Daily Current Affairs Quiz 15 March 2019

World Consumer Rights Day is celebrated every year on 15 March as part of an initiative by Consumer International. It was inspired by President John F Kennedy, who was the first leader in the world to address the issue of consumer rights in a special message sent to the US Congress on 15 March 1962. The theme for World Consumers day 2019 is 'Trusted Smart Products'.

IDBI Bank has been categorised as a private sector bank for regulatory purposes with effect from January 21, 2019. This follows Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) acquiring 51 per cent of the total paid-up equity share capital of the bank.

President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the Festival of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (FINE) in Gandhinagar in Gujarat on 15 March 2019. FINE is an initiative to recognise, respect, showcase, reward innovations and foster supportive ecosystem for innovators. It is aimed at providing a platform for innovators for building linkages with potential stakeholders.

Padmanaban Gopalan bagged the Commonwealth Youth Award for the Asian region.

Argentina and Colombia are poised to co-host the 2020 Copa America after South America's ruling body CONMEBOL once again ruled out a US proposal to host the tournament. The decision marks the first time in the modern Copa America era that the tournament will be split between two countries.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) is to launch the Observer App, a mobile application, that will help poll observers to submit reports.

Greta Thunberg, the Swedish schoolgirl who has inspired an international movement to fight climate change, has been nominated to receive Nobel Peace Prize 2019. If she wins, she would be the youngest recipient since Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai, who was 17 when she received the prize. She was nominated by three Norwegian MPs.

Arecanut Gets Its First GI Tag For Sirsi Supari.

Padmanaban Gopalan, the founder of No Food Waste, was named the winner of the Commonwealth Youth Award for the Asian region in London. His initiative runs a geo-mapping platform, which allows users to drop food at located 'hunger spots'. It has so far recovered over 650,000 meals across 14 cities and the platform has been used by over 12,000 volunteers.

Karnataka defeated Maharashtra by 8 wickets in the finals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. It was played at Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore. Mayank Agarwal scored an unbeaten 85 off 57 balls to help Karnataka win their first ever Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy