DAILY GK: 13, 14 DEC 2020
1. INDIA’S 1ST INDIGENOUS MRNA
COVID-19 VACCINE
• Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI)
gave approval for India’s 1st indigenous messenger Ribonucleic acid(mRNA)
vaccine candidate, HGCO19 to initiate Phase I/II human clinical trials.
• It was developed by Gennova
Biopharmaceuticals Ltd in collaboration with HDT Biotech Corporation, Seattle,
USA.
2. INTERNATIONAL BHARATHI FESTIVAL
2020
• PM Narendra Modi addressed the
International Bharathi Festival 2020 through video conferencing.
• The festival was organised by the Vanavil
Cultural Centre to celebrate the 138th birth anniversary of Mahakavi Subramanya
Bharathi, a Tamil writer, poet, journalist, Indian independence activist and
social reformer.
• During the event, Seeni Viswanathan was named
as the winner of Bharathi Award 2020.
• The award is presented since 1994.
3. TOP CAUSE OF DEATH AT THE GLOBAL
LEVEL
• According to the World Health
Organization’s (WHO) 2019 Global Health Estimates, Ischaemic Heart Disease
remained the Top Cause of death at the Global level over the period 2000-19, it
is responsible for 16% of World’s total deaths.
• The study has also stated that
Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) constitute 7 of the World’s Top 10 causes of
death.
4. RAMANUJAN PRIZE FOR YOUNG MATHEMATICIANS
2020
• Dr. Carolina Araujo, Brazilian
Mathematician from the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA), Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil was named as the winner of Ramanujan Prize for Young
Mathematicians 2020 from developing countries in a virtual ceremony.
• She is the 1st non-Indian women
mathematician to receive this prize.
• The Prize carries a cash award of USD
15,000.
• Reason of the Prize
• She won the prize for her outstanding work
in algebraic geometry, especially in bilateral geometry, and in the theory of
extremal rays.
5. CHINA NATIONAL FLAG ON MOON
• China’s Chang’e-5 probe planted the
Chinese National Flag on the Moon’s Surface. The United States was the first
country to plant its National Flag on the Lunar surface during the manned
Apollo 11 mission in 1969.
• Chang’e-5 planted the flag before starting
on its return journey from the moon.
• It is carrying China’s first Lunar
Samples.
