DAILY GK 11 JUNE 2019
1. INDIA’S
FIRST DINOSAUR MUSEUM INAUGURATED IN GUJARAT
✔Gujarat
Chief Minister Vijay Rupani inaugurated the new Dinosaur Museum-cum-Park at
Raiyoli village in Balasinor town of Mahisagar district.
✔This
is the first such park in the country and also the world’s third park which
exhibits remains of various dinosaurs and fossil records.
✔3D
projection, 360 degrees virtual reality presentations, interactive kiosks,
gaming consoles are the facilities equipped with the museum.
2. G20
MINISTERIAL MEETING HELD IN JAPAN
✔The
G20 Ministerial meeting on Trade and Digital Economy was held in Tsukuba city,
Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.
✔The
Indian delegation for G20 Ministerial Meeting was led by the Union Minister of
Commerce and Industry & Railways, Piyush Goyal.
✔G-20
surveillance note expected that Indian economy will grow 7.3% in 2019 and 7.5%
in 2020. This was prepared by the staff of International Monetary Fund.
3. FIRST
ARCTIC TRAIN SERVICE LAUNCHED BY RUSSIA
✔Russia
has launched its first tourist train service passing through Russia’s arctic
region. It begins a journey from Saint Petersburg station to Norway with 91
passengers aboard.
✔The
train has been named as Zarengold. It has two restaurant cars and the trip will
be expected to take 11 days.
✔The
tourists will get off the train at Murmansk, and continue by bus to Kirkenes in
Norway before ending their journey with a boat trip to Oslo or by air to the
island of Spitsbergen.
✔The
passengers came from seven countries including the US, Germany, Norway and
Russia for the inaugural journey.
✔The
train is expected to run twice next year and four times in 2021. By new trading
routes, Russia wants to become the top economic and military power in the
Arctic region.
4. STATE
BANK OF INDIA TO INTRODUCE REPO-LINKED HOME LOAN PRODUCT FROM JULY 1
✔State
Bank of India announced to introduce repo-linked home loan product from July 1,
2019. It has become the first bank to offer this facility.
✔The
home loans up to Rs 75 lakh will be priced at 2.65% over the repo rate of 5.75%
resulting in the interest rate of 8.40%. At present, it offers home loans linked
to its marginal cost of funds at 8.55%.
✔SBI
also reduced the interest rate on Cash Credit Account and Overdraft customers
with limits above Rs 1 lakh, after the RBI reduced the repo rate by 25 basis
points to 5.75%.
✔At
present, the effective Repo-Linked Lending Rate for CC/ OD customers is 8% whereas
for savings deposits above Rs 1 lakh the new rate is be 3%.
5. FOREIGN
EXCHANGE RESERVES OF INDIA INCREASED BY $1.8 BILLION TO $421.8 BILLION
✔As
per the data of the RBI, the Foreign Exchange Reserves of India increased by
$1.875 billion to $421.867 billion in the week ending May 31, 2019.
✔The
foreign currency assets rose by $1.946 billion to $394.134 billion, which is a
major component of the overall reserves, include the effect of
appreciation/depreciation of non-US units like the euro, pound and yen held in
the reserves. They are expressed in terms of dollars.
✔As
per RBI’s data, gold reserves fell by $62.9 million to $22.958 billion, the
Special Drawing Rights with the International Monetary Fund declined by $2.3
million to $1.443 billion and the country’s reserve position with the fund also
declined by $5.3 million to $3.331 billion.
6. FORMER
U.S PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER TO BE HONOURED WITH H. W. BUSH AWARD FOR
STATESMANSHIP
✔Ex-President
of United States of America, Jimmy Carter has won the inaugural George H. W.
Bush Award. He was awarded in recognition of his contributions to relations between
the U.S. and China.
✔It
is named after George H. W. Bush who was the 41st president of US from 1989 to
1993. It is given to people who made great contributions to the development of
constructive and mutually beneficial relations between the U.S and China.
7. MOUNT
SINABUNG ERUPTS IN WESTERN INDONESIA
✔Mount
Sinabung volcano has been erupted spreading a column of ash at 7 km high in the
island of Sumatra in western Indonesia.
✔It
erupted in 2010 for the first time and 2013 in second time. Mt. Sinabung is
among 129 active volcanoes in Indonesia.
8. FRENCH
OPEN 2019
✔The
123rd Edition of French Open 2019, a Grand Slam Tennis Tournament was held in
Paris, France.
✔Men’s
Singles won by Rafael Nadal and Women’s Singles won by Ashleigh Barty.
✔Croatia’s
Ivo Karlovic became the oldest man to win a Grand Slam match against Spain’s
fellow veteran Feliciano Lopez.
✔Rafael
Nadal became the first tennis player to win a single event 12 times. This was
his 18th Grand Slam Title.
9.
2019 ITTF WORLD TOUR HONG KONG OPEN
✔The
24th edition of International Table Tennis Federation World Tour Hong Kong open
was held at Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Hong Kong. The price money of the
tournament was USD 175000.
✔Men’s
Singles won by Lin Gaoyuan and Women’s Singles won by Wang Yidi.
10. VETERAN
ACTOR AND PLAYWRIGHT GIRISH KARNAD PASSED AWAY
✔Noted
actor, filmmaker and playwright Girish Karnad passed away.
✔He
was a recipient of the 1998 Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honour
conferred in India.
✔He
was also conferred the Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan, and had won several
accolades for direction in Kannada cinema.
