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Table of Contents
Banking .............................................................................................................................................. 3
Insurance .......................................................................................................................................... 7
Economy ............................................................................................................................................ 7
State ..................................................................................................................................................... 8
National............................................................................................................................................ 10
International ................................................................................................................................. 13
India & world ................................................................................................................................ 15
Appointments & Resignations ............................................................................................ 18
Ranks & Reports ......................................................................................................................... 20
Important days............................................................................................................................ 22
Sports ................................................................................................................................................ 25
Awards.............................................................................................................................................. 26
Obituaries ....................................................................................................................................... 28
Schemes........................................................................................................................................... 29
Person in News ............................................................................................................................ 30
Summits & Conference ........................................................................................................... 31
Defence ............................................................................................................................................ 33
Agreements ................................................................................................................................... 34
Books & Authors ......................................................................................................................... 36
Science & Technology .............................................................................................................. 37
Environment .................................................................................................................................. 37
Apps & Portals ............................................................................................................................. 38
Acquisitions & Mergers ........................................................................................................... 39

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Banking

❖ Reserve Bank of India reduced repo rate by 25 bps to 5.75% for third time
in a row. RBI cuts GDP growth forecast to 7 % from 7.2 % for FY20.
❖ RBI governor Viral V Acharya has resigned. NS Viswanathan (Deputy
Governor) got one-year extension.
❖ RBI observed the Financial Literacy Week on the theme of ‘Farmers’ and
how they benefit by being a part of the formal banking system.
❖ IT major TCS will implement RBI's centralised information and
management system (CIMS) for seamless data collection and validations at
a cost of ₹310.52 crore.
❖ RBI has allowed a one-time restructuring of debt up to ₹ 25 Cr. The
restructuring has to be implemented by March 31, 2020.
❖ The 8-member UK Sinha committee suggested the creation of a
Distressed Asset Fund with a corpus of ₹ 5000 Crore & Doubling the
Collateral free loan limit to ₹ 20 Lakh.
❖ Ministry of MSME established an Export Promotion Cell which sets the target
of USD 100 billion of exports from India by 2020.
❖ RBI expert committee recommended a government-sponsored Fund of
Funds (FoF) of Rs 10,000 crore to support VC or PE firms investing in the
MSME sector.
❖ RBI raised the limit of collateral-free agricultural loans to ₹1.6 lakh from
the current ₹1 lakh with a view to help small and marginal farmers.
❖ Indian Banking Association requested banks to waive off the service
charges for Kisan Credit Card/crop loans up to a limit of Rs 3 Lakhs.
❖ The government launched the ‘Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi
Programme to provide direct income support at the rate of ₹ 6000/yr.
❖ RBI sets up a committee headed by VG Kannan to review ATM charges
and fees.
❖ RBI relaxed norms for White Label ATM (WLA) operators & allowed them to
buy wholesale cash directly from RBI.
❖ RBI released a vision document, 'Payment and Settlement Systems in
India: Vision 2019 - 2021'.
❖ RBI removed charges for payments via Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS)
and National Electronics Funds Transfer (NEFT).
❖ Nandan Nilekani committee has submitted its report on Digital Payments.
It recommended the target for additional growth of 10x in three years
❖ NPCI slashed usage fees for small transactions. For UPI transactions up to
₹1,000, the charge has been cut to 10 paise from 25 paise.
❖ RBI doubled the limit for banks to consider ₹2 crore and more as bulk
deposits from the earlier ₹1 crore .
❖ The Cabinet approved Rs 6,000 Crore capital infusion for EXIM Bank.
❖ RBI came out with a new policy for overseas borrowings which allows the
entities to raise foreign funding up to $750 million.
❖ RBI allows manufacturing companies to raise up to $ 50 million per financial
year with a maturity period of 1 year.

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❖ RBI mandated banks to disclose divergence when the additional

provisioning for NPAs assessed by RBI exceeds 10%.
❖ RBI stated that the lenders must resolve NPA over Rs 2,000 crore within
180 days.
❖ GoI stated that the number of wilful defaulters has risen 60% in the 5 years
up to FY19, but over ₹ 7600 Cr has been recovered from these defaulters.
❖ Karnataka Bank has launched the web tool ‘Vasool So-Ft’ for digitalizing the
NPA recovery process of the bank.
❖ According to the RBI Report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India,
number of complaints registered at banking ombudsman offices has
increased to 25%.
❖ RBI launched the ombudsman scheme for digital payments to redress the
grievances. It is working from 21 offices of the Banking Ombudsman.
❖ RBI notified that Non-banking financial companies with asset size of more
than Rs 5,000 crore should appoint a chief risk officer.
❖ RBI launched the Complaint Management System for lodging complaints
against banks & NBFCs.
❖ L&T Infrastructure Finance Company has become first NBFC to get $100
million loan from AIIB.
❖ State Bank of India has introduced a repo rate-linked home loan product.
So, the home loan interest rate will work out to 8.40 %.
❖ SBI linked its interest rate on savings bank deposits with a balance above
₹1 lakh & short-term loans to RBI's repo rate.
❖ SBI has launched doorstep banking service for senior citizens over 70 years
& differently abled customers.
❖ SBI launched card less ATM withdrawals with YONO Cash. It will be called
YONO Cash Point.
❖ SBI and Hitachi Payment Services Pvt Ltd launched their merchant-
acquiring joint venture, SBI Payment Services Pvt Ltd (SBIPSPL) in
Mumbai.
❖ SBI announced ‘Green Car Loan’ scheme to encourage customers to buy
electric vehicles.
❖ PAISALO Digital signed an agreement with SBI to empower the agriculture
and MSME segment.
❖ SBI has signed MoU with Bank of China to enhance business synergies
between both the banks.
❖ RBI has assigned lead bank responsibility to SBI for 2 new districts (Mulugu
& Narayanpet) in Telangana & 1 district (Niwari) in Madhya Pradesh.
❖ SBI and National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) inked a MoU
to boost the availability of capital for infrastructure projects.
❖ According to the RBI data, the financial transactions done by the debit cards
at POS terminals increased by 27% compared to Mar 2018.
❖ BharatPe has launched India’s first UPI BahiKhata (Digital Ledger) for
merchants.
❖ Canara Bank has become the 1st public sector bank to shift to EMV chip &
PIN for card transactions.

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❖ Kotak Bank has become the first bank to levy charges on UPI transactions
after its 30 UPI free transactions.
❖ Amazon has launched UPI payments in India partnering with Axis Bank to
issue UPI IDs to its customers.
❖ ICICI Bank launched a centre in Bengaluru to provide business solutions to
start-ups and MSME sector.
❖ A unit of Edelweiss Financial Services, ‘ECL Finance’ signed an agreement
with Bank of Baroda to explore co-lending or co-origination of loans to small
businesses.
❖ Maruti Suzuki has signed an MoU with Bank of Baroda to improve credit for
its dealers and customers.
❖ ICICI bank has partnered with Fin Credit to provide loans up to ₹ 1 Crore
for a tenure of 15 years.
❖ The Survey on Retail Payment Habits of Individuals launched by Reserve
Bank of India to capture retail payment habits in 6 cities.
❖ YES bank has bagged the 9th edition of Aegis Graham Bell Award 2018 for
Innovation in Data Science. The event was hosted by Government of Goa.
❖ Kisan Suvidha loan for farmers was launched to offer collateral – free loans
by Ujjivan Small Finance Bank.
❖ V Vaidyanathan has been appointed as the MD and CEO of IDFC First
Bank.
❖ Open Banking Next-Gen Banking Solutions was launched by DCB Bank.
❖ Indian bank has bagged Best Bank Award from Tamil Nadu government.
❖ Reserve Bank of India re-categorized IDBI Bank as a Private Sector Bank.
LIC acquired 51% of the total paid-up equity share capital of IDBI bank.
❖ Korean Exim Bank has given 4100 crore loan for Visakhapatnam Metro
Rail project.
❖ 14th CII-EXIM Bank Conclave was organized by the Ministry of Commerce
& Industry in association with Confederation of Indian Industry and EXIM
Bank of India in New Delhi.
❖ Reserve Bank of India withdrew the 20 percent limit on investments by
FPIs in corporate bonds of an entity.
❖ Bombay Stock Exchange tied up with HDFC Bank to spread awareness
about the benefits of listing on BSE Start-up’s platform.
❖ According to the World’s Best Bank survey by Forbes, HDFC Bank has
emerged as India’s No 1 bank.
❖ Fincare Small Finance Bank has been awarded the prestigious Celent
Model Bank 2019 award.
❖ NRI – Insta Online account was launched for NRIs residing in Financial
Action Task Force member countries by IDBI Bank.
❖ Paytm First Card has launched to offer unlimited 1% cash back on
purchases in association with Citi Bank
❖ ‘Corp SME Suvidha’ for GST registered MSMEs has been launched by
Corporation Bank.
❖ Karnataka Bank launched a new Savings Bank product for salaried class
with 3 variants (SB salary Executive, SB Salary Prime, SB Salary Classic).
❖ Bank on Wheels facility was launched by Indian Overseas Bank.

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❖ Bank credit grew by 13.2% in FY19 as compared to 10.3% in the

previous FY, mainly aided by loans to services and retail sector.
❖ NABARD announced a Rs 700-cr venture capital fund for equity
investments in agri. & rural-focused start-ups.
❖ The RBI formed a committee headed by Harsh Vardhan to review the
existing state of mortgage securitisation.
❖ RBI constituted a 6-member task force under the chairmanship of T. N.
Manoharan on development of secondary market for corporate loans.
❖ SEBI sets up a working group, headed by NSE Clearing Ltd., to review the
current framework of margins in the futures and options segment.
❖ IRDAI sets up a panel headed by Pravin Kutumbe to identity
domestically systemically important insurers (SII) and put in place an
enhanced regulatory framework for them.
❖ IRDAI has set up a 13-member committee under IRDAI Executive
Director Suresh Mathur to review the regulatory framework on
microinsurance.
❖ SEBI has constituted a committee under the leadership of Sankar De to
make strategy for effective execution and delivery of research objectives.
❖ 7-Member Group of Ministers constituted under the chairmanship of Nitin
Patel for boosting the Real Estate Sector under the GST regime.
❖ RBI divested its entire stake worth Rs 1450 crores in NHB and Rs 20
crores in NABARD.
❖ RBI relaxed the leverage ratio to 4% for Domestic Systemically Important
Banks & 3.5% for other banks effective from the quarter commencing Oct
1, 2019.
❖ RBI will shortly issue Rs 20 denomination banknotes. It will be greenish-
yellow in colour and will have the motif of Ellora Caves on the reverse
side.
❖ SEBI has approved an ‘Airport’ specific fund- ‘Taking Off to The Future
Airport Fund’ to raise a capital of up to Rs 10,000 crore ‘Category II
Alternative Investment Fund’.
❖ RBI has asked Commercial Banks to adopt Education Loan Scheme. Under
the scheme, students can get Collateral free loans upto Rs 7.5 Lakh.
❖ RBI will come out with a mobile application to help visually challenged
people in identifying currency notes as cash.
❖ AIIB will give a $100-million loan to L&T Infrastructure Finance Company
for wind and solar infrastructure projects in India.
❖ RBI finalised a three- year roadmap ‘Utkarsh 2022’ to improve regulation
and supervision, among other functions of the central bank
❖ RBI has set up a 6-member working group headed by Tapan Ray to
review the regulatory and supervisory framework for core investment
companies.
❖ ICICI Bank has tied up with NBFC IndoStar Capital for vehicle financing
for small and medium fleet owners to buy new & old commercial vehicles.

