DAILY GK 12 AUG 2019
1. DEFENCE
MINISTRY EXTENDS BENEFITS OF CHILD CARE LEAVE TO SINGLE MALE SERVICE PERSONNEL
✔Defence
Minister of India, Rajnath Singh has approved the extension of Child Care Leave
benefits to single male service personnel and further, the minimum period of
CCL has been reduced to 5 days instead of 15 days.
✔Till
now, women officers of defence forces are given up to 15 days to care for
children up to the age of 22, with a 40 % disability. Not only female employees
but now Single male service personnel also will be given 5 days leave from the
earlier limit of 15 days to care for their children (irrespective of age).
2. MSCI
ADDED HDFC LIFE INSURANCE TO ITS GLOBAL STANDARD INDEX
✔Morgan
Stanley Capital International Inc, One of the world’s biggest index compilers,
has added HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd. to its Global Standard Index and
removed Union Bank of India from its India Smallcap Index.
✔After
the announcement, the stocks of HDFC Life gained more than 5 % intraday to hit
a record high of Rs 545 & the shares of Union Bank corrected 2 % at Rs
62.40.
3. SONIA
GANDHI CHOSEN AS INTERIM CHIEF OF CONGRESS
✔The
Congress Working Committee, the highest decision-making body of the party,
selected Sonia Gandhi, as interim president of the Congress party.
✔She
had held the post of Congress President between 1998 and 2017. She succeeds
Rahul Gandhi.
4. SHRI
GHOTU RAM MEENA IS THE NEXT AMBASSADOR OF INDIA TO THE REPUBLIC OF CONGO
✔As
per the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, Shri Ghotu Ram Meena
has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Congo.
✔He
replaces Ms. Nina Tshering La.
✔The
Republic of Congo has supported India’s candidature in various international
forums. Government of India approved a line of US $ 89.9 million for the
development of the transportation system in congo in 2014 & approved
another line of credit for US $ 55 million for a greenfield 600 TPD rotary
kiln-based cement plant project.
✔India
also donated medicines worth US $ 200,000 to the Republic of Congo in 2010.
5. GOGABEEL,
AN OX-BOW LAKE IN BIHAR DECLARED AS THE STATE’S FIRST ‘COMMUNITY RESERVE’
✔Gogabeel,
an ox-bow lake in Katihar district of Bihar has been declared as state’s 1st
‘Community Reserve’.
✔The
move comes after the conservation experts who had been trying to convince local
residents and authorities to declare the important birding site as a Protected Area.
✔Gogabeel
was initially notified as a ‘Closed Area’ by the state government in 1990 &
after the amendment of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, the provision of
CA has been lifted.
6. BAJRANG
PUNIA WINS GOLD IN 65KG AT TBILISI GRAND PRIX 2019
✔Indian
Wrestler Bajrang Punia won gold in 65kg men’s freestyle competition at Tbilisi
Grand Prix 2019 against Iran’s Peiman Bibyani by 2-0.
✔The
event was held at the New Sports Palace, Georgia and was organised by the
Georgian Wrestling Federation.
✔It
is the fourth gold medal for Punia after winning gold at Dan Kolov, Asian
Championship and Ali Aliev tournament.
