DAILY GK 24 JUNE 2019
1. MEXICO
BECAME THE FIRST COUNTRY TO RATIFY THE TRADE DEAL TO REPLACE NAFTA
✔Mexico
became the first country to ratify the trade deal to replace 25 year old North
American Free Trade Agreement. The new trade deal is known as known as the
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
✔The
USMCA has been modified to include changes for automakers, stricter labor and
environmental standards, intellectual property protections, and digital trade
provisions.
2. INDIA’S
ACE CUEIST PANKAJ ADVANI CLINCHED THE 35TH MEN’S ASIAN SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP IN
DOHA
✔India’s
ace cueist Pankaj Advani, clinched the 35th men’s Asian snooker championship in
Doha, Qatar. He defeated Thai’s Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon.
✔He
became the only one to win the Asian and World championships in all formats.
3. YOGA
GURU BABA RAMDEV TO RELEASE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY TITLED ‘MY LIFE, MY MISSION’
✔Yoga
guru Baba Ramdev will pen an Autobiography titled ‘My Life, My Mission’.
✔He
will unveil the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of his life and provide
insights into his childhood in his autobiography. It is being published by
Penguin Random House and expected to release in August 2019.
✔It
will be co-authored with senior journalist Uday Mahurkar.
4. UNITED
NATIONS PUBLIC SERVICE DAY: 23 JUNE
✔The
United Nations Public Service Day is celebrated every year on June 23.
✔The
day celebrates the contribution of public service in the development process
and to value public service to the community.
✔The theme of this year
is ‘Achieving the Sustainable
Development Goals through effective Delivery of Services, Innovative
Transformation, and Accountable Institutions’.
5. INTERNATIONAL
OLYMPIC DAY: 23 JUNE
✔International
Olympic Day is celebrated all around the world.
✔This
day marks the birth of modern Olympic games on June 23, 1894, at Sorbonne in
Paris.