DAILY GK 12 JULY 2019
1. GOVERNMENT
BANNED PRO-KHALISTANI GROUP SIKHS FOR JUSTICE FOR ALLEGED ANTI-NATIONAL
ACTIVITIES
✔The
Union Cabinet banned the US based Pro-Khalistani group The Sikhs for Justice
under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act 1967.
✔It
propelled the Sikh Referendum 2020 as part of its separatist agenda.
✔SFJ
openly supported the cause of Khalistan, a Sikh separatist movement. It
challenged the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India.
2. FROM
2020, FRANCE WILL IMPOSE GREEN TAX ON PLANE TICKETS
✔With
an aim to fund less-polluting transportation projects, French government
announced to impose green tax up to €18 ($20) on plane tickets for all outgoing
flights from airports in France with effect from 2020.
✔Tax
of €1.5 will be imposed on economy-class tickets on internal flights and those
within Europe.
3. SRI
LANKA DECLARED ‘MEASLES-FREE’ NATION BY WHO
✔The
World Health Organization declared that measles disease has been eradicated in
Sri Lanka. The last case of measles caused by an indigenous virus was reported
in May 2016.
✔With
this, it became the 4th country after Bhutan, Maldives, and Timor-Leste to
eliminate measles and control rubella in the WHO South-East Asia Region.
✔In
2018, Sri Lanka along with Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, and Timor-Leste
had achieved rubella control.
4. WORLD
POPULATION DAY 2019: JULY 11
✔World
Population Day was observed on July 11, 2019.
✔It
creates awareness on the growing population issues. Population issue may be
family planning, gender equality, child marriage, human rights, right to
health, baby’s health etc.
✔It
was established by the United Nations Development Programme in 1989.
✔China
is the most populous country in the world followed by India.
5. UP
HAS HIGHEST NUMBER OF SENIOR CITIZENS WITH MORE THAN ONE CRORE 54 LAKH
✔Rattan
Lal Kataria, the Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment stated
that Uttar Pradesh has highest number of senior citizens with more than one
crore 54 lakh followed by Maharashtra with one crore 11 lakh.
✔Totally
the country has over 10.38 crore senior citizens.
✔For
the betterment of senior citizens, the centre has launched various schemes to
lead a socially secured life. And since 2017, the ministry has launched
Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana for senior citizens belonging to BPL(Below Poverty
Line)category, who are suffering from age-related disabilities.