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Current Policy Rates & Reserve Ratios

Policy/Exchange rate & Reserve Percentage
Ratio
Repo Rate 5.75%
Reverse Repo Rate 5.50%
Marginal Standing Facility rate 6.00%
Bank Rate 6.00%
Cash Reserve Ratio 4%
Statutory Liquidity Ratio 18.75%

Insurance
❖ LIC Housing Finance launched skilling centre, ‘Udyam’ in Bengaluru.
❖ Life Insurance Corporation launched a new microinsurance plan 'Micro
Bachat'. It provides the coverage up to ₹ 2 Lakh.
❖ MobiKwik with ICICI Prudential rolled out group microinsurance
product. It offers a life cover of ₹ 1 Lakh for a monthly premium of ₹ 20.
❖ PNB MetLife signed P.V. Sindhu as its brand ambassador. She would
support various initiatives under project Damini.
❖ Govt expects to complete the merger of three general insurance
companies namely National Insurance Company, United India
Insurance Company and Oriental India Insurance Company by
2019-20.
❖ SBI General Insurance collaborated with Policybazaar.com to sell SBI
Travel Insurance. The maximum travel duration is 180 days.
❖ ICICI Lombard & Mobikwik announced a partnership to offer cyber-
insurance.
❖ Bharti AXA General Insurance conferred with the 'Non-Life Insurer of
The Year Award 2019 by the Assocham.
❖ Aviva Life Insurance announced to launch ‘Wings.’ It is an initiative of the
SHE division of the company, for mentoring all the women employees.
❖ Airtel Payments Bank partnered with Bharti AXA Life Insurance to offer
Bharti AXA Life POS Saral Jeevan Bima Yojana.

Economy

❖ According to the NSSO, the unemployment rate surged to over 6% in

2017-18. It stood at 7.8% in urban areas & 5.3% in rural areas.
❖ The government revised its forecast for GDP growth for 2017-18 to 7.2%
from the earlier estimate of 6.7%.
❖ CSO revised the nation’s actual growth rate in 2016-17 to 8.2% from
7.1% while nominal GDP has been revised upwards to 11.5% from
10.8%.

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❖ According to Asian Development Bank, The Asia-Pacific region is expected

to power ahead growing at 5.7%.
❖ The government has yielded ₹700 cr through the first-ever sale of 'enemy
shares'.
❖ Government recently sold "enemy" shares worth Rs 1,150 crore in IT
major Wipro.
❖ India has retained its top spot on remittances in 2018, according to the
World Bank's Migration and Development Brief.
❖ RBI, the first central bank in the Asia-Pacific region to begin an explicit
interest rate easing cycle buoyed by benign food inflation
❖ Nagaland has the highest unemployment rate followed by Goa &
Manipur, Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) NSSO.
❖ The government has reduced the contribution under the Employees’ State
Insurance Act to 4% from 6.5%.
❖ FDI into India increased by 6% to $42 billion in 2018, according to the
UNCTAD.
❖ The expert committee for Macroeconomics & Employment came out with
suggestion to achieve $5 Trillion economy target.
❖ Govt constituted a Working Group under the chairmanship of Ramesh
Chand for the revision of the current series of Wholesale Price Index.
❖ Confederation of Indian Industry launched a Fiscal Performance Index to
assess state and central budgets.
❖ According to the CRISIL report, the NPAs stock has declined to 9.3% as of
Mar 2019.
❖ India will overtake the UK to become the world's 5th biggest economy and
will surpass Japan to be the third largest in 2025.
❖ India lifted 271 million people out of poverty between 2006 & 2016
according to the report UN.
❖ The government has set a target to raise health services expenditure to
2.5% of the country's GDP by 2025.

State
❖ Meghalaya became the 1st state to ensure conservation of water & have
water policy.
❖ Andhra Pradesh topped the 2018 Ease of Doing Business Index ABC
rankings of India followed by Maharashtra and Delhi.
❖ Odisha launched the interest-free loans of up to ₹3 lakh for women self-
help groups.
❖ Govt has notified a High-Level Committee headed by MP Bezbarauah for
execution of Clause 6 of Assam Accord.
❖ Veer Savarkar International Airport in Port Blair declared as an authorized
Immigration Check post for entry into/exit from India.
❖ Ujjwala Sanitary Napkin initiative launched in Bhubaneswar to provide
access to hygiene products.
❖ Telangana government has decided to form a 'State Tiger Protection Force'
to save the Big Cat population in the State.

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❖ An All-Women Squad named as ‘JOYMATI BAHINI’ of the Railway

Protection Force introduced at Kamkhaya Railway Station in Guwahati.
❖ Kerala Police introduced the country’s first humanoid robot called ‘KP-Bot’.
❖ The Himachal Pradesh government makes Sanskrit the second official
language of the state.
❖ Kerala state has come up with an action plan to generate public awareness
on the harmful effects of trans fatty acids.
❖ Punjab approved ‘Smart Village Campaign’ worth ₹ 384.40 Crore to
supplement the ongoing works to build village infrastructure and provide
essential amenities.
❖ Sikkim has signed a MoU with Microsoft to transform the educational
landscape.
❖ Andhra Pradesh govt built India’s first district cooling system in Amravati
in the collaboration with UAE based international cooling provider.
❖ Indus river dolphin declared as Punjab’s state aquatic animal.
❖ Meghalaya renamed the Dikkibandi stadium after former Lok Sabha
Speaker Purno A Sangma.
❖ Assam government has launched PRANAM Commission to Protect
Parents of Govt Employees.
❖ Odisha has launched a boat ambulance service in remote areas at a cost of
Rs 5.40 crore.
❖ Tashigang, a Himachal Pradesh (HP) village is the highest polling station in
the world.
❖ Ola has signed an MoU with Telangana to support the efforts in
strengthening traffic infrastructure.
❖ Telangana state was ranked number one in eLearning training for field staff.
❖ According to National Green Tribunal, Maharashtra has the highest number
of polluted rivers.
❖ Kerala became the first state to list masala bond in London Stock Exchange.
❖ Indian Navy’s first full-fledged Service Selection Board inaugurated by Sunil
Lanba at Kolkata.
❖ The first unmanned substation will be upgraded in Chennai.
❖ Chhattisgarh police deployed first ever anti – Naxal women’s commando
unit called 'Danteshwari Ladake'.
❖ Mangaluru City Police has launched an all-women police patrol unit "Rani
Abbakka Force"
❖ 'Tree Ambulance' service’ was launched in Chennai.
❖ The Bongaigaon district of Assam has developed a ‘Sankalp’ app to react
out the voters.
❖ The 40th International Annual Desert Festival was held in Jaisalmer.
❖ Boori Boot Yollo Festival was celebrated in Arunachal Pradesh.
❖ The Attukal Pongala Festival was hosted in Thiruvananthapuram.
❖ 9 day long International Kite Festival was held in Ahmedabad.
❖ The second edition of Orange Festival organized in Nagpur.
❖ A Month-long Festival of India was held in Kathmandu.
❖ Delhi Metro has become the first ever project in the country to receive
power generated from a waste-to-energy plant.

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❖ L&T Financial Services launched an educational programme ‘Digital Sakhi’

in 2 villages of Villupuram districts in Tamil Nadu.
❖ Odisha government unveiled a Flood Hazard Atlas for better preparedness.
❖ The 10th National Science Film Festival of India (NSFFI) will be organised
in Tripura in 2020 to raise awareness about science and environment
through films.
❖ Odisha government decided to provide transportation cost to school
students.
❖ Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation project on the Godavari river was dedicated to
the nation by Telangana CM K Chandrashekhar Rao.
❖ WHO has selected the Rajasthan govt’s Medical & Health Department for
its award in recognition of its achievements in the field of tobacco control.
❖ Bancha in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh has become the first solar
kitchen only village in India.
❖ Mela Kheer Bhawani Festival is celebrated in Kashmir.
❖ ADB will provide Rs 1,650 crore to develop infrastructure in 7 districts
headquarter towns of Tripura.
❖ Kerala govt. is working to set up the country’s 1st elephant rehabilitation
centre in Kottoor, an ecotourism village near Thiruvananthapuram.
❖ Pink City Jaipur, known for its iconic architectural legacy and vibrant
culture, has made its entry into the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.
❖ Delhi police has signed a pact with Solar Energy Corporation of India to
support the implementation of grid-connected rooftop solar photovoltaic
systems.
❖ Rajiv Gandhi International Airport has initiated Face Recognition system on
a trial basis for passengers.

National

❖ Union Cabinet approved the 10% reservation for economically weaker

sections in direct recruitment. Gujarat became the first state to
implement it.
❖ India’s second defence innovation hub set up in Nashik, Maharashtra after
Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu.
❖ The Unique Identification Authority of India has set up its first ‘Aadhaar
Seva Kendra’ in Delhi and Vijayawada.
❖ Andaman and one island from Nicobar have been selected to fly seaplanes
under UDAN – 3.
❖ The 5th Regional Centre of National Institute of Public Cooperation and
Child Development opened in Mohali, Punjab.
❖ India’s longest 300-meter single- lane steel cable suspension bridge
named Byorung Bridge over Siang River inaugurated in Upper Siang,
Arunachal Pradesh.
❖ The fourth edition of Bharat Parv, showcasing the spirit of Ek Bharat
Shreshtha Bharat held at New Delhi.

