Daily GK Updates - 3rd November, 2017

NATIONAL UPDATES:

1.Allahabad to get India’s first black buck conservation reserve: UP cabinet decided to make India’s first conservation reserve for Black Bucks in Allahabd’s Meja. The decision taken for the protection of black deer will also help in wooing tourists.

2.Prime Minster Narendra Modi inaugurated the most anticipated International Mega Food Event- World Food India 2017: It is the the biggest congregation of global investors and businesses leaders of major food companies. The event is organized by the Food Processing Industries Ministry in Delhi.

3.India-Kazakhstan joint exercise “Prabal Dostyk 2017” begins: A fourteen day joint training exercise “Prabal Dostyk 2017” between the Indian Army and the Kazakhstan Army commemenced with the opening ceremony at Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh. The joint exercise is aimed at enhancing the military ties between two countries and also at achieving interoperability between the two armies.

4. 9th Global Green film festival to be host by Delhi: The ninth edition of CMS Vatavaran – an international film festival on environment and wildlife – will begin in Delhi, showcasing 113 films, including four from Kashmir, one of the most ecologically sensitive zones facing the threat of global warming. The “Conservation 4 Water”-themed five-day gala at Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti will also have seminars, workshops, exhibitions and an award ceremony focusing on the environmental, social and economic aspects of water conservation.

INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:

1. The former chief of Colombia’s FARC rebel group, Rodrigo Londono, has announced his run for the presidency next year: Londono had led the negotiations with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos to end the 53-year-old conflict between FARC rebels and the Colombian government.

OTHER UPDATES:

SPORTS:

1.FIR against Sharapova for endorsing Gurugram housing project: A Delhi court has ordered an FIR against Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova, who was part of a complaint by a homebuyer who had invested in a housing project in Gurugram. The project was named after the Russian but the construction never took off.

SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY:

1.Ford develops trucker hat that wakes driver up with sound: American automaker Ford has developed a hat that senses a driver’s head movements associated with sleepiness and wakes them up using sound, light and vibration. Ford develop the hat in partnership with Brazil based creative agency GTB.

2 Apple briefly touched $900bn market capitalization: Apple is the world’s most valuable company followed by Google which has a market value of $718bn.

BUSINESS/ ECONOMY:

1.AIIB grants Rs.13,000crore loan to Andhra Pradesh: China sponsored, AIIB(Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank) has granted a loan of Rs.13,000crore for five projects in Andhra Pradesh. Five projects includes two roads and buildings department, one each for rural safe drinking water department, municipal and urban development department and Panchayat Raj department.

2.Walmart India launches India’s first fulfillment centre in Mumbai: Walmart India launched its first fulfillment centre in Mumbai. The fulfillment centre is a new fromat of its cash-and-carry store model that will focus exclusively on FMCG products and staples and will not stock fresh food or electronics. The company has also planned another fulfillment centre in Lucknow. Krish Iyer is the President and CEO of Walmart India.