DAILY GK 19 FEB 2020
1.
Permanent commission to women officers in
the army
ü
The Supreme Court bench of
Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta dismissed
the central government’s submission that women are physically weaker than men
and agreed on Delhi High Court’s decision about eligibility of permanent
commission and command post to short service commissioned
(SSC) women officers in the army.
2.
Most spoken language
ü The
22nd edition of the world language database Ethnologue stated Hindi, as
the 3rd most spoken language of the world in 2019 with 615
million speakers. English language was at the top of the list with 1,132
million speakers and Mandarin Chinese was at the 2nd position with 1,117
million speakers.
ü Bangla
has been ranked as the 7th most spoken language of the world and has 228
million native speakers.
3.
WEFFI 2019
ü The
Worldwide Education for The Future Index (WEFFI) 2019 ranked
India in 35th position, whereas in 2018 it was ranked 40th position.
The WEFFI report is created by The Economist Intelligence unit and commissioned
by Yidan Prize foundation. The index is topped by Finland.
4.
THE’s emerging economies university
rankings 2020
ü According
to the Times Higher Education’s (THE) Emerging Economies University
Rankings 2020, which ranks a total of 533 universities from 47
countries, India has 11 institutes among
world’s top 100 universities where Indian Institute of
Science (IISc), Bangalore (Karnataka) emerged as India’s top-ranked
institution by getting the rank 16th with the score
48.4 .
ü Tsinghua
University in China has topped the
list with the score of 83.8.
5.
Ashraf Ghani wins second term as
Afghanistan’s President
6.
New PFRDA Chairman
ü Supratim
Bandyopadhay was appointed as chairman of
the PFRDA (Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority).
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved Supratim
appointment for a period of 5 years from the date of
assumption or till attaining the age of 65 years.
7.
New CVC & CIC elected
ü GOI
has selected Sanjay Kothari as the new Chief Vigilance
Commissioner(CVC) and Bimal Julka became new Chief Information
Commissioner in the Central Information Commission.
8.
Pakistan successfully tests
nuclear-capable air launched cruise missile Ra’ad-II
9.
Soil Health Card Day-February 19, 2020
ü PM
Narendra Modi had launched the Soil Health Card (SHC) Scheme on
February 19, 2015 at Suratgarh in Rajasthan, Jaipur, to increase the fertility
of the soil.
