Daily GK 27 Oct. 2020

 Daily GK 27 Oct. 2020

1.  WAVELRAMKALAWAN ELECTED AS SEYCHELLES PRESIDENT

•      India origin Wavel Ramkalawan, of the opposition LinyonDemokratik Seselwa (LDS) has been elected as the President of Seychelles by defeating incumbent Danny Faure of United Seychelles party.

•      His great grandfather was an indentured labourer from Bihar.

•      It should be noted that since 1977 it was for the first time that Seychelles got a leader from opposition party.

 

2.  400TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF SHRI GURU TEGH BAHADUR

•      Central government set up a high-level 70-member committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to commemorate the 400th birth anniversary of Shri Guru Tegh Bahadur.

•      Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Union ministers Rajnath Singh& others among the members.

 

3.  PORTUGESE GP

•      British Driver Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) won the 2020 Portugese Grand Prix held at Algarve International circuit, Portugal.

•      With this win, Lewis Hamilton became the most successful driver of Formula One with 92 wins.

•      Finland driver Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) finished second, while Netherland’s Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) finished third in the race.

 

4.  MAHESH KANODIA PASSED AWAY

•      Mahesh Kanodia former Member of Parliament(MP) and renowned Gujarati musician and singer passed away at the age of 83 at his residence in Gandhinagar, Gujarat due to prolonged illness.

•      He was born on 27th January 1937 in Kanoda village, Mehsana district, Gujarat.