DAILY GK 19 MAY 2019
1. SASAKAWA
AWARD 2019
✔United
Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction granted the prestigious Sasakawa
Award 2019 for Disaster Risk Reduction to, Dr. Pramod Kumar Mishra in 6th
Session of Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2019 at Geneva,
Switzerland.
✔The
theme of the 2019 Sasakawa award was titled “Building Inclusive and Resilient Societies”.
The
other winners are:
- Sidnei
Furtado - Brazil
- Bijal
Brahmbhatt, Director of the Mahila Housing SEWA (Self Employed Women’s
Association) Trust of India.
2. 19TH
NEW YORK INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL
✔Child
actor, Sunny Pawar aged 11, won the Best Child Actor Award for his performance
in ‘Chippa’ at the 19th New York
Indian Film Festival.
✔Film
‘Chippa’ is directed by Safdar
Rahman.
3. AJEY
NAGAR, AN INDIAN YOUTUBER NAMED AMONG THE TOP 10 ‘NEXT GENERATION LEADERS 2019’
BY TIME MAGAZINE
✔Ajey
Nagar is named among the Top 10 ‘Next Generation Leaders 2019’ by Time
Magazine. He is the most followed YouTuber in India.
✔Ajey
Nagar runs a youtube channel named CarryMinati.
4. INDIAN
NAVY SUCCESSFULLY TEST-FIRED MRSAM MISSILE
✔The
Indian Navy has achieved a significant milestone in enhancing its anti-air
warfare capability by successfully test-firing a Medium Range Surface to Air
Missile.
✔The
MRSAM has been manufactured by Bharat Dynamics Limited.
5. NATIONAL
DENGUE DAY: MAY 16
✔In
2016, The GOI has launched a mobile app “India
Fights Dengue”.
✔In
2017 maximum numbers of dengue cases were reported from Tamil Nadu.
6. WORLD
HYPERTENSION DAY: MAY 17
✔The
theme for WHD 2019 was “Know Your
Numbers”.
