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2020️
👉 (1) Asia's first solar
powered textile mill will be set up in ……………… .. district?
Answer:
Parbhani ✔️
Important Point
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The chairman of
the Jai Bhavani Women Co-operative Textile Mill announced that the mill would
soon operate on solar power, making it the first solar-powered textile mill in
Asia. It is located in Parbhani district of Maharashtra.
It is spread
over 30 acres of land, processes cotton into cloth and makes cotton ginning,
pressing, weaving and spinning.
Parbhani
district of Maharashtra:
It is the
leading cotton growing district in the state.
Most farmers in
the state grow cotton.
👉 (2) "A Promised
Land" is the first edition of the memoir of ……………… published on 17
November 2020?
Answer:
Barack Obama ✔️
Important Point
-
"A
Promised Land" is the first edition of Barack Obama's memoir, published on
November 17, 2020. It is the first of two editions of the book that Obama has
written since his term as President of the United States from 2009 to 2017.
The book
concludes with the 2011 murder of Osama bin Laden.
It will be
translated into many foreign languages such as Chinese, Polish, Vietnamese,
French, German, Hungarian, Hebrew, etc.
About Barack
Obama:
He was the
first African-American President of the United States.
In 2010, he
ended the Iraq War and called off "Operation Iraqi Freedom".
👉 (3) Larsen and Toubro
(L&T) gave ……………… .. the first part of the booster system for the Gaganyaan
mission to ISRO?
Answer:
17 November 2020 ✔️
Important Point
-
Larsen &
Toubro (L&T) has given ISRO the first part of the booster system for the
Gaganyaan mission on 17 November 2020.
What is a
booster segment?
It can also be
an engine or a booster rocket that is used for the first 2 minutes of flight
with the main engine to provide the additional force needed for the orbiter to
avoid the gravitational pull of the Earth.
Gaganyaan
Mission:
It is an
indigenous mission that will take Indian astronauts into space.
👉 (4) Lilavati Award is an
initiative of ………………… 2020?
Answer:
All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) ✔️
Important Point
-
The Lilavati
Award 2020 is an initiative of the All India Council for Technical Education
(AICTE).
Union Education
Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank inaugurated the Lilavati Awards on 17
November 2020.
It is named
after a 12th-century book titled "Lilavati" written by mathematician
Bhaskar II.
She was the
daughter of Indian mathematician Bhaskar II.
The award was
first distributed to mathematicians of the International Congress which was
held in 2010.
Importance of
the award:
It aims to
recognize the efforts of AICTE-affiliated institutions in the treatment of
women.
Its
presentation will be based on the theme of women empowerment.
AICTE:
It is a
national level council for technical education under the Department of Higher
Education under the purview of the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
👉 (5) ………………… has not signed
the world's largest RCEP trade agreement?
Answer:
North India ✔️
Important Point
-
India has not
signed the world's largest RCEP trade agreement.
Reason for not
signing:
According to
India, the deal does not properly address its demands including market access
issues with a protected list of goods and services that shield the domestic
economy.
India wanted to
exclude the RCEP from a nation obligation most favorable to those with which
there were border disputes.
RCEP Partner
Countries:
The 10 ASEAN
economy countries include Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines,
Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Brunei.
👉 (6) Who has been appointed
………………… .. the first Chairman of Reserve Bank Innovation Hub?
Answer:
Krish Gopalakrishnan ✔️
Important Point
-
Former Infosys
co-chairman and co-founder, Chris Gopalakrishnan, was appointed by the Reserve
Bank of India as the first chairman of the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub on
November 17, 2020.
Reserve Bank
Innovation Hub:
It aims to
increase the use of innovative technologies in the finance sectors.
This hub will
serve as a hub for incubation and new capabilities that will help create
innovative financial services and products.
Krish
Gopalakrishnan:
He will head a
governing council consisting of nine other members. These members are from
IITs, IISc, National Payments Corporation of India etc.
👉 (7) From which date is the
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week celebrated?
Answer:
November 18, 2020 and November 24, 2020 ✔️
Important Point
-
The theme of
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week is United to Preserve antimicrobials. The
WHO will celebrate Antimicrobial Awareness Week between November 18, 2020 and
November 24, 2020.
Importance:
The aim of the
week is to raise awareness about global antibiotic resistance and encourage
best practices among the general public, health workers and policy makers to
avoid further spread and emergence of antibiotic resistance.
What is
antibiotic resistance?
This is when parasites,
fungi, viruses, and bacteria no longer react to drugs. This increases the risk
of spreading the disease.
👉 (8) The Golden Card Visa is
for the United Arab Emirates for a tenure of ………………….
Answer:
10 years ✔️
Important Point
-
The Golden Card
Visa is from the United Arab Emirates. The United Arab Emirates recently
approved the issuance of Golden Card visas with some changes.
The visa is for
a tenure of 10 years.
This includes
PhD degree holders, physicians, engineers and a few special graduates from
universities.
Other qualified
candidates for obtaining visas are experts in fields such as artificial
intelligence and epidemiology.
Students who
are at the top position in the country (both school and university level) are
also eligible for a visa.
👉 (9) The first person to
launch three types of spacecraft in 40 years ……………………?
Answer
- Soichi Noguchi ✔️
Important Point
-
Japan's Soichi
Noguchi is the first 40-year-old to have launched three types of spacecraft.
SpaceX launched
four astronauts (3 Americans, 1 Japanese) to the International Space Station on
the first fully-funded taxi flight for the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) by a private company.
This capsule is
named "Resilience".
The crew was
led by Commander Mike Hopkins, Shannon Walker, Victor Glover (the first Black
Astronaut on a long-term space station) mission, and Japan's Soichi Noguchi.
👉 (10) ………………. Aryan Sabalenka
has won the Linz Open?
Answer:
16 November 2020 ✔️
Important Point
-
Aryan Sabalenka
won the Linz Open on 16 November 2020. She replaced Serena Williams, who has
moved up to number 11 in the rankings. He is a Belarusian tennis player.
Aryan
Sabalenka:
She is ranked
9th in singles and number 2 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association.
Sablenka won her first Grand Slam at the 2019 US Open. She has won 12 Women's
Tennis Association (WTA) titles.
Lynz Open:
It is a tennis
tournament held in Linz, Austria and is played in Hardcore.
It is sponsored
by Generalley Grupe and, since 2009, has been designated as the WTA
International Tournament.
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