DAILY GK 23 JULY 2019
1. LOK
SABHA PASSED PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (AMENDMENT) BILL 2019
✔According
to the bill, besides a Chief justice of India, a former Supreme Court judge can
also be made the chairperson of National Human Rights Commission.
✔The
bill also proposes to enable any person to be the chairperson of the State
Human Rights Commission who has been a judge of a high court
✔The
bill amends the protection of Human Rights Act 1993 to provide that a person
who has been Chief Justice of India or a judge of the Supreme Court will be the
chairperson of the NHRC.
✔The
protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill 2019 provides two persons having
knowledge of human right to be appointed as the members of the NHRC.
2. LUCKNOW
TO HOST ASIA’S BIGGEST ARM SHOW ‘DEFEXPO’ IN FEBRUARY 2020
✔Lucknow
will host the 11th biennial edition of DefExpo from February 5 to 8, 2020.
✔The
focus of the Expo will be on “Digital
transformation of defence”.
✔The
main theme of DefExpo India-2020 will be “India:
the emerging defence manufacturing hub”.