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CONTENTS
BANKING & FINANCIAL AWARENESS ........................................................................................................... 4
CURRENT RATES ......................................................................................................................................................... 4
INDIA’S GROWTH PREDICTION ................................................................................................................................. 4
RBI IN NEWS ................................................................................................................................................................ 5
APPROVAL BY RBI: ...................................................................................................................................................... 6
SBI IN NEWS ................................................................................................................................................................ 6
OTHER BANK IN NEWS............................................................................................................................................... 7
MOU’S/AGREEMENTS SIGNED BY BANKS ..................................................................................................................... 9
LOANS/FUNDS SANCTIONED BY BANKS ................................................................................................................ 10
APPOINTMENTS RELATED TO BANKING SECTOR: ............................................................................................... 13
INDIAN AFFAIRS ............................................................................................................................................ 15
FIRST IN INDIA .......................................................................................................................................................... 15
LONGEST,LARGEST,HIGHEST: ................................................................................................................................. 17
CABINET APPROVALS ............................................................................................................................................... 17
BILL /Acts PASSED .................................................................................................................................................... 18
STATEWISE NEWS .................................................................................................................................................... 19
SCHEMES .................................................................................................................................................................... 20
LAUNCHES/INAUGURATIONS ..................................................................................................................................... 21
CAMPAIGN .................................................................................................................................................................. 22
FESTIVAL ................................................................................................................................................................... 22
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS............................................................................................................................ 24
FIRST IN THE WORLD ............................................................................................................................................... 24
LONGEST,LARGEST,HIGHEST: ................................................................................................................................. 24
OTHER INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS:............................................................................................................................... 25
VISIT ................................................................................................................................................................ 26
INDIAN VISIT ............................................................................................................................................................. 26
FOREIGN VISIT .......................................................................................................................................................... 28
SUMMITS/CONFERENCE IN NEWS .............................................................................................................. 32
COMMITTEES & MEETING IN NEWS ............................................................................................................ 35
MOU’s & AGREEMENTS ................................................................................................................................. 43
MOU's with Other Country ......................................................................................................................................... 43
MOU’S – States Wise .................................................................................................................................................. 44
MOU’s Between Organizations ................................................................................................................................... 45
INDEX .............................................................................................................................................................. 47
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RANKING ..................................................................................................................................................................... 47
REPORT:....................................................................................................................................................................... 52
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS .......................................................................................................................... 55
Recognitions .............................................................................................................................................................. 77
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS ......................................................................................................................... 79
Resignation ................................................................................................................................................................ 92
BUSINESS ........................................................................................................................................................ 93
ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS ........................................................................................................................................ 94
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ............................................................................................................................. 95
APP & WEB PORTAL .................................................................................................................................................... 95
SATELLITES ............................................................................................................................................................... 97
INVENTIONS .............................................................................................................................................................. 97
ENVIRONMENT .............................................................................................................................................. 98
DEFENCE ......................................................................................................................................................... 99
MISSILES .................................................................................................................................................................... 99
COMMISSION/DECOMMISSION ............................................................................................................................. 100
EXERCISES ............................................................................................................................................................... 100
SPORTS .......................................................................................................................................................... 102
BOOKS & AUTHORS...................................................................................................................................... 117
OBITUARY ..................................................................................................................................................... 120
IMPORTANT DAYS ....................................................................................................................................... 127
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BANKING & FINANCIAL AWARENESS

CURRENT RATES
Policy rates 6th Bi-Monthly 1st Bi-Monthly 2nd Bi-Monthly
Monetary Monetary Monetary
Policy(Feb 2019) Policy(Apr 2019) Policy(June 2019)
Repo Rate 6.25% 6.00 % 5.75%
Reverse Repo Rate 6.00% 5.75 % 5.50%
Marginal Standing 6.50% 6.25 % 6.0%
Facility (MSF)
Bank Rate 6.50% 6.25 % 6.0%
Reserve Ratio’s
Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) 4% 4% 4%
Statutory Liquidity Ratio 19.5% 19.25% 19%
(SLR)
INDIA’S GROWTH PREDICTION

Organization Predictions
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in its 7.5% in FY19(Jan 1,2019)
‘Growth Outlook for 2019’
World Bank 7.3% in 2018-19 & 7.5% in 2019-20,2020-
21.(Jan 9,2019)
India ratings and research 7.5% -2019-20(Jan 17,2019)
PwC and FICCI in a report titled “The India 7.3 – 7.7 per cent(Jan 10,2019)
Manufacturing Barometer 2019”.
United Nations released the World Economic 7.4 per cent 2018-19 & 7.6 per cent n(Jan)
Situation and Prospects (WESP) report
Economic Advisory Council of Prime Minister 7 to 7.5 percent(Jan)
(EAC-PM)
Central Statistical Office (CSO) 7.2% for 2019 from earlier estimate of
6.7%.(Feb)
Finance ministry 7.5% for 2019-20(Feb)
Moody 7.3 % in 2019 & 2020 (Mar)
Central Statistics Office (CSO) Revised to 7% from 7.2%(2018-19) (Mar)
Fitch rating in its Global Economic Outlook 6.8%(2019-20)& 7.1%(2021) (Mar)
Asia Development Bank 7.2%(2019-20)(Apr)
World Economic Outlook (WEO) released by 7.3% in 2019 &. 7.5% in 2020(Apr)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
World Bank 7.5 %(2019-20).The real GDP growth is
estimated at 7.2 per cent in FY18/19. (Apr)
India Ratings and Research 7.3 %(2019-20)(Apr)
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and 7.25 in 2019, 7.5 percent in FY20.(May)
Development (OECD)
India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) 6.9% in FY 19(May)
FICCI's (Federation of Indian Chambers of 7.1% for FY19 & 7.2% for FY21(May)
Commerce and Industry)
United Nations 7.1% in 2020(May)
RBI’s MPC (monetary policy committee) 7% from 7.2% for FY 20(June)
Central Statistics Office (CSO) 6.8% for 2018-19 while GDP for 4th quarter is
5.8%(June)
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World Bank 7.5%(2019 )(Global growth is 2.6%).Click

here to read more. (June)
Goldman Sachs 7.2 percent(2019-20) (June)
Fitch 6.6%- FY 20(June)
DBS Bank 6.8%- FY 20(June)
RBI IN NEWS
JANUARY
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a notification for all authorised non-bank Prepaid Payment
Instrument (PPI) Issuers - to limit the liability of Customers in unauthorised electronic
payment transactions in Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPIs) comprising mobile wallets,
prepaid payments cards, and paper vouchers such as Sodexo.
 RBI-allows-tokenisation-for securing digital payment safety.
 RBI rationalised the overseas borrowing norms allowing a uniform borrowing limit of Rs 750
million a year across tenors.
FEBRUARY
 RBI - announced -to increase the limit on collateral-free agriculture loans to Rs.1.6 lakh from
Rs.1 lakh.
 RBI Doubles the limit of bulk deposits from Rs. 1 crore to Rs 2 Crore.
 RBI -decided to transfer Rs. 28,000 crore as interim dividend to the Government of India.
MARCH
 RBI notifies 2% interest subsidy through “Interest subvention scheme” for short-term crop
loans.
 RBI limits HDFC to hold more than 9.9% stake in Bandhan Bank.
APRIL
 RBI has altered the LCR (Liquidity Coverage Ratio) norms to offer an additional 2% window to
lenders.
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) - proposed strict rules on opening and running of current accounts
of corporate borrowers - more than Rs 50 crore- in order to tackle fund diversion.
 RBI is going to issue new Rs 20 denomination banknote with greenish-yellow colour- size of 63
X 129 mm.
MAY
 RBI - notified RRBs (Regional Rural Banks) and SFBs (Small Finance Banks) - housing loan
limits to individuals up to Rs 35 lakh in metropolitan centres (which would have a population
of over 10 lakhs) and Rs 25 lakh in other centres, under Priority sector Lending (PSL).
 RBI -published ‘Payment And Settlement Systems In India: Vision 2019 – 2021’ -to promote
Innovation, Cyber-Security, Financial Inclusion.
 RBI has increased the transfer timings of RTGS from 4.30 pm to 6 pm.
 Nandan Nilekani-led panel submitted report to RBI regarding the promotion of digital
payments.
JUNE
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) relaxed the Leverage Ratio (LR) for banks to 3.5%.
 RBI -launches new complaints portal(https://cms.rbi.org.in) for filing online complaints
against banks, NBFCs.
JULY
 Powers Of SEBI & RBI In Finance Bill 2019
Amendments to RBI Act
♦ More Powers to regulate NBFCs
♦ Regulation of HFCs moved from NHB to RBI
♦ Removal of Directors & Supersession of board
♦ Resolution of NBFCs
♦ Non-uniform approach and a missed opportunity
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♦ Debarment of Auditors
Amendments to Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act (SCRA), 1956
Amendments to SEBI Act, 1992
♦ Checks and Balances on SEBI’s Expenses
♦ Clarification on Electronic Communication & penalty on broker
♦ Alteration, Destruction etc. of records and failure to protect electronic database
APPROVAL BY RBI:
JANUARY
 IndiaMoneyMart-received- NBFC – P2P Certificate -to expand operations and target loan
disbursals- worth INR 100 Crore - 2018-19.
 Iran’s Pasargad Bank received RBI’s nod to open its branch in Mumbai.
 Svamaan Financial Services- as an RBI Registered Non-Banking Financial Company – Micro
Finance Institution (NBFC – MFI).
FEBRUARY
 Reserve Bank of India cleared Yes Bank of Divergence charges.
 Reserve Bank of India lifted - 20% limit on investment by Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) in
corporate bonds of an entity.
 RBI bundles NBFCs into a single type to offer operational flexibility.
 RBI formalised USD 75-billion swap pact with Bank of Japan.
 RBI extends KYC deadline for digital wallets by six months.
MARCH
 A series of visually impaired friendly Re 1, Rs 2, Rs 5, Rs 10, Rs 20 coins unveiled.
 RBI allowed White Label ATM Operators (WLAO) to offer bill payment and deposit services
depending on the technical feasibility of the device.
APRIL
 RBI -asks banks to disclose bad loan divergences in their financial statements on the condition
if divergence exceeds 10% of profit prior to provision and contingencies.
 RBI Sets WMA Limit For Government At Rs 75000 Crore For The First Half Of The FY 2019-20.
 RBI grants 12 years to LIC for reducing stake in IDBI Bank.
 RBI extends the previous ombudsman scheme to non-deposit taking NBFCs having asset size of
Rs.100 crore or higher.
 Fintech Start-Ups Allowed to Test Regulatory Sandbox: RBI
MAY
 RBI- permitted the modern Currency Chests-to hike service charges on the cash deposited by
non-chest bank branches from Rs.5 per packet of 100 pieces to a higher rate subject to a
maximum of Rs.8 per packet.
JUNE
 RBI - average base rate at 9.18% for NBFC-MFI borrowers for the quarter beginning July 1,
2019.
 RBI-stated that the data related to payment transactions must be stored in systems of the
country.
JULY
 RBI gets the power to regulate housing finance companies instead of National Housing
Bank(NHB).
 RBI board has finalized a three- year roadmap ‘Utkarsh 2022’ to improve regulation &
supervision
SBI IN NEWS
JANUARY
 SBI Life Insurance & Allahabad Bank -signed- to sell the policies.
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 SBI Life Insurance & Syndicate Bank -signed- to offer a comprehensive financial planning
solution to its customers.
FEBRUARY
 State Bank of India (SBI) signed with National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)-worth Rs.
5,000 Crore.
MARCH
 SBI named as Systemically Important Banks by RBI.
 SBI and Hitachi Payment Services launched SBIPSPL to establish digital payments platform in
India
 SBI links savings account, short-term loan interest rates to RBI repo rate.
 Doorstep Banking for Senior Citizens, Differently-Abled And Infirm Persons introduced by SBI.
APRIL
 State Bank of India (SBI) & PAISALO Digital Limited signed the first co-origination loan
agreement.
 SBI General Insurance has launched its new product – cyber defence insurance to protect
businesses from financial and reputational losses due to cyber attacks.
 State Bank of India (SBI) launched India’s first ‘Green Car Loan’ (Electric Vehicle) to encourage
customers to buy electric vehicles.
MAY
 Ola Cabs -launched Ola Money SBI Credit Card in partnership with SBI Card to provide a
flexible and convenient payment system to its customers.
JUNE
 SBI -to introduce repo-linked home loan product from July 1, 2019. It has become the first bank
to offer this facility.
JULY
 SBI- National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF)-signed an MoU to provide financing
solutions to the infrastructure sector.
 The changes in the rates of the schemes are as follows:

Scheme New interest rate(July-September Time
2019)
Savings Deposit 4.0% Annually
1 year Time Deposit 6.9% Quarterly
5 year Recurring Deposit 7.2% Quarterly
5 year Senior Citizen Savings Scheme 8.6`% Quarterly and paid
5 year Monthly Income Account 7.6% Monthly and paid
5 year National Savings Certificate 7.9% Annually
Public Provident Fund Scheme 7.9% Annually
Kisan Vikas Patra 7.6% (will mature in 113 months) Annually
Sukanya Samriddhi Account Scheme 8.4% Annually
OTHER BANK IN NEWS

JANUARY
 HDFC MF surpassed ICICI Prudential MF to become largest AMC in India.
 Regional Rural Banks-Punjab Gramin Bank, Malwa Gramin Bank and Sutlej Gramin Bank
amalgamated into a single Bank.
 IDFC Bank re-named as IDFC First Bank.
 HDFC Standard Life Insurance renamed itself to HDFC Life Insurance.
 UAE, Saudi Central banks launch common digital currency called ‘Aber’
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 Pallavan Grama Bank and Pandyan Grama Bank merged to form TN Grama Bank
 Asian Development Bank raised $100 million from peso-linked bonds in the international
market.
 ‘Kisan Suvidha loan’ for small and marginal farmers launched by Ujjivan Small Finance Bank.
 J P Morgan became First US Bank with Cryptocurrency.
 Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) launched a new micro insurance plan ‘Micro Bachat’
 Rs 300 crore Women’s Livelihood Bond launched by World Bank, UN and SIDBI
MARCH
 ICICI and HDFC named as Systemically Important Banks by RBI.
 Bank of Baroda- becomes one of the first PSBs to launch creche/day-care facility for
employees’ children.
 Aviva Life Insurance launches special mentorship programme ‘Wings’-to empower empower
the female workforce.
 ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Scheme was launched by ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund
APRIL
 HDFC AMC claims first position in terms of Assets.
 A unique proposition to pay electricity bill on EMIs launched by Bajaj Finserv.
 IDBI Bank launches NRI-Insta Online, A paperless account opening facility for NRI.
 Canara Bank: India’s First Public Sector Bank To Meet RBI’s EMV Mandate.
 Kotak Mahindra Bank - first Destination Bank to launch debit card based e-mandates On NPCI’s
E-Mandate API Platform.
 AnyTimeHealth machines –launched by -HDFC Bank and Max Bupa
 ’Webassurance’- launched by - Canara Bank and its life insurance partner Canara HSBC
Oriental Bank of Commerce Life Insurance.
 Bharti AXA General Insurance, the 1st company to sell 2-wheeler policies via WhatsApp, by
partnering with Wishfin.
 Paytm Launches Recurring Payment Options for startups.
MAY
 LIC HFL initiated UDYAM-a skill development centre for marginalized youth in Bangalore
 Asian Development Bank (ADB) launched 5$ billion Action Plan for Healthy Oceans and
Sustainable Blue Economies for the Asia and Pacific region.
 Max Life Insurance Co Ltd dedicated the 6th day of each month as ‘Protection Day’ to raise
awareness on financial protection.
 HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company launched ‘Mosquito Disease Protection Policy’ which
will cover people against common mosquito-borne diseases
 NABARD launched Nabventures- its maiden fund to give support to agriculture, food, rural
start-ups
 Tripura Gramin Bank among top RRB performer in the country
 Karnataka Bank introduced Savings Bank product named "KBL SB Salary" for salaried class
 Corporation Bank launches ‘Corp SME Suvidha’ for GST- registered MSMEs
 Indian Overseas Bank introduced "Bank on Wheels" for door-step banking facility.
JUNE
 Government reduced the Employees State Insurance (ESI) contribution rate to 4% from 6.5%.
 Max Life Insurance Company launched 'My Protection Quotient' Tool.
 Max Life Insurance launched 'Max Life Smart Term Plan'.
 Indian Crypto Exchange Koinex Shuts down its operation.
JULY
 Punjab & Sind Bank sets up centralised hub ‘Cen-MARG’ to process retail and MSME loans.
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MOU’S/AGREEMENTS SIGNED BY BANKS

JANUARY
 UBI, Srei Equipment Finance enter pact for MSME sector finance.
 ICICI Bank, Small Business FinCredit joined hands to provide loans worth Rs. 1 crore to MSMEs
for 15-year tenure.
 IRCTC tied up with Bharti AXA General insurance company to offer free travel insurance for air
travelers.
FEBRUARY
 IIFL Home Finance- Maharashtra government -for building affordable houses through credit-
linked subsidy scheme (CLSS) under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY).
 Syndicate Bank – signed- Srei Equipment Finance -to provide equipment financing under co-
lending arrangement for various equipment.
MARCH
 IDBI Bank signed MoU with Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) to become the preferred
bank for LIC premium payments.
 ICICI Lombard signed MoU with AnyTimeLoan.in (ATL)-to provide insurance cover for its
lenders and borrowers.
 State Bank of India (SBI) tied up with Bank of China (BoC) to boost business opportunities.
 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI)- tied up-with International Finance
Corporation (IFC) for provides a technical assistance by IFC to IBBI until 30th June 2021.
APRIL
 Canara Bank-tied with-National Thermal Power Corporation(NPTC)- to part finance company’s
capital expenditure
 HDFC Bank-signed MoU with- Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)- to strengthen BSE startup
platform.
 Bank of Maharashtra (BoM)-signed MoU with- M1Xchange TreDSplatform-to assist MSMEs to
get their bills financed at a competitive rate.
 Bajaj Allianz General Insurance tied with- Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance -to launch their 1st
product titled 'Total Health Secure Goal'.
 RBL Bank –signed MoU with- Wirecard-to promote financial inclusion in India.
 Aegon Life Group Term Plus Plan-launched by- Aegon Life Insurance & Mobikwik.
MAY
 Citibank signed agreement with Paytm to launch its 1st credit card called 'Paytm First Card'.
 Housing Development Finance Cooperation (HDFC) Life signed agreement with Bharti Airtel-
to offer life cover for customers at a prepaid recharge of Rs 249 with an insurance cover of the
worth of Rs 4 lakh from HDFC Life.
 State Bank of India (SBI) signed agreement with FMCG arm of The Art of Living, Sri Sri Tattva
for SBI's YONO users can avail a discount of 15% on the entire range of products.
JUNE
 MobiKwik –partnered - Max Bupa to launch “shampoo-sachet” concept in the insurance sector.
It will offer mini medical insurance products with premiums as low as Rs 20.
 IDBI- signed a bancassurance agreement with Tata AIG General Insurance Company Ltd to
provide Tata AIG’s suite of P&C (Property and Casualty (insurance) products to its customers.
JULY
 Airtel Payments Bank- Bharti AXA Life Insurance-to offer Bharti AXA Life POS (Point of Sale)
Saral Jeevan Bima Yojana.
 Reliance Jio -partners with Facebook- to launch literacy drive “’Digital Udaan” for first-time
internet users in India
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LOANS/FUNDS SANCTIONED BY BANKS

Loan issued Received by Amount Points to be noted
JANUARY
Reserve bank of India Sri lanka USD 400 To boost the nation’s
million reserve.RBI has agreed to issue
the fund under the SAARC
SWAP facility system.
FEBRUARY
World Bank Himachal $40 million (4 For bringing clean and reliable
Pradesh,Governmen crore INR) drinking water to the citizens
t of India of Greater Shimla area.
Bank of Baroda Germany’s KfW 113 million USD To refinance solar projects
Development Bank
MARCH
Asian Infrastructure Government of India USD 455 million For financing the Andhra
Investment Bank (AIIB) Pradesh Rural Roads Project,
which will connect 3,300
habitations with a population
of more than 250, and benefit
around 2 million people in New
Delhi.
Asian Development Bank Government of India USD 926 Million To operationalize two lines for
(ADB) the Mumbai Metro Rail System
and is the Single Largest
Infrastructure Project Loan in
ADB history.
Government of India USD 26 Million The loan provided is additional
financing under the ongoing
loan of USD 51 million under
Assam Urban Infrastructure
Investment Program (AUIIP).
Avaada Energy USD50 million The investment will be done
Private Limited through ADB’s Ordinary Capital
(AEPL) Resources and Leading Asia’s
Private Infrastructure Fund a
funding arm of Japan
International Cooperation
Agency administered by ADB.
World Bank Chhattisgarh state $25.2 Million To provide support to reforms
government for expenditure management.
Government of $96 Million To provide financial support to
Uttarakhand Uttarakhand for adopting post-
disaster recovery plans.
Andhra Pradesh Rs. 2200 crores For implementation of the AP
($328-million) Health Systems Strengthening
Project (APHSSP).
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13 states in India $250 million To provide a boost to rural

(Assam, Bihar, income and support to the
Chhattisgarh, National Rural Economic
Jharkhand, Gujarat, Transformation Project
Maharashtra, (NRETP)
Madhya Pradesh,
Orissa, Rajasthan,
Uttar Pradesh, West
Bengal, Karnataka
and Tamil Nadu)
Government of India $137 million The project involves more than
220 selected large dams in
Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya
Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu
and Uttarakhand.
Government of India Nepal 35.5 million For the construction of an
Nepalese educational campus to boost
rupees the learning environment of
the students. It was made
under the Development
Partnership Programme which
is administered by the
Development Administration
Partnership division of the
Ministry of External Affairs.
APRIL
Asian Development Bank India USD 3.88 billion It is the highest ever loan
(ADB) amount since sovereign
operations began in the
country in 1986. ADB
committed several projects like
a USD 100-million loan to Ostro
Kutch Wind in Gujarat.
Reserve Bank of Rwanda 266.6$ million The funding for the projects
India (RBI)’s Exim Bank has been done in 3 distinct
tranches.
 For supporting agricultural
projects
 For the development of
Special Economic Zones
(SEZs)
 For financing road projects
in Rwanda.

UNSG India USD 38 million Till now, the total amount
which has to be paid to troops
and police-contributing
countries (TCCs/PCCs) with
respect to active peacekeeping
missions was USD 265 million.
MAY
Asian Development Bank Indian Railway USD 750 million For long-term financing for the
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(ADB) Finance Corporation Railways Track Electrification

(IRFC) Project, as part of a broad
modernization program to
reduce the dependence India’s
railway sector on fossil fuels. It
is the largest single non-
sovereign loan ever.
JUNE
Asian Development Bank Chhattisgarh $350 million It will improve the connectivity
(ADB) and access to basic services
and livelihood opportunities in
the state. The total cost of the
project is $521.69 million.Click
here to read more.
World Bank Tamil Nadu $287 million For the state’s Health System
Reform Programme in New
Delhi. It is aimed to improve
the quality of health care,
reduce the burden of non-
communicable diseases (NCDs)
and fill equity gaps in
reproductive and child health
services.Click here to read
more.
Indian government Nepal 1.6 billion For rebuilding of houses in
Nepalese Nuwakot and Gorkha districts,
rupees which were damaged in the
devastating earthquake in
2015.
Export-Import Bank of Ghana and $245 million For agricultural and railway
India (Exim Bank) Mozambique projects
Asian Development Bank Tripura Rs. 1650 crore For overall infrastructure
(ADB) development of seven districts
headquarter towns of Tripura.
The ADB will give 80 percent of
1650 crore as grant-in-aid and
the State Government of
Tripura will have to repay back
only 20 percent loan in due
course of time.
World Bank Rajasthan $ 250 Million For Phase II of Rajasthan State
Highways Development
Project.
World Bank Jharkhand $147 million To improve the management
capacity of the urban local
bodies (ULBs)
World Bank Uttarakhand $31.58 million Loan is from the World Bank's
(about Rs 221 International Bank for
crore) Reconstruction and
Development (IBRD)
World Bank Andra Pradesh $328 million For improving health services
of Andhra Pradesh. The
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International Bank for

Reconstruction and
Development (IBRD) loan has a
23.5-year maturity and
includes a grace period of 6-
year.
World Bank Government of India $400 Million For the Program Towards
Elimination of
Tuberculosis(TB), which kills
approximately half a million
people in India every year. The
program will cover nine States
of India. It will also support the
government’s National
Strategic Plan to end TB in
India by 2025. Click here to
read more.
World Bank Kerala $250 million For the Kerala Resilient
(Rs 1,725 crore) Programme. Of the total loan,
$160 million will be given on
‘easy terms’ with interest of
less than 1.5% with a
repayment period of 30 years.
For the balance amount, the
interest will be 4% and the
repayment period will be 20
years plus a moratorium of five
years.
APPOINTMENTS RELATED TO BANKING SECTOR:

National
Name Appointed As Entity/Place Points To Be Noted
JANUARY
Dilip Sadarangani Chairman(Part-Time) Federal Bank
Parthasarathi MD Lakshmi Vilas Bank
Mukherjee
Amitabh Chaudhry MD and CEO Axis bank Axis Bank Managing Director
(MD) and Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) Shikha
Sharma retired from the
services of the bank
V Vaidyanathan MD and CEO IDFC First Bank V Vaidyanathan is the
founder and chairman
of Capital First.
Ravneet Singh Gill MD and CEO Yes bank Ravneet Singh Gill was the
successor to Rana Kapoor
FEBRUARY
Ajai Kumar CEO (Interim) YES Bank
P V Bharathi Chief Executive Officer Corporation Bank
MARCH
M.R.Kumar Chairman Life Insurance He will be succeeding V. K
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Corporation (LIC) Sharma who had retired on

