DAILY GK 4 APRIL 2019
1. INDIAN
ARMY CONSTRUCTS THE LONGEST SUSPENSION BRIDGE ‘MAITRI’ OVER RIVER INDUS IN
LEH-LADAKH IN JUST 40 DAYS
✔The
Indian Army has achieved a record-breaking feat by constructing ‘Maitri’, the 260-feet longest
suspension bridge over the Indus River in the Leh-Ladakh region in just 40
days.
✔Since
the term ‘Maitri’ symbolises friendship, the bridge has been named ‘Maitri
bridge’ so as to symbolise the excellent civil-military relations between the
military personnel and the locals of the Leh-Ladakh region.
✔The
bridge will provide connectivity to the remote areas of Ladakh and help
residents of the largest villages in Ladakh, namely, Choglamsar, Stok and
Chuchot.
2. FOR
SETTING UP INDIA-AFRICA INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN
MALAWI, INDIA SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH A DEVELOPMENT BANK
✔India
has signed an agreement with National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
Development Consultancy Service for setting up India-Africa Institute of
Agriculture and Rural Development in Malawi to enhance capacity in the areas of
agro-financing and entrepreneurship development for African countries.
✔This
agreement will strengthen the bilateral relations between India and Malawi with
the African Union.
3. ADB
CUTS INDIA’S GROWTH RATE FROM 7.6% 7.2% IN 2019-20, AS GLOBAL RISKS TO BREXIT
SURGE
✔As
global risks from trade tensions to Brexit surge, the Asian Development Bank
demoted growth forecasts for India and Southeast Asia for 2019 by 40 basis
points to 7.2% in fiscal year 2019-20.
✔Southeast
Asia’s growth estimate was downgraded to 4.9% by 0.2 percentage point.
✔India’s
GDP would increase 7.2% in 2019-’20 as compared to the 7.6% forecast. The
growth rate in fiscal year 2020-21 would approximately be 7.3%.
4. HERO
CHAIRMAN PAWAN MUNJAL HONOURED WITH THE ASIAN TOUR WITH A ‘SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT
AWARD’
✔Hero
MotoCorp Chairman, Dr. Pawan Munjal has been honoured with ‘the Asian Tour with
a Special Achievement Award’ at the ceremony of Hero Indian Open Golf
tournament for his contributions to Asian Golf.
5. SAURAV
GHOSAL BECAME FIRST INDIAN MALE SQUASH PLAYER TO BREAK INTO TOP-10 OF PSA WORLD
RANKING
✔Saurav
Ghosal moved up two places to become the 1st Indian male squash player to break
into the top 10 of the latest PSA world ranking. He is ranked at 10th Place
which is his career best ranking.
✔Two
Indian Women Squash player named Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal had
entered into top 10 of PSA World ranking earlier.
✔At
Present, Joshna Chinappa is India’s best female squash player (Ranked 15th) and
Saurav Ghosal is India’s best Male Squash Player (Ranked 10th).