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❖ The Subhash Chandra Bose museum has inaugurated at Red Fort in the
dedication of Netaji and Indian National Army.
❖ Unispace Nanosatellite Assembly & Training programme of ISRO held at
Bengaluru.
❖ Civil Aviation ministry in association with Goa govt launched the country’s
1st Geographical Indication (GI) store at Dabolim International Airport.
❖ Government has issued guidelines to set up EV charging stations in every
25 km.
❖ Rajnath Singh launched Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) to
give access for a pan-India distressed call at 112.
❖ Suresh Prabhu launched SWAYATT to promote Start-ups, Women and
Youth Advantage through eTransactions on Government e-Marketplace in
New Delhi.
❖ Rajnath Singh inaugurated a national cyber forensic lab & Delhi Police's
cyber-crime unit ‘CyPAD’.
❖ Govt launched Operation Digital Board on the lines of Operation
Blackboard to provide better digital education.
❖ Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs launched Shehri Samridhi to extend
the outreach of Deendayal Antyodaya Mission – National Urban
Livelihoods Mission.
❖ India has become into the world's 2nd largest LPG consumer whose
demand is projected to rise 34% by 2025.
❖ PM Modi flagged off India's first semi-high-speed train, the Vande Bharat
Express from New Delhi to Varanasi.
❖ India's first 'fulldome 3D Digital Theatre' was inaugurated by Minister
Mahesh Sharma in Kolkata.
❖ PM Narendra Modi dedicated the National War Memorial, New Delhi.
❖ Rail Drishti dashboard launched to bring information from various sources
on a single platform under 15 user-friendly categories.
❖ Prakash Javadekar launched the Scheme for Higher Education Youth in
Apprenticeship and Skills (SHREYAS) for providing industry apprenticeship
opportunities.
❖ Indian railways announced the new zone named South Coast Railway
(18th zone) headquartered at Visakhapatnam.
❖ National Policy on Software Products - 2019 was approved to develop
India as a Software Product Nation.
❖ India’s first monorail was inaugurated in Mumbai, implemented by the
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority.
❖ One Nation, One Card for transport mobility was launched in Ahmedabad
named National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) issued by banks.
❖ Amitabh Kant will head National Mission on Transformative Mobility &
Battery Storage to promote clean and sustainable mobility initiatives.
❖ Microsoft has partnered with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to
promote ‘Sangam’ project to accelerate Swachh Bharat Mission.
❖ The Centre for Disability Sports has been set up at Gwalior in Madhya
Pradesh with an estimated cost of Rs 170.99 crore.

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❖ India’s first Oil Museum is set to come up in Guwahati, named after KD

Malaviya called the father of India’s hydrocarbon industry.
❖ The Integral Coach Factory (ICF) of the Indian Railways has become the
World’s largest rail coach manufacturer.
❖ India's first 'Voter Park' was inaugurated in Gurugram aimed at increasing
voter awareness and educating people about the electoral process.
❖ BSNL received the license from the Department of Telecommunications to
provide Internet and mobile services on flights. Its satellite partner is
Inmarsat.
❖ BSNL partnered with Google to increase access to its WiFi footprint in
India.
❖ BSNL become the first operator to begin optical fibre-based high-speed
broadband service in Pulwama with launch of 'Bharat Fibre'.
❖ CSC’s e-Governance Services India Limited (Ministry of Electronics & IT)
has tied up with IIT - Kanpur to upscale ‘Unnat Bharat Abhiyan’.
❖ India re-elected as an observer to Arctic Council. The 11th Arctic Council
ministerial meeting was held at Rovaniemi, Finland.
❖ India co-chairs the Consultative Group of Global Facility for Disaster
Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) for the fiscal year 2020.
❖ India elected to the Executive Board of the 1st UN-Habitat Assembly being
held in Nairobi. Theme: UN-Habitat Assembly -"Innovation for Better
Quality of Life in Cities and Communities".
❖ Govt decided to merge the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) and the
National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) to form a National Statistical Office
(NSO).
❖ Anil Kakodkar panel recommended a higher natural gas price for
producers from existing discoveries
❖ Ministry of Information and Broadcasting instituted Antarashtriya Yoga
Diwas Media Samman from year 2019.
❖ Union Minister for Tribal Affairs launched the e-governance initiatives
named SabkaSaath, SabkaVikas and SabkaVishwas for ST Welfare
schemes.
❖ The Centre sets target of providing clean drinking water to all by 2024.
❖ Hardeep Singh Puri launched Swachh Survekshan 2020 League in New
Delhi, a quarterly cleanliness assessment of cities and towns in India.
❖ PM Modi reconstituted NITI Aayog, renaming Rajiv Kumar as its VC and
Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman & Narendra Singh Tomar
as its ex-officio members.
❖ Delhi announced free Delhi Metro and DTC bus rides for women in the
capital city.
❖ Government plans to provide broadband connectivity under BharatNet
Project to all gram panchayats in the country.
❖ Govt developed a National Strategic Plan to eradicate Tuberculosis by
2025. India ranks 35th in the world in terms of TB cases per lakh
population.
❖ Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat asserted that flow of
raw sewage into the river Ganga will be completely stopped by 2022.

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❖ Former ISRO chief Dr. Kasturirangan led Committee submitted the draft
National Educational Policy (NEP) to the HRD Minister.
❖ Indore’s Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar airport declared as an international
airport, considered as the busiest airport in Central India.
❖ HRD Ministry has released a 5-year vision plan named Education Quality
Upgradation & Inclusion Programme (EQUIP).
❖ Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation launched India’s
first Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) dashboard.
❖ India announced an ambitious aim to set up 500 GW of renewable energy
capacity by 2030.
❖ Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurated the Central Command Centre for Air
Traffic Flow Management in New Delhi to ensure higher standards of
safety.
❖ The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas constituted a panel headed by
Kirit Parikh to review the existing structure of LPG marketing in India.
❖ Microsoft will launch AI digital labs in India in collaboration with 10 higher
educational institutions.
❖ A museum exhibiting Sikh culture & tradition opened in Ranchi.
❖ The two-day Elephanta Festival organised in Mumbai.
❖ Hero MotoCorp becomes the 1st company to get BS VI certification for its
Hero Splendor iSmart
❖ The ‘Chintan Baithak’ held by the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy to
review the progress made in the sector.
❖ India's first highway corridors with charging stations for EV are expected
to come up along the Delhi-Jaipur & Delhi-Agra highways by 2020.
❖ University Grants Commission approved a new Scheme for Trans-
disciplinary Research for India's Developing Economy.
❖ Jal Shakti Abhiyan launched across the country to accelerate water
harvesting & conservation measures.

International

❖ Google unit won approval from the FCC to deploy a radar-based motion
sensing device known as Project Soli.
❖ France introduced a new “GAFA tax” (Google, Apple, Facebook and
Amazon) on global internet, technology firms.
❖ US and Israel officially quit United Nation's Educational, Scientific &
Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
❖ Jair Bolsonaro has been sworn in as the 42nd president of Brazil.
❖ Mohammad Shtayyeh was named as the Prime Minister of Palestine by
the President of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas.
❖ Zuzana Caputova sworn in as the nation’s first female president of
Slovakia.
❖ Abdelkader Bensalah appointed as Algeria’s New President.
❖ Benjamin Netanyahu was elected as Israel’s Prime Minister.
❖ Jean Michel Lapin has been appointed as the Prime Minister of Haiti.

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❖ Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been elected as the president of Ukraine.

❖ Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga has resigned as the Prime Minister of Mali.
❖ British PM Theresa May has resigned after a 3-year tenure.
❖ Cyril Ramaphosa re-elected as the president of South Africa.
❖ Joko Widodo has been elected as Indonesia’s president for a second term.
❖ United Arab Emirates Central Bank & the Saudi Arabian Monetary
Authority launched a common digital currency called ‘Aber’.
❖ Macedonia has been renamed as Republic of North Macedonia
❖ Malaysia’s King Muhammad V resigned before completing their five-year
tenure.
❖ Abu Dhabi Judicial Department recognised Hindi as its third official
language after Arabic and English.
❖ The World’s first female AI news anchor unveiled in China.
❖ J.P. Morgan became the first U.S. bank to create and test a digital coin for
payments called the JPM Coin.
❖ Facebook launched a digital skilling and mentorship initiative named
GOAL (Going Online As Leaders) across five states in India.
❖ Muhammadu Buhari elected as the President of Nigeria.
❖ Kazakhstan's Parliament renamed the country's capital Astana as
‘Nursultan’.
❖ Marshall Islands became the 1st country ever to launch decentralized
national digital currency SOV.
❖ The world's largest e-waste recycling facility opened in Dubai.
❖ Oslo has become the world's first city to install wireless induction-based
fast-charging systems for electric taxis.
❖ Russia tests the world's first floating nuclear power plant Akademik
Lomonosov (Chernobyl on ice).
❖ London became the first city in the world to implement a special Ultra
Low Emission Zone.
❖ South Korea launched the world’s first nationwide 5G mobile networks.
❖ UK became the first national legislative body in the world to declare a
‘climate change emergency’.
❖ Ireland became the second country in the world to declare a climate
emergency.
❖ Saudi government has approved the scheme ‘Privileged Iqama’ for
permanent residency.
❖ Japan has begun testing its latest and fastest bullet train ‘Shinkansen
ALFA-X’.
❖ Iraq become India’s top crude oil supplier in 2018-19 fiscal year.
❖ Nepal Rastra Bank banned the use of Chinese digital wallets WeChat Pay
and Alipay income due to illegal use of those payment applications by
Chinese tourists.
❖ Taiwan’s legislature legalizes same-sex marriage. Thailand is also
exploring the legalization of same-sex civil partnerships.
❖ Facebook has chosen London as the centre for the global roll-out of
WhatsApp payments.
❖ NASA unveiled the calendar for the "Artemis" 2024 Moon mission.

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❖ Saudi Arabia became the first Arab country to be granted full membership
of the Financial Action Task Force.
❖ Luxembourg will host AIIB’s annual meeting next month, the first time
the gathering has taken place outside of Asia.
❖ Canada has banned the single – use of plastics from 2021 to reduce
ocean wastes.
❖ Mexico became the first country to ratify the North American Free Trade
Agreement at the behest of U.S. President Donald Trump.
❖ IAAF will be renamed as ‘World Athletics’. The decision was taken during
the 217th executive council meeting of the organisation held in Monaco.
❖ Qantas has operated world’s 1st zero waste commercial flight. It aims to
eliminate 100 million single-use plastics by the end of 2020 & to reduce
75% of waste by 2021.
❖ IBRD (World Bank) and Commonwealth Bank have enabled secondary
market trading recorded on the blockchain for bond-i.
❖ Mohamed Ould Ghazouani elected as the President of Mauritania.
❖ Kassym-Jomart Tokayev elected as the new president of Kazakhstan.
❖ Nayib Bukele sworn-in as the President of El Salvador.
❖ Prayuth Chan-ocha elected as the Prime Minister of Thailand.
❖ Reliance Jio launched a new initiative called ‘Digital Udaan’, roping
Facebook
❖ New Zealand banned single-use plastic shopping bags & introducing hefty
fines for businesses that continue to provide them.

