27 october 2021 current affairs

CURRENT AFFAIRS
27 OCTOBER 2021
Dr. A. PRABAHARAN
www.indopraba.blogspot.com

Elon Musk becomes world's richest person,
total worth to touch $300 billion
 Tesla Co-founder and CEO Elon Musk has emerged as the richest
person in the world and the first person headed towards a net worth of
$300 billion. He added $36 billion to his fortune on October 25, 2021,
following an announcement that said Hertz Global Holdings Inc is
ordering 100,000 electric vehicles from Tesla.
 The Bloomberg Billionaires Index reported it as the largest single-day
gain in its Index history so far.
 At $287 billion net worth, Elon Musk is now almost $100 billion richer
than Jeff Bezos who as of now is $196 billion worth. Musk is also $184
billion ahead of Warren Buffet who is currently the 10th richest person in
the world. Musk is also $150 billion ahead of Bill Gates who is the
4th richest.
 The net worth of Musk has surpassed the market cap of the world’s
2nd largest automaker Toyota which is valued at $283 billion.

Mukhya Mantri Teerth Yatra Yojna: Delhi
government's free pilgrimage scheme to be
resumed
 The 'Mukhya Mantri Teerath Yatra Yojana' was launched by the
Delhi government in July 2018 to enable the senior citizens in the
state to undertake a pilgrimage to several religious places across
the country completely free of cost.
 The scheme aims to benefit a total number of 1,100 Senior Citizens
from every legislative assembly constituency. There are a total
number of 70 legislative assembly constituencies in the state.
 The travel period under the pilgrimage is 3 days and 2 nights. The
selected citizens are provided with insurance worth Rs 1 lakh. The
applicants are selected on the basis of a lottery draw.
 Over 35000 senior citizens have undertaken religious pilgrimage
under the scheme.

Advanced sewage treatment plant
inaugurated in Varanasi
 Prime Minister Modi during his visit to Uttar Pradesh on October
25, 2021, inaugurated a new state-of-the-art sewage treatment
plant of 10 MLD capacity in Varanasi. The plant aims to conserve
and rejuvenate the river Ganga.
 As per the Ministry of Jal Shakti, the National Mission for Clean
Ganga (NMCG) has been ensuring that a wide network of sewage
treatment plants is set up to tap the flow of dirty water into the
Ganga River, so as to ensure the nirmalta (cleanliness) and aviralta
(easy flow) of the holy river.
 The foundation stone of the sewage treatment plant in Varanasi
was laid by Prime Minister Modi on November 12, 2018.

Pegasus spyware case: SC constitutes a 3-
member expert committee to probe Pegasus
snooping allegations
 The Supreme Court on October 27, 2021 ordered the
constitution of a three-member expert committee to
probe targeted surveillance of journalists, politicians using
Pegasus spyware.
 The apex court said that there has been no specific denial
by Centre in the issue, thus it has no option but to accept
the submissions of petitioner prima facie and appoint the
independent expert committee.
 The court has asked the expert committee to examine
the allegations thoroughly and place the report before
the court. The matter will be listed for hearing after 8
weeks.

Climate Change: UNEP Emissions Gap
Report 2021
 The 12th edition of the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP) Emissions Gap Report 2021 titled ‘The
Heat is On’ was released on October 26, 2021, in an annual
series that gives an overview of the difference between
where the greenhouse gas emissions are predicted to be in
2030 and where they should be to avert the worst impacts
of climate change.
 The report comes during a fraught year such as 2021 that
has been witnessing extreme weather events around the
world including droughts, floods, wildfires, heatwaves, and
hurricanes.

Indian-Origin Anita Anand becomes
Canada’s new Defence Minister; Who is she?
 Anita Anand, Indian-Origin Canadian politician, on October 26, 2021, was
announced to be the new Defence Minister of Canada.
 The decision was taken in a cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau, a month after his liberal party returned to power in snap polls and
amid the calls for the major military reforms.
 The 54-year old Anita Anand will replace a long time Defence Minister of
India-Origin Harjit Sajjan, who has been under criticism for his handling of
military sexual misconduct. Sajjan has been appointed as a Minister of
International Development Agency.
 The new Cabinet of Canada maintains the gender balance and has 39
members, up one person from before the election. The new Cabinet was
sworn in at the Rideau Hall in Ottawa.

Google Doodle honours Otto Wichterle,
contact lens inventor on his 108th birthday;
Who was Otto Wichterle?
 Google with a doodle celebrated Otto Wichterle’s 108th birth
anniversary on October 27, 2021. Otto Wichterle, a Czech Chemist, is
the man who invented the soft contact lenses. Google’s plan of
celebrating Wichterle’s birth anniversary through a creative doodle aims
at enlightening netizens about the groundbreaking work of the scientist.
 Modern soft contact lens, the gift by Wichterle to the world, are used
approximately by 140 million people all over the world for their eyesight
needs.
 Google doodle on Otto Wichterle features an animated figurine of the
Czech chemist holding a lens on his finger, while the light is reflected to
form the Google logo in the background, as the representative of the
eyesight. Wishing Wichterle on his 108th birth anniversary, Google said,
“Happy Birthday, Otto Wichterle- thanks for helping the world see eye
to eye!”

