DAILY GK 6 MAR 2020


DAILY GK 6 MAR 2020
1.    SC allows trade in cryptocurrency
ü Supreme Court has lifted ban on trading in virtual currency, cryptocurrency and bitcoins by cancelling the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) 2018 circular that barred banks from serving companies dealing in cryptocurrency exchanges.
ü The plea was filed by Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) challenging RBI’s 2018 circular.

2.    QS World University Ranking 2020 by subject
ü According to the  Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings 2020 by Subject, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay and IIT Delhi have made it to the top 50 institutes in the world for the category of  engineering and technology and ranked 44th and 47th respectively with a score of 81.9 and 81.4.
While, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge,US (Unites States) ranked at top position.

3.    Slovenia new Prime Minister
ü Slovenia’s lawmakers have approved the Leader of Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS)Janez Jansa as Slovenia’s new Prime Minister. He will replace center-left Prime Minister Marjan Sarec, who resigned from his post in January 2020.


4.    RBI Deputy Governor N.S. Vishwanathan resigned ahead of retirement

5.    Mumbai to host 2023 International Olympic Committee (IOC) session 

6.    Javier Perez de Cuellar Passes away
ü UN Chief Javier Perez de Cuellar passed away in his native Peru due to natural causes at the age of 100.
He served as UN fifth secretary general from 1981 to 1991. He was often described as a “pacifist by vocation and nature.”

7.    Summer capital of Uttarakhand
ü CM of Uttarakhand Trivendra Singh Rawat announced ‘Gairsain’ as the summer capital of the state, on the 3rd day of the budget session held in Gairsain, Uttarakhand.