DAILY GK 6 JULY 2019
1. TOTAL
FEMALE ENROLLMENT RATIO IN SECONDARY EDUCATION INCREASED TO 80.29% IN 2016-17:
SMRITI IRANI
✔The
Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Smriti Irani stated that the
Gross Enrolment Ratio of girls in secondary education level has registered an
increase of 80.29% in 2016-17 compared to 80.10 % in 2015-16.
✔Between
2015-16 and 2018-19, the sex ratio at birth witnessing an improvement from 923
to 931 at the national level.
✔When
compared to the previous financial year 2017-18, SRB is showing an improving
trend in 21 states or Union territory’s and stable in three states or UTs for
2018-19.
2. INDIA
RANKS 86TH IN MOST POWERFUL PASSPORT INDEX 2019,
✔As
per the recently released Henley Passport Index 2019, India ranks 86th in Most
Powerful Passport index 2019.
✔Japan
and Singapore secured the joint top spot as the most powerful passports in the
world.
✔South
Korea now holds second place on the index along with Finland and Germany and it
is followed by Denmark, Italy, and Luxembourg.
3. PUNJAB
& SIND BANK SETS UP CENTRALISED HUB ‘CEN-MARG’ TO PROCESS RETAIL AND MSME
LOANS
✔Punjab
& Sind Bank has set up a centralised hub named “Centralised MSME &
Retail Group” for processing retail and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
loans for better efficiency of branches in business acquisition. It is
headquartered in New Delhi.
✔It
will ensure qualitative improvement in credit appraisal, improved turnaround
time, uniform documentation, and efficient monitoring.
✔Cen-MARG
will be linked with pan-India branches of the bank in a phased manner.
4. DR.
NALIN SHINGHAL APPOINTED AS THE CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF BHARAT HEAVY
ELECTRICALS LIMITED
✔Dr.Nalin
Shinghal was appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Heavy
Electricals Limited.
✔Earlier
he worked as the Chairman and Managing Director of Central Electronics Limited.
✔Before
joining Chairman and Managing Director of Central Electronics Limited he worked
as ED-Marketing in Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation.
5. HARIDEESH
KUMAR APPOINTED AS THE DIRECTOR OF INSTITUTE OF BANKING PERSONNEL SELECTION
✔B
Harideesh Kumar has been appointed as director of Institute of Banking
Personnel Selection for a period of three years.
✔Earlier
he served as the Executive Director of Canara Bank.
6. ISRO
SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH RUSSIAN COMPANY GLAVKOSMOS TO TRAIN INDIAN ASTRONAUTS
FOR ‘GAGANYAAN’
✔The
Indian Space Research Organisation signed a contract with a Russian company,
Glavkosmos, a subsidiary of the state corporation Roscosmos, for selection
support, medical examination and space training of Indian astronauts
‘Gaganyaan’ mission.
✔It
was signed by Glavkosmos’ first Deputy Director-General, Natalia Lokteva, and
Director of the Human Space Flight Centre of ISRO, S. Unnikrishnan Nair.
✔Gaganyaan,
Rs 9,023-crore project, will be launched in December 2021 including a woman
astronaut.
7. SC
DIRECTS MEGHALAYA TO DEPOSIT 100 CRORE AS FINE IMPOSED BY NGT FOR ILLEGAL COAL
MINING
✔The
Supreme Court benches of justices Ashok Bhushan and K M Joseph directed the
Meghalaya government to pay Rs 100 crore as fine which imposed by the National Green Tribunal for
failing to curb illegal coal mining with the Central Pollution Control Board.
✔As
per the order, the state administration should hand over the illegally extracted
coal to Coal India Limited which will auction the coal and deposit the funds
with the state government.
✔The
bench also allowed mining operation on the private land subject to the permissions from the concerned
authorities
