DAILY GK:24 FEB 2021
1. HARSH VARDHAN
LAUNCHED GUIDELINES FOR NAFLD
• Dr Harsh Vardhan launched the operational
guidelines for Integration of NAFLD (Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease) with
NPCDCS (National Programme for Prevention & Control of Cancer, Diabetes,
Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke).
• India has become the first country in the
world to identify the need for action for NAFLD.
2. INDIA’S FIRST
FISHERIES HUB
• Giriraj Singh has stated that the Central
Government is set to Invest INR 400 crore in Goa to transform the state into
India’s First Fisheries Hub.
• Of the INR 400 Crore Investment, The Union
Minister has already sanctioned INR 41.7 Crores to Goa under the Pradhan Mantri
Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY).
• CSIR-NIO (Council of Scientific &
Industrial Research-National Institute of Oceanography), Dona Paula, Goa has
highlighted the enormous potential of Cage Culture fishing in Goa.
3. INDIA INTERNATIONAL
MEGA TRADE FAIR 2021
• Odisha is currently hosting the 17th India
International Mega Trade Fair & Home Decor Exhibition 2021 at Janata
Maidan, Bhubaneswar.
• Partner Country for the 2021 Fair –
Bangladesh & focus countries are Afghanistan & Iran.
• Bihar is the Partner State for the Fair.
4. INDIA TO START
TRIALS OF ASTRA MK2 BVRAAM MISSILE IN 2021
• India is set to begin the trials of Astra
Mk2 Missile in 2021.
• Astra Mk2 is a Beyond Visual Range
Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM) which has a strike range of 160 kms.
• It is capable of flying at a speed of Mach
4.5, and is set to be integrated into the indigenous LCA Tejas.
• The missile will be fully developed by the
end of 2022.
5. SACHIN TENDULKAR
ROPED IN AS BRAND AMBASSADOR OF UNACADEMY
• Former Indian Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar
signed a strategic partnership with Unacademy, India’s largest online learning
app to pick up small stakes in the platform and he also became its brand
ambassador.
• As a part of the partnership, Sachin will
host a series of live interactive classes which can be accessed by the users of
Unacademy at free of cost.
6. MAIDEN LAUNCH OF
VL-SRSAM MISSILE
• DRDO successfully conducted 2 launches of
Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) from the
Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur, Odisha.
• This is the maiden launch of the missile
system.
• The missile has been indigenously designed
and developed by DRDO for Indian Navy.
• It has a Strike Range of 40-50 kms.
7. BOOK -“BECAUSE INDIA
COMES FIRST”
• Ram Madhav, an Indian Politician, author
and the former National General Secretary of BJP launched his new book titled
“Because India Comes First: Reflections on Nationalism, Identity and Culture”
in Kolkata, West Bengal.
• The book examines the decisions of the BJP
led government in the past few years.
• The book was published by Westland
limited.
