DAILY GK 15, 16 NOV
1.
Bribery Risk Index 2019
ü According to the report ‘Trace
Bribery Risk Matrix 2019’, India has ranked 78th among 200 countries.
Bangladesh ranked 178th and became highest bribery risk country among South
Asian countries. New Zealand tops in least risk and Somalia became top risk
country among 200 countries.
2.
PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Brazil
ü PM Narendra Modi, paid a
two-day visit to Brazil to attend the 11th annual BRICS (Brazil,
Russia, India, China and South Africa) summit. The theme of the
summit was “Economic growth for an innovative future.”
ü Brazilian president Jair
Messias Bolsonaro accepted Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi’s invite
to attend the 2020 Republic Day as chief guest.
3. Merger of BNP Paribas
mutual fund & BOB mutual fund gets CCI nod
ü Competition Commission of
India (CCI),a statutory body of the Government of India (GoI), has
approved the amalgamation of the BNP (Bank of Paris and the
Netherlands) Paribas- BNPP Mutual Fund and Bank of
Baroda (BOB) Mutual Fund, under Section 31(1) of the Competition Act, 2002.
4.
Dutee Chand included in ‘Time 100 Next’ list
ü TIME, an American
weekly news magazine has named Indian professional sprinter
Dutee Chand (23) to its first-ever TIME 100 Next, a new
expansion of the TIME 100 list of the most influential people in the world.
ü Dutee from Odisha won 2
silver medals in the 100m and 200m events at the Jakarta Asian Games (2018) and
became the 1st Indian runner to win a gold medal in the 100m at
the 31st Summer Universiade competition 2019 in Naples, Italy held in July
2019.
