Daily GK 27 Oct. 2020
1.
WAVELRAMKALAWAN ELECTED AS SEYCHELLES PRESIDENT
• India origin Wavel Ramkalawan, of the
opposition LinyonDemokratik Seselwa (LDS) has been elected as the President of
Seychelles by defeating incumbent Danny Faure of United Seychelles party.
• His great grandfather was an indentured
labourer from Bihar.
• It should be noted that since 1977 it was
for the first time that Seychelles got a leader from opposition party.
2. 400TH BIRTH
ANNIVERSARY OF SHRI GURU TEGH BAHADUR
• Central government set up a high-level
70-member committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to commemorate the
400th birth anniversary of Shri Guru Tegh Bahadur.
• Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Lok
Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Union ministers Rajnath Singh& others among the
members.
3. PORTUGESE GP
• British Driver Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
won the 2020 Portugese Grand Prix held at Algarve International circuit,
Portugal.
• With this win, Lewis Hamilton became the
most successful driver of Formula One with 92 wins.
• Finland driver Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes)
finished second, while Netherland’s Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) finished
third in the race.
4. MAHESH
KANODIA PASSED AWAY
• Mahesh Kanodia former Member of
Parliament(MP) and renowned Gujarati musician and singer passed away at the age
of 83 at his residence in Gandhinagar, Gujarat due to prolonged illness.
• He was born on 27th January 1937 in Kanoda
village, Mehsana district, Gujarat.