DAILY
GK 10 SEPT 2019
- life
expectancy at birth improved
ü According
to the “SRS Based Abridged Life Tables, 2013-17” released by the Registrar
General of India, the overall life expectancy at birth in India improved to 69
years from 68.7 years in 2012-16.Life expectancy at birth to 69 years
- Helicopter
summit 2019
ü Ministry
of Aviation jointly with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
(FICCI) organized the first helicopter summit 2019 in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
- 2019
Knight Frank Co-Living Index
ü The Co-living
index for the year 2019 titled “Insights on Co-living – An
Asia-Pacific Perspective” across the Asia-Pacific region was released
by London based consultancy agency Knight Frank.
ü Mumbai ranked at 5th spot,
New Delhi at 11th spot.
ü The index was topped
by Beijing (China) .
- India
announced $1 mln disaster relief aid for Bahamas
ü The
Government of India (GoI) announced humanitarian assistance of $1 million to
Bahamas; affected by Hurricane Dorian
which has caused large scale destruction.
- Rajiv
Kumar appointed as the new MD of Microsoft India (R&D)
- US
Open 2019
ü Men’s Singles: Rafael Nadal (Spain)
defeated Daniil Medvedev (Russia)
ü Women’s Singles: Bianca Andreescu
(Canada) defeated Serena Williams (USA)
- 2019
Italian Grand Prix
- Ferrari’s Charles
Leclerc(Monaco) has won the 2019 Italian Grand Prix Formula 1(F1) race at
Monza, Italy.
- India
Red defeated India green by an innings and 38 runs to win the 2019 Duleep
trophy held at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.
- MCC
Hockey Tournament for 2019
ü Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) defeated Punjab
National Bank (PNB) by 3-1 and clinched the 93rd All-India MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup Hockey Tournament title
for the year 2019 held at Chennai,
Tamil Nadu.
- 2019
World water week
ü 2019
World Water Week organised by the Stockholm International Water Institute(SIWI)
was observed in Stockholm, Sweden with the theme
“Water for society – Including all”.
.
- Justice
Vikram Nath is the new Chief Justice of Gujarat HC
ü He
has been appointed by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India.