31st December 2018 after
which Managing Director
Hemant Bhargava was acting
as the interim chairman.
KVS Manian and Director(Whole time) Kotak Mahindra For a three-year term
Gaurang Shah Bank effective from the date of
approval from the Reserve
Bank of India.
Ashu Khullar Head Citibank(India) He currently holds the
position of head of Asia-
Pacific capital markets. He
succeeds Pramit Jhaveri.
Rustom Irani Managing Director Hitachi Payment He will succeed Loney
Services Antony
Vijay Chandok MD and CEO ICICI Securities He will succeed Shilpa Naval
Kumar
N S Srinath Non-executive chairman Karur Vysya Bank He will be appointed for a
period of 3 years
APRIL
Sairee Chahal Board of Directors Paytm Payments Sairee Chahal is the founder
Bank (PPB) and CEO of Sheroes which is
a community platform for
women.
Kaushik Shaparia Chief Executive Officer Deutsche Bank He will succeed Ravneet Gill.
Siddhartha Chief Operating Officer LIC Housing He started his career with
Mohanty (COO) Finance LIC of India in 1985.
Rajesh Kumar Executive Director Punjab National Currently PNB has three
Yaduvanshi Bank (PNB) Executive Directors, namely,
Yaduvanshi, L V Prabhakar
and A K Azad.
Vipin Anand Managing Director Life Insurance He will succeed interim
Corporation of chairman, Hemant Bhargava.
India (LIC)
Karnam Sekar MD and CEO Indian Overseas He is currently the CEO and
Bank MD of Dena bank.
MAY
Dinesh Pangtey Chief Executive Officer Life Insurance He succeeds Shri Raj Kumar.
Corporation (LIC)
Mutual Fund
Nitin Chugh Managing Director (MD) Ujjivan Small The current MD and CEO
and Chief Executive Finance Bank Samit Ghosh’s tenure will
Officer (CEO) end on November 30, 2019.
Currently, Nitin Chugh is
Group Head of Digital
Banking of HDFC Bank.
JUNE
Rabi N Mishra Executive director Reserve Bank of He succeeds Rosemary
India (RBI) Sebastian's retirement.
Previously, Rabi N Mishra
was the principal chief
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general manager of the

bank's risk management
department.
Sachin Bansal Independent director Ujjivan Small This step is taken in order to
Finance bank achieve the banks plan to
upgrade itself as an state-of-
the-art mass market bank.
R K Chibber Interim Chief Jammu and He Succeeded Parvez Ahmed
Kashmir Bank
Sarada Kumar Managing Director National Housing He succeeds Sriram
Hota Bank (NHB) Kalyanaraman. Prior to the
appointment, Hota served as
the managing director of Can
Fin Homes, a subsidiary of
Canara Bank.
Rakesh Makhija Non-Executive (Part- Axis Bank He will succeed current
Time) Chairman Sanjiv Mishra
JULY
AK Misra Additional director Jammu and He was the former executive
Kashmir Bank director of RBI. His
appointment shall be for a
period of two years with
effect from July 3, 2019, to
July 2, 2021, or till further
orders.
N S Vishwanathan Deputy governor Reserve Bank of His tenure was extended for
India (RBI) one more year with effect
from July 4, 2019.
Karnam Sekar Managing Director Indian Overseas He replaces R
(MD)and Chief Executive Bank (IOB) Subramaniakumar.
Officer(CEO)
RESIGNATION:
Name Resigned as Entity/Place
FEBRUARY
Chanda Kochhar Managing Director and CEO ICICI Bank
Pralay Mondal Senior group President Yes Bank
Harshil Mehta CEO Dewan Housing Finance
Corporation Limited (DHFL)
MAY
Bhushan Patil President Paytm
JUNE
Mukesh Sabharwal Independent director Yes Bank
Ajai Kumar Interim Managing Director (MD) Yes Bank
and Chief Executive (CEO)
Viral Acharya Deputy Governor Reserve Bank of India
INDIAN AFFAIRS
FIRST IN INDIA
JANUARY:
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 Gujarat - 1st state to implement 10% quota to Economically Weaker sections (EWS) of general
category.
 Country’s first Geographical Indication (GI) store - Dabolim International Airport in Goa.
 Narendra Modi - Country’s First National Museum of Indian Cinema in Mumbai,Maharashtra.
 Sikkim - first state - to roll out Universal Basic Income.
 Secunderabad Railway Station- first Railway station to hoist Tricolour National flag on a 100
feet tall pole under Railway’s order.
 Andaman - First Island to operate seaplanes under UDAN-3.
 Train 18 - India’s first indigenously developed engineless semi high speed train - renamed
as Vande Bharat Express.
 First of its Kind-Western Railway provides ‘segway’ to RPF personnel.
 First LNG import terminal of IOC commissioned in Ennore, Tamil Nadu.
 Vijay Mallya - first person to be declared a ‘fugitive economic offender’ under Section 12 of
the Fugitive Economic Offenders’ Act, 2018.
 BHEL and LIBCOIN to build India’s First Lithium Ion Giga Factory with 1GWh.
 First in India-HAL-built light combat helicopter- completes air-to-air weapon trials-Odisha.
FEBRUARY:
 India’s first Humanoid Police Robot - KP-BOT, ranked as Sub-Inspector (SI), in
Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala.
 India’s first hi-tech forensic lab NCFL and CyPAD in Dwarka, New Delhi.
 India’s first district cooling system to be built in Amravati.
 Kerala- first Indian state to set up a price monitoring and research unit (PMRU).
MARCH:
 DotBook: India’s first Braille laptop created by IIT-Delhi Scientists.
 India’s first LGBTQ Clinic and HIV treatment centre inaugurated in Mumbai.
 PM Modi launched ‘One Nation, One Card’ for transport mobility in Ahmedabad. It is first of this
kind scheme in India.
 India’s first policy to protect bank locker launched by IFFCO Tokio General Insurance.
 Adani Port - first Indian port operator to achieve a new record of handling 200 million tonnes
(MT) cargo movement.
APRIL:
 Phayeng Village of Manipur tagged as India’s first carbon-positive settlement.
 India’s First Foreign Interactive Bird Park launched by EsselWorld in Mumbai.
 Reliance Mutual Fund partnering with Google- the first Indian company to launch voice-based
financial transactions.
 Kotak Mahindra Bank - First Lender To Impose Charges On UPI Transactions, Namely, Paytm,
Google Pay, PhonePe among others.
 India’s first AI-enabled e-motorcycle brand- Revolt Intellicorp Pvt Ltd-launched by Micromax
co-founder Rahul Sharma.
MAY
 Kerala - first state- to tap into masala bond-worth of USD 312 million (Rs 2,150 crore) in
London Stock Exchange (LSE)’s International Securities Market (ISM).
 Harda district of Madhya Pradesh-first state-women handle entire work of counting votes.
 India's first Tree Ambulance initiated in Chennai,TamilNadu by Abdul Ghani.
 First 'Blockchain District' –to be set up in- Hyderabad, Telangana.
 BharatPe launches India’s first UPI Bahi Khata(Digital Ledger) for merchants.
 India gets its first ever ice cafe in Gaya Village at 14,000 feet
 Motila Oswal AMC - first Indian fund house to introduce WhatsApp transaction platform
 Indian Navy’s first full-fledged Service Selection Board (SSB) at Diamond Harbour, near
Kolkata.
JUNE
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 Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani inaugurated- India’s first Dinosaur Museum-cum-Park at
Raiyoli village in Balasinor town of Mahisagar district,Gujarat.
 India’s first green and clean railway station -Udhana railway station in Gujarat – initiative by
Viral Sudhirbhai Desai.
 India’s first village with zero wooden stoves -Bancha in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh.
 First time in India opens water clinic for Elephants in Mathura.
 Delhi Metro became India's the first ever project to receive power from a waste-to-energy
plant.
 Hero MotoCorp becomes the first two-wheeler manufacturer to receive BS6 Certification for its
Hero Splendor iSmart.
JULY
 Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has operationalized its first “Aadhaar Seva
Kendra” (ASKs) in Delhi and Vijayawada.
 ‘Fashionova’- India’s first Design Development Centre launched in Surat, Gujarat.
 Tata Steel Kalinganagar -First & only Indian manufacturing plant - included in prestigious
Lighthouse Network of the World Economic Forum.
 Delhi-Jaipur and Delhi-Agra are India’s first highway corridors to get charging stations for
electric vehicles by March 2020.
 Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express, - set to be the first train to be operated by private players.
 India’s first cow sanctuary Kamdhenu Gau Abhyaranya in Madhya Pradesh to be privatised
 India’s first elephant rehabilitation centre will be set up at Kerala’s Kottoor
LONGEST,LARGEST,HIGHEST:
JANUARY
 India’s longest single lane steel cable suspension bridge or Byorung Bridge(300-meter)-
Arunachal Pradesh.
 Kochi refinery-largest PSU Refinery-in India.
MARCH
 GRSE - 1st largest Indian Shipyard to deliver 100 Warships
APRIL
 Indian Army Constructs The Longest Suspension Bridge ‘Maitri’ Over River Indus In Leh-
Ladakh in just 40 days.
JULY
 South Central Railways (SCR) - commissioned the longest electrified tunnel in between
Cherlopalli and Rapuru stations in Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh
CABINET APPROVALS
JANUARY
 Cabinet - Continuation of Umbrella scheme - “Family Welfare and Other Health Interventions”
during 2017-18 to 2019-20.
 Cabinet - Amendment to the Trade Unions Act, 1926 to make provisions regarding Recognition
of Trade Unions.
 Cabinet - 10 pc quota for economically weaker sections in general category for this Articles 15
and 16 of the Constitution will have to be amended.
 Cabinet - Created the post of Vice Chancellor for National Rail & Transport Institute & set up in
Vadodara, Gujarat & setting up of 3 new AIIMS-Jammu,Kashmir and Gujarat
 Cabinet - recapitalisation of Export-Import Bank of India.
 Cabinet - creation of the National Bench of the Goods and Services Tax Appellate
Tribunal(GSTAT).
FEBRUARY
 Establishment of New Viral Vaccine Manufacturing Unit in Tamil Nadu.
 Setting up a new company under Department of Space.
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 Implementation of National Rural Economic Transformation Project.

 Khadi Gramodyog Vikas Yojana-extended-from 2017-18 to 2019-20.
 Approved- launch of Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan.
 Creation -one post of Secretary and one post of Joint Secretary in the newly created
Department of Fisheries.
MARCH
 Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN Yojana approved by Cabinet.
 Cabinet approved Rs.1450 crore for share capital of RBI in NHB.
 “National Policy on Software Products 2019” was approved by Cabinet.
 Cabinet approved National Mineral Policy, 2019.
 Setting up of new AIIMS at Manethi, Haryana received Cabinet Approval
 Cabinet approves Rs.1236cr investment for Arun-3 Hydro project '.
 Teesta Stage-VI HE Project in Sikkim received Cabinet nod.
 Kiru Hydroelectric Project in Jammu and Kashmir got Cabinet approval
 Cabinet approved the proposal for accession of India to Nice, Vienna and Locarno agreements.
APRIL
 Cabinet approves creation of a single post of Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General in the
office of Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
 Cabinet approves the Continuation of Phase 4 of (GSLV) Geosynchronous Satellite Launch
Vehicle.
 Cabinet approved Rs. 4315.15 crores for implementing 10% EWS Quota.
JUNE
 Cabinet -extended the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana ((PM-KISAN) to all eligible
farmer families, irrespective of the size of their landholding –earlier it was for those having two
hectares of land.
 Cabinet approved to give monthly pension of Rs 3,000 to small traders, businessmen, and
shopkeepers after - age of 60 years -turnover below Rs 1.5 crore.
 Cabinet increased PM’s Scholarship Scheme under the National Defence Fund Rs 2,000 per
month to Rs 2,500 per month for boys - Rs 2,250 per month to Rs 3,000 per month for girls.
 Cabinet extended President’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) for six more months beginning
July 3, 2019 under article 356(4) of the Constitution of India.
JULY
 Cabinet – hiked Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for all Kharif Crops for 2019-20.
 Cabinet approved-leasing out 3 airports namely Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Mangaluru of
Airports Authority of India (AAI)-to the highest bidder M/s. Adani Enterprises Ltd.
 Cabinet approved Code on Wages Bill 2019 - replaces the Payment of Wages Act, 1936,
Minimum Wages Act, 1948, Payment of Bonus Act, 1965, and the Equal Remuneration Act,
1976.
BILL /Acts PASSED

JANUARY
 Lok Sabha passed - “The DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2019”.
 Lok Sabha has passed the Personal Laws (Amendment Bill), 2019.
 Lok Sabha has passed Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 -to provide Indian citizenship to
non-Muslims communities from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
 One Hundred and third Amendment Act, 2019 - grants 10 per cent reservation in jobs and
educational institutions to the economically weaker sections in the general category.
 Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Act, 2019-implemented.
FEBRUARY
 Introduction of Registration of Marriage of NRI Bill 2019
 Himachal Pradesh Assembly passed - Bill -to make Sanskrit as the second official language.
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 Rajasthan Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2019 and the Rajasthan Municipality
(Amendment) Bill, 2019.
JUNE
 Cabinet introduced “The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre) Bill,
2019” by replacing “The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre)
Ordinance, 2019”
 “New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (NDIAC) Bill, 2019” introduced to promote ease of
doing business in India.
 “The Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2019” introduced to ensure transparency,
accountability and quality in the governance of medical education in the country.
 Cabinet approved the bill to fine people with Rs 10,000 for blocking ambulances which is part
of Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill.
 Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2019 -will safeguard transparency, accountability,
and quality in the governance of medical education in the country.
STATEWISE NEWS
JANUARY
 Andhra Pradesh- got a separate high court(25th high courts) –in-‘Justice City’in Amaravati.
 Assam-Communities-Koch Rajbongshi, Tai Ahom, Chutiya, Matak, Moran and the tea tribes-got-
ST Status.
 Nashik,Maharashtra-the country’s second defence innovation hub.
 Kallakurichi - 33rd district- after bifurcating Villupuram-Tamil Nadu.
 Uttar Pradesh - renamed Allahabad as Prayagraj.
 UP govt - give pension of Rs 500 to destitute persons.
 Veer Savarkar International Airport in Port Blair-declared as an authorized Immigration Check
post.
 Indian Forest Service - renamed as Indian Forest and Tribal Service.
FEBRUARY
 Indus River Dolphin declared as Punjab’s State aquatic animal.
 Tamil Nadu-first State in mainland to get 2 Coast Guard Districts(Thoothukudi, Chennai)
 Creation of 2 new districts in Telangana– Mulugu and Narayanpet.
 World heritage centre to be set up at Mayapur in West Bengal.
MARCH
 ‘Special Stamp Cover on Ice Stupa’ released by Department of Post, Jammu & Kashmir.
APRIL
 "Chennai Central" has been renamed as "Puratchi Thalaivar Dr M G Ramachandran Chennai
Central" after Dr. MG Ramachandran
 Justice Pradeep Nandrajog sworn in as Chief justice of Bombay High Court
 Project Kannamma initiated by Rotary Club of Madras North,Tamil Nadu to ensure good
menstrual health.
MAY
 Chhattisgarh police - deployed first ever Anti-Naxal women’s commando unit named
‘Danteshwari Ladake’ or ‘Fighters of Goddess Danteshwari’ .
 Jammu and Kashmir Government - Healthcare Investment Policy-2019.
 Geological Survey of India (GSI)- installed-Mawmluh cave and Therriaghat cave at Sobhar in
East Khasi Hill District in Meghalaya.
JUNE
 Assam govt - increased the parent's annual income limit of students eligible for fee wavier
scheme up to post graduation level from Rs 1 Lakh to Rs 2 Lakh.
 Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) affects the people of Bihar.
 Central India got its First Sikh Museum in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
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 Chaukhandi Stupa declared as a protected area “Monument of national importance” -

Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
 Punjab announced - is going to ban online food delivery without hygiene ratings.
JULY
 Tamil Nadu declared ‘Tamil Yeoman’ or ‘Tamil Maravan’ as its state butterfly.
 First ever India International Cooperatives Trade Fair (IICTF)- Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
 Nagaland declared- “disturbed area” for six more months -under the powers conferred by
Section 3 of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 -No. 28 of 1958 (AFSPA).
 Uttar Pradesh govt -launches toll-free ‘CM helpline 1076’ for complaint registration.
 ‘Operation Milap’, the Delhi Police Crime Branch has rescued 333 children in 7 months.
 Puducherry -will soon to operationalize Bicycle-Sharing Scheme
SCHEMES
Central Government Schemes
JANUARY
 Pravasi Teerth Darshan Yojana- Indian origin with aged between 45 to 65-living in different
nations- will be taken to all religious places in India twice a year.
 Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY –G) +Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) achieved 1.37
crore rural homes ,PMAY-G-66.6 lakh homes.
FEBRUARY
 PM Modi - Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme in Gorakhpur, Uttar
Pradesh.
 Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Mandhan Yojana is a pension scheme for the labours-launched
MARCH
 Gram Samridhi Yojana- scheme for unorganised food processing sector.
 Govt launched Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA) scheme to boost agri exports.
JUNE
 Union Minister for Tribal Affairs, Shri Arjun Munda- launched- “E-governance initiatives for ST
Welfare schemes” - for the betterment of tribal communities across the nation.
 'Adarsh Station scheme’ - developed 1,103 railways stations.
 Government schools to introduce Self Defence Training for girls under Samagra Shiks.
 Under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana scheme, 81,03,196 houses were approved.
 Around 2.22 crore villagers received Digital Education under Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital
Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA).
JULY
 ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ scheme will be available across the country from July 1, 2020.
 University Grants Commission (UGC) approved a new initiative – Scheme for Trans-
disciplinary Research for India’s Developing Economy (STRIDE) to boost research culture in
India.
 Government extends Kisan Credit Card (KCC) facility to fisheries, animal husbandry sector.
 Around 35 crore LED bulbs distributed under UJALA scheme saved Rs 18,341 crore annually.
 Under “Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin)” 9 crores 62 lakh individual household toilets have
been constructed since 2014.
 ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ scheme- Uttarakhand was named among best performing states
aong with Haryana which bagged 3 awards with its district Bhiwani and Mahendragarh.
State Government Schemes

JANUARY
 Madhya Pradesh –launched-“Jai Kisan Rin Mukti Yojana” - farm loan waiver scheme.
 Madhya Pradesh –launched- ‘Yuva Swabhiman Yojana’-to provide employment to the youth
belonging to the weaker section.
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 Sikkim - ‘One Family One Job’ scheme -for every family one government job has been allotted,
in Gangtok.
FEBRUARY
 Andhra Pradesh-2nd Phase of Pasupu-Kumkuma (Turmeric-Kumkum) scheme and welfare
pensions-launched.
 Bihar - announced - Universal Old Age Pension scheme, named Mukhya Mantri Vriddha
Pension Yojana (MMVPY), irrespective for all caste, community, religion.
 Odisha -Kalia scholarship scheme- to boost education for farmers children.
MARCH
 Haryana -“Mukhyamantri Parivar Samman Nidhi” scheme-for farmers who cultivate on land
with areas upto five acres-&-families earning upto Rs.15000 per month.
 Karnataka- water conservation scheme ‘Jal Amrutha’ was launched.
 Uttarakhand- Mukhyamantri Anchal Amrit Yojana- free milk scheme for anganwadi children.
 West Bengal –launched- Yuvashree Arpan scheme -financially assisting young entrepreneurs.
JUNE
 Bihar launched Mukhyamantri Vriddha Pension Yojna in which poor people above the age of
60 years will get Rs 400 per month & above the age of 80 years will get Rs. 500 per month.
 Punjab –launched- health insurance scheme “Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana (SSBY)” to provide
annual health cover of Rs. 5 lakh per family to 43.18 lakh families of Punjab.
 West Bengal Government launched a crop insurance scheme, Bangla Shashya Bima (BSB) for
the 2019 'Kharif' season.
 Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu -is set to launch its flagship universal health
insurance scheme named “Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana (SSBY)”.
LAUNCHES/INAUGURATIONS
JANUARY
 ISRO- launched-platform“Samwad with Students” (SwS)- to engage youngsters- to capture
their scientific temperament.
 Dr. Harsh Vardhan launched-National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) in New Delhi.
 Odisha - Jiban Sampark project - for the welfare of the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups.
FEBRUARY
 Ashwini Kumar Choubey launched National Programme to Eliminate Viral Hepatitis.
 Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation launched Shehri Samridhi Utsav
 SWAYATT (Start-ups, Women and Youth Advantage Through eTransactions)-launched –New
Delhi.
 Operation Digital Board launched by HRD Ministry to provide better digital education.
MARCH
 Maharashtra - launched - ‘Atal Aahar Yojna’ -for construction workers in the state which will
provide good quality food at a highly subsidised rate.
 Odisha - launched - ‘Mukhya Mantri Karigar Sahayata’ for financial assistance to craftsmen.
APRIL
 Haryana - inaugurated India’s first-of-its-kind ‘Voter Park’ in Vikas Sadan building complex,
Gurugram.
MAY
 Meghalaya –launched- Aroma Mission- to boost medicinal and aromatic plants cultivation.
JUNE
 Karnataka – inaugurated first solar-powered Gram Panchayat - Amasebailu in Kundapura
Taluk of Udupi district.
 Odisha CM-launch- Flood Hazard Atlas for effective management of flood.
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 PM Narenrdra Modi reconstituted NITI Aayog- Rajiv Kumar was retained as the Vice Chairman
of NITI Aayog-Click here to read more.
 Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) – approved- to set up the Defence Space Research Agency
(DSRA), a new agency which will develop sophisticated weapon systems and technologies.
JULY
 Operation Khumaar launched in J&K to make 312 panchayats free from tobacco
CAMPAIGN
JANUARY
 Web Campaign ‘SĀNJHI –MUJH MEIN KALĀKĀR’ -to document and promote -Intangible
Cultural Heritage (ICH).
FEBRUARY
 Punjab govt-“Smart Village Campaign” worth Rs 384.40 crore to build village infrastructure.
 "Darwaza Band – Part 2" campaign was launched by Swatch Bharat Mission Grameen.
MARCH
 PM Modi launches ‘Main Bhi Chowkidar’ campaign.
MAY
 A campaign “Not all animals migrate by choice” - to raise awareness on illegal wildlife trade.
JUNE
 Go Tribal campaign by Tribes India launched in New Delhi.
JULY
 Union Jal Shakti Minister, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, launched the Jal Shakti Abhiyan
(JSA)- a campaign for water conservation and water security in New Delhi.
 Uttar Pradesh launched “Dastak Campaign” to eradicate deadly Acute Encephalitis Syndrome
(AES) and Japanese Encephalitis (JE) disease.
FESTIVAL
JANUARY
 Flamingo Festival-Pulicat Lake in Andhra Pradesh.
 Pakke Paga Hornbill Festival (PPHF)-State Festival-Arunachal Pradesh.
 International Kite Festival-Ahmedabad,Gujarat.
 2nd world Orange Festival – Nagpur,Maharashtra.
 National Youth Parliament Festival 2019-NewDelhi-“Be the Voice of New India” and “Find
solutions and contribute to policy”.
 National Youth Parliament Festival 2019-New Delhi-themed “Be the Voice of New India” and
“Find solutions and contribute to policy”.
 1st one day Turtle Festival in Puri-Odisha.
 Women of India Organic Festival- Chandigarh.
 4th International Kite Festival and 2nd International Sweet Festival - Hyderabad, Telangana.
FEBRUARY
 Boori Boot Yollo festival celebrated Nyishi tribe in Arunachal Pradesh.
 Kala ghoda festival-KAGF, India’s largest multi-cultural street festival - in Mumbai,Maharashtra.
 World Count festival 2019- Pune, Maharashtra.
APRIL
 Rongali Bihu, also known as ‘Bohaag Bihu’-celeberated in Assam.
 To spread peace and brotherhood - a music and poetry festival titled ‘Jashn-e-Ittihaad’ was
held in New Delhi.
MAY
 Brahmakalashothsava festival 2019- celeberated in Karnataka.
JUNE
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 Annual festival of Kheer Bhawani Mela on Zeasht Ashtami was celebrated in Jammu and
Kashmir (J&K).
 23rd Sindhu Darshan Festival 2019 celebrated at Sindhu Ghat Shey in Leh,Jammu and Kashmir.
 Elephanta festival held on Elephanta-Gharapuri (island), Mumbai to promote tourism and
culture in Maharashtra.
JULY
 J&K celebrated Annual Chamliyal Mela.
 World famous Jagannath Rath Yatra 2019(also known as Chariot Festival) –Celebrated - in
Puri, Odisha.
Overview Of Economic Survey 2018-19

• Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman presented the
Economic Survey 2018-19. It was prepared by the Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy
Subramanian. It had a cover page in skyblue colour.
Highlights of the Economic Survey 2018-19
 Sustained real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate of 8% is needed for a $5 trillion
economy by 2024-25.
 National Total Fertility Rate expected to be below replacement rate by 2021.Working age
population to grow by roughly 9.7mn per year during 2021-31 and 4.2mn per year during
2031-41.
 93.1% of households have access to toilets. 96.5% of those with access to toilets are using
them in rural India.
 ‘National level dashboard’ under the Ministry of Labour & Employment for regular
notifications on minimum wages, proposed by the Survey.
 Growth of GDP moderated to 6.8% in 2018-19 from 7.2% in 2017-18.
 Fiscal deficit of the Central Government declined from 3.5% of GDP in 2017-18 to 3.4% in
2018-19.
 The survey projects GDP to grow at 7% in 2019-20.
 Kerala and Himachal Pradesh are the front runners with a score of 69 amongst states.
Chandigarh and Puducherry are the front runners with a score of 68 and 65 respectively
among the UTs in Sustainable Development Goal
 The telecom industry’s contribution to GDP is estimated to reach 8.2% by 2020.
 The services sector growth declined marginally to 7.5% in 2018-19.
 Government expenditure on Health increased to 1.5% in 2018-19 from 1.2% in 2014-15.
 About 1.54 crore houses completed under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY).Click here
to read a detailed explanation on Economic Survey.
Overview of Union Budget 2019-20

• On July 5, 2019, Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman
presented the Union Budget 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha. She broke away from the tradition when
she replaced the conventional leather briefcase with a bright red cloth bag to carry the Budget
papers to the Parliament House. “Gaon, Garib and Kisan” (Village, Poor and Farmer) was the
centre of all policies of the Modi 2.0 Government.
 Total expenditure for 2019-20 is budgeted at Rs 2,786,349 crore (US$ 417.95 billion), an
increase of 14.09 per cent from 2018-19 (budget estimates).
 India target to become US$ 5 trillion economy in the next five years and might become a US$
10 trillion economy in the next eight years thereafter.
 The Indian economy grew at 6.8 per cent in 2018-19 and fourth quarter growth slumped to
5.8 per cent which was a 17 per cent quarter low. Click here to read detailed explanation
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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
FIRST IN THE WORLD
JANUARY
 IOHR launched - world’s first television channel - human rights in London.
MARCH
 China’s Shanghai - world’s first district with 5G coverage and a broadband gigabit network.
 Oslo - first city in the world to introduce Wireless Electric Car Charging Stations.
APRIL
 Japan creates world's 1st artificial crater on asteroid.
 World’s first Malaria vaccine RTS,S is also known as Mosquirix launched in Malawi.
 Helium hydride ion (HeH+) : Universe's first molecule, formed 14 billion years ago, detected in
space.
 China develops -world's first armed amphibious drone boat 'Marine Lizard'.
 Russia - tests World’s First Floating Nuclear Power Plant named ‘Akademik Lomonosov’.
 London - first city to implement 24×7 pollution charge zone
 Emirates Islamic, a bank in Dubai, - world’s first Islamic bank to launch banking via WhatsApp.
MAY
 UK Parliament-first national government to pass an Environment and Climate Emergency.
 Senegal’s lawmakers - approves the removal of the prime minister’s position.
 US government - released first of its kind “Global Health Security Strategy”- to prevent, detect
and respond to threats from infectious diseases.
 Australian flight carrier, Qantas- world’s first zero-waste flight .
 Taiwan - first country in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage
 India - elected to Executive Board of first UN-Habitat Assembly
 World’s first exclusive women’s cricket magazine “CRICZONE” released- Smriti Mandhana
featured as the cover story.
LONGEST,LARGEST,HIGHEST:
FEBRUARY
 Thiruvananthapuram - host Attukal Pongala festival, world’s largest religious congregation of
women.
MARCH
 The Israeli cave explorers discovered the world’s longest cave named Malham near the Dead
sea, beating the record-holder in Iran.
 World’s largest e-waste recycling hub opened at the Dubai Industrial Park, Dubai.
 Tesla has developed its ‘largest power storage system in Asia’ at Osaka train station in Japan.
 Integral Coach Factory of Chennai became the world’s largest rail coach manufacturer
APRIL
 World's largest airplane "Roc" has made its first test flight over California
MAY
 Japan – test’s- ALFA-X version of its fastest-ever Shinkansen bullet train(400 km per hour (249
mph)).
 Russia launched - world's largest nuclear-powered icebreaker 'Ural' at the Baltic Shipyard in St
Petersburg.
JUNE
 World’s largest multi-stage, multi-purpose scheme Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project
inaugurated in Telangana- worth Rs 80,000 crore.
JULY
 World’s largest burn and plastic surgery institute named Sheikh Hasina National Burn and
Plastic Surgery Institute, inaugurated in Dhaka, Bangladesh
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OTHER INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS:

