Daily Current Affairs 9th Nov 2020 | Daily GK update Quiz

Exp. Union Jal Shakti Minister, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has launched India’s first solar-based Integrated Multi-Village Water Supply Project (IMVWSP) in Arunachal Pradesh.

The solar-based lift water supply project is ‘first of its kind’ in the country, and has been commissioned at a cost of Rs 28.50 crore. However, such projects will be carried out in other parts of the country too. The project would provide drinking water to 17,480 people in 39 villages of Lower Dibang Valley district in Arunachal Pradesh.

Note About Arunachal Pradesh

Capital: Itanagar

Chief minister: Pema Khandu

Governor: B. D. Mishra

Exp. In 2020, the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Rawat is to inaugurate hot air balloon festival in Mussorie. Apart from the hot air balloon celebrations, the state is also organizing Majestic Uttarakhand photo exhibitions and ‘Heal with Wheels’.

The first demand for a separate state of Uttarakhand arose in 1897. In 1994, the demand for a separate state took full form that led to a mass movement resulting in the formation of the Uttarakhand state in 2000.

Exp. Ministry of Shipping: Mansukh L. Mandaviya

The Ministry of Shipping is being expanded and renamed as the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.

This information was given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 8 November 2020, during a launch event of Ro-Pax terminal at Hazira and flagging off the Ro-Pax ferry service between Hazira and Ghogha in Gujarat.

Exp. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued a notification on FASTAGs making them mandatory for four wheelers from 1st of January 2021. It applies to old vehicles belonging to M and N category as well. Also, to vehicles that were sold before 1st December, 2017.

Exp. About 150 people have died or remain unaccounted for in Guatemala due to mudslides caused by powerful storm Eta, which devastated an indigenous village in the country’s north, President Alejandro Giammattei.

Eta had made landfall as a Category Four hurricane with winds of 225 km per hour and torrential rains.

Exp. The United Arab Emirates announced on 8th Nov a major overhaul of the country’s Islamic personal laws, allowing unmarried couples to cohabitate, loosening alcohol restrictions and criminalising so-called honour killings.

Previous law: Previously the users had to purchase license for liquor and to have alcohol at homes. The new rule now allows Muslims to drink alcoholic beverages freely. The Government also liberalized the laws protecting the honour crimes in the country. The law that supported a tribal custom under which a male may evade prosecution has now been relaxed.

Exp. US President Joe Biden announced a 12-member Task Force to deal with COVID-19 in the United States of America. The task force is to be headed by a former General Surgeon Vivek Murthy and other officials from Food and Drug Administration and universities. It also included former Obama administration health advisers.

Vivek was born in England to immigrants from Karnataka. The family moved to Florida, US when Vivek was three years old. Both parents of Vivek are into medical field.

Exp. The German state-owned development bank KfW has extended two loans totaling over 545 million Euros (Rs 4,767 crore) to the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) for infrastructure projects in Mumbai.

These projects are Metro line 4 from Wadala in central Mumbai to Kasarvadavli in Thane, and Metro line 4A that extends to the connectivity from Kasarvadavli to Gaimukh in Thane. This is part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority’s plan to build a 337-km metro rail network.

Exp. Veteran actor Anupam Kher on Saturday unveiled the cover of his latest book “Your Best Day Is Today!”.

Kher had announced the book, in which he experiences during the coronavirus-induced countrywide lockdown. The versatile actor’s previous two books are his biography “Lessons Life Taught Me Unknowingly” published last year and another is “The Best Thing About You is You!”, which released in 2011.

Exp. Russian, Daniil Medvedev has won Paris Master 2020 title in badminton, when he beat Alexander Zverev 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 in Paris.

He became the fourth Russian to capture the Rolex Paris Masters title.

Exp. National Legal Services Day (NLSD) Celebrated on 9th November every year across India, it commemorates the enactment of the Indian Legal Services Authorities Act 1987.

Aims: The main aim of this observance is to spreading legal awareness among people. It also aims as a means to provide free legal aid and advice to the poor and weaker sections of the society, so as to ensure justice for all. The Legal Services Authorities Act 1987 of the Indian Parliament which which came into effect on 9th November 1995.

Exp. November 9: Uttarakhand Day. In 2020, the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Rawat is to inaugurate hot air balloon festival in Mussorie. Apart from the hot air balloon celebrations, the state is also organizing Majestic Uttarakhand photo exhibitions and ‘Heal with Wheels’.

The first demand for a separate state of Uttarakhand arose in 1897. In 1994, the demand for a separate state took full form that led to a mass movement resulting in the formation of the Uttarakhand state in 2000.

Exp. International Day of Radiology is observed globally on 8th November every year.

The day is celebrated to promote the awareness of the value that radiology contributes to safe patient care, and improving public understanding of the vital role radiologists and radiographers play in the healthcare continuum.