DAILY GK 1
AUG 2020
1. AIM LAUNCHED ‘AIM-ICREST’
· NITI (National Institution for
Transforming India) Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), has launched AIM
iCREST – an Incubator Capabilities enhancement program for a Robust Ecosystem
focused on creating high performing Startups in collaboration with Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation and Wadhwani Foundation, which will provide global
expertise.
· This is a first of its kind initiative
for advancing innovation at scale in India.
2. “EASING DOING BUSINESS FOR ATMANIRBHAR BHARAT”
·
Piyush
Goyal, Union Minister of Commerce
and Industry, inaugurated the National Digital Conference on “Easing
Doing Business for Atmanirbhar Bharat” organised by the Confederation
of Indian Industry (CII) with the Department for Promotion of
Investment and Internal Trade (DPIIT) to improve the business
environment of India.
·
To
promote finance for investments, the government improves the availability of
long term finance for industries and the government has identified around 20
industrial sectors to focus.
3. BRICS ENVIRONMENT MINISTERS’ MEETING
· Prakash Javadekar, Union Minister of
Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) participated
in the 6th BRICS Environment Ministers’ Meeting under the
presidency of Russia along with the Environment minister
of Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa over a virtual
platform from New Delhi.
·
The
BRICS nations called the initiative to improve the environment and promote the
circular economy in national plans for economic recovery after COVID-19.
·
The
National Clean Air Programme launched in 2019 with an aim to reduce the air
pollution by 20-30% relative to 2017 level by 2024.
4. GREAT EASTERN SHIPPING COMPANY LTD APPOINTED URJIT
PATEL AS INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
·
Great
Eastern Shipping Company Ltd announced
that its board has appointed former Reserve Bank of India(RBI) Governor Urjit
Patel as an additional and independent
director for a term of 5 years, effective from August 01, 2020.
·
He
started his professional career at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as an
economist in 1990.
·
He has
authored a book titled ‘Overdraft: Saving the Indian Saver’. The
book will be published by HarperCollins India.
5. MARS 2020 MISSION
·
United
States’ 5th Mars Mission “Mars 2020” initiated by NASA (National
Aeronautics and Space Administration) after launching the biggest Mars
rover named “Perseverance”, which was lifted off by United Launch Alliance
(ULA) Atlas V 541 rocket from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air
Force Station, US.
·
The
rover will land on Jezero Crater of Mars on Feb. 18, 2021 with duration of at
least one Mars year (about 687 Earth days).
·
The
outlay of Mars mission 2020 is around $2.7 billion.
·
The
project aimed to seek signs of ancient life and collect first Martian rock and
soil samples for possible return to Earth for analyzing and will be retrieved
during future missions in 2031.