16th East Asia Summit: PM Modi to virtually
attend East Asia Summit today
 PM Narendra Modi will virtually attend the 16th East Asia
Summit today, on October 27, 2021.
 Set up in 2005, the East Asia Summit is a regional forum that
convenes annually.
 It was attended initially by leaders of 16 countries that are
located in East Asia, South Asia and Oceania but the
membership expanded to 18 countries including the United
States and Russia at the 2011 East Asia Summit.
 The East Asia Summit member countries include 10 ASEAN
member states and India, United States, China, Russia, Japan,
Republic of Korea, New Zealand and Australia.

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2021: Theme, History,
Significance and reason for observance on October 27
 The World Day for Audiovisual Heritage is observed every year on
October 27. Audiovisual Heritage Day aims at raising general awareness
among people regarding the need to take urgent measures as well as
acknowledging the significance of audiovisual documents.
 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage brings to notice the priceless
heritage of these documents that tells the stories of lives and cultures all
over the world.
 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2021 will also sensitize people
globally to conserve and safeguard valuable audiovisual resources for
future generations.
 With the world, particularly the younger generation, going digital in
almost all the significant aspects of life, World Day for Audiovisual
Heritage reminds that even though we can move forward, it is important
to carry our heritage and make sure it doesn’t get lost.

DA hike news: Dearness Allowance for
central govt employees hiked to 31 percent,
effective from July 2021
 The dearness allowance for central government employees has been hiked
from 28 percent to 31 percent of the basic pay.
 The 3 percent DA hike will be effective from July 1, 2021, informed the
Finance Ministry.
 The Department of Expenditure clarified that the term 'basic pay' means the
pay drawn as per the 7th pay commission matrix.
 The basic pay component does not include any other type of pay like
special pay.
 The Department of Expenditure had released an office memorandum on
October 25, 2021, which stated, "Dearness Allowance payable to central
government employees shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 28
percent to 31 percent of the basic pay with effect from July 1, 2021."

Marriage permissible only between biological man
& woman: Centre to Delhi HC
 The Centre in a submission to the Delhi High Court on October 25,
2021 stated that marriage is only permissible between "a biological
man and a biological woman" under the current law.
 The Solicitor General Tushar Mehta in his submission argued that
‘spouse’ means either husband or wife and ‘marriage’ is a term
associated with heterosexual couples.
 Mehta further said that there is a misconception regarding
the landmark Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India case, saying that
it merely decriminalises a consensual homosexual act and does not
talk about marriage.
 A Delhi HC bench comprising Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice
Jyoti Singh was hearing the arguments on a batch of three petitions.
The bench has listed the matter for final hearing on November 30,
2021.

Men's Hockey Junior World Cup 2021 to take
place in Bhubaneswar without spectators
 The FIH Men's Hockey Junior World Cup 2021 is scheduled to
begin on November 24, 2021 in Bhubaneswar, Odisha without
any spectators.
 Hockey India and FIH have decided to hold the tournament
without any spectators as a precaution against COVID-19.
 Hockey India said in a statement, "With the sheer popularity
of the sport in this region and expected crowds in the
stadium, the organisers believe it would not be possible to
control that number of people and yet follow all the
necessary COVID guidelines and protocols laid out by the
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MOHFW), Ministry of
Home Affairs (MHA), Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports,
State Government, FIH and Hockey India."

Government notifies national framework for
traffic management of drones
 As per the official statement on October 26, 2021, the Government
of India has put in place a traffic management system for the
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS).
 The step has been taken as the number of drones being used here
for multiple purposes is all set to see a massive increase.
 This has come after the Government of India recently liberalized
the drone regulations and also notified a Production Linked
Incentive (PLI) Scheme for the drone and drone components in the
country.

China successfully launches Shijian-21
satellite to test space debris
 China successfully launched a new satellite named Shijian-21 on October
23, 2021, to test and verify space debris mitigation technologies.
 The satellite was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in
southwest China’s Sichuan Province. Launched aboard the Long March-3B
carrier rocket, satellite Shijian-21 is now successfully situated in the
Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit.
 Though there were no prior announcements, the launch of the Shijian-21
satellite was confirmed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology
Corporation (CASC) within an hour of the launch.
 The Shijian-21 satellite will test and verify space debris mitigation
technologies. Except for the Y83 serial number of the satellite, other details
such as weight, final orbit, in-depth details on its functions are unknown
yet.

Rahul Dravid applies for post of Team India
head coach, VVS Laxman likely to be new
NCA head
 Former India skipper Rahul Dravid applied for the position of head coach of
Team India on October 26, 2021. He is currently serving as the head of the
National Cricket Academy.
 As per sources Dravid has applied for the position of Team India coach and
former Indian batsman VVS Laxman is the frontrunner in the race to takeover
as the head of the National Cricket Academy and talks are on for the same.
 As per reports, BCCI Secretary Jay Shah and President Sourav Ganguly had
held talks with the former India captain on the sidelines of IPL 2021 final on
October 15, 2021. Dravid was reportedly always BCCI's preferred choice for
the position.
 Rahul Dravid had recently coached the Indian men's limited-overs side
during their series against Sri Lanka while the main team with head coach
Ravi Shastri was in England for their test series. India had won the ODI series
against Sri Lanka 2-1 and lost the T20 series 1-2.The Indian limited overs side
was captained by Shikhar Dhawan, while Virat Kohli was captaining the Indian
test team in England.

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