DAILY GK 29 JUNE 2019
1.
CABINET APPROVED BILL TO FINE PEOPLE WITH RS 10,000 FOR BLOCKING AMBULANCES
✔The
Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the bill to
fine people with Rs 10,000 for blocking ambulances. The rule is the part of
Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill.
✔The
Bill was approved as several cases were reported where ambulances were stuck
for hours either due to agitation on roads, traffic or due to a minister’s
visit.
2.
INDIA AND WORLD BANK SIGN USD 400MN LOAN AGREEMENT TO ELIMINATE TB
✔The
World Bank and the Government of India signed a loan agreement of $400 Million
for the Program towards Elimination of Tuberculosis, which kills approximately
half a million people in India every year. The program will cover nine States
of India.
✔It
will also support the government’s National Strategic Plan to end TB in India
by 2025.
✔The
$ 400 Million loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development has a 19-year maturity which includes a 5-year grace period.
3.
NIRMALA SITHARAMAN, UNION FINANCE & CORPORATE AFFAIRS MINISTER, AMONG ‘100
MOST INFLUENTIAL IN UK-INDIA RELATIONS: CELEBRATING WOMEN’ LIST
✔To
mark ‘India Day’ in the Houses of Parliament in London, United Kingdom, Sajid
Javid, Home Secretary of UK, released the ‘100 most Influential in UK-India
Relations: Celebrating Women’ list.
✔Finance
& Corporate Affairs Minister of India, Nirmala Sitharaman, was one among
the 100 most influential women driving the UK-India relationship forward.
✔It
credited her for playing a “pivotal” role in the bilateral relationship between
the countries as the former Defence Minister of India and now as the finance
minister.
4.
SHARAD KUMAR SARAF APPOINTED AS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF FIEO
✔Federation
of Indian Export Organisations elected Sharad Kumar Saraf as its new President.
✔He
succeeded Ganesh Kumar Gupta. He is the Chairman and Founder of Technocraft
Industries (India).
✔He
had earlier served FIEO twice as Vice-President and Regional Chairman (west
region) for 4 times.
5.
ITALY TO HOST 2026 WINTER OLYMPICS
✔At
the 134th session of the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne,
Switzerland, Italy’s Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo won the right to host the 2026
Winter Olympics, defeating Sweden’s capital Stockholm.
✔Italy
will host the third Winter Games. The organizational budget for the 2026 Winter
Olympics is estimated at $1.7 billion. It is scheduled to take place from 6 to
22 February 2026.
6.
MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY SUCCESSFULLY OBSERVED ‘SWACHHTA PAKHWADA’
✔Ministry
of New and Renewable Energy and institutions under it successfully observed
Swachhta Pakhwada (cleanliness fortnight) from June 1-15 2019.
✔MNRE
undertook various initiatives like Shramdan (cleanliness drive), “Swachhata
Pledge”, organization of Seminar on Biogas/Biomass- Waste to Energy and other
initiatives with an objective of disseminating the message of Swachh Bharat
widely.
