DAILY GK 9 OCT 2019

DAILY GK 9 OCT 2019

1.    National e-Assessment Scheme

ü  Revenue Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey who is also the Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) inaugurated National e-Assessment Scheme (NeAS) in New Delhi. This e-Assessment would benefit the Income Tax(IT) department in imparting efficiency, transparency, accountability in the assessment process.

2.    Swiss banks account details to GOI

ü  India has got the first details of accounts of Indian citizens in Swiss banks under the new regular system of automatic exchange of information (AEOI).

3.    2019 Nobel Prize in Physics

ü  The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS) decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 “for contributions to our understanding of the evolution of the universe and Earth’s place in the cosmos”. The first half of the prize was awarded to James Peebles  “for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology” and the other half to Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz, “for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star”.

4.    Fortune’s 2019 “40 Under 40 list”

ü  Indian-origin Arjun Bansal (35) and Ankiti Bose (27) have made it to Fortune’s 2019 “40 Under 40 Global List”. Arjun is the Vice President of AI lab of Intel. Ankiti is the CEO and co-founder of the fashion platform Zilingo.

5.    Asia Environmental Enforcement Award

ü  Ramesh Pandey honoured with Asia Environmental Enforcement Award 2019 by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) at the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC) in Bangkok, Thailand .

6.    Book- “Becoming: A Guided Journal for Discovering Your Voice”

ü  Michelle Obama‘s second book titled “Becoming: A Guided Journal for Discovering Your Voice” is set to release.It is published by Clarkson Potter.

7.    Indian Air Force Day-october 8

ü  IAF celebrated its 87th anniversary on Air Force Day at Hindon Air Base in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.