DAILY GK: 20 FEB 2021
1. ‘NURTURING
NEIGHBOURHOODS CHALLENGE’
• Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
(MoHUA) shortlisted 25 Cities for the ‘Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge’
Cohort, the challenge is hosted by the Smart Cities Mission, MoHUA in
collaboration with Bernard van Leer
Foundation (BvLF), Urban95 of BvLF & technical partner World Resources
Institute (WRI) India.
• ‘Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge’ is a
3-year challenge that will help Indian cities to adopt & Implement neighbourhood-level
pilot projects in public space, mobility, and access to services to enhance the
physical and psychological health of young children (0-5 years old) & their
caregivers.
2. CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE
ON HYDROGEN
• Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) signed a Statement
of Intent (SoI) with Greenstat Hydrogen Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of Greenstat
Norway for setting up a Centre of Excellence on Hydrogen (CoE-H).
• It will be set up through Indo-Norwegian
Hydrogen Cluster companies/organizations which will facilitate the transfer and
sharing of technology, know-how and experience for R&D projects in Green and Blue Hydrogen.
3. ‘PASSEX’ EXERCISE IN
ARABIAN SEA
• Indian Navy conducted a Bilateral Military
Exercise ‘PASSEX’ (Passage Exercise) with the Indonesian Navy in the Arabian
Sea.
• The main aim of the exercise is to
increase interoperability & strengthen the Bilateral Maritime Cooperation
between the two navies.
• Indian Navy Ship INS Talwar &
Indonesian Navy’s multirole Corvette KRI Bung Tomo participated in the
exercise.
4. ‘2020 TREE CITY OF
THE WORLD’
• Arbor Day Foundation and the Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations(UN) has recognised
Hyderabad (Telangana) as one of the ‘2020 Tree City of the World’ for its
contributions and commitment towards growing and maintaining urban forest.
• Hyderabad became the first and only city
in India to be recognised as the Tree City of the World.
5. 2020 TOKYO OLYMPIC
PRESIDENT
• Seiko Hashimoto, seven time Olympian
(speed skater and cyclist) who was serving as the Minister of State for
the Minister of State for the Tokyo
Olympic and Paralympic Games became the president of the Tokyo Organising
Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
• 2020 Tokyo Olympic is officially the Games
of the 32nd Olympiad.
• It is to be held from23 July 2021 to 8
August 2021.
• Olympic Mascot– Miraitowa
• Paralympic Mascot– Someity
6. DRDO COMPLETES
TRIALS FOR HELINA & DHRUVASTRA
• DRDO successfully conducted the trials of
HELINA (Helicopter Launched Nag) (Army version) & Dhruvastra (Air Force
Version) of the Anti-Tank Guided Missiles (ATGM) from Advanced Light Helicopter
(ALH) platform in Pokhran, Rajasthan.
• HELINA
is a 3rd Generation, Lock on Before Launch (LOBL) Fire & Forget
ATGMS.
