DAILY GK 12 JUNE 2019
1.
ELECTION COMMISSION GRANTS NATIONAL PARTY STATUS TO NPP
✔The
Election Commission of India granted the National party status to National
People’s Party led by Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma. It becomes the
first Party from North East region to get this tag.
✔It
becomes the eighth national party in the country among All India Trinamool
Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party, BSP, CPI, Communist Party of India (Marxist),
Indian National Congress and NCP parties.
✔It
is getting status of state party in four states such as Arunachal Pradesh,
Manipur, Meghalaya and Nagaland.
2.
PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI’S VISIT TO MALDIVES AND SRI LANKA
✔Prime
Minister Shri Narendra Modi visited the Republic of Maldives at the invitation
of Mr. Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, President of the Republic of Maldives to
strengthen the bilateral ties, reflecting the importance India attached to its
‘Neighbourhood First’ policy.
✔This
was the first overseas visit of the Prime Minister after his re-election.
✔Prime
Minister Narendra Modi was conferred with the Maldives’ highest honour “Rule of Nishan Izzuddeen” by the
President of Maldives.
✔Prime
Minister Modi visited Sri Lanka at the invitation of Mr. Maithripala Sirisena,
President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. On second leg of
PM’s first foreign visit to Sri Lanka, he was received by the Lankan
counterpart Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Bandaranaike International Airport.
3.
KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK WAS PENALIZED WITH RS 2 CRORE BY RESERVE BANK OF INDIA FOR
NOT MEETING OWNERSHIP RULES
✔Reserve
Bank of India has penalized Kotak Mahindra Bank with Rs.2 crore for not
furnishing details about the shareholding of its promoter and its plans for
complying with stake dilution norms.
✔RBI
has mandated the bank to reduce its promoter shareholding to 20 per cent by
December 31, 2018 and to 15 per cent by March 2022.
4.
FACEBOOK LAUNCHED ITS FIRST INTERACTIVE GAME SHOW “CONFETTI” IN INDIA
✔Facebook
launched its first interactive Game Show “Confetti” in India. It was first
launched in the United States.
✔The
interactive game is exclusive to Facebook Watch. It will go on air on June 12
from Wednesday to Sunday on Facebook’s dedicated video platform ‘Facebook
Watch’.
✔It
is already available in other countries of the world including Canada, the UK,
Mexico, Thailand, Vietnam and Philippines.
5. YUVRAJ
SINGH ANNOUNCED RETIREMENT FROM INTERNATIONAL CRICKET
✔Yuvraj
Singh announced retirement from international cricket, ending a roller-coaster
career during which he became the hero of India’s 2011 World Cup triumph and
fought a gritty battle with cancer.
✔Yuvraj
played 40 Tests, 304 ODIs and 58 T20Is for India. He put together 1900 runs in
the longest format, and 8701 in the one-dayers, the format in which he enjoyed
the most success.
6.
VETERAN JOURNALIST E GOPINATH DIED
✔E
Gopinath, the eldest journalist of Tamil Nadu passed away in Chennai. He was
also a Chief of news agency ‘ANI’.
✔Journalist
E Gopinath was on first general elections for Press Trust of India of
Independent India and active till recently concluded 17th general elections.
✔He
became the first journalist to interview both Argentine revolutionary Che
Guevara and Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
