DAILY GK 7 MAY 2019
1. IBSA
SHERPAS MEET IN COCHIN
✔India,
Brazil and South Africa Sherpas meeting was held in Cochin.
2. G7
ENVIRONMENT MINISTERS MEETING HELD IN METZ, FRANCE
✔The
G7’s (Group of Seven) Environment Ministers from Britain, Canada, France,
Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States gathered for a 2-day meeting in
Metz, France to discuss on steps required to handle deforestation, plastic
pollution, depletion of coral reefs.
3.
INCOME TAX E-FILERS DROP BY OVER 6.6 LAKH IN 2018-19
✔According
to Income Tax Department’s e-filling website, income tax e-filings in 2018-19
have dropped by over 6.6 lakh.
4.
NEPAL’S 18 YEAR OLD GIRL, BANDANA SETS GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS FOR LONGEST
DANCING
✔Nepali
teenager, Bandana danced continuously for 126 hours to set a Guinness World
Records on “Longest Dancing Marathon by an Individual”.
5.
LAURENTINO “NITO” CORTIZO WINS PANAMA’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
✔Cortizo
is the candidate for the left-wing Democratic Revolutionary Party.
6.
STEVO PENDAROVSKI WON NORTH MACEDONIA’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
✔North
Macedonia is 1 of the poorest countries in Europe.
7.
INDIAN NAVY’S MISSILE DESTROYER, INS RANJIT DECOMMISSIONED
✔Indian
Navy’s frontline missile destroyer, INS Ranjit has been decommissioned at the
naval dockyard in Visakhapatnam.
✔INS
Ranjit was the 3rd of the 5 Kashin-class destroyers built by the former USSR.
8. INS
VELA: INDIAN NAVY’S 4TH SCORPENE-CLASS MADE IN INDIA SUBMARINE LAUNCHED
✔INS
Vela, Indian Navy’s 4th Scorpene-class submarine was launched. It is built by
Mazagon Dock Ltd, Mumbai.
9.
ASIAN SQUASH CHAMPIONSHIP 2019
✔Saurav
Ghosal and Joshna Chinappa won men’s and women’s title respectively in the
Asian Individual Squash Championship held at National Squash Centre in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia.
