1. Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Yury Trutnev Visits India
- Vladimir Putin is President of Russia.
2. Diamond Jubilee of the Oldest Naval Air Squadron
- Vice Admiral Karambir Singh has been appointed as the next Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS).
- Rajasthan CM: Ashok Gehlaut, Governor: Kalyan Singh.
- 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.
5. EAC-PM releases analysis on robustness of India’s GDP estimation methodology
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
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
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.
8. International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Static/Current Takeaways Important For LIC AAO Mains 2019:
- Sumitra Mahajan was 16th Lok Sabha Speaker.
- 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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