DAILY GK 29 DEC 2019

DAILY GK 29 DEC 2019

1.    Aadhaar crosses 125 crore mark

ü Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) announced that the Aadhaar project crossed 125 crore mark of registration. Thus as of now, over 1.25 billion residents of India hold Aadhar card.
Currently UIDAI receives nearly 3 crore authentication requests per day.

2.    1^st  trial run of double stack train conducted

ü An inaugural trial run of double stack freight train was conducted on newly built Rewari (Haryana) – Madar (Rajasthan ) section on the 306 km long Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC).

ü At present , DFCCIL running freight trains at speed of 75 kilometre per hour & it  will be increased to a maximum speed of 100 kilometre per hour.

ü Japan has funding for the Western Corridor of the DFC, which has been installed at a height of 7.4 meters from the track. while, World Bank (WB) has funded for the Eastern Corridor of the DFC.

3.    Global House Price Index Q3 2019 report

ü Knight Frank released a report titled “Global House Price Index Q3 2019”. The report was about housing prices in a particular quarter of the financial year. As per the report, India was ranked at 47th place out of 56 countries, while Hungary topped the list.