DAILY GK 21 APRIL 2019
1. UNION
TERRITORIES AND TWENTY STATES JOIN PAN-INDIA SINGLE EMERGENCY HELPLINE NUMBER
‘112’
✔To
get immediate assistance to the people who are in trouble, Union territories
and Twenty states have joined in a pan-India network of single emergency
helpline number ‘112’,which is implemented by central government’s Nirbhaya
Fund.
✔Police
(100), women (1090) and fire(101) helpline numbers are amalgamated in this and
is similar to ‘911’ in US. When a person activate the panic button on the
mobile,it will trigger an emergency call to 112.
2. INDIA’S
HAJ QUOTA INCREASED TO 2 LAKH BY SAUDI ARABIA
✔India’s
Haj Quota has been increased by about 25,000, raising the number to 2 lakh from
1.75 lakh by Saudi Arabia.
✔This
will help the huge number of pilgrim of Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Andhra
Pradesh, and Bihar to embark pilgrimage this year.
✔This
year, the GST on Haj pilgrimage has been reduced from 18 percent to 5 percent
which will ensure that about Rs 113 crore will be saved by pilgrims during the
2019 Haj.
3. ASIAN
TEA ALLIANCE LAUNCHED IN CHINA
✔To
boost tea trade,cultural and technical exchanges as well as global promotion of
tea,the Asian Tea Alliance a union of five tea-growing and consuming
countries,was opened in Guizhou,China.
✔The
alliance was constituted with Indian Tea Association,Indonesian tea Marketing
Association,China tea marketing Association,Sri Lanka Tea Board and tea
Association.
✔This
Alliance was formed to promote tea consumption in India, China, U.S., Russia,
Europe and West Asia.
4. POLICE
OFFICER SUNIL KUMAR GAUTAM BESTOWED WITH ‘PANDIT GOVIND BALLABH PANT AWARD’ FOR
WRITING ‘SAMVIDHAN KAVYA’, A POETIC VERSE OF THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION
✔Sunil
Kumar Gautam, Special Commissioner of Police (Operations) was honoured with
‘Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant Award‘for 2018-19.
✔The
award was given for his book titled ‘Samvidhan Kavya‘. There are total 238
couplets which explains the lengthiest Constitution of the world, the Indian
Constitution in a very simple and poetic form.
✔
‘Samvidhan Kavya’ was released by Dr Kiran Bedi, Lieutenant Governor of
Puducherry on 5th October, 2016 in Puducherry.
5. RELIANCE
RETAIL BECAME INDIA’S FIRST RETAIL COMPANY TO CROSS THE RS.1 LAKH CRORE ANNUAL
REVENUE MILESTONES
✔Mukesh
Ambani-led Reliance Retail Reliance Industries became India’s first retail
company to cross the Rs.1 lakh crore annual revenue.
✔The
revenue for 2018-19 is Rs. 1.3 lakh crore, which is 89% more from the previous
fiscal.
6. RAVINDER
KUMAR PASSI APPOINTED AS A NEW CHAIRMAN OF EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL FOR
HANDICRAFT
✔Export
Promotion Council for Handicraft board has elevated Ravinder Kumar Passi, to
the post of Chairman of EPCH.
7. FORMER
JUDO FEDERATION OF INDIA CHIEF MUKESH KUMAR ELECTED AS JUDO UNION OF ASIA
GENERAL SECRETARY
✔Mukesh
Kumar, chief of former Judo Federation of India was re-elected as general
secretary of Judo Union, the Asian governing body at , UAE.
✔The
present President of Judo Federation of India,
Partap Singh Bajwa was elected as Vice President of Judo Union of Asia
and as president of South Asia Judo Federation.
