DAILY GK 26 JULY 2019
1. POCSO
(Amendment) Bill, 2019 with provision of death penalty passed by Rajya Sabha
✔Rajya
Sabha passed the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO)
(Amendment) Bill, 2019 which provides for death penalty to the culprits in the
cases of sexual assault and stringent punishments for other crimes against
children.
✔It
provides for the levy of fines and imprisonment up to 5 years to curb child
pornography. In the event of a second or subsequent conviction, the punishment
would be up to seven years and fine.
2. New
Vande Bharat express completes Delhi-Katra trial run
✔The
trial run of India’s fastest second Vande Bharat Express (also known as Train
18) on New Delhi to Katra(Jammu and Kashmir) route was successfully conducted
by Indian Railways’ Northern Railway zone.
✔The
train designed and manufactured by Integral Coach Factory, Chennai, run at a
speed of 160 km per hour & it reduces travel time between Delhi-Katra from
12 hours to 8 hours.
✔The
Delhi-Katra express will have three stops include Ambala, Ludhiana, and Jammu.
✔The
2nd high-speed train will also help devotees who visit Vaishno Devi temple
Shrine.
3. Gujarat
tops in solar rooftop installations in India
✔Gujarat
was ranked first in the installation of rooftop solar projects in India with an
installed capacity of 261.97 megawatts.
✔It
was followed by Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu with 198.52 MW and 151.62 MW
respectively.
✔At
present, the total rooftop solar installation in India is 1,700.54 MW.
✔The
government has set the target to install 40,000 MW of rooftop solar projects by
2022, including installation of RTS on the rooftop of houses.
✔For
2019-20, the union government has allocated Rs 3,004.90 crore for solar power
sector, including both grid-interactive and off-grid projects.
4. Deputy
CM of Tripura, Jishnu Dev Varma announces projects worth Rs.1925 crore by ADB
✔Deputy
Chief Minister of Tripura, Jishnu DevVarma announced that Rs.1,925 crore worth
of amount is sanctioned by the Asian Development Bank for power generation up-gradation and
distribution projects in the state.
✔The
upgradation projects are:
- Upgrading
capacity of 63 MW Rokhia Project located at West Tripura district, to 120
MW at a cost of Rs. 699.80 crore
- Modernising
Gumti Hydro ElectricProject located at Gumti district, a cost of ₹1225.88
crore.
- The
North East Council sanctioned Rs 7 crore for repair work and maintenance
of the 49.15 km-long Ambassa-Gandacherra power transmission line.
5. Reliance
Industries become India’s highest-ranking company in the “Fortune Global 500
list 2019”
✔Mukesh
Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd. has become the top-ranked Indian company to
feature in the latest “Fortune Global 500 list 2019”. It ranked 106 in the
list.
✔Reliance
Industries overtakes state-owned Indian Oil Corporation
✔Walmart
(US) topped Fortune’s list followed by Sinopec Group of China.
✔Other
Indian companies in the list are ONGC, SBI, Tata Motors, BPCL and Rajesh
Exports.
6. IFS
Sanjeev Kumar Singla appointed as PS to PM
✔Sanjeev
Kumar Singla, a 1997 batch Indian Foreign Service Officer, was appointed as the
Private Secretary to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
✔He
succeeds Vivek Kumar.
7. Priti
Patel became UK’s First Indian-Origin Home Secretary
✔Member
of Parliament Priti Patel became the United Kingdom’s first Indian-origin home
secretary.
✔She
was appointed by new UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
✔Patel
of Conservative Party succeeds Pakistani-origin Sajid Javid.
8. Bandhan
Bank appoints Sanjeev Naryani as Head of Business for all divisions
✔Private
sector lender Bandhan Bank has appointed Sanjeev Naryani as its head of the
business.
✔He
will lead the branch banking, wholesale banking, agri-business, retail lending,
third-party products and digital banking verticals at the bank.
✔Narayani
worked with the State Bank of India as a Chief General Manager.
