Current Affairs for SSC CGL Exams - 13 August 2021

SSC CGL Current Affairs

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The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has relesed the 2021 list of awardees for the 'Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation'. This year, it will be awarded to 152 police personnel serving across the country.
Established in 2018, this honour aimed to encourage high standards in crime investigations and recognise the "Excellence in Investigation" delivered by police personnel in their work.
"The 'Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation' for the year 2021 have been awarded to 152 Police personnel. This medal was constituted in 2018, with the objective to promote high professional standards of investigation of crime and to recognize such Excellence in Investigation by investigating officers."
Out of the total 152 awardees, 15 are from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), 11 from the Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra police forces, 10 from Uttar Pradesh, nine from Kerala and Rajasthan, eight from Tamil Nadu, seven from Bihar, and six each from Gujarat, Karnataka, and Delhi.

The launch of the ballistic missiles was witnessed by Commander Army Strategic Forces Command Lt Gen Muhammad Ali; senior officers from Strategic Plans Division, Army Strategic Forces Command and scientists and engineers of strategic organisations.
Gen Ali appreciated the excellent standard of training, handling of the weapon system and execution of the launch mission in the field by troops.
The president, prime minister, chairman joint chiefs of staff committee and the services chiefs also congratulated all ranks of ASFC, scientists and engineers on the successful conduct of the launch.
In February this year, the ASFC had conducted a ‘training launch’ of Ghaznavi as part of its annual field training exercise.
"The missile is equipped with a proper terminal guidance system. In recent years troops from the ASFC have conducted several training launches to check the handling and operating of the complex weapon system," the ISPR statement had said at the time.

NitiAayog on Thursday released a handbook to help state governments and local bodies in framing policies for setting up charging networks for electric vehicles.
According to an official statement, the objective is to enhance charging infrastructure and facilitate a rapid transition to electric mobility in the country.
'The Handbook for Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Implementation' has been jointly developed by NitiAayog, Ministry of Power (MoP), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), and World Resources Institute (WRI) India.
The handbook provides a systematic and a holistic approach for adoptions by implementing authorities and other stakeholders involved in planning, authorisation and execution of EV charging infrastructure, the statement said.
NitiAayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar said the handbook addresses the common challenges being faced by different local authorities in implementing EV charging networks.
The handbook was prepared with support from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, and Department of Heavy Industry.

After the October 2020 failed test, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Wednesday fired the 1,000-km range Nirbhay cruise missile from Chandipur testing facility in Odisha. The sub-sonic cruise missile was fired at 9:55am and was tested for 100 km in flight and 15 minutes in time.
The firing was a partial success. According to DRDO sources, the indigenous engine was successfully tested but the delivery platform came down due to inexplicable reasons. "Maybe a snag in the controller, but the engine worked well. Next test firing will be done in mission mode before user trial for air force and navy," said an official.
This was the first successful test-firing with the indigenous booster engine after the previous one had to be aborted after eight minutes flying time.
Nirbhay is a subsonic missile, flying at a speed of 0.7 to 0.9 Mach, with sea-skimming and terrain-hugging capability that helps the missile stay under enemy radar to avoid detection. It is a two-stage missile with first stage using solid fuel and the second using liquid fuel. It carries a convention warhead of 300 kilograms weight and can hit targets upto 1500 km range. The missile is capable of flying between 50 metres to four km from ground and pick up the target before engaging and destroying it.

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and West Indies captain Stephanie Taylor were on Wednesday named the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Player of the Month in the men’s and women’s categories in all three formats of the game, respectively. Bangladesh won the series against Zimbabwe last month with Shakib’s contribution. Shakib scored an unbeaten 96 during Bangladesh’s three-wicket win over Zimbabwe in the second ODI at Harare Sports Club.
Shakib took three wickets in T20 Internationals. Bangladesh also won the T20 series against Zimbabwe. He has also become the world’s number one all-rounder in the ICC Men’s T20 Rankings. Shakib beat Australia’s Mitchell Marsh and West Indies’ Hayden Walsh Jr in the race for the best player of July.