DAILY GK: 24 NOV 2020
1. SUBSIDIZED LOANS
MICRO-IRRIGATION PROJECTS
• Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers
Welfare (MoAFW) has approved subsidized loans worth Rs 3,971.31 crore under
Micro Irrigation Fund (MIF) for implementing micro-irrigation projects.
• These funds were earlier approved by the
steering committee of MIF.
• The maximum loan worth Rs 1,357.93 crore
has been approved for the state of Tamil Nadu, followed by Rs 790.94 crore for
Haryana & Rs 764.13 crore for Gujarat
2. 2ND EDITION OF ‘SITMEX-20’
• The 2nd Edition of SITMEX-20 – A
Trilateral Naval Exercise between Indian Navy, Royal Thai Navy (RTN) &
Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) took place from November 21-22, 2020 at the
Andaman Sea.
• 1st Edition of SITMEX-19 was hosted by
India in Port Blair in 2019.
3. SDG INVESTOR MAP REPORT FOR
INDIA
• The United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP) and Invest India launched the SDG Investor Map Report for India, which
presents 18 investment opportunities areas (IOAs) in 6 Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) enabling sectors that will support India to advance in sustainable
development.
4. INDIA’S FIRST MOSS GARDEN
• India’s First Moss Garden was inaugurated
at Khurpatal, Nainital District of Uttarakhand by renowned Water Conservation
Activist of India, Rajendra Singh (also known as Water Man of India).
• The Garden has been set up for the purpose
of conservation of different species of moss.
• Two moss species found in the park –
Hyophila Involuta (Cement Moss) & Brachythecium Buchanani are listed under
in the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List.
5. RBI RESTRICTS WITHDRAWALS FROM
MANTHA URBAN COOP BANK
• In exercise of powers vested in it under
sub section (1) of Section 35 A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 read with
Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
imposed restrictions on withdrawals from Jalna,
• Maharashtra-based Mantha Urban Cooperative
Bank for six months from November 17, 2020.
6. NASA, ESA LAUNCH ‘SENTINEL-6
MICHAEL FREILICH’
• ‘Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich’ – A
Satellite developed by NASA & European Space Agency (ESA) to monitor rising
global sea levels was successfully launched into the orbit by a SpaceX Falcon 9
rocket from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
7. MUSHROOM SPECIES GLOW BRIGHT
GREEN
• A new species of mushroom that emits
bright green light in the dark was found in the West Jaintia Hills District of
Meghalaya by a team of scientists from India and China following the reports of
the locals.
• The species is named Roridomyces
hyllostachydis, this is the first record of the genus Roridomyces in India.
• This species is now added to the 97 other
species of bioluminescent mushrooms in the world.
8. “LOKTANTRA KE SWAR” & “THE REPUBLICAN
ETHIC”
• Raksha Mantri, Rajnath Singh released two
books titled “Loktantra Ke Swar” and “The Republican Ethic volume 3”,
collection of the selected speeches of President Ram Nath Kovind in Hindi and
English respectively.
• The books were published by the
Publications Division of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting(MIB).
9. WORLD FISHERIES DAY 2020 –
NOVEMBER 21
• The World Fisheries Day is annually
celebrated across the globe on 21st November 2020, to create and spread
awareness about the importance of the healthy ocean ecosystem and to ensure the
sustainable stock of fisheries in the world.
10. MP SETS UP ‘GAU CABINET’ FOR
COW PROTECTION
• CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan established a
‘Gau Cabinet’ for the protection and promotion of cattle in the state. 6
Departments – Animal Husbandry, Forest, Panchayat and Rural Development,
Revenue, Home and Farmers Welfare Departments will be part of the ‘Gau
Cabinet’.
• The First meeting of the ‘Gau Cabinet’ was
held virtually on November 22, 2020 at Kamdhenu Gau Abhayaranya in Agar Malwa
distinct – India’s First cow sanctuary.
• Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan
chaired the meeting.
• They discussed levying ‘Gau Seva kar (Cow
Cess)’.
