DAILY GK 1 MAY 2019
1. DEFENCE
MINISTRY SET TO HAVE THREE NEW TRI-SERVICE AGENCIES
✔Ministry
of Defence is expecting to raise a Defence Cyber Agency by May to tackle
non-civilian cyber issues arise from China and pakistan, including safeguarding
critical infrastructure. Rear Admiral Mohit Gupta, Senior Navy officer will be
the first head of this agency, headquartered in New Delhi.
✔As
per the clearance given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018, two more agencies are under
construction namely, Defence Space Agency and Special Operations Division.
✔Aware
of cyber power is a risky element of India’s comprehensive deterrence
capability, the base has set up a task force headed by Lt. Gen. Davinder Kumar
(Retired) to suggest a road map for cyber deterrence in the armed forces.
2. BHARTI
AXA TIES UP WITH WISHFIN TO OFFER POLICIES VIA WHATSAPP
✔Bharti
AXA General Insurance, a private non-life insurer, has tied up with financial
marketplace Wishfin’s insurance arm Wishpolicy, to offer two-wheeler insurance
to customers via WhatsApp.
✔This
service option is an instant and additional customer service option for
policyholders, apart from Bharti AXA General Insurance’s multiple channels,
including its network of branches, customer care and contact centre, dynamic
portal, and intelligent chatbot.
3. INDIA
RATINGS & RESEARCH LOWERS GROWTH FORECAST FOR 2019-20 TO 7.3%
✔India
Ratings & Research (A Fitch Group Company) has lowered the country’s growth
forecast for the current fiscal to 7.3%, from the earlier projection of 7.5 %.
The agency has listed three key reasons for lowering its projection.
- Prediction
of lower-than-normal monsoon for 2019 and the continued agrarian distress.
- The
loss of momentum in the industrial output growth, especially manufacturing
and electricity, is likely to hurt growth.
- The
slow progress in cases referred to the National Company Law Tribunal under
the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, for resolution of the
non-performing assets of the banking sector becoming a long-drawn-out
process.
4.
ISSF RIFLE/PISTOL WORLD CUP 2019
✔The
2019 ISSF Rifle/Pistol World Cup was held in Beijing, China from 21 to 29
April. This event was the annual edition of the ISSF World Cup in the Olympic
Shooting events and governed by International Shooting Sports Federation.
✔This
World Cup series was also the qualification tournaments for the 2020 Tokyo
Olympic. India won 4 medals which include 3 gold and 1
silver, finished first in the tournament.
Medals
won by Indian Shooters:
- 10m
Air Rifle Mixed Anjum Moudgil
and Divyansh Singh Panwar Gold
- 10m
Air Pistol Mixed Manu Bhaker and
Saurabh Chaudhary Gold
- 10m
Air Pistol Abhishek Verma Gold
- 10m
Air Rifle Divyansh Singh Panwar Silver
5. ASIAN
WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019
✔The
Asian Weightlifting Championships 2019 were held in Ningbo, China from April 20
to April 28, 2019. This was the 48th edition of men’s and 29th edition of
women’s championship.
✔There
were 214 athletes from 27 nations participated in the tournament. India won 5
medals which include 3 silver and 2 bronze medals, finished tenth place in the
tournament.
✔Top
5 Countries in Medal tally are China
followed by North Korea, Iran, South Korea and Vietnam.
6.
INDIANS WIN 1 SILVER, 2 BRONZE AT ASIAN ROAD PARA-CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019
✔Asian
Road Para-Cycling Championships 2019 was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from
April 23 to April 28, 2019, and a total of 28 countries took part. Indian para
cyclists won a silver and two bronze medals.
✔Divij
Shah has clinched his third consecutive silver medal in the C5 category. Gurlal
Singh, Asian Para Games bronze medallist, became the only Indian cyclist
(able-bodied or otherwise) to win a medal at the Asian Games level grabbed a
bronze in the C4 section.
✔Sudhakar
Marathe, a Hand cyclist from Maharashtra has claimed a bronze for India in H5
category.
7. G
SATHIYAN BECOMES FIRST INDIAN TO BREAK INTO TOP-25 OF ITTF RANKINGS7
✔India’s
G Sathiyan has become the first Indian to break into the top-25 of world
rankings in Table Tennis. Sathiyan rose four spots to be 24th in the latest
ITTF rankings, following his impressive sixth place finish in the Asia Cup in
Yokohama.
✔India’s
number one female player, Manika Batra, slipped three spots to be 59th. Sharath
Kamal Achanta is the only other Indian beside him in the top 50 position who is
now 46th place in the list.
8.
JAIRAM RAMESH PENS BIOGRAPHY OF DIPLOMAT-POLITICIAN V K KRISHNA MENON TITLED
“CHEQUERED BRILLIANCE: THE MANY LIVES OF V K KRISHNA MENON”
✔A
biography of Indian nationalist, diplomat, and politician V K Krishna Menon, titled “Chequered Brilliance: The Many
Lives of V K Krishna Menon” has been written by Former union minister and
writer Jairam Ramesh.This book will be released in first quarter of 2020.
✔The
book will narrate Menon’s early life,moving through his agitational career in
the UK for a quarter of a century.
