Current Affairs 19th June 2019

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The General Awareness Section plays an important role in scoring well above cut off marks in any competitive exam. The Banking Awareness and Static Awareness questions asked in the General Awareness Section are based on Current Affairs mainly. So you need to prepare well this section to score good marks. Here is the Daily GK Update to get you acquainted with the top events that made the headlines today!

National News

1. Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Yury Trutnev Visits India

Current Affairs 19th June 2019 | Daily GK Update |_3.1

i. The Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Yury Trutnev addressed a gathering of businesspersons and industrialist in Mumbai and invited Indian Investments in the Russian Far East.

ii. India Russia business tie has been hugely tilted favouring defence sector traditionally. Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Yury Trutnev will meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For LIC AAO Mains 2019:

Vladimir Putin is President of Russia.

2. Diamond Jubilee of the Oldest Naval Air Squadron

Current Affairs 19th June 2019 | Daily GK Update |_4.1

i. Indian Navy’s first Naval Air Squadron 550 celebrated its Diamond Jubilee at naval base Kochi after Completing 60 glorious years of yeoman service to the nation.

ii. The squadron has flown 14 different types of aircraft starting with the Sea land Aircraft to the Dornier maritime reconnaissance aircraft being presently flown.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For LIC AAO Mains 2019:

Vice Admiral Karambir Singh has been appointed as the next Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS).

3. Unemployed Graduates To Get Up To Rs 3,500 In Rajasthan

Current Affairs 19th June 2019 | Daily GK Update |_5.1

i. Unemployed youth having graduation or equivalent degree will be given unemployment allowance by Rajasthan government.

ii. Male applicants will get Rs 3,000/month, while the women and differently-abled will get Rs 3,500/month under Chief Minister Yuva Sambal Yojana from February this year.

iii. The applicants must be natives of Rajasthan and the amount will be given for two years or until they get employed.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For LIC AAO Mains 2019:

Rajasthan CM: Ashok Gehlaut, Governor: Kalyan Singh.

4. ICG co-hosts 12th ReCAAP ISC capacity building workshop

Current Affairs 19th June 2019 | Daily GK Update |_6.1

i. Indian Coast Guard (ICG) co-hosts 12^th Capacity Building workshop with Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) Information Sharing Centre (ISC) in New Delhi.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For LIC AAO Mains 2019:

The ReCAAP is the first regional Government-to-Government agreement to deal with piracy and armed robbery at sea in Asia.
Presently 20 countries are members of ReCAAP. India played an active role in the setting up and functioning of ReCAAPISC along with Japan and Singapore.

Business/ Economy

5. EAC-PM releases analysis on robustness of India’s GDP estimation methodology

Current Affairs 19th June 2019 | Daily GK Update |_7.1

i. The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister releases a detailed note titled ‘GDP estimation in India- Perspectives and Facts’.
ii. The new methodology that uses 2011-12 as the base year includes two major improvements:

Incorporation of MCA21 database.
Incorporation of the Recommendations of System of National Accounts (SNA), 2008. This change was in line with other countries that have changed their methodologies in line with System of National Accounts (SNA) 2008 and revised their respective GDP figures.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For LIC AAO Mains 2019:

Chief Economic Advisor of India: Krishnamurthy Subramanian

6. Government to set up 51 incubators for aspiring entrepreneurs

Current Affairs 19th June 2019 | Daily GK Update |_8.1

i. The GoI will set up 51 new incubators for startups in the information and communications technology space across India as part of its Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurs (Tide) 2.0 scheme.
ii. Tide 2.0 will offer financial and technical support to incubators supporting ICT startups that are involving usage of deep technologies including artificial intelligence, blockchain, robotics, and internet of things in “pre identified areas of societal relevance”.
iii. The scheme has categorized the selection of incubators into three categories:
Group 1 Centre (G1C), G2C, and G3C.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For LIC AAO Mains 2019:

Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Banking News

7. RBI fines HDFC Bank Rs 1 crore

Current Affairs 19th June 2019 | Daily GK Update |_9.1

i. Reserve Bank fined country’s largest private sector lender HDFC Bank Rs 1 crore for not reporting frauds and non-compliance with other directions.
ii. The fine pertains to submission of forged bill of entries (BoEs) by certain importers to HDFC Bank for remittance of foreign currency.

Important Takeaways for IBPS RRB/ RRB NTPC Exams:

RBI 25th Governor: Shaktikant Das, Headquarters: Mumbai, Founded: 1 April 1935, Kolkata.

Important Days

8. International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict

Current Affairs 19th June 2019 | Daily GK Update |_10.1

i. International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict is celebrated around the world on 19th June to raise awareness of the need to put an end to conflict related sexual violence.

ii. Panel Discussion: “The Importance of a Survivor Centred Approach”.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For LIC AAO Mains 2019:

United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA. It was founded on 24 October 1945.
Mr Antonio Guterres of Portugal is the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Ranks and Reports

9. United Nation’s World Population Prospects Report 2019

Current Affairs 19th June 2019 | Daily GK Update |_11.1

i. United Nation released its “World Population Prospects Report 2019”. Findings of the report are:

India will overtake China as the most populous country by 2027 and will have almost 1.64 billion inhabitants by 2050.
The Central and the Southern Asia region is expected to see a 25% increase in population till 2050.
The rate of population growth is the highest in sub-Saharan Africa, where the fertility rate stand at 4.6 births per woman over a lifetime.
India is still among the countries where the working-age population (25-64 years) is growing faster than other groups.
People aged above 65 are the fastest growing age group.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For LIC AAO Mains 2019:

United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA. It was founded on 24 October 1945.
Mr Antonio Guterres of Portugal is the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Appointments

10. Om Birla Elected As 17th Lok Sabha Speaker

Current Affairs 19th June 2019 | Daily GK Update |_12.1

i. Om Birla, a two-time Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member of Parliament (MP) from Rajasthan, is set to be unanimously elected as the 17th Lok Sabha Speaker.

ii. Om Birla was elected to the 17th Lok Sabha from the Kota-Bundi constituency.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For LIC AAO Mains 2019:

Sumitra Mahajan was 16th Lok Sabha Speaker.

Sports News

11. Rashid Khan becomes most expensive bowler in World Cup history

Current Affairs 19th June 2019 | Daily GK Update |_13.1

i. Afghanistan leg spinner Rashid Khan recorded the worst bowling figures in a ICC World Cup Match after conceding 110 runs in 9 overs against England.

ii. Previous record of conceding 105 runs in 12 overs was held by New Zealand’s Martin Snedden.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For LIC AAO Mains 2019:

The International Cricket Council is the global governing body for cricket.
ICC Chief Executive: Manu Sahney, Headquarters: Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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