DAILY GK 24 JULY 2020
1. INDIA’S FIRST 700 MWE UNIT TO ACHIEVE CRITICALITY
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The
Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited(NPCIL) announced that,
Unit-3 of Kakrapar Atomic Power Project(KAPP-3), India’s First 700
MWe (megawatt electric) and indigenously developed Pressurised Heavy Water
Reactor(PHWR) in Surat, Gujarat achieved its first
criticality – initiation of controlled and sustained nuclear fission
reaction.
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KAPP-3
is India’s 23rd nuclear power reactor that is completely designed and built by
India.
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The
reactor uses natural Uranium as the fuel and Heavy water as moderator.
2. INDIA TO HAVE 60% RENEWABLE ENERGY BY 2030
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Raj
Kumar Singh, Minister of State(MoS)(IC) Power and New & Renewable Energy
stated that India will have around 60% of the installed capacity of the
electricity generation from renewable resources by 2030, in the webinar
on Energy Transition at the second pre-event hosted by
The World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS) 2021 in
collaboration with Energy Transitions Commission (ETC) India.
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Prime
Minister Modi announced that India will increase the renewable energy target to
450 GW by 2030 from 175 GW by 2022, in the United Nations(UN) Climate
Action Summit held in September 2019.
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R K
Singh highlighted the progress of India on clean energy and stated that
including the projects under development and hydroelectric power the clean
energy capacity of India is around 190 GW which is higher than the
targeted 175 GW by 2022.
3. INDIA, MALDIVES SIGNED SIGNED AGREEMENT FOR GEYDOSHU
MAS PLANT
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India
and Maldives inked an agreement to set up Geydoshu Mas Plant (Neighborhood
Fish Processing Plants) at two islands in the Addu city of Maldives
namely Maradhoo and Hulhudhoo.
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The
Contract signing ceremony was held virtually in Addu City, which was
attended by Maldives’ Foreign Secretary Abdul Ghafoor Mohamed, High
Commissioner of India to the Maldives Sunjay Sudhir, along with other members
of Maldives’ Ministry of Foreign affairs.
4. TURKMENISTAN BECAME 25TH COUNTRY WITH OBSERVER
STATUS IN WTO
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Turkmenistan
became the 25th country who was granted observer status in the World Trade
Organization (WTO) enabling the nation to establish permanent residence at WTO
headquarter in Geneva, Switzerland and monitor it’s proceedings.
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Turkmenistan
also became the last former Soviet republic to establish
formal ties with the trade body.
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This
observer status was granted during the 5th virtual session of WTO General
Council which was held from WTO headquarters and attended by representatives of
its member-states.
5. NICARAGUA BECOMES THE 87TH COUNTRY TO SIGN THE ISA
FRAMEWORK
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The
Republic of Nicaragua became the 87th country to sign the International Solar
Alliance(ISA) Framework Agreement, an initiative to promote
sustainable energy, led by India.
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E. Jaime
Hermida Castillo, Permanent Representative to the UN of the Republic of
Nicaragua, signed the Agreement at the Permanent Mission of India to the United
Nations, New York.
6. BANK OF BARODA LAUNCHED ‘INSTA CLICK SAVINGS
ACCOUNT’
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India’s
third-largest public sector bank, Bank of Baroda(BoB)
launched ‘Insta Click Savings Account’, a 100% paperless
digital self-assisted online savings account.
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It
can be activated in real-time i.e; the customer can transact using the Baroda M
Connect Plus application with the MPIN received on the mobile number.
7. CHINA LAUNCHES TIANWEN-1
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The
Tianwen-1, China’s first fully homegrown Mars Mission, was launched in a Long
March 5 Rocket from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in Hainan
Island at 12:41 a.m. EDT (0441 GMT).
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The
Tianwen-1 is carrying the duo of an orbiter and a lander or rover; this
combination of craft was never launched towards mars.
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The
name Tianwen means “Questions to Heaven” it was taken from the
poem by Qu Yuan (Lived in 340 to 278 BCE).
8. ISL BECOMES 1ST LEAGUE IN SOUTH ASIA TO JOIN THE
WORLD LEAGUES FORUM
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The
Hero Indian Super League (ISL) joins the World Leagues Forum (WLF), the
association of Professional football leagues.
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It
is the first league from South Asia and seventh in Asia to join the WLF.
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The
Premier League, La Liga and Bundesliga are also part of the association of
Professional football leagues and also the most supported leagues by the
people.
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In
2014, when ISL begun, India has been raising its standard to achieve world
class standard, claimed by The Founder and chairperson of Football Sports Development
limited (FSDL), Mrs. Nita Ambani
9. THE BOOK TITLED “THE PANDEMIC CENTURY”
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“The
Pandemic Century, A History of Global Contagion from the Spanish Flu to
Covid-19”, by the british medical historian Mark Honigsbaum covers
10 outbreaks in the past 100 years, dating from the Spanish Flu (1918) to the
present day Coronavirus (2019).
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The
book is published by Penguin Publishers.
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Other
Outbreaks in the Book: Pneumonic
plague, Parrot fever, SARS, Ebola, Zika.
10. NATIONAL BROADCASTING DAY 2020 – JULY 23
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23rd
July of every year is observed as the National Broadcasting Day across India to
commemorate the first ever radio broadcast aired in India on 23rd July 1927
from the Bombay Station of a private company, the Indian Broadcasting Company.