DAILY GK 8 JULY
1. THE
3RD EDITION OF INTERNATIONAL SUNFLOWER SEED AND OIL CONFERENCE 2019 WILL BE
HELD IN MUMBAI
✔India
will be hosting the 3rd edition of International Sunflower Seed and Oil
Conference 2019 in Maharashtra, Mumbai with the aim to encourage better
communications among sunflower oil producers, industry groups, academic
researchers and local governments.
✔The
1st edition was held in 2015 at Shanghai, China and the 2nd edition was held in
2017 at Odessa, Ukraine.
✔India
is the largest importer of sunflower oil with imports of about 2.8 million
tones and globally the import is about 9.6 million tonnes.
2. PINK
CITY JAIPUR DECLARED AS A WORLD HERITAGE SITE BY UNESCO
✔At
the 43rd Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee which is underway from
June 30 to July 10, 2019 in Baku, Azerbaijan, the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization added the ‘Pink City’ Jaipur/Walled City
of Jaipur of Rajasthan, known for its iconic architectural legacy, into the
list of the World Heritage Sites.
✔The
historic walled city of Jaipur in Rajasthan was founded in 1727 AD (Anno
Domini) under the patronage of Sawai Jai Singh II. It serves as the capital
city of the culturally-rich state of Rajasthan.
3. IMF’S
CHRISTINE LAGARDE, THE ‘ROCK STAR’ OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCE TO BECOME FIRST
FEMALE ECB PRESIDENT
✔Christine
Lagarde, the first woman head of the Washington-based body, International
Monetary Fund nominated to become the first woman to lead the European Central Bank.
✔European
Union leaders nominated France’s Christine Lagarde as president of the ECB in a
meeting in Brussels, Belgium.
✔She
would succeed current ECB president Mario Draghi (Italy), whose term ends on
October 31.
✔She
has served eight years as head of the IMF since 2011 and four as French finance
minister- the first woman to hold the role in any G7 country.