JANUARY
 Macedonia renamed - as the Republic of Northern Macedonia.
 Palestine - took over the Chair of the Group of 77 (G-77) for 2019 from Egypt.
 National drink of Pakistan-Sugarcane juice.
FEBRUARY
 WHO says Measles cases nearly doubled in 2018.
 President Bashir declares year-long state of emergency in Sudan.
MARCH
 Kazakhstan renames its capital Astana as Nursultan after ex-president Nursultan Nazarbayev.
APRIL
 Japan has unveiled its New Imperial Era name called "Reiwa".
 Indonesia released a special stamp on the theme of Ramayana -70th anniversary of -
diplomatic ties between India and Indonesia.
 WHO issued- Children under 5 year should not be allowed more than one hour of “sedentary
screen time” per day.
MAY
 UNSC -designated Jaish-E-Mohammed Leader Masood Azhar As A Global Terrorist.
 UAE launched ‘golden card’ permanent residency scheme
 World Health Organization - declared Algeria and Argentina as malaria-free countries.
JUNE
 El Salvador Legislative Assembly Declares “Forests as Living Entities”
 Estonia, Niger, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Tunisia, Vietnam elected to UNSC as Non-
permanent Members
 First Arctic train service launched by Russia
 Facebook confirmed the launch of cryptocurrency ‘Libra’ in 2020
 Saudi Arabia became the first Arab country to get Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
membership
 Mexico became the first country to ratify the trade deal to replace NAFTA.
JULY
 Japan officially resumes commercial whaling after more than 30 years.
 World Health Organization(WHO) –launched- first guideline on self-care interventions for
health named “WHO Consolidated Guideline on Self-Care Interventions for Health”- by 2030,
there will be shortage of 18 million health workers.
 Iran breached enriched Uranium Stockpile limit set by 2015 nuclear deal.
 Sri Lanka inaugurated its first model village built with Indian assistance at Ranidugama in
Gampaha.
 Sharjah issues its first Golden card visa to an Indian Lalu Samuel, Chairman of Kingston
Holdings.
 Saudi Arabia adopts Digital India &‘equality of women’ motto for Haj 2019. 2 apps namely
“Indian Haj Information System” app introduced to receive grievances and feedback from Hajis
to improve the service. Another app: e-MASIHA (Medical Assistance System for Indian-Hajis
abroad) is also launched to store pilgrim’s health information &medical history.
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INDIAN VISIT
JANUARY
Overview Of Norwegian PM H.E.Ms.Erna Solberg Three Day Visit To India
 Norwegian P.M. Erna Solberg inaugurated the Indo-Norwegian Business Summit 2019 in
NewDelhi
 She inaugurates green compound at Royal Norwegian Embassy.
 India and Norway signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the establishment of the
Joint Task Force on Blue Economy, in order to promote multi-sectoral cooperation in various
aspects of Blue Economy.
 India and Norway agreed to collaborate closely on the ocean economy and achieve the global
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), while also vowing to step up cooperation in combating
terrorism.
 She addressed 4th edition of the Raisina Dialogue, India’s flagship annual geopolitical and
geostrategic conference in New Delhi themed “A World Reorder: New Geometries; Fluid
Partnerships; Uncertain Outcomes”.
Overview of P.M Narendra Modi’s Day Long Visit To Andaman & Nicobar Island
 PM Modi also inaugurated the Industrial Training Institute at Arong and a Modern Sports
Complex in Car Nicobar.
 He released a commemorative postal stamp, 75 rupees coin, and First Day Cover.
 He renamed three islands of Andaman and Nicobar.
♦ The Ross Island was renamed as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Dweep,
♦ The Neil Island would now be known as Shaheed Dweep and
♦ The Havelock Island as Swaraj Dweep.
Overview of Prime Minister’s a day long visit to Silvassa in Dadra & Nagar Haveli
 PM Modi inaugurated an “Education Hub” built at a cost of Rs 250 cr and a bridge on the river
Daman Ganga River at a cost of 48 cr.
 He laid foundation stone of first ever Medical College in Silvassa.
 He released IT policy for Dadra and Nagar Haveli - to boost industries and launched M-Aarogya
App.
Overview of P.M’s Visit to TamilNadu & Kerala
 PM Modi lays foundation stone of AIIMS in Madurai,Tamil Nadu.
 He inaugurated Kochi refinery into the largest PSU Refinery in India.
FEBRUARY
Overview of Official Visit Of Monaco’s Prince Albert II To India
 India-Monaco Business Forum held in New Delhi.
 Monaco’s Prince Albert II met President and planted ‘Princess Grace Rose’ in Mughal Gardens
 Prince Albert II and Prime Minister, Narendra Modi hold talks on bilateral cooperation in the
field of environment, climate change and renewable energy.
Overview of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi visited Arunachal Pradesh where he inaugurated and laid
foundation stone for various development projects. The details of his visit are as follows:
 Development projects worth Rs.4000 crores was unveiled for Arunachal Pradesh by Prime
Minister
 Sela tunnel project was inaugurated in Arunachal Pradesh
 Foundation stone was laid for Greenfield airport in Arunachal Pradesh by Narendra Modi
 Foundation stone was laid for 7 extra High Voltage Sub-stations and 24 Low Tension Sub-
stations in Arunachal Pradesh
 DD ArunPrabha Channel was launched in Itanagar by Prime Minister
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 100% household electrification was declared in Arunachal Pradesh by PM.Click here to

read the detailed article.
Overview of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Visit To Varanasi
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Varanasi,Uttar Pradesh and unveiled several
development projects worth Rs. 3350.
 PM Narendra Modi flaged off first ever diesel-to-electric converted locomotive in Varanasi.
 Prime Minister,Narendra Modi inaugurated Virtual Experiential Museum (VEM) under
Archeological Survey of India, Man – Mahal,in the bank of the River Ganges.
 PM Narendra Modi inaugurated supercomputer ‘Param Shivay’ at IIT-BHU.The
supercomputer of 833 teraflop capacity built at the cost of Rs 32.5 crore.
 He unveiled statue of Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya along with Murals of Varanasi
Ghats.He also dedicated first New Bhabhatron with precision technology.Click here to
read the detailed article.
Overview Of Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri 3-Day Visit To India
 Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri, accompanied by senior government officials and a
business delegation, arrived in New Delhi.
 Argentina became the 72nd country to sign the Framework Agreement of the International
Solar Alliance (ISA).
 India and Argentina Monday agreed to expedite signing of the Bilateral Investment Treaty
(BIT)and the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) between the countries to
promote economic ties.
 India-Argentina Business Forum in New Delhi.Click here to read the detailed article
Overview Of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s First Visit to India
• Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence
of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, paid his first visit to India.
 Indian cos, including TCS, Wipro, sign 15 pacts to invest in Saudi Arabia.
 India and Saudi Arabia to hold security talks at NSA level.
 Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman talks of $100b investment, shares India’s concerns on
terrorism.
 Release of 850 Indian prisoners and increase in the Haj Pilgrims quota.Click here to read
the detailed article.
MARCH
PM Narendra Modi Visited Amethi in UP
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Amethi in Uttar Pradesh to address a public meeting and
lay the foundation stone of an Ordnance factory unit in Amethi. He also inaugurated an Indo-
Russian joint venture (JV) Indo-Russian Rifles Pvt Ltd,that will manufacture the new
Kalashnikov AK-203 rifle in Korwa, near Amethi (UP).
Overview of Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Gujarat
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a 2 day visit to Gujarat.
 PM Modi launched ‘One Nation, One Card’ for transport mobility in Ahmedabad. It is first
of this kind scheme in India.
 He launched PM Shram Yogi Maan-dhan Yojana (PM-SYM) in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. It is a
pension scheme specially for empowering the workers in unorganized sector.
 He inaugurated the 1st phase of Ahmedabad Metro train service. The train will connect
Vastral to Apparel park area which is 6.5km stretch.
 He launched SWAGAT – the Automatic Fare Collection Gating System by Bharat Electronics
Limited (BEL) as part of the inaugural of Phase I of the Ahmedabad Metro.Click here to
read the entire article.
Overview of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Visit to Tamil Nadu and Karnataka
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Kalaburagi in Karnataka and Kancheepuram in Tamil
Nadu where he launched various development projects. He dedicated the Employees State
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Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Hospital and Medical College, Bengaluru to the nation, through
the unveiling of the plaque. Click here to read the entire article.
Overview of PM Narendra Modi’s Visit to Uttar Pradesh
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a visit to Kanpur, Ghaziabad and Varanasi in Uttar
Pradesh.
 PM Laid Foundation stone for two thermal power plants . one at Khurja, Uttar Pradesh
and other at Buxar, Bihar.
 Foundation stone of Kashi Vishwanath Temple Corridor laid by PM
 PM reiterates his government’s commitment to provide house to all homeless persons
by 2022.
JUNE
Overview of Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Trutnev’s visit to India
• Mr. Yury Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and Presidential
Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District along with his delegation visited
India from 15-19 June 2019.
 He met Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar in New Delhi and discussed ways to
strengthen ties between the two nations and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to
Vladivostok for the EEF.
 He met National Security Advisor Ajit Doval in New Delhi & they agreed to work together
to promote their bilateral economic engagement in the Russian Far East.
He met Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan in New Delhi. They discussed
issues related to energy cooperation between the two countries.Click here to read more.
JULY
Overview of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Varanasi, UP
 PM unveiled the statue of former Prime Minister Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri at the Lal Bahadur
Shastri International Airport in Varanasi, UP.
 PM launched a tree plantation drive at Harahua primary school in Anand Kanan forest on the
Panch Kosi Marg by planting a sapling.
 He also visited the Virtual Experiential Museum at Man Mahal, situated on the banks of the
Ganges near the iconic Dashashwamedh Ghat, Varanasi.
FOREIGN VISIT
FEBRUARY
Overview of External Affairs Minister’s Visit To Bulgaria, Morocco And Spain
 External Affairs Minister, Smt. Sushma Swaraj undertook a 4-day visit to Bulgaria, Morocco and
Spain from 16th to 19th February 2019 as part of India’s efforts to strengthen ties with these
countries and expand avenues of cooperation.
2-day visit to Bulgaria
 First ever visit of an Indian External Affairs Minister to Bulgaria.
 She paid floral tribute at the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the South Park in Sofia.
Kingdom of Morocco
 First-ever visit to the Kingdom of Morocco.
4 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)s
 Setting up of Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism,
 Cooperation in Housing and Human Settlement,
 Reciprocal facilitation of procedures for issue of Business Visa and
 Cooperation in Youth Matters.
Spain
 Spanish Government conferred - prestigious Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit for
India’s swift response through Operation Maitri in rescuing 71 Spanish nationals.Click
here to read the detailed article.
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Overview Of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Two Day Visit To South Korea
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a 2-day visit to South Korea or Republic of
Korea(ROK) on the invitation of President Moon Jae-in.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the India-South Korea Business Symposium in
Seoul and he launched the India-Korea Startup Hub.
 ‘Startup Grand Challenge’ was also launched,which focus on the issues related to cyber
threat, analytics & rural healthcare.The State Bank of India(SBI) & Mahindra Rise will
provide mentoring, pilot opportunities & financial support to the winners of this challenge.
 The seminar was organized with respect to the South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s “New
Southern Policy” (NSP) which strengthens the country’s economic and strategic relations
with India and countries of Southeast Asia.
 Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, unveiled a bust of Mahatma Gandhi at Yonsei
University in Seoul. PM gifts a Bodhi tree sapling to Mayor of Gimhae Heo Seong gon as a
mark of close ties between the South Korea and India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was
conferred with Seoul peace prize in the 14th Edition of Seoul Peace Prize Ceremony.
 6 MoU’s were signed in the area of commercialising ideas, technologies and designs of start-up
companies, to continue operations of Korea Plus organisation that facilitates investments by
Korean companies in India.Click here to read the detailed article.
Overview of External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar visit to Bhutan
• External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar visited Bhutan from 7th to 8th June, 2019. This was
his first two-day trip after assuming charge of the Ministry of External Affairs. He holds talks on
issues of mutual interest on the development partnership, the upcoming high-level exchanges,
economic development, and hydro-power cooperation.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Visit to Maldives and Sri Lanka
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi visited the Republic of Maldives on June 8-9, 2019 at the
invitation of Mr. Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, President of the Republic of Maldives to strengthen
the bilateral ties, reflecting the importance India attached to its 'Neighbourhood First' policy.
 6 Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) were signed between Maldives and India.
 NCGG and Maldives Civil Services Commission signed MOU on Training and Capacity
Building.
 PM Modi and President Solih inaugurated India-built Coastal Surveillance Radar System
 PM addressed Maldives Parliament.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred with the Maldives’ highest honour “Rule of
Nishan Izzuddeen” by the President of Maldives. “The Most Honourable Order of the
Distinguished Rule of Nishan Izzuddeen” is the Maldives’ highest honour accorded to
foreign dignitaries.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Visit to Sri Lanka
 PM Modi met Sri Lankan President Sirisena
 PM stressed on close economic and strategic cooperation
 Discussion on the expansion of economic relations
Overview Of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Visit To Kyrgyzstan
• On June 13, 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan for the
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit 2019. It was the first multilateral
engagement after his re-election.
 Prime Minister Modi, Kyrgyzstan President Jeenbekov jointly inaugurated India-Kyrgyz
Business Forum.
 India and Kyrgyzstan signed 15 Agreements.
 India granted 200 million dollar line of credit to Kyrgyzstan.
 PM called for global efforts to eliminate terrorism
 India, Kyrgyzstan prepared 5-year road map to increase bilateral trade.
 Kyrgyzstan President gifted Traditional Hat and Coat to PM Modi
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 India and Uzbekistan explored joint economic projects ahead of SCO Summit. Click here
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MARCH
Overview of Vice President’s 2 Nation visit to Paraguay and Costa Rica
Vice President on a 2 day visit to Paraguay:
 This was the first high level visit from India to Paraguay since the establishment of diplomatic
relations in 1961.
 He attended India-Paraguay Business Forum which will form basis for economic growth by
boosting business opportunities between the two countries.
 Vice President unveiled a special commemorative postage stamp on Mahatma Gandhi.
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu’s visit to Costa Rica:
 This was the first ever high level visit from India.
 Vice President also conferred and honorary doctorate by the University of Peace founded by
the United Nations for his contributions “to the Rule of Law, democracy and sustainable
development in India”.
 Vice President addressed India-Costa Rica Business Forum.Click here to read the detailed
article.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj 2-day visit to Maldives

 India and Maldives held bilateral ties.
 Maldives has also reaffirmed its “India-First Policy” to work efficiently with India.
 India to establish Cricket stadium in Maldives.
 India and Maldives signed an agreement and 2 Memorandums of Understanding to collaborate
in the field of energy efficiency and renewable energy.
 Plaque of renovated Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Maldives
 An Agreement was signed between Export Import Bank of India (EXIM) and Maldives Finance
Ministry for line of credit (LOC) of $800 million to finance the infrastructure projects of the
new government in Maldives.Click here to read the detailed article.
An Overview Of President Ram Nath Kovind Visit To Croatia
• President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind visited Croatia as the part of his 3-nation visit along
with a high level delegations from 25-28 March 2018. He became the first President to visit
Croatia and Bolivia. He visited Bolivia from 28-30 March and his last destination of 3-nation
visit is Chile.
 India and Croatia signed 4 pacts in Culture, Tourism and Sports sectors
 Ram Nath Kovind addressed the Croatian-Indian Economic Forum in Zagreb
 President Ram Nath Kovind, during his official visit to Croatia, was conferred with
Croatia’s highest civilian order, the Grand Order of the King of Tomislav.
President Ram Nath Kovind on his visit to Croatia has announced to gift a sculpture of Mahatma
Gandhi to mark the 150 birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation.Click here to read the detailed
article.
APRIL
Ram Nath Kovind’s 3-Day Visit To Bolivia
• President Ram Nath Kovind was on a visit of Bolivia from 28th to 30th March, 2019.This is the
first visit by an Indian President to Bolivia.
 Ram Nath Kovind adressed the Bolivia-India Business Forum
 India offered US $100 Million to Bolivia for Financial development
 India and Bolivia sign 8 MoUs in Various Fields
 India leverages its way to Bolivian Lithium Reserves
 Bolivia joins International Solar Alliance
 India, Bolivia call for Finalisation of CCIT
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 President Ram Nath Kovind conferred with Highest State Honour of Bolivia
 President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the plaque of Mahatma Gandhi Hall
 President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presented Punjab’s Phulkari embroidery to
President of Bolivia, Evo Morales Ayma during his second leg of visit to Bolivia.
President Ram Nath Kovind Visit To Chile
• President Shri Ram Nath Kovind, reached Santiago, Chile in the evening of 30th March,
2019.This was the final leg of his visit to three nations – Croatia, Bolivia and Chile.
 Bilateral talks between India and Chile.
 Ram Nath Kovind addressed India-Chile Business Forum
 India and Chile signed 3 MoUs
 India and Chile agreed to strengthen global response to defeat terrorism
 Ram Nath Kovind addressed Students at University of Chile On Gandhi’s Life
 Ram Nath Kovind visited Pablo Neruda Museum
 Ram Nath Kovind paid Floral Tribute to Mahatma Gandhi in Chile
 Ram Nath Kovind reviewed Guard of Honour.
MAY
Nirmala Sitharaman reached Kyrgyzstan for Defence Ministers' Meet and held bilateral
meetings
• Nirmala Sitharaman, the current Defence Minister of India was on a 3-day visit to attend the
SCO meet and to hold bilateral meetings with the member-countries on the summit's sidelines.
 The first joint exercise of SCO was conducted by Central Military Commission of Russia at
Chebarkul, Chelyabinsk. It involved logical level operations in an international counter
insurgency or counter terrorism environment under the SCO Charter.
 The SCO, widely regarded as the "alliance of the East" was founded at a summit in
Shanghai in 2001 by the presidents of Russia, China, Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan,
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Headquarters of SCO lies in Beijing, China.
M Venkaiah Naidu, India's Vice President conducted a 4-day official visit to Vietnam to enhance
the bilateral ties
• India's Vice President went on a 4-day official visit to the Southeast Asian nation. He was
invited by H.E. Ms. Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh, Vice President of Vietnam.
 M Venkaiah Naidu participated in the 16th United Nations Day of Vesak at Tam Chuc
pagoda in Ha Nam, Vietnam’s northern province.
 After the Vice-President's arrival in Hanoi, Vietnam’s Capital, he addressed the Indian
Community at a reception hosted by the Ambassador of India.
 The theme of the event was "Buddhist Approach to Global Leadership and Shared
Responsibilities for Sustainable Societies."
 Since the last 3 years, a dedicated team of Archaeological Survey of India has been
working in Vietnam for the preservation and restoration of the UNESCO World Heritage
Site of MySon in Vietnam.
 Naidu also met the Indian community and Vietnamese beneficiaries of the Jaipur Foot
Artificial Limb Fitment Camp which was organized in Vietnam under the initiative termed
'India for Humanity'. It was launched to celebrate the 150th Birth Anniversary of
Mahatma Gandhi.
 Vietnam is India's vital trade partner and in 2018, the bilateral trade amounted to nearly
14$ billion. This value shows doubling from 7.8$ billion before 3 years.
JULY
Overview Of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Visit To Japan To Attend The G20 Summit 2019,
Osaka, Japan
• G20 (Group of 20) Summit 2019 was held at the International Exhibition Center, Osaka, Japan
on June 28-29, 2019. It was the 14th meeting of the G20.2020 G20 Summit will be held in the
city of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
 Suresh Prabhu attended G20 Sherpa meet in Japan.
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 Ahmedabad and Kobe exchanged Letter of Internet for Sister City Partnership.
 Modi, Trump, Abe held 2nd ‘JAI’ trilateral meet
 RIC Trilateral Meet
SUMMITS/CONFERENCE IN NEWS
Name of Summit/Conference Place Facts about the summit /conference
JANUARY
9th edition of Vibrant Gujarat Gandhinagar, Gujarat Theme:“Shaping a new India”..Click here
Summit to Read more
2nd World Integrated Medicine Goa The theme for the forum is “Regulatory
Forum 2019 collaborations, Converging on minimum
regulatory & legal standards, Advancing
safety and quality standards, Regulatory
trend towards standardization and
minimizing complexity, Recognizing
homeopathy as distinct holistic medical
system and Veterinary homeopathy”.
Agri-Vision 2019 Hyderabad, Telangana The conference was jointly organized by

conference on ‘envisioning the Professor Jayashankar Telangana
Agro-solutions for smart and State Agricultural University (PJTSAU),
Sustainable Agriculture” Confederation of Indian Industry
(CII) and Cornell University, USA.
Indian Science Congress (ISC)- Lovely Professional The theme of 106th edition of ISC-2019,
2019’ University Jalandhar, is: ‘Future India: Science and Technology’.
Punjab
2nd Regional Conference on Mumbai, Maharashtra
“Deendayal Disabled
Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS)”
25th edition of the CII Mumbai, Maharashtra Theme `New India: Rising to Global
Partnership Summit 2019 Occasions‘.
Global Aviation Summit (GAS) Mumbai, Maharashtra It is organised by Ministry of Civil
2019 Aviation in association with Airport
Authority of India (AAI) and Federation
of Indian Chambers of Commerce and
Industry (FICCI) ..Click here to Read more
25th International conference New Delhi The theme of the exhibition is “Next Gen
and exhibition on terrestrial and Broadcasting in the IT World”. The
satellite broadcasting, BES EXPO Exhibition was concluded on 19th January
2019 2019.
India-Norway Business New Delhi
Summit 2019
Global Skill Summit 2019 Ranchi, Jharkhand The theme of the Summit was: ‘Skilling
Youth, Enabling Youth’
15th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas Varanasi in Uttar Theme- “Role of Indian Diaspora in building
convention Pradesh New India”.He released 2 books ,“Kashi: The
Universe of Crafts and Textiles” and “Indian
Textiles: History, splendor, Grandeur”.
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FEBRUARY
5th International Dam Safety Bhubaneshwar, The conference was a part of the Dam
Conference 2019 Odisha Rehabilitation and Improvement Project
(DRIP).
World Government Summit Dubai, United Arab Theme: ‘Technology for development’.
Emirates (UAE)
2nd ASEAN – India Youth Guwahati Theme - "Connectivity : Pathway to
Summit Shared Prosperity"
4th Agri Leadership Summit Ganaur, Sonipat Theme -“Entrepreneurship & Agri
2019 district, Haryana Business; Agri Allied – A Promising Sector
and Agri Service- Direct Marketing”
Fourth edition of International Hyderabad The theme for the conference 2019 is
Spice Conference ‘Challenges of Change, Redefining the
Value Chain’.
16th edition of BioAsia 2019 Hyderabad,Telangana The theme of the conference was “Life
Sciences 4.0 – Disrupt the Disruption”
8th World CSR Congress Mumbai, Maharashtra Theme -"Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs)"
13th edition of International Oil New Delhi The theme of PROTECH-2019 was
& Gas Conference & Exhibition “Shaping the New Energy World through
‘PETROTECH-2019 Innovation & Collaboration”.Click here
to read about the conference in detail.
World Sustainable Development New Delhi Theme-"Attaining the 2030 Agenda:
Summit (WSDS) 2019 delivering on our promise".
MARCH
North Korea – United States Hanoi, Vietnam The meeting was held between North
Hanoi Summit Korean Leader Kim Jong-un and US
President Donald Trump.
National conference on New Delhi Department of Empowerment of Persons

“Deendayal Disabled with Disabilities (DEPwD), Ministry of
Rehabilitation Scheme” (DDRS) Social Justice and Empowerment has
organized the conference.
APRIL
Second edition of Belt and Road Beijing, China Theme - “Belt and Road Cooperation:
Forum (BRF) Shaping a Brighter Shared Future”.
First Global Conference on Copenhagen, Denmark It is summoned by (UN DESA) the UN
Synergies between the 2030 Department of Economic and Social
Agenda and Paris Agreement Affairs and the (UN FCCC) United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate
Change.
17th edition of World Economic Dead Sea,Jordan
Forum on the Middle East and
North Africa.
5th Asia Pacific Broadcasting Kathmandu, Nepal Theme - “Media Solutions for Sustainable
Union (ABU) Media Summit on Future: Saving Lives, Building Resilient
Climate Action and Disaster Communities”
Preparedness
Global Water Summit London, US National Mission for Clean Ganga
or Namami Gange which is India's
flagship programme, was presented, with
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the 'Public Water Agency of the

Year' award by Global Water Intelligence.
14th CII-EXIM Bank conclave on New Delhi India is one of the top trading partners of
India-Africa Project Partnership Guinea.Prime Minister of Guinea, Dr
Ibrahima Kassory Fofana arrived in New
Delhi for addressing the conclave.
G20 summit 2020 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia This will be the first G20 meeting in the
Arab world and the 15th meeting of the
G20.
MAY
Conference on Dialogue of Asian Beijing, China The theme of the event was "Exchanges
Civilizations and Mutual Learning among Asian
Civilizations and a Community with a
Shared Future.” The theme of the forum
was "Asian Values for the World". The
Forum on Global Influence of Asian
Civilizations is organized by the National
Radio and Television Administration of
the People’s Republic of China.
2nd Shanghai Cooperation Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan It is a 4-day forum inaugurated by the
Organization (SCO) Mass Media President of Kyrgyz Republic, S. Jeenbeko
Forum held from May 23-26 May, 2019. The
Indian delegation was represented by the
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
which included TVK Reddy, Addl. Director
General and Ankur Lahoty, Asst. Director.
6th Session of the biennial Geneva, Switzerland Theme, 'Resilience Dividend: Towards
Global Platform for (DDR) Sustainable and Inclusive Societies'.It is
Disaster Risk Reduction co-chaired by Switzerland and UNISDR.
(GP2019)
Ocean Conference 2020 Lisbon, Portugal Theme - “Scaling up ocean action based
on science and innovation for the
implementation of Goal 14: stocktaking,
partnerships and solutions.” It will be co-
hosted by the Governments of Portugal
and Kenya.
Second Urban 20 (U20) Mayors Tokyo, Japan The themes of the summit were Climate
summit Action, Circular Economy, Social Inclusion
and Integration, Sustainable Economic
Growth and Gender Equality.
JUNE
2nd Global Disability Summit Buenos Aires, The objectives of the summit were to
Argentina deliberate on issues across the world
concerning empowerment and inclusion
of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) for
enabling them to live an independent and
dignified life.
32nd edition of International Hyderabad, Telangana The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’
Seed Testing Association (ISTA) Welfare and the Telangana government
Congress have jointly hosted the event which is
being held for the first time in South Asia.
14th session of the Conference New Delhi, India India will take over the COP presidency
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of Parties (COP-14) of United from China for the next two years till
Nations Convention to Combat 2021 until the next COP. Click here to
Desertification read more.
12th session of Conference of New York Mrs Shakuntala Doley Gamlin, Secretary,
States Parties to the Convention Department of Empowerment of Persons
to Rights of Persons with with Disabilities (DEPwD) under Ministry
Disabilities (CRPD) 2019 of Social Justice and Empowerment
participated in the conference.
16th Edition of Asia Media Siem Reap province, It was inaugurated by the Prime Minister
Summit (AMS) 2019 Cambodia of Cambodia, Samdech Hun Sen. AMS was
held under the topic “Media Digitalization
Focusing on Developing Markets” and it
gave a call to fight against fake news and
cyber-crimes. It was organized by
Cambodian Ministry of Information in
collaboration with the Asia-Pacific
Institute for Broadcasting Development
(AIBD).Click here to read more.
COMMITTEES & MEETING IN NEWS

Name of Meeting/Committee Place Facts about the summit /conference
MEETINGS HELD
JANUARY
World Economic Forum Annual Davos-Klosters, Theme of the event was “Globalization
Meeting-2019 Switzerland 4.0: Shaping a Global Architecture in the
Age of the Fourth Industrial
Revolution”. Click here to Read more.
4th edition of the Raisina New Delhi Theme- “A World Reorder: New
Dialogue Geometries; Fluid Partnerships;
Uncertain Outcomes”.
First ever India-Central Asia Samarkand,
Dialogue Uzbekistan
FEBRUARY
6th meeting of the Mission NewDelhi The meeting headed by Ashwini Kumar
Steering Group of the National Choubey
Health Mission (NHM)
Indian Ocean Rim Association NewDelhi The meeting held in collaboration of
meeting Ministry of Home Affairs with the
Ministry of External Affairs and National
Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)
solely based on Disaster Risk
Management.
India-US CEO Forum and India- NewDelhi The meeting held in NewDelhi. Four
US Commercial Dialogue MoUs were signed during this meeting.
5th Island Development Agency NewDelhi To review the progress made towards the
(IDA) meeting “Holistic development of islands”
program.
33rd GST Council meeting NewDelhi The meet was headed by Arun Jaitley and
attended by the Finance Ministers of
various States and Union Territories.
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 GST shall be levied at effective GST

rate of 5% without Input Tax Credit
(ITC) on residential properties
outside affordable segment.
 GST shall be levied at effective GST
of 1% without ITC
2nd Joint Secretary Level Pokhara, Nepal The Meeting will review the India-Nepal
meeting Trade Treaty.
MARCH
7th Regional Comprehensive Cambodia It was headed by Chutima
Economic Partnership (RCEP) Bunyapraphasara, Acting Minister of
Intersessional Ministerial Commerce of Thailand and saw
Meeting participation of ministers from the 16
RCEP Participating Countries
(RPCs).Union Minister of Commerce &
Industry and Civil Aviation- Suresh
Prabhu attended the meeting.
First BRICS (Brazil, Russia, Curitiba, Brazil Indian delegation was led by Secretary in
India, China and South Africa) the Ministry of External Affairs T S
Sherpa meeting Tirumurti. BRICS is a group of five
emerging countries: Brazil, Russia, India,
China and South Africa.
First ever High-Level Dialogue Jakarta,Indonesia The theme of the HLD was “Towards a
on Indo-Pacific Cooperation Peaceful, Prosperous, and Inclusive
(HLD-IPC) Region”. It was inaugurated by
Indonesia’s Vice President Jusuf Kalla.
34th Meeting of the Shanghai Tashkent, Uzbekistan A joint exercise ‘Sary – Arka – Antiterror
Cooperation Organisations 2019’ will be held as decided by the RATS
(SCOs) Regional Anti-Terrorist in the session. The meeting was chaired
Structure (RATS) by Russia.
9th round of the U.S.-India Washington DC, United Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale led the
Strategic Security Dialogue States Indian delegation and Under Secretary of
State for Arms Control and International
Security Andrea Thompson led the US
delegation.
APRIL
21st ASEAN-India Senior New Delhi To improve the connectivity and
Officials’ Meeting (SOM) strengthen the cooperation in the
maritime sector between Indian and the
ASEAN countries. India welcomed
Thailand for its role as Country
Coordinator of the ASEAN-India dialogue
partnership for the period 2018-2021.
Russian President Vladimir Vladivostok, Russia The aim of this meeting is to break the
Putin and North Korean leader deadlock over North Korea’s nuclear
Kim Jong Un holds first-ever weapons programme.
talks
IMF’s International Monetary Washington, D.C.,U.S G-20 conducted the joint World Bank-
and Financial Committee IMF Development Committee during the
meeting 2019 Annual Spring Meeting in
Washington, D.C.,U.S.
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Turkmenistan-Afghanistan- Ashgabat, The TAPI gas pipeline project is expected
Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas Turkmenistan to be completed by 2022 in Pakistan
pipeline meeting
Regional Comprehensive Bangkok, Thailand The officials from 16 countries which
Economic Partnership (RCEP) included the 10-member ASEAN, China,
inter-sessional meeting Japan, South Korea, Australia, New
Zealand, and India participated in this
meeting.
The meeting of Council of Bishkek, the This was India’s second meeting of
Foreign Ministers (CFM) of Kyrgyzstan Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) after
Shanghai Cooperation becoming a full member of SCO.
Organisation (SCO)
11th meeting of the joint Canberra, Australia Mahaveer Singhvi, Joint Secretary
working group on counter- (Counter-Terrorism) led Indian
terrorism between India and delegation while Paul Foley, Australia’s
Australia Ambassador for Counter Terrorism led
Australian delegation for the meeting.
India, Brazil and South Africa Cochin, Kerala Before IBSA Sherpas meeting, the 9th
(IBSA) Sherpas meeting IBSA trilateral Ministerial Meeting was
also concluded at the same venue.
52nd Annual Meeting of ADB’s Fiji ADB launched 5$ billion Action Plan for
Board of Governors, Fiji. Healthy Oceans and Sustainable Blue
Economies for the Asia and Pacific region.
14th meeting of the Conference Geneva, Switzerland The theme of the meeting was “Clean
of the Parties to the Basel Planet, Healthy People: Sound
Convention (BC COP-14), the Management of Chemicals and Waste”.
9th meeting of the Conference
of the Parties to the Rotterdam
Convention (RC COP-9) and the
9th meeting of the Conference
of the Parties to the Stockholm
Convention (SC COP-9)
72nd session of the World Geneva, Switzerland The theme of this year is “Universal
Health Organisation (WHO)’s Health Coverage: Leaving no one behind”.
World Health Assembly Click here to read more.
India and China Industry Guizhou, China The objective was to create a new
Cooperation Forum chapter in India-China cooperation in the
new era of the digital transition.
11th Arctic Council Ministerial Lappi Areena, India was re-elected as an Observer to
Meeting Rovaniemi, Finland Arctic Council and India committed to
contribute more to Arctic Council. India
has its Arctic research station, termed as
‘Himadri’ in Svalbard, Norway.
G7’s (Group of Seven)(Britain, Metz, France To discuss on steps required to handle
Canada, France, Germany, Italy, deforestation, plastic pollution, depletion
Japan and the United States) of coral reefs and ways to build pacts
between the countries in order to achieve
the target.
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5th Conference on Interaction Dushanbe, Tajikistan The theme of the 5th Summit was
and Confidence Building "Shared Vision for a Secure and More
Measures in Asia (CICA) Prosperous CICA Region”. India is a
Summit 2019 member of CICA since 1999. Late Prime
Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee had
participated in the first CICA Summit held
in 2002 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.Click here
to read more.
G20 Finance Ministers and Fukuoka, Japan It was one of the 8 ministerial meetings
Central Bank Governors Meet taking place in Japan before 2019 G20
summit. The Indian side was led by Union
Minister for Finance & Corporate
Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman. Click here
to read more.
G20 (Group of 20) Ministerial Karuizawa Prince The Ministerial Meeting was co-chaired
Meeting on Energy Transitions Hotel (Karuizawa by Yoshiaki Harada, Minister of the
and Global Environment for Town, Nagano), Japan Environment, Japan and Hiroshige Seko
Sustainable Growth for the year Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
2019 of Japan. Click here to read more.
G20 Ministerial meeting on Tsukuba city, Ibaraki

It is one of the eight Ministerial Meetings.
Trade and Digital Economy Prefecture, Japan The Indian delegation for G20 Ministerial
Meeting was led by the Union Minister of
Commerce and Industry &
Railways,Piyush Goyal.Click here to
read more.
COMMITTEES FORMED
JANUARY
Name of Head Facts about the Committee
Committee/Organization
which formed the committee
Eight-member expert Former SEBI To suggest long-term solutions for the
committee formed by RBI chairman U K Sinha economic and financial sustainability of
the MSME sector.
5-member high-level Nandan Nilekani To suggest measures to strengthen the
committee formed by RBI safety and security of digital payments.
11-member working group U.K. Sinha To study the concept of ‘Group
constituted by the Insolvency Insolvency’ and suggest a suitable
and Bankruptcy board of India framework.
(IBBI)
Panel formed by Insurance Praveen Kutumbe To identify domestically systematically
Regulatory Development important insurers (SIIs) and an
Authority of India (IRDAI) augmented regulatory framework is
logically established
SEBI has set up Sankar De It will help and analyse the new methods
a Research advisory of policy making for the development of
committee(RAC) capital market
FEBRUARY
Central Board of Direct Taxes Sanjeev Sharma To look into the matter of taxation related
(CBDT) formed a 4-member pain points and submit its final report and
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committee recommendations by mid-March.

