DAILY GK 13 MAY 2019
1. FACEBOOK
HAS SELECTED LONDON AS THE CENTER TO DEVELOP WHATSAPP’S MOBILE PAYMENT SERVICE
✔CEO
of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg has confirmed that it has selected London to be
the center to launch WhatsApp Pay. The reason to choose London than US City
is because WhatsApp is widely used in UK
and London is considered as a Hub for Fintech.
✔WhatsApp
has 1.5 billion users globally, out of which, more than 200 million users are
in India.
2. INDIAN
ACTRESS DIA MIRZA APPOINTED UN ADVOCATES FOR SDGS
✔The
United Nations Secretary–General Antonio Guterres has appointed 17 new
advocates to achieve Sustainable Development Goals. These include the Indian
actress Dia Mirza and the Chief of Alibaba Group, Jack Ma.
3. WORLD’S
FIRST WOMEN’S CRICKET MAGAZINE “CRICZONE” LAUNCHED
✔Recently,
the world’s first exclusive women’s cricket magazine “CRICZONE” released with
Indian women’s cricket team vice-captain Smriti Mandhana featured as the cover
story.
4. INTERNATIONAL
NURSES DAY 2019: MAY 12
✔The
International Nurses Day was celebrated globally to commemorate the birth
anniversary of Florence Nightingale also known as ‘The Lady with the Lamp’, was
famous as manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War. The theme for
the International Nurses Day 2019 is –‘Nurses
– A Voice to Lead –Health for All’.
