DAILY GK 25 SEPT 2019
1. “Exercise Tiger Triumph” 2019
ü
India and the United States(US) are set to host the
first ever tri-services exercise codenamed “ExerciseTiger Triumph” at Visakhapatnam,Andhra
Pradesh.
2. RBI prohibited PMC Bank business
transactions
ü The country’s central
bank, Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) has prohibited Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank
Limited (PMC) on business transactions of any kind for the
next 6 months following the detection of alleged irregularities. The RBI has
taken this action under section 35A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
ü
Under this decree, no depositor can withdraw more than
1,000 thousand money from his savings account.
3. FIFA Football Awards 2019
ü Lionel Messi won Best Men’s
Player award. Megan Rapinoe has won Best Women’s Player award.
ü Alisson Becker won Best Men’s goalkeeper.
ü Sari van Veenendaal won Best Women’s
goalkeeper.
4. World’s best ‘regarded’ companies list 2019
ü 17
Indian companies were listed in the Forbes World’s best ‘regarded’
companies list 2019. Infosys topped among Indian firms which
ranked third in the overall list. The first and second place
were held Visa and Ferrari respectively.
5. Nilesh Shah appointed as Chairman of AMFI
ü Nilesh Shah has been appointed
as Chairman of the
Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) at its board
meeting held in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
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The AMFI board has also elected Saurabh Nanavati,
Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Mutual Fund as its new vice-chairman.
6. India’s women’s singles
badminton coach, Kim
Ji Hyun (South Korea) has resigned from the post.
7. Koneru Hampi (Chess Player) has cliched Fide
World Grand Prix 2019 in Skolkovo, Russia..
