DAILY GK 15 SEPT 2019

DAILY GK 15 SEPT 2019

1. India’s first Maritime Communication Services

ü Nelco, a security service provider company of the TATA group, announced the launch of maritime communication services. By this launch, Nelco became the first Indian company to provide broadband services in maritime sector.

2. War exercise near china border -‘HimVijay’

ü The Indian Army and  Indian Air Force (IAF) will jointly engage to conduct a large war exercise code-named  ‘HimVijay’ in October 2019 along the china border near Arunachal Pradesh.

3. India’s first ‘Jan Soochna Portal’

ü CM Ashok Gehlot, has launched a portal called ‘Jan Soochna Portal‘ under the Rajasthan Innovation Vision (RAJIV) campaign that was started to commemorate former Prime minister(PM) Rajiv Gandhi’s 75th anniversary.

4. M.K. Jain suggests federal body for the agriculture sector

ü The RBI panel has suggested creating an institution like the GST Council to implement reforms in the agricultural sector.

ü It was also recommended to transfer subsidy directly to the account and avoid debt waiver.

5. SFB under ‘on tap’ license regime

ü RBI has framed new guidelines in licensing Small Finance Banks(SFB) under ‘On-tap’ regime in order to make more participants in the finance banking section. As per the new guideline, the SFBs should have Rs. 200 crores minimum capital .

ü On- tap licencing: It is a time-efficient feature that will allow eligible parties to obtain license on-demand basis and without the need to wait. RBI allows license to the applicants throughout the year..

6. Guru Nanak Dev’s writings in world languages.

ü UNESCO will translate and publish an anthology of Guru Nanak Dev’s writings in different major languages of the world on 550^TH birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev.

7. Abhijit Guha to lead UN’s peace mission.

ü UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Abhijit Guha to lead UN mission in the port city of Hodeida, Yemen.

8. Hindi Diwas on 14^TH September

ü This day marks the adoption of Hindi language (written in Devanagari script)as official language of the nation, under article 343 of the Indian constitution in 1949.