Group of Ministers (GoM) Nitin Patel Favoured 3% on the affordable housing
category, down from 8%, has submitted its
report to the GST Council. GST is currently
levied at 12%on premium housing and 8%
on affordable housing.
Central Board of Indirect Taxes The group will consult the stakeholders
and Customs (CBIC) extensively, including the Export
Constituted 3 Working Groups Promotion Councils and relevant wings
of the Ministry of Commerce and industry
and submit their report within a period
of 2 months.
An expert committee Anoop Satpath Committee suggested Rs. 9,750 per
month or Rs. 375 per day as National
Minimum Wage (NMW) for a worker. The
Present NMW is Rs. 4,576
MARCH
Constituted by Reserve Bank of Usha Thorat To examine issues related to offshore
India rupee markets and recommend policy
measures.
Insurance Regulatory and Dinesh Arora, Deputy In order to suggest ways for more
Development Authority of India CEO of NHA effective implementation of the Centre’s
(IRDAI) and National Health Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan
Authority (NHA) have formed a Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY).
joint working group (JWG)
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice F. M. Kalifullah For the amicable settlement of Ayodhya’s
Ranjan Gogoi, constituted a Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land
three-member mediation panel dispute case
Constituted by Government of A. R. Sihag The panel will look into monitoring,
India formed Inter-ministerial sanctioning and implementation of
panel. projects under the Rs 10,000-crore
Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of
Electric Vehicles in India (FAME-II)
programme
Sub-committee of the Financial Shaktikanta Das The meeting was discussed by the
Stability and Development Markets regulator Securities and
Council (FSDC) Exchange Board of India (SEBI),
insurance regulator Insurance Regulatory
and Development Authority (IRDAI), and
pension fund regulator Pension Fund
Regulatory and Development Authority
(PFRDA), along with senior officials of
the finance ministry.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has Nandan Nilekani To strengthen digital payments as well as
appointed 5-member to boost financial inclusion through
committee Financial Technology.
APRIL
Ministry of Home Affairs Chander Shekhar The tribunal has been formed by
constituted Unlawful Activities Government after exercising its powers
(Prevention) Tribunal conferred by the sub-section (1) of
section 5 of the Unlawful Activities
(Prevention) Act, 1967.
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National Green Tribunal Adarsh Kumar Goel To examine the alleged erosion of
established a committee Yamuna floodplain due to movement of
heavy vehicles in Sonipat district in
Haryana.
NGT(National Green Tribunal) To enforce a national plan to reduce the
has formed a Central river pollution.
Monitoring Committee
high-level ‘anti-hijack panel’ is P.K.Sinha It will have 15 top officials including pre-
revamped to Committee of identified nominated members who can
Secretaries on Aircraft Hijack represent regular members during their
(COSAH) absence.
Central Works Public M K Sharma For developing a design scheme to
Department (CPWD) set up an construct buildings and develop
expert 8-member committee infrastructure. The report has to be
submitted to Director General Prabhakar
Singh within 30 days.
Ministry of Environment, C K Mishra Launched to handle the major issue of
Forests and Climate Change air-pollution in India
(MOEFCC) formed to
implement the National Clean
Air Programme (NCAP)
Insurance Regulatory and Suresh Mathur In order to review regulatory framework
Development Authority of India on micro insurance, and suggest the steps
(IRDAI) set up a 13-member to be taken to raise demand for such
committee products in India by recommending
product designs with customer-friendly
underwriting, example, easy premium
payment methods and simple claims
settlement procedures.
MAY
Ministry of Environment, C. K. Mishra The objective is to reduce the PM
Forest and Climate Change (particulate matter) 2.5 and PM 10
(MoEFCC) has constituted a concentration by 20% to 30% in at least
committee to implement the 102 cities by 2024.
National Clean Air Program
(NCAP)
Government-appointed high- Surjit Bhalla For infrastructure projects and people
level panel has suggested for who are declaring undisclosed income
issuance of ‘Elephant Bonds’ will have to mandatorily invest half of
that amount in these securities. The
duration of ‘Elephant Bond’ will be 25-
years
Securities and Exchange Board R Khan It has sought the comments from the
of India (SEBI) constituted public on this regard till June 14,
panel suggested significant 2019.Click here to read more.
changes to Foreign Portfolio
Investors (FPI) Regulations
Reserve Bank of India has T. N. Manoharan, Another 6 member Panel for housing
formed 6 member panels to Chairman of Canara loan securitization is headed by Bains
strengthen the sale of stressed Bank and Co. advisor, Harsh Vardhan.
corporate assets
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JUNE
Government formed this K. Kasturirangan Committee has submitted the 484-pages
Committee draft report of National Education Policy
to the new Union Human Resource
Development Minister Ramesh
Pokhariyal.Click here to read more.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Nandan Nilekani Recommended measures like 24×7 Real-
Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) and
National Electronic Funds Transfer
(NEFT) facility, duty-free import of Point-
of-sales(POS) machines and elimination
of all charges in order to promote digital
payments in India.Click here to read
more
National Green Tribunal (NGT) Adarsh Kumar Goel To look into the needs for further norms
to restrict the use of plastic packaging of
food products
Central Government Kirit Parikh To review the existing marketing
structure of Liquefied Petroleum
Gas (LPG). The other members of the
panel include the former petroleum
secretary GC Chaturvedi, former Indian
Oil chairman MA Pathan, IIM Ahmedabad
director Errol D’souza, and a joint
secretary in the petroleum ministry.Click
here to read more.
Central Public Works M K Sharma To prepare a roadmap for
Department (CPWD) implementation of a five-year "vision
document" (STVD) as directed by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi. The other
members of the group are C K Verma,
lndu Gural Chaudhary, Harish Kumar,
Naimuddin, Manish Kumar and Rajesh
Kumar.
Central Government P K Sinha For coordination among the Ministry of
Petroleum and Natural Gas(MoPNG), the
Ministry of Environment and Forest and
Climate Change(MoEFCC) and the state
governments after a tug of war between
the two ministries. The panel formation
will help in speeding up hydrocarbon
exploration-related clearances.
Commerce and Industry Ramesh Abhishek For ensuring inter-ministerial
Minister Piyush Goyal coordination on resolving issues related
to e-commerce.
Government Ramesh Chand To revise current series of Wholesale

Price Index (WPI) with base year 2011-
12 and come up with a new Producer
Price Index (PPI).Click here to read
more.
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Union ministry of commerce Dr. Surjit S. Bhalla To boost India’s share and importance in
global merchandise and services trade.
The panel has recommended to cut down
the corporate tax rate and to set a target
to double the exports (goods and
services)to $1,000 billion by 2025.
Reserve bank of India (RBI) Nandan Nilekani Recommended to rope in local retailers
and business correspondents to act as
cash points in semi-urban centers.These
will act as the primary source of cash in
semi-urban centers and will replace
ATMs (Automated Teller Machines).
Reserve bank of India (RBI) U K Sinha Suggest doubling collateral-free loans for
MSMEs to Rs 20 lakh from Rs 10 lakh.
The panel was formed to suggest long-
term measures for the economic and
financial sustainability of the MSME
sector. Click here to read more.
Reserve bank of India (RBI) U K Sinha On measures for the economic and
financial sustainability of the MSMEs
(Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises).
It recommends the creation of a
distressed asset fund of Rs 5,000 crore
for small enterprises. The fund will
operate on the lines of the Textile
Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS). Click
here to read more.
Securities and Exchange Board NSE Clearing Ltd To review the current framework of
of India (SEBI) margins in the futures and options
segment.
Minister of State for Power and 3 member dispute To resolve disputes between private
New & Renewable Energy resolution committee solar & wind power developers and
(Independent Charge) R K with members M F public sector Solar Energy Corporation of
Singh Farooqui, former India and National Thermal Power
Heavy Industry Corporation Limited (NTPC) beyond
Secretary, Anil contractual agreement.
Swarup, former Coal
Secretary and A K
Dubey, former Sports
Secretary
Central Government has reconstituted eight key Cabinet Committees. These include -Appointments
Committee, Committees on Accommodation, Economic Affairs, Parliamentary Affairs, Political Affairs,
Security, Investment and Growth and Cabinet Committee on Employment and Skill Development.
Click here to read more.
JULY
Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Aruna Sundararajan To look into the revival plans
Prasad for Telecom sector which is
under financial stress. It will
review the issues in the sector
and promote Ease of Doing
Business (EDB).
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi Devendra Fadnavis For transforming Indian

agriculture and raising farmers’
income. It will suggest policy
measures, attract investments
and raise growth in food
processing.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Tapan Ray To review the regulatory and
supervisory framework for core
investment companies (CIC).
MOU’s & AGREEMENTS

MOU's with Other Country
MoU between Field
JANUARY
India and Morocco Cooperation in the area of Cyber Security.
India and Denmark Maritime issues
India and Japan Development of Advanced Model Single Window
In the field of Food Processing Industry
Bilateral Swap Arrangement
India and France Technical bilateral cooperation in the field of new and renewable
energy
India and Swaziland Signing of the TOR provide tax assistance
India and Maldives Ex-post facto approval for Agreement on the facilitation of visa
arrangements
India and Kuwait For cooperation on the Recruitment of Domestic Workers
India and SAARC Member To incorporate ‘Standby Swap’ amounting to USD 400 million
Countries operated within the overall size of the facility
India and China For export of Indian tobacco to Chinese market
India and Nepal Agreed to set up energy banking mechanism to make use of the
surplus electricity
FEBRUARY
India and Poland In the field of coal mining and clean coal technologies
India and Norway To fight marine pollution
India and Finland In the field of peaceful uses of outer space
India and Argentina In the field of Tourism
India and Sri Lanka For the establishment of a business centre for ICT incubators
India and Saudi Arabia Framework cooperation programme between Invest India and
Saudi Arabia General Investment Authority (SAGIA).
MARCH
India and the African Union To establish an India-Africa health sciences collaborative
platform which is focused on improved diagnostics for diseases
which are regional priorities in India and Africa By training and
strengthening capacity of health professionals, researchers,
regulators and industry staff.
India and Indonesia Combating illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs, psychotropic
substances and its precursors
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India and Maldives For implementing the visa facilitation agreement. The new
agreement provides a very liberal visa regime for Maldivian
nationals to visit India for tourism, business, education and
medical purposes and vice versa.
India and Austria Cooperation in the Road Infrastructure Sector
India and Germany Cooperation in the field of Occupational Safety and Health
India and the UK Cooperation in Weather and Climate Sciences
India and Sweden To increase cooperation on Anti-microbial resistance (AMR)
APRIL
India and Denmark In the field of Renewable energy
India and Republic of Korea To issue jointly Postage Stamp
India and Brazilin In the area of Biotechnology
India and Cambodia In the field of Communications
India and Croatia They signed 4 pacts in Culture, Tourism and Sports sectors
India and Chile They signed 3 MoUs in the fields of mining, culture and
empowerment of persons with disabilities.
MAY
India and United Kingdom To strengthen their ties in the field of Indo-Pacific cooperation,
climate change, disaster resilience
India, Japan signed a Tripartite To develop "East Container Terminal (ECT)" in the Port
Pact with Sri Lanka of Colombo.
India and China For exportation of Indian chilli meal to China
JUNE
India & Portugal To set up maritime museum near ancient Harappans civilization
at Lothal in Gujarat
India and Marshall Islands Exchange of Information with respect to taxes
India and Costa Rica In the field of Biotechnology
India and Bolivia In the field of Railways
India and Finland In the field of cyber security
India and Russia In the field of Railways
India and Thailand In the field of Astronomy
India and Kyrgyzstan In the field of Research Work on Biology and Medicine
In the field of legal metrology
Signing and ratification of investment treaty between India-
Kyrgyzstan
In the field of Health
JULY
India and Maldives In the Health Sector
In the field of ferry services
MOU’S – States Wise

State MoU with Field/Purpose
FEBRUARY
Sikkim Microsoft In order to improve the education system
UNICEF in Goa Women and Discussion was held on “Key challenges around child
Maharashtra Child Development protection in Goa” at a training programme on Integrated
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Child Protection Scheme(ICPS).

MARCH
Government of Ola To support the government’s initiative to implement
Telangana smart solutions to enhance mobility experience further
strengthening traffic infrastructure in Hyderabad.
MOU’s Between Organizations

Organization MoU with Field/Purpose
JANUARY
International Embassy In the field of art and culture.
Chamber of Media of Mongolia
and
Entertainment
Industry
(ICMEI),India
Swedish Airports Authority To improve air traffic management (ATM) solutions for
aerospace and of India (AAI) airports operating under the UDAN Regional
defence company Connectivity Scheme.
Society for Airport Authority For joint research programs in the field
Applied of India (AAI) of Communication Navigation and Surveillance (CNS).
Microwave
Electronics
Engineering and
Research
(SAMEER)
FEBRUARY
Indian Navy and Israel Aerospace For providing Naval Medium Range Surface to air
Cochin Shipyard industries missile systems to India
University of Ministry of For research on environment issues
British Columbia Environment,
(UBC), Canada Forest and Climate
Change (MoEFCC)
MARCH
Indian Council of Council of Scientific Collaboration in the field of food and agriculture.
Agricultural and Industrial
Research (ICAR) Research (CSIR)
Indian Space French space To implement the short-term plan for the French-Indian
Research agency CNES programme to develop a space-based maritime
Organisation (Centre national surveillance system.
(ISRO) d’études spatiales)
WhatsApp NASSCOM To tackle the challenge of misinformation. The aim of
Foundation the partnership is to train 100,000 Indians to spot false
information and provide tips and tricks to stay safe on
WhatsApp.
IIT Kharagpur Centre for Under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM),
Development of India’s 1st state-of-the-art 1.3 PetaFlop High-
Advanced Performance Computing facility and data center
Computing (C- ecosystem will set up at IIT Kharagpur.
DAC)
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CSIR Indian Navy To tackle joint research and development of advanced

technologies for the Indian Navy.
National Bank for India For setting up India-Africa Institute of Agriculture and
Agriculture and Rural Development (IAIARD) in Malawi to enhance
Rural capacity in the areas of agro-financing and
Development entrepreneurship development for African countries.
Consultancy
Service
(NABCONS)
Federation of Prin. L N Welingkar Under the MoU, FIEO has launched a post graduate
Indian Export Institute of programme in foreign trade management (PGP-FTM) at
Organisations Management Mumbai.
(FIEO) Development and
Research
Bombay Stock Network To provide cyber security services to its members
Exchange (BSE) Intelligence according to the cyber security framework set by SEBI
MAY
Principal Indian Institute of For setting up a Centre of Excellence for Waste to
Scientific Adviser Technology Delhi Wealth Technologies in India.
(PSA) (IIT Delhi)
CSC (Common Indian Institute of To upscale ‘Unnat Bharat Abhiyan’. ‘Unnat Bharat
Services Centre) Technology Abhiyan project’.
e-Governance (IIT)Kanpur
Services India
Limited
Income tax (I-T) Goods and Services To enhance information exchange between the 2 firms
department Tax Network and to arrest tax evaders and decrease generation of
(GSTN) black money.
HCL Foundation National Mission Signed tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
and Indian for Clean Ganga for Plantation of Rudraksh Trees in Uttarakhand under
national Trust for (NMCG) the ‘Namami Gange’ Programme.
Art and Culture
Heritage
(INTACH)
India ISE Foods, Japan The objective is to improve the quality of eggs, disease
diagnosis and waste management in poultry farms
across India. ISE Foods will establish two poultry farms
in India
Konkan Railways Nepal’s According to the agreement, KRCL will supply two 1600
Corporation Ltd Department of HP DEMU train sets to Nepal’s Department of Railways.
(KRCL) Railways The trains were manufactured by the Integrated Coach
Factory in Chennai.
Department of Department of For supporting joint collaborative research programmes
Biotechnology Atomic Energy in the area of Cancer.
(DBT) (DAE)
Indian Air Indian Space For the selection of crew and training for Gaganyaan
Force(IAF) Research Programme
Organization(ISRO
National Small Ministry of Micro, To provide enhanced services.
Industries Small and Medium
Corporation Enterprises
Limited (NSIC) (MSME)
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Indian Institute of Indian Space To set up IITG-ISRO Space Technology Cell (STC) within
Technology (IIT) Research the premises of IIT Guwahati
Guwahati Organization
(ISRO)
JUNE
Indian Railway French National A grant up to 7 lakh euros will be provided to boost
Station Railways capacity building for railway station development
Development (SNCF)and French program in India.
Corporation Development
(IRSDC) Agency (AFD).
Securities and Ministry of For automatic data exchange in order to tackle the
Exchange Board Corporate Affairs rising instances of fraud.
of India (SEBI) (MCA)
Indian Railways RailTel Enterprises
To upgrade its signalling system on 4 busiest sections. It
Limited (REL) includes Automatic Train Protection System with Long
Term Evolution (LTE) based Mobile Train Radio
Communication System (MTRC) along with the
provision of Electronic Interlocking (indoor) wherever
required.
Internet National For a joint collaboration on research and engagement
Corporation for Association of activities that will foster innovation in Internet
Assigned Names Software and identifier technologies. This will help both bodies to
and Numbers Services jointly identify research projects, predominantly in new
(ICANN) Companies technologies related to the Internet's system of unique
(NASSCOM) identifiers.
Bhagwan South Korea Launched a collaborative initiative Bhagwan Mahaveer
Mahaveer Viklang Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS) named 'Jaipur Foot
Sahayata Samiti Korea'. An agreement was also signed by the Korean
(BMVSS) Ambassador with BMVSS to provide assistance in
prosthetic limbs sector.
National Thermal PowerGrid To set up a Joint Venture (JV) the National Electricity
Power Corporation of Distribution Company Limited (NEDCL). It will
Corporation India Limited undertake the business for distribution of electricity in
(NTPC) (PGCIL) distribution circles in various states and Union
Territories (UTs) and other related activities.
JULY
Centre for Cellular Centre for DNA To provide high quality DNA-based diagnostic services
and Molecular Fingerprinting and to the public at a lower rate and to engage in scientific
Biology (CCMB) Diagnostics (CDFD) research to improve understanding of human genetic
disorders.
International Union Agriculture To provide Farmers with the weather forecast and soil
Business Ministry moisture information.
Machines
INDEX
RANKING
INDIA’S RANK
Index/Report/Field Position of India Ranks
JANUARY
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World’s Busiest Airport Dubai International (DXB) airport-

topped the Index.
Most Powerful Passports-by Henley & Partners Japan Tops the List for the second
Henley Passport Index consecutive year. India Ranks 79th
11th edition of EIU Democracy Norway topped. India ranks at 41st
Index 2018
2019 Edelman Trust India at 2nd informed public category
Barometer report and 3rd in the general population
category
Global Talent Competitive India Ranked in 80th Position
Index 2019
Bloomberg Innovation Index Bloomberg India Ranked 54th Position
Corruption Perception Index Denmark topped the chart with a score
(CPI) of 88. India Ranked 78th Position
General Data Protection CISCO on 2019 Data India ranked 6th position
Regulation (GDPR) readiness Privacy Benchmark
index Study
FEBRUARY
Passport Index of 2019 UNDP human Top 3 Countries:
development inde 1.United Arab Emirates
2.Germany
3.Denmark.
India -67 in 2019,77 in 2015.
Inclusive Internet Index 2019 Economist Intelligence Top 3 Countries:
Unit (EIU) for 1.Sweden
Facebook 47th 2.Singapore
3.USA.
India ranked 47th in the Index.
7th International IP Index US Chambers of Top 3 Countries:
Commerce 1.US
2.UK
3.Sweden
4.France
5.Germany
India - 36th in 2019,44th in 2018.
MARCH
Global Consumer Confidence Nielsen Holdings  India - 1st position from 3rd quarter
Survey and in the 4th quarter of 2018 India’s
Consumer Confidence Index (CCI)
score is 133.
 South Korea has the most pessimistic
consumer
Prime International Knight Frank Top 3 Cities:
Residential Index (PIRI 100) 1.Manila(Philippines)
2. Edinburgh (Scotland)
3. Berlin(Germany)
Mumbai-16th , Delhi-55th & Bengaluru-
56th
World’s most expensive cities Economist Intelligence 1.Singapore, Paris and Hong Kong
Unit (EIU) survey topped the Index for the first time in
history.
4.Zurich in Switzerland
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6. Osaka in Japan
Global energy transition index World Economic Top 3 Countries:
Forum (WEF) 1.Sweden
2.Switzerland
3.Norway
World Happiness Report United Nations Top 5 Countries:
1. Finland
2. Denmark
3. Norway
4. Islands
5. The Netherlands
India ranked 140th out of 156 nations.
India shows a 7 spot decline along with
five other countries.
APRIL
Migration and Development World Bank World’s top 5 recipient of remittances
Brief in 2018:
1. India: 79$ billion
2. China: 67$ billion
3. Mexico: 36$ billion
4. Philippines: 34$ billion
5. Egypt: 29$ billion.
Most valuable market Bloomberg Top 3 World’s most valuable market
1. US
2. China
3. Hong Kong
World Press Freedom Index Reporters Without Top 5 countries in World Press
2019 Borders Freedom Index 2019:
1. Norway
2. Finland
3. Sweden
4. Netherlands
5. Denmark. India ranked 140.
Startup Ecosystem Ranking for StartupBlink Top three countries:
2019 1.United States
2.United Kingdom
3.Canada. India ranked at 17th position.
2019 Index of Cancer Economist Intelligence Top 3 nations:.
Preparedness (ICP) Unit (EIU) 1. Australia
2. Netherlands
3. Germany. India ranked 19th position
in the Index.
State of the internet/security Akamai Technologies Top 3 most targeted nation by
hackers in 2018:
1. US
2. India
3. Canada
World’s military expenditure Stockholm World's top 4 military spender in
International Peace 2018:
Research Institute 1. US
(SIPRI) 2. China
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4. India
MAY
Kids Right Index 2019 Kids Right Index Top 2 countries:
1.Iceland
2. Portugal
India ranked 117th out of 181 countries
Speedtest Global Index for Ookla Top country in mobile internet
April 2019 speeds:
1.Norway
India ranked 121 in mobile Internet
speeds.
Top country in fixed broadband:
1. Singapore
India ranked 68 in fixed broadband
speeds.
Sand and Sustainability: United Nations India and China top a list of nations
finding new solutions for Environment where illegal sand mining has become a
environmental governance of Programme (UNEP) key environmental issue
global sand resources
World Competitiveness IMD (Institute for Top 5 Countries:
economy Rankings Management 1.Singapore
Development) 2. Hong Kong,
3. US,
4. Switzerland, and
5.UAE.
India ranked in 43rd most competitive
economy in the world.
JUNE
SDG (Sustainable Development World Economic Top 5 Countries:
Goals) Gender Equality Index Forum 1. Denmark
2. Finland
3. Sweden
India ranked at 95th Position.
World's fastest-growing Reuters survey Top 2 countries:
economy 1. China(6.4% annual growth in the
January-March quarter)
2. India(6.3% annual growth in the
January-March quarter)
Top capital importing Knight Frank Top 3 capital importing Countries:
countries 1. United States($80.89 billion)
2. Canada($50.41 billion)
3. Germany($24.50 billion)
India placed in 20th rank,India ranked
30th in outbound cross-border
investments.
JULY
Most Powerful Passport index Henley & Partners Top 3 Countries Passport:
2019 (Henley Passport Index 1. Japan and Singapore
2019) 2. South Korea, Finland and Germany
3. Denmark, Italy, and Luxembourg
Indian passport ranked at 86th position
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STATE WISE RANKING

Index/Report/Field State or City Points to be noted
JANUARY
Asia Competitiveness Andhra Pradesh Mahara shtra and Delhi came in second
Institute’s (ACI), Ease of topped and third place
Doing Business (EDB) index
2018
JLL City Momentum: The Bengaluru pipped
World’s Top 20 Most Dynamic Hyderabad
Cities in 6th City Momentum
Index
FEBRUARY
Best practices followed by Transparency Top 3 State:
states in budget formulation International 1. Assam
2. Andhra pradesh
3. Odisha.Meghalaya, Manipur and
Punjab were figured at lower positions.
MARCH
Aspirational districts for the NITI Aayog Top 3 Districts:
period of December 2018- 1. Chatra,Jharkhand
January 2019 2. Sahibganj, Jharkhand
3. Hazaribagh, Jharkhand
APRIL
'Political Leaders Position and Climate Trends List of Top 3 Polluted Cities in the
Action on Air Quality in India world by WHO & Climate Trends:
2014-2019 1. Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh
2. Faridabad in Haryana
3. Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh
MAY
The Annual Threat Report Quick Heal Security Top 5 Cities:
2019- Most vulnerable cities Labs 1.Mumbai
to cyberattacks 2.Delhi
3.Bengaluru
4.Kolkata
5.Pune
JUNE
Traffic Index 2018 Location technology Top 5 Most traffic-congested city:
specialist TomTom 1. Mumbai
2. Bogota
3. Lima
4. New Delhi
5. Moscow
World University Ranking Quacquarelli Symonds Top 3 India's best institution:
2020 (QS) 1. Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-
Bombay)
2. IIT Delhi
3. Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
Bangalore
Maximum number of United States Green Top 3 States:
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Leadership in Energy and Building Council’s 1. Maharashtra

