DAILY GK 25 MAY 2019

DAILY GK 25 MAY 2019

1. U20 MAYORS SUMMIT HELD IN TOKYO

✔The second Urban 20 (U20) Mayors summit was held in Tokyo, the capital city of Japan.

✔The themes of the summit were Climate Action, Circular Economy, Social Inclusion and Integration, Sustainable Economic Growth and Gender Equality.

✔The U20 Mayors summit takes place one month ahead of the G20 summit which is to be held in Osaka, Japan.

2. UN DAG HAMMARSKJOLD MEDAL TO JITENDER KUMAR

✔The UN (United Nations) Dag Hammarskjold Medal will be awarded posthumously to Indian Police Officer Jitender Kumar during the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers,

✔Late Jitender Kumar sacrificed his life while serving the UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

✔Chancy Chitete, a soldier from Mali will be honoured with the UN’s highest peacekeeping award.

✔India is the fourth largest contributor of uniformed personnel to the UN peacekeeping.

3. PAKISTAN MILITARY TEST-FIRED BALLISTIC MISSILE SHAHEEN-II

✔Pakistan military has test-fired its surface-to-surface ballistic missile Shaheen-II which is capable of carrying both conventional and nuclear warheads. The range of the missile is up to 1500 km.

4. INTERNATIONAL COMMONWEALTH DAY: MAY 24

✔The theme for this year is ‘A Connected Commonwealth’.

✔Commonwealth Day was earlier known as the Empire Day.