DAILY GK 25 AUG 2020
1. NATIONAL
COUNCIL FOR TRANSGENDER PERSONS
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Central
Government constituted the India’s first 30-member National Council for
Transgender Persons to advice, monitor and evaluate measures for the protection
of the rights of Transgender community.
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The
30-member council is consisted of 1Chairperson, 1 Vice-Chairperson, 13 members,
14 nominated members and 1 member secretary which is explained as below:
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Chairperson: Union Minister of Social Justice and
Empowerment (SJ&E)
2. ‘2020
NUAKHAI JUHAR’
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Nukhai
Juhar, an ancient festival which is also known as Nuakhai Parab or Nuakhai
Bhetghat is celebrated on the fifth day of lunar fortnight of
Bhadrabaa, to welcome the new crop of the season in Odisha, Chhattisgarh and
other neighbouring states.
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Nuakhai
is a combination of two words, Nua which means new and Khai which
means eat.
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The
2020 Nuakhai Juhar was celebrated on 23rd August.
3. “THUMBIMAHOTSAVAM
2020”
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Kerala
State Dragonfly Festival 2020 aka “Thumbimahotsavam 2020” was launched by the
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)-India State unit in collaboration with Society
for Odonate Studies (SOS) and Thumbipuranam through a
virtual ceremony from Kerala.
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The
festival will culminate with the State dragonfly summit, most
probably in January 2021.
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The
official mascot of the festival is “Pantalu” which is the
genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae commonly known as rainpool
gliders.
4. GOOGLE
LAUNCHES ‘THE ANYWHERE SCHOOL’
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Google
launched ‘The Anywhere School’ initiative in more than 250
countries around the world. The initiative is expected to benefit millions of
students who have switched to learning from home, due to the
pandemic.
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Under
the initiative, Google will roll out over 50 new features across products like
Google Meet, Classroom, G Suite and other products.
5. ICC CRICKET
HALL OF FAME
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Former
players Jacques Kallis (South Africa), Lisa Caprini Sthalekar(Australia) and
Syed Zaheer Abbas Kirmani(Pakistan) were inducted into the International
Cricket Council’s (ICC) Hall of Fame of the class of 2020 in a
virtual ceremony.
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ICC
Cricket Hall of Fame recognizes the achievements of the legends of the game
from cricket’s long and illustrious history.
6. BOOK “DELHI
RIOTS 2020: THE UNTOLD STORY”
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The
book “Delhi Riots 2020: The Untold Story”authored by Monika
Arora, advocate, Sonali Chitalkar(political Science)
and Prerna Malhotra(English) teachers at Delhi University is set to
be published by Garuda Prakashan .
