DAILY GK 14 SEPT 2019


DAILY GK 14 SEPT 2019
  1. India join  global AMR research hub
ü India has joined as the new and 16th member of the Global Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Research and Development (R & D) hub.
ü Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is the ability of a microorganism (like bacteria, viruses, and parasites) to stop an antimicrobial (such as antibiotics, antivirals and antimalarials) from working against it.


  1. India to export bulletproof jackets
ü India is the fourth country in the world to have its own national standard on bulletproof jackets after the United States, United Kingdom and Germany, which provides 360-degree protection.
ü The bulletproof jackets are being exported from India to more than 100 countries,including European nations.
  1. Military conference for SCO member
ü The first conference on military medicine for Shanghai Cooperation Organization(SCO) member countries was organised in New Delhi .The aim of the conference was to share the best medicinal practice.
ü Members- China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, India and Pakistan.
  1. Indo-Thailand joint military exercise “Maitree – 2019” scheduled to be held at Foreign Training Node, Umroi, Meghalaya
  2. National Genomic Grid for cancer research
ü Union Minister of State (MoS) Aswini Kumar Choubey announced the plan to set up National Genomic Grid for cancer research in line with the National Cancer Tissue Biobank (NCTB) set up at the Indian Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras.
  1. World Energy Congress 2019
ü The 24th Edition of World Energy Congress (WEC) for 2019 was held at the Abu Dhabi,UAE
ü  the theme “Energy for Prosperity”. The triennial event is a global flagship event of World Energy Council.
  1. Megan Schutt claim 2 white-ball hat-tricks
ü Australian fast bowler Megan Schutt created record by becoming the first woman to have two hat tricks in white ball cricket in third One Day International (ODI) matches against West Indies at Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium in Antigua, Barbuda.
  1. National forest martyrs day-11 Sept
ü To commemorate foresters who had laid their lives to protect nature and wildlife, National Forest Martyrs’ Day was observed on September 11, 2019, at Forester Memorial in the Forest Research Institute (FRI) in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.