Current Affairs 19th April 2019

Current Affairs 19th April 2019 - Important Points

• Mithali Raj named Goodwill Ambassador for - Street Child Cricket World Cup
• Liquid methane spotted on - Titan moon of Saturn
• TIME's 100 Most Influential People list published on - 17th April 2019
• India Vietnam BILAT EX Concluded on - 16th April 2019
• Wrestler Bajrang regains world no. 1 spot on - 17th April 2019

Current Affairs 19th April 2019 - Details

Mithali Raj named Goodwill Ambassador for - Street Child Cricket World Cup

 Cricketer Mithali Raj has been selected as the goodwill ambassador of the Indian team for the Street
Child Cricket World Cup. She will link with former captain Saurav Ganguly and Indian Premium League
franchise Rajasthan Royals in supportive the team India for the Street Child Cricket World Cup.
Street Child Cricket World Cup

• The 1st ever Cricket World Cup for street children will occur ahead of the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup in England and Wales.
• The Street Child Cricket World Cup goals to unite street children worldwide to play in their own
  international cricket tournament to spread awareness and handle the widespread stigma and negative treatment they face.
• Off the pitch, these youngsters will also make their voices heard and make commendations to assist improve the lives of street children around the world.

Liquid methane spotted on - Titan moon of Saturn

Using information gained by  NASA’s Cassini spacecraft , scientists have discovered that Saturn’s largest
moon Titan has small liquid lakes that are above 100m deep, perched atop hills and filled with methane.
Important Research

• Titan has landforms akin to Mesas soaring above the nearby landscape, topped with liquid lakes above 300 fts deep encompassed mainly of methane.
• Researchers suspect the lakes were formed when surrounding bedrock chemically softened and collapsed a procedure which happens with a certain type of lake on Earth.
• The experts also found ‘phantom lakes’ on Titan that during wintertime appeared to be widespread but shallow ponds but perhaps were only a few inches deep and drained into the surface by a process taking 7 years on Titan.
• The research also offered evidence about Titan’s hydrological cycle, with liquid hydrocarbons raining down from clouds, flowing across its surface and vanishing back into the sky which is equal to Earth’s water cycle.
• Experts suspect Titan could potentially could harbour life possibly in the surface bodies of liquid
  hydrocarbons due to Titan’s complex chemistry and distinguishing environments.

TIME's 100 Most Influential People list published on - 17th April 2019

The TIME’s 100 Most Influential People-2019 list was published on April 17th, 2019 specifying the world's most influential pioneers, artists, leaders, titans and icons of the year. Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, public-interest litigators Arundhati Katju and Menaka Guruswamy are among the Indians who have been involved by TIME in its 100 most influential people in the world list.
The TIME 100 list also comprises USA President Donald Trump, Pope Francis, Chinese President Xi
Jinping, Pakistan PM Imran Khan, iconic golfer Tiger Woods and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg , US-Open achiever Naomi Osaka, actor Mahershala Ali, Oscar-winner actor Rami Malek, former 1st lady
Michelle Obama, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, Oscar-winner singer and actor Lady Gaga, Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed, Special counsel Robert Mueller and Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
India Specific Highlights

• Anand Mahindra, chairman of business conglomerate the Mahindra Group writes, “Mukesh
  Ambani’s father Dhirubhai was a visionary in Indian businessperson, whose Reliance Industries
  conglomerate pioneered ways of targeting global scale.
• But, Mukesh Ambani’s vision is now even much determined than that of the father whose dedications he unfailingly invokes at the launch of each initiative.”
• Priyanka Chopra wrote about Arundhati Katju and Guruswamy, "landmark judgment", overturning a 157-years old law, was the result of a long-term campaign orchestrated by 2 amazing public-interest litigators, Katju and Guruswamy.
• In a profile for Minhaj, host of The Daily Show Trevor Noah wrote that 5 years after he 1st met
  Minhaj in 2014, "Hasan is still as fresh-faced as ever, but his voice booms across screens
  worldwide, thanks to his ground-breaking Netflix show Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj."

India Vietnam BILAT EX Concluded on - 16th April 2019

In the backdrop of the rising maritime engagement between India and Vietnam, the Indian Navy commenced the 2nd edition of the bilateral maritime exercise between Indian Navy and Vietnam Peoples’ Navy off Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam from Apr 13th to 16th, 2019.
The maiden edition was directed from May 21st to 26th, 2018 at Da Nang, Vietnam. The exercise was commenced as a part of the continuing Overseas Deployment of Eastern Fleet ships to South East Asian
nations.
Important Highlights

• The Indian Navy and the Vietnam Peoples’ Navy have conventionally shared good ties. Conduct of the bilateral exercise on a yearly basis would give a further fillip to the current strong bilateral tie between the both nations, which since Sep 16th have been elevated to the level of ‘Comprehensive Strategic Partnership’ after the visit of the Hon’ble Prime Minister to Vietnam.
• The Navy-to-Navy co-operation consists a Composite Training Program in the fields of Submarine, Aviation and Dockyard training. The both nations have also inked a pact to exchange White Shipping  Information and  have a running ‘Information Sharing’ program.
• The Indian Navy-Vietnam Peoples’ Navy Bilateral Exercise is a crucial step in further fortifying mutual confidence and inter-operability and sharing best practices between the Indian and the Vietnam Peoples’ Navies.

Wrestler Bajrang regains world no. 1 spot on - 17th April 2019

India’s Bajrang Punia has recuperated the world number 1 spot in the men's 65 kgs freestyle category, according to the latest rankings released by United World Wrestling on April 17th, 2019. The 25 years old Bajrang, had secured Gold Medal in the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games and a Silver medal in the World Championships in 2018, secured 58 ranking points ahead of Akhmed Chakaev of Russia, who has 21 points.
Punia, who is presently preparing for the Asian Wrestling Championship to be organised in China from April 23rd, had 1st reached the world number 1 spot in November 2018. He had secured a Gold Medal at the Dan Kolov-Nikola Petrov tournament in Bulgaria in March.
Bajrang Punia

• Punia was born in Khudan village, Jhajjar district, Haryana, India.
• He started wrestling at the age of 7 and  was heartened to track the sport by his father. In 2015, his family shifted to Sonepat so that he can attend a regional centre of Sports Authority of India.
• He had secured the Bronze medal in the men's freestyle 60 kgs category at the World Wrestling
  Championships in 2013.
• In the 2014 Common Wealth Games at Glasgow, Scotland, he had secured the Silver medal in the
  men's freestyle 61 kgs category, after losing 1-4 to David Tremblay of Canada.
• At the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, he had secured the Silver medal in the Men's
  freestyle 61 kgs category, after losing 1-3 to Masoud Esmaeilpour of Iran.
• At the Asian Wrestling Championships in 2014 in Astana, Kazakhstan, Punia had secured the Silver
  medal in the men's freestyle 61 kgs category, losing 0-4 to Masoud Esmaeilpour of Iran.
• He then secured a Gold Medal at the Asian Wrestling Championship organised at Delhi in 2017.
  The Wrestler then sustained his Gold Medal-winning streak by winning the Gold Medal in men's
  freestyle 65 kgs category at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, at Gold Medal Coast, Australia. 
• He secured another Gold Medal at the 2018 Asian Games in the men's freestyle 65 kgs category.