DAILY GK 10 JULY
1. TWO
NEW HEAVY-LIFT CHINOOK HELICOPTERS FOR IAF ARRIVED AT THE MUNDRA PORT, GUJARAT
✔Boeing,
American aerospace company, informed the arrival of 2 new heavy-lift CH-47F (I)
Chinooks helicopters for the Indian Air Force at the Mundra port in Gujarat.
✔The
CH-47 Chinook, advanced multi-mission helicopter, has unsurpassed ability to
deliver heavy payloads to high altitudes. It is suitable for operations in the
high Himalayas.
✔It was
battle-tested in diverse, extreme conditions throughout the world and has
proven capability to operate in the wide range of conditions.
2. RBI
BOARD HAS FINALIZED A THREE- YEAR ROADMAP ‘UTKARSH 2022’ TO IMPROVE REGULATION
& SUPERVISION
✔India’s
central bank, Reserve Bank of India has finalized a three-year road map for
medium-term objective named “Utkarsh 2022” for strengthening regulation,
supervision of the central bank in a meeting in New Delhi.
✔The
strategy is that the central bank’s proactive role to avoid any other
Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Servicesdebt default issue in the
future.
✔An
internal committee of RBI was formed under former Deputy Governor Viral
Acharya, to identify issues that needed to be addressed over the next three
years.
3.
KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS SWORN IN AS THE NEW PRIME MINISTER OF GREECE
✔Kyriakos
Mitsotakis, of New Democratic Party was sworn-in as the new Prime Minister of
Greece.
4.
REAL ESTATE GROUPS CAPITALAND LIMITED COMPLETES $8 BN ACQUISITION OF
ASCENDAS-SINGBRIDGE
✔Asia’s
largest real estate companies CapitaLand Limited completed acquisition worth of
US$8 billion (singapore$11 billion)Ascendas-Singbridge Pte. Ltd.
✔This
acquisition is one of Asia’s largest diversified real estate groups with 123
billion Singapore dollars Asset Under Management.
✔The
expansion will put CapitaLand’s(manages 8 listed REITs and business trusts as
well as over 20 private funds) assets below $ 100 billion by 2020, placing it
among the world’s top 10 real estate investment managers, and turning it into a
manager of three largest Real Estate Investment Trusts.
5.
‘MERI FASAL MERA BYORA’ PORTAL FOR FARMERS LAUNCHED BY HARYANA GOVERNMENT
✔The
Chief Minister of Haryana Government Manohar Lal Khattar has launched online
portal named “Mer iFasal Mera Byora” (https://www.fasalhry.in/ )for farmers to
directly avail crop related benefits of state government schemes after self
-reporting their land and crop-related details.
✔The
farmers who will register on the portal required to upload information like the
name of crop sown, area under cultivation, cropping month, bank account number
and mobile number at Common Service Centresor Atal Seva Kendras or with the
help of Village Level Entrepreneurs by end of July.
✔It
will enable farmers to avail the subsidy on agriculture implements easily &
make damage assessment during natural calamities and disbursal of relief in cases
of crop damage easier and other financial assistance under different schemes.
✔The
state government will get the accurate data of area and name of crop cultivated
in various parts of the state and it is a step forward towards Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s vision of doubling the farmer’s income by 2022.
