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.
