DAILY GK 10 NOV 2020

 DAILY GK 10 NOV 2020

1. ASSAM’S TEZPUR LITCHI GETS GI TAG

•      The Tezpur Litchi of Assam was granted the Geographical Indication (GI) tag certification on 27th March 2015.

•      The GI Tag to Tezpur Litchi made it an incontrovertible proof of their origin in Assam.

•      The GI tag prevents the production of Tezpur Litchi from other places.

•      The Tezpur Litchi has got the GI tag under Horticulture Products(Fruits) – Litchi in the class 31.

•      This registration is valid upto 28th August 2023.

 

2.  “AIM–SIRIUS INNOVATION PROGRAMME 3.0”

•      National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and Sirius, Russia launched a 14 days long (from 7–21 November 2020) virtual programme named “AIM–Sirius Innovation Programme 3.0” for Indian and Russian school children.

•      AIM–Sirius Innovation Programme is a first Indo-Russian bilateral youth innovation initiative to develop technological solutions (both web- and mobile-based) for the two countries.

 

3. JCB PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2020

•      Book “Moustache” (original Malayalam title – “Meesha”) authored by Malayalam writer S. Hareesh and translated to English by Jayasree Kalathil won the JCB Prize for Literature 2020 worth Rs.25 lakhs.

•      The book was published by HarperCollins India in 2020.

•      This is the 2nd Debut novel and 2nd Malayalam Translation to Win the JCB prize for Literature.

 

4. ISRO LAUNCHED INDIA’S EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITE EOS-01

•      ISRO on has launched its latest earth observation satellite EOS-01 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) or Sriharikota Range (SHAR), Andhra Pradesh (AP) along with 9 international customer satellites from Lithuania (1), Luxembourg (4), and the US (4).

•      These were carried off by Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)-C49.

 

5. FIRST FAST RADIO BURST IN MILKY WAY GALAXY

•      NASA detected a bright Fast radio bursts (FRB) and X-rays, which lasted for a millisecond, from the Milky Way galaxy for the first time ever.

•      This signal, called FRB 200428, was found in April inside the Milky Way galaxy for the first time and was also the first to be traced to a magnetar, which are dead stars that have the most powerful magnetic fields in the universe.

 

6. CHINA SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED 13 SATELLITES

•      China has successfully sent 13 satellites viz. 3 Chinese and 10 customer’s satellites, into orbit through the Long March 6 rocket’s 351 flight which was lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, Shanxi Province, China.

•      From the total satellites, 10 were remote sensing satellites of Argentine imagery company Satellogic.

 

7. INTERNATIONAL DAY OF RADIOLOGY 2020 – NOVEMBER 8

•      The International Day of Radiology (IDoR) is annually celebrated by radiologists, radiographers, radiological technologists and professionals across the globe on 8th November.

•      The day is celebrated to create awareness on the importance and value of the contribution of Radiology in the safe patient care.

•      The day was first launched in 2012.

•      The theme of 2020 IDoR is “Radiologists and radiographers supporting patients during COVID-19”.

 

8. NATIONAL LEGAL SERVICES DAY 2020: NOVEMBER 9

•      National Legal Services Day is observed annually on November 9 across India to commemorate the enactment of the Indian Legal Services Authorities Act 1987.

•      The Supreme Court of India started the day in 1995.