DAILY GK 14 OCT
1. “Dharma Guardian 2019”
ü The 2nd joint military exercise ‘Dharma
Guardian-2019’ between India and Japan will be held
in Mizoram.
The event is being held at Counter Insurgency Warfare School located in
Vairengte, Mizoram.
2. ‘Vajra Prahar 2019 ‘
ü The joint military exercise ‘Vajra Prahar’ between India and the US begins
at Seattle’s (in
Washington, US) . It is held alternately in India and America. In 2018, the
practice took place in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
3. ADB will provide $190 million
loan
ü The Asian
Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India (GoI)
have signed loan agreement worth $190
million to upgrade 754 kilometers of Rajasthan state
highways.
4. People’s Choice Award 2019
ü ‘Spirit of Kerala’, a short film based on a boat race from Kerala
directed by Arun
Joseph, won the People’s
Choice Award 2019 at My Rode Reel Film Competition 2019 which
is the world’s largest short film competition worth over $1,000,000.
5. International day for disaster
reduction-October 13, 2019
ü
The theme for the year
2019 is “Reduce
disaster damage to critical infrastructure and disruption of basic services”.
