DAILY GK 30 NOV 2019

DAILY GK 30 NOV 2019

1.        1st in India 10th Commonwealth Youth Parliament

ü  The 10th edition of the Commonwealth Youth Parliament (#CYP10) was held in New Delhi for the first time in India. It was hosted by Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) and the Delhi Legislative Assembly.
Over 40 Commonwealth youth delegates aged 18 to 29 years attended the CYP10.

2.        Republic Summit 2019 India’s moment – Nation First

ü  The two days event of Republic Summit 2019 India’s moment – Nation First was held at Taj Palace, New Delhi. The theme of the summit was “India’s Moment Nation First”.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah attended the summit for a session “One India – Firm Resolve”.

3.        2019 Global Diplomacy Index

ü  2019 Global Diplomacy Index was launched Sydney(Australia) based Lowy Institute.As per the index, India ranked 12th position among 63 countries for having diplomatic posts across the world. The list was topped by China.

4.        UNESCO General Conference held in Paris

ü  Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ addressed the 40th UNESCO General Conference in Paris.
1st Global Framework of Professional Teaching Standards was launched by Education International (EI) and UNESCO, in the presence of education ministers, EI member organisations and policy experts.

5.        $451 Million Loan to enhance Power Connectivity in Tamil Nadu

ü  Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India signed a $451 million loan agreement to strengthen power connectivity between the southern and northern parts of the Chennai–Kanyakumari Industrial Corridor (CKIC), a part of the East Coast Economic Corridor (ECEC), in Tamil Nadu.

6.         ‘Real time Billionaires list of Forbes’

7.        Mukesh Ambani became the 9th richest person in the world according to the list released by Forbes.Reliance Industries Limited reached a Market Capital (m-cap) of Rs.10 lakh crore and net worth of 60.5 billion Dollars.
Ambani is in advance to both the Google Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin holds worth of 59.6 and 57.5 billion Dollars respectively.

8.        50th edition of IFFI

ü  The 50th edition of the International Film Festival of India(IFFI) was held in Goa. The festival opened with the Italian film ‘Despite the Fog’.During the inauguration of the festival Rajinikanth was conferred with the 1st ever instituted ‘Icon of Golden Jubilee Award‘ for his outstanding contribution to Indian cinema. French actress Ms. Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert was conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

9.        Uddhav Tackeray sworn in as the 19th CM of Maharashtra by Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari.

10.     HR Khan appointed as 1^st chairman of micro-finance panel

ü  Former Deputy Governor of RBI,  Harun Rashid Khan has been appointed as the first chairman of the steering committee of the Code for Responsible Lending (CRL) in micro-credit. Members of the steering committee include Harsh Shrivastava of MFIN (Microfinance Institutions Network), P Satish of Sa-Dhan, Srinivas Bonam of IndusInd Bank and Sonia Krishnankutty of L&T Finance among others.
RBI set the lending limit for NBFC-MFIs to Rs 1.25 lakh per borrower.RBI also defines a microfinance customer as a person who has annual household income of Rs 1 lakh in rural India and Rs 1.6 lakh in urban India.

11.     Belgium holds on to the Top Spot in the year end FIFA rankings 2019

ü  India takes the 108th place losing four places in accordance with the September 2019 rankings.