Daily Current Affairs, 24th June 2019

1) UAE launches UN-developed anti money laundering platform ‘goAML’

•The UAE has become the first country in the Gulf to launch ‘goAML’, a new anti money laundering reporting platform developed by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to curb organised crimes.

•All financial entities and Designated Non Financial Businesses or Professions have to register on ‘goAML’. The platform will help the Financial Intelligence Unit of UAE to prevent money laundering, financing of terrorism and other illicit financial activities.

2) Mohamed Ould Ghazouani elected as the president of Mauritania

•Mohamed Ould Ghazouani won the presidential election of Mauritania with 52% votes. His nearest rival, anti-slavery campaigner Biram Dah Abeid, came second with 18.58%.

•The election was the first in Mauritania, since independence from France in 1960.

3) Saudi Arabia becomes 1st Arab country to be granted full FATF membership

•Saudi Arabia has become the 1st Arab country to be granted full membership of the Financial Action Task Force. It becomes the 39th member of FATF during the group’s Annual General Meeting in Orlando, Florida.

•FATF is responsible for issuing international standards, policies and best practices to combat money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation.

4) NSIC signs MoU with CSC e-governance services India

•National Small Industries Corporation has signed an MoU with Common Service Centres e-Governance Services India. 

•The aim is to enhance new offerings for the MSME sector by synergizing each other’s competence. MoU will also enable CSCs to utilize plethora of NSIC offerings through the NSIC portal.

5) Bronze medal for India at Asian Artistic Gymnastic Championship

•India’s gymnast Pranati Nayak has won a bronze medal in the vault event at the Senior Asian Artistic Championships. The championship was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

•China’s Yu Linmin and Japan’s Ayaka Sakaguchi won the gold and silver medal at the event.

6) A first ever international 15s win for Indian women’s rugby team

•The Indian women’s rugby team have claimed a historic first ever international Rugby 15s victory. They defeated Singapore with a score of 21-19.

•The Indian team finished third in the Asia Women’s Division 1 Rugby XVs Championship held in Manila. China won the tournament after defeating the hosts Philippines.

•The tournament was one of the qualifying rounds for the 2021 Women’s Rugby World Cup to be held in New Zealand.