DAILY GK 1 APRIL 2019
1. GRSE BECOMES 1ST INDIAN SHIPYARD TO DELIVER 100
WARSHIPS
✔Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited has
delivered its 100th Warship which is a Landing Craft Utility, L-56, to the
Indian Navy today.
✔This has made GRSE the first Indian Shipyard to make
and deliver 100 warships to the Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard and Mauritius
Coast Guard.
✔The 100th Warship, IN LCU L-56 was handed over by Rear
Admiral V. K. Saxena, Chairman & Managing Director, GRSE to Lt. Cdr.
Gopinath Narayanan, Commanding Officer of the Ship.
2. LAWYER ZUZANA CAPUTOVA WON THE ELECTION OF
SLOVAKIA’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
✔Lawyer Zuzana Caputova won Slovakia’s presidential
election and become Slovakia’s first female president. She will succeed Andrej
Kiska.
✔She was honoured with the Goldman Environmental Award
in 2016 for her strong and resolute leadership regarding the Pezinok landfill
affair, Caputova.
3. SHANGAI BECOMES 1ST DISTRICT WITH 5G COVERAGE
✔China’s Shanghai claimed to have the world’s first
district with 5G coverage and a broadband gigabit network. It has conducted
trial runs of the 5G network.
✔The trial runs of the 5G network started in Shanghai’s
Hongkou district. 5G base stations had been deployed over the last three months
to ensure full coverage in Hongkou.
4. SOUTH KOREA WON AZLAN SHAH HOCKEY CUP BY DEFEATING
INDIA
✔17th Ranked South Korea defeated World number 5, India
to won the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup which was held at Azlan Shah Stadium in Ipoh,
Malaysia.
DAILY GK 2 APRIL 2019
1. AUSTRALIA
LAUNCHED 7 NATION MILITARY EXERCISE IN INDIAN OCEAN
✔Australia
is conducting 7 nation Indian Ocean military exercises along with Sri Lanka,
India, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Singapore. Australia sent 4
Naval Ships and one military aircraft along with around 1000 security personnel
making it one the biggest military exercise.
✔The
exercise is aimed to counter the growing Chinese influence in the India Ocean.
2. BANK
OF BARODA BECOMES THE 3RD LARGEST BANK AFTER ITS MERGER WITH DENA BANK &
VIJAYA BANK
✔The merger of Dena Bank
and Vijaya Bank into Bank of Baroda has come into effect. With this
amalgamation, Bank of Baroda becomes the India’s second largest public sector
bank and third largest commercial bank after State Bank of India and HDFC Bank.
✔Government
has also infused Rs 5,042 crore into Bank of Baroda by way of preferential
allotment of equity shares. Centre’s shareholding in the merged entity is
65.7%.
3. RELIANCE
MUTUAL FUND PARTNERING WITH GOOGLE, BECOMES THE FIRST INDIAN COMPANY TO LAUNCH
VOICE-BASED FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS
✔Reliance
Nippon Life Asset Management has joined hands with Google to enable the
customers of Reliance Mutual Fund to carry out voice-based financial
transactions.
✔With
this, RNAM becomes the first company in India, to provide conversational
interface that would help customers regarding funds transactions.
4. ANTI-DUMPING
DUTY HAS BEEN IMPOSED ON THE IMPORT OF SOLAR COMPONENTS FROM FOUR NATIONS
✔In
order to safeguard domestic players against cheap shipments, Department of
Revenue, Government of India has imposed anti-dumping duty up to USD 1559 per
tonne on the import of certain solar cell components (Ethylene Vinyl Acetate
Sheet for Solar Module) from China, Malaysia, Saudia Arabia and Thailand for a
period of 5 years.
✔This
move is taken on the recommendation of Directorate General of Trade Remedies
(DGTR), which is the Investigation Arm of Ministry of Commerce.