India & world

❖ India & South Africa sealed 3-year strategic programme to boost
cooperation in the key areas including defence, trade & investment etc.
❖ India has taken over operations of the strategic Chabahar port. This is the
1st time India will be operating a port outside its territory.
❖ India & Norway discussed extensively to collaborate for development of
Ocean Economy, achieving Sustainable Development and to Counter
Terrorism.
❖ India & Uzbekistan signed a deal to supply of uranium to power its
domestic atomic reactors.
❖ HRD Ministry signed a MoU with Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development for India’s Participation in Programme for International
Student Assessment (PISA) -2021.
❖ The Coal ministry has signed an agreement with Poland to foster relations
in the field of coal mining and clean coal technologies.
❖ India & Germany decided to work on developing reference documents for
the textile sector, water and waste management.
❖ India & Finland signed a MoU to explore newer research activities and
application possibilities in the field of remote sensing of the earth, satellite
communication.
❖ India & Saud Arabia signed a MoU to attract potential investments into
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❖ India and Sweden concluded a security protection agreement that will

enable both countries to share classified information with each other.
❖ The cabinet approved the MoU between India & Argentina on
cooperation in the field of Medical Products Regulation.
❖ India and Maldives signed three agreements on visa facilitation for
diplomatic and official passport holders, development cooperation
and renewable energy.
❖ Ministry of HRD has signed an MoU with the Afghanistan to work on
digital education initiatives.
❖ The cabinet approved the MoUs between India and Croatia in the field of
tourism.
❖ MoU approved between India and South Korea on start-up cooperation.
❖ The Cabinet approved MoU between India & Morocco to promote the
exchange of information and technical cooperation in the field of housing
and human settlement.
❖ The Cabinet has approved the MoUs with 3 countries- UK (Cancer
Research Initiative), Germany (Safety Occupational and Health) & Austria
(Road Infrastructure Sector).
❖ US and India agreed to strengthen security and civil nuclear cooperation,
deciding to build six US nuclear power plants in India.
❖ India and Bolivia signed 8 MoUs in the fields of culture, exchange, Visa
waiver arrangement, mining, space, medicine, the establishment of
Centre of Excellence in IT & Bi-Oceanic Railway project.
❖ NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and UNICEF India signed a
MoU
❖ India & Sweden launched a joint programme that will work towards
addressing a range of challenges around smart cities & clean
technologies.
❖ India and Chile agreed to work together to strengthen the global
response to defeat and destroy terrorism in all its forms and
manifestations.
❖ India will build a cancer hospital in Kenya in collaboration with Japan &
will partner with the UAE to set up an Information & Communications
Technology (ICT) centre in Ethiopia.
❖ Israel proposed India to be the focus country in Jerusalem Film Festival,
2020.
❖ India and China signed a protocol for the export of Indian chilli meal to
China.
❖ India and Australia agreed to further deepen counter-terrorism co-
operation.
❖ Konkan Railways Corporation Ltd has signed a contract agreement with
Nepal's Department of Railways to supply two 1600 HP DEMU train sets.
❖ Australia and India decided to move forward towards a classified-level
communications environment.
❖ Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone will set up its 1st container terminal
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❖ India & Japan have discussed strengthening collaboration in the area of

skill development & increasing bilateral technical exchanges.
❖ India & France have decided to deepen the cooperation in the
cybersecurity sector & work towards curbing the use of the Internet for
terrorist purposes & online radicalization.
❖ India has signed an agreement with the Marshall Islands, enabling the
exchange of information, including banking and ownership information.
❖ The IAF has signed a Rs 300 crore deal with an Israeli defence firm to
procure a batch of SPICE 2000 guided bombs.
❖ India & China agreed to seek a fair, reasonable &mutually acceptable
solution to the boundary question through negotiations.
❖ India & Indonesia sets an ambitious USD 50 billion target for bilateral
trade over the next six years.
❖ India has extended USD 15 million assistance to Niger for organizing the
African Union (AU) summit scheduled to be held in Niamey.

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Appointments & Resignations

Appointment/Resignation Post
Anshula Kant MD and CFO of World Bank
Krishnaswamy Natarajan Indian Coast Guard Chief
Qu Dongyu Head, Food and Agriculture Organization
Tijjani Muhammad-Bande President of the General Assembly
Gianni Infantino President, FIFA
Sarada Kumar Hota Managing Director, National Housing
Board
PB Acharya Manipur Governor
Rakesh Makhija Chairman, Axis Bank
Azim Premji (Resignation) Chairman, Wipro
Ajai Kumar (Resignation) Non-Executive Director, YES Bank
Mrutyunjay Mohapatra IMD Chief
Arvind Kumar IB Chief
Samant Kumar Goel RAW Chief
Thawarchand Gehlot Rajya Sabha Leader
Virendra Kumar Pro-tem speaker of Lok Sabha
Tapan Ray Managing Director, GIFT City
Ajay Singh IATA Board
Sachin Bansal Director, Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
Karambir Singh Navy Chief
Rajiv Mehrishi External Auditor of WHO
Amit Agarwal Chairman, Internet and Mobile
Association of India
Pankaj Razdan (Resignation) CEO, Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance
Krishnamurthy Subramanian Advisory Council Member – Finance
Commission
Dinesh Pangtey CEO of LIC Mutual Fund
Nitin Chugh MD & CEO, Ujjivan SFB
GS Lakshmi ICC Match Referee
Rama Subramaniam Gandhi Director, YES Bank
Igor Stimac Football Team Coach, India
Bhushan Patil (Resignation) President, Paytm
M Jayshree Vyas Independent Director, BSE
Madan B Lokur Supreme Court Judge of Fiji
Balachandra Y V COO, Karnataka Bank
Gokuldas Pai CBO, Karnataka Bank
Sandeep Patil Managing Director, True Caller
Suresh Kumar CTO, CDO of Walmart
Dilip Kumar Special Duty Officer in Lokpal office
Manu Sawhney Chief Executive, ICC
David Malpass President, World Bank

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Graham Reid Chief coach, Hockey India

Vikramjit Sahney President, International Chamber of
Commerce
Bibhu Kalyan Nayak Chairman ,International Hockey
Federation (FIH)
Najma Akhtar VC, Jamia Millia Islamia University
Vipin Anand Managing Director, LIC
Rajesh Kumar Yaduvanshi Executive Director ,Punjab National Bank
Sairee Chahal Board of directors, Paytm Payments Bank
Ltd (PPB)
CS Rajan Managing Director, IL&FS
Kaushik Shaparia India Chief, Deutsche Bank
Ajay Narayan Jha Member of Finance Commission
Hasmukh Adhia Non-Executive Chairman of BoB
Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al- Asian Olympic chief
Sabah
Nagendra Nath Sinha MD, NHAI Chief
Ajit Kumar Mohanty BARC Director
Subhash Chandra Garg Finance Secretary
Kummanam Rajasekharan Mizoram governor
(Resignation)
Soumya Swaminathan Chief Scientist at WHO
Ashu Khullar CEO of CITI Bank India
MR Kumar LIC Chairman
Pramod Sawant Chief Minister, Goa
Naveen Patnaik Chief Minister, Odisha
Pema Khandu Chief Minister, Arunachal Pradesh
Jaganmohan Reddy Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh
Prem Singh Tamang Chief Minister, Sikkim
Pinaki Chandra Ghose India’s First Lokpal
DK Jain BCCI Ombudsman & ad-hoc Ethics Officer
Rustom Irani Managing Director, Hitachi Payments
Rishi Kumar Shukla Chief, CBI
Anirban Mukherjee CEO, PayU India
Pramod Chandra Mody Chairman, CBDT
Sushil Chandra Election Commissioner
Analjit Singh Chairman, Max Life, Max India
Suresh Vaswani Independent Director, Vodafone India
GC Anupama President, Astronomical Society of India.
Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh President, Wrestling Federation of India
Hemant Bhargava Non-executive Chairman, IDBI Bank
Indra Nooyi Board of Director, Amazon
Jim Yong Kim (Resignation) President, World bank
Sudhir Bhargava Chief Information commissioner
KV Subramanian Chief economic advisor

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Harendra Singh Coach, India’s Men Hockey team

(Resignation)
N Ram President, AFMF
Shikha Sharma MD & CEO, Axis Bank
(Resignation)
Birendra Prasad Baishya Chef de Mission, Tokyo Olympics
Ashok Chawla Chairman, TERI
Brahm Dutt Chairman, Yes Bank
Parthasarathi Mukherjee MD, Lakshmi Vilas Bank
Dilip Sadarangani Chairman, Federal Bank
Ranveet Gill CEO, YES Bank
Prabhat Singh Director General, National Human Rights
Commission
Deepak Maheshwari Chief Credit Officer, Axis Bank
VK Yadav Chairman, Railway Board
Daniel Callahan Independent Director, TCS
Vijay Chandok MD and CEO of ICICI Securities
Rustom Irani Managing Director, Hitachi Payments
Nalin Shinghal CMD, BHEL

Ranks & Reports

❖ Maharashtra achieved first rank in NITI Aayog launched Agricultural
Marketing and Farmer Friendly Reforms Index followed by Rajasthan &
Madhya Pradesh.
❖ As per the Democracy Index by Economic Intelligence Unit, India was at
the 41st place in the flawed democracies category.
❖ According to IRDAI's Annual Report 2017-18, Max Life Insurance has
overtaken LIC to the best track record in terms of claims settlement for
individual deaths in FY18.
❖ Dubai has remained the Busiest Airport in the world for International Travel
category.
❖ As per the Henley Passport Index, Japan has retained the tops position,
India ranked 79.
❖ As per the PwC report, India is likely to excel in the GDP based economy
rankings in 2019, to become the world's fifth largest economy.
❖ According to the CRISIL report, Bihar topped the list in terms of GSDP
growth followed by Andhra Pradesh. Jharkhand, Kerala, and Punjab were
ranked at the bottom.
❖ According to the IRCTC survey, Southern Railway bagged the number one
position for cleanliness in the country .
❖ According to the Survey by Transparency International, Assam has topped
in the ranking of best practices in the Budget formulation, followed by
Andhra Pradesh & Odisha.
❖ India was ranked at 36th in the intellectual property index 2019, topped by
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❖ According to the Inclusive Internet Index, India has been ranked 47th in
the overall "Inclusive Internet Index 2019" score while Sweden topped it.
❖ According to World Happiness Report 2019, India has been ranked at
140th.Finland topped the list & South Sudan was at the bottom.
❖ Mercer’s Quality of Living Ranking 2019 has named Hyderabad & Pune as
the most liveable city.
❖ According to Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2018 Report prepared
by UNDP, India has reduced its poverty rate from 55% to 28% in 10 years.
❖ India ranked 76th on World Economic Forum’s Global Energy Transition
Index 2019. Sweden remained on the top of the list of 115 countries.
❖ IIM-B’s post-graduate programme in Enterprise Management (PGPEM) has
secured the 12th rank in APAC listing.
❖ India was ranked 80 out of 125 countries in the Global Talent
Competitiveness Index (GTCI) 2019.
❖ India moved up to the 17th position in 2018 from 37th spot last year in the
Global Startup Ecosystem Ranking for 2019.
❖ India has dropped two places in the 2019 World Press Freedom Index
released by Reporters Without Borders, ranking 140 out of 180 countries.
❖ India's population rose at an average annual rate of 1.2% between 2010
and 2019 to 1.36 billion, by UNPFA.
❖ Acc. to IMD World Competitiveness Rankings, Singapore has ranked as the
world’s most competitive economy. India has improved its rank to one place
to rank 43rd.
❖ India was the world's fourth biggest military spender in 2018 behind the
US, China, and Saudi Arabia, according to SIPRI.
❖ In a survey conducted by Air Help, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport of
Hyderabad has been ranked as the world’s 8th Best Airport.
❖ SpiceJet is the 4th domestic airline to grow fleet size to 100 aircrafts.
❖ Acc. To the 'Annual Threat Report 2019', Mumbai is the most vulnerable
city to cyberattacks in 2019, followed by Delhi, Bengaluru and Kolkata.
❖ India was ranked at 141st in an annual global peace index while Iceland
placed at the top position.
❖ As per the Traffic Index-2018, Mumbai is the most traffic-congested city
with commuters.
❖ India ranked 95th out of 129 countries in the global gender equality index.
Denmark has topped in the list.
❖ Kerala topped among large states on overall health performance in NITI
Aayog's Health Index followed by Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.
❖ ONGC has toppled Indian Oil Corp to regain crown of being the country's
most profitable public sector company.
❖ According to a report by the Reserve Bank India, Bhubaneswar remains
the most affordable city for homebuyers, while Mumbai remains the least
affordable one in India.
❖ As per the Henley Passport Index, Japan and Singapore have held onto
their position as the world's most travel-friendly passports.
❖ India has moved down one place to 74th rank in terms of money parked by
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Important days

