Daily Current Affairs 11 JULY 2020
1. REWA SOLAR PROJECT IN MADHYA PRADESH
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Asia’s
largest solar power project: Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Power Project in Madhya
Pradesh is inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi, through video conferencing.
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The
750 MW ultra-solar power plant spread over 1,590 acres.
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It
reduces emission equivalent to 15 lakh tonne of carbon dioxide per year.
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The
Delhi Metro will get 24% of energy from the project, and the 76% will be
supplied to state DISCOMs of Madhya Pradesh.
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The
Rewa Solar Power project received the World Bank Group President’s
Award.
2. FIRST FIVE RE-PRINTED VOLUMES OF MONGOLIAN KANJUR
MANUSCRIPTS
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Under
the National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM), The Ministry of Culture has taken
up the project of re-printing 108 volumes of Mongolian Kanjur.
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A
set of First Five manuscripts were presented to Shri Ram Nath Kovind, the
President of India on Guru Purnima (Dharma Chakra Day) on 4th July 2020.
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The
Buddhist Canonical text in 108 volumes is the most important religious text in
Mongolia.‘Kanjur’ means ‘Concise Orders’, the words of Lord Buddha.
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The
‘Mongolian Kanjur’ in 108 volumes was published by Prof. Lokesh Chandra (Former
MP of Rajya Sabha) in India in the 1970s.
3. INDIAN NAVY COMPLETES “OPERATION SAMUDRA SETU”
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Indian
Navy has successfully completed its 55 days and 23,000
kilometers long ‘Operation Samudra Setu’, which was launched on May 5, 2020 as
a part of the national effort to repatriate (bring back) Indian citizens from 3
countries of Maldives, Iran, and Sri Lanka during
the COVID-19 pandemic. –
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Indian
Navy’s Landing Ship (Tank) Kesari undertook ‘Mission SAGAR’,
carrying 580 tonnes of food aid and medical stores including ayurvedic
medicines to Maldives, Mauritius, Madagascar, Comoros Islands and Seychelles,
covering over 14,000 km in 49 days.
4. IRDAI REMOVES RS 5 LAKH CAP ON SUM INSURED FOR
AROGYA SANJEEVANI POLICIES
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The
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has allowed all
general and health insurance companies to increase the sum insured on the
Standard Individual Health Insurance Product namely “Arogya Sanjeevani” beyond
Rs 5 lakh.
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This
decision has been taken in view of the increasing cost of healthcare in the
country amid the covid-19 pandemic.
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Arogya
Sanjeevani, is a product for which all insurers are mandated to offer had a cap
of Rs 5 lakh on the sum insured and the minimum cover for it was of Rs 1 lakh.
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The
regulator has now allows insurers to offer sum insured as low as Rs 50,000 with
no upper limit. The sum insured has to be in multiples of Rs 50,000.
5. ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON MUTUAL FUNDS
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Securities
and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the regulator of the securities and
commodity market in India, has reconstituted the committee advising it on
matters related to regulation and development of the mutual fund industry
by including five new members.
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The
new 20 member committee will be chaired by Usha Thorat, former
deputy governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
6. AMAZONIA-1 EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITE
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Indian
Space Research Organization (ISRO) is set to launch the Amazonia – 1 onboard
the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) as a primary payload
by August 2020.
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Amazonia
-1 is Brazil’s first satellite for Earth observation – designed, assembled and
tested in Brazil.
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Amazonia
– 1 will help in observing and monitoring the deforestation in the region of
Amazon through the satellite images.
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The
images from the Brazilian satellite will also help in the agriculture and
vegetation sector.
7. BOOK -‘HIS HOLINESS THE FOURTEENTH DALAI LAMA: AN
ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY’
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A
book titled ‘His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama: An Illustrated Biography’ is
authored by one of the Dalai Lama’s closest aides and advisor of over 40
year, Tenzin Geyche Tethong.
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The
biography is a memorable portrait of the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso.
The book is to be released in October 2020 and is published by Roli
Books.
