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.