DAILY GK 26 MAY 2019

DAILY GK 26 MAY 2019

1. INDIA BANNED BANGLADESH TERROR OUTFIT JAMAAT-UL-MUJAHIDEEN

✔also known as Jammat-ul-Mujahideen India or Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Hindustan.

2. JOAN MIRO PRIZE 2019

✔contemporary artist Nalini Malani became the first Indian to be awarded with 7th Joan Miro Prize 2019.

✔It was announced by the Barcelona-based Fundacio Joan Miro . It is one of the most prestigious contemporary art awards in the world.

3. ISRO’S NEW COMMERCIAL ARM ‘NEWSPACE INDIA LIMITED INAUGURATED IN BENGALURU

✔Indian Space Research Organisation has inaugurated its new commercial arm ‘NewSpace India Limited’ in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

✔NSIL was inaugurated by Dr. K Kasturirangan, ISRO’s advisor, in the presence of ISRO’s chairman Dr. K Sivan.

✔On March 6, 2019 NSIL was incorporated for the purpose of utilising research and development activities carried out by ISRO in the area of space with an authorised share capital of Rs 100 crore and initial paid up capital of Rs 10 crore.

4. INDIA OPEN INTERNATIONAL BOXING TOURNAMENT 2019

✔India Open International Boxing Tournament 2019 was held in at Karmabir Nabin Chandra Bordoloi Indoor Stadium in Guwahati, Assam

✔India won total 57 medals which includes 12 gold, 18 silver and 27 bronze medals.

5. INTERNATIONAL MISSING CHILDREN’S DAY 2019: MAY 25

✔The forget-me-not flower is the symbol of International Missing Children’s Day.

6. JUSTICE DN PATEL APPOINTED AS NEXT CHIEF JUSTICE OF DELHI HIGH COURT

✔The Collegium in its resolution of March 2019, recommended judge of Jharkhand High Court, DN Patel as chief justice of Delhi HC.