DAILY GK: 18 MAY 2021
1.
INDIA’S 1ST AGRICULTURE EXPORT FACILITATION CENTER
• Mahratta
Chamber of Commerce Industries & Agriculture (MCCIA) in partnership with
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has launched
India’s 1st Agriculture Export Facilitation Center (AEFC) in Pune, Maharashtra.
• India’s
Target in Agriculture Exports – The export of agriculture is targeted at USD 60
Billion by 2022.
2.
HOUSING.COM REPORT ON HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE
• According
to ‘State of Indian Healthcare – Indian Cities through the lens of healthcare
2021’ report released by Housing.com, an real estate portal – Pune, Maharashtra
is the healthiest city among the top 8 urban cities of India with regard to
parameters like number of hospital beds, ease of living, water quality, and
local body performance.
• The top
3 cities are – Pune, Ahmedabad
(Gujarat), Bengaluru (Karnataka).
3.
‘INTERNATIONAL INVINCIBLE GOLD MEDAL 2021’
• Union
Education Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank was awarded International
Invincible Gold Medal 2021 by Maharshi Organisation.
• He has
been recognised for his extraordinary commitment and outstanding service to
humanity through his writings, social and illustrious public life.
4.
MISS UNIVERSE 2020
• Mexican
Model Andrea Meza was crowned as the Miss Universe of 2020 at the televised
event held in Florida, US.
• She
became the 3rd Mexican woman to be crowned as Miss Universe.
• She is a
software engineer.
• Miss
Universe 2020 was the 69th Miss Universe pageant.
5.
2021 ITALIAN OPEN
• Spain’s
Rafael Nadal defeated Serbia’s Novak Djokovic to win the Men’s Singles Title of
2021 Italian Open (78th Edition), also known as Rome Masters.
• This is
Nadal’s 10th Italian Open Title.
• In the
Women’s Category, IgaSwiatek (Poland) defeated Karolina Pliskova
(Czhechoslovakia) to win the Women’s Singles Title of Italian Open 2021.
• The
Italian Open 2021 (also known as Rome Masters or Internazionali BNL d’Italia)
took place at the ForoItalico venue in Rome, Italy from May 8-16, 2021.
6.
WORLD HYPERTENSION DAY 2021
• World
Hypertension day is celebrated annually on May 17 to raise awareness about the
symptoms of hypertension to prevent and control it.
• It was
first initiated by the World Hypertension League (WHL) an affiliated section of
the International Society of Hypertension(ISH), on May 14, 2005.
• The
theme for 2021: ‘Measure Your Blood Pressure Accurately, Control It, Live
Longer’
7.
NATIONAL DENGUE DAY 2021
• Every
year, May 16 is observed by the Union Health Ministry as ‘National Dengue Day’
across the country to create awareness about measures on dengue prevention and
to control the spread of the vector-borne disease and to reaffirm nationwide
efforts to tackle the scourge by using both education and medical intervention.
8.
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF LIGHT 2021
• The
International Day of Light (IDL) is annually observed across the globe on 16th
May to celebrate the role of lights in science, culture and art, education and
sustainable development, medicine, communications, and energy.
• The day
also marks the anniversary of the first successful operations of the laser in
1960 by Physicist and Engineer Theodore Maiman.
9.
‘MY VILLAGE – CORONA FREE VILLAGE’ CAMPAIGN
• Gujarat
CM, Vijay Rupani Launched 15 day long ‘Maru Gam – Corona Mukt Gam’ or ‘My
Village – Corona Free Village’ campaign on May 1, 2021 to check the spread of
Covid-19 in rural areas of Gujarat.
• This
Campaign will direct to provide adequate stock of medicines in the rural areas
& will create awareness among people for Covid-19 appropriate behaviour.
