DAILY GK 15 SEPT 2019

DAILY GK 15 SEPT 2019

1. India’s first Maritime Communication Services

ü Nelco, a security service provider company of the TATA group, announced the launch of maritime communication services. By this launch, Nelco became the first Indian company to provide broadband services in maritime sector.

2. War exercise near china border -‘HimVijay’

ü The Indian Army and  Indian Air Force (IAF) will jointly engage to conduct a large war exercise code-named  ‘HimVijay’ in October 2019 along the china border near Arunachal Pradesh.

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DAILY GK 14 SEPT 2019

DAILY GK 14 SEPT 2019

1. India join  global AMR research hub

ü India has joined as the new and 16th member of the Global Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Research and Development (R & D) hub.

ü Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is the ability of a microorganism (like bacteria, viruses, and parasites) to stop an antimicrobial (such as antibiotics, antivirals and antimalarials) from working against it.

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DAILY GK 13 SEPT 2019

DAILY GK 13 SEPT 2019

1.        Swachhta Hi Seva 2019

ü  Narendra Modi launched nationwide campaign “Swachhta Hi Seva 2019”(SHS) in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh(UP). The theme for 2019 is ‘plastic waste awareness and management’.

ü  This SHS which means “Cleanliness is service” is observed from 11th September to October 2nd 2019 as part of the Swachh Bharat Mission.

2.        SBI revises service charges

ü  State Bank of India(SBI) has announced revision in charges of deposits and withdrawals that will be effective from October 1, 2019. The new revision is applicable to cash withdrawals, non-maintenance in Average Monthly Balance(AMB) and deposits.

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DAILY GK 12 SEPT 2019

DAILY GK 12 SEPT 2019

1.        NADCP launched in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh

ü  Narendra Modi launched National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP) in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh.

ü  NADCP aims to control the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and Brucellosis in the livestock by 2025 and eradicate them by 2030.

2.        Global Malaria Cases in 2017

ü  According to a report published in the Lancet journal, India is ranked fourth in Global Malaria Cases in 2017. India has 4% of the cases worldwide behind the African countries Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo and Mozambique.

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DAILY GK 11 SEPT 2019

DAILY GK 11 SEPT 2019

1.        India declared free from H5N1 avian influenza

India has been declared free from H5N1 avian influenza (commonly known as bird flu) by OIE-World Organisation for Animal Health. The flu was last reported in 2017 with disease outbreaks in Odisha, Bihar, and Jharkhand.
India’s first iWTC in Kozhikode

ü  Kerala will set up India’s first International Women’s Trade Centre (iWTC) in Kozhikode to boost women entrepreneurship and secure gender parity.

2. 76^TH Venice International Film Festival Awards- held at Venice Lido.

ü  List of Winners:

       Golden Lion for Best Film: Joker

       Silver Lion – Grand Jury Prize: J’accuse (An Officer and a Spy)

       Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Luca Marinelli

       Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Ariane Ascaride

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DAILY GK 10 SEPT 2019

DAILY GK 10 SEPT 2019

1. life expectancy at birth improved

ü  According to the “SRS Based Abridged Life Tables, 2013-17” released by the Registrar General of India, the overall life expectancy at birth in India improved to 69 years from 68.7 years in 2012-16.Life expectancy at birth to 69 years

2. Helicopter summit 2019

ü  Ministry of Aviation jointly with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) organized the first helicopter summit 2019 in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.

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DAILY GK 9 SEPT 2019

DAILY GK 9 SEPT 2019

1)       National Youth Summit 2019

ü  The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind has inaugurated the National Youth Summit 2019 held in New Delhi.It was organized by Youth Awakening Mission

2)       Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $ 200 million loan to upgrade about 2,100 kilometers of rural roads to all-weather standards in Maharashtra.

3)       19th Annual Asian Achievers Awards 2019

ü  The founder and Chairman of Vedanta Resources Limited, Anil Agarwal (65) has been given the lifetime achievement award at the 19^th  Annual Asian Achievers Awards 2019.

4)       Vijay Kumar Chopra elected as Chairman of PTI.

ü  Vijay Kumar Chopra, who is the Chief Editor of the Punjab Kesari Group of newspapers, was elected Chairman of PTI succeeding N Ravi, publisher and former Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu.

ü  Also Vineet Jain were elected as Vice Chairman of PTI.

5)       ISRO lost Contact with Vikram Lander

ü  The communication from Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram lander to ISRO  ground station was lost before its soft landing on the south pole of the Moon. The contact was lost when the lander was 2.1km away from the surface of the moon.

