DAILY GK 11 JULY 2019
1. INDIA’S
FIRST ELEPHANT REHABILITATION CENTRE WILL BE SET UP AT KERALA’S KOTTOOR
✔India’s
first elephant rehabilitation centre will be set up by the Kerala State
Government in its ecotourism village of Kottoor.
✔Rs.105
crore has been allotted to this project which was launched by Chief Minister of
Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan.
✔At
present, the center has only 15 elephants and it will be increased once work
has been completed.
✔Now
the state has 507 captive elephants & forest department plans to admit more
captive elephants.
2. NEW
DELHI’S CONNAUGHT PLACE IS THE 9TH MOST EXPENSIVE OFFICE LOCATION IN THE WORLD
✔According
to “Global Prime Office Occupancy Costs survey” by CBRE, an American real
estate consulting firm, New Delhi’s Connaught Place was the 9th most expensive
office location in the world.
✔For
the second year, Hong Kong’s Central district retained the top spot as the
world’s most expensive market for prime office rents.
✔London’s
West End was ranked 2nd followed by Hong Kong’s Kowloon, New York’s Midtown
Manhattan and Beijing’s Finance Street.
3. NEW
WORLD HERITAGE SITES INCLUDED IN THE LIST BY UNESCO
✔At
the 43rd Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee which was held in Baku,
Azerbaijan, UNESCO added several new sites into the list of the World Heritage
Sites.
- India:
Jaipur City, Rajasthan
- Bahrain’s
Dilmun Burial Mounds
- Italy’s
Prosecco Hills
- China’s
Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City
- Indonesia’s
Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage of Sawahlunto
- Mozu-Furuichi
Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan
4. SUNIL
CHHETRI AND ASHALATA DEVI CONFERRED WITH TOP HONOURS AT AIFF AWARDS
✔Sunil
Chhetri was named the Men’s Footballer of the year 2019 at the All India
Football Federation‘s Awards.
✔He
is the second-highest active international scorer (70 goals for India) after
Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo.
✔In
women’s category, it was conferred to footballer Ashalata Devi.
- AIFF
Emerging Men’s Footballer of the Year Sahal
Abdul Samad (Kerala)
- AIFF
Emerging Women’s Footballer of the Year Dangmei
Grace (Manipur)
- Best
grassroots development programme Jammu
and Kashmir Football Association
- AIFF
Award for the Best Assistant Referee Joseph
Tony (Karnataka)
- AIFF
Award for the Best Referee R
Venkatesh (Tamil Nadu)
5. NFR’S
PLAN BEE BAGS ‘BEST INNOVATION AWARD’ FOR THE YEAR 2019
✔Northeast
Frontier Railway’s ‘Plan Bee’, a strategy of using an amplified version of
honey bees sound to keep wild elephants away from train tracks won the “ Best
innovation award” of Indian Railways for the 2018-19 fiscal. T
✔It
was launched in 2017 under which 46 devices were installed at several level
crossings in Assam to play the sound of buzzing honey bees to drive away
elephants from the rail tracks.
✔The
first instrument installed at level crossing gate between Azara and Kamakhya
stations under Rangiya division and then installed in several level crossing
gates in the vicinity of forest areas.
