DAILY GK: 27, 28 DEC 2020
1. INDIA INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FESTIVAL 2020
• The 6th Edition of Indian International
Science Festival 2020 (IISF 2020) took place virtually in New Delhi through
virtual mode.
• PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the event in
the presence of Dr Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Science & Technology, Earth
Sciences & Health & Family Welfare.
• Theme of IISF 2020 – “Science for
Self-Reliant India and the Global Welfare”.
• The nodal institution for IISF 2020 is
CSIR-NISTADS (National Institute of Science, Technology & Development
Studies), New Delhi.
2. INDIA’S FIRST MEGA LEATHER PARK
• The Government of Uttar Pradesh is set to
establish India’s First Mega Leather Park in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
• This project is expected to generate more
than 50000 job opportunities and indirectly provide livelihood to more than 1.5
lakh individuals.
• After laying the foundation Mega Leather
Cluster Development UP Ltd will develop the area
3. INDIA’S FIRST LITHIUM REFINERY
• The 1st Lithium refinery of India is to be
set up in Gujarat.
• It will
process Lithium ore to produce battery-grade material.
• More than Rs 1,000 crore will be invested
by Manikaran Power Limited(MPL) to set up this refinery.
• MPL in 2019 had collaborated with
Australian firm Neometals to tap the Mount Marion Lithium mine in Western
Australia for Lithium ore.
• Target – India has set an ambitious goal
of increasing the Electric Vehicle numbers to 30% by 2030.
4.NATURE INDEX 2020 ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE
• According to the ‘Nature Index 2020
Artificial Intelligence’ released by Nature Research, International Scientific
publishing company, India ranked 3rd (with 91,563 publications) in the list of
25 Countries with most publications on Artificial Intelligence (AI) during the
period 2015-2019.
• China topped the List, followed by the
United States.
• The whole Index is based on the time
period between 2015-19.
• Anna University, Chennai ranked 32nd in
Top 100 research organizations in the AI field.
• It is the only Indian Organization in Top
100.
5. AUTOBIOGRAPHY-“IN PURSUIT OF
JUSTICE: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY”
• “In Pursuit of Justice: An Autobiography”
the autobiography of the Justice Rajindar Sachar was launched posthumously by
his family in association with the Indian Society of International Law and The
Indian Law Institute over a virtual event organised to mark his birth
anniversary. The book has been published by Rupa Publications.
6.
‘BODO’ AS ASSOCIATE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF ASSAM
• Assam Cabinet headed by Chief Minister
Sarbananda Sonowal approved the ‘Assam Official Language Amendment Bill’ for
making Bodo (Devanagari script) also known as Boro as an associate official
language of the state.
• The Bill will now be tabled in the Assam
Legislative Assembly .
• According to the Census 2011, There are ~
14.16 Lakh Bodo speakers in Assam, which is around 4.53 % of the total
population of the state.
