Thursday, September 3, 2020
03 September Daily Quiz Answers + Notes
1.Agriota
The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre’s platform, named Agriota and developed with India’s CropData Technology, will enable trading in cereals, pulses, oil seeds, fruits, vegetables, spices and condiments.
2.Hemant Khatri
Commodore Hemant Khatri (retd) assumed charge as chairman and managing director (CMD) of Hindustan Shipyard Limited.
3."Mission Karmayogi"
Cabinet approves "Mission Karmayogi"- National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB), with the aim of this program is to build new national architecture for civil services capacity building
Comprehensive reform of the capacity building apparatus at individual, institutional and process levels for efficient public service delivery
Wholly owned SPV to own and operate the online learning platform and facilitate world-class learning content market-place
4.Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Pune
Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Pune has now developed herbal-based immunity boosting room freshener product named “Healthy Air” to contain the spread of COVID-19.
Developed by Deptt of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering with various extracts of herbal oils like Neem, Neelgiri, Camphor, Daalcheeni, Tulsi, Lemon, Turmeric, Laung, Ajwain, Lavender, Elaichi, Turmeric, Natural Vetiveru, Raimuniya and Pine Oil.
5. Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has reached Russia on Sep 02 to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Defence Ministers’ Meet.
The SCO grouping comprises China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
SCO is a permanent intergovernmental international organisation, the creation of which was announced on 15 June 2001 in Shanghai (China).
India and Pakistan officially joined SCO 9 June 2017
6. Naveen Pattnaik
Shri Naveen Pattnaik Chief Minister of Odisha, launched two citizen-centric mobile applications “Ama Sahar” and “Swachha Sahar Odisha”.
7.Rajiv Gandhi International Airport,Hyderabad
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport,Hyderabad has won the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) - Godrej Green Business Centre (GBC) 'National Energy Leader' and 'Excellent Energy Efficient Unit' award.
8. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) plans to come out with a detailed set of Forensic Accounting and Investigation standards by the end of December 2020.
9.Usha Padhee
Usha Padhee, IAS officer of 1996 batch from Odisha Cadre became the first Women and the third IAS officer to be appointed as the Director General(DG) of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security(BCAS).
She succeeds Rakesh Asthana(IPS) who was appointed as the Director General of Border Security Force(BSF) on 17th August 2020.
10.Charu Sinha
Charu Sinha appointed IG CRPF in Srinagar, first female IPS officer to take charge in this sector.
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
02 September Daily Quiz Answer + Notes
1. quasi-judicial body
Article 280 provides for a Finance Commission as a quasi-judicial body. It is constituted by the President of India every fifth year or even earlier.
Chairman of 15th Finance Commission of India- Shri N.K. Singh
The First Commission was established in 1951 under The Finance Commission (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1951.
2. Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya launched the Major Dhyan Chand Vijaypath Yojana under which 19 international players from the state will get road connectivity to their houses.
3. Saroj Ghose
Dr. Saroj Ghose, the Father of Science Centre Movement in India turned 85 on September 1, 2020
He played a pivotal role in establishing the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) in 1978.
4. adjusted gross revenue
The Supreme Court has given telecom companies in India 10 years to clear AGR dues of around 1.43 lakh crore rupees to the Centre.
5.Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana
Government approved 27 projects today under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana for development of integrated cold chains and value addition infrastructure for the food processing sector
It will help in streamlining the agricultural supply chain & generate direct and indirect employment opportunities in rural areas for a total investment of Rs 743 crore.
Union Minister of Food Processing Industries- Harsimrat Kaur Badal
6. Rajeev Kumar
Rajeev Kumar assumed charge as new Election Commissioner of India.
He joins the Election Commission of India with Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora and Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra.
7. CSIR-CMERI
CSIR-CMERI has developed the World’s Largest Solar Tree, which is installed at CSIR-CMERI Residential Colony, Durgapur.
The installed capacity of the Solar Tree is above 11.5 kWp
Dr. Harish Hirani, Director, CSIR-CMERI
CSIR Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
CMERI Central Mechanical Engineering Research
8. September 2nd
World Coconut day
9. September
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi announced that September will be observed as "Nutrition Month", to spread awareness about nutritional needs, deficiencies and malnutrition.
10.Bangladesh
The government of Bangladesh has announced national mourning on Sep 02 to honour the memory of the former President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Sept 01 Daily Quiz Answers + Notes
1.Roll On Roll Off'
The maiden 'Roll On Roll Off' (RORO) train between Bengaluru and Solapur in Maharashtra consisting of open flat wagon on which trucks with loaded goods.
Karnataka chief minister B S Yediyurappa will flag off the RORO train.
2. India and Russia
India and Russia were declared joint winners of the 2020 Online FIDE Chess Olympiad after the final was marred by internet disconnection
3. 29 August
World Telugu Day is observed on 29 August each year on the birthday of the Telugu poet Gidugu Venkata Ramamurthy.
4. 29 August
The International Day against Nuclear Tests is observed on August 29. It was established on December 2, 2009 by UNGA.
5. 30 August
30 August the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, to be observed beginning in 2011.
6. August 22
Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year.
7. AskSarkar
AskSarkar solves the problem of getting authentic information from government and verified sources. It is built using CoRover Conversational AI Platform
AskSarkar uses AI, ML & NLP and supports 12+ Indian/Vernacular languages in both text, audio and video.
In “others” category, MapMyIndia, Ask Sarkar and MyITreturn are the top 3 winners of 'AatmaNirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge'.
8.Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI).
World Water Week is organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI).
The 2020 edition of World Water Week was scheduled to take place from 23-28 August 2020, in Stockholm, Sweden. It was held from 24-28 August, virtually.
9 HDFC Bank
To enhance digital experiences for its customers, HDFC Bank announced a partnership with Adobe.
10.Major Dhyan Chand
National Sports Day is celebrated on 29 August to commemorate the birthday of Indian hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand.
Sunday, August 30, 2020
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