Daily GK Updates - 3rd February, 2019

NATIONAL UPDATES:

1.Rishi Kumar Shukla takes charge as CBI Director : Senior IPS officer 58-year- old Rishi Kumar Shukla (1983 batch- Madhya Pradesh Cadre) has been appointed as the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) Director for a period of two years. Rishi Kumar Shukla has served as the DGP of Madhya Pradesh.Earlier, M Nageswara Rao was appointed as interim chief of the CBI (No. 3) after the government stepped in between the fight of CBI Director Alok Verma and Special Director Rakesh Asthana.

2.Nilambar Acharya appointed Country’s ambassador to India : Former Nepal’s law minister Nilambar Acharya has been appointed as the Country’s Ambassador to India.Mr. Acharya was Law Minister in the interim government (in 1990). Earlier, Mr Acharya has been served as a member of Eminent Persons Group formed by India and Nepal on bilateral relations. The post of Nepalese ambassador to India was lying vacant science Deep Kumar Upadhyay resigned in October 2017 to join politics.

3.  Kala Ghoda Arts Festival (KGAF 2019) : It is India’s largest multi-cultural street festival, has started in Mumbai.Mumbai is a densely populated city on India’s west coast. A financial center, it’s India’s largest city. On the Mumbai Harbour waterfront stands the iconic Gateway of India stone arch, built by the British Raj in 1924. Offshore, nearby Elephanta Island holds ancient cave temples dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. The city’s also famous as the heart of the Bollywood film industry.

4. Bharat Rang Mahotsav : The 20th Bharat Rang Mahotsav has inaugurated in New Delhi.It is organized by National School of Drama and is inaugurated by Minister of State for Culture (I/C), Mahesh Sharma.

INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:

1. Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty : USA has suspended its obligations under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia from 2nd February onwards.The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was a 1987 arms control agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union.Uzbekistan has lifted the ban on teaching Political Science in the country. It was banned in 2015 under a decree issued by President Islam Karimov as it is a western pseudoscience which does not support the “Uzbek model” of development.

2. New India’s Ambassador to the Republic of Colombia : Sanjiv Ranjan has been appointed as new Ambassador to the Republic of Colombia.Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a sovereign state largely situated in the northwest of South America, with territories in Central America. Colombia shares a border to the northwest with Panama, to the east with Venezuela and Brazil and to the south with Ecuador and Peru.

4. Ballistic Missile ‘Nasr’ : Pakistan successfully has test-fired the short range surface-to-surface ballistic missile ‘Nasr’.Prime minister: Imran Khan. Capital: Islamabad.President: Arif Alvi. Currencies: Pakistani rupee, Rupee

OTHER UPDATES:

BUSINESS/ECONOMY:

1.India’s Unemployment Rate : Acc. to NSSO’s Periodic Labour Force Survey, India’s unemployment rate hit a 45 year high of 6.1% in 2017-18. Unemployment is higher in urban areas which is 7.8% as compared to 5.3% in rural areas.

2. Central Statistical Office’s GDP Prediction : Central Statistical Office under Ministry of Statistics and Programme implementation has revised the GDP Growth forecast to 7.2% from earlier 6.7% for 2017-18.It shows the effect of demonetization was not as severe as predicted ea

SPORTS:

1. Footballer Ki Sung-yueng has retired : South Korean Midfielder Ki Sung-yueng has announced his retirement from International Football.He currently plays as a central midfielder for Newcastle United in English Premier League.

2. Regatta Cup 2019 : INS Dronacharya team has won Regetta trophy in the ‘Kochi Area Pulling Regatta 2019’ of the Southern Naval Command.The Boat Pulling Regatta is a traditional naval sporting activities conducted by the Navy.

3. ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 : The 13th edition of Men’s Cricket World Cup will be played in India in 2023.The upcoming ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019 scheduled in England and Wales.