January 1 DRDO Day NA

January 4 World Braille day NA
January 9 Bharatiya Pravasi Day NA
January 10 World Hindi Day NA
January 12 National youth Day “Be the Voice of New
India” and “Find
solutions and contribute
to policy”.
January 24 National Girl Child Day Empowering Girls for a
Brighter Tomorrow
January 25 National Voter’s Day No Voter to be Left
Behind
January 27 International Day of Holocaust
Commemoration in Memory Remembrance:
of the Victims of the Demand and Defend
Holocaust Your Human Rights
February 2 World Wetlands Day Wetlands and Climate
Change
February 4 World Cancer Day I am and I will
February 6 International Day of Zero NA
Tolerance for Female Genital
Mutilation
February 11 United Nations International Investment in Women
Day of Women and Girls in and Girls in Science for
Science Inclusive Green Growth
February 13 World Radio Day Dialogue, Tolerance and
Peace
February 20 World Day of Social Justice If You Want Peace &
Development, Work for
Social Justice.
February 21 International Mother Indigenous languages
Language Day matter for
development, peace-
building & reconciliation
February 22 World Thinking Day Leadership
March 1 Zero Discrimination Day 2019 Act to Change Laws
that Discriminate’
March 3 World Wildlife Day Life below water: for
people and planet
March 8 International Women's Day Think equal, build
smart, innovate for
change
March 15 World Consumer Rights Day Trusted Smart Products
March 15 World Sleep Day Healthy Sleep, Healthy
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March 18 Global Recycling Day Recycling into the

Future’
March 20 World Sparrow Day I LOVE Sparrows
March 20 International Day of Happier together
Happiness
March 21 World Down Syndrome Day Leave No one Behind
March 21 International Day for the Mitigating and
Elimination of Racial countering rising
Discrimination nationalist populism
and extreme
supremacist ideologies
March 22 World Water Day Leaving No one Behind
March 23 World Meteorological Day The Sun, the Earth and
the Weather
March 24 World Tuberculosis Day It's time
2nd April World Autism Awareness Day Assistive Technologies,
Active Participation
4th April International Day for Mine "United Nations
Awareness Promotes SDGs – Safe
Ground – Safe Home".
6th April International Day of Sport for NA
Development and Peace
7th April World Health Day 2019 Universal Health
Coverage
10th April World Homoeopathy Day Linking research with
education and clinical
practice
12th April International Day of Human NA
Space Flight
17th April World Haemophilia Day Outreach And
Identification
18th April World Heritage Day Rural Landscapes
21st April World Creativity and NA
Innovation Day
23rd April United Nations English NA
Language Day
24th April National Panchayati Raj Day NA
24 April to 30 World Immunisation Week NA
April
26th April World Intellectual Property Reach for Gold: IP and
Day Sports which examines
the world of sports.
May 1 International Labour Day Sustainable Pension for
all: The Role of Social
Partners
May 3 World Press Freedom Day Media for Democracy:
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Disinformation
May 8 World Red Cross Day #Love
May 11 National Technology Day NA
May 12 International Nurses' Day NA
May 15 International Day of Families Families and Climate
Action: Focus on SDG
13
May 17 World Telecommunication and Bridging the
Information Society Day standardization gap
May 21 Anti-terrorism day NA
May 21 World Day for Cultural NA
Diversity for Dialogue and
Development
May 22 The International Day for Our Biodiversity, Our
Biological Diversity Food, Our Health
May 24 International Commonwealth A Connected
Day Commonwealth’
May 28 World Hunger Day Sustainability
May 29 International Day of UN Protecting Civilians,
Peacekeepers Protecting Peace
May 31 World No Tobacco Day Tobacco and lung
health
June 1 World Milk Day Drink Milk: Today &
Everyday
June 4 International Day of Innocent NA
Children Victims of
Aggression
June 5 World Environment Day Beat Air Pollution
June 7 World Food Safety Day NA
June 8 World Oceans Day Gender and the Ocean
June 12 World Day Against Child Children shouldn’t work
Labour in fields, but on
dreams!
June 13 International Albinism Still Standing Strong.
Awareness Day
June 14 World Blood Donor Safe blood for all
June 17 World Day to Combat Let’s Grow the Future
Desertification and Drought Together
June 21 International Yoga Day Yoga for Climate Action
June 21 World Hydrography Day Hydrographic
information driving
marine knowledge

June 23 UN Public Service Day NA

June 27 International MSME Day NA

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June 29 National Statistics Day NA

June 30 World Asteroid Day NA
July 15 World Youth Skills Day Learning to learn for life
and work
July 6 International Day of NA
Cooperatives
July 11 World Population Day NA

Sports

❖ Maharashtra hosts 2nd edition of Khelo India Youth Games.

❖ Roger Federer and Belinda Bencic clinches Hopman Cup.
❖ Smriti Mandhana wins ICC 'Women's Cricketer' and 'ODI Player of the
year' awards.
❖ Bengaluru Raptors clinches Premier Badminton League title 2018-19.
❖ 80th National Table Tennis Championship held in Cuttack.
❖ Qatar wins Asian Cup for the first time.
❖ Saikhom Mirabai Chanu clinches gold medal at the EGAT Cup.
❖ 83rd Senior National Badminton Championships held in Assam
❖ Saina Nehwal beats PV Sindhu in National Badminton Championship.
❖ Elise Mertens beats Simona Halep to win Qatar Open(Tennis).
❖ Ramit Tandon bags Seattle Open title.
❖ Vidarbha beat Rest of India team to secure Irani Cup.
❖ India beat Nepal to win 5th SAFF Women's Championship title(Football).
❖ Shi Yuqi of China beat India’s B Sai Praneeth to clinch Men’s single title
in Yonex Swiss Open 2019 held at Basel, Switzerland.
❖ Valtteri Bottas wins Australian F1 Grand Prix 2019.
❖ Kento Momota of Japan became the first Japanese to won men's singles
All England Championships 2019 title.
❖ South Korea won Azlan Shah Hockey Cup by defeating India.
❖ Manu Bhaker-Saurabh Chaudhary bag Gold Medal at Asian Airgun C’ship
Taoyuan in Taipei, Taiwan.
❖ Karnataka Won Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy 2019
❖ Roger Federer beat John Isner to win Miami Open 2019
❖ Viktor Axelsen beats Srikanth to win India Open Badminton Tounament
2019
❖ Chinese badminton ace Lin Dan clinched the Malaysia Open 2019 title in
Kuala Lumpur
❖ Kento Momota and Tai Tzu-ying Shines in Singapore Open 2019.
❖ Harsheel Dani clinches Dutch Open International Badminton
Tournament.
❖ Japan's Kento Momota clinches Badminton Asia Championship men’s title.
❖ Lewis Hamilton Won Bahrain Grand Prix 2019.
❖ Valtteri Bottas Beats Lewis Hamilton to Win Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
❖ Services Defeated Punjab to Win Santosh Trophy (Football) 2019.
❖ Dominic Thiem Becomes 2nd Austrian to Win Barcelona Open.

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❖ China will host Asian Cup Football Tournament in 2023 after South Korea
has withdrawn its bid to stage football’s Asian Cup.
❖ The IAAF World Relays 2019 held in Yokohama, Japan. 43 nations
participated in it.
❖ Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton won the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona, Spain
❖ Novak Djokovic beat Stefanos Tsitsipas to win the Madrid Open
❖ Saurav Ghosal and Joshna Chinappa clinched Asian squash
championship
❖ Bajrang Punia Bags Gold in Ali Aliyev Wrestling Tournament(65kg
freestyle)
❖ Rafael Nadal Beats Novak Djokovic To Win Italian Open
❖ Raheem Sterling named FWA Footballer of the Year
❖ Sourav Kothari wins Pacific International Snooker C'ship
❖ Rafael Nadal lifts Men's Singles to clinch French Open, 2019
❖ Ashleigh Barty clinched her first Grand Slam single title at French open,
2019
❖ Virat Kohli becomes fastest batsman to score 20,000 runs
❖ Pankaj Advani clinches men's Asian Snooker Championship
❖ Roger Federer defeats David Goffin to win record 10th Halle Open title
❖ Joshna Chinappa wins record 17th national squash title
❖ American Taylor Fritz wins maiden ATP title in Eastbourne

Awards
❖ Alice G. Vaidyan Wins ‘Woman CEO Of The Year’ Award.
❖ Vikram Patel Awarded Global Health Award.
❖ Indian Oil Bags AIMA Managing India Award for Outstanding PSU.
❖ Image of Crying Toddler on US-Mexico Border won World Press Photo
Award.
❖ Malayalam Film Bhayanakam Won The Best Cinematography Award at
Beijing International Film Festival
❖ AIR, Publication Division & Children's Film Society of India Win Swacchta
Pakhwada Awards-2019
❖ The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) awarded the distinction of
“Public Water Agency of the Year” by Global Water Intelligence at the
Global Water Summit
❖ Nalini Malani becomes first Indian to win Joan Miro Prize.
❖ Dr. Ankur Patwardhan from Pune has been conferred with German
Chemistry Prize.
❖ Omani writer Jokha Alharthi wins Man Booker literature prize.
❖ UNDRR confers Dr P.K. Mishra with the prestigious Sasakawa Award
2019.
❖ Kohli named as the International Cricketer of the year in the CEAT ICA
2019.
❖ G D ‘Robert’ Govender honoured with V K Krishna Menon Award
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❖ Acharya Balkrishna receives 'UNSDG 10 Most Influential People in

