DAILY GK 30 SEPT 2019
1.
World
Hindu Economic Forum
ü
7th World Hindu Economic Forum (WHEF)
2019 held at Hotel Grand Hyatt in Mumbai, Maharashtra from
27- 29, September, 2019 with the theme “Prosperous Society: Stronger Society”.
2.
India’s
first ‘Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)’
ü Gujarat has launched India’s 1st trading
program called “Emissions
Trading Scheme (ETS)” in Surat, Gujarat to
combat particulate air pollution.
ü It
is a market-based system where the government
sets a cap on emissions and allows industries to buy and sell permits (in
kilograms) to stay below the cap. For this reason, ETS is also called a
cap-and-trade market.
3.
50th
Edition of WEF Annual Meeting for 2020 to be held in Davos-Klosters,
Switzerland
ü The 50th Edition
of World Economic
Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting for 2020 will be held in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland from
January 21-24, 2020.
ü The Chief Minister of
Punjab Captain
Amarinder Singh will be attending the meeting .
About WEF:
♦ Motto: Committed to improving the state of the world
♦ Founded: January 1971
♦ Headquarters: Cologny, Switzerland
About WEF:
♦ Motto: Committed to improving the state of the world
♦ Founded: January 1971
♦ Headquarters: Cologny, Switzerland
4.
K
Siva Reddy honoured with Saraswati Samman
ü
Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has honored the
Telugu poet Dr. K Siva Reddy with
the 28th Saraswati
Samman 2018 for
the creation of his famous poetry collection ‘Pakkaki Ottigilite’ in 2016 during an
award-giving ceremony organized by the KK Birla Foundation in New Delhi.
ü
The prestigious Saraswati Samman instituted in 1991 by the K.
K. Birla Foundation, is awarded every year for significant contribution
in the field of literature related to any of the 22 languages of India included
in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
5.
2019
IWF World Weightlifting Championships
ü World Weightlifting
Championships was held in Pattaya, Thailand.It was a
qualifying event for the Tokyo Olympics 2020.China topped the medal tally with
10 Gold, 5 Silver & 3 Bronze followed by North Korea and Armenia.
6.
World
Heart Day 2019-September 29
ü It was initiated by the
Geneva, Switzerland based World Heart Federation (WHF), in conjunction with the
World Health Organization (WHO) in 1999.
7.
World
Deaf Day 2019 -September 29
ü
The day was initiated by the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD)
headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.Theme “Sign Language Rights for All!“
