DAILY GK 10, 11 NOV 2019

DAILY GK 10, 11 NOV 2019

1.    Global Investor’s Meet 2019

ü Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated first edition of the ‘Rising Himachal: Global Investor’s Meet 2019’ at Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh. The meet was organised by the Himachal State govt. The partner country for the event was United Arab Emirates(UAE). 

2.    India international science festival 2019

ü The 5^th edition of India International Science Festival (IISF) 2019 with the theme “RISEN India – Research, Innovation, and Science Empowering the Nation” has been held at at Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, Kolkata, West Bengal.

3.    RBI raises income & lending limit for MFIs

ü RBI has raised the household income eligibility limit for eligible borrowers from NBFC –MFIs (Non-Banking Financial Companies-  Micro finance Institutions) to Rs 1.25 lakh from the existing Rs 1 lakh in rural areas and from Rs 1.6 lakh to Rs 2 lakh in urban /semi-urban areas.
RBI also increased the limit on disbursal of loans to Rs 75,000 from Rs 60,000 for the 1^st cycle, and from Rs 1 lakh for the successive cycles to Rs 1.25 lakh.

4.    Report -“Furthering Digital Payments”

ü As per the report titled “Furthering Digital Payments” released by the  RBI, Banks will not be able to charge any fee for online National Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT) transactions done by the savings bank account customers from January 2020.

5.    Anjani Kumar was appointed as India’s next ambassador to Mali

6.    FIH Hockey Men’s World Cup

ü India has been named as the host country for 2023 FIH Men’s World Cup.The decision was finalized by the Executive Board of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) in the last annual meeting which held in Lausanne, Switzerland.

7.    National Legal Service Day-2019

ü National Legal Service day (NLSD) is celebrated every year on November 9. Legal Service Day was started in 1995 by Supreme court.

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DAILY GK 9 NOV 2019

DAILY GK 9 NOV 2019

1.     “Samudra Shakti 2019 ”

ü ‘Samudra Shakti 2019 ‘ between India navy & Indonesia navy was held in Bay of Bengal. INS Kamorta, an anti-submarine warfare corvette was jointly exercising with Indonesian warship KRI Usman Harun as part of the exercise.

2.     ‘India Justice Report 2019’ 

ü According to ‘India Justice Report 2019’, Maharashtra is the top state among the 18 large-medium states that leads in the overall ranking of Indian States on justice delivery, followed by Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Punjab.

3.    Moody’s revises India’s economic outlook

ü American financial service company Moody’s has downgraded India’s economic outlook to “Negative” from “Stable”. This downgrade was due to slow growth in the economy.
Moody’s has also predicted a budget deficit of 3.7% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the year through March 2020, which is a breach in the govt’s target of 3.3%.

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DAILY GK 8 NOV 2019

DAILY GK 8 NOV 2019

1.     ‘No money for terror conference 2019’

ü On November 7, 2019, As per G.Kishan Reddy ‘No Money for Terror’ Conference will be organized in India in 2020. This announcement was made by Minister at the second ‘No Money for Terror’2019 conference going on in Melbourne, Australia.

2.    FoTN 2019 report

ü Freedom House (international internet rights) released its ‘Freedom on the Net’ (FoTN) report for the year 2019, titled ‘The Crisis of Social Media’, regarding an overall decline and access in global internet freedom.
India’s total scores and status is 55.
Iceland became a top country for providing the freedom for accessing the Internet services.

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DAILY GK 7 NOV 2019

DAILY GK 7 NOV 2019

1.    Women, Peace and Security Index 2019

ü In Women, Peace, and Security Index for the year 2019. India was ranked 133rd out of 167 countries. The list was topped by Norway which was followed by Switzerland and Finland in the second and third places respectively.

ü Yemen was ranked last at 167th place in the index.

2.    Parliamentary speakers’ summit of G20

ü  Lok sabha speaker Om Birla composed the Indian Parliament delegation for 6th parliamentary summit of G20 countries, held in Tokyo, Japan. The summit is unofficially called P20, which was hosted by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), headquartered in Geneva and the House of Councilors of National Diet of Japan. 
The summit had three sessions on separate themes related to trade, technology and sustainable development. 

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DAILY GK 6 NOV 2019

DAILY GK 6 NOV 2019

1.    India’s global mega-science exhibition, ‘Vigyan samagam 2019’

ü Dr Harsh Vardhan has inaugurated the India’s 1^st -ever multi-venue Mega science exhibition, ‘Vigyan Samagam 2019’, at the iconic Science City in Kolkata, West Bengal.
Presence of prestigious projects and organisations such as European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research’ (FAIR), India-based Neutrino Observatory(INO), etc.

