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.