DAILY GK 8 JUNE 2019
1. PM
NARENDRA MODI RECONSTITUTED NITI AAYOG
✔Prime
Minister of India, Narendra Modi approved the reconstitution of government’s
policy think tank, National Institution for Transforming India Aayog.
✔Rajiv
Kumar was retained as the Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog whereas economist Bibek
Debroy, a full-time member,was dropped from the team.
✔V
K Saraswat, Ramesh Chand and Dr V K Paul will continue as the members of NITI
Aayog.
2. DR
HARSH VARDHAN REVIEWED THE STATUS OF NIPAH VIRUS DISEASE IN KERALA
✔Dr
Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, reviewed the status
of Nipah Virus Disease in Kerala. As of now, 15 people are under observation in
the state.
✔The
Indian Council of Medical Research has permitted the Kerala Government to
establish a regional Biosafety Level-3 laboratory in Kozhikode district. The
estimated cost for the project is Rs. 8 crores.
✔Nipah
virus is transmitted from animals to humans and then spreads through people to
people contact, causing respiratory illness. Its symptoms include fever, muscle
pain, headache, fever, dizziness, and nausea.
3. INDIA
SIGNED RS 300-CRORE DEAL WITH ISRAEL TO BUY MORE 100 SPICE BOMBS
✔The
Indian Air Force inked Rs 300-crore deal with the Israeli government to buy
more than 100 SPICE bombs (Balakot bombs).
✔The
newly ordered SPICE bombs are an advanced version of SPICE-2000 bombs that were
used to attack the Madrasa of Jaish-e-Mohammed in Balakot, Pakistan.
4. EQUATOR
PRIZE 2019: UNDP
✔The
United Nations Development Programme and partners announced the winners of
the10th Equator Prize 2019.
✔The
winners were selected from a pool of 847 nominations across 127 countries. Winners
will each receive $10,000 and the opportunity for two community representatives
to join a week-long summit in New York during the 74th United Nations General
Assembly.
✔They
will be awarded at the Equator Prize Award Ceremony on 24 September 2019, at
the Town Hall theatre in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, US.
5. TELANGANA-BASED
NGO WON UN’S EQUATOR PRIZE 2019
✔The
women sangams (groups) of the Deccan Development Society bagged the United
Nation’s Equator Prize for 2019.
✔They
were selected for standing as ‘an outstanding example of a local, nature-based
solution to climate change and sustainable development.’
✔The
six women farmers are Maisanagari Ratnamma, Begari Tuljamma, Chilkapalli
Ansuyamma, Nagwar Sunandamma, Yerrolla Kanakamma, and Nadimidoddi Anjamma.
6. RIHANNA
NAMED AS WORLD’S RICHEST FEMALE MUSICIAN WITH $600 MILLION WEALTH
✔Singer
Rihanna is named as the world’s richest female according to the Forbes magazine
with an estimated fortune of $600 million.
✔She
overtook Madonna and Beyonce who topped the list previously. She is from
Barbados.
7. TAYARI
JONES NOVEL AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE WINS WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION
✔US
Novelist Tayari Jones received Women’s Prize for Fiction worth $40,000 for her
novel An American Marriage.
✔The
novel was praised by Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey. This is her fourth novel
based on a middle-class black couple torn apart by injustice.
✔She
also received Aspen Words Literary Prize for the same novel in April 2019.
8. PRAMILA
JAYAPAL FIRST SOUTH ASIAN AMERICAN WOMAN TO PRESIDE OVER US HOUSE
✔Indian-American
Pramila Jayapal, a Democrat from Washington DC set a record by becoming first
South Asian American woman to preside over the US House of Representatives as a
temporary speaker.
✔She
was first elected in 2016. The Congress holds about 17 Asian Americans, with 14
in the House and three in the Senate.
9. SIX-TIME
GRAMMY-WINNING MUSICIAN DR JOHN PASSED AWAY
✔Musician
Malcolm John Rebennack died due to a heart attack.
✔Dr
John was nominated for 15 Grammy Awards and won six of them. He hailed from New
Orleans, US state of Louisiana.
10. WORLD
FOOD SAFETY DAY 2019: JUNE 7
✔The
first-ever World Food Safety Day was celebrated on June 7, 2019. It was adopted
by the United Nations General Assembly in December 2018.
✔The
theme for the year 2019 is “Food Safety,
everyone’s business”.
✔Golden
Temple Street of Amritsar was recognized as a ‘Clean Street Food Hub’.