2.    WEF to be held in Switzerland

ü The 50th edition of the World Economic Forum(WEF) is to be held in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, January 2020. The theme of the forum is fixed as ‘Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World.’
The president of the WEF Børge Brende, has invited Telangana Information and Technology(IT) minister Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao, to the forum appreciating his work of launching various IT initiatives in the state.

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DAILY GK 5 NOV 2019

DAILY GK 5 NOV 2019

1.    Indo German Energy Forum 2019

ü The 8th edition of the Indo – German Energy Forum (IGEF) was held in New Delhi. From the Indian side, it was co-chaired by Sanjiv Nandan Sahai, Secretary of power ministry.

2.    Joint military Exercise – Dustlik 2019

ü The first ever joint military exercise of India-Uzbekistan named “Dustlik-2019” began at Chirchiq Training Area near Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

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Monthly GK Capsules Oct. 2019

Monthly GK Capsules Oct. 2019

Here is the new Monthly GK Capsules. This time we are going to share the official PDF file of AAA-Bright Academy which contains Monthly GK updates Oct. 2019. So if you are preparing for any Government, Bank, Railways, SSC Examination this PDF file is very helpful to you. All the best to all participants for the upcoming Examination.

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DAILY GK 27-28-29 OCT 2019

DAILY GK 27-28-29 OCT 2019

1.    Postal ballot voting for voters with disabilities.

ü The govt. has announced that disabled people and people aged above 80 years can vote through postal ballot in-order to increase the voters’ turnout. The announcement was made after the ministry of law and justice and amended Conduct of Election Rules, 1961.

2.    BASIC ministerial meet on climate change.

ü The 29th BASIC ministerial meet on climate change was held in Beijing, China. Members of the BASIC countries (Brazil, South Africa, India, China) participated in the event. From the Indian side, Prakash Javadekar participated in the event. India’s offer to host the 30th BASIC ministerial meeting was welcomed.

3.    NAM Summit 2019.

ü The XVIII (18th) summit of heads of state and government of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) was held in Baku, Azerbaijan. The theme of the summit for 2019 was “Upholding the Bandung Principles to ensure concerted and adequate response to the challenges of the contemporary world.” From the Indian side, Vice President Shri Venkaiah Naidu addressed the summit.

4.    1 billion transactions through UPI in Oct 2019.

ü Unified Payments Interface (UPI) as it has achieved the double milestone of 1 billion transactions as well as has crossed 100 million users in October 2019. With this, UPI has become the fastest-growing system in the world. 

5.    World Bank’s ease of doing business.

ü According to the  World Bank (WB), Kolkata and Bengaluru will be added to the list of World Bank’s ease of doing business survey from the year 2020.The survey so far covered only Delhi and Mumbai.

ü India has ranked 63rd in the list with the score of 71.0.
The World Bank has decided to select 4 cities each from the countries with over 100 million populations. 

6.    New Lt Governors of J&K and Ladakh.

ü Former IAS officer Girish Chandra Murmu and Radha Krishna Mathur were appointed as first Lieutenant (Lt) Governors of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and Ladakh respectively. These Union Territories will come into existence on October 31, 2019. These newly appointed governors succeed Satya Pal Malik.

7.    M.L. Khattar becomes Haryana CM for the 2^nd time.

ü BJP’s Manohar Lal Khattar was sworn in as Haryana’s chief minister (CM) for a second term (11th CM). He will lead the BJP-JJP (Jannayak Janata Party) coalition government in the state. JJP leader Dushyant Chautala took oath as the deputy CM of the state.

8.    Joko Widodo sworn in as the Indonesia president.

ü Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo, (7th president) popularly known as Jokowi, was sworn in for the final(2nd) term as the President of Indonesia for a 5-year term period.

9.    New CMD of NSIC.

ü Vijayendra has been appointed as Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD)of National Small Industries Corporation Limited (NSIC). He succeeds Ram Mohan Mishra.

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DAILY GK 26 OCT 2019

DAILY GK 26 OCT 2019

1.    ‘Ex Shakti -2019’

ü ‘Ex Shakti -2019‘, a joint exercise of the Armies of India and France held in the Mahajan Field Firing Ranges in Rajasthan. The exercise will be fully focused on anti-terrorist operations.

2.    Global Health Security Index 2019

ü It is the first comprehensive assessment of epidemic and pandemic threats globally.In this Index, India was ranked 57th out of 195 countries with a score of 46.5 out of 100.
The United States (US) topped the list globally, overall with a score of 83.5, followed by United Kingdom (77.9).

