DAILY GK 14 OCT 2019

DAILY GK 14 OCT

1.    “Dharma Guardian 2019”

ü  The 2^nd joint military exercise ‘Dharma Guardian-2019’  between India and Japan will be held in Mizoram. The event is being held at Counter Insurgency Warfare School located in Vairengte, Mizoram.

2.    ‘Vajra Prahar 2019 ‘

ü  The joint military exercise ‘Vajra Prahar’  between India and the US begins at Seattle’s (in Washington, US) . It is held alternately in India and America. In 2018, the practice took place in Jaipur, Rajasthan.

3.    ADB will provide $190 million loan

ü  The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India (GoI) have signed loan agreement worth $190 million to upgrade 754 kilometers of Rajasthan state highways.

4.    People’s Choice Award 2019

ü  ‘Spirit of Kerala’, a short film based on a boat race from Kerala directed by Arun Joseph, won the People’s Choice Award 2019 at My Rode Reel Film Competition 2019 which is the world’s largest short film competition worth over $1,000,000.

5.    International day for disaster reduction-October 13, 2019

ü  The theme for the year 2019 is “Reduce disaster damage to critical infrastructure and disruption of basic services”.