list. She ranked in 41st position. This is the second time she features in the list in 2019, she ranked at 34.

• India's leading Business women, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairman of Biocon Limited also featured in the list at 68th position.

• The list also saw the biggest jump in ranking to 3rd position by Kamala Harris, Vice President Elect of USA, and Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina Wajed is ranked at 39

About Nirmala Sitharaman:

• In 2017, She became the 2nd Women Defence Minister of India, only after Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. She was the 1st full time Defence Minister of India

• She became India's Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs in 2019. She was the first full time Finance Minister of India.

• Received Distinguished Alumni award from Jawaharlal Nehru University

About Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw:

• The 68 year old is India's richest selfmade business women.

• Founded India's largest listed biopharmaceutical firm Biocon Ltd., in 1978.

• Ranked 27th in India's Richest 2020 list by forbes

About Forbes:

• 103 year old American Business Magazine, issued weekly.

• Editor in Chief- Steve Forbes First issued in September, 1917

HDFC Bank invests in smallcase Technologies

• HDFC Bank has invested an undisclosed amount in Smallcase Technologies

• The five-year old startup operates in the capital markets infrastructure space and works with businesses to help individuals invest in simple and transparent products called smallcases.

MOHFW develops 'Co-WIN' Digital Platform & Mobile App for COVID-19 Vaccination Delivery

• The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MOHFW) has developed 'Co-WIN A Digital Platform & Mobile Application for real-time monitoring of COVID-19 vaccine delivery and recording data. The platform can be used by the people to register themselves for vaccination.

• The app can also send real-time data of temperature of cold-storage facilities to the main server.

• Co-WIN will also help the Government to monitor the entire vaccination process.

• Co-WIN app will have 5 modules - administrator, registration, vaccination, beneficiary acknowledgement & report.

• The Administrator module will be used by administrators to conduct vaccination sessions, after which respective vaccinators and managers will be notified.

• People can use the registration module to get registered for vaccination. Using the module local authorities and surveyors can upload bulk data on co-morbidity.

• The vaccination Module will be used to verify beneficiary details and also to update vaccination status.

• The beneficiary acknowledgement module will generate QR-based certificates for people once they vaccinated, they can also send SMS to people who have registered.

• Using the report module, the government can get to know about the number of vaccine sessions conducted, number of people who have attended the session/dropped out of the session.

IOC adds Breakdance as Medal Events in 2024 Paris Olympic Games; 3 other events added in 2020 Tokyo Olympic Game

• The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board added "Breaking" - a competitive form of breakdancing & 3 other sports Skateboarding, Sport Climbing, and Surfing to Medal Events Program in Olympic Games. Breaking will make its Olympic debut at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, while 3 other sports will make their olympic debut at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics to be held in July, 2021 (delayed due to COVID-19). The additional sports were proposed by the Paris 2024 Organising Committee

• The sports have been included by 1OC to set a new standard for inclusive, gender-balanced and youth centred games.

• The IOC has approved the reduction of certain medal events in the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, Paris will have 329 medal events, 10 events less than the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games (to be held in 2021). Four Medal Events from Weightlifting were cancelled.

• The IOC Executive Board has reduced the Athlete quote for the 2024 Paris Olympics to 10, 500 which is 600 less than Tokyo Games to be held in 2021.

• Breaking, Joining Sport Climbing and 3-on-3 Basketball will be held at Place de la Concorde, Paris.

• Surfing will be held in the beach of Tahiti, Florida, United States

Indian Wicketkeeper-Batsman Parthiv Patel Retires from all forms of Cricket

• Indian wicketkeeper batsman Parthiv Patel announced retirement from all forms of cricket. Parthiv, India's youngest wicket keeper at 17, ended his International career with 25 Tests, 38 ODIS and two T20ls.

• Parthiv Patel captained India at the 2002 Under-19 world cup.

Chief Justice of Common High Court for the UT of J&K and UT of Ladakh

• Ram Nath Kovind, President of India appointed Justice Rajesh Bindal as the Chief Justice of the Common High Court(HC) for the Union Territory(UT) of Jammu and Kashmir(J&K) and Union Territory of Ladakh. He will take charge on December 9, 2020. He succeeds Justice Gita Mittal, the 1st female Chief Justice of this court.

• President of India appointed him, in exercise of the power conferred by Article 223 of the Constitution of India

• Mizoram CM Launches Employment Generation Project to assist Migrant Workers

• Chief Minister of Mizoram Zoramathnga launched an employment generation project, "Livelihood Generation for Returned Migrant Workers project", in the state to assist migrant workers who lost their job in the Covid-19 pandemic. The total outlay of the project is Rs 3.3 crores under Mizoram Youth Commission (MYC).

About Mizoram:

• Capital- Aizawl
• Chief Minister-Zoramthanga
• Governor- P. S. Sreedharan Pillai