Daily GK 07 Oct. 2020
1. MY GANGA MY DOLPHIN
CAMPAIGN
• On the occasion of Ganga River Dolphin Day
i.e. on October 5, 2020, the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), the
Wildlife Institute of India (WII) and the Forest Department launched a
Dolphin-based ecotourism programme namely “My Ganga My Dolphin campaign” at six
sites across the states of Uttar Pradesh (UP), Bihar and West Bengal (WB).
• During the campaign, Dolphin census will be
conducted in the 250 km stretch from Bijnor (UP) to Narora (UP), many community
awareness campaigns will be carried out and young volunteers will be encouraged
to enrol as Ganga Mitras.
2. 5TH SPECIAL SESSION OF
THE WHO EXECUTIVE BOARD
• Dr Harsh Vardhan, Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare (MoHFW) virtually chaired the 5th Special Session of Bureau of
the Executive Board as Chairman of the Executive Board of the World Health
Organization (WHO).
• The objective behind this session was to
ensure the full and effective implementation of the terms of resolution WHA
(World Health Assembly) 73.1 on COVID-19 response.
• It should be noted that Harsh Vardhan is the
chair of the WHO Executive Board.
3. 2020 NOBEL PRIZE IN
PHYSICS
• Goran K. Hansson, secretary-general of the
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, announced the Nobel Prize in Physics 2020.
• One half of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics
was given to Roger Penrose(United Kingdom-UK)
for his discovery that black hole formation is resilient prediction of
the general theory of relativity and the other half jointly to Reinhard
Genzel(German) and Andrea Ghez(America) for their discovery of a supermassive
compact object at the centre of our galaxy(Milky Way).
4. RESIGNATION OF PRIME
MINISTER OMAR AL-RAZZAZ
• King of Jordan, Abudullah accepted the
resignation of Prime Minister Omar al-Razzaz. The monarch dissolved the
parliament on 2nd October 2020, at the end of its 4-year term. Omar al-Razzaz
will stay in caretaker capacity until the appointment of a successor to oversee
the parliamentary elections on 10th November 2020 and formation of the new
government.
5. INDIA, FRANCE TO
LAUNCH CONSTELLATION OF MARITIME SURVEILLANCE SATELLITES
• National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) and
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will jointly launch Constellation of
Maritime Surveillance Satellites for Indian Ocean Region (IOR). The Satellite
will trace illegal spillage of oil by ships.
• It will be the first space-based system in the
world capable of tracking ships continuously.
6. INDIA’S FASTEST HPC-AI
SUPERCOMPUTER ‘PARAM SIDDHI – AI’ WITH NVIDIA
• In order to be at par with internationa
standards in AI (Artificial intelligence) supercomputing research and
innovation, the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) will
commission India’s largest HPC-AI supercomputer, ‘PARAM Siddhi – AI’.
• The initiative was headed by Abhishek Das,
Scientist and Program Director (HPC-AI Infrastructure Development) at C-DAC,
who conceived the idea and designed the architecture for the largest HPC-AI
infrastructure in India.
