DAILY GK 6 MAY 2019
1. ADB
LAUNCHED $5 BILLION HEALTHY OCEANS ACTION PLAN AT ITS 52ND ANNUAL MEETING
✔Asian
Development Bank launched 5$ billion Action Plan for Healthy Oceans and
Sustainable Blue Economies for the Asia and Pacific region.
✔The
Plan was launched at the 52nd Annual Meeting of ADB’s Board of Governors, Fiji.
✔ADB
President is Mr. Takehiko Nakao.
2. DRAGAN
MIHAILOVIC APPOINTED AS NEW HEAD COACH FOR INDIAN MEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM
✔Serbia’s
Dragan Mihailovic has been appointed as the new head coach of the Indian Men’s
Volleyball team by the Volleyball Federation of India.
3. MYNTRA
APPOINTS VIRATKOHLI, ANUSHKA SHARMA AS FIRST BRAND AMBASSADORS
✔Flipkart-owned
fashion e-commerce platform Myntra has appointed ViratKohli and Anushka Sharma
as its first ever official brand ambassadors.
4. FELIKS
STAMM INTERNATIONAL BOXING TOURNAMENT 2019
✔International
Boxing Tournament 2019 was held at Warsaw, Poland. In this tournament, India
won a total 6 medals which includes 2 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze medal.
✔Gaurav
Solanki won a gold medal in Fly (52-kg)
✔Manish
Kaushik won a gold medal in Light (60-kg)
5. SHAHID
AFRIDI’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY TITLED, ‘GAME CHANGER’
✔Shahid
Afridi, former captain of the ‘Pakistan national cricket team‘ has written his
autobiography titled, ‘Game Changer’.
✔The
book has been co-authored by Afridi and journalist Wajahat S Khan.
6. MAY
5: WORLD LAUGHTER DAY
✔World
Laughter Day is observed on the first Sunday of May every year and this year
first Sunday of May coincide with May 5.