Environmental Design (LEED) (USGBC) 2. Karnataka
certified green buildings 3. Tamil Nadu
Rankings of police stations for Ministry of Home Top Station:

the year 2018 Affairs (MHA) 1. Kalu police station, Bikaner district of
Rajasthan.
2. Campbell Bay police station in Nicobar
district of Andaman & Nicobar Islands
3. Farakka police station in
Murshidabad, West Bengal
25th Annual Cost of Living Mercer India's most expensive city- Mumbai
Survey Costliest city in the world
1. Hong Kong
2. Tokyo
3. Singapore
4. Seoul
JULY
Agricultural Marketing and NITI (National Top 5 States:
Farmer Friendly Reforms Institution for 1.Maharashtra
Index(AMFFRI) Transforming India) 2.Gujarat
Aayog 3.Rajasthan
4.Madhya Pradesh
5.Haryana
REPORT:
Report/Study Title Released by Points to be noted
JANUARY
The Potential Benefits of Air Quality Life Indians could live up to 3 years more if there’s
India’s ‘War Against Index (AQLI) a 25% reduction in air pollution
Pollution’ — Longer Lives
18th Fiscal Stability Report Sub-Committee of To strength of the financial system and the
the Financial development and regulation of the financial
Stability and sector
Development
Council (FSDC)
Report titled “Future of World Economic Top 3 Countries:

Consumption in Fast- Growth Forum 1. USA
Consumer Market- India” 2. China
3. India
World Economic Situation United Nations The report was produced by the UN
and Prospects 2019 (WESP) Department of Economic and Social Affairs
report (UN/DESA), the UN Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD) and the UN's five
regional economic commissions((ECA), (ECE),
(ECLAC), (ESCAP) and (ESCWA).
FEBRUARY
World Employment and International The report says unemployment rates will fall
Social Outlook Trends 2019 Labour to 4.9% in 2019 and remains steady in 2020.
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MARCH
2018 World Air Quality IQ Air AirVisual  Gurugram-Most polluted region in the
Report &Greenpeace world in 2018.
 Delhi -Most polluted capital in the world.
Cheapest mobile data in the Price comparison  India has the cheapest mobile data in the
world site cable.co.uk. world.
 The global average was USD 8.53 for 1GB.
Exports to Jobs : Boosting the World Bank and Increasing exports can lead to better Jobs and
Gains from Trade in South International higher wages in India.
Asia Labour
Organization (ILO)
Delta ranking report NITI Aayog Assam’s Hailakandi secured top position.
India and ASEAN: Co- Federation of India and 10 member ASEAN are among the
creating the Future and Indian Chambers fastest growing economies in the world.
consulting major KPMG of Commerce and
Industry (FICCI)
State of the Global Climate in World The report warned that the physical and
2018 Meteorological socio-economic impacts of climate change are
Organization accelerating day by day. It is the 25th annual
(WMO) record of the Global climate.
APRIL
‘India’s Electric Mobility NITI Aayog and The objective of the FAME II scheme is to
Transformation: Progress to Rocky Mountain enhance the government’s commitment to a
Date and Future Institute (RMI) clean mobility future with a major focus on
Opportunities’ have released a electric automobiles.
report
2019 Global Food Policy International Food Rural areas continue to be in a state of crisis
Report (GFPR) Policy Research and threatening to slow the progress toward
Institute (IFPRI) the Sustainable Development Goals to hunger,
malnutrition, poverty, environmental
degradation.
MAY
Most valued Indian bank Top 3 Banks:
1. HDFC Bank
2. State Bank of India(SBI)
3. Kotak Mahindra Bank
10. YES Bank
World’s Best Airport Air Help Top 3 Airports:
1. Hamad International airport, Qatar
2. Tokyo International airport, Japan
3. Athens International airport, Greece
8. Rajiv Gandhi International airport,
India(Hyderabad)
Forecasting the future need WHO (World India faces critical shortage of healthcare
and gaps in requirements for Health professionals, especially in Bihar, Jharkhand,
public health professionals in Organization) U.P. (Uttar Pradesh) & Rajasthan which have
India up to 2026 the worst hit ratio as compared to Delhi,
Kerala, Punjab and Gujarat which are in a
relatively better position.
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Global Status Report on Road World Health Over 1.35 million people died every year due
Safety Organisation to road accidents in the 5-29 age group and
(WHO) around 50 million people sustain injuries
during the road accidents. Since 2008, India
has reported highest number of deaths due to
road accident worldwide.
JUNE
3rd End of Childhood Index ‘Save the Children’ Top 5 Countries:
as per the report titled 1. Singapore
“Changing Lives in Our 2. Sweden
Lifetime – Global Childhood 3. Finland
Report 2019” 4. Norway
5. Slovenia.India was ranked 113 in 176
countries
‘Global peace index 2019’ Institute for Iceland topped the list.India ranked 141
Economics and among 163 countries.Afghanistan is the least
Peace peaceful country
BrandZ Top 100 Most WPP research 1.Amazon
Valuable Global Brand 2019 agency 2.Apple,3.Google
Brand Trust Report, 2019 Trust Research Most trusted brands in India:
Advisory (TRA) 1. Dell
2. Jeep
3. LIC
4. Amazon
5. Apple
26th edition of the UN UN's Department Top 2 populous countries:
population report 'The of Economic and 1. China
World Population Prospects Social Affairs 2. India
2019: Highlights' India will surpass China as the world’s most
populous country by 2027. India currently
ranks second with 17 percent of the world
population.
Randstad Employer Brand Randstad Top 3 most attractive employer brand for
Research 2019 report the year 2019:
(REBR) 1. Amazon India
2. Microsoft India
3. Sony India
Renewable Power International Cheapest country to produce solar energy:
Generation Costs in 2018 Renewable Energy 1. India
Agency (IRENA) 2. China
3. UK
4. Canada
5. France
The Periodic Labour Force National Sample Highest unemployment rate among the
Survey (PLFS) for 2017-18 Survey states:
Organization 1. Nagaland(21.4%)
(NSSO) 2. Goa(13.9%)
3. Manipur(11.6%)
Lowest unemployment rate among the
states:
1. Meghalaya (1.5%)
2. Chhattisgarh
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Female labour force declined in India in 2017-
18. It is one among the world's bottom 10. In
2011-12, India was placed at 12th from the
bottom globally.
India's data usage per smartphone is the highest in the world at 9.8GB per month
UN (United Nations) World Food Programme in partnership with Ministry of Statistics and
Programme Implementation (MoSPI) stated that 31.4% of Indian children under five years will still
be stunted by 2022.
JULY
Annual banking statistics Swiss National Top 5 Countries:
report Bank (SNB) 1.United Kingdom
2.United States
3.West Indies
4.France
5.Hong Kong
India has slipped to 74th place.
Working on a Warmer International India is projected to lose 5.8% of working

Planet: The Impact of Heat Labour hours in 2030 equivalent to 34 million full-
Stress on Labour Organisation (ILO) time jobs due to global warming.
Productivity and Decent
Work
India: Health of the Nation’s Indian Council of Total death in the country due to NCDs was
States Medical Research 61.8% in 2016, as compared to 37.9% in
(ICMR) 1990.
“Global Prime Office CBRE, an Top 5 Expensive office location:
Occupancy Costs survey” American real 1. Hong Kong’s Central district
estate consulting 2. London’s West End
firm 3. Hong Kong’s Kowloon,
4. New York’s Midtown Manhattan and
5. Beijing’s Finance Street.
New Delhi’s Connaught Place (CP) - 9th most
expensive office location
Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC)- 27th
most expensive office location
Nariman Point- Central Business District
(CBD) - 40th most expensive office location.
Global Study on Homicide United Nations It stated that the overall Homicide Rate
2019 Office on Drugs declined by 10% in India over the period
and Crime 2009- 2015, from 3.8 to 3.4 per 100,000
(UNODC) population and it was increased ‘Noticeably’
in some Northern States.
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

JANUARY
Overview Of Padma Awards-2019
 On January 25,2019 President of India Ram Nath Kovind announced Padma Awards,which is
the highest civilian Awards in the country.The Padma Awards are conferred under 3
categorized viz- Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.President Ram Nath
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Kovind has approved conferment of 112 Padma Awards including one duo which is considered
to be one award.The Padma Awards consist of 4 Padma Vibhushan award,14 Padma Bhushan
Award and 94 Padma Shri awards……Click here for list of Winners of Padma Awards 2019
An Overview of ICC Awards 2018
Smriti Mandhana(India) ‘Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award for the Women’s
Cricketer of the Year‘ as well as the ‘Women’s
ODI Player of the Year
Alyssa Healy (Australia) ICC Women’s T20I Player of the Year
Sophie Ecclestone (England) ICC Women’s Emerging Player of the Year
Suzie Bates (New Zealand) Captain ICC Women’s ODI Team of the Year
FEBRUARY:
Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards for 2017:
MUSIC
Category Winner
Hindustani Vocal Music Lalith J. Rao
Hindustani Vocal Music Umakant & Ramakant Gundecha (Gundecha
Brothers — Joint Award)
Hindustani Instrumental Music — Tabla Yogesh Samsi
Hindustani Instrumental — Shehnai/Flute Rajendra Prasanna
Carnatic Vocal Music M.S. Sheela
Carnatic Instrumental Music — Veena Suma Sudhindra
Carnatic Instrumental Music — Mridangam Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan
Carnatic Instrumental Music — Flute Shashank Subramanyam
Other Major Traditions Of Music — Sugam Madhurani
Sangeet
Other Major Traditions Of Music -Sugam Sangeet Haimanti Sukla
Other Major Traditions Of Music — Gurbani Gurnam Singh
DANCE
Category Winner
Bharatanatyam Rama Vaidyanathan
Kathak Shobha Koser
Kathakali Madambi Subramanian Namboothiri
Manipuri L.N. Oinam Ongbi Dhoni Devi
Kuchipudi Deepika Reddy
Odissi Sujata Mohapatra
Sattriya Ramkrishna Talukdar
Chhau Janmejoy Sai Babu
Music For Dance Ashit Desai
THEATRE
Category Winner
Playwriting Abhiram Damodar Bhadkamkar
Direction Sunil Ganesh Shanbag
Direction Bapi Bose
Acting Hema Singh
Acting Deepak Virat Tiwari
Acting Anil Tickoo
Allied Theatre Arts — Stagecraft Nuruddin Ahmed
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Allied Theatre Arts — Lighting Avtar Sahni

Other Major Traditions Of Theatre — Shumang Shougrakpam Hemanta Singh
Leela
TRADITIONAL / FOLK / TRIBAL MUSIC / DANCE / THEATRE AND PUPPETRY
Category Winner
Folk Music, Rajasthan Anwar Khan Manganiyar
Folk Arts, Maharashtra Prakash Sahadeo Khandge
Traditional Music — Khol, Assam Jagannath Bayan
Folk Music, Bihar Ramchandra Manjhi
Folk Theatre, Chhattisgarh Rakesh Kumar Tiwari
Folk Music (Baul), West Bengal Parvathy Baul
Folk Music, Punjab Sarvjeet Kaur
Folk Music, Mizoram K.C. Runremsangi
Folk Music, Jharkhand Mukund Nayak
Puppetry, West Bengal Sudip Gupta
OVERALL CONTRIBUTION / SCHOLARSHIP IN THE PERFORMING ARTS

Category Winner
Scholarship Vijay Verma
Overall Contribution — Dance Sandhya Purecha
61st Annual Grammy Awards:

The Award Ceremony held in Royal Albert Hall,London, United Kingdom.
Category Winner
Album of the Year Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves
Record of the Year “This is America”, Childish Gambino
Best New Artist Dua Lipa
Best Rap Album Invasion of Privacy by Cardi B
Best R&B Album Winner H.E.R.
Best Rap Song “God’s Plan” by Drake
Best Country Album Golden Hour by Kacey Musgarves
Song of the Year “This is America”, Childish Gambino
Best Rock Album From the Fires by Greta Van Fleet
Best Rock Song “Masseducation” by St. Vincent
Dance/Electronic Album Woman Worldwide, Justice
Producer of the Year Blanton Alspaugh
Best Music Video “This is America”, Childish Gambino
Best Country Song “Space Cowboy” by Kacey Musgraves
Best Folk Song All Ashore by Punch Brothers
Best Comedy Album Equanimity & the Bird Revelation by Dave
Chappelle
72nd British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards:

The award ceremony held in Royal Albert Hall,London, United Kingdom.
Category Winner
Best Film Roma
Best Director Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
Best Actress Olivia Colman (The Favourite)
Best Actor Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)
Best Supporting Actress Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)
Best Supporting Actor Mahershala Ali (Green Book)
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Outstanding British Film The Favourite

Best Animated Film Spiderman : into the Spider-verse
Best British Short Animation Roughhouse
Best British Short Film 73 Cows
Best Documentary Free Solo
Outstanding Debut By a British Writer, Director or Beast-Michael Pearce (Writer/Director Category),
Producer Lauren Dark (Producer)
Best Film Not in the English Language Roma
Best Costume Design The Favourite
Best Makeup and Hair The Favourite
Best Production Design The Favourite
Best Editing Vice
Best Cinematography Roma
Best Special Visual Effects Black Panther
Best Original Screen Play The Favourite – Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara
Best Adapted Screenplay BlacKkKlansman – Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz,
Charlie Dachtel, Kevin Willmott
Best Sound Bohemian Rhapsody
Best Original Music A Star is Born
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Number 9 Films (Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen
Woolley)
EE Rising Star Award Letitia Wright
BAFTA Fellowship Thelma Schoonmaker
Overview Of The 91st Academy Awards (Oscars 2019)

• The award is presented in Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.
Category Winner
Best picture Green Book
Best actress Olivia Colman – The Favourite
Best actor Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody
Best supporting Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
actress
Best supporting actor Mahershala Ali – Green Book
Best director Alfonso Cuaron – Roma
Best original Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie and Peter Farrelly – Roma
screenplay
Best adapted Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee –
screenplay BlacKkKlansman
Best animated feature Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Best foreign language Roma – Mexico
film
Best documentary Free Solo
feature
Best original song Shallow (A Star Is Born) – Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando
and Andrew Wyatt
Best original score Ludwig Goransson – Black Panther
Best production Hannah Beachler and Jay Hart – Black Panther
design
Best costume design Ruth E Carter – Black Panther
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Best cinematography Alfonso Cuaron – Roma

Best visual effects Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles and JD Schwalm – First Man
Best make-up and Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe and Patricia DeHaney – Vice
hairstyling
Best sound editing John Warhurst and Nina Hartstone – Bohemian Rhapsody
Best sound mixing Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin and John Casali – Bohemian Rhapsody
Best film editing John Ottman – Bohemian Rhapsody

Best animated short Bao
Best documentary Period. End of Sentence.
short
Best live action short Skin
MARCH
Overview Of 64th Film Fare Awards 2019
Category Winner
Best Film Raazi
Critics Best Film Andhadhun
Best Actor in a Leading Role Ranbir Kapoor (Sanju)
(Male)
Critics Best Actor in Leading Role Ayushmann Khurrana (Andhadhun), Ranveer Singh
(Male) (Padmaavat)
Best Actor in a Leading Role Alia Bhatt (Raazi)
(Female)
Critics Best Actor in Leading Role Neena Gupta (Badhaai Ho)
(Female)
Best Director Meghna Gulzar (Raazi)
Best Actor in Supporting Role Gajarj Rao (Badhaai Ho), Vicky Kaushal (Sanju)
(Male)
Best Actor in Supporting Role Surekha Sikhri (Badhaai Ho)
(Female)
Best Music Album Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Patmaavat)
Best Lyrics Gulzar (Raazi)
Best Playback Singer (Male) Arijit Singh (Raazi)
Best Playback Singer (Female) Shreya Ghoshal (Padmaavat)
Life Time Achievement Award Sridevi
Best Debut Female Sara Ali Khan (Kedar Nath)
Best Debut Male Ishaan Khattar (Beyond the Clouds)
50 Years of Outstanding Hema Malini
Contribution to Cinema
People’s Choice Award for Best Plus Minus
Short Film
Best Short Film in Fiction Rogan Josh
Best Short Film in Non-Fiction The Soccer City
Best Actor Female in Short Film Kirti Kulhari (Maya)
Best Actor Male in Short Film Hussain Dalal (Shameless)

Best Original Story Abubhav Sinha (Mulk)
Beat Screenplay Sriram Raghavan, Arijit Biswas, Pooja Ladha Surti, Yogesh
Chandekar, Hemanth Rao (Andhadhun)
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Best Dialogue Akshat Ghildial (Badhaai Ho)

Best Editing Pooja Ladha Surti (Andhadhun)
Best Action Vikram Dahiya, Sunil Rodriguez (Mukkabaaz)
Best Background Score Daniel B George (Andhadhun)
Best Choreography Kurti Mahesh Midya, Jyothi D Tommar (Patmaavat)
Best Cinematography Pankaj Kumar (Tumbbad)
Best Costume Sheetal Sharma (Manto)
Best Production Design Nitin Zihani Choudhary, Rakesh Yadav (Tumbbad)
Best Sound Design Kunal Sharma (Tumbbad)
Best VFX Red Chillies VFX (Zero)
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72nd annual Cannes Film Festival held in Cannes, France:
i. Filmmaker of Mexico, Alejandro González Iñárritu served as jury president of Cannes Film Festival
2019.
ii. The Festival honoured the French filmmaker Agnès Varda, by featuring her on the official poster of
the festival. She died in March 2019.
iii. South Korean film 'Parasite' wins Palme d'Or which is directed by Bong Joon-ho at Cannes Film
Festival. He became the first Korean director to win the award.
iv. The opening film of the festival is “The Dead Don't Die” and the closing film of the festival is “The
Specials”
v.The film festival was hosted by Édouard Baer.
vi. The number of films participated were 21 (In Competition), 18 (Un Certain Regard), 11 (Short
films).
About Indian Participation:
I&B Secretary Amit Khare leads Indian Delegation to Cannes Film Festival.
Indian filmmaker, Achyutanand Dwivedi’s "Seed Mother", won the third prize in the international
section of Nespresso Talents 2019.
Indian and Israeli delegation hold the meeting in the Cannes festival during which, Israel proposes
“India to be the focus country in Jerusalem Film Festival, 2020”.
Awards and their Categories:
i.In Competition:
Name of Award Winner Film

Palme d'Or Bong Joon-ho Parasite(Korean)
Grand Prix Mati Diop(Diop made Atlantics(Senegal)
history by becoming the first
black woman to direct a film
featured In Competition at
the festival)
Jury Prize Kleber Mendonça Filho and Bacurau(Brazil)
Juliano Dornelles
Ladj Ly Les
Misérables(France)
Best Director Jean-Pierre and Luc Young Ahmed
Dardenne (Belgium)
Best Actress Emily Beecham Little Joe(UK-Austria)
Best Actor Antonio Banderas Pain and Glory(Spain)
Best Screenplay Céline Sciamma Portrait of a Lady on
Fire(France)
Special Mention Elia Suleiman It Must Be
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Heaven(France –
Canada)
ii.Un Certain Regard:

Un Certain Regard Karim Aïnouz The Invisible Life of
Award Eurídice
Gusmão(Brazil)
Un Certain Regard Oliver Laxe Fire Will Come(Spain)
Jury Prize
Un Certain Regard Kantemir Balagov Beanpole(Russia)
Award for Best
Director
Un Certain Regard Chiara Mastroianni On a Magical
Jury Award for Best Night(France)
Performance
Un Certain Regard Albert Serra Liberté(Spain)
Special Jury Prize Bruno Dumont Joan of Arc(France)
Coup de Cœur Award Monia Chokri A Brother's
Love(Canada)
Michael Angelo Covino The Climb(America)
iii.Golden Camera:
Caméra d'Or: Our Mothers by César Díaz
iv.Short Films:

Short Film Palme d'Or Vasilis Kekatos The Distance Between
Us and the Sky
Special Mention Agustina San Martín Monster God
v.Cinéfondation:

First Prize Louise Courvoisier Mano a mano
Second Prize Richard Van Hiêu
Third Prize Wisam Al Jafari Ambience
Barbara Rupik The Little Soul
vi.Honorary Palme d'Or:
Honorary Palme d'Or: Alain Delon.
Independent awards
i.FIPRESCI Prizes

In Competition Elia Suleiman It Must Be
Heaven(France)
Un Certain Regard Kantemir Balagov Beanpole(Russia)
Parallel section Robert Eggers The
Lighthouse(America)
ii.Ecumenical Prize
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: A Hidden Life by Terrence Malick
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iii.International Critics' Week

Nespresso Grand Prize Jérémy Clapin I Lost My
Body(France)
Leitz Cine Discovery Qiu Yang She Runs
Prize for Short Film
Louis Roederer Ingvar E. Sigurðsson A White, White Day
Foundation Rising
Star Award
Gan Foundation Lorcan Finnegan Vivarium
Award for Distribution
SACD Award César Díaz Our Mothers
Canal+ Award for Andrias Høgenni Ikki Illa Meint
Short Film
iv.Directors' Fortnight:

Europa Cinemas Label Nicolas Pariser Alice and the
Award for Best Mayor(France)
European Film
SACD Award for Best Rebecca Zlotowski An Easy Girl(France)
French-language Film
Illy Short Film Award Pham Thien An Stay Awake, Be Ready
Carrosse d'Or John Carpenter
v.L'Œil d'or :

L'Œil d'or Waad al-Kateab and Sama
Edward Watts
Patricio Guzmán The Cordillera of
Dreams
vi.Prix François Chalais

François Chalais Prize: A Hidden Life by Terrence Malick
vii.Queer Palm:

Queer Palm Award Céline Sciamma Portrait of a Lady on
Fire(France)
Short Film Queer Palm Vasilis Kekatos The Distance Between
Us and the Sky
viii.Cannes Soundtrack Award
Cannes Soundtrack Award: Alberto Iglesias for Pain and Glory
ix.Trophée Chopard:
Chopard Trophy: François Civil and Florence Pugh
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x.Pierre Angénieux ExcelLens in Cinematography:

Pierre Angénieux Excellens in Cinematography: Bruno Delbonnel
xi.Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist:

Vulcan Award Flora Volpelière Les Misérables
(editing) and Julien
Poupard
(cinematography)
Special Mention Claire Mathon Atlantics and Portrait
of a Lady on Fire
(cinematography)
Artistic Direction Lee Ha-jun Parasite
Mention
xii.Palm Dog:
Name of Award Winner Film/Awarded for

Palm Dog Award Brandy Once Upon a Time in
Hollywood
Grand Jury Prize Canine cast in Little Joe
Canine cast in Aasha and the Street Dogs
(Marché du Film)
Palm DogManitarian Google For their support of
Award dogs in the workplace
Underdog Award The Unadoptable
JUNE
Overview of Tony Awards 2019
 2019 Tony Awards was the 73rd edition of Tony Awards held on June 9, 2019, to recognize
achievement in Broadway productions during the 2018–19 season. It was held in Radio City
Music Hall, New York City.It was hosted by James Corden.
Highlights:
 Hadestown, a musical about a young couple’s dark trip to the Underworld, was the most
winning production of the season by winning eight awards, including Best Musical.
 The Ferryman won four awards, including Best Play. Original musicals The Cher Show
and Tootsie, the revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!, and the new play Ink
each won two awards.
 31-year-old actress Ali Stroker, won best featured actress for her outstanding role as Ado
Annie in Rogers and Hammerstein’s ‘Oklahoma!’ and made history by becoming the first
actor in a wheelchair to win a Tony Award.
List of winners:
Categories Winner
Best play “The Ferryman” by Jez Butterworth
Best revival of a musical Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!
Best musical “Hadestown”
Best revival of a play “The Boys in the Band” by Mart Crowley
Best performance by an Santino Fontana, “Tootsie”
actor in a leading role in a
musical
Best performance by an Stephanie J. Block, “The Cher Show”
actress in a leading role in a
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musical
Best performance by an Bryan Cranston, “Network”
actor in a leading role in a
play
Best performance by an Elaine May, “The Waverly Gallery”
actress in a leading role in a
play
Best book of a musical “Tootsie,” Robert Horn
Best original score (music “Hadestown,” Anaïs Mitchell
and/or lyrics) written for
the theater
Best direction of a musical Rachel Chavkin, “Hadestown”
Best Direction of a Play Sam Mendes, “The Ferryman”
Best performance by an André De Shields, “Hadestown”
actor in a featured role in a
musical
Best performance by an Ali Stroker, “Oklahoma!”
actress in a featured role in a
musical
Best performance by an Bertie Carvel, “Ink”
actor in a featured role in a
play
Best performance by an Celia Keenan-Bolger, “To Kill a
actress in a featured role in a Mockingbird”
play
Best choreography Sergio Trujillo, “Ain’t Too Proud”
Best orchestrations Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose,
“Hadestown”
Best scenic design of a Rachel Hauck, “Hadestown”
musical
Best scenic design of a play Rob Howell, “The Ferryman”
Best costume design of a Bob Mackie, “The Cher Show”
musical
Best costume design of a Rob Howell, “The Ferryman”
play
Best sound design of a Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz,
musical “Hadestown”
Best sound design of a play Fitz Patton, “Choir Boy”
Best lighting design of a Bradley King, “Hadestown”
musical
Best lighting design of a play Neil Austin, “Ink”
JULY
29 new World Heritage sites for 2019 by UNESCO
• The 2019 list includes natural sites, such as Vatnajökull National Park in Iceland; cultural sites,
such as the historic city of Sheki in Azerbaijan and the archaeological ruins of Liangzhu City in
southeast China; and just one mixed site this year the Paraty and Ilha Grande in Brazil, which
combines natural and cultural elements.
♦ Australia: Budj Bim Cultural Landscape
♦ Azerbaijan: Historic Centre of Sheki with the Khan's Palace
♦ Bahrain: Dilmun Burial Mounds
♦ Brazil: Paraty and Ilha Grande -- Culture and Biodiversity
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♦ Burkina Faso: Ancient ferrous metallurgy sites of Burkina Faso

♦ Canada: Writing-on-Stone/Áísínai'pi
♦ China: Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City
♦ China: Migratory Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of
China, Phase I
♦ Czech Republic: Landscape for Breeding and Training of Ceremonial Carriage Horses at
Kladruby nad Labem
♦ Czech Republic/Germany: Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region
♦ France: French Austral Lands and Seas
♦ Germany: Water Management System of Augsburg
♦ Iceland: Vatnajökull National Park
♦ India: Jaipur City, Rajasthan
♦ Indonesia: Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage of Sawahlunto
♦ Iran: Hyrcanian Forests
♦ Iraq: Babylon
♦ Italy: Le Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano a Valdobbiadene
♦ Japan: Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan
♦ Republic of Korea: Seowon, Korean Neo-Confucian Academies
♦ Lao People's Democratic Republic: Megalithic Jar Sites in Xiengkhuang -- Plain of Jars
♦ Myanmar: Bagan
♦ Poland: Krzemionki Prehistoric Striped Flint Mining Region
♦ Portugal: Royal Building of Mafra -- Palace, Basilica, Convent, Cerco Garden and Hunting
Park, Tapada
♦ Portugal: Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga
♦ Russian Federation: Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture
♦ Spain: Risco Caido and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria Cultural Landscape
♦ United Kingdom: Jodrell Bank Observatory
♦ United States: The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright
Name of Awards Award Winner Field Points to be noted

Awards given to the Sports Personalities
JANUARY
2018 Confederation of Mohamed Salah Footballer He also won the BBC African
African Football Player Footballer of the Year award
of the Year award for the second time in
December 2018.
Sir Garfield Sobers Virat Kohli Cricket He is the first player to bag all
Trophy for ICC Cricketer top three ICC Awards in a
of the Year, the ICC Men’s single year.
Test Player of the
Year and the ICC Men’s
ODI Player of the year
FEBRUARY
Shiv Chhatrapati life- Uday Smriti Mandhana, was
time achievement award Deshpande(Mallakh awarded with "Shiv
amb coach) Chhatrapati award for players
Football Ratna by Sunil Chhetri
Football Delhi
2018 Player of the Year Harmanpreet Singh The award is presented by
award Asian Hockey Federation
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Rising Player of The Year Lalremsiami The award is presented by

