Tuesday 25 June 2019

ONE LINER OF THE DAY 25th June 2019


1.The UAE has become the first country in the Gulf to launch a new reporting platform named 'goAML' developed by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. It is a one-step solution launched to crack down on organised financial crimes.UNODC HQ – Vienna; UAE: Capital – Abu Dhabi.

2.RBI launched the Complaint Management System for lodging complaints against banks & NBFCs with a view to improving customer experience in timely redressal of grievances. Also, RBI plans to introduce an IVR system for tracking the status of complaints.Mahesh Kumar Jain is one of the Deputy Governors of RBI.

3.HRD Ministry has launched Integrated Scheme for School Education, Samagra Shiksha for giving Self Defence training to girls of class VI-XII belonging to Govt Schools. Funds for this purpose are provided for three months (₹ 3000/- per school per month).Union Minister for Human Resource - Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’.

4.GoI, Jharkhand govt & WB signed a $147 Mn Loan Agreement to provide basic urban services to the people of Jharkhand & help improve the management capacity of urban local bodies. The Loan from IBRD has a 7-year grace period, & final maturity of 22.5 years.Jharkhand: CM - Raghubar Das; Governor - Draupadi Murmu.

5.GoI stated that the number of wilful defaulters has risen 60% in the 5 years up to FY19, but over ₹ 7600 Cr has been recovered from these defaulters. The total number of wilful defaulters stood at 8,582 at the end of FY19, against 5349 at the end of FY15.Union Minister of Finance – Nirmala Sitharaman.

6.Veyil Marangal (Trees Under the Sun), directed by Bijukumar Damodaran, has won the Outstanding Artistic Achievement Award at the 22nd Shanghai International film festival. It is the first time that a Malayalam film won an award at the festival.It is the 2nd film from Bijukumar to be screened at the festival.

7.Qu Dongyu became the first Chinese national to be elected to head the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization. He won 108 votes, followed by Catherine Geslain-Laneelle of France with 71 votes and Georgia’s Davit Kirvalidze with 12.HQ of FAO – Rome, Italy.

8.Lewis Hamilton has won the French Grand Prix title. The five-time champion leads Bottas in 2019 title race by 36 points. Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari took fourth and fifth place respectively.Hamilton is a British racing driver.

9.Australia hailed Ashleigh Barty as the new queen of tennis. She is the second woman to reach world No 1 after Evonne Goolagong Cawley. Ashleigh won the French Open champion 2019 by defeating Marketa Vondrousova.Goolagong Cawley held the top rank in 1976.

10.President of the BJP’s Rajasthan unit Madan Lal Saini has passed away at the age of 75. He was a Rajya Sabha MP. He was a former MLA and RSS volunteer. Also, he held various posts in the Bhartiya Kisan Morcha.He hailed from Sikar district of Rajasthan.

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