DAILY GK 19 - 20 AUG

 DAILY GK 19 - 20 AUG

1.       INDIA & MALAYSIA BILATERAL AIR EXERCISE – UDARASHAKTI

·         India & Malaysia concluded the four-day military exercise ‘Udarashakti’, which was between the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the host country Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF).

·         The exercise held at the RMAF Air Base Kuantan, Malaysia.

·         Both the Air forces flew seven aircraft in formation during the ceremony.

·         India and the Federation of Malaya, which would later become Malaysia, established diplomatic relations in 1957, from when both the countries have also improved their defence ties.

·         The IAF contingent will next travel to Darwin, Australia, for Exercise Pitch Black 22, which will be conducted at the Royal Australian Air Force of Australia (RAAF).

 

2.       SCOTLAND BECOMES FIRST COUNTRY TO MAKE PERIOD PRODUCTS FREE FOR ALL

·         The Scottish government became the 1st country in the world to legally protect the right to access free period products by passing a law, the Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Act 2021

·         Under the new law, schools, colleges and universities including local government bodies must make a range of period products available for free in their bathrooms.

·         New Zealand and Kenya distributes period products for free in public schools.

·         Scotland Capital – Edinburgh,Currency – Pound Sterling

 

3.       RATAN TATA UNVEILS THE STARTUP ‘GOODFELLOWS’ FOR SENIOR CITIZEN

·         Tata Group Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata has unveiled the new start-up ‘Goodfellows’ which provides companionship to senior citizens staying alone through young, educated graduates.

·         Goodfellows was founded by Shanthanu Naidu, the General Manager at the Office of RNT (Ratan Naval Tata).

·          ‘Goodfellows’ has taken 6 months of time to complete a successful trial and soon will be available in Mumbai with Pune, Chennai and Bangalore as next target.     

 

4.       WORLD SANSKRIT DAY 2022- AUGUST 12

·         World Sanskrit Day, also known as Vishva-Samskrita-dinam and Sanskrit Diwas, is annually observed on ‘SawanPoornima’ to create awareness, promote and revive Sanskrit, one of the ancient Indian languages.

·         It is annually celebrated on Poornima day (Full Moon) of the Shraavana month in the Hindu calendar.

·         Sanskrit, in literary terms is divided into two different periods- the Vedic and Classical. Vedic Sanskrit is mainly a part of the Rig Veda, the Upanishads and the Puranas.

·         The Vedas were composed from 1,000 to 500 BCE.

·         Sanskrit is one of the oldest languages to exist in the World.

·         Sanskrit is also known as the ‘Language of the Gods’ and the day is celebrated across the country to pay respect to this language.

·         Sanskrit is already having a special status in India under Article 351 and Sanskrit was declared as a classical language in the year 2005.

·         Currently there are 6 languages with ‘Classical’ status in India: Tamil (declared in 2004), Sanskrit (2005), Kannada (2008), Telugu (2008), Malayalam (2013), and Odia (2014).

·         All the Classical Languages are listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.

·         In 2020, the Uttarakhand Government decided to develop ‘Sanskrit Grams’ across the state to teach use of Sanskrit regularly.

·         A village in the Shimoga district of Karnataka, called Mattur, is believed to have preserved the language.

 

5.       GOA BECOMES 1ST ‘HAR GHAR JAL’ CERTIFIED STATE

·         Goa becomes the first ‘Har GharJal’ certified State while Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu (D&NH and D&D) becomes the first ‘Har Ghar Jal’ certified Union Territory (UT) in India.

·         All 2.63 lakh rural households of Goa & 85,156 of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu have access to potable water through tap connection.

·         ‘Har Ghar Jal’ is under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) which is a flagship programme of Government of India (GoI) was announced on August 15, 2019.

·         JJM aims to make provision of potable tap water supply in adequate quantity, of prescribed quality and on regular & long-term basis to every rural household of the country by 2024.

 

6.       INDIA HANDS OVER DORNIER MARITIME SURVEILLANCE AIRCRAFT TO SRI LANKA NAVY

·         India presented a Dornier Maritime Surveillance Aircraft (Dornier 228) to the Sri Lanka Navy in the presence of Ranil Wickremesinghe, President of Sri Lanka, during a special ceremony conducted at the Sri Lanka Airforce base in Katunayake, Sri Lanka.

·         The ceremony took place as India marked the 75th anniversary of its independence.

·         The Dornier aircraft has been handed over by India just a day before the Chinese ship ‘Yuan Wang 5’ docks in the southern port of Hambantota in Sri Lanka.

 

7.       RBI CANCELS LICENCE OF DECCAN URBAN CO-OPERATIVE BANK

·         The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cancelled the licence of Deccan Urban Co-operative Bank Limited, Vijayapur, Karnataka as it does not have adequate capital and earning prospects.

·         The bank is prohibited from conducting the ‘business of banking’ as defined in Section 5(b) read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 with immediate effect.

·         As per the data, more than 99 percent of the depositors are entitled to receive the full amount of their deposits from Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC).

·         On liquidation, every depositor would be entitled to receive deposit insurance claim amount up to a monetary ceiling of Rs. 5 Lakh from DICGC subject to the provisions of DICGC Act, 1961.

·         RBI has also imposed a penalty of Rs. 5,93,000 on Obopay Mobile Technology India Private Limited for non-compliance with certain provisions of norms on Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPIs) and Know Your Customer (KYC).

 

8.       WORLD HUMANITARIAN DAY 2022- AUGUST 19

·         The United Nations (UN)’s World Humanitarian Day (WHD) is observed annually on August 19 to commemorate the humanitarian workers who have committed their lives to help others in the most extreme circumstances around the world.

·         World Humanitarian Day is a campaign by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA).

 

9.       WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY DAY 2022- AUGUST 19

·         WorldPhotography Day is annually celebrated across the globe on 19th August to celebrate the art of Photography.

·         The day commemorates the tremendous growth attained by the photography industry.

·         The theme for World Photography Day 2022 is“Pandemic Lockdown Through The Lens”.

·         The first photographic process named Daguerreotype was formally declared to the world by the French Academy of Sciences on 9th January 1839.

·         On 19th August 1839 the Government of France acquired the patent for the invention Daguerreotype and gave it as a gift, “free to the world.”

·         Hence every year, this day happens to be celebrated as World Photography Day.

·         The first durable colour photograph was taken in 1861 and The first digital photograph was taken in 1957.

·         The first actual digital still camera was developed by Eastman Kodak engineer Steven Sasson in 1975.