DAILY GK 21 JAN 2020
1. ‘One Nation, One Ration Card’
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‘One Nation, One Ration Card’ scheme
will be implemented by June 1, 2020 across the country.
The announcement was made by the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public
Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan.
The scheme is operational in 12 states across the country which includes Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Tripura, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Kerala, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Telangana.
The scheme is operational in 12 states across the country which includes Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Tripura, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Kerala, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Telangana.
2. Oxfam
Report
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Oxfam International released
a report titled ‘Time to Care:Unpaid and underpaid care work and the
global inequality crisis’. As per the report, India’s richest 1% of
the population has more than 4 times of wealth held by 953
million people making up for the bottom 70% of the country’s population. 2,153
of total billionaires globally in 2019 had more wealth than the 4.6 billion
people who make up 60% of the planet’s population.
3. Airtel
joins hands with Bharti AXA to provide life insurance
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Bharti Airtel Limited
has partnered with Bharti AXA Life Insurance Company Limited to
offer Rs 2 lakh insurance cover to Airtel users with every
recharge of Rs 179 prepaid bundle. The new plan will be
accessible at any Airtel retail store or on Airtel Thanks app.
4. UNCTAD
report
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According to the “Global Investment
Trend Monitor report 2020” released by United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), India ranked 8th among
the top 10 countries attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2019. During
this period FDI in India grew by 16 % to $ 49 billion (bn).
This led to a surge in FDI growth in South Asia (SA), which recorded a 10%
increase in FDI to $ 60 billion.
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The United States (US) remained
the largest recipient of FDI in flow, attracting $251 billion, followed by
China with flows of $140 bn & Singapore with $110 bn.
5. Cisco
Youth Leadership Award 2019
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Priya Prakash,
the founder and CEO of India-based “HealthSetGo” has won the Global
citizen prize: Cisco Youth Leadership award for 2019. The award was
given for her school health program that provides healthcare support to
children.The Award was given by Cisco Executive Vice President and Chief People
Officer Fran Katsoudas at Royal Albert Hall, London.
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Information recording: Doctor’s
record the information in real time on HealthSetGo’s proprietary app, records
are sharable and providing a single place for medical records to be stored.
6. GOI
has appointed Challa Sreenivasulu Setty as the MD of
the State Bank of India (SBI) for a period of three years.
7. New
chairperson of NMML council
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Nripendra Misra, the
former principal secretary to the PM Narendra Modi has been appointed
chairperson of the executive council of the Nehru Memorial Museum and
Library (NMML). The appointment is confirmed by the Ministry of
Cultural.
8. New
head of BOB, BOI & Canara bank
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The Government appointed head of 3 large
public sector banks- Bank of India (BOI), Bank of Baroda (BOB) and Canara
bank for a period of 3 years. The newly appointed members
are as follows:
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Name
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Bank
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Position
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Sanjiv Chadha
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Bank of Baroda
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MD & CEO
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Atanu kumar Das
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Bank of India
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MD & CEO
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Lingam Venkat Prabhakar
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Canara Bank
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MD & CEO
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9. Tropical
Cyclone Tino
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Cyclone Tino has hit an
island nation of Fiji. The capital and Currency of Fiji is Suva and Fijian
Dollar respectively.
