DAILY GK 4 JULY
1. UNION
CABINET GIVES NOD TO GRANT OGAS STATUS TO PARAMILITARY FORCES
✔The
Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the proposal for
grant of Organised Group ”A” Service status to Group ”A” executive cadre
officers of Central Armed Police Forces
& extended the benefit of Non-Functional Financial Upgradation and Non-Functional Selection Grade at an
enhanced rate of 30%.
✔It
will benefit around 1,200 officers and availed by the group ”A” officers of the
Central Reserve Police Force, Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force, Border Security
Force, Central Industrial Security Force, and the Sashastra Seema Bal.
2. INDIAN
AIR FORCE AND ARMÉE DE L’AIR (FRENCH AIR FORCE) PARTICIPATING IN A BILATERAL
AIR EXERCISE GARUDA VI AT MONT DE MARSAN IN FRANCE
✔Indian
Air Force and Armée de l’Air (French Air Force) are participating in the Garuda
VI bilateral exercise at Mont de Marsan in France.
✔The
objective of this excercise is to validate the latest defence strategies by
enhancing the interoperability level of the French and Indian crews in air
defence and ground attack missions.
3. TRUMP
BECOMES 1ST SITTING US PRESIDENT TAKES STEPS INTO NORTH KOREA
✔US
President Donald Trump became the first sitting president to enter North Korea
after briefly crossed the border in the demilitarised zone between South and
North Korea.
✔He
met North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un and agreed to resume stalled nuclear talks
✔This
was their third meeting in just over a year on the old Cold War frontier that
for decades has symbolized the hostility between their countries, which are
technically still at war.
4. WORLD
ECONOMIC FORUM AWARDS QUANTELA INC, A 2019 TECHNOLOGY PIONEER
✔Quantela
Inc, a Hyderabad and Silicon Valley-headquartered digital technology company,
was awarded World Economic Forum’s ‘Technology Pioneers’ award 2019.
✔It
is a new age digital technology Solutions Company focused on IoT (Internet of
Things). It provides a comprehensive, customizable, scalable platform,
“Atlantis” that helps cities to proactively predict and solve social, economic
and environmental problems.
5. AMBATI
RAYUDU ANNOUNCED RETIREMENT FROM ALL FORMS OF CRICKET
✔Indian
Cricket team’s, middle order batsman Ambati Rayudu announced retirement from
all forms of cricket .He hails from Andhra Pradesh.
✔He
Played 55 One Day Internationals, 6 Twenty20 Internationals, 97 First Class
Cricket and 160 List A Cricket.
✔He
also played for Hyderabad in domestic cricket, and Chennai Super Kings in the
Indian Premier League.
