DAILY GK 2 OCT 2019
1. WTO cuts global trade growth
forecast
ü The World Trade Organisation (WTO) in its
report reduced the global trade growth forecast to 1.2% for 2019 from
2.6% due to trade tensions and sluggish global economy.
ü It is the weakest level in a decade. The
global trade growth forecast for 2020 was reduced to 2.7% from 3%.
2. India’s Most Powerful Women in
Media award
ü Indian magazine India today’s Vice
Chairperson (VC) Kallie
Puri was honoured with 2019 “India’s Most Powerful Women
in Media” award at famed Confluence Excellence Awards at the British Parliament
in London, United Kingdom.
3. Pune headquartered Bajaj
Finance overtook SBI in market capitalization
ü Bajaj Finance Ltd based at Pune,
Maharashtra, has surpassed India’s largest bank, the State Bank of India (SBI) for the first time,
in terms of market capitalization.
ü The market capital of
Bajaj Finance stood at Rs 2.32 lakh crore while it was Rs 2.28 lakh crore for
SBI.
4. World Vegetarian day & International
coffee day - October
1
5.
International Day of Older Persons -October
1.Theme for
2019 is “The Journey to
Age Equality“.
