DAILY GK 9 JUNE 2019
1. GOVERNMENT
LAUNCHED SWACHH SURVEKSHAN 2020 LEAGUE
✔Union
housing and urban affairs minister Hardeep Singh Puri launched Swachh
Survekshan 2020 League in New Delhi.
✔It
will be a cleanliness assessment of cities and towns in India on quarterly
basis. The 5th edition of the annual cleanliness survey of urban India to be
conducted between January – February 2020.
✔It
is aimed at “sustaining the on ground performance of cities along with
continuous monitoring of service level performance on cleanliness”.
✔The
purpose of quarterly cleanliness assessment is that many cities and towns slip
back once they get a decent ranking on cleanliness levels in annual sanitation
survey exercise Swachh Survekshan.
2. FINCARE
SFB, KOOKMIN BANK ADDED IN SECOND SCHEDULE OF RBI ACT
✔Fincare
Small Finance Bank and Kookmin Bank have been included in the second schedule
of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.
✔Both
banks can now broad-base its lines of funding and liquidity facilities. They
can issue certificates of deposits and get access to interbank borrowings at
competitive interest rates.
✔They
can also get deposits from new sources such as governments, public sector
undertakings, corporates, mutual funds, insurance companies and other market
participants.
3. INDIA’S
GDP GROWTH MAY EXPAND TO 7.2 PER CENT IN 2019-20: GOLDMAN SACHS
✔According
to Goldman Sachs, India’s economic growth is estimated to rise to 7.2% in
2019-20.
✔This
is higher than the RBI’s projection for a 7 per cent growth, on the “downside”
because of non-bank lenders.
✔Lending
by non-banking entities grew at 26 per cent in third quarter of 2018, which has
slipped to 20 per cent in the succeeding quarter.
4. SUNDER
PICHAI, ADENA FRIEDMAN TO RECEIVE 2019 GLOBAL LEADERSHIP AWARD
✔Google’s
India-born CEO Sundar Pichai and Nasdaq president Adena Friedman have been chosen
for the prestigious Global Leadership Awards 2019 by business advocacy group
USIBC in recognition of the two companies’ contribution as the leading
technology-driven platforms.
✔Given
annually since 2007, the USIBC Global Leadership Awards recognize top corporate
executives from the United States and India whose companies play a major role
in catalyzing growth in the US-India commercial corridor.
5. RAIL
WHEEL FACTORY WAS AWARDED BEST PERFORMING PRODUCTION UNIT IN THE FIELD OF
ENVIRONMENT
✔
“Environmental Sustainability Annual Report 2018-19”, stated that best
performing Production Unit in the field of environment was awarded to Rail
Wheel Factory, Yelahanka, Karnataka.
6. PRAYUTH
CHAN-OCHA ELECTED AS THE PRIME MINISTER OF THAILAND
✔Thailand
Parliament, elected Prayuth Chan-ocha of Palang Pracharat party as Prime
Minister for a second term.
✔He
defeated Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit.
✔Prayuth
Chan-ocha was a chief of staff of the Royal Thai Army from 2008 to 2009 and in
2009 he was appointed honorary adjutant to the king.
7. SUNIL
CHHETRI BECOMES MOST CAPPED INDIAN FOOTBALLER
✔Sunil
Chhetri became the most capped India player by surpassing Bhaichung Bhutia’s
107 international matches.
✔In
his milestone match of the King’s Cup football tournament in Buriram, Thailand,
he scored the lone goal for his side for his 69th goal.
8. WORLD
OCEANS DAY: JUNE 8
✔World
Oceans Day takes place every 8 June to remind everyone of the major role the
oceans have in everyday life. They are the lungs of our planet, providing most
of the oxygen we breathe.
✔The
theme of World Oceans Day 2019 is ‘Gender
and the Ocean’.
