Daily GK 28 Oct. 2020
1.
DISBURSING LOANS UNDER PM SVANIDHI SCHEME
• Uttar
Pradesh has secured First Rank in
Disbursing Loans under PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi)
scheme by approving the highest number of loans under the scheme in the
country.
• Madhya
Pradesh came second in the list with over 1.25 Lakh Beneficiaries, followed by
Telangana (53, 777) in Loan Disbursement Scheme.
• Meanwhile,
Uttar Pradesh ranked first in all categories viz Applications of Loan, Sanction
of Loan and Disbursements of loans under the scheme.
2.
FIRST ‘QUAD’ EXERCISE
• The
naval exercise Malabar is held annually between the troika of India, United
States (US), and Japan but this year i.e. the 24th edition of exercise will
also see a participation of Australia making it first “quadrilateral” naval
exercise excercise.
• This
Quad grouping exercise will take place in India Ocean Region (IOR) viz. Bay of
Bengal and the Arabian Sea in a non-contact format amid COVID-19.
3.
WATER ON SUNLIT SURFACE OF MOON
• For
the first time, National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA)
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has confirmed water on
the sunlit surface of the Moon.
• SOFIA
has detected water molecules (H2O) in Clavius Crater, one of the largest craters
visible from Earth, located in the Moon’s southern hemisphere.
• The
results are published in the latest issue of Nature Astronomy.
4.
WORLD DAY FOR AUDIOVISUAL HERITAGE 2020: OCTOBER 27
• The
United Nations (UN) World Day for Audiovisual Heritage is annually celebrated
on October 27 globally to commemorate the adoption of the Recommendation for
the Safeguarding and Preservation of Moving Images in 1980 by the 21st General
Conference of UNESCO(United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization).
• Theme
of World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2020– ‘Your Window to the World’.