Healthcare award'
❖ Playwright and journalist Annie Zaidi wins Nine Dots Prize.
❖ Sunil Chhetri awarded the 1st-ever ‘Football Ratna’
❖ JSPL wins FICCI CSR Award for Women Empowerment
❖ Divya Karnad, the first Indian woman to win Future for Nature Award’19
❖ “ROMA” film wins Best Picture at BAFTA Awards 2019
❖ Noted English writer Amitav Ghosh conferred Jnanpith award
❖ Ex-President Pratibha Patil Awarded, Mexico's Highest Civilian Award
❖ Malayalam actor Sheela honoured with J.C. Daniel Award
❖ Google's Sunder Pichai and Nasdaq's Adena Friedman to receive 2019
Global Leadership Award
❖ Nitesh Kumar Jangir wins Innovation Award in UK
❖ Priyanka Chopra to be honoured with UNICEF's Humanitarian Award
❖ Social activist Makarand Tilloo receives ‘Save Water Hero Award’
❖ Akshaya Patra wins BBC World Service Global Champion Award.
❖ 4th annual Carnot Prize awarded to Union Minister Piyush Goyal.
❖ Tamil Nadu bagged Swasth Bharat Yatra award.
❖ US-based Kathak dancer Anindita Neogy Anaam honoured with the
National Nritya Shiromani award.
❖ Jayanta Kumar Ghosh receives National Geospatial Award
❖ PM Modi received Philip Kotler Presidential Award
❖ Andhra Pradesh Water Resources Minister Devineni Umamaheswar Rao
received the 'Central Board of Irrigation and Power Award'
❖ Namita Gokhale awarded Sushila Devi Literature Award for her work
“Things to Leave Behind”.
❖ Kathak dancer Seema Mehta conferred the 'Nari Shakti Puraskar' award
for her contribution towards women empowerment over the last 15 years
❖ Indore awarded the cleanest city in the country in the Swachh
Survekshan 2019 awards while Bhopal declared as the cleanest capital
❖ Northeast Frontier Railway wins the‘Best Innovation Award’ for unique
strategy adopted to keep wild elephants away from train tracks.

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Obituaries

Obituary (Name) Related(to) Field

Pungam Kannan Footballer
Kartik Chandra Rath Dramatist
Dr. Viharidas Gopaldas Economist
Patel
SK Shivakumar Former ISRO Scientist & Director
Paripooranand Painuli Politician, Freedom Fighter &
Journalist
S Muthiah Writer-journalist
Jerrie Cobb Astronaut
Amar Paul Bengali folk singer
Sydney Brenner Nobel Prize laureate
J. Mahendran Tamil movie director
Niki Lauda Formula 1 Driver
Yogesh Chander ITC Chairman
Deveshwar
Clement von British actor
Franckenstein
Hiralal Yadav Bhojpuri vocal artist
Kirpal Singh Sikh historian & the first chronicler
of India's partition
NR Madhava Menon Father of modern Indian legal
education
Maramraju Writer and Academician
Satyanarayana Rao
V Viswanatha Menon Former Finance Minister of Kerala
Peter Mayhew Actor
John Singleton Filmmaker
Sultan Ahmad Shah Malaysia's seventh King and
football palyer
Ieoh Ming Pei Architect of Louvre Pyramid
Carmine Caridi Actor
Wallace Smith Climate Scientist
Broecker
Andrea Levy British Author
Namvar Singh Hindi Writer
Gordon Banks Footballer
Manfred Eigen Nobel Prize winner, Chemistry
W.E.B. Griffin Military Novelist
Malcolm John Musician
Brij Mohan Khaitan Industrialist
Prakash Pant Uttarakhand Finance Minister
Carmine Caridi Actor
Lennart Johansson Former UEFA President

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R V Janakiraman Former Puducherry Chief Minister

Girish Karnad Actor
Mohammed Baji Freedom Fighter
Abburi Chaya Devi Telugu Writer
Mohan Ranade Freedom Fighter
Lal Saini Rajasthan BJP Chief
Rajnath Singh `Surya’ Journalist & Former MP of Rajya
Sabha
Laldingliana Sailo Former Doordarshan and AIR
news editor
Kader Khan Actor cum writer
Ramakant Achrekar Cricket coach
Dibyendu Palit Bengali writer
Harold Brown Former US defence secretary
CH Loknath Kannada Actor
Michel Legrand Music composer
Krishna Sobti Writer and essayist
Raghbir Bhola Hockey Team player
George Fernandes Former Union Minister
V Dhananjay Kumar Ex-Union Minister
Kelly Catlin Cycling World Champion
Chinmoy Roy Actor
Manohar Parrikar Goa Chief Minister
Maate Mahadevi First woman Lingayat
Zhores Alferov Nobel laureate
Luke Perry American Actor
Darryl D’Monte Environmental activist
Valery Bykovsky Russian cosmonaut
Babu Narayanan Movie director
Lee Iacocca aged 94 Former Chrysler CEO
Basant Kumar Birla Industrialist
A. U. Celestine Indian football goalkeeper
Fernando Corbato Inventor of computer password

Schemes

❖ "Utkarsh Bangla" and "Sabooj Sathi" win the prestigious World

Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) awards of the United Nations
❖ Under NAFCC Scheme, Phayeng village become the first carbon-positive
tagged village in India.
❖ Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan scheme launched.
❖ Bihar govt announces Mukhyamantri Vridhajan Pension Yojana.
❖ Odisha government unveiled the scholarship, 'KALIA Chhatra Bruti'.
❖ Uttar Pradesh launches Scheme for Adolescent girls.

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❖ Go Tribal campaign launched in New Delhi.

❖ Haryana government launches ‘Krishi Kiosk’ at Panchkula.
❖ 1,103 railways stations developed under 'Adarsh Station' scheme: Piyush
Goyal
❖ ISRO launches Samwad with students to engage them on space science
activities
❖ Sikkim CM launched the 'One Family One Job' scheme which entitles one
govt job for every family in the state.
❖ Odisha launched the ‘Ama Ghare LED’ scheme.
❖ Universal Basic Income to be introduced by the Sikkim Government.
❖ Madhya Pradesh govt has unveiled a scheme named ‘Yuva Swabhiman
Yojana’ to ensure 100 days of employment every year to the youths.
❖ Jai Kisan Rin Mukti Yojana launched by Madhya Pradesh CM.
❖ President Ram Nath Kovind launched Pulse Polio Programme 2019.
❖ ‘Jalamrutha’ a water conservation scheme was launched by Karnataka
state government
❖ PMAY-G aims to achieve the objective of Housing for all by 2020
❖ Odisha Govt. implements Centre's Witness Protection Scheme

Person in News

❖ Rana Dasgupta bags 2019 Tagore Literary Prize.

❖ Mizoram’s Derek C Lalchhanhima awarded 'Compassionate Kid' Award by
PETA India
❖ Dr Gagandeep Kang becomes the first Indian woman to be elected to the
Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS).
❖ Telugu poet K Siva Reddy selected for the prestigious Saraswati
Samman, 2018 for his collection of poetry titled Pakkaki Ottigilite
❖ Indonesian Eni Nuraeni Named Best Athletic Coach in Asia
❖ Dr. Gyanaditya Shakya was recently honoured with the Presidential Award
of Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman 2019
❖ Bolivian’s President conferred the highest State Honour of Bolivia –
‘Condor de los Andes en el Grado de Gran Collar’ on India’s President.
❖ Raheem Sterling named 2019 FWA Footballer of the Year.
❖ Virgil Van Dijk announced as the Professional Footballers' Association
(PFA) young player of the year.
❖ redBus Appoints Mahendra Singh Dhoni as Brand Ambassador.
❖ BharatPe announced Salman Khan as its Brand Ambassador.
❖ Myntra appoints Virat Kohli, Anushka Sharma as first brand ambassadors.
❖ Manchester City, Barcelona Football Star Yaya Toure Retires.
❖ Kareena Kapoor Khan named brand ambassador of Swasth Immunised
India.
❖ Mary Kom signed as Brand ambassador for Puma
❖ Flight Lieutenant Hina Jaiswal becomes IAF's first woman flight engineer
❖ Bradley Cooper Wins ‘Oscat’ Award From PETA
❖ Yuvraj Singh Announces Retirement from International Cricket

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❖ Chandrani Murmu aged 25 became the youngest MP in India’s history

❖ Mohana Singh becomes first woman fighter pilot to fly Hawk jet
❖ Marcus Trescothick announced retirement from professional cricket
❖ India-born Priya Serrao crowned Miss Universe Australia
❖ Malaysia Badminton Legend Lee Chong Wei Announces Retirement
❖ Casio India announces Tiger Shroff as the G-Shock India brand
ambassador
❖ Pranab Mukherjee, Nanaji Deshmukh Bhupen Hazarika awarded Bharat
Ratna
❖ Naomi Osaka wins Australian Open Grand Slam Singles title
❖ Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal to win Australian Open 2019
❖ South African Cricketer Johan Botha announces retirement
❖ WHO Goodwill ambassador Yohei Sasakawa to get Gandhi Peace Prize for
2018
❖ Dr. Rattan Lal honoured with 2019 Japan Prize
❖ Roger Federer won the Dubai Championships final beating Stefanos
Tsitsipas to make a century of his career’s titles
❖ DRDO chairman G. Satheesh Reddy wins missile systems award
❖ Kavinder Singh Bisht clinched Gold at GeeBee Boxing Tournament
❖ PhonePe ropes in Aamir Khan as brand ambassador
❖ WEF recognize Naresh Lokesh As Young Global Leader For 2019
❖ Padmanaban Gopalan Wins the Commonwealth Youth Award
❖ Amartya Sen awarded the prestigious Bodley Medal
❖ Veer Chotrani wins U-19 Asian Squash title
❖ Indian pro boxer Vaibhav Yadav wins WBC Asia title
❖ Michael Pepper wins Isaac Newton Medal and Prize
❖ Ambati Rayudu retires from all forms of cricket
❖ B Harideesh Kumar appointed new Director of Institute of Banking
Personnel Selection
❖ Dutch star player Arjen Robben retires from football
❖ LinkedIn names Ashutosh Gupta as country manager for India
❖ Dutee Chand wins 100m gold at World University Games
❖ Sunil Chhetri & Ashalata Devi bag top honours at AIFF Awards.
❖ Lifter Ajay Singh wins gold at Commonwealth Championships
❖ Sachin Bansal invests ₹200 cr in Piramal Enterprises’ debt
❖ Kiran More Appointed Interim USA Cricket Coach

Summits & Conference

❖ PM Modi inaugurated Indian Science Congress in Jalandhar.

