Daily Updates Mock Test 132

Muhammad Bande Explanation: He is the second Nigerian to be president of the UN General Assembly. It is worth mentioning that between 2000 and 2004, he served as Director-General of CAFRAD, Africa’s premier intergovernmental center for governance reform.

His name has been recommended by the All India Football Federation’s (AIFF) technical committee. The AIFF had received around 250 applications.

In the book, Shahid describes his teammate Waqar Younis as a mediocre captain. But, now a petition has been filed in the Sindh High Court to ban his book. The petition has been filed by advocate Abdul Jalil Khan Marwat.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday became the first recipient of the prestigious Philip Kotler Presidential award.“The award focuses on the triple bottom-line of ‘People, Profit and Planet’ which will be offered annually to the leader of a nation,” a Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) statement said.According to the citation of the award, Modi was selected for his “outstanding leadership for the nation”. Prof. Philip Kotler is a world renowned Professor of Marketing at Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management. Owing to his ill-health, Jagdish Sheth of EMORY University, Georgia, US, was deputed to confer the award.

Social activist Nanaji Deshmukh, Music maestro Bhupen Hazarika and former President Pranab Mukherjee have been awarded with country’s highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna. As per a press communique issued by President’s office, Nanaji Deshmukh and Bhupen Hazarika will be awarded with the honour posthumously. The President also approved conferment of 112 Padma Awards, including 4 Padma Vibhushan, 14 Padma Bhushan and 94 Padma Shri Awards. Folk artist Teejan Bai, President of Djibouti Ismail Omar Guelleh, Industralist Anil kumar Manibhai Naik and theatre actor Balwant Moreshwar Purandare will be honoured with Padma Vibhushan.

Indian captain Virat Kohli dominated the ICC Awards that were declared on Tuesday. He was elected Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year, Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year and also won the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year. In addition to these, he was also named the captain of the ICC Test and ODI teams of the year for 2018.

Under Swachh Survekshan – 2019, Indore has bagged the cleanest city award for third straight year. Uttarakhand’s Gauchar was adjudged the Best Ganga Town in the survey. President of India lauded Indore for winning the 1st prize in all the 4 surveys so far, adding that Indore has set an example for other urban centres.

Jokha Alharthi is the first Omani woman author to be translated into English. She won this coveted award for her book Celestial Bodies. It’s a story of three sisters who confront their country’s slave-owning past and a complex modern world.

US President Donald Trump on May 6, 2019, bestowed Tiger Woods with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honour, describing the golfer as one of the greatest athletes in the history of sports. The 43-year-old is only the fourth and the youngest golfer ever to have received the highest American civilian award.

The GI tag is a name/sign used on products originating in a specific geographical location. Earlier, West Bengal won its own GI tag for the delectable eastern sweet.

Pattnaik was among the top sand artists selected to participate in the 2019 Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival. The festival ran from July 26-28.

Chowdhury is the lone member of the party in the PAC from the House. It is worth noting that Mallikarjun Kharge was the Chairman of the PAC earlier. PAC has 15 members from Lok Sabha and seven from Rajya Sabha.

Patel, along with 10 other MPs , is a member of the British Parliament’s FAC – Foreign Affairs Committee. She is known for her outspoken criticism of former prime minister Theresa May. She was elected as a Conservative MP for Witham in Essex in 2010.

In 2007, Yediyurappa became Karnataka chief minister for the 1st time. This will be his fourth stint. None of his previous lasted the full term.

Byju’s logo will be seen on the jersey of Indian team from September 2019 onwards. Byju’s will be taking all associated sponsor rights of the current team sponsor.

It is worth mentioning that Dhoni is not part of Indian cricket team’s tour of the West Indies. He will be with the 106 Territorial Army battalion from 31st July to 15th August.

After Bishan Singh Bedi, Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar, Anil Kumble and Rahul Dravid, Tendulkar is the 6th Indian to be inducted. He is the only batsman who has scored 100 international centuries. It is worth noting that he retired in November 2013.

West Bengal Governor K N Tripathi recently administered the oath of office to Justice Radhakrishnan. was earlier the Chief Justice of the HC of Hyderabad for the states of Telangana & Andhra Pradesh from 2018.

