DAILY GK 2 FEB 2020
1.
India’s first ‘fruit train’ with bananas
ü Fruit
train was launched from Tadipatri Railway
Station of Andhra Pradesh. This is the first time an entire train
carrying a load of 980 metric tonnes of locally grown bananas which
has been sent to the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNP). Those bananas will be
exported to Iran.The bananas will be exported under the brand name ‘Happy
Bananas’.
2.
Global Go To Think Tank Index Report
ü The
index ranked top think tanks from around the world.As per the report
India’s Observer Research Foundation (ORF) was ranked at 27th place
among 176 global think tanks. The report was topped by
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP) of US.
3.
Ajay Bisaria
appointed as Next High Commissioner of India to Canada.
4.
New CEO for IBM
ü Indian
origin technology executive Arvind Krishna has been elected
as Chief Executive Officer of American IT giant International
Business Machines Corp (IBM) after a “world-class succession
process”.
5.
Dalip Kaur Tiwana passed away
ü Renowned
Punjabi novelist, Dalip Kaur Tiwana passed away at
the age of 84 due to old age ailments. She was well known for novels ‘Teeli da
Nishaan’ and ‘Sooraj te Samandar’.