DAILY GK 15, 16 NOV 2019

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 1^st Indian runner to win a gold medal in the 100m at the 31st Summer Universiade competition 2019 in Naples, Italy held in July 2019.