DAILY GK 3 – 4 MAR 2020
1. 108th
Indian Science Congress
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The Indian Science Congress association (ISCA) announced
that Pune will host the annual session of 108th Indian Science Congress in 2021 at Symbiosis International University’s
Lavale campus with the theme,”Science and Technology for Sustainable
Development with Women Empowerment”.
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Dr Vijay Laxmi Saxena elected
as general president of the Indian Science Congress, 2020-21
2. Myanmar
President visited India
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The President of Myanmar U Win Myint
paid a four days visit to India on the invitation of Indian President Ram Nath
3. SBI
switched to CBBA
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SBI has switched to “Cash Budget Based
Assessment (CBBA)” from “Projected Balance Sheet (PBS)” method
of Fund Based Working Capital (FBWC) limits for assessment of
the working capital requirement for corporates or large advances. CBBA of
limits has been initiated for assessment of the FBWC limits for units with
total FBWC exposure of more than ₹50 crore from the banking
system. SBI has also started Risk Intel, an email service, advising
the business units of rating actions in respect of units it has funded.
4. FIH
World Rankings 2020
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Indian Hockey men’s team in 4th for
the first time with 2064.14 points & Women’s team is
ranked 9th with 1543 points.The men’s list is topped by
Belgium for the first time with 2481.34 & women’s list is topped by
Netherlands with 2626.03 points.
5. World
wildlife day-3 March 2020
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Theme “Sustaining all life on Earth”.
6. World
Hearing Day-March 3, 2020
ü Theme
of WHD 2020: Hearing for life: Don’t let hearing loss
limit you.
7. Edappadi
Palaniswami launched TNHSRP
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Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi K. Palaniswami launched Tamil
Nadu Health System Reform Programme (TNHSRP) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
The programme will be implemented with the World Bank’s fund .This was the
first Program-for-Results (PforR) project for the Bank in India and the first
for Tamil Nadu.
