DAILY GK 28 APRIL 2019
1. NITI AAYOG, UNICEF SIGNED A LOI FOR CHILDREN
EMPOWERMENT
✔United
Nations Children Fund India and NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission has signed
a Letter of Intent to provide an open platform to promote participation, skill
and empowerment among young children across different communities.
✔The
plan will be implemented through Atal Tinkering Lab which established under
Atal Innovation Mission.
2. QATAR’S TO ABOLISH EXIT VISA SYSTEM BY 2019:
UN
✔UN’s
International Labour Organization announced that Qatar is set to abolish its
exit visa system for all foreign workers by the end of 2019.
✔The
country was committed to labour reform following an Amnesty international
report that the 2022 World Cup host was failing to stop widespread labour
abuse.
✔Qatar
has launched labour reforms since its selection as the 2022 World Cup host,
with the event set in motion a huge construction plan employing foreign
workers.
✔In
2018, Qatar approved legislation to dismiss the sponsorship system or “kafala”,
which claimed that foreign workers obtain permission from their employers to
leave the country.
3. IRDAI SET UP SURESH MATHUR COMMITTEE COMPRISING
OF 13 MEMBERS TO REVIEW REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ON MICRO-INSURANCE
✔The
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India set up a 13-member
committee in order to review regulatory framework on micro insurance to be
headed by Suresh Mathur, IRDAI’s Executive Director.
4. RBI IS GOING TO ISSUE NEW RS 20 DENOMINATION
BANK NOTE WITH GREENISH-YELLOW COLOUR
✔The
Reserve Bank of India will issue new Rs 20 denomination banknotes having a base
colour of greenish -yellow with size of 63 X 129 mm.
✔The
first Rs 20 notes were issued in the Mahatma Gandhi Series in August 2001. The
new note will have a motif of Ellora caves on the dorsal side.
✔The
notes will have a geometric pattern in the front and back side, matching with
the overall color scheme.
5. MANAGING DIRECTOR, HEIDELBERG PROMINENT
FLUID CONTROLS INDIA PVT. LTD., PRASANNA KUMAR RAO, RECEIVED THE CORPORATE
EXCELLENCE AWARD IN THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY, FROM ENTERPRISE ASIA OF
MALAYSIA FOR 2019
✔Managing
Director, Heidelberg Prominent Fluid Controls India Pvt. Ltd., Prasanna Kumar
Rao, received the Corporate Excellence award in the Manufacturing Industry,
from Enterprise Asia of Malaysia for 2019.
✔The
prestigious Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Award from Enterprise Asia is a
regional award recognition programme that recognizes entrepreneurial
excellence.
6. ARUNACHALAM MURUGANANTHAM, THE MAKER OF
LOW-COST SANITARY NAPKINS, IN FORTUNE’S 2019 LIST OF WORLD’S GREATEST LEADERS
✔Arunachalam
Muruganantham, inventor of a low-cost sanitary pad-making machine and
grassroots mechanism has been featured in Fortune magazine’s 2019 list of
world’s 100 greatest leaders.
✔He is
a social entrepreneur from Tamil Nadu and ranked 45th in the list released by
the American publication.
✔Top
awardees are Bill and Melinda Gates –
for the work of their charitable organisation Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation.
7. MIZORAM BOY WHO TRIED TO SAVE A CHICKEN
RECEIVES PETA INDIA’S ‘COMPASSIONATE KID’ AWARD 2019
✔A
six-year-old boy from Mizoram Derek C Lalchhanhima, who saved life of a chicken
he accidentally ran over, has been awarded the ‘Compassionate Kid’ award 2019
by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals India.
✔Derek
accidentally ran over his neighbour’s chicken,he took the chicken, ran to a
nearby hospital in Sairang and with all the money he had and asked for help.
8. DORUISAC NAMED NEW AIFF TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
✔DoruIsac
Romanian football manager,DoruIsac has been appointed as as the new technical
director for Indian football team.
✔He
succeeds Savio Madeira, who has been the interim technical director since 2017.
9. AUSTRALIA’S CLAIRE POLOSAK BECAME FIRST
FEMALE UMPIRE TO STAND IN MEN’S ODI
✔Claire
Polosak Australia’s Claire Polosak
became the first woman umpire to stand in a men’s ODI in the final match of ICC
World Cricket League.
✔She
was also the first woman to stand ever in a men’s domestic fixture in Australia
in her first List A match in Australia in 2017.
