DAILY GK 17
SEPTEMBER 2020
1. CABINET APPROVES ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW AIIMS AT DARBHANGA
·
Central
Government has given its consent for the establishment of a new All
India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya
Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) at Darbhanga, Bihar with an outlay of Rs.1264 crore.
·
PM Narendra
Modi has also given its approval to the Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor Project
from Palwal to Sonipat via Sohna-Manesar-Kharkhauda, benefitting Haryana’s
district of Palwal, Nuh, Gurugram, Jhajjar and Sonipat, at an estimated cost
of Rs. 5,617 crore.
2. GLOBAL
AYURVEDA SUMMIT
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4th
edition of Global Ayurveda Summit was virtually inaugurated by
Vice-President Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu on the theme “Emerging Opportunities for Ayurveda during Pandemic“.
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It will
culminate on October 14, 2020. Due to COVID-19, it is being conducted as
a web event for 30 days with virtual exhibition and conference on emerging
opportunities for Ayurveda.
·
It is
being organized by the CII (Confederation of Indian Industry)-Kerala in
partnership with Ministry of Ayush (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani,
Siddha and Homeopathy).
3. MAGLEV
TRAINS TO INDIA
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Bharat
Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has signed a MoU with Swiss Rapide AG
to Maglev Train (Magnetic Levitation) Projects in India.
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The MoU
will enable the Indigenous manufacturing of the
State-of-the-art Maglev Trains.
4. JAPAN’S
NEW PRIME MINISTER
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Yoshihide
Suga was formally elected
as Japan’s New Prime Minister.
·
He will
succeed Shinzo Abe, who was Japan’s Longest serving Prime Minister and stepped
down due to health problems.
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Yoshihide’s
party Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) holds a majority in the Japan
Parliament.
5. WORLD
OZONE DAY 2020 – SEPTEMBER 16
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The first International
Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer was observed on 16th
September 1995.
The theme for the 2020 is “Ozone for life: 35 years of
ozone layer protection”.
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The 2020
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer or World Ozone Day
marks the celebration of 35 years of the Vienna Convention and 35 years of
Global ozone layer protection.
6. INDIA
TO BE SELF-RELIANT IN FERTILIZERS PRODUCTION BY 2023
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The
Union Minister of Chemical and Fertilizers D.V. Sadananda Gowda announced that
India will be self-reliant in fertilizer production by 2023 while addressing a
webinar on Self-Reliant India and Sustainable Agriculture Organized by
cooperative Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) for farmers
of Karnataka.
·
Currently,
the fertilizer production of the country is 42-45 million tonnes, and imports
are at around 18 million tonnes.
