DAILY GK 14 AUG 2020
1. FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND KATRA-DELHI EXPRESS ROAD
CORRIDOR
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First-of-its-kind Katra
(Jammu & Kashmir)-Delhi Express Road corridor works have
begun and it is expected to be completed by 2023.
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It was
announced by Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region (M-DoNER),
Dr. Jitendra Singh.
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The
express Corridor is expected to reduce the travel time between Katra and Delhi
to around six and half hours, the total outlay of the project is Rs.
35, 000 crores.
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The
Express Corridor is being built under the Bharatmala Pariyojana,
which is a centrally-sponsored and funded Road & Highways project of the
Government of India.
2. DAUGHTERS HAVE EQUAL BIRTHRIGHT TO INHERIT
PROPERTY
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In
accordance with the landmark judgment passed by three-judge Bench of Supreme
Court (SC) headed by Justice Arun Mishra and comprised of
Justices S Abdul Nazeer and Mukeshkumar Rasikbhai Shah,
the daughters will have equal inheritance rights as of sons in the properties
of fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers right from the codification of
the law in 1956 i.e. it would have retrospective effect.
3. GOA’S MOIRA BANANAS, HARMAL CHILLIES, KHAJE GETS
GI TAG
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The
Geographical Indications Registry headquartered in Chennai (Tamil Nadu) granted
Geographical Indications(GI) to Goa’s Harmal Chillies which
are grown only in Harmal village and adjacent areas of Pernem
taluka(specifically in the coastal village of Arambol), Moira bananas,
an unique banana grown in Moira village of Bardez taluka & Bicholim Taluka
and Khaje, the traditional state sweet.
4. 40 MM UNDER BARREL GRENADE LAUNCHER (UBGL) TO BSF
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First
consignment of 40 mm Under Barrel Grenade Launcher (UBGL) was handed over to
Border Security Force (BSF) which is designed and manufactured indigenously by
the Ammunition Factory Khadki (AFK) in Pune, Maharashtra on the lines of the
“Atmanirbhar Bharat” (self-reliant India).
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This
ammunition is used to be imported by the Army and the Ministry of Home Affairs
(MHA) units.
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Also
the latest Israeli Assault Rifles, Arad and Carmel, will be
manufactured under the Make in India initiative in the PLR Systems
Private Limited, established by Israel Weapons Industries (IWI) in
2017 as a joint venture with Punj Lloyd in Madhya Pradesh, India.
5. NASA’S TESS COMPLETED PRIMARY MISSION
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Transiting
Exoplanet Survey Satellite(TESS) of National Aeronautics and Space
Administration(NASA) completed its primary mission of imaging 75%
of the starry sky during the two-year survey and found 66 new exoplanets beyond
the solar system, and around 2100 candidates on which the astronomers are
working on to confirm among others.
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The NASA
Astrophysics Explorer mission led and operated by Massachusetts Institute of
Technology(MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts.
6. INTERNATIONAL LEFT HANDERS DAY 2020: AUGUST 13
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Around 10
percent of the people worldwide are left-handed.
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It
was first observed in 1976 by Dean R. Campbell who was founder
of the Lefthanders International Inc.
7. ‘PUNJAB SMART CONNECT SCHEME’
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On the
occasion of International Youth Day and Janmastami, Captain Amarinder Singh,
Chief Minister of Punjab launched the “Punjab Smart Connection Scheme” worth
Rs. 92 crores to provide free smartphones to the students of
class 12 and he also handed over the smartphones to 6 students.
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The
smartphones distributed under the scheme were procured by the Punjab Ministry
of Industry.