❖ UAE Hosts World’s First Artificial Intelligence Summit.
❖ 8th edition of HOME EXPO INDIA 2019- a 3-day exhibition organized by
Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts at Greater Noida
❖ Saudi Arabia to host the 15th annual G20 Leaders' Summit in 2020 on
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❖ 5th Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Media Summit on Climate Action
& Disaster Preparedness was held at Kathmandu, Nepal
❖ India to be Guest of Honour country at Abu Dhabi International Book Fair
(ADIBF 2019)
❖ United Nations To Hold 2020 Ocean Conference in Lisbon
❖ India to attend G-7 meet in France along with Australia, Chile and South
Africa
❖ 16th Ministerial Meeting of Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) was held in
Doha, Qatar.
❖ G7 environment ministers meet in Metz, France to discuss climate crisis
❖ India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) Sherpas meeting were held in
Cochin, Kerala.
❖ Sixth Session of Global Platform for DRR held in Geneva, Switzerland
2019
❖ Sweden will host international conference against anti-Semitism in 2020
❖ The 7th session of the World Government Summit held in Dubai, United
Arab Emirates
❖ 'International Vision Zero Conference’ to Promote Occupational Safety and
Health held in Mumbai
❖ Second ASEAN-India Youth Summit held in Guwahati
❖ President inaugurated 3-day International Conference & Exhibition on
Energy & Environment in New Delhi
❖ Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu,
inaugurated the 4th India-ASEAN Expo and Summit 2019 in New Delhi
❖ World Sustainable Development Summit 2019 held in New Delhi with the
theme of 'Attaining the 2030 Agenda: delivering on our promise'
❖ G-20 summit concluded in Osaka, Japan, themed at Human-centred
future society
❖ Seed Testing Association to hold 32nd Congress in Hyderabad
❖ 16th edition of Asia Media Summit 2019 was organised in Cambodia
❖ 10th edition of regional Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment
Summit was held in Nagpur, Maharashtra
❖ 5th CICA Summit was held in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan
❖ 14th Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit was held in Mecca
❖ Rio de Janeiro to be World Capital of Architecture for 2020
❖ National Conclave on Technical Textiles to be held at Mumbai
❖ 10th edition of the India Rubber Expo - 2019 in Mumbai
❖ India Steel 2019 Exhibition and Conference organized in Mumbai by the
Ministry of Steel
❖ World Integrated Medicine Forum 2019 organized in Goa
❖ NSTL organized the Academia Meet at NSTL, Visakhapatnam on the
theme “Artificial Intelligence for Naval Systems”.
❖ 34th edition of Aahar- the 5-day International Food and Hospitality Fair
commenced in New Delhi
❖ Nepal hosted a 3-day International Sanskrit Conference
❖ 7th RCEP Intersessional Ministerial Meeting recently concluded in
Cambodia

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❖ Fuzhou (China) to host 2020 session of World Heritage Committee

Defence

❖ Indian Navy launched guided missile destroyer INS Imphal as part of its
Project 15B.
❖ Army Gets 6 indigenous, Long-Range Artillery Guns 'Dhanush' having
strike range of 38-kilometre.
❖ India test-fired first indigenously designed and developed long-range sub-
sonic cruise missile 'Nirbhay' from Odisha.
❖ ISRO Launched Enemy Radar-Spotting Satellite EMISAT
❖ India successfully test-fires Brahmos supersonic cruise missile.
❖ New version of Akash surface-to-air defence missile test-fired
successfully.
❖ Indian Army is observing 2019, as the ‘Year of Next of Kin’.
❖ DRDO conducted successful flight test of ABHYAS -HEAT at Chandipur in
Odisha.
❖ Young Scientist Programme 'Yuvika2019' inaugurated in Bengaluru.
❖ Indian Navy test-fired a Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM) to
enhance its anti-air warfare capability.
❖ ISRO successfully launches earth observation satellite RISAT-2B.
❖ 8th Indo – Myanmar Coordinated Patrol(IMCOR) at Andaman & Nicobar.
❖ Defence Ministry approves procurement of 73,000 assault rifles from US.
❖ Indian Air Force carried out a mega exercise ’Vayu Shakti’ at Pokhran.
❖ INS Trikand participated in a multinational training exercise CUTLASS
EXPRESS – 19.
❖ Indigenously developed nuclear-capable missile Prithvi-II test fired
successfully.
❖ Army's training exercise, “Kharga Prahar” held in Punjab.
❖ Indian Navy launched Operation Sankalp in the Gulf of Oman to re-assure
Indian Flagged Vessels operating via Persian Gulf & Gulf of Oman.
❖ 3rd edition of bilateral maritime exercise between Royal Australian and
Indian Navies AUSINDEX-19 commenced at Visakhapatnam.
❖ Singapore Armed Forces& Indian Army joined conducted 3-day joint
exercise 'Bold Kurukshetra 2019' in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh.
❖ India and France held anti-submarine warfare games(in Varuna Exercise)
off the coast of Djibouti near the Horn of Africa.
❖ Indian Navy-Vietnam Peoples’ Navy Bilateral Exercise (IN – VPN BILAT
EX) Concluded at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam.
❖ INS Kohassa commissioned at Naval Air Station Shibpur.
❖ General Purna Chandra Thapa Conferred the Honorary Rank of General of
The Indian Army.
❖ Indian Army held Military Exercise With 17 African Nations.
❖ Vijit becomes the first Indian Coast Guard ship to visit Indonesia.
❖ Indian Air Force participated in Langkawi International Maritime Aero
Expo (LIMA) 2019.

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Agreements

❖ NTPC signed ₹2,000 crore term loan pact with Canara Bank
❖ PAISALO signs up with SBI to disburse 2 lakh MSME loans in FY20
❖ The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute and ISRO joined hands to
map, validate and protect smaller wetlands in coastal regions
❖ Bureau of Indian Standards inks an MoU with IIT, Delhi
❖ Syndicate Bank and Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML), signed an MOU
❖ Vodafone Idea Signs Multi-Million Dollar IT Deal With IBM
❖ Tech Mahindra signs Rs 300 crore defence contract with Indian Navy
❖ NITI Aayog signed a Statement of Intent with the Michael & Susan Dell
Foundation to improve learning outcomes in public school education.
❖ India, EU to jointly develop water technologies costing ₹320 crore.
❖ V.O. Chidambaranar Port Trust inks MOU with Central Warehousing
Corporation (CWC).
❖ Asian Development Bank & the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
(MIGA) to Expand Development Finance in Asia and Pacific.
❖ NHAI signed MoU with fuel retailers for issuing FASTags at petrol pump
outlets
❖ SBI Card & Etihad Guest joined hands to launch a travel specific Visa
credit card for members & Indian travellers.
❖ Cabinet approved MoC between India & Japan regarding Food Processing
Industry
❖ GoI & ADB sign $926 Million Loan Agreement.
❖ India Signs Agreement with World Bank for $ 25.2 M for Chhattisgarh
❖ The National Centre for Good Governance & Indian Institute of Corporate
Affairs has signed an MoU
❖ New visa agreement between Maldives & India
❖ Maldives Sign Agreement with Exim Bank
❖ World Bank, Centre and Kerala sign $250-m loan pact
❖ Agriculture Ministry signs a Statement of Intent with IBM.
❖ Samsung partners with Paisabazaar.com to offer financial products.
❖ World Bank extends $40 million loan for Shimla water supply
❖ World Bank, UN, SIDBI launch Rs 300 crore Women’s Livelihood Bond
❖ India and World Bank Sign $250 M Agreement for NRETP
❖ India signs Loan Agreement with the World Bank for $96 M for
Uttarakhand
❖ India and ADB sign $26 Million Loan Agreement for Assam
❖ World Bank provided $137 mn. to Modernise Dams
❖ GoI & ADB sign $926 Million Loan Agreement
❖ India Signs Agreement with World Bank for $ 25.2 M for Chhattisgarh
❖ ADB to invest $50 mn in solar project developer Avaada
❖ World Bank approves $147 Million Loan to the Government of Jharkhand

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❖ India signs a Loan Agreement with the World Bank to develop Roads and
Highways in Rajasthan
❖ India signs a Loan Agreement of $328 Million for Improved Health
Services in Andhra Pradesh
❖ India signed a $31.58 Million Loan Agreement with the World Bank for
Uttarakhand projects
❖ WB sign $287 million loan agreement for the Tamil Nadu Health System
Reform Programme
❖ India signs USD 400M loan agreement with World Bank to eliminate TB
❖ ADB to provide $750 mn loan to India for railway track electrification
project

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Books & Authors

Books Authored by/brought

by/Edited by
‘#Modi Again’ and ‘Saffron Swords’ Garuda Prakashan
Quichotte Salman Rushdie
English Translation of Khooni Navdeep Singh Suri
Vaisakhi(Poem)
Game Changer Wajahat S Khan
Criczone Yash Lahoti
Game Changer Shahid Afridi
Darkness to light Lamar Odom
Simplicity & Wisdom Dinesh Sharma
What Marx Left Unsaid Manish Tewari
Undaunted: Saving the Idea of Minister P Chidambaram
India
Law, Justice and Judicial Power – Moolchand Sharma
Justice PN Bhagwati’s Approach
Khooni Vaisakhi Nanak Singh
Cricket World Cup the Indian Ashish Ray
Challenge
Function of Data Sovereignty - The Vinit Goenka
Pursuit of Supremacy
The New Delhi Conspiracy Meenakshi Lekhi
My Life, My Mission Baba Ramdev
We Are Displaced Malala Yousufzai
Universal Brotherhood through Vice President Venkaiah Naidu
Yoga
Atal Tinkering Lab Handbook – Atal Innovation Mission
Nayee Dishayen, Naye Nirman,
Naya Bharat
The Forest of Enchantments Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas Arun Jaitley
Every Vote Counts-The Story of Navin Chawla
India’s Elections
‘Bharat 2019’ & ‘India 2019’ Amit Khare
Mann Ki Baat - A Social Revolution Arun Jaitley
on Radio’
Vivekadeepini Venkaiah Naidu
War over Words: Censorship in Devika Sethi
India, 1930-1960

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Science & Technology

❖ SpaceX carries out first commercial launch of Falcon Heavy.
❖ Scientists in Israel unveiled the first 3D print of a heart with human
tissue and vessels.
❖ World's first-ever malaria vaccine launched in a pilot project in Africa's
Malawi
❖ IIT-Bombay develops ‘AJIT’, a microprocessor conceptualised, designed,
developed and manufactured in India
❖ Japan’s First Private Rocket 'Momo-3' Reached Outer Space
❖ PM Modi inaugurates supercomputer 'Param Shivay' at IIT-BHU
❖ Kerala gearing up for the launch of India’s 1st solar-powered cruise boat
by December
❖ US Virgin Islands approves bill to ban toxic sunscreen
❖ NHAI to monitor traffic at toll plazas using cloud-based tech
❖ NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) discovered a new
world HD 21749b, 53 light years away in the constellation Reticulum.
❖ Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) Launched ‘Smart Garbage Bins’
❖ Google unveiled a video-game streaming platform ‘Stadia’.
❖ Larsen & Toubro (L&T) announced a new initiative, L&T-Nxt, to focus on
the areas of artificial intelligence, internet of things (IoT).

