DAILY GK 7 MAR 2020
1. Maharashtra
Government renamed Aurangabad Airport
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Aurangabad Airport renamed as Chhatrapati
Sambhaji Maharaj Airport. The name of the airport has been renamed in order
to honour Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, who was the son of Maratha warrior King
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
2. ICONSAT
was held in Kolkata
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The International Conference on Nano Science
and Technology 2020 (ICONSAT) was held at Biswa Bangla
Conventional Centre, Kolkata. The event was supported by the
Department of Science and Technology (DST) and organized by S.N. Bose National
Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata.
3. Freedom
in the world 2020 report
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According to the ‘Freedom in the
World 2020” report, which analyzes democratic values and people’s
freedom in 195 countries & 15 territories, released by the Freedom House, a
U.S (United States) -based watchdog that conducts research and advocacy on
democracy, India has ranked 83rd
in the report along with Timor-Leste and Senegal in ‘Free’category. While,
Finland topped the list as the free democratic country.
4. Centre
imposed moratorium on Yes Bank
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In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section
(2) of section 45 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of
1949), the Central Government, through the Ministry of Finance has imposed
moratorium on Yes Bank Limited w.e.f. 6PM of March 5, 2020 till April
3, 2020. The decision has been taken on the recommendations of Reserve Bank
of India (RBI) under sub-section (1) of section 45.
5. EPFO
cuts interest rate
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EPFO (Employees
Provident Fund Organisation) has declined interest rate on EPF deposits for
2019-20 to seven years low by 0.15% or 15 basis points fom 8.65% to
8.5%. The decision has been taken during the meeting of EPFO’s apex
decision making body, Central Board of Trustees (CBT) chaired by Minister of
State (MoS) for Labour and Employment Santosh Kumar Gangwar in New Delhi.
6. TIME
Magazine -“100 women of the year” Project
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TIME Magazine created 100 New Covers for the
Project ‘100 women of the year’ to recognize selected women or
groups to represent each year from 1920 to 2019. India’s Freedom
Fighter Amrit Kaur will be honored as ‘Women of the Year’ for 1947 & Former
prime minister Indira Gandhi for 1976.
7. TOISA
Sportsperson of Year 2019
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The 4th edition of
TOISA (Times of India Sports Awards) awards honoured the best
Indian in 2019 sports in New Delhi, India. The event was powered by
BHIM-UPI (Bharat Interface for Money- Unified Payments Interface). Rohit Sharma
was named as the Cricketer of the year and PV Sindhu was named
as the Sportsman of the year as she won gold at the World
Championships in Basel, Switzerland.
8. SBI
Life Insurance Company re-appoints Sanjeev Nautiyal as MD & CEO
9. Denys
Shmygal becomes new PM of Ukraine, succeeds Oleksiy Honcharuk
10. WIPO’s
new Director General
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Singapore’s Daren Tang was
elected as Director General of World Intellectual Property Organisation(WIPO).
He will succeed Australia’s Francis Gurry who will step down
at the end of September after 12 years of being in this position.