Praful Patel, President of All India Football Federation (AIFF) has been designated to be FIFA Executive Council member. He has become the first Indian to enter the elite panel of the game’s global governing body.A total of five candidates, including Patel, was elected in addition to the AFC president, and one female member. Patel was one of the 8 candidates vying for the spot in the election, which was held during the 29th AFC (Asian Football Confederation) Congress.

There were around 150 games played across the globe during the international period. This sees Belgium maintain a slender lead.

World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) is responsible for naming cyclones. Around 10 different naming committees have been formed under the WMO. The Northern Indian Ocean committee comprises of 8 countries: Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand. ‘Fani’ literally means a snake’s hood.

Recently, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C-46 carrying earth observation satellite RISAT-2B (Radar Imaging Satellite-2B), from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh which will enhance country’s surveillance capabilities. The earth observation satellite has equipped with Synthetic Aperture Radar which has the capability of taking high-resolution images of the earth during day and night and also under cloudy conditions which can help in keeping an eye on terror camps across the border in Pakistan. This was PSLV’s 48th mission which carried a 615kg satellite. The RISAT-2B satellite will help in fields such as surveillance, agriculture, forestry, and disaster management support. The satellite has a life span of 5 years. It will replace RISAT-2 satellite launched in 200.

Indonesia on April 29, 2019 announced its plans to move its capital away from Jakarta. President Joko Widodo’s government plans to establish a new Capital out of the crowded Java Island to ensure more equitable development of the country amid environmental concerns and overcrowding issues.

Warner amassed a total of 692 runs in the 12 matches he played this season. Before this edition, he had won the Orange Cap in 2015 and 2017.

With 26 wickets in 63 overs, Imran Tahir became the highest wicket-taker this season of IPL. It is worth mentioning that Pragyan Ojha was the only spinner before Tahir to have won the Purple Cap in IPL.

India successfully completed ‘Mission Shakti’ operation where it destroyed a live satellite on a low earth orbit (LEO) using an Anti-Satellite (ASAT) missile in three minutes. India has become the 4th country after the US, Russia and China in the world to achieve this historic feat. Anti Satellite weapons also called the ASAT are developed to destroy satellites. Mission Shakti is a joint programme of DRDO and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Mission Shakti will help the country in standing strong and secure. It will further protect the nation from disharmony and bring peace.

Kovind is in the European country as part of his 3-nation visit to Croatia, Bolivia and Chile to further strengthen bilateral ties.The civilian order is awarded to heads of state for their important contribution.

It was taken by Pulitzer Prize-winner John Moore. The photo represents 2-year-old Honduran toddler Yanela Sanchez crying as she and her mother, are taken into custody by US border officials.

For his 2010 novel ‘Solo’, he has been awarded with Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize. Dasgupta is the literary director of India’s richest literary award also. It was also awarded to Yohei Sasakawa & Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen.

She is an all-round cricketer. She is also the former captain of India national women’s cricket team. Recently, she regained the top position for bowlers in the ODI ranking. It is worth noting that Goswami announced her retirement from T20 internationals in 2018.

India skipper Virat Kohli and coach Ravi Shastri on Friday received the honorary membership of the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) for their contribution to the sport of cricket. The Indian team defeated Australia 2-1 in the four-match Test series, ending the country’s 71-year-old wait for a rare series win Down Under.

Last year, it is worth noting that Kandhamal Apex Spices Association for Marketing, had applied for registration of the Kandhamal turmeric. This turmeric, is known for its healing properties. It is also used for cosmetic and medicinal purposes.

On 7th May 2019, Renowned academician and father of modern Indian Legal Education, Dr. Neelakanta Ramakrishna Madhava Menon (NR Madhava Menon) died at a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram at the age of 84.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has recently launched Samwad with Students as part of its outreach programme. The Indian Space agency will engage youngsters across the country in activities concerning space science under this programme. The new conversation mission will inspire students cutting across schools and colleges. During the inauguration in Bengaluru, 40 students and 10 teachers from select schools interacted with ISRO Chairman Dr. K Sivan about the Indian Space Programme and their benefits to the common man.