3.    New Visa rules to visit Brazil

ü As per the Brazilian President Jair Messias Bolsonaro (64), Indian tourists and businessmen would not need a visa to come to Brazil. It has been decided to reduce the visa requirements for the people of China and India.

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DAILY GK 25 OCT 2019

DAILY GK 25 OCT 2019

1.    Global Pension Index 2019

ü 11th edition of the 2019 Mercer Global Pension Index (MMGPI) was released by the human resource consulting firm Mercer. The report was on the pension and retirement benefits given to citizens of different income groups of 37 countries.

ü India ranked 32nd on the list for the year 2019 from its previous rank of 33 in 2018. The list was topped by Netherlands.

2.    President Ram Nath Kovind’s visit to Philippines and Japan

ü President visited the Philippines at the invitation of Mr. Rodrigo RoaDuterte, President of the Philippines and Japan to attend the Enthronement Ceremony of the Emperor of Japan, His Majesty Naruhito.

3.    Ease of Doing Business 2020 report

ü According to the 17th edition of World Bank’s (WB) report ,“Doing Business 2020-Comparing Business Regulation in 190 Economies”, India has ranked 63^rd in the list with the score of 71.0. It has improved by 14 places among 190 nations as against 77^th position in the 2018-19 list.

ü The list was topped by New Zealand.

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DAILY GK 24 OCT 2019

DAILY GK 24 OCT 2019

1.    VFS receives NBFC licence from RBI

ü The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) gave Vreedhi Financial Services (VFS) a license to act as a non banking finance company (NBFC). It’s objective is to provide credit and other services to micro enterprises operating in tier two three cities and small towns.

2.    ‘Bharat Ki Laxmi’ initiative

ü Bollywood actress DeepikaPadukone and Badminton player P.V.Sindhu were named as the brand ambassadors of ‘Bharat Ki Laxmi‘ movement.It is an initiative by PM Narendra Modi. The aim of this initiative is to celebrate the contribution & accomplishments of women of the nation for the public good. The hashtag for the initiative is #BharatKiLaxmi.

3.    SouravGanguly takes over president of BCCI

ü Former Indian cricket team captain Sourav Ganguly, took over as the 39th President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) . Prior to his appointment, C K Khanna served as the interim president.

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DAILY GK 23 OCT 2019

DAILY GK 23 OCT 2019

1.    USISPF summit 2019 

ü The US India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) under the delegation of its chairman Mr. John Chambers, called on Prime Minister Shri NarendraModi in New Delhi for the USISPF summit 2019.

2.    QS India University Rankings 2020

ü 2^nd edition of Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) India University Rankings 2020, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) has again topped all Indian Institutes in the list with an overall score of 88.5 followed by IISc- Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (ranked 2^nd with 84.7 score) & Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD),which has improved a notch to rank 3^rd with  82.2 scores.

3.    SBI Monthly EMI for debit card customers

ü Pine Labs,an Indian merchant platform company has joined hands with State Bank of India (SBI) to offer EMIs (equated monthly instalments) for debit card transactions.

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DAILY GK 22 OCT 2019

DAILY GK 22 OCT 2019

1.    Two-day Sudarshan Chakra Vahini war exercise 2019 of Indian Army held at Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

2.    G20 Health Ministers’ Meeting 2019

ü The 3rd G20 Health Ministers’ Meeting 2019 was held in Okayama City, Japan.

Special vision for projected 20% of elderly population in India by 2050 was also discussed.

3.    World intellectual property indicators 2019

ü According to “World Intellectual Property Indicators (WIPI) 2019” report for 49 countries released by the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), India has emerged as a top 10 nation (ranked 7^th ) in the rankings of IP (Intellectual Property) filing activity by origin & its patent filings rose to 7.5% to 3,473 in 2018.

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DAILY GK 21 OCT 2019

DAILY GK 21 OCT 2019

1.    India’s most polluted city

ü According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) of India, Loni rural (Dehat) of Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh emerged as the most polluted city in India with the Air Quality Index (AQI) figures at 358.

2.    Telangana tops in capex on irrigation

ü According to CARE Ratings, Telangana was ranked first in terms of expenditure incurred on capital outlay/asset creation (capex) by State governments during 2015-2019 on irrigation in India.
Tamil Nadu spent highest on urban development; Bihar on rural development; Uttar Pradesh in the areas of transport, energy, public health, education and housing and Maharashtra on agriculture.

3.    IMNEX-2019 commences

ü The 2nd edition of India- Myanmar Naval Exercise IMNEX-2019 has begun in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

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