Current Affairs 14th and 15th April 2019 | Daily GK Update

i. An image of a little girl crying, as she and her mother have been taken into custody by US border officials in Texas won the prestigious World Press Photo of the Year.
ii.  Veteran Getty photographer John Moore took the picture in the Rio Grande Valley in June 2018.

i. PayU, Digital payments security and payment facilitator has acquired Wibmo, a US-based financial technology firm for USD 70 million (about Rs 484 crore) to assist the company scale-up its business.
ii. Under the agreement, PayU and Wibmo businesses will continue to run separately. Wibmo will continue to operate and serve all of its clients as a wholly-owned subsidiary of PayU.

i. The World Allergy Organization has organized the World Allergy Week 2019 globally from 7-13 April 2019.
ii. The theme for World Allergy Week 2019 is “The Global Problem of Food Allergy”. 

i. Ethiopian athletes Gelete Burka (women’s race) and Abrha Milaw (men’s race) won the 43rd edition of the Paris Marathon.
ii. They led a record 60,000 participants to the finish line through the French capital. Milaw won the men’s race with a time of 2 hours: 07 minutes and: 50 seconds. Burka was the fastest woman with 2 hours: 22 minutes and: 48 seconds.

14. Tiger Woods Wins 2019 Masters To Claim 15th Major in Golf 

i. Famous Golfer Tiger Woods completed one of the sport’s great all-time comebacks to end an 11-year major title drought at the Masters by claiming a fifth Green Jacket. 
ii. A gritty two-under 70 clinched a one-shot victory over Dustin Johnson, Brooks Keopka and Xander Schauffele. It is Wood’s 15th major title.

15. Lewis Hamilton Wins Formula One’s 1,000th Race

i. In motor racing, Lewis Hamilton won the Chinese Grand Prix for a record sixth time.
ii. He seized the overall lead from his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas in Formula One’s 1,000th world championship race. The comfortable win was the 75th of Hamilton’s career, and second in a row.

16. Meena Kumari Maisnam Clinches Gold In Boxing World Cup 2019

i. India bagged a Gold and two Silver medals at the Boxing World Cup at Cologne in Germany. Meena Kumari Maisnam (from Manipur) claimed the Gold medal in the 54 kg category. 
ii. The 2014 Asian Championships bronze medallist defeated Thailand’s Machai Bunyanut in the final.
ii. Sakshi in 57 kgs and Pwilao Basumatary in 64 kgs had to settle for Silver medals after they lost their final bouts. India finished the tournament with five medals.