DAILY GK 3 – 4 MAR 2020

DAILY GK 3 – 4 MAR 2020

1.    108th Indian Science Congress

ü The Indian Science Congress association (ISCA) announced that Pune will host the annual session of 108th Indian Science Congress in  2021 at Symbiosis International University’s Lavale campus with the theme,”Science and Technology for Sustainable Development with Women Empowerment”.

ü Dr Vijay Laxmi Saxena elected as general president of the Indian Science Congress, 2020-21

2.    Myanmar President visited India

ü The President of Myanmar U Win Myint  paid a four days visit to India on the invitation of Indian President Ram Nath

3.    SBI switched to CBBA

ü SBI has switched to “Cash Budget Based Assessment (CBBA)” from “Projected Balance Sheet (PBS)” method of Fund Based Working Capital (FBWC) limits for assessment of the working capital requirement for corporates or large advances. CBBA of limits has been initiated for assessment of the FBWC limits for units with total FBWC exposure of more than ₹50 crore from the banking system. SBI has also started Risk Intel, an email service, advising the business units of rating actions in respect of units it has funded.

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DAILY GK 1 – 2 MAR 2020

DAILY GK 1 – 2 MAR 2020

1.    US and Taliban historic agreement

ü The US and Taliban militants have signed historic peace agreement in Doha, Qatar to restore peace in Afghanistan. The agreement, signed by the US special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.

2.    Malaysia’s New Prime Minister

ü 72 years old Former Deputy Prime MInister Muhyiddin bin Haji Muhammad Yassin took oath of office as Malayasia’s 8th Prime Minister(PM) at National Palace in Kuala Lumpur.

3.    New CEO of Nokia

ü Pekka Lundmark appointed as CEO and he will take charge from September 1, 2020. He will be the successor of Rajeev Suri, who was more than a decade in charge of Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks.

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Monthly GK Capsules Feb. 2020

Monthly GK Capsules Feb. 2020

Here are the new Monthly GK Capsules. This time we are going to share the official PDF file of AAA-Bright Academy which contains Monthly GK updates Feb. 2020. So if you are preparing for any Government, Bank, Railways, SSC Examination this PDF file is very helpful to you. All the best to all participants for the upcoming Examination.

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DAILY GK 29 FEB 2020

DAILY GK 29 FEB 2020

1.    World Productivity Congress (WPC) 2020

ü The 19th edition of World Productivity Congress (WPC) will be held from May 6 to May 8, 2020 at the Bengaluru Karnataka. WPC is the world’s largest convention for productivity development which promotes innovation and world class practices that shape future productivity growth and to be held in India after 45 years.

2.    First “Restaurant on Wheels”

ü Indian railways launched its First “Restaurant on Wheels” at Asansol Station West Bengal, for railway passengers and citizens of the city.Babul Supriyo inaugurated the 1st “Restaurant on Wheels”.

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DAILY GK 28 FEB 2020

DAILY GK 28 FEB 2020

1.    Operation Green Scheme

ü The government approved Rs 162 crore under Operations Green(OG) Scheme which was announced in 2018-19 budget with an outlay of 500 crore to stable the supply of TOP crops( Tomato, Onion & Potato) & to confirm their availability throughout the year without price volatility.

2.    land records and services index 2020

ü According to the 1^st edition of  NCAER Land Records and Services Index (N-LRSI 2019-20) released by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) , Madhya Pradesh (MP) emerged as the best performing state in terms of digitising land records with the score of 74.9.It was  followed by Odisha (67.5points) and Maharashtra (65.3 points).

ü While Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh ranked at bottom at 33^rd position with a score of 2.0.

3.    Diplomat Abhishek appointed as next Ambassador of India to Venezuela

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DAILY GK 27 FEB 2020

DAILY GK 27 FEB 2020

1.    Government of India announced 1st Artificial intelligence summit: RAISE 2020- ‘Responsible AI for Social Empowerment 2020’

2.    Sahitya Akademi’s Translation Prize 2019 awarded to English translation of ‘Kusumabale’

ü Kannada novel Kusumabale by Devanur Mahadeva, translated into  English by Susan Daniel.

3.    Union Food Processing Industries Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal Launched Market Intelligence and Early Warning System (MIEWS)

ü MIEWS portal is a ‘First-of -its-kind’ platform that  monitors the prices of TOP Crops (Tomato,Onion & Potato) & generates alert for timely market intervention under the terms of Operation Greens(OG) scheme for price stabilization during glut situations.

4.    Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova gets retired

ü Russian tennis star and 5 time Grand Slam winner Maria Yuryevna Sharapova, She became the World No.1 in 2005 

    

5.    India’s First Protein Day February 27

ü Right To Protein, a national-level public health initiative, has launched India’s 1st Protein Day on February 27, 2020 to raise awareness about the health benefits of protein.
Theme of the Protein Day 2020: Protein Mein Kya Hai.

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DAILY GK 26 FEB 2020

DAILY GK 26 FEB 2020

1.    Indradhanush – V 2020: Indo-UK bilateral air exercise begins in Hindan, Uttar Pradesh

ü About Indian Air Force(IAF)

ü Headquarters– New Delhi.

ü Motto– Glory that touches the sky.

ü Chief of the Air Staff (CAS)- Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria.

    

2.    India 5^th most polluted country with Ghaziabad as the most polluted city, globally: IQAir AirVisual Report
Bangladesh emerged as the most polluted country for PM2.5 exposure.

     It is followed by Pakistan.

     Bahamas ranked 98^th as the cleanest country 

3.    National cyber research and Innovation centre, inaugurated at Central Detective Training Institute (CDTI) in Hyderabad, Telangana State (T.S). The objective of the centre is to help the nation to combat cyber threats.

