DAILY GK 25 OCT 2019
1. Global
Pension Index 2019
ü
11th edition of the 2019 Mercer Global
Pension Index (MMGPI) was released by the human resource consulting firm
Mercer. The report was on the pension and retirement benefits given to citizens
of different income groups of 37 countries.
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India ranked 32nd on
the list for the year 2019 from its previous rank of 33 in 2018. The list was
topped by Netherlands.
2. President
Ram Nath Kovind’s visit to Philippines and Japan
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President visited the Philippines at the
invitation of Mr. Rodrigo RoaDuterte, President of the Philippines
and Japan to attend the Enthronement Ceremony of the Emperor of Japan, His
Majesty Naruhito.
3. Ease
of Doing Business 2020 report
ü According
to the 17th edition of World Bank’s (WB) report ,“Doing
Business 2020-Comparing Business Regulation in 190 Economies”, India has
ranked 63rd in the list with the score of 71.0. It
has improved by 14 places among 190 nations as against 77th position
in the 2018-19 list.
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The list was topped by New
Zealand.
4. Udyog
Rattan Award 2019
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Thakur Anup Singh,CMD
of Marg ERP received Udyog Rattan Award 2019 from
the Institute of Economic Studies (IES) affiliated to
Government of India in an award function held at New Delhi, for his work in
transforming how Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) can accelerate
their business by using technology.
5. EU’s
Sakharov prize 2019
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Ilham Tohti an Uighur economist serving a life sentence in
China for “separatism” has won the European Parliament’s Sakharov
Prize 2019 for his over 20 years of work defending China’s Uighur
minority.
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He also received the Council of Europe’s 7th
Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize 2019 in Strasbourg.
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The prize was named after the Soviet
dissident and human rights activist Andrei Sakharov. It was set up in 1988 to
recognize individuals or organizations in the fight for human rights and
freedom. The 50,000-euro ($56,000) prize is given out every year.
6. National
Panchayat Awards 2019
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Union Minister for Panchayati Raj Narendra
Singh Tomar conferred National Panchayat Awards 2019 in
New Delhi to 240 panchayats out of the 2.5 lakh panchayats of India.
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The Minister launched a Spatial Planning
Application called ‘Gram Manchitra’ which is a Geo Spatial
based decision support system for the panchayats.
7. FIFA
Rankings
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According to the latest rankings, India dropped
to the 106th position from its previous rank of 104. The
ranking was topped by Belgium, followed by France and Brazil in
the second and third spots respectively.
8. United
Nations Day 2019 observed on October 24
ü United
Nations (UN) Day is observed every
year on October 24, 2019, since 1948. It marks the anniversary
of its entry into force in 1945 of the United Nations (UN) Charter. 2019 theme
for this day is “Our Planet. Our Future”.
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In 1971, the United Nations General Assembly
(UNGA) through the United Nations Resolution 2782 recommended this day be observed
by Member States as a public holiday.
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In 2020, the UN will celebrate the 75th
anniversary of its formation- “UN75: 2020 and Beyond – Shaping Our
Future Together”.
9. World
Development Information Day (WDID)-October 24
10. World
polio day-24 October 2019
ü Theme
for world Polio Day was “Stories of Progress: Past and present”.
