Daily GK Current Affairs viable of 26th August 2021

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Daily GK Current Affairs News viable of 26th August 2021. – Here is the Regular current affairs viable of 26th August 2021. covering the following news headlines: Agri Sectoral Index GUAREX, International Dog Day, KAZIND-21, SAMRIDH programme, 11th BRICS NSA Virtual Meeting, ‘SUJALAM’ Campaign.

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International News
National News
Business News
Important Days
Obituaries News
Miscellaneous News

International News

Dubai sets up specialised court to combat money laundering

Dubai Courts announced the establishment of a special court to deal with money laundering within the Court of First Instance and the Court of Appeal.
The court is involved with a number of initiatives aimed at reducing financial crimes and follows the recent establishment of the Executive Office on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism.
This move will enable our stakeholders to raise their efficiency in effectively implementing the National AML/CFT Strategy and National Action Plan and achieving its goals through an empowered and sustainable system.

UAE announces the world’s tallest observation wheel ‘Ain Dubai’

The world’s largest and tallest observation wheel will be unveiled on October 21, 2021 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The observation wheel, called ‘Ain Dubai’, is 250 meters (820 ft) high, located on Bluewaters Island.
The record-breaking wheel is 42.5 meters (139 ft) taller than the current world’s tallest observation wheel, the High Roller in Las Vegas, measuring 167.6 meters (550 ft).

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

UAE Capital: Abu Dhabi;
UAE Currency: United Arab Emirates dirham;
UAE President: Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

National News

Ohmium launches India’s first green hydrogen electrolyzer gigafactory

US-based Ohmium International has started India’s first green hydrogen electrolyzer manufacturing unit at Bengaluru, Karnataka. The factory will manufacture India-made Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) hydrogen electrolyzers. Green hydrogen is made from non-fossil sources as against blue hydrogen that is made from fossil sources.
Making green hydrogen in India will give a cost advantage for manufacturers rather than going for imports. The gigafactory will manufacture India-made Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) hydrogen electrolyzers with an initial manufacturing capacity of about 500 MW per year and will scale it up to 2 GW per year.
The PEM hydrogen electrolyzer is the main equipment for the production of green hydrogen as it uses power generated from renewable resources to break water into hydrogen and oxygen.

Business News

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BharatPe launches P2P lending app ‘12% Club’

BharatPe has launched a “12% Club” app that will allow consumers to invest and earn 12 per cent annual interest or borrow at a similar rate. BharatPe has partnered with LendenClub (RBI approved NBFC) for this app and loan arrangement.
Consumers can invest their savings anytime by lending money on the “12% Club” app. In addition, consumers can avail collateral-free loans up to Rs 10 lakh on the 12 Percent Club app for a tenure of 3 months.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

Chief Executive Officer of BharatPe: Ashneer Grover;
Headoffice of BharatPe: New Delhi;
BharatPe Founded: 2018.

Important Days

International Dog Day 2021

International Dog Day is observed every year on August 26 to raise awareness about dog adoption and the importance of providing rescue dogs with a safe and loving environment.
The day was started as National Dog Day in the US in 2004 by pet & family lifestyle expert, animal rescue advocate, conservationist and dog trainer Colleen Paige.
August 26 was chosen as on this day, Paige’s family had adopted their first dog “Sheltie” from an animal shelter when she was just 10 years old.

Obituaries News

Former India footballer and Olympian O Chandrasekhar passes away

Former India footballer O Chandrasekaran, popularly known as Olympian Chandrasekaran in his home state of Kerala, passed away.
Chandrasekaran, who played as a defender, was a member of the Indian team at the 1960 Rome Olympics, when the country last participated in football at the Games.

Miscellaneous News

India’s First Agri Sectoral Index GUAREX launched by NCDEX

India’s first sectoral index in the Agri commodities basket i.e. GUAREX was launched by the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange Limited (NCDEX).
GUAREX is a price based sectoral index that tracks the movement in the futures contracts of guar gum refined splits and guar seed on a real-time basis. This index product will offer a lot of opportunities to the value chain.
The weightage of guarseed and guar gum refined splits in the index will be 63 per cent and 37 per cent, respectively. The index futures will be cash-settled. Initially, Guarex futures contracts expiring in September and October will be made available for trading.

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