DAILY GK 22-23 NOV 2020
1. “ZERO-EMISSION E-MOBILITY”
• Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL), through
its company statement has notified that it successfully conducted a ‘Proof of
Concept’ feasibility study on ‘zero-emission electric mobility’ at one of its
fuel stations in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
• This study will help in promoting electric
mobility in the country.
2. INDIA’S FIRST BULLET TRAIN
PROJECT
• The Transportation Infrastructure business
of L&T (Larsen & Toubro) Construction, the construction arm of L&T
secured the contract to build 87.569 Kms of India’s first high-speed rail
corridor or Bullet Train Project -‘Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR)’
from the National High-Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL).
• The project is valued more than INR 7, 000
Crores.
3. 2ND PHASE OF MALABAR NAVAL
EXERCISE 2020
• Phase 2 of the 24th Edition of the
Four-nation Naval Exercise Malabar 2020 took place in the Arabian Sea from
November 17-20, 2020.
• This is the First time since 2007, that
all the QUAD (Quadrilateral Security Dialogue) Countries (India, United States,
Japan, Australia) are participating in the Malabar Naval Exercise.
• The Phase-1 of the Four-Nation exercise
took place in the Bay of Bengal.
4. MOST POWERFUL NON-DISTRIBUTED
COMPUTER SYSTEMS IN THE WORLD
• According to 56th Edition of the TOP500
project which ranks and details the 500 most powerful non-distributed computer
systems in the world, India’s Supercomputer – PARAM Siddhi-AI – Ranked 62 in
the list of most powerful non-distributed computer systems in the World.
• In a non-distributed computer system
(co-located), all the components are in a single location.
• Another Supercomputer, Pratyush – Ranked
77 featured in the Top 100 while “Mihir” – Ranked 145 featured in the list of
Top 500 supercomputers in the list.
5.
‘ANANDA’ FOR AGENTS
• Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)
launched its First Digital Application, ‘ANANDA’ (Atmanirbhar Agents New
Business Digital App).
• The digital tool supports the on boarding
process to get Life Insurance policy with the help of the Agent / Intermediary
without any paperwork.
• ANANDA is a first of its kind in the
Indian Life Insurance industry with LIC pioneering the process through its
in-house IT(Information Technology)
enabled systems.
6. CHILDREN’S CLIMATE PRIZE 2020
• Vinisha Umashankar (13 year old), school
girl from Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu (TN), India won the Children’s Climate
Prize 2020 under the 2020 Clear Air Category at the 5th edition of Children’s
Climate Prize.
• She won the award for designing a solar
ironing cart which uses solar panels to power a steam iron box instead of the
conventional charcoal.
• The award consists of a diploma, medal and
a cash award of 100000 Swedish Krona(SEK) (around Rs.8.64 lakh)
7. EXTERNAL AUDITOR OF INTER PARLIAMENTARY
UNION
• Girish Chandra (G.C.) Murmu, 14th
Comptroller and Auditor General(CAG) of India elected as the External Auditor
of Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) for 3 years.
• He will take charge of this position from
the Supreme Audit Institution of Switzerland.
• The election took place at the IPU’s
virtual meeting of the 284th session.
8.
“BNT162B2” TRIAL WITH 95% SUCCESS RATE
• Pfizer Inc of the United States of America
(USA) and its partner BioNTech of Germany completed the Phase 3 trial of their
COVID-19 vaccine candidate, BNT162b2 against SARS-CoV-2 with 95% effective,
highest success rate.
• AstraZeneca and Oxford University are
expected to release the final trial results of their AZD1222 or ChAdOx1 nCoV-19
vaccine by December 2020.
9. WORLD TELEVISION DAY 2020
• The United Nations (UN)’s World Television
Day is annually observed across the globe on 21st November to recognise the
increasing impacts of television on decision making and to focus on the issues
like economic and social issues.
• The first terrestrial television in India
was started in Delhi in 1959 at a makeshift studio.
