Daily GK 29 Oct. 2020
1.
COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP ON 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF UN
• Department of Posts released a
commemorative postage stamp on the 75th anniversary of the United Nations (UN)
Organisation. Dr. S Jaishankar, Union external affairs minister was the chief
guest of the event.
• Note– Dr. S Jaishankar mentioned the
release of the commemorative stamp as a ‘befitting tribute’ to the 75 years of
the UN.
2.
MOU FOR ELECTRONIC EXCHANGE OF CUSTOMS DATA
• Department of Posts and United States
Postal Service (USPS) have inked Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for
Electronic Exchange of Customs data related to postal shipments.
• This MoU enables Exchange of Electronic
Advance Data (EAD) i.e. transmitting and receiving of electronic data of
international postal items prior to their physical arrival at the destination
resulting in customs clearance of postal items in advance.
3.
FIRST STATE IN THE COUNTRY TO FIX MSP FOR VEGETABLES
• Kerala became the First State in the
Country to fix Minimum Support Price (MSP)/Base Price for 16 Agricultural items
which include Vegetables, Fruits and Tubers to support farmers and boost
agricultural sector.
• The scheme will come into effect from
November 1, 2020, which is celebrated as Keralapiravi day (Day commemorated to
celebrate the Birth of Kerala as a state on November 1, 1956).
• At the national level, MSP is declared for
23 agricultural items (inclusive of Sugarcane, the only crop MSP payment was
legally implemented, for which Fair and Remunerative price was determined)
primarily for grains, pulses, oilseeds, paddy and Copra.
4.
THIRD INDIA- USA 2+2 DIALOGUE
• India hosted the third India-United States
(US) 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue in New Delhi where India side was represented by
Raksha Mantri (Defence Minister) Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister
Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and the US side was represented by Secretary of
State Michael Richard Pompeo also known as Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Defense
Mark Thomas Esper.
• India, U.S sign five agreements including
‘Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement’
• ISRO-NASA satellite NISAR scheduled to be
launched by 2022
5. BRICS PARLIAMENTARY FORUM
• Lok Sabha Speaker, Om Birla virtually
addressed the Sixth BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China & Republic of South
Africa) Parliamentary Forum.
• Theme of the meeting – “BRICS partnership
in the interest of the global stability, general safety and innovative growth:
parliamentary dimension.”
• Chairman of the 6th BRICS Forum – Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal
Assembly of Russia, Vyachaslav Volodin.
6.
2020 UN GLOBAL CLIMATE ACTION AWARDS
• Global Himalayan Expedition(GHE) of India,
won the 2020 United Nations(UN) Global Climate Action Awards under Financing
for Climate Friendly Investment for its efforts to combat climate change amid
COVID-19 pandemic.
• Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE) is the
world’s first organisation to utilize the force of tourism integrated with
technology to enable solar energy to remote communities.
7.
SMART BLACK BOARD SCHEME IN 80,000 GOVT SCHOOLS
• In order to ensure a better teaching
environment, the Tamil Nadu government is implementing the Smart Black Board
scheme in 80,000 government schools.
• The Smart Class Room scheme of the Central
Education Ministry is being implemented in 7500 schools of the state.
