Days in Focus
Environment
- To restore degraded forest landscapes in these five states over the next 42 months, India has launched a pilot project in - Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Nagaland and Karnataka.
International
- Facebook’s new cryptocurrency - Libra.
- India and Myanmar have launched joint operations along the border targeting camps of insurgent groups operating in North East under - Operation Sunrise.
- Country that will overtake China to become the world’s most populous country in just eight years, as per the UN report titled ‘The World Population Prospects 2019: Highlights’ - India.
- The UN report titled ‘The World Population Prospects 2019: Highlights’ estimated that the world’s population is expected to increase by two million by 2050, from 7.7 billion today to - 9.7 billion.
National
- India’s first regional rapid transit system (RRTS) will be integrated with other modes of local transport systems in - Delhi.
- The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has decided to remove the requirement of minimum educational qualification for driving a - transport vehicle.
Person in News
- New speaker of 17th Lok Sabha - Om Birla.
Sports
- Player who record the fourth fastest century in history - Eoin Morgan (England).
State Current Affairs
- State government that is planning to introduce a Quick Response (QR) code based common mobility card enabling citizens to travel across multiple modes across the state - Telangana.
- Maharashtra government’s new scheme, which will create 10 lakh jobs in the next five years - Chief Minister's Employment Generation Programme for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
General Knowledge
- Myanmar - Capital: Naypyidaw; Currency: Kyat.
- Reserve Bank of India (RBI) – Founded in: 1935; Headquarters: Mumbai (Maharashtra).
- First Indian governor of the Reserve Bank of India - Sir C. D. Deshmukh (1943-1949).
- Capital of Maharashtra State – Mumbai.
- United Nations (UN) – Founded in: 1945; Headquarters: New York (USA).
