DAILY GK 4 SEPT 2019

DAILY GK 4 SEPT 2019

1)       WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia’

ü  Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugurated the ‘72nd Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia’ in New Delhi

ü  Dr PoonamKhetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia Region were present.

2)       First ASEAN-U.S. Maritime Exercise

ü  The United States (US) and 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries began their first Asean-US Maritime Exercise (AUMX) at the Sattahip Naval Base in Thailand.

3)       South Asian Speakers’ Summit

ü  4th South Asian Speakers’ summit on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) was held in Malé, Maldives 

ü  The Indian delegation was led by Om Birla, 17th Lok sabha speaker and the Rajya Sabha’s Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh.

4)       ICICI to deploy ‘Robotic Arms’

ü  ICICI Bank (Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India), the leading private sector lender, has become the 1^st bank in India to deploy industrial ‘robotic arms’ to count millions of notes in currency chests across the country.

5)       Rs 9,300 crore capital infusion for IDBI Bank

ü  Government of India (GoI) has approved a capital infusion of Rs 9,300 crore in IDBI Bank(Industrial Development Bank of India). The objective behind the government’s move is to increase the bank’s capital base.

ü  Out of which Rs 4,743 crore will be given by LIC- Life Insurance Corporation .LIC completed the acquisition of a controlling 51 % stake in the troubled IDBI Bank in January 2019.

6)       IAF received ‘Apache AH-64E’ fighter helicopters

ü  The Indian Air Force (IAF) has received 8 US-made ‘Apache AH-64E’ fighter helicopters from US aerospace major Boeing at Airforce Station, Pathankot, Punjab.

7)       MOU Between Reliance Power and Bangladesh

ü  Bangladesh has signed  agreement to buy 718 megawatts(MW) of electricity from India’s Anil Ambani led Reliance Power over the next 22 years. Company plans to invest $1 billion to set up a local plant at Meghnaghat in Narayanganj.

8)       Ashok Leyland to meet BS-VI emission norms

ü  Ashok Leyland has become the 1^st Indian original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to meet the Bharat Stage (BS) VI emission standards for all its heavy-duty trucks.

9)       Iranian Army has unveiled a high-precision jet-propelled drone called “Kian”, which has the capacity of carrying long-time surveillance missions.

10)     ‘Samudrayaan’-  deep ocean mining project

ü  India’s deep sea project “Samudrayaan” undertaken by National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai (NIOT) is proposed to be launched in 2021-22. 

11)    Indian Cricket Team’s Tour to West Indies

ü  T-20: India won the 3 match series 3-0 against West Indies.
Rohit Sharma of India became the most prolific six-hitter in T20 Internationals surpassing the record of Chris Gayle (West Indies) of 105 sixes.

ü  Test series India won by 2-0 margin.Virat Kohli became the most successful Indian Captain in Overseas Tests. He has won 28 test matches as a captain. In the first Test, with India’s victory Virat Kohli equalled MS Dhoni’s record of 27 Test wins.

12)    ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol

ü  2019 International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle / Pistol event was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil It was an annual edition of the ISSF World Cup in the Olympic Shooting events and governed by ISSF. 

ü  India finished the tournament at the top spot with 5 Gold, 2 Silver & 2 Bronze medals, with 9 medals altogether.

13)    Mithali Raj retires from T20 internationals

ü  India women’s cricket team captain Mithali Raj has announced her retirement from T20(twenty-twenty) International inorder to focus on the upcoming 2021, 50 over World Cup hosted by New Zealand.

14)    Odisha rolls out “One nation one ration card”

ü  Odisha government implemented the “One nation one ration card” programme on a pilot basis initially in areas under the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), to people possessing ration card ensuring inter-state portability of ration cards.