DAILY GK 1 AUG 2019
1. Parliament
passed Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2019
✔Parliament
passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2019.
✔The
bill criminalizes instant triple talaq among Muslims and attracts a jail term
of three years for the husband.
✔It
protects the rights of married Muslim women and prevent divorce by the practice
of instantaneous and irrevocable ‘talaq-e-biddat’ by their husbands. It also
provides the rights of subsistence allowance, custody of minor children to
victims of triple talaq i.e. talaq-e-biddat.
2. Govt
sanctioned project for development of Tirthankar Circuit covering sites
associated with Jainism under Swadesh Darshan scheme
✔Government
has sanctioned Rs.52.39 crores for the project development of Vaishali, Arrah,
Masad, Patna, Rajgir, Pawapuri,
Champapuri in Bihar under the Tirthankar Circuit theme of Swadesh Darshan
Scheme in the year 2016-17.
✔The
ministry has identified Tirthankar Circuit as one of 15 thematic circuits for
development under Swadesh Darshan Scheme. All sites in the country related to
Jainism are covered under this Circuit.
3. Minister
of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Dharmendra Pradhan launched Atal
Community Innovation Centre in New Delhi
✔Minister
of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan launched Atal
Community Innovation Centre in New Delhi.
✔The
objective of ACIC is to encourage the spirit of innovation through
solution-driven design thinking to serve society. It is a new initiative of
Atal Innovation Mission.
✔ACICs
will act as a channel for CSR funding by private and public sector firms in
addition to direct funding through AIM.
✔The
maximum grant-in-aid support form AIM will be up to Rs 2.5 crores.
4. Chhattisgarh
& Telangana top in the processing of solid waste
✔Chhattisgarh
and Telangana processed the largest percentage of solid waste until November
2018. Chhattisgarh generated a total 601,885 MTPA of waste & 84% was
processed while Telangana generated a total 2,690,415 MTPA & 73% was
processed.
✔West
Bengal and Jammu & Kashmir had processed the smallest percentage of the
total waste they generated — 5% and 8% respectively.
✔Delhi,
Gujarat, and Karnataka generated 38,32,500, 37,02,925, and 36,50,000 MTPA, and
processed 55%, 57%, and 32% respectively.
5. London
named as World’s Best Student City in QS Best Student Cities Ranking 2019
✔London,
the capital of United Kingdom, was named as the world’s best city for students
for the second consecutive year.
✔Tokyo
and Melbourne were ranked second and third positions respectively.
✔The
Ranking was based on - the number of top-ranked universities; the proportion of
a city’s population made up of students; quality of life on offer; job
opportunities available after graduation; affordability; and the feedback of
the students themselves.
✔Bangalore
was ranked 81st and Mumbai stood at 85th position, Delhi was ranked 113th and
Chennai stood at 115 out of a total of 120 cities ranked in the list.
6. RBI
relaxes norms of NBFC and corporates raised through ECB
✔As
a beneficial way to raise cheaper Offshore funds by the Corporates and the Non-Banking
Financial Companies , the RBI has
relaxed the norms of funds raised through External Commercial Borrowings for
the second time this year.
✔Based
on stakeholders’ feedback form and also with a view in liberalizing ECB
framework, end-use restrictions are now relaxed and funds are allowed for
working capital requirements in general corporate purposes and also for
repayment of rupee loans.
7. PNB
Housing Finance raises $100 million from World Bank Group member IFC
✔Indian
public limited housing finance company PNB Housing Finance Ltd has raised $100
million (around Rs 690 crore) from International Finance Corporation for the
purpose of lending to buyers in housing projects.
✔This
is the 1st ECB outlay was made under the RBI automatic route for the current
financial year (FY2019-20).
✔The
central bank has allowed it to borrow ECB up to $750 million annually from
oversees through the route.
8. FDI
inflow registered a growth of 79% during the last 6 years amounting to $64.37
billion in 2018-19
✔Foreign
Direct Investment inflow increased during the last 6 years from $36.05 billion
in 2013-14 to $64.37 billion in 2018-19, registering a growth of 79%.
✔FDI
worth $286 billion was received in the past five years.
✔The
FDI inflow was $45.14 billion in 2014-15, $55.55 billion in 2015-16 and $60.98
billion in 2017-18.
