DAILY GK 21 JULY 2019
1. HRD
MINISTRY LAUNCHES NEW UGC SCHEME “PARAMARSH” FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
✔Ramesh
Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Union Minister for Human Resource Development launched a
Scheme called “Paramarsh” of University Grants Commission in New Delhi.
✔This
scheme aims at mentoring National Accreditation and Assessment Council
accreditation aspirant institutions to develop quality assurance in Higher
Education.
✔Under
the scheme, the prime Mentoring institutions will provide regular mentoring to
colleges to help achieve high-quality standards. For mentoring they will get
the financial assistance & also the option of appointing an expert, who can
be paid a fellowship amount of Rs 31,000 per month.
2. 8TH
EDITION OF HAND-IN-HAND MILITARY EXERCISE 2019
✔The
8th edition of Hand-in-Hand Military exercise 2019 between India, China will be
held on December 2019 at Umroi near Shillong in Meghalaya.
✔The
exercise will focus on transnational counter-terror operations, the
establishment of a joint command post, joint combat, and humanitarian
assistance and disaster relief missions.
✔The
7th edition was held at Chengdu, China in December 2018.
3. AMBIKAPUR
OF SURGUJA DISTRICT, CHHATTISGARH GETS INDIA’S FIRST ‘GARBAGE CAFE’ FOR
RAGPICKERS
✔The
municipal officials of Chhattisgarh have launched a unique garbage cafe scheme
in Ambikapur of Surguja district which has become India’s first ‘Garbage Cafe’
for Ragpickers.
✔The
ragpickers and the homeless will collect plastic waste, and in return, the
municipal corporation will offer them food. The fund allocated for this scheme
is Rs. 5.5 lakh.
4. INDIA’S
FIRST SPACE TECH PARK TO COME UP IN THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, KERALA
✔The
Kerala government will set up India’s first space tech park at
Thiruvananthapuram’s Knowledge City with the entire investment made by the
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre.
✔It
will make the city a manufacturing hub for space-related technology which will
have a startup incubator, accelerators including Airbus Bizlab, skill training
systems and production units.
5. WORLD
BANK DECIDES NOT TO FUND FOR ANDHRA’S AMBITIOUS AMARAVATI CAPITAL CITY PROJECT
✔After
the central government dropped support, The World Bank had withdrawn $300
million of fund for Amaravati Capital City project in Andhra Pradesh, the
ambitious project of former chief minister Chandrababu Naidu.
✔The
project was to be co-financed by another multilateral funding agency Asian
Infrastructure Investment Bank, which had committed $200 million.
✔The
move was taken after the Environmental activists, farmers, and civil society
organizations opposed this project for building the city on Krishna river
floodplains.
6. SIX
STATES INCLUDING UTTAR PRADESH, WEST BENGAL GET NEW GOVERNORS
✔In
a major reshuffle, six states now get new governors.
- Madhya
Pradesh Lal Ji Tandon
- Uttar
Pradesh Anandi Ben Patel
- Bihar Phagu
Chauhan
- West
Bengal Jagdeep Dhankhar
- Tripura Ramesh
Bais
- Nagaland RN
Ravi
✔Sitting
Rajya Sabha member Anusuiya Uikey and senior BJP leader Biswa Bushan
Harichandan were appointed as governors of Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh
respectively.
7. 2004
BATCH IFS OFFICER VIVEK KUMAR TO TAKE CHARGE AS PRIVATE SECRETARY TO PM MODI
✔Government
of India, 2004 batch IFS officer, Vivek Kumar has been appointed as private
secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
✔He
replaces Sanjeev Kumar Singla, who has been appointed India’s ambassador to
Israel.
✔Kumar
is currently working as a Director in the Prime Minister’s Office.
8. SANJEEV
KUMAR SINGLA, PS TO PM, APPOINTED AS INDIA’S AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL
✔Ministry
of External Affairs appointed Shri Sanjeev Kumar Singla as the next Ambassador
of India to the State of Israel.
✔He
is a 1997 Indian Foreign Service Officer. He is serving as the Private
Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi since 2014. He succeeds Pavan Kapoor.
9. EBIX
ACQUIRED YATRA ONLINE FOR $337.8 MILLION
✔US-based
software firm Ebix Inc acquired online travel portal Yatra Online Inc., for an
enterprise value of $337.8 million (Rs 2,325 crore) in an all-stock
transaction.
10. INDIAN
ARMY SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED THE TRIALS OF THIRD GENERATION ANTI-TANK GUIDED
MISSILE- NAG AT POKHRAN, RAJASTHAN
✔The
Indian Army successfully conducted the trials of third generation anti-tank
guided missile NAG, developed by the Defence Research and Development
Organisation, at Pokhran, Rajastha.
✔It
was launched from the NAG Missile Carrier and is capable of carrying up to 6
combat missiles. It will be inducted in the Indian Army.
11. RANI
BANGA WINS GOLD AT THE ISRAEL RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS ANNUAL CHAMPIONSHIP
✔Rani
Banga won a gold medal in the Rope exercise and a silver medal in the clubs
exercise at the annual Championship held at Holon, northern city of Israel.
✔She
also recently bagged a gold medal and a Silver Medal at the 2019 pirueta cup in
Croatia.
12. 2ND
EDITION OF HERO INTERCONTINENTAL CUP FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT FOR THE YEAR 2019 WON
BY NORTH KOREA
✔North
Korea won the title of the 2nd edition of Hero Intercontinental Cup football
tournament held at the The Arena by TransStadia, Ahmedabad, Gujarat,
✔North
Korea won the title by defeating Tajikistan.
13. FORMER
3 TIMES DELHI CM SHEILA DIKSHIT PASSED AWAY
✔Former
3 time chief minister of Delhi from Congress Sheila Dikshit passed away at
Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Okhla in New Delhi.
✔She
had served as the president of Delhi Congress, chief minister of Delhi for 15
years from 1998-2013 and the governor of Kerala.
✔The
longest-serving chief minister of Delhi was the recipient of 2010 Dara Shikoh
award by Indo-Iran Society and Delhi Women of the Decade Achievers Award 2013
by All Ladies League for Outstanding Public Service.
14. DELHI
GOVT CELEBRATES 15-DAY “HAPPINESS UTSAV” IN ALL ITS SCHOOLS
✔To
celebrate the completion of a year of introduction of its happiness curriculum,
Delhi Government launched a 15-day “Happiness Utsav” across all its 1,031
schools.
✔During
the event, The first 50 minutes of each school day, all students schools taking
part in various activities like ‘nataks’ (dramas), poetry recitation and
exhibitions.