Environment
❖ ONGC gets permission to drill in Tripura Gaur Sanctuary.
❖ India & Nepal to sign transboundary agreement for conserving tigers,
rhinos & elephants.
❖ Govt & IIT-Delhi signs MoU to set up a Centre of Excellence for Waste to
Wealth Technologies.
❖ ADB Launches $5 Billion Healthy Oceans Action Plan.
❖ Australian small brown rat becomes first to go extinct due to climate
change.
❖ 2018 was 4th warmest year ever evidenced as per NASA, NOAA study.
❖ Centre launched National Clean Air Programme to reduce particulate
matter (PM) pollution by 20-30% in at least 102 cities by 2024
❖ National wildlife board has given the approval for the project which falls in
the trishna wildlife sanctuary, Gomti district, Tripura.
❖ UNEA adopts India's resolutions on sustainable nitrogen management

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Apps & Portals

App/Platform/Portal Launched by
My Circle Airtel & FICCI Ladies Organisation
Sahulat Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri
district, officials
Voice-Based Financial Reliance Mutual Fund
Transactions
BSE StAR MF Bombay Stock Exchange
Nyaya Bandhu Department of justice
e-AUSHADHI portal AYUSH Ministry
SAFAR Suresh Prabu
DigiCop Chennai City Police
InfyTQ Infosys
NTA app National Testing Agency
TETRA Software CBSE Board
PCS1x Ministry of Shipping
Chalo Assam
AWaRe WHO
goAML UAE
Bhoomi Rashi Portal Ministry of road transport &
Highways
Rail Kumbh Seva North Central Railway Division
Utility App Reliance Jio
DAMINI IITM & IMD
Dharani portal Telangana CM
e-Choupal ITC
e-Dharti App Hardeep S puri
Shiksha Vani CBSE
IRCTC iPay IRCTC
Bolo Google
ts-msme.globallinker.com Telangana government
'Meri Fasal Mera Byora' Haryana Government

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Acquisitions & Mergers

❖ Reliance Jio Acquires Chatbot Making Start-up Haptik.
❖ Bandhan Bank gets CCI Approval for Gruh Finance Merger.
❖ Lakshmi Vilas Bank to Amalgamate with Indiabulls Housing Finance.
❖ L&T becomes single-largest shareholder in Mindtree.
❖ Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway buys Amazon share.
❖ Asian Development Bank bought a 14% stake in Bhubaneswar based
micro-financier Annapurna Finance for ₹ 137 Crore.
❖ Ministry of Finance has decided to merge two regional rural banks and
name the new entity as Tamil Nadu Grama Bank.
❖ Mahindra Fin and Manulife formed asset management joint venture.
❖ Sundaram Finance to acquire stakes of BNP Paribas held in 2 JVs.
❖ Adani Power set to acquire GMR Chhattisgarh Energy.
❖ Tata Steel completes acquisition of Bhushan Energy for Rs 800 crore.
❖ IndiaFirst Life Insurance buys stake in CSC e-Governance Services.
❖ ICICI Bank to buy 9.9% in NBFC Kisan Finance.
❖ Power Finance Corporation (PFC) completed the buyout of fellow PSU
Rural Electrification Corporation (REC).
❖ NSEIT acquired Aujas cybersecurity company.
❖ Walmart Labs acquihires Indian start-ups FloCare and BigTrade.
❖ IBM completes $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat.

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Important ,State, National & International Takeaways-

State Capital Chief Minister Governor
Andhra Amaravati Y. S. Biswa Bhusan Harichandan
Pradesh Jaganmohan
Reddy
Arunachal Itanagar Pema Khandu Brigadier BD Mishra (retd)
Pradesh
Assam Dispur Sarabananda Jagdish Mukhi
Sonowal
Bihar Patna Nitish Kumar Lalji Tandon
Chhattisgarh Raipur Bhupesh Anusuiya Uikey
Baghel
Goa Panaji Pramod Mridula Sinha
Sawant
Gujarat Gandhi Nagar Vijaybhai R. Acharya Devvrat
Rupani
Haryana Chandigarh Manohar Lal Satyadev Narayan Arya
Khattar
Himachal Shimla Jai Ram Kalraj Mishra
Pradesh Thakur
Jammu and Srinagar Government Satya Pal Malik
Kashmir Rule
Jharkhand Ranchi Raghuvar Das Draupadi Murmu
Karnataka Bengaluru HD Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala
Kumaraswamy
Kerala Thiruvanathapuram Pinarayi P. Sathasivam
Vijayan
Madhya Bhopal Kamal Nath Anandiben Patel
Pradesh
Maharashtra Mumbai Devendra C. Vidhya Sagar Rao
Fadnavis
Manipur Imphal N Biren Singh Najma Heptulla
Meghalaya Shillong Conrad Tathagata Roy
Sangma
Mizoram Aizawl Zoramthanga Jagdish Mukhi
Nagaland Kohima Neiphiu Rio Padmanabha Acharya
Odisha Bhubaneshwar Naveen Ganeshi Lal
Patnaik
Punjab Chandigarh Amarinder V P Singh Badnore
Singh
Rajasthan Jaipur Ashok Gehlot Kalyan Singh
Sikkim Gangtok Prem Singh Ganga Prasad
Tamang
Tamil Nadu Chennai Edappadi K. Banwarilal Purohit
Palaniswami

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Telangana Hyderabad K. E. S. L. Narasimhan

Chandrasekhar
Rao
Tripura Agartala Biplab Kumar Kaptan Singh Solanki
Deb
Uttar Lucknow Yogi Ram Naik
Pradesh Adityanath
Uttarakhand Dehradun Trivendra Baby Rani Maurya
Singh Rawat
West Bengal Kolkata Mamata Keshari Nath Tripathi
Banerjee

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Country Capital Head of State Currency

/Govt.
Israel Jerusalem Reuven Rivlin New Shekel
China Beijing Xi Jinping Renminbi
USA Washington, D.C. Donald Trump Dollar
Nepal Kathmandu Bidhya Devi Bhandari Rupee
France Paris Emmanuel Macron Euro
Marshall Islands Majuro Christopher Jorebon Dollar
Loeak
Niger Niamey Mahamadou Issoufou CFA Franc
Japan Tokyo Shinzo Abe Yen
Bangladesh Dhaka Abdul Hamid Taka
South Korea Seoul Moon Jae-in Won
Indonesia Jakarta Joko Widodo Rupiah
Australia Canberra Scott Morrison Dollar
Afghanistan Kabul Ashraf Ghani Afghani
Iran Tehran Hassan Rouhani Rial
Vietnam Hanoi Nguyen Phu Trong Dong
Myanmar Naypyidaw Win Myint Kyat
Eritrea Asmara Isaias Afwerki Nakfa
Saudi Arabia Riyadh Salman Riyal
Bolivia Sucre Evo Morales Boliviano
Kenya Nairobi Uhuru Kenyatta Shilling
Sweden Stockholm Stefan Lofven Krona
Singapore Singapore city Halimah Yacob, Lee Dollar
Hsien Loong(PM)
Chile Santiago Sebastian Pinera Peso
Maldives Male Ibrahim Mohamed Rufiyaa
Solih
Thailand Bangkok Prayuth Chan-ocha Bhat
UK London Theresa May Pound Sterling
Germany Berlin Frank-Walter Euro
Steinmeier
Austria Vienna Alexander Van der Euro
Bellen
Paraguay Asuncion Mario Abdo Benitez Guarani
Costa Rica San Jose Carlos Alvarado Colon
Croatia Zagreb Kolinda Grabar- Kuna
Kitarovic
Morocco Rabat Saadeddine Othmani Dirham
Norway Oslo Erna Solberg Krone
Poland Warsaw Andrzej Duda Polish zloty
Sri Lanka Colombo Maithripala Sirisena Rupee
Finland Helsinki Juha Sipila Euro
Argentina Buenos Aires Mauricio Macri Peso
Turkmenistan Ashgabat Gurbanguly Manat
Berdimuhamedow
Uzbekistan Tashkent Shavkat Mirziyoyev Som
UAE Abu Dhabi Khalifa bin Zayed Al UAE Dirham
Nahyan

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Union Minister Portfolio
Narendra Modi Ministry of personnel, public grievances and pensions
Rajnath Singh Ministry of Defence
Amit Shah Ministry of Home Affairs
Nitin Gadkari Ministry of Road Transport and Highways & Ministry of
Micro, Small and Medium enterprises
DV Sadananda Gowda Ministry of Chemical and Fertilizers
Nirmala Sitharaman Ministry of Finance & Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Ram Vilas Paswan Ministry of Consumer affairs, food and public
distribution
Narendra Singh Tomar Ministry of agriculture and farmers welfare, Ministry of
Rural Development & Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Ravi Shankar Prasad Ministry of Law and Justice, Ministry of
communications & Ministry of Electronics and
Information Technology
Harsimrat Kaur Badal Ministry of Food Processing Industries
Thaawar Chand Gehlot Ministry of Social justice and empowerment
Dr Subrahmanyam Ministry of External Affairs
Jaishankar
Ramesh Pokhriyal Ministry of Human Resource Development
‘Nishank’
Arjun Munda Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Smriti Zubin Irani Ministry of Women and child Development & Ministry of
Textiles
Dr Harsh Vardhan Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of
Science and Technology & Ministry of Earth Sciences
Prakash Javadekar Ministry of environment, forest and climate change &
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Piyush Goyal Ministry of Railways & Ministry of Commerce and
Industry
Dharmendra Pradhan Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Ministry of
Steel
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Ministry of Minority Affairs
Pralhad Joshi Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Ministry of coal &
Ministry of Mines
Dr Mahendra Nath Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Pandey
Arvind Ganpat Sawant Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise
Giriraj Singh Ministry of Animal Husbandry, dairying and fisheries
Gajendra Singh Ministry of jal Shakti
Shekhawat

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