DAILY GK 23 SEPT 2019

DAILY GK 23 SEPT 2019

1.    Krishna Mohan Prasad as its first Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax of NeAC

ü  Central Board of Direct Tax(CBDT) has newly set up National e-Assessment Centre (NeAC) for electronically assessing the tax returns which would reduce the human interventions.

2.    IMPS rated as the world’s best real-time payment service

ü  US based research firm Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) in its 6th annual Flavours of Fast report for 2019 rated India’s Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) as the world’s best real-time payment service.

ü  It is an instant payment inter-bank electronic funds transfer system in India managed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)

3.     ‘Gully Boy’ India’s Oscar 2020 entry

ü  ‘Gully Boy’ has been nominated for the Oscar 2020 Film Awards from India. Directed by Zoya Akhtar, the film has been sent for an Oscar for the Best International Feature Film category.

4.    Ladakhi Shondol dance enters into the Guinness book of world records

ü  Shondol dance, has created history by entering into the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest Ladakhi dance.

ü  The event was held on the concluding day of the ongoing Buddhist carnival Naropa festival near the Hemis Monastery in Ladakh .

5.    2019 World Boxing Championships

ü  Ekaterinburg AIBA (International Boxing Association) 2019 World Boxing Championships was held in Ekaterinburg Expo, Yekaterinburg, Russia from September 9-21, 2019.

ü  Indian boxers clinched 2 medals and it was for the first time that India had won 2 medals in the championships.

ü  Amit Panghal, lost to Shokhobidin Zoirov of Uzbekistan by 0-5 in the 52kg category and settled for silver &  Manish Kaushik secured bronze medal.

6.    World Rhino Day 2019-September 22.

7.    World rose day / Cancer free day - 22nd September, 2019