DAILY GK 19 FEB 2020
1.
Permanent commission to women officers in
the army
ü
The Supreme Court bench of
Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta dismissed
the central government’s submission that women are physically weaker than men
and agreed on Delhi High Court’s decision about eligibility of permanent
commission and command post to short service commissioned
(SSC) women officers in the army.
2.
Most spoken language
ü The
22nd edition of the world language database Ethnologue stated Hindi, as
the 3rd most spoken language of the world in 2019 with 615
million speakers. English language was at the top of the list with 1,132
million speakers and Mandarin Chinese was at the 2nd position with 1,117
million speakers.
ü Bangla
has been ranked as the 7th most spoken language of the world and has 228
million native speakers.
3.
WEFFI 2019
ü The
Worldwide Education for The Future Index (WEFFI) 2019 ranked
India in 35th position, whereas in 2018 it was ranked 40th position.
The WEFFI report is created by The Economist Intelligence unit and commissioned
by Yidan Prize foundation. The index is topped by Finland.