ü  Chandrayaan-2 was launched on July 22, 2019, from GSLV Mk-III, nicknamed ‘Bahubali’ from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.Project consisted of 3 components namely the Orbiter, the Lander ‘Vikram’, and the Rover Pragyan (27kg).

6)       BKSP  successfully won U17 Girls Subroto Cup

ü  Bangladesh Krida Shiksha Prothishtan (BKSP) has successfully retained the 60^th edition of the Under 17 Girls Subroto Cup International Football 2019 title by defeating Neelamani English School, Manipur with 4-0 scores in the final held in Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi.

7)       Nehru Trophy for the year 2019

ü  Snakeboat Nadubhagam Chundan  clinched the 67th Edition of the Nehru Trophy 2019 in the boat race held at the Punnamada Lake in Alappuzha, Kerala.

8)       Ram Jethmalani, Senior lawyer, and a former union law minister has passed away at his home in Delhi after suffering from prolonged illness. He was 95.

9)       International Literacy Day (ILD) was observed on September 8, 2019 with the theme ‘Literacy and Multilingualism’.

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DAILY GK 8 SEPT 2019

DAILY GK 8 SEPT

1)       First ‘Make in India’ Metro Coach

ü  PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the first Metro Coach in Mumbai under the ‘Make in India’ initiative at Mumbai. He also launched Rs.19,000 crore worth metro projects..

2)       Akash missile project for Air Force

ü  To strengthen the Indian Air Force (IAF), the central government has approved the procurement of 6 squadrons of indigenous Akash Air Defense missile for the Air Force at a cost of Rs 5,000 crore. They will be deployed along the borders with Pakistan and China.

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DAILY GK 4 SEPT 2019

DAILY GK 4 SEPT 2019

1)       WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia’

ü  Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugurated the ‘72nd Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia’ in New Delhi

ü  Dr PoonamKhetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia Region were present.

2)       First ASEAN-U.S. Maritime Exercise

ü  The United States (US) and 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries began their first Asean-US Maritime Exercise (AUMX) at the Sattahip Naval Base in Thailand.

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DAILY GK 3 SEPT 2019

DAILY GK 3 SEPT 2019

1)       India’s longest electrified rail tunnel

ü  Vice President of India inaugurated the longest electrified railway tunnel (6.7km) between Cherlopalli and Rapuru in Andhra Pradesh.

2)       New logo of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)

ü  The Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting (I&B), Shri Prakash Javadekar has unveiled the new logo and certificate design of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).

ü  The design of the new logo has been designed by designer Rohit Devgan in collaboration with the technical support team of National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL).

3)       CGHS Bhawan inaugurated

ü  Dr Harsh Vardhan inaugurated the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) Bhawan in R K Puram in New Delhi.

ü  CGHS services should be made available in 100 cities by 2022. Under Ayushman Bharat, 150000 Health and Wellness Centres are planned to come up by 2022.

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DAILY GK 1, 2 SEPTEMBER 2019

DAILY GK 1, 2 SEPTEMBER 2019

1.        Global Happiness Survey

ü  “Global Happiness Survey” is conducted by Ipsos

ü  India is ranked 9th with 77% on happiness index among 28 global markets.

ü  Australia & Canada topped the Survey.

2.        India will overtake China as importer of coking coal

ü  As per Fitch Solutions Macro Research, India will overtake China as the largest importer of coking coal by 2025. China also roughly produced two-thirds of global coking coal.

3.        SBI’s MD Anshula Kant Resigned

ü  She is now  appointment as the MD and Chief Financial Officer(CFO) of World Bank Group.

4.        IPS Vivek Kumar Johri takes over as Director-General of BSF

5.        India clinched SAFF U-15 Championship 2019

ü The India Under-15 team has defeated Nepal with 7-0 score in the final of the SAFF (South Asian Football Federation) U-15 Championship 2019 held in Kalyani Stadium, West Bengal.

6.        36th National Games

ü  The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) decided that 36^th  National Games will be held in Goa from October 20 – November 4, 2020.

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DAILY GK 31 AUGUST 2019

DAILY GK 31 AUGUST 2019

1)       ADB going to provide $12 Billion to India

ü  Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Mr. Takehiko Nakao announced  $12 billion to India over the next 3 years (2020-22) in support of new flagship initiatives.

2)       Community Radio Sammelan

ü  The 7th Community Radio Sammelan 2019 was held in New Delhi.

ü  The theme of this year’s Sammelan is ‘Community Radio for SDGs’ (Sustainable Development Goals).

