DAILY GK 13,14 NOV

 DAILY GK 13,14 NOV 

1.          US TREASURY REMOVES INDIA FROM ITS CURRENCY MONITORING LIST

·            According to the report ‘Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the United States’ the United States (US) Department of Treasury removed India along with Italy, Mexico, Thailand and Vietnam from its Currency Monitoring List of major trading partners that merit close attention to their currency practices and macroeconomic policies.

·            India had been on the list for the last two years.

·            This move followed the US’ Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen visit to New Delhi

·            Currency Monitoring List:-An economy meeting two of the three criteria in the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 is placed on the Watch List.

·            The country meeting all three criteria are labelled as a ‘currency manipulator’.

·            China, Japan, Korea, Germany, Malaysia, Singapore, and Taiwan are the seven economies that are a part of the current monitoring list.

·            Switzerland has exceeded the thresholds of all 3 criteria and it is being labelled as a “Currency Manipulator.

 

2.          UNION BANK OF INDIA CELEBRATES ITS 104TH FOUNDATION DAY

·            The bank started its operation on November 11, 1919, and its head office building at Mumbai, Maharashtra was inaugurated by the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi in 1921.

·            As a part of celebrations, the bank has launched the Union Vyom app & various other digital products.

·            Tagline– Good People to Bank with

 

3.          WEST BENGAL GOVT’SLAKSHMIRBHANDAR BAGS THE SKOCH AWARD

·            West Bengal (WB) has bagged the prestigious SKOCH award in the women and child development category for its popular ‘LakshmirBhandar‘ scheme.

·            The WB government launched the scheme in August 2021 to provide financial support to a woman head of a family, aged between 25-60 years.

·            The scheme provides Rs 500 per month to people in the general caste category and roughly Rs 1,000 per month to those in the Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) categories.

 

4.          WORLD PNEUMONIA DAY 2022 – NOVEMBER 12

·            World Pneumonia Day is annually observed across the globe on November 12 to raise awareness and educate people about Pneumonia disease, the world’s most prominent infectious death of children under the age of 5.

·            World Pneumonia Day 2022 focuses on “Championing the fight to stop pneumonia“.

·            Every year, globally, pneumonia kills over 7 lakh children under the age of 5, including over 1.53 lakh newborns, who are especially vulnerable to infection.

·            At least one child dies every 45 seconds from pneumonia each day.