DAILY GK: 29, 30 NOV 2020
1. COMMEMORATIVE COIN TO MARK
FOUNDATION DAY
• PM Narendra Modi, unveiled the University
of Lucknow’s centennial commemorative coin of Rs.100 over a virtual platform.
• He also released the commemorative stamp
issued by the India Post and its cover at the event organised for the
celebration of the 100th Foundation day of the University of Lucknow.
2. INDIA- VIETNAM VIRTUAL DEFENCE
BILATERAL TALKS
• India and Vietnam hold virtual Defence
Ministers bilateral talks where India was represented by Union Minister Rajnath
Singh.
• In order to further deepen bilateral
cooperation, both sides signed an implementing arrangement for cooperation in
the field of Hydrography.
• It was signed between Dehradun
(Uttarakhand) based National Hydrographic Office, India and Vietnam
Hydrographic Office in the presence of the two Ministers.
3. FIRST ARAB COUNTRY TO GENERATE
ELECTRICITY FROM COAL
• The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is all set
to become the first Arab Gulf country, and probably the last, to generate
electricity from coal, as; the Acwa Power of Saudi Arabia is developing a $3.4
billion Hassyan coal plant in Dubai.
• In this regard, the company has already
inked a long time agreement with Japan’s Jera Co under which the latter will
supply coal.
4. APEC ECONOMIC LEADERS’ SUMMIT
2020
• The 27th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
(APEC) Economic Leaders’ summit 2020 was virtually hosted by Malaysia from
Kuala Lumpur on Nov. 20, 2020.
• It was chaired by Malaysia’s Prime
Minister Muhyiddin bin Haji Muhammad Yassin under the 2020 APEC Malaysia theme
of “Optimising Human Potential towards a Resilient Future of Shared Prosperity.
• Pivot. Prioritise. Progress”. It was the
first virtual APEC meeting amid COVID-19.
5. LVB TO WRITE OFF TIER-2 BONDS
• RBI advised Lakshmi Vilas Bank(LVB) to
fully write off the Series VIII, Series
IX and Series X Basel-III complaint tier -2 bonds worth Rs 318.20 crore,
• Before its amalgamation with DBS Bank India
Ltd. comes into effect from the appointed date.
• It is to be noted that it is the 1st time
a Tier II bond is being written off and so RBI has set a priority to the
proposed write off.
6. INDIAN NAVY INDUCTS TWO ‘MQ-9B
SEA GUARDIAN’
• Indian Navy inducted two MQ-9B Sea
Guardian unarmed drones procured from the United States (U.S.) on lease.
• MQ-9B Sea Guardian became the first
defence hardware to be procured on lease under the new Defence Acquisition
Procedure (DAP) 2020.
• The drones have been leased from an
American firm, General Atomics for a period of 1 year for surveillance in the
Indian Ocean Region (IOR).
7. TEMPORARY GROUND STATION FOR
GAGANYAAN MISSION
• Australian Space Agency (ASA) & Indian
Space Research Organisation (ISRO) are working together to set up Temporary
ground station tracking facilities in Australia for ISRO’s Gaganyaan
Mission.
• Gaganyaan Mission is an ambitious plan of
ISRO to put an Indian in space by 2022.
8. 11TH NATIONAL ORGAN DONATION DAY
• National Organ Donation Day is annually
observed across India on 27th November to recognize the selfless contribution
made by deceased donors to healthcare and mankind re-instill our faith in
humanity.
• 27th November 2020 marks the 11th National
Organ Donation Day.
• ROTTO West was awarded as the Best ROTTO
in India and for the 6th consecutive year Tamil Nadu SOTTO has been awarded the
Best State SOTTO in India.
9. LARGEST SOLAR POWER PROJECT AT A
HIGHEST ALTITUDE
• Leh, in the Union Territory(UT) of Ladakh
gets the largest Solar Power Project at a highest altitude.
• The project has been established at the
Leh Indian Air Force(IAF) Station.
• The Rs.122 crores worth Project named
“Provision of Solar Photo Voltaic Powerplant 1.5 MW” was conceptualised under
the Make in India initiative of the Government of India.
10. ORDINANCE ON “UNLAWFUL
CONVERSIONS”
• Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel
gave assent to “Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance,
2020” (Uttar Pradesh Vidhi Viruddh Dharm Samparivartan Pratishedh Adhyadesh
2020) which aims to curb forcible or “dishonest” religious conversion including
those for the sake of marriage.
11. CYCLONE NIVAR TO HIT THE NORTH
INDIAN OCEAN
• Nivar Cyclone made a landfall near
Puducherry, south of Chennai with a wind speed of 85 to 95 kmph.
• The Nivar is the 4th Cyclone to hit the
North Indian Ocean Region in 2020.
• The storm was named “Nivar” based on the
guidelines of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).
• Nivar was selected from the names
suggested by Iran.
12. HDFC BANK’S M-CAP CROSSES INR 8
TRILLION
• The Market Capitalization (m-cap) of HDFC
Bank crossed INR 8 Trillion for the first time. It became India’s third company
and the first bank to achieve this milestone.
• Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) and
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) are the only two companies to have achieved the
landmark.
• RIL is India’s most valued company having
a market value of INR 13.17 Trillion followed by TCS at INR 10.13 Trillion.
• Hindustan Unilever is Fourth with INR 5.08
Trillion m-cap followed by Infosys with INR 4.83 m-cap.