DAILY GK 13 MAY 2019

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’.