Current Affairs One-Liner: 8th October 2020

• Ayush Standard Treatment Protocol: It was launched by Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan. The protocol defines the self-care guidelines in order to protect from COVID-19. The up-gradation of these protocols by Ayush Ministry is made in coordination with CSIR (Council of Scientific Research) and ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research).
• Sittwe Port, which is an Indian built port in the Rakhine state of Myanmar is set to be in operation from 2021. The port is the port of Kaladan multi0modal transit transport project.
• Static Part: 
• Capital of Myanmar: Naypyitaw
• Currency of Myanmar: Kyat
• M Rajeshwar Rao: He is appointed as New Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India. 

• Static Part: 
• HQ of RBI: Mumbai
• Governor of RBI: Shaktikant Das
• Other 3 Deputy Governors of RBI: M. D. Patra, M. K. Jain and B. P. Kanungo. 
• Awards and recognition: Nobel Prize in Physics 2020: It is jointly awarded to Roger Penrose (UK) for his discovery that black hole formation is resilient of the general theory of relativity and to Reinhard Genzel (Germany) and Andrea Ghez (America) for their discovery of supermassive compact objects at the centre of our galaxy. 
• Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020: It is awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A Doudna for their development of a method for genome editing. 
• Important Days and Themes: 7th Oct 2020: World Cotton Day
• 8th Oct 2020: Indian Air Force Day
• Obituaries: Vishal Anand: He was Veteran Bollywood Actor
• Ashwani Kumar: He was former CBI Director
• ‘Digital Seva Setu Programme’-- Gujarat
• MoU signed between ISLRTC and NCERT
• IFFCO and Prasar Bharti to promote new Agricultural Innovations and Technology
• ‘PARAM Siddhi-AI’—India’s fastest HPC-AI Supercomputer
• ‘MSME Prerana’—Indian Bank’s Business Mentoring Programme

Questions: 

Q.1 When is Indian Air Force Day marked?
a. 10th Oct 2020
b. 9th Oct 2020
c. 7th Oct 2020
d. 8th Oct 2020

Q.2 Who among the following is awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020?
a. Reinhard Genzel
b. Jennifer A Doudna
c. Emmanuelle Charpentier
d. Both (b) and (c)