Daily GK Updates : 8 January 2019, Daily Current Affairs 2020:

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National (Current affairs)

♦ The 31st International Kite Festival launched in Ahmedabad

• The 31st International Kite Festival was launched at the Sabarmati riverfront in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. It was inaugurated by Chief Minister Vijay Rupani.
• The festival will be conducted from 7-14 January in different parts of the state. The festival became an identity of Gujarat.

♦ Travel and Tourism Competitiveness index: India ranked 34th

• India has moved up six places to rank 34th on world travel and tourism competitiveness index, driven by rich natural and cultural resources and strong price competitiveness.
• India’s ranking improved from 40th to 34th, the greatest improvement over 2017 among the top 25 per cent of all countries ranked in the report.

International (Current Affairs)

♦ Zoran Milanovic wins Croatia’s presidential election

• Zoran Milanovic, Croatia’s center-left former prime minister, has won the country’s presidential election, defeating center-right incumbent Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic in a second-round vote.
• Milanovic, of the Social Democrats (SDP), won 52.7% of the vote according to results released late Sunday, a larger margin than expected. Grabar-Kitarovic of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) won 47.3%.

Note: About Croatia

• Capital: Zagreb
• Currency: Croatian kuna

Banking and Financial

♦ SBI lowers GDP estimates for FY20 to 4.6% from 5%

• The research desk of State Bank of India has lowered its GDP growth forecast for FY20 to 4.6 per cent from the earlier 5 per cent. The latest SBI Ecowrap report even predicted growth rate to remain below 6 per cent for the two years in a row.
• The FY20 GDP estimate as released by the CSO pegs the GDP growth rate at 5 per cent (we had revised our GDP projection to 5 per cent in November 19), a 11-year-low.

♦ Two Indian banks to cease operations in Sri Lanka

• The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has permitted Indian private sector lenders Axis Bank and ICICI Bank to close their operations in the island nation.
• This follows requests by their parent banks. The licenses issued to them will be cancelled once the winding-up operations are complete.
• Central Bank of Sri Lanka said Two banks are no longer permitted to carry on banking operations, including accepting deposits from the public.

Note: About Sri Lanka

• Capitals: Colombo
• Currency: Sri Lankan rupee
• President: Gotabaya Rajapaksa
• Prime minister: Mahinda Rajapaksa

Sport

♦ Weightlifter Sarbjeet Kaur banned for four years for doping violation

• Weightlifter Sarbjeet Kaur has been slapped with a four-year ban for doping by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA).
• The sample of Sarbjeet, who won the 71kg event at the women’s national weightlifting championships in February 2018, was collected during 34th Women Senior National Weightlifting Championship held at Vishakhapatnam.
• “The Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel has found weightlifter Sarbjeet Kaur guilty of anti-doping rule violation. She has been imposed a penalty of ineligibility for a period of four years. Kaur was tested positive earlier following intake of the prohibited non-specified substance.

Book and Author

♦ Amit Shah releases a book ‘Karmayoddha Granth’ on the life of PM Narendra Modi

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah released the book ‘Karmyodha Granth’, written on the life of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
• He said that Narendra Modi is a sensitive man, a strict administrator and a fearless commander and has always worked on the mantra of ‘Raja Prathamo Sevak’.

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