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Daily Current Affairs of 19th April 2019
International Current Affairs
- Good Friday, which commemorates the crucification of Jesus Christ and his deat at Calvary, is being observed around the world today today.
- Good Friday is also referred to as Black Friday, Great Friday, Easter Friday or Holy Friday.
- Note : Good Friday coincides with the beginning of the Jewish festival of Passover.
- Today (19th April) is World Liver Day (WLD).
- Theme of World Liver Day (WLD) 2019 : Love Your Liver
- India and France are all set to hold their largest-ever naval exercise 'Varuna' with aircraft carriers, destroyers, submarines and fighters early next month as part of their expanding strategic partnership.
- The two countries will be deploying their aircraft carriers, INS Vikramaditya with its MiG-29K fighters and FNS Charles de Gaulle with its Rafale-M naval jets, and other warships for the “Varuna” exercise off Goa and Karwar from May 1.
- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is going to visit Russia for his first meeting with President Vladimir Putin later this month.
National Current Affairs
- India has dropped 2 places in the 2019 World Press Freedom Index released by Reporters Without Borders, ranking 140 out of 180 countries.
- At least six Indian journalists were killed in connection with their work in 2018 and the hate campaigns against female journalists on social media were "particularly virulent", the report said.
- Norway was ranked first on the index.
- Top 10 Countries in World Press Freedom Index 2019
- Norway
- Finland
- Sweden
- Netherlands
- Denmark
- Switzerland
- New Zealand
- Jamaica
- Belgium
- Costa Rica
- The words "chemists and druggists" appearing on the signboards of medical shops will soon be replaced with the word "pharmacy", according to an order by the Drugs Technical Advisory Board.
- "Stores are using different nomenclatures...Globally, the word pharmacy is used and widely accepted, so we decided to do the same," Drugs Controller General of India SE Reddy said.
Banking, Business & Economic Affairs
- Aviation Secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola todayannounced tat the government is going to form a committee to temporarily allocate takeoff and landing slots left vacant by the grounding of Jet Airways flights.
- At least 280 slots were vacant in Mumbai and 160 in Delhi.
- The slots will be allocated to other airlines through a "rational, fair and equitable" manner, he said.
- The United States has won a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling against China's use of Tariff-Rate Quotas (TRQ) for rice, wheat and corn.
- TRQs are two-level tariffs, with limited imports allowed at the lower 'in-quota' tariff and subsequent imports charged an 'out-of-quota' tariff, which is generally much higher.
- The US argued that the quotas limited market access for its grain exports.
Awards & Honors
- A total of 150 Indian peacekeepers serving with the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) have received Medals of honour for their dedicated service and sacrifice.
- The medals were given to the 150 Indian peacekeepers serving in UNMISS in Malakal during a ceremony filled with parades and performances by a piped band.
Science & Technology
- IIT Hyderabad has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Japanese firm Terra Drone Corporation and its Indian subsidiary to set up a 1st-of-its-kind Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Drones).
- Terra Drone India will help IIT Hyderabad in organising workshops, seminars, lectures and joint projects. It plans to offer internship programmes to students.
- The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has started receiving 27 megawatts (MW) solar power from Madhya Pradesh's Rewa Mega Solar Power Plant.
- For the 1st time, solar power was used for operating trains on the Delhi Metro.
- Till now, solar power was utilised for auxiliary requirements such as lighting and air conditioning of stations.
New Appointments
- Professor Gagandeep Kang has become the 1st Indian female scientist to be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in the UK fellowship's 358-year-history.
- The 56-year-old is the Executive Director of Translational Health Science and Technology Institute at Faridabad.
- Other notable FRS inducted in 2019 include Fields Medal-winning mathematicians Akshay Venkatesh and Manjul Bhargava.
- Deutsche Bank has appointed Kaushik Shaparia as the Chief Country Officer of its Indian unit after its former head Ravneet Gill joined Yes Bank.
Sports Current Affairs
- Delhi Capitals' leg-spinner Amit Mishra became the 1st Indian to claim 150 or more wickets in Indian Premier League (IPL).
- The leg spinner reached the landmark figure when he dismissed Mumbai Indians' skipper Rohit Sharma during the sides' IPL 2019 clash at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium yesterday.
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