DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 21st DEC 2019

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 21^TH DEC 2019

1.     ANTI-HIJACKING EXERCISE ‘APHARAN’

ü  Indian Navy(IN), Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and the Cochin Port Trust conducted large scale anti-hijacking exercise codenamed “Apharan” off Kochi coast of Kerala. More than 12 ships and helicopters of IN, ICG, and Cochin port trust participated in the exercise.

2.     NMSARB MEET 2019

ü  Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has organized the 18^th National Maritime Search and Rescue Board (NMSARB) meeting2019 in NewDelhi.

ü  The meet, chaired by K Natarajan -Director General (DG) of Indian Coast Guard and Chairman NMSARB, saw the discussion over policy issues, formulation of guidelines & procedures and assess the efficacy of National Search and Rescue Plan.

3.     AFGHANISTAN RECOGNIZE INDIAN PHARMACOPOEIA

ü  Islamic Republic of Afghanistan has formally recognized Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP), an official book of standards for drugs manufactured & marketed in India in terms of their identity, purity and strength.

ü  1^st nation to recognize IP, which is published by the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) on behalf of the Department of Commerce, and Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 19TH, 20th DEC 2019

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 19^TH,20th DEC 2019

1.      Fmhas set Rs 1.1 lakh crore monthly GST collection target

ü  Ministry of Finance(MoF) has set Rs 1.1 trillion monthly GST (Goods and Services Tax) target for the remaining four months of the fiscal year(FY 2019-20) and asked tax officials to step up efforts to achieve the goal.

2.      Annual report of ombudsman Schemes for the year 2018-19

ü  According to the annual Report of Ombudsman Schemes for 2018-19,released by Reserve Bank of India(RBI),the volume of complaints received by its 21  Offices of Banking Ombudsman (OBOs) has increased to 1,95,901 complaints in 2018-19 (Fiscal year-FY 19), up by 19.75% (or 32,311 complaints) from the previous year (2017-18), that accounted 1,63,590.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 18TH DEC 2019

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 18^TH  DEC 2019

1.        Mission Antyodaya scheme

ü  Rankings on gram panchayats in the country, on implementation of development and infrastructure programmes under the Mission Antyodaya scheme was released. As per the ranking, Tamil Nadu’s (TN) Molugamboondi gram panchayat topped the ranking for the year 2019.

ü  Bambhaniya GP of Bhavnagar in Gujarat ranked second on the list while four more Gujarat panchayats were tied for third ranks.

2.        Steeling India- 2019: Driving metal intensity in key sectors”

ü  Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) organized the “Steeling India- 2019: Driving metal intensity in key sectors” in New Delhi. DharmendraPradhan, Union Minister for Steel and Petroleum & Natural Gas participated in the event.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 17TH DEC 2019

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 17^TH DEC 2019

1.      PM Modi chaired 1st meeting of National Ganga Council

Ø  PM NarendraModi chaired the 1st meeting of the National Ganga Council (National Council for Rejuvenation, Protection and Management of River Ganga) in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.

Ø  The PM alone has personally contributed Rs. 16.53 crores to Clean Ganga Fund, from the amount realized from auction of the gifts he received since 2014 and the prize money of the Seoul Peace Prize in 2018.Holistic thinking process on ‘NamamiGange’ project  evolving to ‘Arth Ganga’ or a sustainable development model with a focus on economic activities related to Ganga river was discussed.

2.      Haryana Police introduce ‘Trakea’ software

Ø  Software named “Trakea-barcoding system of Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL)” introduced to enable foolproof security of the samples collected in Forensic reports. Haryana became the first state in the country to introduce this unique barcoding system. Developed by Amit Mishra, a software engineer who was in Bhondsi jail for 13 months imprisoned on the false dowry death case.

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DAILY GK 14, 15 and 16 DEC 2019

DAILY GK 14, 15 and 16 DEC 2019

1.      India & Vietnam signed MoU for cooperation in education, scientific research

Key Points:

i.MoU signing: MoU was signed by CP Ramnarayan, the Vice-Chancellor of Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT) and Lt General Nguyen Cong Dinh, the President of Vietnam’s Military Technical Academy. The signing was witnessed by defence minister of India and Vietnam’s Chief of the General Staff.

ii.Shri Rajnath Singh held talks with Phan Van Giang on issues related to defence cooperation between New Delhi and Hanoi(Vietnam).

iii.Bilateral discussion with Indian army chief:  Phan Van Giang met Chief of Army Staff(CoAS) General Bipin Rawat and held discussion over the issues of mutual and strategic concern.

iv.Other recent MoU by defence ministry: The other recent Mous signed by India with other countries are as follows:

·        MoU with Uzbekistan: Rajnath Singh signed 3 MoUs with Uzbekistan to enhance cooperation in military ties in November 2019 during his visit to Uzbekistan.

