DAILY GK 17 AUG 2019
1. THE
INDIAN NAVY IS TO HOST NAVAL EXERCISE MILAN IN MARCH 2020 IN VIZAG
✔The
Indian Navy is to host the multilateral naval exercise named ‘MILAN’ at Visakhapatnam for the year
2020 in the month of March.
✔MILAN
is a biennial exercise which was first started in 1995. Until last year the
exercise was held at Andaman and Nicobar Command.
2.
WORLD’S 1ST MUSEUM DEDICATED TO THE LIFE OF SRI CHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU OPENED IN
KOLKATA
✔West
Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee has opened the World’s 1st museum
dedicated to the life of a 16th-century saint and social reformer, Sri
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, designed by the National Council of Science Museums in Kolkata,
West Bengal.
✔It
is named as Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu museum.The museum is a 3-storeyed
structure. The floors of the museum dedicated to different phases of the
saint’s life from his birth, marriage with Vishupria, journey in every part of
the country to the period after he attained ”Sanyasa” (sainthood).
3. 5TH
MEETING OF BRICS MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT HELD IN SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
✔5th
BRICS Minister of Environment Meeting held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, which was
preceded by the 2-day meeting of BRICS Joint Working Group on Environment. The
Indian delegation was led by Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate
Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar.
✔The
Ministers of BRICS countries underlined the “Partnership on Urban Environmental
Sustainability Initiative” for sharing knowledge & experience on major
issues such as waste management,
4. AIR
INDIA IS THE FIRST INDIAN AIRLINE TO FLY OVER ZERO DEGREE NORTH POLE
✔Air
India hoisted its Boeing 777 aircraft (Delhi-San Francisco flight AI-173 ) over
the zero degrees the North Pole and became the first Indian airline to operate
commercial flights overflying polar region. It usually overflies the Atlantic
or the Pacific ocean.
5. GALLANTRY
AWARDS AND OTHER DECORATIONS- 2019
✔President
of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind approved 132 Awards to Armed Forces Personnel
and members of Paramilitary Forces.
✔There
were 2 Kirti Chakras, 1 Vir Chakra, 14 Shaurya Chakras, 8 Bar to Sena Medals
(Gallantry), 90 Sena Medals (Gallantry), 5 Nao Sena Medals (Gallantry), 7 Vayu
Sena Medals (Gallantry) and 5 Yudh Seva Medals.
✔Sapper
Prakash Jadhav of the Rashtriya Rifles (posthumously) and Harshpal Singh, Dy
Commandant of Central Reserve Police Force were awarded Kirti Chakras 2019.
✔Wing
Commander of Indian Air Force Abhinandan Varthaman, who downed an enemy jet
during an aerial combat with Pakistan in February 2019 and was held captive for
3 days, was conferred the Vir Chakra 2019, India’s third-highest war time
gallantry medal.
6. EARTH
HAS LOST 53% OF ITS WILDLIFE SINCE 1970: WWF REPORT
✔According
to the report by World Wide Fund for Nature, the numbers of forest wildlife
populations have declined on average by 53% since 1970 due to Habitat loss and
degradation, over exploitation and Climate change.
✔455
populations of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians were monitored & out
of that 268 species were available because of decline at an annual rate of 1.7
%, on average between 1970 and 2014.
7. INDIAN
ARMY EMERGED AS THE WINNER IN 5TH ‘INTERNATIONAL ARMY SCOUT MASTERS
COMPETITION’2019
✔
The Indian Army team has emerged as the winner among 8 teams in five stages of
the 5th edition of ‘International Army Scout Masters Competition 2019’ held in
Jaisalmer Military Station, Rajasthan.
✔Besides
India, the teams from Armenia, Belarus, China, Kazakhstan, Russia, Sudan, and Uzbekistan participated in
this prestigious event.
8. LIVERPOOL
CRUNCHES CHELSEA TO WIN UEFA SUPER CUP 2019
✔Liverpool
defeated Chelsea in the finals to win UEFA Super Cup held in Istanbul.
✔This
was the fourth time Liverpool have won this competition.
9. BOOK
ON THE HISTORY OF JAMMU & KASHMIR FROM 1889 TO 2019 TITLED ‘KASHMIR’S
UNTOLD STORY: DECLASSIFIED’ TO BE RELEASED
✔Book
on the History of Jammu & Kashmir from 1889 to 2019 titled ‘Kashmir’s
untold story: Declassified’ by
Bloomsbury publishers to be released. The book portrays the time of political
and geographical consolidations of Jammu & Kashmir, beginning from the era
of Maharaja Gulab Singh till the present day.
✔The
book is authored by Delhi- based filmmaker Iqbal Chand Malhotra and defence
analyst Maroof Raza.
✔It
shares the history of J&K when it first imposed central rule and
dispossessed the rule of the then Maharaja Gulab Singh.
✔Some
of the contents in the book deals with the scrapping of Article 370 and 35A of
J&K, the formation of two new Territories J&k and Ladakh.
