DAILY GK 12 MAR 2020
1. Govt
sets up a committee on Kisan Rail
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The committee has been formed under the aegis
of Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, consisting of representatives
from Ministry of Railways also, to work out the modalities of ‘Kisan Rail’.
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Already, newly designed Refrigerated
Parcel Vans were procured through RCF (Rail Coach Factory),
Kapurthala, Punjab to transport perishable parcel traffic.
2. Hola
Mohalla’ festival celebrated
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‘Hola Mohalla’ is
the annual Sikh festival celebrated on the following day of the festival Holi
at Sri Anandpur Sahib, Punjab. The festival aims to physically strengthen Sikh
community by holding acrobatic military exercises and mock battles. The
festival holds an annual fair which was initiated by Guru Gobind Singh ji, the
10th sikh guru.
3. HAL
set to build base in 4 countries
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Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL),an
Indian state-owned aerospace and defence company, is exploring possibilities to
build a logistics base in 4 countries (Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia and Sri
Lanka) as part of its efforts to entice those nations to buy Tejas and
light helicopters manufactured in India.
4. India
2nd largest arms importer in 2015-19
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In accordance with the Stockholm
International Peace Research Institute’s (SIPRI) annual report titled “Trends
in international arms transfers, 2019”, India is the world’s second largest
arms importer during 2015-19 with its global share of 9.2% after Saudi Arabia,
who has topped the ranking with global share of 12%. On the other hand, India
ranked 23rd in terms of world’s largest arms exporters.
5. Google
India skill development programme
‘DigiPivot’
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Google India has
launched a skilling programme for women called ‘DigiPivot’, where
the woman who wishes to return to their company careers after a break or just
planning to make mid-career shifts to digital advertising and marketing.
6. BBC
Indian Sportswoman of the year 2019
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Pusarla Venkata Sindhu,
won BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) Indian
Sportsman of the year award 2019 and former sprinter PT Usha was awarded with Lifetime
Achievement award. The BBC award ceremony was held in New Delhi.
7. Best
Citizens of India Gold medal Award
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Dr Jaimanti Bakshi,
Professor at PGIMER (Post Graduate Institute of Medical
Education & Research), Chandigarh was awarded with “Best Citizens of
India”. The award was given by “GEPRA” (Global Economic
Progress and Research Association) during the National Unity conference held in
Chennai, Tamil Nadu (TN).
8. SS
Deswal given additional charge of BSF DG
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Director General Indo Tibetian Border
Police(ITBP), Surjeet Singh Deswal was given an additional
charge by the Ministry of Home Affairs to serve as a Director
General of Border Security Force(BSF). He will succeed Vivek johri
repatriated by Government of India who has now taken over a charge as a
Director General of Police at Madhya Pradesh.
9. 51st
CISF(Central Industrial Security Force)
Raising Day-March 10, 2020
10. ‘Greatest Leader of All Time’ in BBC poll
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Maharaja Ranjit Singh was named the “Greatest
Leader of All Time” in a poll conducted by ‘BBC World Histories Magazine’, who
is the 19th century ruler of the Sikh Empire in India, has beaten competition
from around the world. African Independence Fighter AmÃlcar Cabral spots
second, which is followed by Britain’s war-time Prime Minister Winston
Churchill.
