DAILY
GK 25-26 MARCH 2022
1.
BIHAR BECAME FIRST STATE TO IMPLEMENT DYNAMIC MAP FOR
VILLAGES TO TRACK LAND OWNERSHIP
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Bihar
as a part of its land reforms initiative, has introduced the concept of dynamic
map for villages, which will get updated every time land ownership changes
hands.
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The
move is mainly aimed to curb the legal disputes regarding land.
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The
mutation process will now pass through three stages – first, a change in the
text; second, a change in the land parcel; and third, a modification of the
survey map.
2.
PUSHKAR SINGH DHAMI SWORN IN AS 12TH CHIEF MINISTER OF
UTTARAKHAND
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Pushkar
Singh Dhami, BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) leader and son of an ex-serviceman
took oath as 12th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand for his second consecutive term
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He
has to get re-elected from any of the constituencies of Uttarakhand within a
period of six months post which he ceases to be a Minister (Article 164(4) of
Indian Constitution).
3.
INDIA SUCCESSFULLY TEST FIRED THE SURFACE TO SURFACE BRAHMOS
SUPERSONIC CRUISE MISSILE
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India
successfully test fired a surface-to-surface ‘BrahMos’ supersonic cruise
missile extended range from Andaman and Nicobar Island.
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This 290 Km Missile range has a top speed of
Mach 2.8 nearly three times the speed of sound and missile range will be
extended.
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The
BrahMos missile, is a Medium-range Ramjet Supersonic Cruise Missile that can be
launched from Submarine, Surface Warship, Aircraft or Land against surface and
sea-based targets.
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It is
jointly developed by Russia’s Federal State Unitary Enterprise NPO
Mashinostroyenia (NPOM) and India’s Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO).
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The
name BrahMos is a portmanteau formed from the names of two rivers, the
Brahmaputra of India and the Moskva of Russia.
4.
WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY 2022 – MARCH 24
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World
Tuberculosis(TB) Day is annually observed across the globe on 24th March to
create awareness about the global epidemic of tuberculosis (TB) and highlight
the health, social and economic consequences of TB.
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The theme of
World TB Day 2022 is “Invest to End TB.
Save Lives”.
DAILY GK 26 MARCH
2022
5.
INDIA’S FIRST-EVER SAI NCOE FOR MTB AND BMX TO BE SET UP IN
SHIMLA
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The
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in collaboration with Department of Youth
Services and Sports of Government of Himachal Pradesh, sets up India’s
first-ever Sports Authority of India (SAI) National Centre of Excellence (NCOE)
to train athletes in Mountain Terrain Biking (MTB) and Bicycle Motocross (BMX)
in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.
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The
National Centre of Excellence (NCOE) is set up with an aim to provide
world-class training facilities to Indian cyclists to compete for the 18
Olympic medals in the disciplines of MTB and BMX.
6.
RBIH LAUNCHED IN BENGALURU, KARNATAKA
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The Governor
of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Shaktikanta Das, inaugurated the Reserve Bank
Innovation Hub (RBIH) in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
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It has
been set up as a Section 8 company under Companies Act, 2013, with an initial
capital contribution of Rs 100 crore; and wholly owned subsidiary of the RBI.
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Senapathy
(Kris) Gopalakrishnan, co-founder and former co-Chairman, Infosys, was earlier
appointed as RBIH 1st Chairman.
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The
RBIH will be guided and managed by a Governing Council (GC) led by a Chairman.
There will be 9 other eminent persons from industry and academia as its
members.
7.
ABEL PRIZE FOR 2022
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The
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters awarded the Abel prize for 2022 to
American Mathematician Dennis Parnell Sullivan. The award was given “For
his groundbreaking contributions to topology in its broadest sense, and in
particular its algebraic, geometric and dynamical aspects.”
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The
Abel Prize is also known as the International
Prize of Mathematics.
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Topology is a
field of mathematics. which was born in the nineteenth century and it deals
with properties of surfaces that do not change when they are deformed.
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Abel
Prize is the highest honor given in the field of Mathematics.Abel Prize is a
top honour in mathematics, being similar to the Nobel prize for the sciences in
being awarded for major contribution to a field of math.
8.
HWASONG-17: INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE WAS TEST FIRED
BY NORTH KOREA
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North
Korea has test fired its biggest-yet Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM),
Hwasong- 17 as per the orders of their Supreme leader Kim Jong Un.
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The
missile flew 1,090 km (681 miles) at a maximum altitude of 6,248.5 km (3,905
miles) and hit a target in the Sea of Japan after travelling 67.5 minutes in
air.
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Capital: Pyongyang ,Supreme leader: Kim Jong-un,Currency:
North Korean won
9.
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE OF THE VICTIMS OF SLAVERY–
MARCH 25
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The
United Nations(UN)’s International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery
and the Transatlantic Slave Trade is annually observed across the globe on 25th
March to commemorate the memory of the victims of Transatlantic Slave
Trade.
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The theme of 2022 International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery
and the Transatlantic Slave Trade is “Stories
of Courage: Resistance to Slavery and Unity against Racism”.
