DAILY GK 6 NOV 2020

                       DAILY GK 6 NOV 2020

1.     PRASAR BHARATI SIGNED MOU WITH BISAG-N

     Prasar Bharati, the public broadcaster of India signed a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) with Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-Informatics(BISAG-N) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to enable 51 direct-to-home (DTH) Educational television(TV) channels to all DD Free Dish Viewers.

 

2.       CHACHA CHAUDHARY NAMED AS BRAND AMBASSADOR OF NAMAMI GANGE

       A three-day long Ganga Utsav 2020 from November 2-4, 2020 was virtually organized by National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) amid COVID-19 to spread awareness about river Ganga and the need to keep the river clean and rejuvenated.

      The 2020 edition marks the 12th anniversary of Ganga being accorded the status of National River, on 4th November 2008.

 

3.       2ND BATCH OF THREE RAFALE FIGHTER JETS LANDED

          2nd Batch of Three Rafale Fighter Jets landed at the Jamnagar Air Base in Gujarat.

          The fighter jets took off from Istres air base, France and flew continuously over eight hours covering 3, 700 nautical miles (6, 852 Kilometres) before landing in India.

          With the arrival of the Three fighter jets, Indian Air Force (IAF) now has 8 Rafale Fighter jets.

          The Second batch will be stationed at Hasimara Air Force Station, West Bengal.

 

4.       UNITED STATES FORMALLY EXITS PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT

          United States (US) became the first country to formally exit the Paris Climate Agreement.

         The formal exit from the agreement happened over a period of three years, after President Donald Trump declared pull-   out from the climate accord in June 2017.

        US is the second largest emitter of Greenhouse gases in the world (1st – China), accounting for a total of 25 percent of   global greenhouse gas emissions.

          US had promised to reduce its emissions by 26 percent to 28 percent by the year 2025 from 2005 levels.

 

5.       INDIA SUCCESSFULLY TESTED PINAKA ROCKET SYSTEM

          India successfully flight tested the Enhanced version of PINAKA Rocket System from the Integrated Test Range (ITR)   at Chandipur, Odisha.

          It has been indigenously developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

        The Enhanced variant of the missile will achieve longer range performance compared to earlier versions of the Pinaka   missile and are expected to replace the existing PINAKA Mk-I rockets.