● 6 - 12 May : Global Road Safety Week
● Global Road Safety Week 2019 : " Leadership For Road Safety "
● Singapore Passed New Laws To Fight The Menace Of Fake News
● Former West Indies Batsman Seymour Nurse Passed Away
● 15th Finance Commission's Meeting With RBI Held In Mumbai
● Golfer Tiger Woods Awarded US’s Presidential Medal Of Freedom
● Rakesh Sharma Elected As International Motorcycle Manufacturers Association (IMMA) Vice-President
● Renowned Economist Baidyanath Mishra Passed Away
● CCI Approves General Atlantic's 6.5% Stake Buy In PNB Housing Finance
● Barak Obama Is The Most Followed Politician In The World On Social Media
● PM Modi Is The 2nd Most Followed Politician In The World On Social Media
● Meeting Of The Regional Heads Of Customs Administration Of Asia Pacific Region Of The World Customs Organisation (WCO) Started In Kochi
● Renowned Sikh Historian Kirpal Singh Has Passed Away
● " Desert Storm 2019 " Longest Cross-Country Rally Has Been Started From Bikaner
● India’s 1st Global Mega-Science Exhibition ‘ Vigyan Samagam ’bStarted At Mumbai
● Indian Crew The Kings Wins ‘ World of Dance ’ Show
● Annual Chardham Yatra Begins In Uttarakhand
● Shyam Benegal To Direct Indo-Bangla Film On Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
● Mappilappattu Singer Eranholi Moosa Passed Away
● Max Life Insurance Co Ltd Dedicated The 6th Day Of Each Month As ‘ Protection Day ’
● Trade Between India - US In Goods & Services Registers 12.6% Growth In 2018
● ' Father Of Modern Legal Education In India ' NR Madhava Menon Passed Away
● 11th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting Held In Finland
● Microsoft’s Imagine Cup World Championship Final Held In US
● Indian ‘ Team Caeli ’ Emerged As 2nd Position In Microsoft Imagine Cup
● Tata Global Beverages Appointed Shikha Sharma As An Additional & Independent Director On It's Board
● Vice President M V Naidu To Embark On A 4 Day Visit To Vietnam .
📄National Summits
👉1. 15th Finance Commission's Meeting With RBI Held In Mumbai
i. The 15th Finance Commission headed by Chairman, N.K. Singh held a detailed meeting with the Governor and Deputy Governors of RBI in Mumbai.
ii. Key issues raised by RBI Governor, Shaktikanta Das and Finance Commission Chairman, N.K. Singh were discussed in detail at the meeting.
iii. These issues included the following:–
The necessity of setting up State Finance Commissions for respective State Governments.Public Sector Borrowing Requirements.Continuity of the Finance Commission.Need for Expenditure Codes, especially given that expenditure norms vary from state to state.Role of States in Growth and Inflation, for instance, role of states in Ease of doing Business.
👉2. Meeting of Regional Heads of Customs Administration of Asia Pacific Region of WCO Held in Kochi
i. Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has organised a 2-Day meeting of the Regional Heads of Customs Administration of Asia Pacific Region of the World Customs Organisation (WCO) in Kochi.
ii. This meeting was chaired by Mr Pranab Kumar Das, Chairman, CBIC.
Static/Current Takeaways Important For LIC AAO Mains 2019:
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs is a part of the Department of Revenue under the Ministry of Finance, Government of India.
👉3. MNRE Holds ‘Chintan Baithak’ With Stakeholders of Renewable Energy Sector
i. Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) held a ‘Chintan Baithak’ with the stakeholders of the Renewable Energy sector in New Delhi.
ii. The ‘Baithak’ (meet) was chaired by Secretary, MNRE, Anand Kumar and saw good participation from Renewable Energy (RE) sector including the representatives of major RE developers, equipment manufacturers, financers, regulators, think-tanks, industry bodies and skill developers.
📄Agreements
👉4. NIOS, NHMPH Ink MoU In Mumbai
i. The National Institute of Open Schooling Ministry of Human Resources Development (NIOS) and National Health Mission of Public Health Department (NHMPH) of Government of Maharashtra signed an MoU in Mumbai.
ii. The MOU focused on offering Vocational programmes to the Health Service Providers of National Health Mission (NHM) through National Institute of Open Schooling.
