DAILY GK 18 JAN 2020

DAILY GK 18 JAN 2020

1.    Exercise ‘Winged Raider’

ü Indian Army(IA) conducted its biggest airborne exercise ‘Winged Raider’. The exercise comprised of more than 500 soldiers of Special Forces troops in the northeastern theatre and involved all kinds of air transport platforms of the Indian Air Force (IAF).

2.    India’s first model sports villages

ü Two villages namely Bahadurpur and Kheri Veran of Uttar Pradesh (UP) has set to become India’s first ‘Model Sports villages’ as a part of Institute of  Management Technology (IMT) Ghaziabad, UP ‘Adarsh Khel Gram’ program in association with NGO‘ Sports: A Way of Life’ to evolve sports culture and increase sports literacy in the country.

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DAILY GK 16 – 17 JAN 2020

DAILY GK 16 – 17 JAN 2020

1.    Rashtriya Arogaya Nidhi scheme

ü Govt has released the National draft policy on Rare Disease in which financial support of Rs. 15 lakh will be provided under the Rashtriya Arogaya Nidhi scheme for one-time treatment of rare diseases.

ü The scheme benefit is limited to people below Poverty Line (BPL) and also 40% of the population eligible as per Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana(AB-PMJAY) norms for treatment in government tertiary hospitals only.

2.    National Water Policy

ü Mihir Shah has been appointed as the chairman of the 11-member committee to draft the National Water Policy(NWP) and will have to submit the report within 6 months from the date of constitution. The committee was established by the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation of govt. of India.

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DAILY GK: 15 JAN 2020

DAILY GK: 15 JAN 2020

1.       ‘SAHYOG-KAIJIN’ EXERCISE

ü  Japan Coast Guard (JCG) Ship ‘Echigo PLH08’ has arrived Chennai on a five-day goodwill visit and it will participate in the 19^th edition of Annual Joint Exercise ‘Sahyog-Kaijin’  with the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) off in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

2.      CHILD MORTALITY REPORT OF UN

ü  United Nations(UN) inter agency group for child mortality has produced a report titled “Levels and Trends in Child Mortality”. As per this report India is among 5 countries where in 2018, the mortality of girls under the age of 5 exceeds that of the boys. Half of all under-5 deaths in 2018 occurred in the following five countries: India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo(DRC) and Ethiopia.

S.No	Category	State
1	State with largest gender gap	Jharkhand.
2	State with highest newborn deaths	Uttar Pradesh.
3	State with highest under 5 mortality rate	Madhya Pradesh.
4	State with least under 5 mortality rate	Kerala.

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DAILY GK 11 -14 JAN 2020

DAILY GK 11 -14  JAN 2020

1.         ‘WINGS INDIA 2020’

ü  Wings India 2020, an international exhibition and conference on civil aviation sector, will be held at Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad, Telangana from March 12-15, 2020. The theme of the event is “Flying for all”. 

2.        NATIONAL CYBER CRIME REPORTING PORTAL

ü  National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal was dedicated to the Nation  by  Amit Shah in New Delhi. He also inaugurated Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) during the event.
Also National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal www.cybercrime.gov.in portal was launched on August 30,2019 which helps the citizens of the Nation to report cyber crimes through online.

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DAILY GK 10 JAN 2020

DAILY GK 10 JAN

1.    WORLD’S HIGHEST RAIL BRIDGE

ü  Government of India set a new deadline for the completion of the world’s highest railway bridge- Chenab bridge. Kashmir will be connected to the rest of India by Indian railways by December 2021. Konkan railway is the implementing agency of this project.The Chenab bridge will be 35m taller than the Eiffel Tower in Paris,France.
Once completed, it will surpass the record of the Beipan river Shuibai railway bridge (275 m) in China.

2.    STATE ENERGY EFFICIENCY INDEX 2019

ü  The index tracks the progress of Energy Efficiency (EE) initiatives undertaken in 36 states and Union Territories(UTs) based on 97 indicators.The states and UTs listed under front runner categories were Haryana, Kerala and Karnataka, thus making the total count to 3. 

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DAILY GK 9 JAN 2020

DAILY GK 9 JAN 2020

1.    Naval exercise ‘MILAN’ 2020 

ü The Vishakapatnam city of Andhra Pradesh will host International naval exercise ‘MILAN’ in March 2020. The theme of the exercise for the year 2020 is ‘Synergy Across the Seas’. 

2.    NCRB 2018

ü National Crime Record Bureau’s (NCRB) report on Crime in India for the year 2018 was released. The report finds that over 50 lakh crimes have been registered in 2018.

