DAILY GK: 5 , 6 DEC 2021
1.
INDIA’S 1ST
INDIGENOUS SERVER RUDRA
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India’s 1st
indigenous Server, RUDRA, was developed by the Centre for Development of
Advanced Computing (C-DAC) under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM)
supported by MeiTY and DST (Department Of Science & Technology).
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C-DAC is
collaborating with Intel, NVIDIA (technology partners), and ATOS (manufacturing
partner).
2.
CIFT IS
AWARDED WITH FUTURE REFRIGERATION INDIA PROJECT – ‘INDEE+’
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The Kochi
based Indian Council for Agriculture Research (ICAR), Central
Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT) has been awarded a
project on ‘Future Refrigeration India’ named ‘INDEE+’, aimed
at heading the fuel transition in the seafood sector.
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This project
is coordinated by Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
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The Project
was highlighted at 26th International Climate
Conference workshop on ‘Future Refrigeration project’ held
at CIFT, Glasgow.
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They also
intend to promote Carbon-di-oxide (CO2) based refrigeration
and heating systems that replace the current refrigerants with natural, clean
and safe refrigerants.
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The Indian
fisheries sector committed towards achieving net zero carbon emission by 2070 at
the 26th International Climate Conference in Glasgow.
3.
BWF MALE
& FEMALE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
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Denmark’s Viktor
Axelsen and China’s Taipei’s Tai Tzu Ying were named Male and Female player of the year 2021 respectively
by the Badminton World Federation (BWF).
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Viktor
Axelsen is the Olympic champion and Tai Tzu Ying is the Tokyo Games
silver medallist.
4.
INDIAN NAVY
DAY 2021 – DECEMBER 4
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The Indian Navy Day is annually
observed across India on 4th
December to commemorate the victory of India Navy’s
Operation Trident, launched during the 1971 Indo-Pak war and to pay homage to
the martyrs who lost their lives in the line of duty.
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The theme of 2021 Indian Navy Day is ‘Swarnim Vijay Varsh’, which
highlights the 50th anniversary of the victory of the Indian armed forces in
the 1971 Indo-Pak War.
