DAILY GK 3 AUG 2019
1.
NAGAR KIRTAN(SIKH RELIGIOUS PROCESSION) FROM PAKISTAN REACHES INDIA FOR THE
FIRST TIME SINCE PARTITION
✔To
mark the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the Sikhism founder, a
Nagar Kirtan, a Sikh religious procession was taken out for 1st time after
Independence from Nankana Sahib district of Pakistan’s Punjab province entered
into Attari village in Amritsar, Punjab.
✔The
procession which comprising around 500 Sikh devotees will stop at Golden Temple
of Amritsar before it begins its onward journey.
✔2019
marks the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev. Government of India will
celebrate the event throughout the country and across the globe for a period of
one year from November 2018 to November 2019.
2. RBI
GRANTED BANK OF CHINA TO OFFER REGULAR BANKING SERVICES IN INDIA
✔India’s
central banking institution, RBI has allowed Bank of China to provide regular
bank services in India. BoC will be included in the Second Schedule of the
Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.
✔Jan
Small Finance Bank Ltd has also been included in the second schedule. Apart
from this, the name ‘Royal Bank of Scotland’ has been changed to ‘NetWest
Market Plc’.
✔
‘National Bank of Australia’ has been removed from the bank list under the
Banking Regulation Act,1949.
3. RBI’S
MONEY MUSEUM IN CENTRAL KOLKATA BOOST PEOPLE’S KNOWLEDGE OF BANKING SYSTEM
✔India’s
central bank, RBI’s Money Museum, which was opened on March 11, 2019, aims at
improving people’s knowledge of the banking system with the help of interactive
displays at Council House Street in Central Kolkata, West Bengal.
✔The
museum has a big tree made using unusable coins and demonetized notes attached
with a computer model outlining how money gets transferred to the account
digitally.
✔Its
printing and bond making machines is the eye-catching feature of the museum. It
also has interactive games centre for children with the intention to promote
financial literacy.
4. CRISIL
LOWERS INDIA’S FY2020 GDP GROWTH FORECAST TO 6.9 PERCENT
✔According
to the CRISIL, India’s GDP growth expected to grow by 6.9% in 2019 (FY2020).
✔The
second half (July 2019-December 2019) of the year will have its support from
expected monetary easing, consumption, and statistical low-base effect. Due to
food inflation, the agriculture sector will also be expected to improve.
✔Farmers
will also benefit from the income transfer of Rs 6,000 per year and farm loan
waivers in some states.
✔The
NPA’s are expected to decline to 8 percent by FY 20 end from the high level of
11.5 % witnessed in FY18.
5. INDIA
IS THE 7TH LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD IN 2018: WORLD BANK
✔The
World Bank data for 2018 showed that India is the 7th largest economy in the
world at $2.73 trillion.
✔India’s
GDP rose from $2.65 trillion in 2017 to $2.73 trillion in 2018.
✔In
2017, India had emerged as the sixth largest economy.
✔It
still remains the fastest-growing major economy in the world.
✔The
growth is estimated to slow to 7% in the current fiscal year that ends in March
2020.
✔United
States is the largest economy in the world followed by China, Japan and Germany.
6. 2019
RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARD WON BY RAVISH KUMAR FOR JOURNALISM
✔India’s
senior executive editor of NDTV Ravish Kumar was awarded 2019 Raman Magsaysay
Award which is regarded as the Asian version of the Nobel Prize.
✔Four
other winners of the 2019 Raman Magsaysay award are as follows:-
- Ko
Swe Win (Myanmar),
- Angkhana
Neelapaijit (Thailand),
- Pujante
Cayabyab (Philippines)
- Kim
Jong-Ki (South Korea).
7. NASA’S
TESS SATELLITE DISCOVERS FIRST NEARBY SUPER EARTH
✔A
super-Earth was discovered by an International team of astronomers led by Lisa
Kaltenegger and is considered to be the first potentially habitable world
outside our own solar system.
✔The
super Earth is named as GJ 357 d and it was discovered in NASA’s Translating
Exoplanets Survey Satellite.
✔This
super Earth ,GJ 35 70 located about 31 light years away from our solar system
is more massive than earth and could contain liquid on its surface.
8. FLIPKART
LAUNCHED ‘SAMARTH’ INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT WEAVERS, ARTISANS AND MAKERS OF
HANDICRAFTS TO ITS PLATFORM
✔Anurag
Thakur, Minister of State, Finance and Corporate Affairs and Kalyan
Krishnamurthy, Chief Executive Officer of Flipkart Group launched ‘Samarth’, an
initiative of Flipkart, to support weavers, artisans and makers of handicrafts
to its platform.
✔It
will help the community to on-board and sell the goods on the internet.
✔Flipkart
has tied up with 5 NGOs to help the artisans use online marketplace to sell the
products.
9. DELHI
PUBLIC LIBRARY’S MOBILE LIBRARY BUS SERVICE LAUNCHED
✔Mobile
Library Buses was launched by the Union Minister of state for culture and
tourism Shri Prahlad Singh Patel in New Delhi.
✔It
was launched under the “Ghar-Ghar Dastak Ghar-Ghar Pustak” scheme of Delhi
Public Library providing books to citizens of Delhi.
10. WEST
BENGAL GOVERNMENT LAUNCHED AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ‘SAVE GREEN, STAY CLEAN’
✔The
Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee launched an awareness campaign
‘Save Green, Stay Clean’ for preserving the greenery and keeping the
environment clean in Kolkata.
✔The
percentage of tree plantation increased to 19% from 11% in the past 8 years.