·        MoU with Myanmar:The Defence ministry signed MoU with Myanmar in July 2019, for defence co-operation in areas including reviewing joint exercises and training provided to Myanmar Defence Services in India, strengthening maritime security through joint surveillance and developing new infrastructure.

About the Ministry of Defence (MoD):
Founded- 15 August 1947.
Headquarters- New Delhi.
Minister of State (MoS-Independent charge)- Shri Shripad Yesso Naik.

2.      Mastercard joins hands with Federal bank for additional digital security called ‘Mastercard Identity Check’

On December 12, 2019, Mastercard,an American multinational financial services corporation has tied-up with Federal Bank, a Private Sector, scheduled commercial bank, to provide an additional layer of security function called ‘Mastercard Identity Check’ for digital transactions done by bank’s cardholders.

The new layer of security will be provided by using latest authentication standards of EMV (Europay, MasterCard, Visa) 3-D Secure.

Key Points:

i.The new layer of security will provide a safe and user-friendly way to authenticate cardholders without the use of passwords and also increase the approval rates.

ii.This will greatly benefit the Mastercard cardholders of the bank as they are affected by cart abandonment  while online shopping, fraud risk and conversion rates for e-commerce merchants.

iii.EMV 3-D Secure (3DS): It is a messaging protocol that promotes easy consumer authentication and allows consumers to authenticate themselves with their card issuer when making card-not-present (CNP) e-commerce purchases.

About Mastercard:

Founded– 1966 (as Interbank Card Association) &1979 (as Mastercard) Headquarters– New York, U.S.
President and CEO- Ajaypal Singh Banga

About Federal Bank:

Founded– 02 December 1949 (as Federal Bank)

Headquarters– Kochi, Kerala

MD & CEO– Shyam Srinivasan

Tagline– Your Perfect Banking Partner

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DAILY GK12 – 13 DEC 2019

DAILY GK12 – 13 DEC 2019

1.      7th India Skills Report 2020

ü  As per the report about 46.21% students were found employable or ready to take up jobs in 2019, compared with 33% in 2014, and 47.38% in 2018.Top ranked states in employability: Maharashtra emerged as the top-ranked state in terms of employability. It was followed by Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh(UP) in the second and third rank respectively.

2.      PradhanMantri Mudra Yojana

ü  An amount of Rs. 10.24 lakh crore have been disbursed under the PradhanMantri MUDRA Yojana(PMMY) as on November 1, 2019 as per the ministry of Labour and Employment. The loans under PMMY were sanctioned to 20.84 crore account holders.The scheme provides loan upto 10 lakh to the non-corporate, non-farm small/micro enterprises.

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DAILY GK 11 DEC 2019

DAILY GK 11 DEC 2019

1.        UNDP 2019 human development index

ü  United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) released its report titled “Human Development Report 2019– Beyond income, beyond averages, beyond today: Inequalities in human development in the 21st century”. As per the report India ranked 129th out of 189 countries.The list was topped by Norway.

2.        SIPRI’s Arms Industry Database report

ü  Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released a report on worldwide arms sales titled “The SIPRI Top 100 Arms Producing and Military Services Companies, 2018”. As per the report, arms sales rose up by 4.6% in 2018. India ranked 10th in the overall country ranking while, United States(US) topped the list.

ü  The world’s largest arms maker remains the U.S. firm Lockheed Martin, since 2009.

3.        Unvaccinated children for measles 2018

ü  According to the joint report of WHO and UNICEF published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), India has the 2^nd highest number of children who are not vaccinated against measles with 2.3 million in 2018 (2.9 million in 2017) . Nigeria,an African country tops the list with 2.4 million unvaccinated children.

4.        World’s Leading Sports Tourism Destination

ü  Abu Dhabi, UAE has been selected as the World’s Leading Sports Tourism Destination by the 26th Edition of the World Travel Awards (WTA) 2019 held in Muscat, Oman. Abu Dhabi has been selected for the award for the 7th time in a row.

5.        Right Livelihood Award 2019

ü  Activists Davi Kopenawa, Greta Thunberg, Guo Jianmei and Aminatou Haidar received the Right Livelihood Award 2019, also known as the ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’. 

ü  Davi Kopenawa Yanomami from Brazil also called the ‘Dalai Lama of the Rainforest’ received the award for his effort taken in the protection of the Amazon Rainforest .

ü  Guo Jianmei, a lawyer from China has been honoured with the award for her efforts taken in protecting under the Women’s rights in China.

