DAILY
GK 8 NOV 2019
1.
‘No
money for terror conference 2019’
ü On
November 7, 2019, As per G.Kishan Reddy ‘No Money for Terror’ Conference
will be organized in India in 2020. This announcement was made by Minister at
the second ‘No Money for Terror’2019 conference going on
in Melbourne, Australia.
2.
FoTN 2019 report
ü Freedom
House (international internet rights) released its ‘Freedom on the Net’
(FoTN) report for the year 2019, titled ‘The Crisis of Social
Media’, regarding an overall decline and access in global internet freedom.
India’s total scores and status is 55.
Iceland became a top country for providing the freedom for accessing the Internet services.
India’s total scores and status is 55.
Iceland became a top country for providing the freedom for accessing the Internet services.
3.
Tapan Ray committee report
ü The
committee appointed by the RBI on the supervisory framework for Core Investment
Companies (CICs) has suggested that entities should have only 2-tier
structure/layers and also recommended to strengthen the board
structures with at least 50% of independent directors.
4.
4th President of UAE
ü Sheikh
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has been re-elected as 4th
President of UAE (United Arab Emirates ) by the Supreme Council of the
Union for a five-year term.
5.
BBC’s ‘100 novels that shaped our world’
list
ü The
British Broadcasting Corporation announced a list of ‘100 Novels That Shaped
Our World’. The BBC’s novel list is to mark the 300th anniversary of
the publication of Daniel Defoe’s novel ‘Robinson Crusoe’.
List of Indian authors and their novels which placed in BBC ‘100 novels that shaped our world’ :-
List of Indian authors and their novels which placed in BBC ‘100 novels that shaped our world’ :-
·
Arundhati Roy–
‘The God of small things’ features in the identity category. The book is about
the modern day classic.
·
Salman Rushdie -’
The Moor’s Last Sigh’ about Modern India in the ‘Coming of Age’ section.
·
RK Narayan –
‘Swami and Friends’ a story of Young boy and his escapades is placed in the
rule breakers class
·
Vikram Seth –
‘A Suitable Boy’ features in the family and friendship category and
·
S. Naipaul –
‘A House for Mr Biswas’ is placed in the class and society section.
6.
National Cancer Awareness Day-November 7,
2019.
