DAILY GK 28 APRIL 2019
1. NITI AAYOG, UNICEF SIGNED A LOI FOR CHILDREN
EMPOWERMENT
✔United
Nations Children Fund India and NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission has signed
a Letter of Intent to provide an open platform to promote participation, skill
and empowerment among young children across different communities.
✔The
plan will be implemented through Atal Tinkering Lab which established under
Atal Innovation Mission.
2. QATAR’S TO ABOLISH EXIT VISA SYSTEM BY 2019:
UN
✔UN’s
International Labour Organization announced that Qatar is set to abolish its
exit visa system for all foreign workers by the end of 2019.
✔The
country was committed to labour reform following an Amnesty international
report that the 2022 World Cup host was failing to stop widespread labour
abuse.
✔Qatar
has launched labour reforms since its selection as the 2022 World Cup host,
with the event set in motion a huge construction plan employing foreign
workers.
✔In
2018, Qatar approved legislation to dismiss the sponsorship system or “kafala”,
which claimed that foreign workers obtain permission from their employers to
leave the country.