DAILY GK: 19 FEB 2021
1. ‘COMMON RESEARCH AND
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT HUB’ AT CDRI
• Dr Harsh Vardhan inaugurated ‘Common
Research and Technology Development Hub (CRTDH)’ – a Research Facility at
CSIR-CDRI (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Drug Research
Institute), Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) on occasion of the institute’s 70th Annual
Day Celebrations.
• CRTDH aims to provide support to hospitals
& Pharma Industry, MSMEs and Academia for conducting advanced research in
the field of Drug discovery.
2. PM LAUNCHES
‘MAHABAHU-BRAHMAPUTRA’ PROGRAMME
• PM Narendra Modi virtually launched the
‘Mahabahu-Brahmaputra’ programme & laid the foundation stone for 2 Bridges.
• The 19.282 Km ‘Dhubri Phulbari’ 4-lane
bridge will connect Dhubri in Assam to Phulbari in Meghalaya.
• It will be constructed on the River of
Brahmaputra.
• ‘Majuli’ Bridge is an 8 Km long Two-Lane
bridge on the River Brahmaputra, it will connect Neematighat (on Jorhat side)
& Kamalabari (on Majuli side).
• ‘Mahabahu-Brahmaputra’ Programme will
strengthen water connectivity across the region through the waters of the River
Brahmaputra & Barak.
• The Total cost of the programme is INR 3,
231 Crore.
3. GOVT TO INFUSE RS
1,500 CRORE INTO EXIM BANK
• The government has decided to infuse Rs
1,500 crore capital into Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank) in FY 22.
• This equity support/subscription is to
maximise the paid up capital of the bank to the level of its authorised
capital.
• This amount is Rs 200 crore higher than
the amount(Rs 1,300 crore) earmarked by the government to be infused in the
bank in FY 21.
• The government had doubled the authorised
capital of the bank from Rs 10,000 crore to Rs 20,000 crore in 2019.
4. ASIA ENVIRONMENTAL
ENFORCEMENT AWARD 2020
• Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB),
under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change(MoEF&CC),
Government of India was selected as one of the winners of the 5th Asia
Environmental Enforcement Award, 2020 by the United Nations Environment
Programme(UNEP).
• WCCB has won the award under the
Innovation category.
• WCCB was selected as a winner for its
contribution against transboundary environmental crime.
5. TATA GROUP TO
ACQUIRE 68% STAKE IN BIGBASKET
• Tata Group has signed a deal to acquire
68% stake in bigbasket for about Rs 9,500 crore.
• The stake will be acquired by Tata
Digital, a subsidiary of Tata Sons.
• Post acquisition, the enterprise value of
BigBasket becomes more than Rs 13,500 crore.
• Tata Communications has partnered with
Google Cloud in India to drive cloud adoption and transform Indian businesses.
6. BOOK- ‘INDIAN
ECONOMY’S GREATEST CRISIS: IMPACT OF CORONAVIRUS AND THE ROAD AHEAD’
• Arun Kumar has authored a new book titled,
‘Indian Economy’s Greatest Crisis: Impact of Coronavirus and the Road Ahead’.
• The book is published by Penguin Random
House.
7. BOOK-“THE EPIC
BATTLE OF LONGEWALA”
• As a part of the celebration of the 50th
Anniversary year of India’s victory over Pakistan in 1971 war, Indian Air
Force(IAF) Chief Air Chief Marshal R K S Bhadauria launched the book “The Epic
Battle of Longewala” authored by Air Marshal (retd) Bharat Kumar at the event
organised at the IAF Museum in Palam, New Delhi.