ü  Aminatou Haidar, she is also known as the ‘Gandhi of Western Sahara’. 

ü  Greta Thunberg, from Sweden, a climate activist was selected for inspiring “Fridays for Future”, a global youth-led movement protesting climate change.

6.        NASA found Chandrayaan-2 Moon lander Vikram

ü  NASA found India’s Chandrayaan-2 Vikram lander that crashed on the lunar surface in September 2019. Shanmuga Subramanian from Chennai, Tamil Nadu located the crashed site of Vikram Lander and the first piece of the debris found about 750 metres northwest of the main crash site. NASA credited Subramanian for his findings.

7.        WADA bans Russia for 4 years

ü  WADA’s (World Anti-Doping Agency) Executive Committee has banned Russia from the Olympics and World Championships for 4 years. Russia has been banned, after it’s capital Moscow trying to manipulate laboratory data by deleting and planting fake evidence to help them in their drug test.

8.        Wasim Jaffer,  from Mumbai, Maharashtra  becomes the first Indian to play 150 Ranji Matches.

9.        Abanindranath Tagore’s Book ‘Nalak’, translated to English

ü  Abanindranath Tagore’s Book ‘Nalak’ featuring the journey of life of Gautama Buddha, was translated to English by Urbi Bhaduri, and was published by Niyogi Books. The English translation of the book has no chapters and has been featured in pen and ink style including a theme inspired by Buddhist tankha paintings.

10.     Human Rights Day-10 December 2019

ü  Theme of Human Rights day 2019 is “Youth Standing Up for Human Rights”. 

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DAILY GK 9 – 10 DEC 2019

DAILY GK 9 – 10 DEC 2019

1.       First ever Human Library event

ü  First ever Human Library Chapter 2, a concept that seeked to replace books with humans was organised in Mysuru, in Karnataka.  The event was held at Mysore Institute of Commerce and Arts (MICA), in Mysuru.  The aim of the human library was to create a safe framework for conservation by using a library analogy of lending people rather than books.

2.       Miss Universe 2019 

ü  Zozibini Tunzi, Miss South Africa 2019, was crowned Miss Universe 2019 by Catriona Gray, Miss Universe 2018 during the 68th edition of the Miss Universe Pageant held in Atlanta, Georgia. Vartika Singh represented India in the 68th edition of the Miss Universe Pageant, though she failed to make it up to the top 10.

3.        ‘Diwali – Power of One Award’ at New York

ü  4 diplomats were honoured with ‘The Diwali – Power of One’ award at the UN Headquarters in New York, United States (US) in recognition and celebration of their work, especially at the United Nations(UN), for a secure and peaceful world. The 4 diplomats are as follows,

ü  Kairat Abdrakhmanov– Former Foreign Minister and Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the UN.

ü  Nicholas Emiliou– Former Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the UN.

ü  Frantisek Ruzicka–Permanent Representative of Slovakia to the UN.

ü  Volodymyr Yelchenko- Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN.

4.       World youngest PM

ü  Sanna Marin, became the world’s youngest serving Prime Minister(PM) at the age of 34. She belongs to the Social Democratic Party (SDP). She replaced Antti Juhani Rinne, who resigned from the post.

5.       C. Sugandh Rajaram appointed as the High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Ghana 

CSIR Coaching in Chandigarh

6.       London Chess Classic 2019

ü  Indian chess grandmaster, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa was crowned the winner of the London chess classic 2019 with 7.5 points from 9 rounds & shared the title with Anton Smirnov of Australia, who also scored 7.5 points.

ü  The tournament, organized by the World Chess Federation (FIDE) ,was held at Olympia London in London, United Kingdom.

7.       International Anti-Corruption Day-December 9, 2019 

ü  Theme: The theme for the year 2019 is “United Against Corruption”

8.       35th SAARC charter day-December 8, 2019 

ü  SAARC was established on 8th of December in 1985by the members of the 7 South Asian Countries (Maldives, India, Bhutan, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladeshi and Sri Lanka) with the aim to promote economic and cultural ties amongst its member states. Afghanistan was joined as a Member in the month of April, 2007.

9.       Gangadhar National Award 

ü  Renowned Hindi poet, Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari is to be honoured with the Gangadhar National Award.

ü  Award is bestowed in the remembrance of renowned poet Gangadhar Meher from Odisha. The award was instituted in the year 1991.

ü  Some of his famous works are ‘Rachana ki sarokar’, ‘Kavita kya hai’, ‘Saath chalte hue’ and Bistar duniya le liye’.

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Monthly GK Capsules Nov. 2019

Monthly GK Capsules Nov. 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 Nov. 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.

To Download Monthly GK of Nov. 2019 CLICK HERE

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