📄Important Days
👉5. World Red Cross Day: 08th May
i. World Red Cross Day (also known as Red Crescent Day) is observed every year on May 8. It is a gentle nod to all the volunteers who have made an unparalleled contribution to people in duress or need.
ii. The 2019 theme chosen by them is, ‘#Love’. Incidentally, the day is also the birthday of Henry Dunant, who had generated the Red Cross Committee of the International (ICRI) in 1863 in Switzerland, Geneva.
📄Appointments
👉6. India's Jagjit Pavadia Re-Elected To International Narcotics Control Board
i. India's Jagjit Pavadia has been re-elected with the highest number of votes by the UN Economic and Social Council to a five-year term on International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), while China's candidate Hao Wei lost.
ii. She posted the highest number of votes at 44. Ms Pavadia has been a member of the INCB since 2015 and her current term is set to expire in 2020.
Static/Current Takeaways Important For LIC AAO Mains 2019:
INCB consists of 13 members who are elected by the ECOSOC and who serve in their personal capacity.Established in 1968, the INCB is an independent and quasi-judicial monitoring body for the implementation of the UN's international drug control conventions.
📄Sports News
👉7. Indian Boxers Win 6 Medals At 36th Feliks Stamm International Boxing
i. Indian boxers finished with a rich haul of six medals, including two gold at the 36th Feliks Stamm International Boxing Tournament in Warsaw, Poland. Gaurav Solanki and Manish Kaushik bagged one gold each. Indian boxers also clinched a silver and three bronze.
ii. The 22-year-old Solanki out-punched England's William Cawley 52 kilogram
📄Defence
👉Indian Navy's fourth scorpion-class submarine - INS Vela.
📄International
👉On 10 May, US will increase tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods to - 25%.
👉The Group of 7 industrialised nations meet will be organised in August in - Biarritz, France.
📄National
👉Under the scheme of modernisation of police force, the Central government has released Rs. 7.69 crore each as an incentive to -Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
📄Persons in News
👉The first Indian, who received International John Harper Award 2019 in Ecology - Dr. Rituja Chitra Tarak.
👉Author of ‘Around the World in 80 Trains’ - Monisha Rajesh.
📄Sports
👉First Indian male squash player who won the Asian individual squash championship 2019 - Sourav Ghoshal.
📄State Current Affairs
👉MoU will be signed between Maharashtra and Karnataka for water sharing of river - Krishna.
📄Members of G-7 - France, Germany, Japan, UK, Italy, Canada and USA.
📄The Medical Council of India (MCI) was established in -1933.
📄US – Capital: Washington DC; Currency: US dollar.
GK of the day: Arsenic Contamination 09052019
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👉Arsenic is toxic to almost all life forms, but now researchers at the University of Washington have discovered that some microbes in the Pacific Ocean not only tolerate the stuff, but actively breathe it.
👉The discovery has implications for how life may adapt to a changing climate, as well as where we might find it on other planets.
🌍Arsenic in Groundwater: Its Implications🌍
👉Arsenic in ground water is a geogenic contaminant i.e. caused by natural geologic processes.
👉Concerns: Incidence of high arsenic in groundwater reported from various parts of the country, particularly in the Ganga- plains is a serious threat to the health of human being.
👉Arsenic occurrences in ground water in these areas is highly sporadic in nature and all the sources in these areas are not necessarily contaminated.
🌍What is Arsenic and its impact on Human Health🌍
👉Arsenic is naturally present at high levels in the groundwater of a number of countries.
👉Arsenic is highly toxic in its inorganic form.
👉Contaminated water used for drinking, food preparation and irrigation of food crops poses the greatest threat to public health from arsenic.
👉Long-term exposure to arsenic from drinking-water and food can cause cancer and skin lesions. It has also been associated with cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
👉In utero and early childhood exposure has been linked to negative impacts on cognitive development and increased deaths in young adults.
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