Current Affairs for SSC CGL Exams - 08 October 2021

SSC CGL Current Affairs

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The Indian Air Force (IAF) on October 8 celebrated its 89th Foundation Day. The celebrations has started at the Hindon Air Force Station in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad in the presence of the Chief of Air Staff and senior officials of the three armed forces.
The IAF was established on October 8, 1932, as a supporting force of the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force. Initially known as the Royal Indian Air Force, the prefix Royal was dropped in 1950 when India transitioned into a Republic. The IAF is the air wing of the Indian Armed Forces and the fourth largest air force in the world. It is headed by an Air Chief Marshal (ACM), while the President of India is the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.
The 2021 IAF Day parade will pay tribute to the heroes of the 1971 war, which saw India defeat Pakistan, and led to the birth of Bangladesh. “We will depict the famous Tangail airdrop operation with three paratroopers, including one from the Army, making a jump from a vinatge Dakota transport aircraft,” a senior official of the force said.
The 2021 IAF Day parade will pay tribute to the heroes of the 1971 war, which saw India defeat Pakistan, and led to the birth of Bangladesh. “We will depict the famous Tangail airdrop operation with three paratroopers, including one from the Army, making a jump from a vinatge Dakota transport aircraft,” a senior official of the force said.

The WHO has given the green light to the first malaria vaccine. Thousands of people are afflicted by malaria every year in sub Saharan Africa. Young children are especially vulnerable to the disease.
The world’s first malaria vaccine has been approved for general use in children in sub-Saharan Africa, along with other regions with moderate to high rates of the disease.“This is a historic moment. The long-awaited malaria vaccine for children is a breakthrough for science, child health and malaria control,” TedrosAdhanomGhebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization, said in a statement.
Malaria, caused by a parasite spread by the bites of infected mosquitoes, is responsible for more than 400,000 deaths a year, most of them in young children in sub-Saharan Africa. It is chiefly tackled by people using insecticide-treated bed nets and drug treatments to reduce spread.
The vaccine, called RTS,S or Mosquirix, consists of part of a protein from the parasite bound to part of a second protein, from the hepatitis B virus, which helps immune cells recognise the substance. Given as four doses from 5 months of age, it has been in development for nearly 40 years.

With a total wealth of $92 billion, MukeshAmbani, Chairman of Reliance Industries, topped the rich list for the 14th year in a row -- adding $4 billion to his net worth in 2021, as per Forbes Rich List.
GautamAdani, with a wealth of $74.8 billion, is second richest in India with only $17.9 billion shy of Ambani. Shiv Nadar was number three in the list with a wealth of $31 billion.
RadhakrishnanDamani, founder of Avenues Supermarts, and Cyrus Poonawalla, chairman of Serum Institute, were placed fourth and fifth with a wealth of $29.4 billion and $19 billion respectively.
Savitri Jindal re-enters the top 10 club with $18 billion. India's 100 richest are now worth $775 billion.

Massive floods from overflowing crater lakes had an outsized role in shaping the Martian surface, carving deep chasms and moving vast amounts of sediment, suggest a recent study, led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin.
The findings of the study were published in the journal 'Nature'.
The study found that the floods, which probably lasted mere weeks, eroded more than enough sediment to completely fill Lake Superior and Lake Ontario.
"If we think about how sediment was being moved across the landscape on ancient Mars, lake breach floods were a really important process globally," said lead author Tim Goudge, an assistant professor at the UT Jackson School of Geosciences.
"And this is a bit of a surprising result because they've been thought of as one-off anomalies for so long," Goudge added.
Crater lakes were common on Mars billions of years ago when the Red Planet had liquid water on its surface. Some craters could hold a small sea's worth of water. But when the water became too much to hold, it would breach the edge of the crater, causing catastrophic flooding that carved river valleys in its wake. A 2019 study led by Goudge determined that these events happened rapidly.

The buzz for 2024 European Championship has gotten on a high as Germany unveiled the logo for UEFA Euro 2024 on Tuesday. The logo was presented at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany in front of a few guests and media professionals; however no fans were present for the iconic launch. The ceremony was graced by the presence of UEFA President AleksanderCeferin, UEFA Euro 2024 Tournament Director Philipp Lahm, the Interim President of German Football Association, Rainer Koch, the governing Mayor of Berlin, the Lord Mayors of Dortmund, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf and Gelsenkirchen, along with the representatives of some host cities and other invited guests.
The UEFA Euro 2024 logo is derived from the UEFA’s 55 member associations’ flags with their colours assembling in various combinations resembling the Olympiastadion’s roof. The center of the logo features the famous Henri Delaunay Cup – the tournament trophy, with the 24 colours representing the 24 participating teams of EURO.