Asian Hockey Federation
Lifetime Achievement G.R. Karthikeyan He is the father of Narain
award at the Karthikeyan– India’s first
FMSCI(Federation of Formula One racer.
Motor Sports Clubs of
India)
MARCH
Telangana Sports Saina Nehwal as Badminton Association of
Journalist Association sportsperson of the Telangana received
(TSJA) year, Pullella Association of the Year award,
Gopichand as Coach at the Annual Telangana Sports
of the Year and PV Journalist Association Awards
Sindhu as held in Hyderabad.
Outstanding
Performer in
women’s section.
APRIL
Outstanding Gaganjeet Bhullar Golfer 31 year old Bhullar was
achievement as a player awarded Arjuna Award in
award 2013.
Football Writers' Raheem Sterling Footballer Nikita Parris won the FWA's
Association (FWA) Women's footballer of the year
Footballer of the Year 2019 award.
2019
MAY
Professional Footballers’ Virgil Van Dijk Football Van Dijk had joined Liverpool
Association (PFA) from Southampton in January
Players’ Player of the 2018 for a fee of £75million
Year Award for 2018-19 (Euro 75 million).
CEAT Cricket Rating Virat Kohli and Cricket Virat Kohli has bagged the
(CCR) Awards 2019 Smriti Mandhana International Cricketer of the
Year Award and Smriti
Mandhana has won
International Woman
Cricketer of Year Award.
JULY
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All India Football Sunil Chhetr - Men’s Football  Ashalata Devi- Women’s
Federation‘s (AIFF) Footballer of the Footballer of the year 2019
Awards year 2019  AIFF Emerging Men’s
Footballer of the Year Sahal
Abdul Samad (Kerala)
 AIFF Emerging Women’s
Footballer of the Year
Dangmei Grace (Manipur)
 Best grassroots
development programme
Jammu and Kashmir
Football Association
 AIFF Award for the Best
Assistant Referee Joseph
Tony (Karnataka)
 AIFF Award for the Best
Referee R Venkatesh (Tamil
Nadu).
Awards for Literature/Journalism

JANUARY
Kabi Samrat Upendra Manoj Das English and
Bhanja National Award Odia Litterateur
for Lifetime
Achievement
Lifetime achievement Dinu Randive Journalist For his lifelong contributions
award in journalism, who started his
journalistic career in 1956.
The award was given by
the Mantralaya and
Vidhimandal Vartahar Sangh.
Sushila Devi Literature Namita Gokhale writer For her novel “Things to Leave
Award in the ‘Best Book Behind“.
of Fiction Written by a
Woman Author’
category
Woman’s Voice Award Ranjani Murali Poet Objective of this award
with Apeejay Kolkata function to recognize and
Literary Festival (AKLF) encourage creative writing by
women in India.
Saraswati Samman Sitanshu Poet He was awarded for his poetry

for the year 2017 Yashaschandra collection, ‘Vakhar.
FEBRUARY
Australian literary prize Behrouz Boochani Non-fiction For his book “No Friends But
Literature the Mountains”
MARCH
Vyas Samman 2018 Leeladhar Jagudi Writer For his collection of poems
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“Jitne Log Utne Prem”

published in 2013. He also
authored several poetry
anthologies. The award carries
an amount of Rs. 4 lakhs and it
was started by K K Birla
foundation in 1991.
Abel Prize(Nobel prize Karen Uhlenbeck Mathematician She was recognized for her
of mathematics) work in the field of gauge
theory and geometric analysis.
Global Teacher Prize for Peter Tabichi Kenyan math At a ceremony in Dubai hosted
2019 and physics by Hollywood actor, Hugh
teacher Jackman.
APRIL
Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Dr. Gyanaditya literature He was conferred for his
Samman 2019 Shakya contributing in the field of Pali
language & literature.
Saraswati Samman 2018 K Siva Reddy Poetry For his collection of poetry
titled ‘Pakkaki Ottigilite’
Cano Press Freedom Kyaw Soe Oo and Journalist For recognizing their
Prize 2019 Wa Lone commitment, courage and
resistance to freedom of
expression.
Pulitzer Prize 2019 “The Overstory” by The Pulitzer Prize for
Richard Powers Journalism was awarded to
Staff of the South Florida Sun
Sentinel under Public service
Category.List of Awards.
Pandit Govind Ballabh Sunil Kumar Gautam For writing ‘Samvidhan Kavya’,
Pant Award a poetic verse of the Indian
Constitution
Second edition of Rana Dasgupta For his 2010 novel "Solo".
Rabindranath Tagore
Literary Prize 2019
MAY
Man Booker Jokha Alharthi Novel She is the first Arabic author to
International Prize 2019 win the award.The award was
presented for her novel
“Celestial Bodies”.
2019's Swansea Guy Gunaratne Novel He won for his debut novel
University International ‘Mad and Furious City’ in
Dylan Thomas Prize Wales, United Kingdom.
Nine Dots Prize 2019 Annie Zaidi Essay For her essay “Bread, Cement,
Cactus.” She won the cash
prize of USD 100,000 (Rs 69.83
lakh).
JUNE
Women's Prize for Tayari Jones For her novel The novel was praised by
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Fiction An American Barack Obama and Oprah

Marriage Winfrey.She also received
Aspen Words Literary Prize for
the same novel.
54th Jnanpith Award Amitav Ghosh The decision taken by the
Jnanpith Selection Board
chaired by Jnanpith laureate
Pratibha Ray.
RedInk Award for Rachna Khaira For her expose The article was published in
'Journalist of the Year on the The Tribune edition dated
2019' functioning of January 4, 2018, and the leads
the Unique provided in the article became
Identification a part of Public Interest
Authority of Litigation (PIL).
India (UIDAI)
Awards given to Film/Music Industry
JANUARY
National Nritya Anindita Neogy Dancer To the outstanding Indian
Shiromani award Anaam classical dance performers.
FEBRUARY
People for the Ethical Bradley Cooper For casting his own dog, rather
Treatment of Animals than one supplied by animal
(PETA)’s Oscat award exhibitors, in his movie A Star
is Born
Rabindranath Tagore Shri Rajkumar
Award for Cultural Singhajit Singh(2014),
Harmony for the year Chhayanaut(2015),
2014, 2015 and 2016 Shri Ram Sutar
Vanji(2016)
2019’s META Lifetime Mahesh Elkunchwar The award will be presented in
Achievement Award 14th Mahindra Excellence in
Theatre Awards (META)
festival to be held in New Delhi
MARCH
Pritzker Architecture Arata Isozaki He is the 8th Japanese and
Prize 2019 46th Pritzker laureate to be
honoured with this award. He
integrated the East and West
in his creative designs.
APRIL
Deenanath Mangeshkar Madhur Bhandarkar Salim Khan and dancing diva
Award 2019 Helen was also felicitated.To
encourage legends from the
fields of music, drama, art and
social work.
MAY
19th New York Indian Sunny Pawar Acting For his performance in
Film Festival ‘Chippa’
JUNE
Outstanding Artistic Veyil Marangal (Trees Film This is for the first Indian film
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Achievement Award for Under the Sun) to win a major award at the
the film in 22nd festival.
Shanghai International
Film Festival
Best Asian Film by Gully Boy Film It was presented at 23rd

Network for the edition of Bucheon
Promotion of Asian International Fantastic Film
Cinema (NETPAC) Festival (BIFAN) for the year
Award 2019 held at Bucheon City,
South Korea.
Awards given to Organizations/Banks/Ministries/State/City
JANUARY
Bharat Ratna Former President President Ram Nath Kovind
Pranab Mukherjee, announced the conferment of
social activist Nanaji the award.
Deshmukh
(posthumously) and
musician Dr Bhupen
Hazarika
(posthumously)
4th annual Carnot Prize Union Finance This award rewards the works
Minister Piyush Goyal done by Piyush Goyal to reform
the electricity sector
National Bravery Award Wahengbam Bravery He will be honoured because he
Lamnganba Singh had saved his two and half year’s
old cousin from drowning in a
pond
First-ever Philip Kotler Prime Minister, Shri The Award focuses on the
Presidential award Narendra Modi triple P’s of the Nation: People,
Profit and Planet.
Gandhi Peace Prize for Yohei Sasakawa Goodwill The award will be given
2018 Ambassador to Yohei Sasakawa in
of WHO recognition of his work
towards the eradication of the
disease in India and across the
world.
FEBRUARY
Aegis Graham Bell Yes Bank Innovation in For their industry-first project
Award 2018 Data Science ‘Yes EEE (Engage Enrich
Excel)’
Swachhata Excellence Raigarh (1st prize) Ambikapur (2nd prize) and

Awards 2019 Kumbakonam (3rd prize)
FICCI CSR Award Jindal Steel and Power For Women Empowerment for
Ltd (JSPL) its innovative and high impact
women empowerment
programmes.
Energy and Oil and Natural Gas For sustained efforts in pursuit
Environment Corporation(ONGC) of Swachh Bharat Mission
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Foundation Global
Clean Awards-2019
MARCH
Non-Life Insurer of the Bharti AXA General
Year Award 2019 by Insurance
ASSOCHAM
Best Bank Award from Indian Bank For successfully meeting the
Tamil Nadu State needs of women’s self-help
Government groups (SHGs).
Golden Peacock ACKO General For their “Ola Ola Ride Insurance is a first of
Innovative Product Insurance Ride its kind insurance in the Indian
Award – 2019 Insurance“ market where Acko partnered
with the leading ride-sharing
company, Ola.
APRIL
Dr. Babasaheb Sudhanshu Kumar Business While his agency Digital
Ambedkar Nobel Sukoon, named as the Best
Award by International Digital Agency of the Year
Human Rights Council 2019.
Celent Model Bank Fincare Small Finance Organization The award recognizes LAP
2019 Bank (SFB) (Loans against Property)
D.Lite, which is a tab-based
solution designed and
developed.
National Intellectual Kerala Agricultural Organization For its contributions in best
Property Award 2019 University (KAU) facilitation for registration of
Geographical Indications and
promotion of registered GI in
the country.
Swacchta Pakhwada All India Radio, Organization The award was given by Amit
Award 2019 Publication Division Khare, Secretary Ministry of
and Children’s Film Information and Broadcasting.
Society of India
Intellectual Property Sree Chitra Tirunal The award was given under
Award 2019 Institute for Medical the category of “Top Indian
Sciences and R&D Institution and
Technology (SCTIMST) Organisation for Patents &
Commercialisation”.
MAY
Claims Excellence Bharti AXA Life Customer The award was presented for
Award Insurance service its customer-friendly claims
services, including dedicated
claims handler and one of the
best claim settlement ratios, in
the life insurance sector.
JUNE
World Health Medical and Health Tobacco It was the only government
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Organization’s (WHO) Department of control body in country to receive the

Tobacco Control Rajasthan award for its tobacco-free
Award for 2019 initiatives.Click here to read
more.
10th Equator Prize Telangana-based NGO, NGO Aprat from this there is 21
2019 the women sangams more winners.
(groups) of the Deccan
Development Society
(DDS)
Best-performing Rail Wheel Factory, The report on achievements of
Production Unit in the Yelahanka, Karnataka environment management of
field of the Indian Railways,
environment “Environmental Sustainability
Annual Report 2018-19”.
Gold Award in South Mahindra Group Organization It clinches the top spot among
Africa 29 vehicle brands for the
award.
BBC (British Akshaya Patra School lunch The award was presented at
Broadcasting Foundation (TAPF) programme the BBC Food and Farming
Corporation) ‘s World Awards in Bristol in London,
Service Global UK.
Champion Award
JULY
World Economic Quantela Inc Digital It is a new age digital
Forum’s (WEF) technology technology solutions company
Technology Pioneers company focused on IoT(Internet of
Things). It provides a
comprehensive, customizable,
scalable platform, “Atlantis”
that helps cities to proactively
predict and solve social,
economic and environmental
problems.
Best innovation award Northeast Frontier ‘Plan Bee’ ‘Plan Bee’, a strategy of using
from Indian Railways Railway’s (NFR) an amplified version of honey
bees sound to keep wild
elephants away from train
tracks.
Other Awards Conferred
FEBRUARY
K.Veeramani Award for P.S. Krishnan For Social
Social Justice 2018 Justice 2018
International human Abdul Aziz Muhamat For exposing
rights prize “the very
cruel asylum
seeker policy
of the
Australian
Government”
Gandhi Peace Prize 2015 – Vivekanand
Kendra, Kanyakumari
2016 – Akshaya Patra
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Foundation and Sulabh

International (jointly)
2017 – Ekal Abhiyan
Trust
2018 – Yohei Sasakawa.
National Youth 1st position- Shweta 2nd position- Anjanakshi M.S
Parliament Festival Umre from from Karnataka 3rd position-
2019 Awards Maharashtra Mamta Kumari from
Bihar.Award is given during
the festival National Youth
Parliament Festival 2019 with
the theme: “Be the Voice of
New India” and “Find solutions
and contribute to policy”
Yashwantrao Chavan Raghuram Rajan For his
National Award 2018 contribution
towards
economic
development
MARCH
Social Enterprise Sona Yukti For helping It is the only Indian
Network (SEN) youth to organisation to be selected as
sustainability award develop skills part of the SEN awards for
2018.
Commonwealth Youth Padmanaban Gopalan For his work He was the founder of No Food
Award towards Zero Waste, was named the winner
Hunger of the Commonwealth Youth
Award for the Asian region
worth 3,000 Pounds.
Nari Shakti Puraskar Seema Mehta Women
empowerment
DD Mahila Kisan Swati Shingade The Kisan Channel has
Award 2018-19 provided a platform to the
women farmers and the main
purpose of the channel is to
make aware the people about
the various schemes of the
government.
BusinessLine Arun Jaitley For The 2nd edition of
Changemaker Of The successfully BusinessLine Changemaker
Year award introducing Awards ceremony held at the
the Goods and Leela Palace, New Delhi.
Services Tax
(GST)
Uttam Yudh Seva Anil Kumar Bhatt For successfully organizing the
Medal counter-terrorist operations in
Jammu & Kashmir.
2019 National STEM Kavya Kopparapu She has been awarded for her
Education Award significant invention in
enhancing treatments of
glioblastoma– which is the
deadliest form of brain cancer.
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The prize money for STEM

amounts to $10,000.
Turing Award Yoshua Bengio, They recognized their work for
2018(Nobel Prize of Geoffrey Hinton, and developing the AI (Artificial
computing) Yann LeCun intelligence) subfield of deep
learning. The troika has
developed a base for the recent
growth of AI technologies,
through their work in the
1990s and 2000.
APRIL
Zayed Medal PM Narendra Modi For boosting This is United Arab Emirates’s
the bilateral highest civilian honour.
ties between
India & UAE
Lifetime Achievement A K Singh Scientist The conclave was organised by
Award 2019 during 4th the university to note World
APJ Abdul Kalam Creativity and Innovation Day.
Innovation Conclave
World Press Photo of John Moore “For theImage The little girl in this picture
the Year of Crying Girl name Yanela and her mother
on the Sandra Sanchez illegally
Border” crossed the US-Mexican border
last year.
UN Mission in South 150 Indian For serving
Sudan (UNMISS)’s peacekeepers with extreme
Medals of Honour dedication
and sacrifice.
World Press Freedom Cyril Almeida Journalist For his “critical” and
Hero award in 2019 “tenacious coverage” of the
civil-military relations in
Pakistan. And also MadaMasr,
an Egyptian news site
National (IP) Benny Antony He is the inventor of BCM-95,
Intellectual Property the world’s leading patented
Award, 2019 turmeric extract formulation.
‘Compassionate Kid’ Derek C Lalchhanhima Saved the life of a chicken
award 2019 by People
for the Ethical
Treatment of
Animals(PETA) India
Corporate Excellence Prasanna Kumar Rao Enterpreneur The prestigious Asia Pacific
award Entrepreneurship Award
(APEA) from Enterprise Asia
MAY
Goldman  Bayarjargal Environmenta The Goldman Environmental
Environmental Prize Agvaantseren from l activists Prize is also known as Green
2019 Mongolia Nobel Prize and awards a cash
 Alfred Brownell from prize of $200,000.
Liberia
 Ana Colovic Lesoska
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from North
Macedonia
 Alberto Curamil from
Chile
 Jacqueline Evans from
Cook Islands
 Linda Garcia from
United States
Knight of the Legion of Former ISRO chief A.S. This award is for his invaluable
Honour Kiran contribution to the
Kumar(Karnataka,India development of the India-
) France space cooperation.
Sasakawa Award 2019 Dr. Pramod Kumar For his constant dedication in
by United Nations Mishra improving the strength of the
Office for Disaster Risk communities which were most
Reduction (UNDRR) exposed to disasters.
‘Award for Honour’ by Antano and Harini For their work to help people
Ministry of Social change the trajectory of their
Justice and lives and create a personal
Empowerment legacy in compressed time.
They were invited to work
with some Government
officers across various levels.
Global Asian of the Hema Divakar For her yeomen services

Year 2018-19' Award and contribution towards
Women's Healthcare
Ecosystem.She was awarded
under the 'In Service of the
Society and the Nation'
category.
UN (United Nations) Jitender Kumar Late Jitender
Dag Hammarskjold Kumar
Medal sacrificed his
life while
serving the
UN Org.
Stabilisation
Mission in the
Democratic
Republic of
the Congo
(MONUSCO).
'Lifetime Recognition N Kumar Professor He was awarded for his
Award' by the contributions to the field of
Confederation of horticulture and academic
Horticulture leadership focused on human
Association of India resource development in
agriculture.
27th P.C. Chandra Devi Prasad Shetty Cardiac He is also known as ‘The Man
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Puraskaar (Karnataka,India) surgeon and with Divine Hands’. In 2003, he

humanitarian has won Padma Shri and
Padma Bhushan for medicine
in 2013.
V K Krishna Menon G D ‘Robert’ Decolonised Govender is the first person
Award 2019 Govender(Indian origin journalist who has been awarded the V K
in South Africa) Krishna Menon posthumously.
He had died in the UK in 2016.
'Order Of The Rising Shyam Saran It is Japan's second highest
Sun, Gold and Silver national award established by
Star Award' the Japanese Emperor Meiji in
1875.
JUNE
Global Leadership Sundar Pichai (46) and They were chosen by business
Awards 2019 NASDAQ ‘s (National advocacy group US-India
Association of Business Council (USIBC) for
Securities Dealers “catalyzing growth in the US-
Automated Quotations) India commercial corridor”.
President Adena
Friedman (50)
Facebook ‘Hall of Zonel Sougaijam For discovering and reporting
Fame’2019 a WhatsApp bug that violated
the privacy of a user.
Manas Order of the Xi Jinping For developing the
First Kyrgyzstan-China
Degree(Kyrgyzstan’s comprehensive strategic
Highest National partnership
Award)
Miss India 2019 Suman Rao She was crowned by Miss India
2018 Anukreethy Vas from
Tamil Nadu.
Innovative Research Dr Gaurav Nigam The event was organized by

Excellence Award 2019 Global Leaders Foundation. He
is the founder of iCare.
'World's best coder' in Sameer Gulati The event was held at Reliance
6th Edition of TechGig Corporate Park, Navi Mumbai.
Code Gladiators 2019
'100 most Influential in Nirmala Sitharaman She was one among the 100
UK-India Relations: most influential women
Celebrating Women driving the UK-India
relationship forward
Commonwealth Nitesh Kumar Jangir For the For saving the lives of
Secretary-General's creation low- newborn babies.
Innovation for cost neonatal
Sustainable breathing
Development Award device named
2019 in the “People” “Saans”
category
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Orden Mexicana del Pratibha Patil She becomes the second Indian
Aguila Azteca(Order of after the late President S.
the Aztec Eagle) Radhakrishnan granted this
(Highest civilian award honour. The award was
of Mexico) presented by Ambassador of
Mexico to India, Melba Pria.
Amnesty Greta Thunberg For fighting She is known for initiating a
International’s, against the movement, "Fridays for
“Ambassador of peril of global Future", a climate movement
Conscience award” warming that formed in November
2018.
Danny Kaye Priyanka Chopra Social causes She will be presented with this
Humanitarian Award” and for being award at UNICEF American
by United Nations a voice for chapter’s Snowflake Ball which
International children’s is to be held in December 2019
Children’s Fund’s education in New York.
(UNICEF)
Save Water Hero Makarand Tilloo Social activist He received this award for his
Award efforts to raise awareness
about water conservation in
the city. The award ceremony
was held in Pune, Maharashtra.
He was honoured by the
HridayMitra Foundation
JULY
US-India Strategic Azim Premji and For their contribution to
Partnership Forum Ajaypal Singh Banga strengthening economic ties
(USISPF)’s 2019 Global between the US and India.
Excellence Award
4th World Wealth Yoga Toran Yadav Yoga He strikes two silver medals in
Championship 2019 in the rhythmic pair and artistic
Bulgaria, Sofia. pair and a bronze medal in
athletic yoga.
Recognitions
Name of the Person Field
JANUARY
Arunima Sinha World’s first female amputee to climb Mount Vinson, the
highest peak of Antarctica.
Virat Kohli and coach Ravi Shastri Honorary membership of the Sydney Cricket Ground
(SCG)
Satyarup Siddhanta First Indian and World’s Youngest man to climb the seven
highest peaks and volcanic summits across all continents
Rio de Janeiro World Capital of Architecture for 2020
Karthiyani Amma Commonwealth Learning Goodwill Ambassador
Southern Railway Number one position for cleanliness in country
FEBRUARY
Dhanya Sanal K. First woman to climb Agasthyarkoodam peak in Kerala
Divya Karnad First Indian Woman to be honoured with the “Global
Future of Nature Award” for her work on marine
conservation
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MARCH
Noor Inayat Khan- British Indian World First Indian-origin woman to be honoured with a Blue
War II spy Plaque
Mukesh Ambani First Indian to join top 10 richest list of Hurun Research
Tata Steel 2019 World’s Most Ethical Companies

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos-1st Forbes World’s Billionaires list
Mukesh Ambani-13th
Kane Tanaka World’s oldest living person by Guinness World Records
Tashigang World’s highest polling station

APRIL
Batman First Inductee of Comic-Con Museum’s Character Hall of
Fame
Odisha’s Kandhamal Haldi (turmeric) Geographical Indications (GI) tag
Isaak Hayik World’s oldest person to play in a professional soccer
Guwahati Railway Station First railway station to get an ISO (International

Organisation for Standardisation) certification
Deepa Malik New Zealand Prime Minister’s Sir Edmund Hillary

Fellowship for 2019
Bhayanakam (Fear) Best cinematography award in Beijing International Film
Festival
Reliance Industries India’s first retail company
Gagandeep Kang First Indian Women In 359 Years To Join Royal Society
Bajrang Punia First Indian wrestler invited by the American governing

body to take part in the “Grapple at the Garden — Beat the
Streets” fight night
MAY
Bandana(Nepali teenager) Guinness World Records on “Longest Dancing Marathon
by an Individual” surpassed Kalamandalam
Hemalatha(India)
Jitender Kumar and Shikha Garg Honoured for laying down their lives in UN peace-service
Captain Aarohi Pandit(Mumbai) First woman in the world to cross the Atlantic Ocean solo
in a Light Sports Aircraft (LSA). She has set another world
record as the 1st woman pilot to fly solo above the
dangerous Greenland ice-cap in a LSA.
Saray Khumalo(Zambia) First black African woman to conquer Mt. Everest in her
fourth attempt.
Kailash Mansarovar popularly known UNESCO incorporated in tentative list of World Heritage
as Mount Kailash Sites
Bhawana Kanth First female fighter pilot of Indian Air Force
Priyanka Mohite(Mumbai) First Indian woman to scale world’s fifth highest
mountain Mount Makalu
Architectural heritage of Orchha town Added to the Tentative List of UNESCO's World Heritage
in Madhya Pradesh Sites
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Flight Lieutenant Parul Bhardwaj India’s first all-woman crew flies Mi-17 V5 medium-lift
(Captain), Flying Officer Aman Nidhi helicopter
(co-pilot) and Flight Lieutenant Hina
Jaiswal (Flight Engineer)
Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport of Gets 'International' Status
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Chandrani Murmu(Odisha)of Biju Youngest MP in the country
Janata Dal (BJD)
JUNE
Flight Lieutenant Mohana Singh First IAF woman pilot to become completely operational
by day on Hawk advanced jet aircraft
Jay-Z, whose real name is Sean Carter World’s 1st Billionaire($1bn (£800m)) Rapper by Forbes
Rihanna World's richest female($600 million) by Forbes magazine
Virat Kholi Forbes list of World’s highest-paid athletes 2019.The list

has been topped by the Barcelona and Argentina
professional Footballer Lionel Messi with the annual
earnings of $127mn.
Reliance Industries leads the list of 57 Forbes World's 2,000 largest public companies
Indian companies (71st rank globally)
Mount Everest World’s Highest Operating Weather Stations by National
Geographic Society
Kolhapuri chappal Geographic Indication (GI) tag from The Controller

General of Patents, Designs and Trade Mark
Srilankan Airlines World's most punctual airline tag
JULY
Aparna Kumar First civil servant & IPS Officer to conquer the ‘Seven
Summits’ challenge
Dipankar Banerjee Included as co-investigator in NASA (National Aeronautics

and Space Administration) for its PUNCH mission
Aditya Birla World Academy Only Indian School to feature in ‘The Commonwealth At
70: From Westminster to the World’ Book
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS

National
Name Appointed As Entity/Place Points To Be Noted
JANUARY
VK Yadav Chairman Railway Board He succeeded Ashwani
Lohani.He was
the General Manager of
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South-Central Railway
(SCR).
Saurabh Kumar Chairman Ordnance Factory He Succeeds P.K.
Board (OFB) Shrivastava in Kolkata.
M. Nageshwara Rao Chief(Interim) CBI
Mohammed Ali Chief Coach Women’s Boxing He is India’s first
Qamar Commonwealth Games
gold medalist. He
replaced veteran Shiv
Singh.
Thottathil Bhaskaran Chief Justice Telangana High Court Governor Narasimhan
Nair Radhakrishnan also administered oath
to Justice Praveen
Kumar as the acting
Chief Justice of Andhra
Pradesh High Court in
Vajaywada.
Lingappa Narayana Chief Justice(Acting) Karnataka High Court
Swamy
Jaideep Govind Secretary General National Human Rights
Commission (NHRC)
Vice Admiral G Ashok Vice Chief Naval Staff He holded as a deputy
Kumar Chief of naval Staff from
June 6,2016.
FEBRUARY
Shane Warne Brand ambassador Rajasthan Royals For upcoming 12th
edition of Indian
Premier League (IPL)
Pramod Chandra Chairman Central Board of Direct He will succeed Sushil
Mody Taxes (CBDT) Chandra
Govind Prasad Chairman National Book Trust He will be replacing
Sharma (NBT) Baldeo Sharma
Ashwani Lohani Chairman and Air India
Managing Director
(CMD)
B. P. Sharma Chairman & Pawan Hans
Managing Director
(CMD)
Ajit Kumar P Chief Western Naval Command He is an awardee of
Vishisht Seva Medal in
2006, the Ati Vishisht
Seva Medal in 2014 and
Param Vishist Seva
Medal in 2019 by the
President of India.
SN Gharmade Chief of Staff Eastern Naval Command,
Vishakhapatnam
Depinder Singh Ahuja Chief of Staff Southern Command
Anirban Mukherjee Chief Executive PayU India He will succeed Amrish
Officer (CEO) Rau.
Rishi K Shukla Director Central Bureau of He is the former Madhya
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Investigation (CBI) Pradesh DGP , as the

new director of the
Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) for a
fixed tenure of two
years.
A.K. Sharma Director (Finance) Indian Oil Corporation He was appointed
(IOC) Director (Finance) of
IOC in October 2014 and
superannuated on
January 31, 2019.
Sushil Chandra Election He made this
Commissioner appointment by
exercising the powers
given under clause (2) of
Article 324 of the
Constitution.
Justice D K Jain Ombudsman Board of Control for He is the first
Cricket in India (BCCI) ombudsman for the
Board of Control for
Cricket in India (BCCI).
MARCH
Aamir Khan Brand Ambassador PhonePe
Virender Sehwag Brand Ambassador PolicyX.com He will be the face of its
biggest marketing
campaign of insurance
products covering term
insurance, health
insurance, life insurance,
car insurance and
others.
P K Mishra Chief Justice(Acting) Chhattisgarh Chief Justice of
Chhattisgarh High Court
A K Tripathi resigned
from the post after he
got appointed as the
Member of the Lokpal.
Pramod Sawant Chief Minister(13th) Goa He succeeds Manohar
Parrikar, who died due
to Cancer.
Veselin Matic Coach Indian Men’s basketball He will succeed Zoran
team Visic, who is currently
on the charge of coach of
Indian women's
basketball team.
Ajit Kumar Mohanty Director Bhabha Atomic Research By the Ministry of
Centre (BARC) Personnel for 3 years
MA Hampiholi Director General Navy He will succeed Satish
Naval Operations Namdeo Ghormade.
(DGNO)
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Gauri Sawant Election Election Commission of The highest enrolment

ambassador(First India of transgenders (324) is
Transgender) in Mumbai North Lok
Sabha constituency.
Subhash Chandra Finance Secretary India He has succeeded Ajay
Garg Narayan Jha.
Pinaki Chandra Lokpal or the anti- India Dilip B. Bhosale, Pradip
Ghose corruption Kumar Mohanty, and
ombudsman(First) Abhilasha Kumari and
Ajay Kumar Tripathi
have been appointed as
judicial members under
the Lokpal.
Rustom Irani Managing Director Hitachi Payment Services He will succeed Loney
Antony
DK Jain Ombudsman BCCI (Board of Control for
Cricket in India)
APRIL
Murali Kartik Brand Ambassador Fantasy 11,Gaming He is the’ official Fan
startup Management Partner’
for Premier Badminton
League.
Mahendra Singh Brand Ambassador RedBus RedBus started its
Dhoni operation in 2006,
works with over 2500
bus operator and have
sold more than 180
million bus tickets till
date. It also a part of the
MakeMyTrip group.
Vikas Khanna Brand Ambassador Indo-American Arts
Council (IAAC)
Keshav Murugesh Chairman NASSCOM (National Nasscom designated
Association of Software Pravin Rao, Infosys COO
and services companies) UB as its Vice Chairman
for 2019-20.
Jitendra Chaddah Chairman India Electronics and He succeeds Anil Kumar
Semiconductor Muniswamy
Association (IESA)
Ravinder Kumar Chairman Export Promotion Council He will take charge for
Passi for Handicraft (EPCH) the post of Chairman
shortly from his
predecessor O P
Prahladka.
M S Yadav General Secretary All India Federation of PTI
Employees' Unions
(AIFPTIEU)
Mukesh Kumar General Secretary Judo Union, the Asian The present President of
governing body Judo Federation of India,
Partap Singh Bajwa was
elected as Vice President
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of Judo Union of Asia and

as president of South
Asia Judo Federation.
Mithali Dorai Raj Goodwill Indian women's cricket This is the first cricket
ambassador team world cup for street-
connected children and
final will be played at
Lord’s in London on May
7.
Vikramjit Singh President International Chamber of He will succeed Jawahar
Sahney Commerce- India Vadivelu.
Gargi Kaul Secretary Defence Finance The senior bureaucrat,
Kaul is currently serving
as Financial Advisor
(Defence Services),
Ministry of Defence.
MAY
ViratKohli and Brand ambassadors Myntra They were the first ever
Anushka Sharma official brand
ambassadors.
Salman Khan Brand ambassadors BharatPe The new Campaign will
be directed towards
instructing merchants
and users about UPI
payments along with
driving adoption of
BharatPe app for all
their business needs.
Sanjiv Puri Chairman ITC Limited Now Sanjiv Puri became
the Chairman and
Managing Director
(CMD) of ITC. Previous
Manager of ITC Yogesh
Chander Deveshwar has
passed away recently.
Birender Singh Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee Now BS Dhanoa will be
Dhanoa (COSC) the Chairman of COSC
with effect from May 31,
2019 due to the
retirement of Admiral
Sunil Lamba
Arjan Kumar Sikri Chairperson News Broadcasting His predecessor is
Standards Authority Justice (retd) R V
Raveendran
Admiral Karambir Chief of Naval Indian Navy He succeeded Chief
Singh Staff(24th) Admiral Sunil Lanba,
who retired from the
service after completion
of 3 years. Singh was the
Flag Officer
Commanding-in-Chief
(FOC-in-C) of the
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Eastern Naval
Command(ENC)
headquartered at
Visakhapatnam, Andhra
Pradesh.
Jagan Mohan Chief Minister Andhra Pradesh Succeeds Chandrababu
Reddy(YSR Congress) Naidu of Telugu Desam
Party
Prem Singh Chief Minister Sikkim He succeeded Pawan
Tamang(Sikkim Kumar Chamling of SDF,
Krantikari Morcha the longest-serving CM
(SKM)) of the country.
Naveen Patnaik(Biju Chief Minister Odisha He is the longest-serving
Janata Dal) chief minister of the
state.
Pema Chief Minister Arunachal Pradesh Governor Brig(Retd) B D
Khandu(Bharatiya Mishra with 11 Cabinet
Janata Party(BJP)) Ministers administered
the oath
Igor Stimac Coach Indian men’s football He succeeds Stephen
team Constantine
Vice Admiral Atul Flag Indian Navy The Ceremonial parade
Kumar Jain Officer Commanding- was held at the naval
in-Chief (FOC-in- base in Visakhapatnam,
C) of the Eastern Andhra Pradesh.
Naval
Command(ENC).
National Democratic Prime Minister India He sworn in for the
Alliance (NDA) second consecutive
leader Narendra term,Click here to read
Damodardas Modi more.
JUNE
Pradeep Kumar Sinha Cabinet Secretary India He was appointed in
2015 for two years. He
became the longest-
serving bureaucrat in
the post in the last seven
decades.
Tiger Shroff Brand Ambassador Casio India For its popular range of
G-Shock watches across
different touch points
including television,
media, digital and social.
Yerry Fernando Mina Brand Ambassador Hero MotoCorp Hero MotoCorp became
González the first Indian two-
wheeler company to set-
up a manufacturing base
in Latin America when it
commenced operations
at Villa Rica, in Cauca
province, Colombia in
2016.
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Amit Agarwal Chairman Internet and Mobile He succeeds Rajan

