DAILY GK 16 JULY 2019
1. THE
CITY OF FUZHOU (CHINA) WILL HOST THE 44TH SESSION OF THE WORLD HERITAGE
COMMITTEE IN 2020
✔The
Chinese city of Fuzhou will host the 44th session of the World Heritage
Committee in 2020.
✔Tian
Xuejun, Chinese Vice Minister of Education was elected as chairman of the
44th session of the committee.
2.
SHAH RUKH KHAN TO BE CONFERRED WITH AN HONORARY DOCTORATE BY MELBOURNE’S LA
TROBE UNIVERSITY
✔In
recognition of the contributions and efforts towards underprivileged children,
women’s empowerment through Meer Foundation and for the achievements in the
Indian entertainment industry, Shah Rukh Khan, the Bollywood actor, will be
felicitated with an Honorary Degree, from Melbourne-based La Trobe University at
the 10th edition of Indian Film Festival of Melbourne at Bundoora, Australia.
✔It
will be Khan’s first Australian University Award.
3.
SENIOR BJP LEADER KALRAJ MISHRA APPOINTED HIMACHAL GOVERNOR & ACHARYA
DEVVRAT MOVED TO GUJARAT
✔Senior
BJP leader and former union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Kalraj Mishra appointed as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh.
✔He
replaced Acharya Devvrat.
✔Devvrat
has been transferred and appointed as the Governor of Gujarat replacing Om
Prakash Kohli.
4. ICC
MEN’S WORLD CUP 2019
✔The
ICC Men’s World Cup 2019 was the 12th Cricket World Cup held in England and
Wales.
✔The
Finals were held at the Lord’s Cricket Ground between New Zealand and England.
✔England
lifted the first World Cup title beating New Zealand on boundary count after
both the match and the subsequent Super Over finished as ties.
✔Kane
Stuart Williamson of New Zealand was named as the Player of the Tournament.
✔Ben
Stokes of England was awarded the Man of the Match.
5.
2019 WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONSHIPS
✔The
2019 Wimbledon Championships was the 133rd edition, a grass court major
Championship was the 3rd Grand Slam tournament of the year after the
“Australian open” and “French open”.
- Men’s
Singles won by Novak Djokovic defeating Roger
Federer.
- Women’s
Singles won by Simona
Halep defeating Serena Williams.
- Men’s
Doubles won by Juan Sebastián Cabal and
Robert Farah defeating Nicolas Mahut and Édouard Roger-Vasselin.
- Women’s
Doubles won by Hsieh
Su-wei and Barbora Strýcová defeating Gabriela
Dabrowski and Xu Yifan.
- Mixed
Doubles won by Ivan Dodig and Latisha
Chan defeating Robert Lindstedt and Jeļena Ostapenko.
6. LEWIS
HAMILTON WINS SIXTH BRITISH GRAND PRIX.
✔Lewis
Hamilton made a thrilling victory in the Silverstone circuit to win his sixth
British Grand Prix, his seventh victory in ten races in 2019 and the 80th win
of his career.
7.
FERNANDO CORBATO, THE INVENTOR OF COMPUTER PASSWORD PASSED AWAY
✔Prominent
American computer scientist, credited with inventing the computer password,
Fernando J. Corbato at Newburyport in Massachusetts U.S.
✔In
1990, he received the A. M. Turing Award, widely considered the computing
field’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize.
✔He
is also a pioneer in the development of time-sharing operating systems known as
MIT Compatible Time-Sharing System.
8.
WORLD YOUTH SKILLS DAY 2019: JULY 15
✔The
United Nations observes 15 July every year as World Youth Skills Day.
✔This
year the UN’s observance of the World Youth Skills Day will shed light on the
mechanisms needed to operationalize lifelong learning and raise awareness about
the importance of youth skills development.
