DAILY GK 9 MAY 2019
1. FINLAND
HELD THE 11TH ARCTIC COUNCIL MINISTERIAL MEETING IN ROVANIEMI
✔Finland
held the 11th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Lappi Areena, Rovaniemi,
Finland.
✔Arctic
States concluded the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting by signing a joint
agreement as the Arctic Council Ministers meet, passed the Chairmanship from
Finland to Iceland. International Maritime Organization was authorized as a new
Observer.
✔India
was re-elected as an Observer to
Arctic Council and India committed to contribute more to Arctic Council.
2. MAX
LIFE INSURANCE CO LTD DEDICATED THE 6TH DAY OF EACH MONTH AS ‘PROTECTION DAY’
✔Max
Life Insurance Co Ltd has notified that it will commemorate the 6th day of each
month as ‘Protection Day’.
✔The
objective of this initiative was to
raise awareness on financial protection.
✔The
Company will also start an initiative called the “Super Customer Week“, in which the customers will be taught about
the different facets of financial protection.
3. TRADE
BETWEEN INDIA AND US IN GOODS AND SERVICES REGISTERS 12.6% GROWTH IN 2018
✔The
bilateral trade between India and the US in merchandise and services has grown
by 12.6% from USD 126 billion in 2017 to USD 142 billion in 2018.
✔Both countries have
started many initiatives to boost trade and deepen economic cooperation
including the private sector led US-India SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprise)
Forum.
4. 2
INDIANS AMONG 115 UN PERSONNEL STAFF HONOURED FOR LAYING DOWN THEIR LIVES IN UN
PEACE-SERVICE
✔The
Secretary of United Nations, General Antonio Guterres, paid homage to 115
peacekeepers from 43 different countries
who laid down their lives in the service of peace.
✔Among
the 115 peacekeepers, 2 Indians were also paid tribute. They were honoured for
their sacrifice in the line of duty.
✔The
2 Indians are: Jitender Kumar was an Indian police officer deployed to the UN
Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
✔Shikha
Garg was a consultant who had worked in the UN development programme. She was
killed in the Nairobi-bound Ethiopian Airlines plane crash.
5. INDIA’S
JAGJIT PAVADIA RE-ELECTED TO THE INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD
✔Jagjit
Pavadia, an Indian, has been re-elected by the UN Economic and Social Council
to a five year term on International Narcotics Control Board with the highest
number of votes of 44 in the 54 member council.
6. RAKESH
SHARMA, BAJAJ AUTO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HAS BEEN ELECTED AS IMMA VICE-PRESIDENT
✔Rakesh
Sharma, Bajaj Auto Executive Director has been elected as Vice President
of International Motorcycle Manufactures
Association (based in Geneva) during the annual general meeting of (IMMA) at
Yogyakarta in Indonesia.
✔IMMA’s
president is Johannes Loman.
7. NR
MADHAVA MENON, FATHER OF MODERN LEGAL EDUCATION IN INDIA, PASSES AWAY
✔Renowned
academician and father of modern Indian Legal Education, Dr. Neelakanta
Ramakrishna Madhava Menon passed away
✔Madhava
Menon founded the National Law School of India in Bengaluru, National Judicial
Academy in Bhopal and the National University of Judicial Sciences in Kolkata.
✔The
first national law school in India,National Law School of India, Bengaluru, was
founded in 1986.
8.
WORLD RED CROSS DAY: 8TH MAY
✔The
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies celebrated the
World Red Cross Day on May 8th.
✔The
theme of this year is “#Love”.
✔It
is celebrated to commemorate the birthday of the founder of the International
Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Henry Dunant, who was born on 8th May 1828.
9. MAY
8: WORLD THALASSAEMIA DAY 2019
✔World
Thalassaemia Day 2019 was celebrated on May 8 worldwide with a theme of
“Universal Access to Quality Thalassaemia Healthcare Services: Building Bridges
with and for Patients”.
✔The
purpose of this day is to honour all patients of thalassaemia and their wards
who never gave up despite all odds and also to support researchers who are
striving to create an improved quality of life for people with thalassaemia
across the world.
