DAILY GK : 17 , 18 JAN 2021
1. INDIA’S 1ST
INDIGENOUSLY DEVELOPED DRIVERLESS METRO
• Rajnath Singh, unveiled India’s first
indigenously designed and developed ‘Driverless Metro Car’ during a function
held at the BEML (previously Bharat Earth Movers Limited) manufacturing
facility in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
• The ‘Driverless Metro Car’ are being manufactured
by BEML for Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) MRS1
project.
• The project needs 576 cars which will be
supplied by January 2024.
2. PRADHAN MANTRI
KAUSHAL VIKAS YOJANA 3.0
• Union Minister for Skill Development &
Entrepreneurship, Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey launched the Third Phase of Pradhan
Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY 3.0) 2020-21 in 600 districts across India
and made available around 300 Plus Skill Courses to the youth.
• PMKVY 3.0 aims to provide training to
around 8 Lakh candidates during the period of 2020-21 with an outlay of INR
948.90 Crore.
3. HARSH VARDHAN
INAUGURATED DOPPLER WEATHER RADARS
• The 146th Foundation Day of India
Meteorological Department (IMD) was held on January 15, 2021 in New Delhi. Dr.
Harsh Vardhan inaugurated Doppler Weather Radars at Mukteshwar (Uttarakhand)
and Kufri (Himachal Pradesh).
• Doppler Weather Radars in Uttarakhand is
1st of its kind.
4. GRSE SIGNS CONTRACT
WITH GUYANA
• The Garden Reach Shipbuilders and
Engineers (GRSE) Ltd, Kolkata has signed USD
12.7 Million Contract with the Harbour Department, Ministry of Public
Works, Government of Guyana for the construction of an Ocean-going vessel.
• GRSE is a shipbuilding company in India
which is under the administrative control of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and
was awarded the Miniratna status by Government of India in 2006.
5. UN DESA REPORT
• According to the ‘International Migration 2020’ report
released by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN
DESA), In 2020, 18 Million persons from India were living outside of their
country of birth thus making it the World’s Largest Transnational Community.
• India is followed by Mexico & Russia
(11 Million each), China (10 Million) & the Syrian Arab Republic (8
Million).
6. NEW CHAIRMAN OF TEPC
• Sandeep Aggarwal, the Managing Director
(MD) and Promoter of Paramount Communications Limited, has been elected as the
new chairman of Telecom Equipment and Services Export Promotion Council(TEPC).
• He will take over from Shyamal Ghosh,
former Telecom Secretary.
