Daily GK 3 Nov 2020
1. INDIA’S FIRST-EVER E-RESOURCE
CENTER ‘NYAY KAUSHAL’
• CJI Sharad Arvind Bobde inaugurated ‘Nyay
Kaushal’ – India’s first ever E-resource centre and a virtual court for the
Maharashtra Transport and Traffic Department at Judicial Officers Training Institute
in Nagpur, Maharashtra.
• Nyay Kaushal will facilitate
electronic-filing of cases in Supreme Court, High Court and district courts
across the country.
• The virtual court will deal with all
traffic challan cases from every corner of Maharashtra online.
2. GOVT PROVIDED RS 670CR TO RRB
• Central Government has provided Rs 670
crore to Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) in order to raise the Capital to Risk
(Weighted) Assets Ratio (CRAR) of about one-third of the 43 RRBs who are
suffering losses especially from north-eastern and eastern regions and need
funds to meet regulatory capital requirement of 9%.
• This infusion would take care of their
capital needs till March 31, 2021.
3. EMMETT LEAHY AWARD 2020
• Dr. Dinesh Katre, of Centre for
Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune won the Emmett Leahy Award for
2020.
• He was honoured with the award for his
sustained leadership on the issues of digital stewardship and preservation over
the past years
4. BOOK-“PANDEMONIUM: THE GREAT
INDIAN BANKING TRAGEDY”
• “Pandemonium: The Great Indian Banking
Tragedy” authored by Tamal Bandyopadhyay provides an insider perspective on the
forces that are restructuring the banking system in India, Asia’s 3rd largest
economy.