Association of India Anandan, who was the
(IAMAI) former Google India
Managing Director (MD).
Dhruv Shringi, Co-
founder and Chief
Executive Officer (CEO)
of Yatra was appointed
as the Vice Chairman of
IAMAI.
Arvind Kumar Chief Intelligence Bureau (IB) He is currently serving
as special director in the
IB. He will succeed Rajiv
Jain.
Samant Kumar Goel Chief Research and Analysis He is presently serving
Wing(RAW) as Special Secretary in
the RAW. He will
succeed Anil K
Dhasmana.
Amitabh Kant Chief Executive NITI Aayog His tenure was extended
Officer by two years, up to June
30, 2021.
Mrutyunjay Chief or Director India Meteorological He is from Bhadrak
Mohapatra General (DG) Department (IMD) district of Odisha. He
succeeds KJ Ramesh.
Dinesh K Tripathi Commandant(7th ) Indian Naval Academy He succeeded Vice
(INA) Admiral RB Pandit,
AVSM, who completed
his tenure of over 15
months.
Sanjay Mitra Defence Secretary India He was appointed as the

defence secretary on
May 24, 2017
succeeding G. Mohan
Kumar.
Lt Gen PJS Pannu Deputy Chief Integrated Defence staff He will look after Air
(operations) Marshal Rajeev
Sachdeva with effect
from June 1.
Mr. Ravinder Singh Director (Projects) Power Finance He is currently serving
Dhillon Corporation Ltd (PFC) as an Executive Director
in PFC.
Arun Kumar Director General Directorate General of He assumed the charge
(DG) Civil Aviation (DGCA) on June 1, 2019,
succeeding B S Bhullar
who retired on May 31,
2019.
Alok Vardhan Director General Directorate General of
Chaturvedi Foreign Trade (DGFT)
Krishnaswamy Director General Indian Coast Guard (ICG) He succeeds Rajendra
Natarajan Singh who will be
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retiring on 30 June
2019. At present, he is
serving as Additional
Director General (ADG)
of ICG’s Western
SeaBoard.
Padmanabha Governor Manipur Justice Lanusungkum
Balakrishna Acharya Jamir of the High Court
of Manipur
administered the
swearing in ceremony at
the Darbar Hall of the
Raj Bhavan, Imphal.
Abhinav Bindra Independent person World Archery To sort out the ongoing
trouble in the Archery
Association of India
(AAI). AAI,
headquartered at New
Delhi, had violated the
constitution by
unanimously electing
two parallel bodies in
Chandigarh and New
Delhi.
Sharad Kumar Interim Central India The move comes after
Vigilance the Central Vigilance
Commissioner (CVC) Commissioner (CVC) KV
Chowdary completed his
tenure at anti-graft
body.
Thawar Chand Leader Rajya Sabha He succeeds

Gehlot former Union Minister
of Finance and
Corporate Affairs, Arun
Jaitley. He served as
the Minister of Social
Justice and
Empowerment from
2014 to 2019.
Krishnamurthy Members(part-time) Insolvency and
Subramanian and B Bankruptcy Board of
Sriram India (IBBI)
V Ravi Anshuman Member(part-time) Securities and Exchange He is currently working
Board of India (SEBI) as a professor in Indian
Institutes of
Management, Bangalore.
Ajit Doval National security India His tenure is extended
Advisor (NSA) for 5 years as well as
given upgraded position
from the minister of
state to a Cabinet rank.
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Debendranath President Squash Rackets Cyrus Poncha was made

Sarangi Federation of India (SRFI) secretary-general. They
were elected unopposed
for a period of four years
from 2019 to 2023.
Sharad Kumar Saraf President Federation of Indian He succeeded Ganesh
Export Organisations Kumar Gupta. He is the
(FIEO) Chairman and Founder
of Technocraft
Industries (India).
Nripendra Misra Principal Secretary Prime Minister Narendra Pramod Kumar Mishra
(PS) Modi was re-appointed as
Additional Principal
Secretary (Addl PS) to
Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
Om Birla Speaker 17th Lok Sabha He will succeed Sumitra
Mahajan (2014-2019)
and pro-tem speaker of
17th Lok Sabha Virendra
Kumar.
JULY
Manoj Kumar Chairman Microfinance Institutions Vineet Chattreem was
Nambiar Network (MFIN) selected as the vice
chairman succeeding
Dibyajyoti Pattanaik.
Dr.Nalin Shinghal Chairman and Bharat Heavy Electricals He succeeded D.
Managing Director Limited(BHEL)
(CMD)
B Harideesh Kumar Director Institute of Banking He succeeded Anup
Personnel Selection Sankar Bhattacharya.
Rahul Dravid Head of Cricket National Cricket Academy
(NCA)
Ashutosh Gupta Manager for LinkedIn He will replace Mahesh
Business in India Narayanan
International
Name Appointed as Entity/place Points to be noted
JANUARY
Sultan Abdullah King Malaysia
Shri Pranav R Mehta President Global Solar He is dubbed as the Solar Man of India.
Council
(GSC),USA
Nicolas Maduro President Venezuela He sworn in as Venezuela’s
President for the 2nd term for a new 6-
year term.
Jair Bolsonaro President(42nd) Brazil
Andry Rajoelina President Madagascar He Succeeds Hery
Rajaonarimampianina.
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Felix Tshisekedi President Congo He Succeeds the Outgoing President

Joseph Kabila.
Kristin Scott President France’s Cesar
Thomas Award
Sheikh Hasina Prime Minister Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina Wins Third Term as PM
of Bangladesh.
Su Tseng-chang Prime Minister Taiwan Tseng-chang will replace Lai Ching-te
who resigned from the post following
the defeat in the elections.
Stefan Lofven Prime Minister Sweden He was appointed as Prime Minister of
Sweden for a second term.
Christophe Joseph Prime Minister Burkina Faso

Marie Dabire
Dr.Poonam Regional World Health She is the first woman to become
Khetrapal Singh Director Organization Regional Director of WHO South-East
South-East Asia Asia Region.
FEBRUARY
Indra Nooyi Board of Amazon With her appointment, Amazon’s 11-
Directors member board now has five women,
including Nooyi,Brewer, Jamie Gorelick,
Judith McGrath & Patricia Stonesifer.
Abdel Fattah El Sisi Chairman African Union He will succeed Rwanda’s President
Paul Kagame.32nd AU Summit held in
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Juan Guaido Interim Venezuela
President
Nayib Bukele President El Salvador He will assume the chair of President
on June 1 ,2019.
Muhammadu President Nigeria He defeated Atiku Abubakar
Buhari
Mohamed Tahir Prime Minister Sudan
Ayala
Ajay Singh President AIBA He has been elected to the post for a
(International tenure of four years.
Boxing
Association)
Brij bhushan Sharan President Wrestling He was appointed for a third time for a
Singh Federation of period of 3 years.
India (WFI)
MARCH
Padma Lakshmi Goodwill United Nations She will have the responsibility to
ambassador Development support the agency’s fight against
Programme inequality and discrimination which
(UNDP) can affect people in rich and poor
countries alike.
Macky Sall President Senegal He is reappointed for the second term.
Sheikh Ahmad Al- President Olympic Council He is appointed for five-year term until
Fahad Al-Sabah of Asia 2024
Azali Assoumani President Comoros He was re-elected as the President of
Comoros after defeating his closest
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rival, Mohamoudou Ahamada.

Zuzana President Slovakia She will succeed Andrej Kiska. She has
Caputova(45) deafeated high-profile diplomat Maros
Sefcovic by winning 58% votes.
Kaja Kallas Prime Minister Estonia She is the first female Prime Minister of
Estonia, after the liberal Reform Party
declared victory in the elections against
centre-left Prime Minister Juri Ratas’s
party.
Juha Sipila Prime Minister Finland He resigned along with his cabinet,
after failing to push through parliament
plans to overhaul health services and
social care in the face of an aging
population
Mahmoud Abbas Prime Minister Palestine He succeeds Rami al-Hamdallah who
resigned from this post 6 weeks ago.
APRIL
Manu Sawhney Chief Executive International
Officer (CEO) Cricket Council
(ICC)
Sheikh Salman bin Chief Asian football
Ebrahim Al Khalifa
Lori Lightfoot Mayor Chicago She is the first Black Women Mayor &
also the first lesbian Leader for the City.
She will succeed Rahm Emanue.
Praful Patel Member FIFA Executive He has become the first Indian to enter
Council the elite panel of the game's global
governing body.
Abdelkader President Algeria He has been appointed as the interim
Bensalah (77) President of the country.
Davis Malpass President World bank He will succeed Jim Yong-Kim.
Volodymyr President Ukraine He defeated incumbent Petro
Oleksandrovych Poroshenko of Petro Poroshenko Bloc
Zelensky "Solidarity" party.
Benjamin Prime Minister Israel This is his 5th term
Netanyahu
Jean Michel Lapin Prime Minister Haiti He succeeds Jean-Henry Ceant.
Mohammed Prime Minister Palestine The new 24 member cabinet replaces a
Ishtayeh technocratic government, which was
formed by Rami Hamdallah in 2014.
MAY
Dia Mirza Advocates United Nations She was among 17 new advocates to
achieve Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs).
Tijjani Mohammad President United Nations He is the second Nigerian to be
Bande General appointed to this post, prior being Mr.
Assembly(UNGA) Joseph Nanven Garba(1989-1990).
Prof. Tijjani Bande will succeed María
Fernanda Espinosa Garcés.
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Kumar Sangakkara President Marylebone He was the first non-British president

Cricket Club of MCC.He succeeds Anthony Wreford.
(MCC)
Stevo Pendarovski President North Macedonia
Laurentino “Nito” President Panama He Succeeded Juan Carlos Varela
Cortizo
Cyril Ramaphosa President South Africa He was elected after President Jacob
Zuma resigned from the post due to
charges of corruption.
Joko Widodo President Indonesia He defeated his rival Prabowo Subianto,
a retired general. Joko Widodo belongs
to PDI-P, political party where as his
rival Prabowo Subianto belongs to
Gerindra.
Volodymyr President Ukraine He succeeded Petro Poroshenko. He
Zelenskiy won 73% of the vote cast and became
Ukraine's youngest post-Soviet
President.
Peter Mutharika of President Malawi He won the elections against the

Democratic opposition candidate Lazarus
Progressive Party Chakwera from the Malawi Congress
(DPP) Party (MCP) who secured 35.4% of the
votes.
Muhammadu President Nigeria He belongs to All Progressives
Buhari Congress(APC) Party. He won 56% of
the votes cast. He was in power since
2015.
Scott Morrison Prime Australia Other members include Deputy PM

Minister(30th ) Michael McCormack, Australia’s first
Aboriginal federal cabinet minister, Ken
Wyatt also sworn alongside with Scott
Morrison at a ceremony in the
Canberra. He replaced Malcolm
Turnbull as chief of the ruling Liberal
Party.
James Marape Prime Minister Papua New He succeeded Peter O'Neill of People's
Guinea National Congress party.
Rakesh Sharma Vice President International Decision was taken during the annual
Motorcycle general meeting of (IMMA) at
Manufactures Yogyakarta in Indonesia.
Association
JUNE
Anita Bhatia Deputy UN (United She has a famed career at the World
Executive Nations) Entity Bank, serving in various senior
Director for Gender leadership and management positions.
Equality and the
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Empowerment of
Women (UN
Women)
Qu Dongyu Director General United Nation's He will succeed Brazil’s Jose Graziano
Food and da Silva.
Agriculture
Organization
(FAO)
Inger Andersen Executive United Nations She succeeded Joyce Msuya of
Director Environment Tanzania.
Programme’s
(UNEP)
Narinder Batra Member International He is the first Indian to become a
Olympic member while holding as President of
Committee (IOC) Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and
Fédération Internationale de Hockey
(FIH)
Gianni Infantino President Federation For a global governing body of football
Internationale de till 2023. He was elected President of
Football FIFA in 2016.
Association
(FIFA)
Anton Aditya President Badminton Asia There were seven people selected as
subowo the vice-presidents. India’s Badminton
Asia’s president Himanta Biswa Sarma
was one among them.
Tijjani Muhammad- President 74th session of He will be succeeding Maria Fernanda
Bande United Nations Espinosa. He is the second Nigerian
General UNGA president after Joseph Nanven
Assembly Garba.
(UNGA)
Nayib Bukele President El Salvador He will succeed Salvador Sanchez
Ceren, a leftist former guerrill.
Kassym-Jomart President Kazakhstan He is the successor of veteran ruler

Tokayev Nursultan Nazarbayev. Kassym-
Jomart Tokayev belonged to Nur
Otan party.
Zuzana Caputova President Slovakia She is the first female president. She
defeated Smer-SD candidate Maros
Sefcovic. She is the fifth president of
Slovakia.
Mohamed Ould President Mauritania He will succeed Mohamed Ould Abdel
Ghazouani Aziz.
Prayuth Chan-ocha Prime Minister Thailand For a second term. He defeated
of Palang Pracharat Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit leader
party of Future Forward party
JULY
David Lipton Interim leader International He replaces Christine Lagarde who was
Monetary Fund nominated to head the European
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(IMF) Central Bank.

Ursula von der President European She will be replacing Jean-Claude
Leyen Designate Commission Juncker.
Christine Lagarde President ECB (European She would succeed current ECB
Designate Central Bank) president Mario Draghi (Italy), whose
term ends on October 31.She is the first
woman to lead the bank.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis Prime Minister Greece He succeed current Prime Minister
Alexis Tsipras.
Complete list Of Union Council Of Ministers 2019: Cabinet Ministers with their constituency:
Highlights
 Nirmala Sitharaman has become the first full-time female Finance Minister of India.
 Central government had formed ‘Jal Shakti’ Ministry by Merging Water Resources and Drinking
Water Ministries.
 Subrahmanyam Jaishankar had become first career diplomat to be appointed as External
Affairs Minister of India.
 Smriti Irani is the youngest council of ministers in the second term of Modi government. She is
currently 43 years of age.Click here to read the entire minister list
Resignation
JANUARY
Name Resigned as Entity/Place
JANUARY
Ashok Chawla Chairman National Stock Exchange(NSE)
Sultan Muhammad V Malaysia’s monarch First time in History stepped down

before completion of tenure
FEBRUARY
P C Mohanan and J V Non-governmental members National Statistical Commission
Meenakshi
MARCH
Kummanam Rajasekharan Governor of Mizoram Governor of Assam, Jagdish
Mukhi has been appointed in his
place temporarily.
Nursultan Nazarbayev President Kazakhstan.He served as the
first and only President of
Kazakhstan. He be succeeded by
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (65).
Gafur Rahimov President of Amateur Rahimov will be replaced by an
International Boxing Federation interim president.
(AIBA)
Arjan Kumar Sikri Supreme Court Judge In this regard, President Ram
Nath Kovind has nominated
Justice S A Bobde of the
Supreme Court as executive
chairman of the National Legal
Services Authority (NALSA) in
place of Justice Sikri.
APRIL
Abdelaziz Bouteflika President Algeria
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Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga Prime Minister Mali

Uday Kumar Varma Secretary General Associated Chambers of
Commerce and Industry
(Assocham)
MAY
Vinay Dube Chief Executive Officer Jet Airways .Chief Financial
Officer and deputy CEO Amit
Agarwal, Chief People’s Officer
Rahul Taneja and Company
Secretary and Compliance
Officer Kuldeep Sharma
resigned from their positions
with immediate effect.
Akihito Emporer Japan
Juan Carlos I Former monarch Spain
Venkataraman Janakiraman Independent Director IL&FS Securities Services Ltd
(ISSL)
B.V.P. Rao President Archery Association of India
(AAI)
JUNE
Azim Premji Executive Chairman Wipro
Pankaj Razdan Chief Executive Officer Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance
(ABSLI).Kotak Securities
Kamlesh Rao will replace
Razdan as CEO. Razdan also
resigned from his other position
as deputy chief executive officer
of financial services firm, Aditya
Birla Capital.’
JULY
Rahul Gandhi President Congress Party
BUSINESS
BUSINESS INITIATIVES
JANUARY
 “GAFA tax”( Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon )– introduced-France- to pay a fair share of
taxes on their massive businesses in Europe.
 SoftBank Ventures Korea- renamed - SoftBank Ventures Asia
 GST on Haj has been reduced from 18% to 5%.
FEBRUARY
 Government panel headed by Nitin Patel, recommended -reducing GST on under-construction
flats from 12% to 5%.
 Centre has increased Minimum Selling Price of Sugar by Rs 2/kg.
 Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) released a new 41-page
"Draft National e-Commerce Policy-India’s Data for India’s Development".
 Investments by listed companies with a net worth of Rs 100 crore or turnover of Rs 250 crore
will be exempted up to Rs 25 crore.
 Investments of up to Rs 25 crore in eligible startups by Non-Residents, and Alternate
Investment Funds – Category I will also be exempt under Section 56 (2) (viib) of the Income
Tax Act.
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MARCH
 Govt increased the income tax exemption for gratuity from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 20 lakh.
 India’s Data Usage forecasted to rise at 73% CAGR by 2022.
 India sets ‘aspirational’ target for engineering exports by 2025.
 Microsoft launched Project ‘Sangam’ to boost India’s Swachh Bharat Mission.
APRIL
 Google opens its 1st African Lab in Ghana.
 Asian Tea Alliance launched in China
 India Post collaborates with TCS to digitalize 1.5 lakh post offices & creating world’s largest
EPostal network by deploying largest SAP implementation.
 First Indian Platform for Wholesale Cryptocurrency Trading has introduced by BuyUcoin.
MAY
 Vodafone Idea collaborates - IBM and signs a multi-million dollar IT deal.
 Facebook registers - secretive cryptocurrency firm ‘Libra Networks LLC’ in Geneva,
Switzerland.
 Wirecard teams up with India to issue PAN cards.
 US Government removed India and Switzerland from its currency monitoring list.
JUNE
 ONGC - become India’s most profitable Public sector undertaking after surpassing Indian Oil
Corp (IOC).
 Indian Oil Corporation Limited(IOCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited(HPCL) - to form a Joint Venture(JV) in New Delhi for
laying the world’s longest Liquefied petroleum gas(LPG) pipeline ie 2757 Km from Kandla,
Gujarat to Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.
 FDI in India grew by 6% to $ 42 billion in 2018: UNCTAD.
 Bangladesh emerged as the fastest economy in Asia-Pacific: Asian Development Bank
JULY
 Govt sets a target to raise health services expenditure to 2.5% of GDP by 2025.
 Railways aim to install CCTV cameras in over 7,020 train coaches by March 2021.
 India’s turnover ratio2018 fell by 60% in 10 years- by-World Bank data.
 RIL outpace TCS to become the most valued firm by m-cap with more than 8 Lakh Crore
ANTI DUMPING DUTY

JANUARY
 Chinese synthetic rubber ‘fluoroelastomers’ –for 18 months.
FEBRUARY
 India boosts Customs Duty to 200% on goods imported from Pakistan.
APRIL
 Anti dumping duty on -solar cell components (Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Sheet for Solar Module)
from China, Malaysia, Saudia Arabia and Thailand for a period of 5 years.
MAY
 Anti-dumping duty of 1,633.17 $ per tonne imposed on saccharin imports from Indonesia
 Trade between India and US in goods and services registers 12.6% growth in 2018
 Facebook has selected London as the center to develop WhatsApp’s mobile payment service.
JULY
 200% duty on all goods originating in or exported from Pakistan.
ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS

JANUARY
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 India enter - merger and acquisition (M&A) club –by-1,200 deals worth around $ 110
billion or Rs 71,000 crore in 2018.
FEBRUARY
 Asian Development Bank acquires Annapurna Finance
 Facebook acquired US-based virtual search start-up, GrokStyle
MARCH
 ICICI Bank acquired 9.9% stake in Kisan Finance for cash consideration-for-Rs 17.82 crore.
 Bandhan Bank acquired of Gruh Finance
 Power Finance Corporation (PFC) acquired REC Ltd -for- Rs 14,500 crore.
APRIL
 PayU acquired Wibmo-for-USD 70 million.
 Quikr has acquired Bengaluru-based secondhand goods marketplace Zefo-for- INR 200 Crore.
MAY
 Bharti Airtel acquired Hughes Communication India for Undisclosed.
 Reliance Brands acquired Hamleys Global Holdings Limited for USD 88.6 million (Rs 620
crore).
 Infosys, technology giant has acquired 75% stake in Stater N.V, a subsidiary of the Netherlands-
based ABN AMRO Bank for $144 million (Rs 999 crore) in cash.
JUNE
 Blackstone group acquired 97.7 percent stake in Aadhar Housing Finance Ltd for Rs 2,200
crore.
 Indiabulls Housing Finance & Lakshmi Vilas Bank merged – bank -will get 14 shares of
Indiabulls Housing Finance for every 100 shares they hold
 Private sector lender, IndusInd Bank, and country's leading microfinance player, Bharat
Financial Inclusion Ltd (BFIL) of Hyderabad merged. Click here to read more.
JULY
 Bharti Airtel Limited and Bharti Hexacom Limited –merged with - consumer mobile businesses
(CMB) of Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL) and Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited
(TTML).
 YES Bank acquires 9.47% stake in Eveready Industries by invoking pledged shares
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

