DAILY GK 7 MAY 2019


DAILY GK 7 MAY 2019
1. IBSA SHERPAS MEET IN COCHIN
India, Brazil and South Africa Sherpas meeting was held in Cochin.

2. G7 ENVIRONMENT MINISTERS MEETING HELD IN METZ, FRANCE
The G7’s (Group of Seven) Environment Ministers from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States gathered for a 2-day meeting in Metz, France to discuss on steps required to handle deforestation, plastic pollution, depletion of coral reefs.

3. INCOME TAX E-FILERS DROP BY OVER 6.6 LAKH IN 2018-19
According to Income Tax Department’s e-filling website, income tax e-filings in 2018-19 have dropped by over 6.6 lakh.

4. NEPAL’S 18 YEAR OLD GIRL, BANDANA SETS GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS FOR LONGEST DANCING
Nepali teenager, Bandana danced continuously for 126 hours to set a Guinness World Records on “Longest Dancing Marathon by an Individual”.


5. LAURENTINO “NITO” CORTIZO WINS PANAMA’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
Cortizo is the candidate for the left-wing Democratic Revolutionary Party.

6. STEVO PENDAROVSKI WON NORTH MACEDONIA’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
North Macedonia is 1 of the poorest countries in Europe.

7. INDIAN NAVY’S MISSILE DESTROYER, INS RANJIT DECOMMISSIONED
Indian Navy’s frontline missile destroyer, INS Ranjit has been decommissioned at the naval dockyard in Visakhapatnam.
INS Ranjit was the 3rd of the 5 Kashin-class destroyers built by the former USSR.

8. INS VELA: INDIAN NAVY’S 4TH SCORPENE-CLASS MADE IN INDIA SUBMARINE LAUNCHED
INS Vela, Indian Navy’s 4th Scorpene-class submarine was launched. It is built by Mazagon Dock Ltd, Mumbai.

9. ASIAN SQUASH CHAMPIONSHIP 2019
Saurav Ghosal and Joshna Chinappa won men’s and women’s title respectively in the Asian Individual Squash Championship held at National Squash Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.