DAILY GK 31 JAN 2020
1. NITI
Aayog’s Aspirational district ranking 2019
ü
The ranking is based on the progress made in
5 development areas in 112 aspirational districts across India in December
2019. The rankings focus on progress in Health and nutrition, education,
agriculture and water resources, financial inclusion& skill development and
Basic infrastructure
Top 3 states in Aspirational
Districts ranking:
|
S.No.
|
State
|
District
|
Score (December-2019)
|
|
1
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
Chandauli
|
57.6
|
|
2
|
Odisha
|
Balangir
|
53.9
|
|
3
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
Y.S.R.
|
65.2
|
2. “Veer
Samriti” in Nagaland
ü
Assam Rifles (military unit) has constructed
a war memorial “Veer Samriti” in Nagaland, Kohima for 357 Army
& Assam Rifles personnel, who died while fighting insurgency in
north-eastern state. It is first of its kind in Nagaland.
3. International
Kolkata Book Fair 2020
ü
The 44th edition
of Kolkata Book Fair 2020 (IKBF) has commenced at Kolkata ,
West Bengal with Russia as a “Focal Theme Country”. Tyto,
a category of bird species consisting of barn owls, grass owls and masked owls
was selected as the official Mascot of the Book Fair for the 1st time.
4. Best
budgetary practices
ü
According to the survey “Transparency
In Budgetary Process Report 2.0.” conducted by Transparency
International’s India (TII), Assam tops in the ranking of
best practices followed by states in budget formulation with a
score of 70. Assam is the only state out of 29 states and 2 UTs (Union
Territories) to publish a citizens budget in the public domain and also to
conduct budget awareness campaign across 17 districts.
5. FICCI
estimates India’s GDP growth at 5 % for FY20; could reach 5.5% in FY21
6. Ayurveda
ratan award 2020
ü
Dr. Partap Chauhan,
the pioneer of Ayurvedic Telemedicine, has Conferred with
Prestigious Ayurveda Ratan Award 2020 in Brussels,
Belgium during Ayurveda Day Celebration at the European Parliament.
7. Gita
Sabharwal of India appointed UN Resident Coordinator in Thailand
8. New
Member of Monetary Policy Committee
ü
Janak Raj has
been appointed as the third internal member (ex officio
member) of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) by the RBI. He is the successor
of Dr. Michael Patra who was appointed as Deputy Governor of
RBI.
9. NCRB
Launched ‘Searching the missing persons’
ü
NCRB (National
Crime Records Bureau) launched 2 police related Citizen centric services– “Searching
the missing persons” & “Generating vehicle NOC (No Objection
Certificate)“ on CCTNS (Crime & Criminal Tracking Network and
Systems) platform.Arvind Kumar, Director, Intelligence Bureau launched
the online services.
10. Padma
Shri awardee and Indian Social Worker Tushar Kanjilal passed away at 85
ü
He also wrote a book ‘Who killed the
Sunderbans?”— that deals with the issue of the destruction of Mangrove
forests.
11. World
Leprosy Day-Jan 30, 2020
ü Theme:“Leprosy
isn’t what you think”
12. Delhi
airport gets a new women-only cab service
ü
‘Women with Wheels’ cab
service has been started at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), New
Delhi by ‘Sakha cabs’ for the safety of women.
