Daily GK 20 Oct. 2020
1. “KATI BIHU” FESTIVAL CELEBRATED
• Kati Bihu is one of the set of three Bihu festivals (agricultural
festivals) was celebrated in the state of Assam.
• The Kati Bihu is also known as Kangali Bihu, the festival of the poor (the word “Kongal” means “poor”) is celebrated in mid-October when the crops are at growing stage and the granaries of the farmers are depleting.
2. MARITIME EXERCISE
SLINEX-20
• India’s policy of ‘Neighbourhood First’ and vision of ‘Security and Growth for all in the Region (SAGAR)’ is boosting interactions with neighbouring countries including Sri Lanka with which Indian Navy (IN) initiated a 8th Edition of annual Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) bilateral maritime exercise SLINEX-20 from October 19-21 October 2020 off Trincomalee in Sri Lanka.
3. UN’S WFP REPORT
• In accordance with the “The Cost of a Plate of Food-2020”
released by United Nations World Food Programme (UN-WFP), on an average Indian
spends 3.5% of his/ her daily income for a plate of food as compared to 0.6% by
an Individual from New York, United States (US).
• The report has ranked 36 countries where India stood at 28th
position.
• The most expensive plate of food is of South Sudan where people
on average would have to spend 186% of their daily salary on basic ingredients.
4. FACIAL VERIFICATION IN
NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION DATABASE
• Singapore became the World’s First Country to attach Facial
verification in the National Identification Database.
• The function is called “SingPass Face Verification”.
• Using “SingPass Face Verification” a number of Government
services can be accessed online.
5. JACINDA ARDERN, WINS
2ND TERM
• Jacinda Ardern leader of the Labour Party won the 2nd term as the
Prime Minister of New Zealand with her landslide victory in the 2020 General
Elections.
• The Labour Party won the election with 49% of the votes and its
coalition partner the Green Party won 8% i.e., 10 seats.
6. BRAHMOS MISSILE
SUCCESSFULLY TESTED FROM INS CHENNAI
• Supersonic cruise missile, “BrahMos” was successfully test fired
from Indian Navy’s indigenously-built stealth destroyer INS (Indian Naval Ship)
Chennai to a target in Arabian Sea.
• This 290 KM (Kilometer) missile range has a top speed of Mach 2.8
nearly three times the speed of sound.
• It should be noted that the BrahMos, a prime strike weapon has
been jointly designed, developed and produced by BrahMos
• Aerospace Pvt Ltd that can be launched from submarines, ships,
aircraft, or from land platforms.
7. DANISA DENMARK OPEN
2020
• DANISA Denmark Open 2020 took place in Odense, Denmark. Denmark
Open is an annual Badminton Tournament held in Denmark, organized by Danmarks
Badminton for bund.
• It is the only world tour event in Badminton which took place in
2020.
Category Winner Runner-up
Men’s Singles Anders
Antonsen (Denmark) Rasmus Gemke (Denmark)
Women’s Singles Nozomi
Okuhara (Japan) Carolina
Marin (Spain)
