DAILY
GK 27 AUG 2019
1. Internet of Things (IoT) India
Congress 2019 held in Bengaluru
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The 4th edition of India’s
largest confluence of digital-technology stakeholders, the Internet of Things
(IoT) India Congress 2019 held in Bengaluru, Karnataka from August 22 – 23,
2019
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Theme
of ‘Mainstreaming the Internet of Things’.
2. Microsoft and Indian School of
Business (ISB) signs MoU to set up AI Digital Lab
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AI Digital Lab will be powered
by PlatiFi technologies(a Microsoft partner) to study issues that are relevant for
business and public policy.
3. Tea grown in Arunachal Pradesh
record highest by Assam tea
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A variety of tea grown in
Arunachal Pradesh touched the record highest by Assam tea in August 13, 2019
where Dikom Tea Estate of Assam had sold its Golden Butterfly tea at Rs 75,000
per kg at the Guwahati Tea Auction Centre (GTAC).
4. ‘Eminent Engineer Award’ 2019
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Shri Prabhakar Singh, Director
General (DG), Central Public Works Department(CPWD) was chosen for the ‘Eminent
Engineer Award’ for the Year 2019.
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The award is conferred by the
Institution of Engineers (India) for his distinguished and exemplary Service in
the field of Engineering and Technology.
5. Critical components to India’s
Gaganyaan mission to be supplied by Russia
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India is in talks with Russia
for a wider range of cooperation in the space sector to supply semi-cryogenic
engine technology and critical components for India’s first human space mission
Gaganyaan for the year 2021.
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Glavkosmos work: it will help
ISRO to select, test, train and qualify Indian astronauts at the Yuri Gagarin
centre and the state-run Institute of Medical and Biological Problems.
6. Intel launched its first
artificial intelligence chip ‘Spring Hill’
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Intel Corp launched its latest
processor named ‘Spring Hill’ or Nervana NNP (neural network processor) -I
1000, at the HotChips 2019 symposium for high-performance chips at Stanford
University in California, United States.
7. North Korea tests new
‘super-large’ multiple rocket launcher
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Launch was supervised by North
Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong-Un.
8. World Archery Youth
Championships - Madrid, Spain
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India had totally won 2 golds and 1
bronze . Komalika
Bari, Recurve
Cadet-Women,
Gold. Raginee Markoo and Singh Sukhbeer, Compound
junior mixed team, Gold. Sangampreet
Bisla, Sanjay Phadtare and Singh Sukhbeer, Compound
junior men’s team, Bronze
9. Durand Cup (2019)
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Gokulam Kerala Football club (FC)
defeated Mohun Bagan in the finals of the 2019 Durand cup (129th edition) match
held at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata.
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Kerala lifted the title for
the second time in the 131year history of the oldest football tournament in
Asia
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It is Asia’s oldest and the
world’s third oldest football tournament.
10. BWF World Championships
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It was held at St.
Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland. It was the 25th Edition.
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Men’s Singles- Kento
Momota (Japan) defeated Anders Antonsen (Denmark)
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Women’s Singles- PV
Sindhu (India) defeated Nozomi Okuhara (Japan), PV
Sindhu became the first Indian to win gold in the BWF World Championships.
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B. Sai Praneeth became
the first Indian male shuttler in 36 years to secure a medal in the BWF World
Championships. He lost to Kento Momota in the semifinal and settled for bronze.
11. PM Modi announces to celebrate
September as a month of nutrition
- The
Prime Minister(PM) of India Shri Narendra Modi announced in his “Mann Ki
Baat”programme to celebrate September month, as a month of nutrition as
part of ‘POSHAN Abhiyaan’(National Nutrition Mission).
12. Women’s Equality Day 2019 -
August 26
- It
commemorates the passage of the 19th Amendment in the United States of
America (USA) that provides equal rights to women, including the right to
vote.
- The
colour for Women’s Equality Day is purple.