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DAILY GK 30 AUG 2019

DAILY GK 30 AUG 2019

1)     2019 India child well-being index

·      The index was topped by Kerala (0.76), followed by Tamil Nadu (0.67) and Himachal Pradesh (0.67) bagging the top three slots in the index. Among Union Territories(UT), Puducherry topped the spot.

2)     India Cyber Security Summit

·      The 12th edition of “Towards New National Cyber Security Strategy” security summit of India organised by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) was held in New Delhi.

·      The theme for the year 2019 is “Towards New National Cyber Security Strategy”.

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DAILY GK 29 August 2019

DAILY GK 29 August 2019

1.       IIP to covert Plastic waste into diesel

·        The Union Minister of Science and Technology Shri Harsh Vardhan, inaugurated a plant at the Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, that converts plastic waste into diesel.

2.       World’s first ever facial BSID launched

·       India launched the world’s first ever Biometric Seafarer Identity Document (BSID) which captures the facial biometric data of seafarers.

·        BSID project was formed in collaboration with the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), Mumbai.

3.       CoP of CITES held in Geneva

·       The 18^th meeting of Conference of the Parties (CoP18) of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) was held in Geneva, Switzerland.

·       183 CITES member nations participated in the meeting.

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DAILY GK 28 AUGUST 2019

DAILY GK 28 AUGUST 2019

1)   National Digital Library of India

• Under the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT), Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) launched the National Digital Library of India project.
• National Digital Library has been integrated with Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance (UMANG) App.

2) Narendra Modi’s Visit to France, UAE and Bahrain

     Visit to France

·        MoU signed by India with France: Implementing arrangement between Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and CNES France for Joint Maritime Domain Awareness.

·        PM addressed the Indian community at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris.

·        He also met his French counterpart Edouard Philippe.

     Visit to United Arab Emirates (UAE)

·        PM Narendra Modi launched RuPay card in Abu Dhabi. India has already launched the RuPay card in Singapore and Bhutan.

·        PM Modi claimed that the UAE can help India in achieving its ambitious dream of achieving a $5 trillion economy by 2024-25.

·        UAE honoured PM Narendra Modi with highest civilian award ‘Order Of Zayed’

·        Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Abu Dhabi crown prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan jointly released a commemorative stamp of Mahatma Gandhi ahead of his 150th birth anniversary.

     Visit to Bahrain

·        Prime Minister Narendra Modi was honoured with “The King Hamad Order of the Renaissance.”

·        PM launched the $4.2 million redevelopment project of the 200-year-old Lord Sri Krishna temple in Manama.

3   G7 Summit 2019
The 45^th G7 Summit for the year 2019 was held in Biarritz, France from 24 to 26 August, 2019. The next G7 Summit (46^th) for the year 2020 will be held in the United States.

     About G7

• The Core G7 Members countries are Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States and European Union.
• Invited Guests countries were Australia, Burkina Faso, Chile, Egypt, India, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa and Spain.
• World leaders at the G7 summit in France pledged to spend a total amount of $22 million to fight the raging wildfires in the Amazon in South America that are threatening the world’s biggest rainforest.

2)   China and Pakistan joint exercise ‘Shaheen-VIII’

·        The air forces of China and Pakistan began joint exercise Labelled  ‘Shaheen-VIII’ in the Chinese city of Holton, close to Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir(J&K).

3)   Canara Bank OTP for ATM cash withdrawals

·        Canara Bank, has launched India’s first one-time password (OTP) facility for ATM withdrawals over Rs.10,000 in a day.

4)   World’s first floating nuclear reactor

• The world’s first floating nuclear reactor Akademik Lomonosov was launched by Russia and had set up on a 5000 km journey to northeastern Siberia.
• Owned by Rosatom(Russian state nuclear energy corporation), the work for the nuclear reactor began in 2006 &  is expected to start its operation by the end of 2019.

5)   Arun Jaitley Stadium

• The governing body of Cricket activities, the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) has decided to rename the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi as Arun Jaitley Stadium in the memory of the cricket body’s former president who passed away on August 24, 2019.

6)   2019 British MotoGP race

• Spain born motorcycle racer Alex Rins of Suzuki motors won the 2019 GoPro British Grand Prix MotoGP race at Silverstone circuit, United Kingdom(UK) overthrowing Honda’s Marc Marquez to second place.

7)   India’s first woman DGP passed away

• India’s first woman DGP, Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya, passed away in Mumbai, Maharashtra. She was born in Himachal Pradesh.She was the second woman IPS officer of India after Kiran Bedi.
• She was appointed the DGP of Uttarakhand in the year 2004.
  
  

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