9. US
finalizes $670 million foreign military sales to support India’s C-17 aircraft
✔The
United States approved foreign military sales worth $670 million to support
India’s C-17 military transport aircraft in order to enhance operational
readiness and ability to provide Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief
assistance in the Indo-Pacific region.
10. IIT
Kharagpur, Tata Medical Center join hands to form Comprehensive Digital Archive
of Cancer Imaging
✔IIT
Kharagpur has joined hands with the Tata Medical Center for the project of
setting up an image data bank for cancer patients & in particular, radio oncology
in the country called Comprehensive Digital Archive of Cancer Imaging.
✔CHAVI
project will address the imaging-related research and will be India’s first
step towards harnessing artificial intelligence and deep learning methods to
answer medical questions of importance in the field of image banking.
11. Infosys
launched its new Cyber Defence Center in Romania
✔Infosys
has opened its new state-of-the-art Cyber Defence Center in Bucharest, Romania.
✔The
Centre will offer an end-to-end, real-time, 24 * 7 cyber security monitoring
and protection services to support European and global businesses on their
digital transformation drive.
✔Cyber
defence centres help enterprises by the way of prevent, detect and respond to
advanced cyber-attacks enabling them to scale securely in their digital
journey.
12. Bollywood’s
Advocate Dinesh Tiwari conferred with Society Global Indian Icon Award 2019
✔Bollywood’s
Advocate Dinesh Tiwari was conferred with ‘The Society Global Indian Icon Award
2019′, for his excellence in the field of law at an event hosted in London.
13. Wing
Commander Tarun Chaudhri Becomes First Pilot of IAF to perform Wingsuit Skydive
Jump
✔Indian
Air Force Wing Commander Tarun Chaudhri created history by becoming the first
pilot to perform a wingsuit skydive jump. He jumped 8500 feet from the Mi-17 V5
helicopter at Air Force Station in Jodhpur, Rajasthan during the Kargil Diwas
day celebrations.
✔This
is the first time when a pilot of the IAF jumped the wingsuit skydive with the
same helicopter, which he has just flown.
14. Rajiv
Kumar, IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre appointed as new Finance Secretary
✔Rajiv
Kumar has appointed as the new Finance Secretary.
✔He
succeeds Subhash Chandra Garg, who took charge as Power Secretary.
✔Rajiv
Kumar is currently serving as the Financial Services Secretary.
✔He
is known to have initiated and implemented the “PSB Loans in 59 Minutes” scheme
for the MSME sector.
15. 400
metre hurdles record of 16 years, broken Dalilah Muhammad
✔Dalilah
Muhammad set A World Record in the women’s 400m hurdles at US championships.
✔She
won in 52.20 seconds beating the previous record of 52.34seconds.
✔The
event was held in Drake stadium, in Des Moines, United States.
16. Ellyse
Perry of Australia becomes the first cricketer to reach 1000 runs & 100
wickets in T20 format
✔All
rounder Ellyse Perry of Australia became the first cricketer of either gender
to score 1000 runs and take 100 wickets in T20 format.
17. Noted
economist and former RBI deputy Governor Subir Gokarn passed away
✔Former
RBI Deputy Governor Subir Vithal Gokarn passed AWAY.
✔He
was appointed as Executive Director on the board of the International Monetary
Fund in 2015.
✔He
served as RBI deputy Governor from 2009 to 2012. He was the youngest RBI
Governor at the time.
18. 81st
CRPF raising day observed on July 27
✔The
Minister of State for home, Nityanand Rai attended the 81st CRPF raising day
celebration and paid tributes to Martyrs of the force at the National Police
memorial at Chanakyapuri, New Delhi.
✔As
a way of providing assistance to the families of Martyrs on a real time basis
the President Shri Ram Nath Govind launched Veer Parivar app in April 2019.
19. UP
Government to install 251-metre-tall statue of Lord Ram in Ayodhya, Set to
become the world’s tallest statue
✔The
Uttar Pradesh government has decided to install a 251-metre-tall statue of Lord
Ram at Ayodhya which will become the world’s tallest statue surpassing the
record held by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s Statue of Unity in Gujarat
(182-metre).
✔Lord
Ram’s statue would be installed on the 100 hectares of land near River Sarayu
in Ayodhya.
✔For
this purpose, the Uttar Pradesh government will sign a Memorandum of
Understanding with the Gujarat government for technical assistance and
guidance. Assistance will also be sought from Indian Institute of Technology
Kanpur and Nagpur-based National Environmental Engineering Research Institute.