DAILY GK 4 OCT 2019
1. Shri Ram Nath Kovind presented Swachchta Ambassador award
2019 to Sachin Tendulkar.
2. National Sports University;Imphal
ü NBCC India Ltd has signed a MoU with
Department of Sports for the development of National Sports University at
Imphal, Manipur. The project worth is Rs
400 crore.
3. IRCTC will pay compensation to
passengers on delay
ü Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation
(IRCTC) will
compensate for passengers of the Tejas
Express (India’s first private train running on the Lucknow-New Delhi route )
if the train is late.
ü If Tejas Express runs one hour later than its
scheduled time, passengers will be paid Rs 100 and if this train was delayed more than two hours, Rs 250 will be given to
the passengers.
4. KAZIND-2019, a joint military
exercise between India & Kazakhstan held at Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand
5. 2019 rural Swachhta survey
ü Peddapalli district of Telangana became
first in the 2019 rural Swachhta survey (sanitation
survey) to become the cleanest district in India.
ü The most improved
district in the list was Haryana’s Faridabad, which moved to second place in
2019 from its previous rank of 71 in 2018. Haryana’s Rewari district ranks 3rd
in the list.
6. Haryana -Highest number of dry
districts
ü As per IMD (India Meteorological Department), Haryana had the highest
number of dry districts, 19 out of 21, including three where rainfall was
scanty.
Haryana was the 2ndmost rain deficit state in India after Manipur(the most rain deficit with a recording of 56%). Haryana recorded rainfall of 255.2 mm against a normal of 438.6 mm, results to a deficit of 42 percent.
Haryana was the 2ndmost rain deficit state in India after Manipur(the most rain deficit with a recording of 56%). Haryana recorded rainfall of 255.2 mm against a normal of 438.6 mm, results to a deficit of 42 percent.
7. Second Vande Bharat Express
ü Mr. Amit Shah flagged off the second Vande Bharat Express train from
New Delhi railway station. It runs between Delhi and Katra. The first Vande
Bharat Express train runs between Delhi and Varanasi.
ü Vande Bharat Express (Train 18) is an semi-high speed intercity electric multiple
unit.It was designed and built by Integral Coach Factory (ICF) Chennai.
8. Ecuador to quit OPEC in 2020
ü Ecuador will quit Organization of the Petroleum Exporting
Countries (OPEC) from January 1, 2020 due to fiscal
problems.
ü OPEC is an intergovernmental
organization of 14 nations, founded on 14 September 1960.
9. S&P Global downgrade
India’s growth
ü Standard & Poor (S&P) Global ratings
has reduced India’s growth to 6.3% from its previous estimation of 7.1% for
2019-2020.
10. 2019 UNHCR Nansen Refugee
Award
ü Human rights lawyer from Kyrgyzstan, Azizbek Ashurov was awarded
the 2019 UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) prestigious Nansen Award. He was
awarded for ending status of stateless people through his organisation Ferghana
Valley Lawyers Without Borders (FVLWB) in Kyrgyzstan which thus became the
world’s first country to end statelessness.
11. Tata Communications has named Amur Swaminathan Lakshminarayanan as MD and Group CEO.
12. CM of Uttarakhand Trivendra Singh Rawat has
launched a public awareness campaign ‘Urjagiri’ to
stop the electricity theft.