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DAILY GK 25 FEB 2020

DAILY GK 25 FEB 2020

1.    1st State to achieve 100% LPG coverage

ü Himachal Pradesh became the 1st state in the country to have 100% LPG (Liquified Petroleum Gas) coverage due to the implementation of PMUY (Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana) scheme.Following the implementation of the PMUY scheme, the state government launched ‘Himachal Grihini Suvidha Yojana’ in May 2018 to cover the scheme to remaining households.

2.    Trophies for Republic Day Parade 2020

ü Defense Minister Rajnath Singh presented trophies to the best marching contingents for Republic Day Parade 2020 at Delhi.The Indian Air Force contingent named as the best among the three services. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) is named as the best marching contingent in the Central Armed Police Forces and other additional forces category.

3.    Mahathir Mohamad resigned as Malaysia’s PM

ü The world’s Oldest government leader Mahathir bin Mohamad (94) resigned as Malaysia’s PM. His resignation has been accepted by Malaysia’s king Al-Sultan Abdullah of Pahang and also named him as the Interim prime minister of Malaysia until a successor is appointed.

4.    Katherine Johnson passed away at 101

ü Famous NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson passed away at the age of 101 in Virginia, US (United States). She was born on August 26, 1918, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, US. Her life was portrayed in the movie “Hidden Figures”.

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DAILY GK 23 – 24 FEB 2020

DAILY GK 23 – 24 FEB 2020

1.    International Judicial Conference 2020

ü Narendra Modi addressed the International Judicial Conference in New Delhi. The theme of the conference was “Gender Just World” while its topic was “Judiciary and The Changing World”. Chief Justice of India Sharad Arvind Bobde, Attorney General K.K. Venugopal addressed the gathering.

2.    G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting

ü Meeting was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia the theme “Realizing Opportunities of the 21st Century for All”. The meet was chaired by the Saudi Arabia’s finance minister Mohammed al-Jadaan

3.    Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival 2020

ü Ceremony was held in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Hrithik Roshan bagged the Best Actor award for film “Super 30”.Divyanka Tripathi was honoured as the Best Actress for television.

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DAILY GK 22 FEB 2020

DAILY GK 22 FEB 2020

1.    Indian Army is Set to Get New Headquarters

ü Defense Minister Rajnath Singh laid the foundation stone of the Army Headquarters new building “Thal Sena Bhawan” in Delhi Cantonment. Thal Sena Bhawan, the multi-storeyed complex adopting Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA-5 rating) norms, designed like a “rising sun” and spread over nearly 39 acres.

2.    High Level Global Conference on Road Safety

ü The 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety with theme “Achieving Global Goals 2030” was held in Stockholm, Sweden.It was hosted by Government of Sweden in collaboration with WHO.

ü Indian delegation was led by Minister of Road Transport & Highways, Nitin Gadkari.

3.    National Strategy for Financial Inclusion (NSFI)

ü In order to promote financial literacy RBI has released a National Strategy for Financial Inclusion (NSFI) 2019-24. The strategy has been prepared by Financial Inclusion Advisory Committee (FIAC) of the RBI in consultation with the Centre, SEBI, IRDAI, and PFRDA.

ü NSFI has been finalized and approved by the Financial Stability Development Council (FSDC).

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DAILY GK 21 FEB 2020

DAILY GK 21 FEB 2020

1.    Nature Ranking Index 2020

ü Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) ranked first in the Nature Ranking Index 2020. All the institutions are ranked on the basis of total research output from december 01, 2018 to 30th November , 2019.

2.    EY Entrepreneur of the Year award for 2019

ü Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairperson and Managing Director (MD) of Bengaluru based biopharmaceutical company Biocon, won Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the year 2019 at the 21st edition of the awards held in New Delhi, India.

3.    ESPN Multi-Sport Annual Awards 2019

ü PV Sindhu & Saurabh Chaudhary  declared as ‘Sportsperson of the year’ 2019 female & male. PV Sindhu received this ‘Sportsperson of the year’(Female) award for the third consecutive time. Dutee Chand was named as the first winner of the ESPN India courage award.

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DAILY GK 20 FEB 2020

DAILY GK 20 FEB 2020

1.    India turn on to Bharat Stage(BS)-VI

ü India to switch to World’s cleanest petrol and diesel from April 1,2020, when it proceeds to Bharat Stage (BS-VI) from BS-IV grades at present. India will join the select League of Nations using petrol & diesel which contains 10ppm (parts per millions of Sulphur which cuts down vehicular discharge that is stated to be one of the reasons for pollution.

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2.    India’s tallest pier bridge

ü The northern frontier railway construction has constructed India’s tallest railway pier bridge. It is built across the Makru river in the Tamenglong district of Manipur,Noney of Manipur.It is 100m tall similar to a 33 storey building.

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DAILY GK 19 FEB 2020

DAILY GK 19 FEB 2020

1.    Permanent commission to women officers in the army

ü The Supreme Court bench of Justices  D.Y. Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta dismissed the central government’s submission that women are physically weaker than men and agreed on Delhi High Court’s decision about eligibility of permanent commission and command post to short service commissioned (SSC) women officers in the army.

2.    Most spoken language

ü The 22nd edition of the world language database Ethnologue stated Hindi, as the 3rd most spoken language of the world in 2019 with 615 million speakers. English language was at the top of the list with 1,132 million speakers and Mandarin Chinese was at the 2nd position with 1,117 million speakers.

ü Bangla has been ranked as the 7th most spoken language of the world and has 228 million native speakers.

3.    WEFFI 2019

ü The Worldwide Education for The Future Index (WEFFI) 2019 ranked India in 35^th position, whereas in 2018 it was ranked 40^th position. The WEFFI report is created by The Economist Intelligence unit and commissioned by Yidan Prize foundation. The index is topped by Finland.

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