DAILY GK 25 JUNE 2019
1. QU
DONGYU, THE FIRST CHINESE NATIONAL TO HEAD FAO
✔China’s
agricultural deputy minister, Qu Dongyu elected as the new director general of
the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization at Rome, Italy.
2. RBI
DEPUTY GOVERNOR VIRAL ACHARYA RESIGNS 6 MONTHS BEFORE HIS TERM ENDS
✔Reserve
Bank of India’s Deputy Governor Viral Acharya has quit his role six months
before the end of his term.
✔Acharya,
who was in charge of monetary policy, will return to New York University as an
economics professor in August instead of February 2020.
✔He
had raised concern over the importance of RBI’s independence in October 2018.
✔The
RBI is now left with three deputy governors N S Vishwanathan, B P Kanungo and M
K Jain.
3. LEWIS
HAMILTON WON FRENCH GRAND PRIX
✔Five
time Formula one world champion, Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes won the French
Grand Prix held in Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France.
✔He
won the race over Valtteri Bottas of Mercedes (Finland).
4. SWISS
TENNIS STAR ROGER FEDERER DEFEATS DAVID GOFFIN TO WIN 10TH HALLE OPEN 2019
TITLE
✔The
20-time Grand Slam champion, Roger Federer of Switzerland defeats David Goffin
(Belgium) to win the 27th edition of the Halle Open 2019 (also known as Noventi Open 2019) at the Gerry Weber
Stadion in Halle, Germany.
