Daily GK Update: 7th February 2022

By Md Mansur Alam|Updated : February 7th, 2022

 Sports

1. Senegal wins its first African Cup of Nations

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  • Senegal won its first African Cup of Nations title by beating Egypt in a penalty shootout.
  • Sadio Mané scored the winning spot kick to start the celebrations and make up for missing a penalty in the seventh minute of the game.
  • The final had ended 0-0 after extra time.
  • Senegal had lost two finals previously, including at the last African Cup in Egypt in 2019, when Mané was left inconsolable.
  • Senegal Capital: Dakar
  • Senegal Currency: CFA franc

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 National & International Appointments

2. Santishree Pandit appointed first woman VC of JNU

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  • Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit has been appointed as Vice Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University.
  • She is currently the Vice Chancellor (VC) of Savitribai Phule University.
  • Ms. Pandit will be the first woman Vice Chancellor of JNU.
  • Her appointment is for a period of five years.
  • M. Jagadesh Kumar, who was holding the charge of acting VC at JNU after his five year term ended last year, was last week appointed as the chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC).

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 Banking & Finance

3. Sonata Software partners with Microsoft for its launch of ‘Microsoft Cloud

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  • Sonata Software, a global IT Services and Technology Solutions Company announced its partnership with Microsoft for its launch of ‘Microsoft Cloud for Retail’.
  • The company has been a partner with Microsoft for over three decades.
  • The ‘Microsoft Cloud for Retail’ collaboration is expected to further strengthen the relationship.
  • Sonata Software delivers solutions for retailers world-wide, leveraging world-class IPs, in-house migration and modernisation tools. 

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 National Affairs

4. Surat to be the first station to be ready for India’s first Bullet Train

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  • Surat to become the 1st station for India’s upcoming Bullet Train Project.
  • The upcoming station in Surat will become the 1st station to be ready b/w Ahmedabad – Mumbai Bullet Train route for India’s 1st futuristic High Speed Rail project.
  • The MAHSR corridor will cover 12 stations: Surat, Vadodara, Anand, Ahmedabad, Sabarmati, Bilimora, Bharuch, Mumbai, Thane, Virar, Boisar, Vapi stations.
  • The Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train will run on Japanese Shinkansen Technology.

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 Banking & Finance

5. Karnataka Bank gets digital transformation award

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  • Karnataka Bank has been awarded the digital transformation award, ‘DX 2021 Awards’.
  • It has been awarded in recognition of the “innovative” best practice ‘KBL VIKAAS’, by the CII for Best Practice in Digital Transformation.
  • The bank recently launched the digital transformation journey ‘KBL NxT’ as part of wave 2.0 of ‘KBL VIKAAS’, with an objective of taking the digital initiatives to the next level and eventually emerge as ‘the digital bank of future’”.

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 Banking & Finance

6. Airtel Payments Bank partners ICICI Lombard to offer cyber solutions

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  • Airtel Payments Bank has partnered ICICI Lombard General Insurance to offer Cyber Insurance Solutions to customers.
  • The cyber insurance solution from ICICI Lombard provides financial protection to customers against potential financial fraud relating to banking, credit or debit card; identity theft; phishing or email spoofing, and more.
  • APB customers can purchase this cyber insurance policy using the Airtel Thanks app.

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 International Affairs

7. Cyclone Batsirai hits Madagascar

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  • Cyclone Batsirai has killed at least 10 people in southeastern Madagascar.
  • it is 2nd major storm in two weeks - made landfall on the east coast, with gusts of 235km/h (146mph) and high waves hitting coastal areas.
  • Madagascar was already reeling from Tropical Storm Ana, which killed 55 people when it hit the Indian Ocean island nation last month.
  • Cyclone Batsirai has compounded the destruction, making landfall near the south-eastern city of Mananjary.

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 Science & Technology

8. IIT Hyderabad is getting a Suzuki Innovation Centre on its campus

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  • IIT Hyderabad is getting a first-of-its-kind Suzuki Innovation Centre on its campus for knowledge exchange with Japan’s Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC) to further academic and technology collaboration between the two countries.
  • A 3-year contract has been signed to start SIC which will be operated as a platform for open innovation among industries, academia, and startups.
  • The Centre will also support skill development and exchange of human resources b/w India and Japan.

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 Science & Technology

9. IIT Madras establishes Inter-disciplinary Water Management & Policy Centre

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  • IIT Madras has established an Inter-disciplinary Water Management & Policy Centre to solve water problems in India.
  • Called ‘AquaMAP,’ the Centre is being established with support from IIT Madras Alumni. 
  • This Centre will provide smart solutions for challenging water problems by designing scalable models by leveraging innovative technologies.
  • These models would be implemented at chosen locations across the country, as a proof of concept.

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 Banking & Finance

10. Axis Mutual Fund launches Crisil SDL 2027 Debt Index Fund

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  • Axis Mutual Fund has launched Axis Crisil SDL 2027 Debt Index Fund
  • It is a target maturity scheme with benchmark maturity of 31 May 2027.
  • The new scheme will track the Crisil IBX SDL Index - May 2027 and the portfolio is designed to invest predominantly in a portfolio of state development loans (SDLs) maturing between 1 December 2026 and 31 May 2027.
  • The index will be managed by Crisil Indices Ltd.

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Daily GK Update: 7th February 2022

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