DAILY GK: 26 NOV 2020
1. ESIC EXTENDED ABVKY SCHEME
• The Employees State Insurance Corporation
(ESIC) has extended the “Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana (ABVKY)” by another
one year i.e. from 1st July, 2020 to 30th June, 2021 amid COVID-19.
• It has also relaxed the eligibility
conditions for the period between March 24, 2020 and December 31, 2020.
• The rate of unemployment relief under the
scheme has also been enhanced to 50% of wages from earlier rate of 25%.
• ABVKY is a welfare measure for employees
covered under Section 2(9) of ESI Act, 1948, in the form of relief payment upto
90 days, once in a lifetime.
2. NUCLEAR ENERGY PARTNERSHIP
“GCNEP”
• India and the United States of America
(USA) extended the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) concerning cooperation
with the Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership (GCNEP) India, for 10
more years.
• This MoU, inked on November 7, 2010 in New
Delhi also marked the 10 years of partnership on nuclear energy cooperation.
3. BLOCKING OF 43 MOBILE APPS
• Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology (MEITY), Government of India issued orders to block 43 mobile apps
from accessing by users in India, under section 69A of the Information
Technology Act.
• These apps have been blocked for engaging
in activities prejudicial to India’s Sovereignty, Integrity, Defence, Security
and Public Order.
• The apps have been blocked based on
reports received from Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Center, Ministry of Home
Affairs.
4. AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE 2020
• “2020 Afghanistan Conference” was
co-hosted by the United Nations (UN), the Government of the Islamic Republic of
Afghanistan, and the Government of Finland.
• The Indian side was represented by the
Union Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
• India announced the Phase-IV of High
Impact Community Development Projects (HICDP) in Afghanistan worth USD 80
million (Rs 592 crore), which envisages more than 100 projects.
5. IPPB PARTNERED WITH PNB METLIFE
INDIA
• The India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) has
collaborated with PNB MetLife India Insurance Company Limited to launch Pradhan
Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana.
• This scheme provides life cover of Rs 2
Lakh on death of the insured member due to any reason.
• It is optional for all the savings account
holders with IPPB.
6. TX2 AWARD 2020 FOR DOUBLING
TIGER POPULATION
• A virtual TX2 Tiger Conservation Awards
2020 ceremony was held to confer the relevant site among 13 tiger range
countries under two categories viz. TX2 Award and Conservation Excellence
Award.
• In this regard, the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve
of Uttar Pradesh (UP) under the UP Forest department has bagged the first-ever
international award, TX2, for doubling the number of tigers in four years
against a target of 10 years.
• The PTR had 25 tigers in 2014 which went
up to 65 in 2018.
7. FEASIBILITY OF VIRGIN HYPERLOOP
IN INDIA
• NITI Aayog (National Institution for
Transforming India) constituted a High-level committee to explore the technological and commercial
viability of Virgin Hyperloop Technology
in India, V.K. Saraswat, was
appointed as the Chairman and Adviser of the committee & Sudhendu Jyoti,
Adviser, NITI Aayog as its convener.
• The committee will submit a report within
six months time of its first meeting.
8. LAND-ATTACK VERSION OF BRAHMOS
MISSILE
• Indian Army successfully test-fired the
land-attack version of BrahMos supersonic cruise Missile from the Andaman and
Nicobar Island Territory.
• The range of the land-attack version of
Brahmos supersonic cruise Missile has been extended to 400 Kms from the
original 290 kms.
• It is a surface-to-surface supersonic
cruise missile.
• The missile hit the target in the Bay of
Bengal accuracy.
9. AHMED PATEL, PASSES AWAY
• Ahmedbhai Mohammedbhai Patel(Ahmed Patel),
a senior leader of Indian National Congress Party and Rajya Sabha
MP from Gujarat passed away at the age of 71 at Delhi due to complications
from COVID-19.
• He was the treasurer of the All India
Congress Committee (2018 – 2020).
