DAILY GK 25,26,27 AUG
1.
DRDO & INDIAN NAVY
SUCCESSFULLY FLIGHT-TEST VL-SRSAM IN ODISHA COAST
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The Defence Research & Development
Organisation (DRDO), and Indian Navy successfully flight tested Vertical Launch
Short Range Surface-to-Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) from the Integrated Test Range
(ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha
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The test
was carried out from an Indian Naval Ship (INS) against a high-speed unmanned
aerial target.
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The
missiles, equipped with indigenous Radio Frequency (RF) seeker, intercepted the
target with high accuracy.
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VL-SRSAM is based on Astra Mark 1 air-to-air missile and
it has been designed to strike high-speed airborne targets at the range of 40 to 50
km and at an altitude of around 15 km.
2.
PM MODI FORMALLY INAUGURATES
HOMI BHABHA CANCER HOSPITAL IN PUNJAB
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Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi dedicated
the Homi
Bhabha Cancer Hospital & Research Centre to the nation
at Mohali,
Punjab,
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The Cancer Hospital is a 300-bed tertiary
care hospital established at a cost of about Rs. 684 crore by Tata Memorial
Centre, a grant-in-aid institution under the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE),
Government of India (GoI).
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PM Narendra Modi also inaugurated the Amrita
Hospital in Faridabad, Haryana
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Amrita Hospital is a 2600-bed
super-speciality private hospital built at a cost of Rs. 6000 crore and
administered by Mata Amritanandamayi Math.
3.
RBI IMPOSES RESTRICTIONS ON THODUPUZHA URBAN
CO-OPERATIVE BANK FOR 6 MONTHS
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in exercise
of powers conferred under sub section (1) of Section 35A of the Banking
Regulation (BR) Act, 1949, read with Section 56 of BR Act, 1949 imposes
restrictions on Thodupuzha Urban Co-operative Bank, Kerala for
6 months starting August 23, 2022, and are subject to review.
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On the other hand, RBI has lifted the
restrictions imposed on American Express Banking Corp. (AEBC) after the
latter has demonstrated satisfactory compliance with regard to Storage of
Payment System Data.
4.
CUP INDIA TOUR OF ZIMBABWE
ODI SERIES 2022
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Indian Cricket Team has won the Kajaria Cup India Tour of
Zimbabwe One Day International (ODI) Series 2022 (3-0)
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India’s opener Shubman Gill (22 years) broke
legendary Sachin Tendulkar’s 24-year old record by scoring his maiden
international century against Zimbabwe in the third ODI.
5.
WORLD WATER WEEK 2022-
AUGUST 23 TO SEPTEMBER 1
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World Water Week is annually observed across
the globe on the last week of August to address the global water issues and
related concerns of international development.
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The World Water Week is an annual event
organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI).
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The
theme of the 2022 World Water Week is “Seeing the
unseen: The value of water”.
6.
J&K – FIRST TO ESTABLISH
ATAL TINKERING LABS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NITI AAYOG
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The Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir
(J&K) became the first amongst States/UTs to establish an Atal Tinkering
Lab (ATL) in partnership with the government think tank NITI (National
Institution for Transforming India) Aayog.
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To foster entrepreneurship and innovation,
Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog established over 10000 ATLs across India so
far enabling more than 3 Million students between Grade VI to Grade XII to
acquire a problem-solving, tinkering and innovative mindset.
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Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs) is
established at schools across India under the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) of
the NITI Ayog, with a vision to “cultivate one million children in India as
neoteric innovators”.
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Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) is the flagship initiative of the government
to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in India. It was set up
in 2016 under NITI Aayog.The initiatives of the AIM are:
- Atal
Tinkering Labs
- Atal
Incubation Centres
- Atal
New India Challenge
- Mentor
of Change Program
- Atal
Community Innovation Center
- Aatmanirbhar
Bharat Atal Research & Innovation for Small Enterprises (ARISE)
- Vernacular
innovation program
7.
RBI IMPOSES RS 2.33 CRORE MONETARY
PENALTY ON SPANDANA SPHOORTY FINANCIAL LIMITED
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a Monetary
Penalty of Rs 2.33 crore on SpandanaSphoorty Financial Limited, Hyderabad-based
finance firm for non-compliance with certain provisions and failed to attach to
credit pricing guidelines for Non-Banking Financial Company- Micro Finance
Institutions (NBFC-MFIs).
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The
penalty has been imposed under the provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act,
1934.
8.
DR SAMIR V KAMAT APPOINTED
AS DRDO CHAIRMAN
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The Ministry of Defence (MoD)
appointed Dr Samir V Kamat as the new Chairman of
the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Secretary of
the Department of Defence Research and Development (R&D).
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He succeeded Dr G Satheesh Reddy who
will take charge as Scientific Advisor to Raksha Mantri (Defence Minister).
