DAILY GK 1 SEP 2020
1. 6TH INTERNATIONAL MILITARY-TECHNICAL
FORUM
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The
6th International Military-Technical Forum “Army-2020” was held between
August 23-29, 2020 at the Patriot Park near Moscow, Russia which was organized
by Russian Defence Ministry and operated by International
Congresses and Exhibitions Ltd. (ICE Ltd).
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During
the forum, Indian Pavilion was inaugurated by Secretary (Defence
Production) Raj Kumar.
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The
first regiment of S-400 anti-air system by Russia will be delivered to India by
the end of 2021.India has ordered 5 regiments of this system that is designed
to take down targets at a range of over 400 km.
2. CII-GBC ‘NATIONAL ENERGY LEADER’ AWARD
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The GMR
led Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (Hyderabad International Airport) won
the ‘National Energy Leader’ and ‘Excellent Energy Efficient Unit’ awards at
the 21st National Awards for ‘Excellence in Energy Management’.
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It was
organized by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Godrej Green Business
Centre (GBC).
3. RELIANCE INDUSTRIES ACQUIRED FUTURE GROUP
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The
Reliance Retail Ventures Limited(RRVL), subsidiary of the Reliance
Industries Limited(RIL) acquired the retail and wholesale,
logistics and warehousing business of the Future Group Business as going
concerns on a slump sale basis for lump sum aggregate consideration of Rs
24,713 crore
4. 2020 ONLINE FIDE CHESS OLYMPIAD
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India
and Russia were declared joint winners of the 2020 Online FIDE (International
Chess Federation) Chess Olympiad after the final was marred by internet
disconnection.
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This
was the first time that FIDE was holding the Olympiad in an online format due
to the ongoing Pandemic.
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The
Indian squad at the Chess Olympiad 2020 included Vishwanathan Anand, Vidit
Santosh Gujarati (captain), P. Harikrishna, Koneru Humpy, Dronavalli Harika,
Bhakti Kulkarni, Nihal Sarin, Divya Deshmukh, R. Praggnanandha, Vantika
Agrawal, R. Vaishali and Arvindh Chithambaram.
5. INDIA’S 1ST FEMALE CARDIOLOGIST DIED OF COVID-19
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Dr
S. Padmavati Sivaramakrishna Iyer India’s 1st
Female & Oldest Cardiologist died at the age of
103 in National Heart Institute(NHI) due to COVID-19 infection.
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She
was the founder of All India Heart Foundation (AIHF) and NIH,
New Delhi, India and established the 1st cardiac clinic and
catheterization laboratory(cath lab) at the Lady Hardinge Medical
College in India(Delhi).
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She
is popularly known as the “GodMother of Cardiology”.
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She
was born on June 20, 1917 in Burma (now Myanmar).
6. BLACK PANTHER STAR CHADWICK BOSEMAN PASSED AWAY
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Chadwick
Boseman, hollywood star well known for his role as T’Challa in the film Black
Panther (2018) of the Marvel Superhero Franchise passed away
at the age of 43 in his residence at Los Angeles, United States of America(USA) due
to colon cancer.
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His
movie Black Panther was the first superhero film to get an Oscar nomination for
best picture.
