Daily Gk General Awareness

TODAY'S IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS 

Date:4/10/2019

1) India tops remittances list, received $79 billion in 2018

India retained its position as the world's top recipient of remittances with its diaspora sending a whopping USD 79 billion back home in 2018, the World Bank said in a report. India was followed by China (USD 67 billion), Mexico (USD 36 billion), the Philippines (USD 34 billion), and Egypt (USD 29 billion).

2) Guwahati Railway Station 1st To Get ISO Certification In India 

The Guwahati Railway Station has become the first ever railway station in the Indian Railways to get an ISO certification from the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for “providing passenger amenities in a clean and green environment.”

3) US Declares Iran Force As Foreign Terrorist Organisation❣️

The US designated Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a foreign terrorist organisation. It is the first time that the US has designated an entity of another government as a terrorist organization, placing a group with vast economic resources that answer only to Iran's supreme leader in the same category as al-Qaida and the Islamic State.

  4) Indo-Sri Lanka Joint Exercise Mitra Shakti VI Concludes❣️

The sixth edition of the joint military training exercise between the Indian Army and the Sri Lankan Army, Exercise Mitra Shakti concluded in Sri Lanka.

 5) IIT-Madras Tops HRD’s National Ranking of Institutes

President Ram Nath Kovind has released the national ranking of higher institutes by the Ministry of Human Resources Development (HRD) in New Delhi. IIT Madras topped the rankings while the IISc Bangalore bagged the second rank followed by IIT Delhi.

 6) RBI Issues Norms For Banks To Set Up Currency Chests❣️ 

Reserve Bank of India came out with guidelines for banks to set up new currency chests, which include a minimum area of 1,500 square feet for strong room. The new chests should have a processing a capacity of 6.6 lakh pieces of banknotes per day. The currency chests should have CBL of Rs 1,000 crore, subject to ground realities and reasonable restrictions, at the discretion of the Reserve Bank.

 7) ITBP soldiers cast first vote of Lok Sabha 2019 in Arunachal Pradesh 

The soldiers of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) were the first to cast their vote for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Arunachal Pradesh as Service Voters.

8) What is Service Voter?

Service voter belonging to defence and paramilitary forces have the option of either voting through postal ballot or through a proxy voter duly appointed by him/her.



Daily CA One liners

1.  Morocco - US Joint Exercise ' AFRICAN LION 2019 ' Started In Morocco
2.  New Seller-Funding Programme " Amazon Wings " Was Launched By Amazon India
3.  7th - 14th April : National Handloom Week
4. Pradeep Nandrajog Appointed As The Chief Justice Of Bombay HC
5.  ITBP Organises 1st National Sky Running Championship At Auli In Uttarakhand
6.  Lin Dan Has Won The Men's Singles Title Of Malaysia Open In Kuala Lumpur
7.  Tai Tzu-Ying Has Won The Women's Singles Title Of Malaysia Open In Kuala Lumpur
8.  Meeting Of WEF On The Middle East & North Africa Was Held At Jordan
9.  Tamil Nadu Govt Has Renamed The Chennai Railway Station As Puratchi Thalaivar Dr MGR Central Railway Station
10.  Biography ‘ Kundan: Saigal’s Life & Music ’ Authored By Sharad Dutt Released
11.  BIS Inked MoU With IIT- Delhi On Standardisation & Conformity Assessment
12.  Army Commanders’ Conference Will Be Held In New Delhi
13.  2 Indian Naval Ships ' INS Kolkata ' & ' Shakti ' Would Take Part In The Chinese Navy's 70th Anniversary Of Celebrations
14.  Nobel Prize Winning Biologist
15. Sydney Brenner Has Passed Away Recently
16.  India - Sri Lanka Agree To Increase Cooperation In Security & Defence Spheres
17.  US Homeland Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen Steps Down
18. ADB Published Asian Development Outlook 2019 Report
19.  USD 1.7 Trillion Needed Per Year To Build Disaster-Resilient Infrastructure In Asia : ADB Report . 

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