DAILY GK 3 OCT 2019
1.
Railway
cleanliness survey 2019
ü Three railway stations
of Rajasthan, Jaipur,
Jodhpur, and Durgapura have
topped the Railway
Cleanliness Survey 2019, conducted at 720 railway stations by
the Ministry of Railways.
Mumbai’s Andheri, Virar and Naigaon stations have topped the total 109 stations in the category of suburban stations
Mumbai’s Andheri, Virar and Naigaon stations have topped the total 109 stations in the category of suburban stations
2.
S.
Mallikarjuna Rao -MD and CEO of PNB
ü S. S. Mallikarjuna Rao was appointed as
the MD and Chief Executive of the Punjab
National Bank(PNB). Currently serving as chief executive
of the Allahabad Bank.
3. Surjit Bhalla appointed as
Executive Director for India at IMF
ü Economist Surjit S Bhalla as
the Executive Director (ED) for India on the board of the International
Monetary Fund (IMF).
Surjit succeeds former RBI deputy governor Subir Gokarn, who passed away
recently.
4. BWF Rankings 2019
ü As
per BWF (Badminton World Federation) Rankings 2019, PV
Sindhu has slipped to 6th rank while Tai Tzu-ying (Taiwan) topped the Rankings.
5. Book - ‘The RSS: Roadmaps for 21st Century’,
written by Sunil
Ambekar released.Published by Rupa Books.
6. 150th Gandhi Jayanti-October 2
ü 150th
Gandhi Jayanti and International Day of Non-Violence was observed on October 2,
2019. The birthday of Late Lal Bahadur Shastri, the second PM of India was also
observed on this day.
ü Mrs
Smriti Irani inaugurated a 1,650-kg ‘charkha’ (spinning
wheel) made of plastic waste, the world’s largest, near the Mahamaya flyover in
Sector 94, Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
ü Atal
Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog’s Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) and United
Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) India, launched ‘The Gandhian Challenge’
for school children with an aim to support children to thrive as young
innovators and entrepreneurs.
ü The
bilingual programme – ‘Mahatma Lives’/’Bapu Zinda Hain’ in which
audio clips of Mahatma Gandhi were featured on television programme jointly
hosted by UNESCO and Doordarshan (DD).
ü The
India Plog Run was also held in 50 cities across India by United Way of India
and Go Native with active support from the Ministry.
ü PM
released a commemorative Rs 150
coin. He set a target to achieve the goal to eradicate ‘single-use
plastic’ from India by the year 2022.
Rural India and its villages were declared ‘open defecation free’ (odf), by building over 11 crore toilets at the ‘Swachh Bharat Diwas‘ program in Ahmedabad. He also launched a book, ‘My Life, My Message’, published by the Sabarmati Ashram. It is on the life of Gandhi.
Rural India and its villages were declared ‘open defecation free’ (odf), by building over 11 crore toilets at the ‘Swachh Bharat Diwas‘ program in Ahmedabad. He also launched a book, ‘My Life, My Message’, published by the Sabarmati Ashram. It is on the life of Gandhi.
ü A
postage stamp was issued by French postal service company La Poste to
commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of the Mahatma. Similar postage stamps
were issued in Uzbekistan, Turkey, Palestine and other countries around the
globe on Gandhi Jayanti.
7. Telangana becomes fully
electrified state
ü Telangana became fully
electrified states in India after providing 100% electricity coverage to over 5
lakh 15 thousand households, especially those in the remote areas under
the Sahaj Bijli Har
Ghar Yojana (Soubhagya).
