DAILY
GK 24 JULY 2019
1. UNDER
PMKSNY, MORE THAN 7 CRORE 32 LAKH FARMER FAMILIES RECEIVED FIRST TWO
INSTALMENTS OF RS 2000 EACH
✔Under
the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, more than 7 crore 32 lakh farmer
families across India received the first and second instalments of Rs 2000 each
amounting to 14 thousand 646 crore rupees.
✔The
list was topped by Uttar Pradesh followed by Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.
2.
MAHARASHTRA TOPS IN ATM FRAUDS: RBI
✔According
to the data of the RBI Maharashtra registered the highest number of ATM frauds
in India for the FY 2018-19. It was followed by Delhi, Tamil Nadu and
Karnataka.
✔There
was an increase in ATM fraud cases up from 911 cases in 2017-18 to 980 in
2018-19.
✔The
amount involved was decreased from Rs 65.3 crore in 2017-18 to Rs 21.4 crore in
2018-19.
✔Assam,
Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura were the only three states which did not report a
single incident.
3.
ANDHRA PRADESH BECAME THE FIRST STATE IN INDIA TO RESERVE 75% PRIVATE JOBS FOR
LOCALS
✔Andhra
Pradesh has become the first state in the country to reserve jobs for locals.
The Andhra Pradesh Assembly passed the Andhra Pradesh Employment of Local
Candidates in Industries/Factories Act, 2019.
✔Industries/Factories
Act, 2019 reserves 75% private jobs across all categories in industrial units,
factories, joint ventures as well as the project that are in public-private
partnership (PPP) mode.
4. NAM
MINISTERIAL MEETING WAS HELD IN CARACAS, VENEZUELA
✔The
Ministerial Meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement was
held in Caracas, Venezuela.
✔The
theme is “Promotion and Consolidation of
Peace through Respect for International Law”.
✔India
was represented by Syed Akbaruddin, Indian envoy to the United Nations.
✔The
presidency of NAM which was held by Venezuela since 2016 will be passed to
Azerbaijan in October 2019.
5. BORIS
JOHNSON ANNOUNCED AS BRITAIN’S NEXT PRIME MINISTER
✔Boris
Johnson will replace Theresa May as Britain’s next Prime Minister.
✔Boris
Johnson, who was the face of the 2016 Brexit referendum, won the votes of
92,153 members of the Conservative party.
6.
SCIENTISTS BUILD RAMANUJAN MACHINE IN HONOR OF THE INDIAN MATHS GENIUS.
✔Researchers
from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology have created an algorithm rather
than a machine called Ramanujan Machine to honor the prominent and
path-breaking mathematicians of the 20th century.
✔The
Machine attempts to automatically generate conjectures in the form of
mathematical formulas that we can analyze, and hopefully, prove to be true
mathematically.
7.
OVERVIEW OF COMMONWEALTH TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019
✔The
21st Edition of the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships for the year 2019
was held from at the Jawahar Lal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Cuttack, Odisha.
✔Medal
tally topped by India followed by England and Singapore.
- Men’s
Singles won by Harmeet Desai (India) defeating G Sathiyan (India).
- Women’s
Singles won by Ayhika
Mukherjee (India) defeating
Madurika Patkar (India).
- Men’s
Doubles won by Anthony
Amalraj & Manav Thakkar (India) defeating
G Sathiyan and Sharath Kamal (India).
- Women’s
Doubles won by Pooja Sahasrabudhe & Krtittwika Sinha Roy (India) defeating Sreeja Akula & Mousumi
Paul (India).
- Mixed
Doubles won by Sathiyan Gnanasekaran & Archana Kamath (India) defeating Peng Yu En Koen & Goi
Rui Xuan (Singapore).
8.
NIGERIA SET TO HOST 2020 FIFA WOMEN U-20 WORLD CUP
✔Federation
of International Football Federation has awarded FIFA under 20 Women World Cup
2020 hosting right to Nigeria after 10 years.
✔India
named the 2020 U17 Women’s World Cup host.
✔The
last FIFA event held in Nigeria was the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup, which was won
by Switzerland.
9.
ADAM PEATY BECOMES A 1ST MAN TO SWIM UNDER 57 SEC IN THE 100M BREASTSTROKE
✔British
competitive swimmer Adam George Peaty has broken his own world record in the
men’s 100-meter breaststroke at the World Aquatics Championships 2019 held in
Gwangju, South Korea.
✔The
2016 Olympic champion won World Championships semi-final with 56.88sec becomes
a 1st man to swim under 57 sec shattered the previous record of 57.10 sec he
set at 2018 European Championships.
10.
THE U.S. CELEBRATES THE 50-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF ‘APOLLO 11’ HUMAN MOON LANDING
MISSION
✔The
U.S. celebrated Apollo 11 human moon landing mission. Thousands of model
rockets have been launched in Huntsville, Alabama to mark the 50th anniversary.
✔US
space agency NASA celebrated the moment astronauts landed on the moon for the
first time 50 years ago, replaying online the original moon landing broadcast
from July 20, 1969.
