DAILY GK 10 MARCH 2020
1.
Odisha’s : “Mission Shakti”
ü CM
Naveen Patnaik announced that Odisha is the 1st state to own a
separate department for Self Help Groups named as ”Department of
Mission Shakti”. It is created for the development of women & is
dedicated to all the women of Odisha.
2.
ET global business summit 2020
ü The 6th
edition of Economic Times Global business summit held in New Delhi.
ü The
theme of the Global Business Summit is ‘Collaborate to Create: Sustainable
Growth in a Fractured World’.EAM S Jaishankar conveyed that India
has offered 300 Lines of credit(LoCs) to 64 countries which involves 539
development projects.
3.
Gender equality summit 2020
ü UNGCNI
(United Nations Global Compact Network India), a
country level platform for public & private sector, businesses to align
stakeholders’ responsible practices towards Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs),has organized the 3rd edition of its Gender
Equality Summit 2020 with the theme “India Inc. For Generation
Equality: Decade of Action” at The Park in New Delhi.
4.
ICG first woman DIG
ü Nupur
Kulshrestha becomes the 1st woman
to be promoted as Deputy Inspector General(DIG )of Indian Coast Guard.She
joined Indian Coast Guard in 1999.
It is an armed forces & multi-mission organisation, which conducts real life operations at sea round the year.
It is an armed forces & multi-mission organisation, which conducts real life operations at sea round the year.
5.
BusinessLine Changemaker Awards
2020
ü M
Venkaiah Naidu honoured the winners of
BusinessLine Changemaker Awards 2020 organized by Hindu Business Line in New
Delhi.
Young Changemaker-Pradeep Mewada for using innovative ways to end open defecation in villages.
Young Changemaker-Pradeep Mewada for using innovative ways to end open defecation in villages.
ü Iconic
Changemaker– Arunachalam Muruganandam-for creating a
low-cost sanitary pad for women.
ü Changemaker
of the Year– Dutee Chand-for winning India’s first
medal in 20 years, in the 100-metre race at the Jakarta Asian Games in 2018.
ü Changemaker
of the year– ISRO –for making India the first Asian
nation to reach the Martian orbit, and the first in the world to achieve the
feat in its maiden attempt.
6.
Wasim Jaffer announces retirement from
all forms of cricket on March 7,2020
7.
ICC Women’s T20 World cup
ü The
final match, which was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on International
Women’s Day (8 March), Australia women’s cricket team defeated
the Indian women’s cricket team by 85 runs and won the title for the 5th time.
8.
International Women’s Day (IWD) 2020-March
8
ü Theme
for IWD was “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”.