ü The report stated that Uttar Pradesh(UP) accounted for the maximum number of economic offences in 2018 with 22,822 cases recorded. It was followed by Rajasthan (21,309 cases), Maharashtra (14,854 cases).

3.    EIU survey 2015-20

ü Ranking based on fastest growing urban regions/ fastest growing cities in the world was released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). as per the report 3 of the cities in Kerala were ranked in the top 10 places. Malappuram city of Kerala was ranked 1st in the list, while Kerala’s Kozhikode and Kollam cities were ranked in the 4th and 10th place respectively.

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DAILY GK 8 JAN 2020

DAILY GK 8 JAN

1.    107th Indian Science Congress

ü PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the 107th edition of the Indian Science Congress (ISC) also known as ISC 2020 at the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) in Bengaluru, Karnataka. The theme of ISC for the year 2020 was “Science

2.    Vikram Sarabhai Children Innovation Center

ü Gujarat will set its Vikram Sarabhai Children Innovation Center (VSCIC) soon. The objective of the center is to identify, nurture and promote innovation of children up to 18 years in the state.The innovation centre will come up in Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Centre for Extension Research and Innovation at Gujarat University.

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DAILY GK 7 JAN 2020

DAILY GK 7 JAN 2020

1.    Naval exercise ‘Naseem-Al-Bahr’

ü 12th edition of the Indo-Oman bilateral naval exercise ‘Naseem-Al-Bahr‘. The meaning of the biennial exercise Naseem-Al-Bahr that has been conducted since 1993 between India and Oman is sea breeze.

2.    Rs 5908 crore to NDRF

ü A High Level Committee (HLC) led by  Amit Shah, has released Rs. 5908.56 crore to 7 states including Assam, Himachal Pradesh (HP), Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh(MP), Maharashtra, Tripura and Uttar Pradesh (UP) to help in the losses suffered by various disasters in 2019.

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DAILY GK 5 – 6 JAN 2020

DAILY GK 5 – 6 JAN

1.    171 hospitals de-empanelled & ₹4.5 cr fine imposed for fraud

ü National Health Authority(NHA) which is the apex body regulating and implementing Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme, has de-empanelled a total of 171 hospitals and also imposed penalty of Rs 4.5 crore on hospitals for committing fraud.

2.    Agriculture Export Policy

ü Government of India finalised eight  states for action plan for Agriculture Export Policy (AEP). The eight states are Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Punjab and Karnataka.
This policy also helps the government in achieving the target of doubling the farmers income from 30 billion USD to 60 billion USD  by 2022.

3.    Chandigarh RS inaugurated Navigation facilities for visually impaired.

ü Navigation facilities for visually impaired was inaugurated in Chandigarh railway station in Punjab. It is fifth in the country and  first in North India to have this facilities for visually impaired.It was developed by Indian Railways with the help of NGO ‘Anuprayaas’.

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DAILY GK 4 JAN 2020

DAILY GK 4 JAN 2020

1.    Gujarat to boost Patola Saree production

ü Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) opened its first Silk Processing Plant in Surendranagar district of Gujarat to increase the production of Gujarat Patola Sarees. The Plant was set up at a cost of Rs 75 lakh by Khadi institution where RS 60 lakh was contributed by KVIC. Patola Sarees are the trademark of Gujarat.

2.    India and Pakistan exchanged list of Nuclear Installations.

ü The nuclear installation exchange was done under the terms of the  under the agreement on prohibition of attack against nuclear installations between India and Pakistan that came into force on January 27, 1991.

3.    $75 mn line of credit to Cuba for solar parks

ü Exim Bank, the premier export finance institution of India has given a $75 million (over Rs 500 crore) line of credit to Cuba for financing 75 MW (megawatt) Photovoltaic Solar Parks.

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DAILY CA 3 JAN 2020

DAILY CA 3 JAN 2020

1.    IR integrated helpline number 139

ü The indian Railways launched an integrated helpline number 139 for quick grievance and enquiries by the passengers during journeys.The helpline number will be available in 12 languages and it will be based on an interactive voice response system

2.    world’s 2nd tallest statue of Vallabhbhai Patel

ü Vijay Rupani unveiled the world’s 2nd largest statue of Sardar vallabhbhai Patel at Sardardham campus near Vaishnodevi circle in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. This bronze statue which is 50 feet tall weighing 70,000 kilograms was built at a cost of Rs 3.25 crores.

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DAILY Current Affairs 1 – 2 JAN 2020

DAILY Current Affairs 1 – 2 JAN 2020

1.    5th Swachh Survekshan League 2020

ü  Hardeep Singh Puri,has announced the results of Swachh Survekshan League 2020 (Quarter 1 and Quarter 2). >10lakh population: Among the cities with more than 10 lakh population category, Indore ranked 1st in both quarter 1 and quarter 2.