5. BATMAN
WILL BECOME THE FIRST INDUCTEE OF COMIC-CON MUSEUM’S CHARACTER HALL OF FAME
✔Batman
will become the first Inductee of Comic-On Museum’s Character Hall of Fame in a
ceremony at 50th Annual Comic-Con International in San Diego, USA.
6. 2019
INDIA OPEN (BADMINTON) HELD NEW DELHI FROM 26TH MARCH TO 31ST MARCH 2019
✔2019
India Open which is officially known as YONEX-SUNRISE India Open 2019 was
organized by the Badminton Association of India at the K.D. Jadhav Indoor hall
in New Delhi from 26th March to 31 March 2019. It was the eighth tournament of
2019 BWF World Tour.
✔
Danish Player, Viktor Axelsen defeated India’s top shuttler, Kidambi Srikanth
in the final to win his second India Open title.
✔Women’s
Singles won by Ratchanok Intanon (Thailand). Men’s Doubles won by Lee Yang
(Taiwan) and Wang Chi-lin (Taiwan).
7. 2019
MIAMI OPEN HELD FLORIDA FROM 18TH MARCH TO 31ST MARCH 2019
✔2019
Miami Open which was the 35th edition of Miami Open, held at Miami Gardens in
Florida, USA from 18th March to 31st March 2019. For the first time the
tournament took place on the hard Rock Stadium.
✔Roger
Federer won his 4th ATP Miami title in Men’s Single Category. Former Australian
Cricketer, Ashleigh Barty became the first ever Australian winner of the
tournament.
✔List of Winners:
- Men’s
Single - Roger Federer (Switzerland)
- Women’s
Single - Ashleigh Barty (Australia)
- Men’s
Double - Bob Bryan (USA) and Mike
Bryan (USA)
- Women’s
Doubles - Elise Mertens (Belgium) and Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)
DAILY GK 3 APRIL
1. COMCASA:
FIRST SECURE LINK BETWEEN INDIA, US NAVIES SET UP
✔India
and the US have structured the first reliable communication link between the
Indian Navy & US Central as well as Pacific Naval Commands under the
COMCASA pact at New Delhi, India.
✔By
implementing the path-breaking agreement, COMCASA the US has initiated the
Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module GPS System in some of C-130 and
C-17 transport aircraft.
✔Result
of the COMCASA (Communications, Compatibility and Security Agreement) pact:
- India
will gain access to the US Naval intelligence other than just regulating
joint operations in the future.
- It
will further aid the militaries to work in a conducive and ‘interoperable’
environment, without which previously India had to rely on less secure
systems.
- Pact
will Help in building an “interoperable” enviroment for militaries of both
nations
2. AUSINDEX
19: LARGEST AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE JOINT TASK FORCE TO VISIT INDIA FOR MILITARY
EXERCISE
✔The
Third iteration of India-Australia bilateral exercise, AUSINDEX 19 will be held
from 2nd April to 16th April 2019 at Vishakhapatnam. The bilateral exercise
will deepen defence and strategic relationship between the two countries.
✔The
Focus of the exercise will be on anti-Submarine warfare.
3. KANDHAMAL
HALDI (TURMERIC) GETS GI TAG
✔Kandhamal
Haldi (turmeric), Odisha’s locally grown turmeric in its Kandhamal district has
received the Geographical Indications tag from Intellectual Property India. It
is organically grown by tribals.
4. INDIA
WINS ICC TEST CHAMPIONSHIP MACE FOR 3RD STRAIGHT YEAR
✔India
has retained ICC Test Championship mace for the third year in a row after
finishing at the top of ICC Test team rankings on the cut-off date of April 1.
✔The
runner up, New Zealand finished with 108 points. South Africa finished 3rd with
105 points.
5. WORLD
AUTISM AWARENESS DAY OBSERVED ON APRIL 2
✔World
Autism Awareness Day is observed annually on April 2 to raise awareness about
people with Autism Spectrum Disorder, globally.
✔The
theme for 2019 was “Assistive
Technologies, Active Participation”.