This app allows merchants to record their cash/credit sales. It also serves as a networking platform for merchants to connect with other merchants on this platform.

Indian Space Research Organization is planning to send a probe to study the sun early next year. ISRO chairman Dr K Sivan currently scientists are exploring possibilities to study more about Sun and the probe named Aditya-L1 will be sent to observe the solar corona, the outer layers of the Sun. The satellite would be ed in a halo orbit around the L1 (Lagrangian point A) of the Sun-Earth system so that it has the advantage of continuously viewing the Sun without any occultation or eclipses. The L1 is 1.5 million kms from t the mission to send Indian astronauts to space by 2022 is well on stream.

Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton, and Yann LeCun have been awarded this prize recently. Sometimes, they are called ‘godfathers of AI’. The techniques the trio developed in the 2000s enabled huge breakthroughs in tasks like computer vision and speech recognition.

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) pavilion received ‘Exhibitor of the Year Award’ at 106th Indian Science Congress held at Lovely Professional University (LPU), Phagwara, Punjab. The pavilion narrated the saga of self-reliance & national pride with the ‘Make in India’ spirit was a big attraction among people, especially students visiting the pavilion and getting opportunity to interact with DRDO scientists.

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) celebrated the World Red Cross Day on May 8th. The theme of this year was “#Love. It is celebrated to commemorate the birthday of the founder of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Henry Dunant, who was born on 8 May 1828.

Surpassing Reliance Industries Limited, TCS reclaimed the status of the country’s most valued firm by market valuation. The m-cap of TCS stood at ₹8, 13,779.67 crore.

Estimates committee is one of the three financial standing committees of the parliament. The members of Estimates Committee include Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma, Danish Ali, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Rajyavardhan Rathore, D Maran, Kamlesh Paswan, Dilip Ghosh, PP Choudhary & KC Patel.

Former Chinese Premier Li Peng has died at the age of 90. He was known as “Butcher of Beijing” for his role in the Tiananmen Square crackdown on pro-democracy protesters (1989).

NCERT’s ePathshala app won the Digital India Award 2019 under the Best Mobile App category. CERT’s ePathshala app won the Digital India Award 2019 under the Best Mobile App category. The ePathshala app helps students download all educational e-resources including NCERT textbooks, audio, video, periodicals, and a variety of other digital resources.

Bajirao was born in 2001 to Renuka and Sidharth. He was the last surviving white tiger in the park. Bombay Veterinary College (BVC) conducted its post-mortem. White tigers have a normal lifespan of 12 years.

Astronomers Captured the First Image of a Black Hole which was a halo of dust and gas, tracing the outline of a colossal black hole at the center of the galaxy M87 (Messier 87) with the help of The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) observations. Black Hole.Black holes were first predicted by Einstein’s theory of relativity and these are the extreme cosmic objects, containing incredible amounts of mass within a tiny region.The galaxy is 55 million light-years away from Earth.

Stevo Pendarovski, supported by the ruling Social Democrats (SDSM), has won the North Macedonian presidency in a run-off vote, conducted on May 5, 2019. The 56-year-old garnered 51.66 percent of the vote, beating nationalist VMRO’s Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova who got 44.73 percent. The remaining 3.61 percent of the votes were void.

Qantas Explanation: The QF737 service, produced no landfill waste. The airline teamed up with composting solutions company BioPak.

Earlier, he was Executive Director of Canara Bank. He hails from Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka.

India successfully test fired the short range Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QRSAM), developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the Indian Army, from a test range along the coast of Odisha. It is a sleek and highly mobile air defence system with a strike range of 25 km to 30 km and has a capability of engaging multiple targets. It is different from normal air defence system, as this is an all-weather, all-terrain missile with electronic counter measures against jamming by aircraft radars. It was first tested in June 2017 and followed by the second successful test in July 2017. It will replace the ‘Akash’ missile defence system which is on its way out due to technological obsolescence.

He hails from a slum in Kunchi Kurve Nagar in Mumbai. Sunny has also received a Special Mention Grand Jury Prize at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.