ü  1-10 lakh population: Among cities with 1-10 lakh population, Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) ranked 1st in both quarter 1 and quarter 2.

2.    2019-2025 National Infrastructure Pipeline report

ü  Nirmala Sitharaman released a report of the task force on National Infrastructure Pipeline for 2019-2025 (NIP 2019-25) inorder to achieve the $5 trillion economy by 2024-25 . Based on the information compiled by the task force headed by Economic Affairs Secretary Atanu Chakraborty, Rs 102 lakh crores has been projected on the capital expenditure in infrastructure sectors in India during the fiscals 2020 to 2025.  The capital expenditure will be shared by the Centre, States and the private sector in the ratio 39:39:22 respectively.

3.    Review crop insurance scheme-PMFBY

ü  The central Government has formed a 7-member group of ministers (GoM) headed by Defense Minister Rajnath Singh to review the crop insurance scheme ,“Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)” & make suggestions to improve it according to the needs of the farmers.

4.    Pragati Maidan metro station renamed as Supreme Court metro station

5.    14^th Global healthcare summit in 2021

ü  The American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), a professional association for Indian American physicians, is set to organize a 3-days long 14^th Global Healthcare Summit (GHS) in Visakhapatnam,Andhra Pradesh(AP) from January 3, 2021 for the 1^st time.

6.    Department of military affairs

ü  Government has created a new ‘Department of Military affairs (DMA)’ in the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to be headed by Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat. The new department works for the unity of the three forces Army, Navy and Air Force and will also monitor the services .The DMA is the 5th department in the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and was created after a change in Government of India (Allocation of Business), Rules 1961.

7.    RBI governor launched MANI app

ü  Shri Shaktikanta Das launched a mobile app named “MANI” (Mobile Aided Note Identifier) that would help visually impaired people to identify denomination of currency notes correctly.

8.    Small savings schemes interest rates unchanged

ü  Union Finance Ministry,  has not made any changes in the interest rates on its small savings schemes (SSS) of the post office for the fourth quarter of the financial year(FY)  2019-20 starting from January 1, 2020- March 31, 2020 due to softening in the bank deposit rate.
Current Interest Rates of Small Savings Schemes:

Small Savings Scheme	Annual Interest Rate
Public Provident Fund (PPF)	7.9%
National Savings Certificate (NSC)	7.9%
Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP)	7.6%  (113 months maturity)
Sukanya Samriddhi Account	8.4%

9.    Piyuus jaiswal wins Global Bihar excellence award 2019

ü  Piyuus Jaiswal has been awarded the Global Bihar Excellence Award 2019 by Rajya Sabha MP and Padma Shri Awardee Dr CP Thakur & Bihar Women Commission president Dilmani Devi in Patna, Bihar for his invaluable and outstanding contribution towards social welfare, women empowerment and introducing new talent in the field of arts and culture.

10. TS Sundar appointed as interim MD&CEO and additional director of Lakshmi Vilas Bank

11. HDFC gets requisite approval to hold a 51.2% stake in Apollo Munich Health Insurance Company

ü  HDFC has received its requisite approvals from Competition Commission of India (CCI), IRDAI to acquire 51.2% stake in Apollo Munich Health Insurance Company from Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited (AHEL) and other shareholders. After the acquisition, Apollo Munich will be merged with and into HDFC Ergo, subject to approval from the Mumbai bench of National Company Law Tribunal. IRDAI granted approval under Section 6A of the Insurance Act, 1938.

12. IAF chief formally inducted Dornier 228 aircraft

ü  Indian Air Force Chief Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria formally inducted the light utility aircraft Flight Inspection System (FIS) Dornier 228 into the No. 41 ‘Otters’ Squadron at a ceremony at the Palam Air Force Station in New Delhi.

ü  About Dornier-228 aircraft:
The Do-228 is a twin-engine, multirole light transport aircraft, capable of transporting up to 19 passengers or various cargoes, jointly designed and developed by Indian aircraft manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and RUAG Aerospace, Germany.

13. UPSRTC launched ‘Damini’ helpline service

ü  UPSRTC (Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation) has launched ‘Damini’ helpline service considering the safety of the women passengers in Uttar Pradesh (UP). As the extension of ‘Nirbhaya Yojana’ the unique number “81142-77777”.

14. Kerala became 1st State to pass resolution against citizenship Amendment Act

ü  Kerala became the 1st state in the country to pass a resolution scrapping the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA). The resolution was moved by Kerala’s Chief Minister Shri Pinarayee Vijayan and was seconded by the Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala.

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