Sunday, September 6, 2020
Sep 05-06 Quiz answers + Notes
1.Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Ltd (APIIC) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with CSIR-IICT (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - Indian Institute of Chemical Technology )
Bulk drug park on 2,000 acres in East Godavari district with a cost of Rs.6,940 crore
CSIR-IICT (Director) - Dr. Srivari Chandrasekhar
2. Onam
Pookalam, Pulikali, Sadhya are cultural aspects of Onam which is an annual holiday and harvest festival celebrated in Kerala, India.
Pang Lhabsol is unique to Sikkim and commemorates the consecration of Mount Khangchendzonga as the guardian deity of Sikkim.
Pang in Bhutia means ‘Witness’ and Lhabsol means ‘Worship’.It also commemorates the historic swearing of blood brotherhood between the Lepchas and the Bhutias at Kabi Longchok under the witness of Mount Khangchendzonga.
Nuakhai is an agricultural festival observed by people of Western Odisha in India.
“nua” means new and “khai” means food or festival to celebrate newly harvested food by the farmers.
Harela is a Hindu festival celebrated in the Uttarakhand state of India and some regions of Himachal Pradesh.
Harela literally means 'green leaves' and is celebrated to mark the onset of monsoon and the beginning of the sowing season of crops.
3. 1965
6 September is celebrated as Defence Day in Pakistan, in commemoration of the successful defence of Lahore against the Indian army, in the Indo-Pakistani War of1965
4.Pope Francis
"Let Us Dream” is a book which is contains exchanges between Pope Francis and his biographer Austen Ivereigh, set to release in December of 2020.
5. US, Japan, and Australia
According to CDS Bipin Rawat, Quad can become a system to ensure freedom of navigation at high seas.
Quad or a grouping of 4 countries--India, US, Japan, and Australia
6. Freedom of Navigation Operations
FONOPs are one of the principal tools by which the United States challenges maritime claims deemed excessive under international law.
Context -South China sea
7. 48
India has moved up four places to rank 48th in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2020 report which was released on Wednesday.
GII is compiled by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), Cornell University and INSEAD business school, the index assessed 131 economies.
8. Vice President
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan served as the first Vice President of India and the second President of India.
Born: 5 September 1888
9. Adani Green Energy
Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) on Monday said Mercom Capital has ranked it as the world’s largest solar power generation asset owner in terms of operating, under-construction and awarded projects
AGEL's under-construction and awarded capacity stands at 10.1 GW, while its operational capacity is nearly 3 GW.
10. L C Goyal
A one-year extension was given to L C Goyal on Monday as the Chairman and Managing Director of India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) and he will continue in the post till September 1, 2021
11 P. Iniyan
GM P. Iniyan won the 48th annual world open chess tournament (online) recently.
12. Punjab
Punjab State Forest Department on Thursday launched 'I Rakhwali' application to help netizens to become 'Greenery Saviours'.
Punjab Forest Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot launched the application, with its main aim to inspire people to plant more trees.
Friday, September 4, 2020
04 September Daily Quiz Answers & Notes
1.Information Technology Act
Section 69A of the IT Act gives the Union government the power to restrict websites that threaten India’s defence and sovereignty, but it doesn’t come under the RTI Act.
Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, was introduced by an amendment to the Act in 2008.
It gives the Central government the power to block public access to any information online — whether on websites or mobile apps
2. Indian Railways
Indian Railways developed remote-controlled medical trolley ‘MEDBOT’ to deliver food, medicines to COVID-19 patients
3.Google
Google has partnered with Bangladesh Water Development Board to bring the flood warning services to the country.
4.Ramachandra Guha
Ramachandra Guha's upcoming book is titled 'The Commonwealth of Cricket: A Lifelong Love Affair with the Most Subtle and Sophisticated Game Known to Humankind',
5.Channing Tatum
Channing Tatum is set to release his first children’s picture book titled The One and Only Sparkella
6.Karan Johar
Karan Johar his first children's book titled The Big Thoughts of Little Luv.
released his autobiography named An Unsuitable Boy back in 2017
7. Pang Lhabsol
Pang in Bhutia means ‘Witness’ and Lhabsol means ‘Worship’.
This festival is unique to Sikkim and commemorates the consecration of Mount Khangchendzonga as the guardian deity of Sikkim.
It commemorates the historic swearing of blood brotherhood between the Lepchas and the Bhutias at Kabi Longchok under the witness of Mount Khangchendzonga.
Chief minister: Prem Singh Tamang
Sikkim joined India on 16 May 1975
8. IIT Delhi
IIT Delhi incubated startup Chakr Innovation has launched ‘Chakr DeCoV’ to decontaminate N95 masks
9.Aveek Sarkar
Aveek Sarkar, the Editor Emeritus and Vice Chairman of the Ananda Bazar Group of Publications, has been elected Chairman of Press Trust of India
10.Murali Ramakrishnan
Murali Ramakrishnan as the new managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) of South Indian Bank, the Kerala-based bank will have a new chief from October 1.
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
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