DAILY GK 23 APRIL 2019
1.
INDIA RANKS 19TH OUT OF 28 COUNTRIES IN INDEX OF CANCER PREPAREDNESS
✔The Economist Intelligence
Unit has released the 2019 Index of Cancer Preparedness in which out of 28
countries India is in 19th position from the top. Cancer in 2018 caused 9.6
million deaths worldwide making it the 2nd biggest killer.
✔Top 3 nations in the index
are: Australia followed by the
Netherlands and Germany.
✔Bottom 3 nations are: Saudi
Arabia, Romania and Egypt.
2. ANTI-SUBMARINE
WARFARE DRILL CONDUCTED BY INDIAN, US NAVIES IN INDIAN OCEAN
✔Indian
and the US navies conducted joint submarine hunting exercise near Diego Garcia
in the Indian Ocean.
✔The
objective of this exercise is to lay the groundwork for coordinating maritime
patrol and reconnaissance anti-submarine training, information sharing and
coordination between maritime patrol aircraft and surface combatants.
3. AMARTYA
SEN CHAIRS AT THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE FOR RESEARCH
ON INEQUALITY
✔To
honor the Indian Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, the London School of Economics and
Political Science has created the Amartya Sen Chair in Inequality Studies.
✔He
will also serve as the director of the LSE International Inequalities
Institute, focused on studying and challenging some of the most pressing
issues.
4. POLITICAL
NEOPHYTE AND COMEDIAN VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY WINS UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
2019
✔In
Ukrainian presidential election 2019, Comedian Volodymyr Oleksandrovych
Zelensky defeated incumbent Petro Poroshenko.
✔He
becomes the sixth president of Ukraine.
5. TWITTER
APPOINTS MANISH MAHESHWARI AS NEW INDIA HEAD
✔Manish
Maheshwari has been appointed as Managing Director of Twitter India succeeding
Balaji Krish.
6. SERVICES
BAGS THE 6TH SANTOSH TROPHY FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT TITLE AGAINST PUNJAB AT GURU
NANAK STADIUM
✔Services
won their 6th Santosh Trophy Football Tournament title with a 1-0 victory over
Punjab.
✔The
Services football team represents the Indian defence services in the Santosh
Trophy.
7. FABIO
FOGNINI MAKES HISTORY, BECAME THE FIRST ITALIAN TO WIN AN ATP MASTERS 1000
TITLE
✔Fabio
Fognini clinched Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters after defeating Dusan Lajovic of
Serbia the first Italian to triumph in more than 15 years.
✔Last
time an Italian player Nicola Pietrangeli won the trophy in 1968.
8. APRIL
22 OBSERVED AS AN EARTH DAY 2019
✔Earth
day is observed annually to support environmental protection on April 22.
✔The
theme for 2019 was “Protecting Our
Species, which are on the verge of extinction”.
✔The
objective of Earth Day is to share responsibilities among people of this world
and set agenda for peaceful coexistence with nature.
