DAILY GK 3 FEB 2020
1.
Exercise-‘Matla Abhiyaan’
ü Indian
Navy has carried out coastal security
exercise called, ‘Matla Abhiyaan’ at Sunderban region
in Kolkata, West Bengal with the aim to create awareness
about the coastal security.
2.
World Sustainable Development Summit
ü Prakash
Javadekar was inaugurated World Sustainable
Development Summit (WSDS) 2020 based on the theme “Towards
2030 Goals: Making the Decade Count” at India Habitat Centre in New
Delhi.
The summit was organized by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
The summit was organized by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
3.
Maldives readmitted to Commonwealth
family
ü Ibrahim
Mohamed Solih, President of the Maldives announced
that Maldives has once again become a member of the Commonwealth family after
the meeting between Abdullah Shahid, Foreign Minister of Maldives
& Patricia Scotland, Secretary General of the Commonwealth.
4.
India become 2nd largest smartphone
market
ü As
per Counterpoint Research’s Market Monitor service report, India surpassed
the United States(US) for the first time to become the 2nd largest smartphone
market in the world.
5.
MSME Excellence Award
ü Amulya
Mica (Purbanchal Laminates Pvt Ltd), was
chosen as the Most Promising Brand of the Year Award 2019, Gold
Category during the 7th edition of the MSME Excellence
Award.
6.
Implementation of PMMVY
ü Madhya
Pradesh (MP) state won the 1st position
for its implementation of Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY).
Smriti Zubin Irani presented the award to MP; Indore (Madhya
Pradesh) has also won 1st place for better performance in
PMMVY.
7.
New PM of Iraq
ü Mohammed
Allawi appointed as the Iraq’s new Prime Minister
(PM) by its President Barhim Salih. He was the successor of Adil Abdul-Mahdi
who resigned in November 2019 due to anti-government protests.
8.
Gopal Baglay appointed as Next High
Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka
9.
President of Paralympic Committee of
India
ü
India’s lone woman Paralympic medalist Deepa
Malik was elected as President of the Paralympic Committee of India.
He was the successor of the acting interim president Gursharan Singh.
10.
Official Mascot for 36th National
Games
ü The
Flame-Throated Bulbul or Rubigula bird the state
bird for Goa, which is officially declared as the Mascot for
the 36th National Games going to held in
Panaji, Goa.
11. Australian
open 2020
ü Australian
open 2020, a Grand Slam tennis tournament was held
at Melbourne, Australia.The tournament marks the 108th edition
of the slam and the 52nd edition in the Open Era.
List of Winners:
List of Winners:
|
Event
|
Winners
|
Runners
|
|
Men’s Singles
|
Novak Djokovic
(Serbia)
|
Dominic Thiem
(Austria)
|
|
Women’s Singles
|
Sofia Kenin
(US)
|
Garbiñe
Muguruza Blanco (Spanish-Venezuelan player)
|
|
Men’s Doubles
|
Rajeev
Ram (US)
Joe Salisbury (United Kingdom) |
Max Purcell (Australia)
Luke Saville (Australia) |
|
Women’s Doubles
|
Kristina
Mladenovic (France)
Timea babos (Hungary) |
Hsieh Su-wei
(Taiwan)
Barbora Strycova (Czech Republic) |
|
Mixed Doubles
|
Nikola Mektic
(Croatia)
Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic) |
Jamie Robert
Murray (United Kingdom)
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (US) |
12.
India Vs NZ T20I series 2020
ü It
was the first time in the history of cricket that a team has won a five-match
T20I series by a margin of 5-0.
ü Ross
Taylor became the 1st New Zealand
male cricketer to play 100 T20I matches. He achieved this feat during
the final T20I match.
13.
Famous Punjabi writer Jaswant Singh
passed away at 101
14.
World Wetlands Day 2020-February 2
ü Theme
: “Wetlands and Biodiversity”.
15. Mo
O’Brien becomes world 1st deaf person to row across Atlantic Ocean