APP & WEB PORTAL
Mobile apps/portal Launched by Purpose
JANUARY
M-Aarogya App Prime Minister Narendra For better health care facilities in
Modi Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
Roshni Indian Institute of To help Visually Impaired to
Technology (IIT), Ropar recognise currency notes
FEBRUARY
PM-JAY App Indu Bhushan World’s largest cashless health
insurance scheme
e-AUSHADHI Minister of State (IC) for For online licensing of Ayurveda,
AYUSH, Shripad Yesso Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy
Naik drugs and related matters
Nyaya Bandhu Union Minister for Law It is pro bono legal service which is
and Justice and IT Ravi designed to connect practising
Shankar Prasad lawyers and the registered eligible
beneficiaries in a hassle-free manner.
SAFAR Mobile App Suresh Prabhu SAFAR Mobile App was launched to
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gauge the actual issues faced by

transporters on the road.
MARCH
Banglar West Bengal Education To provide real-time data on state-
Shiksha“(banglarshiksha.gov.in), Minister, Partha run and aided schools. This portal is
Chatterjee first of its kind in the country.
e-Dharti App Hardeep S Puri, Minister To make all the three modules –
of Housing and Urban Conversion, Substitution and
Affairs Mutation online.
Shiksha Vani Central Board of To publicize crucial information to
Secondary Education students and parents in a timely
(CBSE) manner". As a part of it, the app has
already uploaded the circular
regarding the evaluation procedure
for the 2019 Board Examinations.
Bhonga Linkus Infratech,Mumbai To connect users to their
neighborhood people in the city even
without an Internet connection.
“Bhonga” is a Marathi word which
means megaphone or loudspeaker.
APRIL
My Circle Bharti Airtel has To assist women in case they face any
launched a mobile app in panic situation or problem.
collaboration with FICCI
Ladies Organisation
(FLO)
Voter Turnout App Election commission of To enable the people of India to
India watch realtime voter turnout.After
collecting the information from
officers, compiled &displayed in app.
Money Loji App Money lending platform Offers loan to salaried professionals
Money Loji within 5 minutes with flexible
repayment options starting from 7
days to a maximum of 90 days. The
eligibility criterion is a minimum in-
hand salary of Rs 20,000 per month
and a minimum age of 23 years.
MAY
BSE StAR MF BSE (Bombay Stock In order to enable more participation
Exchange) and aid mutual fund distributors to
accelerate transactions process. It
helps distributors in purchasing and
redeeming the mutual fund units on
behalf of their clients.
JUNE
Yoga locator Ministry of AYUSH An app to locate yoga events and
centers providing training and
instructor within the users range.
Retired Officers Digital Records Indian Army With an aim to have a better
Archive (RODRA) connection with armed forces
veteran officers and family
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pensioners. It will act as an interface

between the custodian of officers'
records, AG/MP 5&6 and
veteran officers, next of kin (NOK).
Education USA American Embassy To help Indian students who wish to
study in the US (United States)
Universities. The app was launched in
collaboration with the United States
India Educational Foundation.
Susthome BSES Yamuna Power It is developed by BYPL and TERI-
Limited (BYPL) The Energy and Resources Institute,
to bring about a behavioural change
in how consumers use electricity and
it will track energy consumption
patterns.
JULY
Meri Fasal Mera Byora” Haryana Government For farmers to directly avail crop
(https://www.fasalhry.in/ ) related benefits of state government
schemes after self -reporting their
land and crop-related details.
SATELLITES
JANUARY
 SpaceX Falcon 9 launched - Iridium Communications satellite comprises of 10 voice and
data satellites.
 Japan –launched-Epsilon – 4 rocket - carrying 7 satellites including world’s first artificial
meteor shower.
 ISRO-launched PSLV C44 carrying Kalamsat V2 and imaging satellite Microsat R from Sathish
Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
FEBRUARY
 GSAT-31-40th communication satellite- by Arianespace launch vehicle- will replace the InSAT
satellite.
MARCH
 ChinaSat 6C-China-launched from- Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province.
APRIL
 China-launched-Tianhui II-01 Satellite- to perform scientific experiments.
 EMISAT-launched by- India- This was the 71st launch vehicle.
 Raavana-1-First Satellite of Srilanka.
 NepaliSat-1-First Satellite of Nepal.
JUNE
 Space Exploration Technologies Corp (SpaceX)- launched hefty rocket with 24 payload military
and scientific research satellites.
JULY
 Russian space agency Roscosmos - launched its Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket -with a
hydrometeorological satellite and 32 small satellites- from the Vostochny spaceport.
INVENTIONS
JANUARY
 NASA’s transiting exoplanet survey satellite (TESS) has discovered a planet named HD21749b.
 Scientists – discovered- new planet K2-288Bb-twice the size of Earth.
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FEBRUARY
 Chinese news agency Xinhua unveiled the world’s first female AI news anchor Xin Xiaomeng.
MARCH
 Astronomers from the University of Texas at Austin- discovered -by the Kepler space telescope.
♦ K2-293b – It orbits a star 1,300 light-years away in the constellation Aquarius.
♦ K2-294b – It orbits a star 1,230 light-years away, also located in Aquarius.
APRIL
 Scientists developed Ultrasensitive Quantum Thermometer.
 Third Transiting Planet in the Kepler-47 Circumbinary System ,"Kepler-47d" - discovered.
 First Earth-Size planet: HD 21749b discovered by NASA’s TESS Exoplanet Mission.
 New exoplanet named TOI-197.0 has been discovered by NASA's TESS.
MAY
 U.S. Department of Energy creates a new 100% recyclable plastic named
Polydiketoenamine(PDK).
 Samsung launched world’s Highest Resolution Image Sensor.
JUNE
 Japanese researchers from Hiroshima University-developed a new type of cooling vest for
sports athletes - to compete safely in sweltering summer conditions.
 Hemant Pandey, a senior scientist from DRDO, developed ‘Lukoskin’, (also called 'vitiligo'),- to
treat - a condition in which white patches develop on the skin.
JULY
 NASA’s TESS space telescope discovers its smallest planet named L 98-59b.
 Manav-a new human atlas initiative has been launched by the Department of Biotechnology
(DBT) and Persistent Systems.
ENVIRONMENT
JANUARY
 Cyclonic storm “PABUK” - Andaman Sea and neighbourhood.
FEBRUARY
 A new Snake Species "Hebius lacrima" discovered in Arunachal Pradesh.
 Australian small brown rat becomes World’s first mammal to go extinct due to climate change
 World’s largest bee- Megachile pluto- spotted the first time since 1981
 Himachal Pradesh government declared Monkeys as vermin
MARCH
 Cyclone Idai hit the Mozambique city of Beira
 India’s deepest shaft at Krem Um Ladaw. It has 105 m deep shaft entrance passage.
 A new species of frog known as ‘Starry Dwarf Frog’ / ‘Astrobatrachus kurichiyana’ has been
discovered in Kurichiyarmala, Kerala.
 Indian Sundarbans became ‘Wetland of International Importance’
APRIL
 Callichimaeraperplexa: New 95 million-year-old ‘cartoon-eyed’ crab species found in Columbia.
 UN List Bhopal Gas Tragedy as one of the world’s ‘Major Industrial Accident’ in 20th century.
 A group of jumping spiders named "Habrocestum longispinum" spotted for the first time
in Ernakulam’s Illithodu forests, Kerala.
 India's "Hump-backed mahseer", freshwater fish added in "Critically Endangered" list.
MAY
 Cyclone Fani hits Odisha and West Bengal.
 India’s Smallest Orchids named “Lecanorchis Taiwaniana”- discovered in Assam.
 Vice President of India, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu called to protect and promote Ongole cattle
breed.
 First time- world's rarest Albino Panda-found in- southwestern Sichuan province of China.
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 Europe’s highest volcano Mount Etna erupted spitting molten lava in the island of Sicily, Italy-
largest of the three volcanoes -2 other volcano’s are Mount Vesuvius and Mount Stromboli.
 Mount Sinabung volcano has been erupted spreading a column of ash at 7 km high in the island
of Sumatra in western Indonesia.
DEFENCE
MISSILES
JANUARY
 Israel successfully – tested- Arrow 3 missile system from Central Israel.
 Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) - launched Long Range Surface to Air
Missile (LR-SAM) jointly developed by - Israel Aerospace Industries - off the coast of Odisha.
 India – tested - anti-radiation missile(NGRAM)-Odisha.
FEBRUARY
 Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QRSAM)-tested from- Chandipur in Balasore district,
Odisha- will replace the ‘Akash’ missile.
 Nasr - short range surface-to-surface ballistic missile- tested from- Pakistan-Strike range of
about 70-km.
 Helina, a helicopter-launched version of the Nag anti-tank guided missile-Odisha Coast- Hit
range of 7-8 km.
MARCH
 Man-Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM)-tested from- Pokhran ranges of Rajasthan
desert.
 Anti-Satellite (ASAT) missile test “Mission Shakti”-tested from- Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island
(earlier, Wheeler island) in Odisha.
APRIL
 ‘Nirbhay’- Long range sub sonic cruise missile-launched in- Chandipur, Odisha.
MAY
 Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM)-test fired in- Western seaboard, carried out by
Indian naval ships Kochi and Chennai.
 Aerial version of supersonic BrahMos cruise missile(weighed 2.5 tonnes and a target range of
around 300 km.) from Su-30 MKI fighter aircraft – test fired- Andaman and Nicobar
archipelago.
 Shaheen-II missile-test fired- Pakistan.
 Akash-1S surface-to-air defence missile system-test fired – from- Balasore off the Odisha coast.
JUNE
 Supersonic cruise missile BrahMos-test fired in- Chandipur in Odisha-with a strike range of
around 290 km, can be fired from land, sea, and air.
 Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV) –test fired in- Coast of Odisha- It is
developed by DRDO with help from Israel and the UK. With this launch, India has joined the US,
Russia, and China that possess this technology.
 Nuclear-capable missile Prithvi-II- test fired in- Odisha coast- first missile developed by the
Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) under the Integrated Guided Missile
Development Programme (IGMDP).
JULY
 China has tested its latest submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), JL-3.
 DRDO successfully carried out 3 successful test firings of Nag missiles in one day (day & night)
in Pokhran, Rajasthan.
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COMMISSION/DECOMMISSION
JANUARY
 ‘INS KOHASSA’ –Commissioned-at Diglipur, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
APRIL
 Guided Missile Destroyer ‘INS Imphal’-launched.
 Indian Coast Guard Vessel ICGS C-441 -at Vizhinjam Harbour, Thiruvananthapuram.
MAY
 Indian Navy's frontline missile destroyer, INS Ranjit-decommissioned-after 36 years- at the
naval dockyard in Visakhapatnam.
 Indian Coast Guard Ship ‘Vigraha’ decommissioned at Vishakhapatnam
EXERCISES
Name of the Exercise Participating Countries Venue
JANUARY
IMBEX India-Myanmar(Army) Chandimandir , Chandigarh
SEA VIGIL(Largest ever coastal Indian Navy Indian Coast
defence exercise )
India Africa Field Training India-Africa Pune, Maharashtra
Exercise (IAFTX)
FEBRUARY
Exercise Rahat Joint Humanitarian Jaipur, Rajasthan
Assistance and Disaster Relief
Exercise(Indian Army)
Exercise Topchi Indian army demonstrated its Nashik,Maharashtra
artillery firepower, aviation
and surveillance capacity
Exercise ‘AMAN-19’ The 5-day multinational Karachi,Pakistan
maritime exercise in which
46 nations participated from
all over the world.
CUTCLASS EXPRESS 2019 INS Trikand, the frontline Vicinity of Djibouti,
warship of the Indian Navy, Mozambique and Seychelles
participated in a multi-
national training exercise
Exercise ‘Vayu Shakti’ Indian Air Force conducted Pokhran, Rajasthan
mega exercise. Advanced
Light Helicopter (ALP) and
the Akash surface-to-air
missile were deployed in
military exercise for the first
time.
Exercise Velayat 97 3-day annual navy drill of It will be held in the waters of
Iran Strait of Hormuz, Makran
coast, Oman Sea and the north
of the Indian ocean and will
cover an area of 2 million
square kilometres.
Cobra Gold military exercise 29 nations took part as
participants or observers
MARCH
Mainamati Maitree Exercise 2019 India’s BSF and Bangladesh’s Agartala, Tripura
Border Guards
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Bangladesh(BGB)
Sampriti-2019 India and Bangladesh(Army) Tangail, Bangladesh
Red Flag 2019 Air forces from United States, United States
the United Arab Emirates,
Belgium, the Netherlands,
Singapore and Saudi Arabia
Exercise Al Nagah III India and Oman Jabel Al Akhdar Mountains in
Oman
Africa-India Joint Field Training Indian Army and 16 African Pune, Maharashtra
Exercise (AFINDEX-19) nations
Theatre Level Operational Inter-service military Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Readiness Exercise (TROPEX 19) exercise
MITRASHAKTI – VI Indian and Sri Lanka Army Diyatalawa in Sri Lanka
33rd edition of the India- India and Indonesia Port Blair, Andaman &
Indonesia Coordinated Patrol Nicobar Islands
(Ind-Indo Corpat)
APRIL
AUSINDEX 19 India & Australia military Vishakhapatnam, India
exercise
Bold Kurukshetra–2019 India and Singapore Jhansi’s Babina Cantonment,
Uttar Pradesh,India
IN – VPN BILAT EX Indian Navy and Vietnam Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam
Peoples’ Navy
Sea Vigil Indian Navy Exercise Sea Vigil's prime

objective is to safeguard
India’s 7516.6 km coastline
and its exclusive economic
zone
ADMM-PLUS (ASEAN Defence Busan, South Korea. Indian

Ministers' Meeting) Navy’s 2 warships, INS
Kolkata and INS Shakti had
gone to Qingdao in China to
participate in the
International Fleet Review
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17th edition of the Indo-French India and France The 2nd part of the naval
naval exercise, Varuna 19.1 exercise, Varuna 19.2, will be
held at May-end in Djibouti.
Bull Strike Indian Army, Indian Navy Teressa Island in Andaman
and Indian Air Force and Nicobar
Group Sail India(INS Kolkata and Fleet South China Sea
Support Ship, INS Shakti),
Japan, Philippines and US
8th Indo-Myanmar Coordinated Myanmar Navy Ship UMS Andaman and Nicobar
Patrol (IMCOR) King TabinShweHtee (773) Command in Port Blair
and UMS Inlay (OPV-54) and
Indian Naval Ship Saryu have
participated
26th edition of Singapore India Singapore & India(INS Singapore
Maritime Bilateral Exercise Kolkata and INS Shakti)
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(SIMBEX) -longest uninterrupted

naval exercise
Pacific Vanguard Naval Exercise US, Japan, South Korea and Guam
Australia
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International Security Alliance UAE, France, the Italian Abu Dhabi, UAE (United Arab
(ISA), ISALEX19 Republic, Bahrain, Morocco, Emirates)
Spain, Senegal, Singapore,
and the Slovak Republic.
Garuda VI Indian Air Force (IAF) and Mont de Marsan in France
Armée de l’Air (French Air
Force)
OTHER DEFENCE NEWS:
 IAF formally inducted four heavy-lift Chinook helicopters-in- Air Force Station, Chandigarh.
 Indian Army inducted Four Indigenous ‘Dhanush’ Howitzers guns- first long-range artillery
gun-38km
 US has consented the sale of 24 "MH-60R Seahawk" helicopters to India for $2.6 bn.
 Indian Government clears procurement of 464 Russian tanks under the T-90 Project.
 Indian Navy’s –to buy-10 ‘Kamov Ka-31’ Helicopters worth of Rs 3,600 crore from Russia.
 INS Vela, Indian Navy's 4th Scorpene-class submarine was launched at Mazagon Dockyard in
Mumbai.
 India receives its first Apache Guardian attack helicopter in Boeing’s production facility in
Mesa, Arizona US.
 Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) successfully conducted the flight test
of ABHYAS in Odisha.
 ‘Operation Sunrise 2’- India and Myanmar- targeted the militant groups operating in Manipur,
Nagaland, and Assam to bust terror camps.
 “Operation Sankalp”- in the Gulf of Oman- INS Chennai and INS Sunayna in the region to
undertake maritime security operations.
 India scraped $500 million arms deal with Israel for the purchase of Spike anti-tank missiles
from defence contractor Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.
 INS Tarkash reaches Alexandria as part of the Overseas Deployment programme.
 India signed a deal with Russia for acquiring the ‘Strum Ataka’ anti-tank missiles -worth -
around Rs 200 Crore.
 ISRO signed a contract with Russian company Glavkosmos to train Indian astronauts for
‘Gaganyaan’.
 Indian Army & National eGovernance Division (NeGD), a part of the Ministry of Electronics and
Information Technology (MeitY), signed a MoU to develop a revamped application.
 Operation Sudarshan launched by BSF to fortify the anti-infiltration grid along Pakistan border.
 Indian Army -will buy the Excalibur artillery ammunition from the US (United States) under
the emergency procurement procedures which can strike targets more than 50 km away.
 Two new heavy-lift Chinook helicopters for IAF arrived at the Mundra port, Gujarat –
manufactured by Boeing
SPORTS
WINNERS OF TOURNAMENT/CHAMPIONSHIP:
Sports/Tournament/title Venue Winner Points to be noted

Australian F1 Grand Prix Australia Mercedes Formula He was followed by Lewis
2019 One (F1) driver Hamilton of Mercedes and Red
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Valtteri Bottas Bull’s Max Verstappen.
Asian Youth Athletes Hong Kong China topped the India secured second position in
Championship championship with the overall medals tally with 26
31 medals medals including 8 gold, 9 silver
including 12 gold, and 9 bronze medals.
11 silver and 8
bronze.
15th Special Olympics Abu Dhabi, India wins 368 Motto “Meet the Determined”. The
World Summer Games United Arab medals at the next Special Olympic Games are
2019 Emirates Special Olympics set to take place in Sweden in
World Summer 2021.
Games including 85
gold, 154 silver and
129 bronze.
Bahrain Grand Prix 2019 Bahrain Lewis Hamilton of Mercede's Valtteri Bottas of
Mercedes Finland ranked second position.
Chinese Grand Prix China Lewis Hamilton
23rd edition of Asian Khalifa Bahrain (BHR) won India won 17 medals which
Athletics Championship Internation 22 medals include 3 gold, 7 silver and 7
al Stadium bronze. Gomathi Marimuthu wins
in Doha, gold in women’s 800m race.
Qatar Tejinder Pal Singh Toor wins gold
in men’s shot put. PU Chitra wins
gold in women’s 1500m race.
Click here to read the entire
winners.
Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2019 Baku, Valtteri Viktor Top 5 rank:
Azerbaijan Bottas (Finland) of 1. Valtteri Viktor Bottas
Mercedes 2. Hamilton
3. Sebastian Vettel
4. Max Verstappen
Asian Wrestling Xi’an, China Iran topped the India won 16 medals which
Championship 2019 medal tally by include 1 gold, 3 silver and 4
winning 11 gold bronze by men’s freestyle
and 6 Bronze.It is wrestlers. Bajrang Punia bags gold
followed by China, in 65-kg Category
Japan.
Asian Road Para-Cycling Tashkent, Indian para cyclists Divij Shah has clinched silver
Championships 2019 Uzbekistan won a silver and medal in the C5 category.
two bronze medals GurlalSingh, became the only
Indian cyclist (able-bodied or
otherwise) to win a medal at the
Asian Games level grabbed a
bronze in the C4 section.Sudhakar
Marathe, a Hand cyclist from
Maharashtra has claimed bronze
for India in H5 category.
Asian Weightlifting Ningbo, Overall medal tally India won 5 medals which include
Championships 2019 China was clinched by 3 silver and 2 bronze medals,
China. finished tenth place in the
tournament.Click here to read
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the winners.
Spanish Grand Prix Barcelona Lewis Hamilton This is third victory of 2019 and
(Mercedes) of fourth in Spain following victories
United Kingdom.He in 2014, 2017 and 2018.
celebrated the 76th
win of his Formula
1 career,
Monaco Grand Prix that Monte Lewis Hamilton of This was his sixth straight win in
was held in Circuit de Carlo, Mercedes the year 2019.
Monaco La Condamine Monaco.
Archery World Cup Stage 3 Antalya, Indian men’s The trio performed against Anton
Turkey compound team Bulaev, Alexander Dambaev and
of Abhishek Verma, Pavel Krylov of Russia and
Rajat Chauhan and registered a win with 235-230.
Aman Saini won India scored 59, 58, 59, 59 in four
bronze medal rounds.
Ali Aliev Tournament 2019 Kaspiysk Bajrang Punia He defeated Russian wrestler
Dagestan, Viktor Rassadin in 65-kg category
Russia by 13-8.
Under-20 Eurasian Almaty, Indian juniors The national teams from
Athletics Championships Kazakshsta bagged 5 gold and 3 Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
n silver medals Uzbekistan, Iran, India and
Tajikistan participated in a 2-day
event held on May 29-30, 2019.
Cantor Fitzgerald U21 Dublin, Indian Junior They defeated Ireland
International 4-Nations Ireland Women Hockey
title team
2019 Canadian Grand Prix Montreal, Lewis Hamilton
Quebec, (Mercedes) of
Canada United Kingdom
2019 Pacific International Reventon Sourav Kothari He defeated Tyson Crinis of
Snooker Championship, Classic, in Australia to win the title.
Melbourne,
Australia
2019 Pacific International Melbourne, Peter Gilchrist of He defeated India’s Sourav
Billiards Championship at Australia Singapore Kothari (Kolkata)
the Yarraville Club
76th Senior National Pune, Joshna Chinappa She has surpassed the record of
Squash Championship, Maharastra 16 titles, which stood for 27 years
2019 held by Bhuvneshwari Kumari of
Rajastan
FIH (Federation Kalinga India India defeated South Africa.
Internationale de Hockey) Stadium in Manpreet Singh won the Best
Men’s Series Finals hockey Bhubanesw Player of the Tournament Award,
tournament 2019 ar, Odisha while Vivek Sagar wins the Best
Junior Player Award.
2019 Asian Continental Xingtai, Nihal Sarin He scored eight points from nine
Chess Championship China rounds of the event which meant
that he ended the tournament
with a lead of a full point. Click
here to read more.
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33rd Federation Cup Gautam Punjab Police It is organised by the Basketball

Basketball Championship Buddha (Men) and Eastern Federation of India (BFI) and the
for Men and Women for the University, Railway (Women) Uttar Pradesh Basketball
year 2019 Greater Association (UPBA).
Noida, Uttar
Pradesh
119th United States (US) Pebble Gary Woodland He secured his first major career
open 2019 Beach Golf title after defeating two-time
Links, defending champion Brooks
California Koepka(US).
Folksam Grand Prix 2019 Sollentuna, PU Chitra(1500m) She ran her season best by
Sweden clocking 4 minutes 12.65 seconds
(4:12.65s). While in men’s 1500m,
Jinson Johnson from India won a
silver medal.
8th edition of Senior Asian Buyant Pranati Nayak(won She hails from West Bengal, India
Artistic Championships Ukhaa Sport bronze)
Palace,
Ulaanbaatar
, Mongolia
35th men’s Asian snooker Doha, Qatar Pankaj Advani He defeated Thai’s Thanawat
championship Tirapongpaiboon.
FIH ( Fédération Hiroshima, India They defeated Japan. Rani Rampal,
Internationale de Hockey) Japan Indian Team Captain was the best
Women's Series Finals player of the tournament and
Hiroshima 2019 Gurjit Kaur emerged as the top-
scorer.
International 15s rugby Manila, India(Bronze) They defeated Singapore.
match Philippines
French Grand Prix 2019 Circuit Paul Lewis Hamilton of This was his sixth win from eight
Ricard, Le Mercedes Grand Prix of the season 2019 and
Castellet, 79th of his career.
France
26th Asian junior Macau, Veer Chotrani He defeated another Indian seed
Individual squash China Yash Fadte
championship 2019(U-19)
2019 Austrian Grand Prix Red Bull Red Bull’s Max He defeated Ferrari’s Charles
Ring, Verstappen Leclerc
Spielberg, (Belgium)
Austria
Poznań Athletics Grand Golecin Hima Das(women’s V.K. Vismaya won bronze medal in
Prix 2019 Stadium, 200m) the women’s 200m,In men’s
Poznań, 200m, Muhammed Anas won
Poland bronze, In men’s 400-metre, KS
Jeevan won bronze medal,In
men’s Shotput, Asian champion
Tajinder Pal Singh Toor won
bronze medal.
30th Summer Universiade Napoli, Italy Elavenil Valarivan She won silver medal in 10m Air
Games 2019 (19) Rifle Women’s event.
World Youth Cup 2019 Umag, Arinjeeta Dey She won a silver medal in the
Croatia Karate under 12 age category. It
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Federation affiliated to the
International Olympic
Association.
Grand Prix of Spain Madrid, Vinesh Phogat She won gold medal in 53kg
Women’s Wrestling for the Spain category. Divya Kakran won gold
year 2019 in the 68 kg category.
Silver Medals
Pooja Dhanda in 57kg category
Seema (50kg), Manju Kumari
(59kg) and Kiran (76kg)
2019 Kutno Athletics Meet Poland Hima Das She won gold in Women’s 200 m
VK Vismaya bagged silver in
Women’s 200 m.
Muhammed Anas won gold in
Men’s 200m race.
M P Jabir won gold in Men’s 400m
hurdles
Jithin Paul won bronze in Men’s
400m hurdles.
Croatia Grand Chess Tour Croatia Magnus He defeated Maxime Vachier
2019 Carlsen(Norway) Lagrav of France
Badminton
JANUARY
 Premier Badminton League (PBL) 2019- Bengaluru Raptors .
 Indonesia Masters Title 2019:

♦ Women’s single-India’s Saina Nehwal Wins Title After Spain’s Carolina Marin Retires(first
Indian women’s player to win the Indonesia Masters title)
♦ Men’s Single-Danish player Anders Antonsen won his first ever Indonesia Masters after
defeating world number one Kento Momota of Japan
♦ Men’s double-world number one doubles Indonesian pair Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo defeated Indonesian duo Muhammad Ahsan and Hendra
Setiawan
♦ Women’s Double-Ayaka Takahashi (L) and Misaki Matsutomo of Japan defeated Kim So
Yeong and Kong Hee Yong of South Korea.
♦ Mixed doubles-the first-seeded duo Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong of China defeated the
Indonesia’s favourite team Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir.
MARCH
2019 All England Open Badminton Championships in Arena Birmingham, England
Category Winner Runner
Men’s Single Kento Momota(Japan) Viktor Axelsen(Denmark)
Women’s Single Chen Yufei(China) Tai Tzu-ying(Taiwan)
Men’s Doubles Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi
Setiawan (Indonesia) Yik(Malaysia)
Women’s Double Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan(China) Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana
Nagahara (Japan)
Mixed Double Zheng Siwei and Huang Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino
Yaqiong(China) (Japan)
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 Joachim Persson of Denmark was banned for 18 months.

APRIL
Badminton Asia Championship 2019 held in Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium in Wuhan, China
S.No. Event Winner Runner
1. Men’s Single Kento Momota (Japan) Shi Yuqi (China)
2. Women’s Single Akane Yamaguchi (Japan) He Bingjiao (China)
3. Men’s Doubles Hiroyuki Endo (Japan) Marcus Fernaldi Gideon (Indonesia)
Yuta Watanabe (Japan) Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
(Indonesia)
4. Women’s Doubles Chen Qingchen (China) Mayu Matsumoto (Japan)
Jia Yifan (China) Wakana Nagahara (Japan)
5. Mixed Doubles Wang Yilu (China) He Jiting (China)
Huang Dongping (China) Du Yue (China)
MAY
 Badminton World Federation (BWF) launched two new formats of Badminton named as
AirBadminton & Triples.
 16th Edition of Sudirman Cup i.e. 2019 Sudirman Cup Badminton title-China won defeating
Japan.
JULY
Canada Open 2019 (Badminton Tournament) held in Markin-MacPhail Centre, Canada
Event Winner Runner
Men’s Li Shi feng ( China) Parupalli Kashyap(India)
Singles
Women’s An Se-young (South Korea) Wang Zhiyi (China)
Singles
Men’s Mathias Boe & Mads Conrad- Hiroki Okamura & Masayuki
Doubles Petersen(Denmark) Onodera(Japan)
Women’s Setyana Mapasa & Gronya Chang Ye-na & Kim Hye-
Doubles Somerville(Australia) rin(South Korea)
Mixed Ko Sung-hyun & Eom Hye- Guo Xinwa & Zhang
Doubles won(South Korea) Shuxian(China)
Boxing
FEBRUARY
70th International Boxing Russia topped the medals India at 2nd rank with 7
Tournament Strandja 2019 in Sofia, tally with 9 medals (5 Gold medals (3 Gold, 1 Silver, 3
Bulgaria and 4 Bronze) Bronze) and USA at 3rd with
8 medals (2 Gold, 1 Silver, 5
Bronze).
MARCH
Makran Cup boxing tournament in India won 8 medals, Gold-Deepak Singh(46-
Chabahar, Iran including one gold, five 49kg) light fly category.
silver and two bronze Silver -P Lalitha Prasad
(52kg), Manish Kaushik
(60kg), Duryodhan Singh
Negi (69kg), Sanjeet (91kg)
and Satish Kumar (+91kg).
APRIL
Asian Boxing Championship 2019 India finished with 13 Boxer Amit Panghal won
held in Huamark Indoor Stadium in medals that include 2 gold gold medal in 52-kg
Bangkok, Thailand. medals, 4 silver medals and category & Pooja Rani won
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7 bronze medals. gold medal in 81-kg

category.Click here to read
the entire medal winners.
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XXXVI Feliks Stamm International India won a total 6 medals 2 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze
Boxing Tournament 2019 in medal.Gaurav Solanki in Fly
Warsaw, Poland (52-kg) category and
Manish Kaushik in Light
(60-kg) category.
2nd edition of India Open India won a total 57 medals The event was organized by
International Boxing Tournament which include 12 gold, 18 the Boxing Federation of
2019 was held in at Karmabir Nabin silver, and 27 bronze India (BFI).
Chandra Bordoloi Indoor Stadium in medals.
Guwahati, Assam
JUNE
Madison Square Garden, New York Andres Ponce Ruiz Jr. He defeated Anthony
Joshua.The win made
Andres Ruiz the first
Mexican heavyweight
champion of the world.
5th Black Forest Cup held in India's junior Boxing The team won 7 medals,
Villingen, Schwenningen, Germany women's team including 5 gold. Tamanna
(48kg), Anju, Neha, H.
Ambeshori Devi (57kg), and
Preeti Dahiya (60kg) won
gold medals out of the 13-
member Indian squad.
JULY
World Boxing Council (WBC) Asia Vaibhav Yadav(India) He defeated Fahpetch
silver welterweight championship Singmanassak of Thailand.
2019in Pattaya, Thailand
Cricket
JANUARY
 India 1st team- to win bilateral series in all formats in Australia.
 USA Cricket announced as ICC’s 105th member.
FEBRUARY
 ODI Series between New Zealand and India: India defeated New Zealand by 4-1.
 85th season - Ranji Trophy -Vidarbha won by defeating Saurashtra.
 Irani cup titles- Vidarbha won by defeating Rest of India (RoI).
MARCH
 WODI series of England Women tour of India 2019-India won- Smriti Mandhana was named
the Player of the Series.
 WT20I series of England Women tour of India 2019- England won- Danielle Wyatt won the
Player of the Series.
 ODI series of Australia Men tour of India 2019-Australia won- Usman Khawaja won the player
of the series.
 T20I series of Australia Men tour of India 2019-Australia won- Glenn Maxwell was declared the
Man of the Series.
 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore-Karnataka won-defeating
Maharashtra.
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 T10(Shortest form) cricket League is set to be played in Zayed Cricket Stadium of Abu Dhabi
for the next five years.
MAY
 12th edition of Indian Premier League (IPL)- Mumbai Indians- won-by defeating- Chennai
Super Kings by 1 run at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad.Read the detailed
article.
 Amul - sponsor Afghanistan team in - World Cup 2019.

Recognition/Person in News:
JANUARY
 Ishant, Shami, Bumrah breaks 34 year old record with 131 wickets in 2018.
 Rishabh Pant became 1st ever Indian wicket-keeper to take 20 catches in a Test series.
 Virat Kohli fastest to 19000 international runs, breaks Sachin’s record
 Rishabh Pant 1st ever Indian wicketkeeper to slam Test ton in Australia
 Rohit Sharma 1st Indian to slam 5 ODI hundreds in Australia.
 Wasim Jaffer - first Indian and the first Asian batsman -to score two double centuries after
turning 40 in first-class cricket.
FEBRUARY:
 Irfan Ansari(UAE)-coach -banned-for 10 years.
 Sanath Jayasuriya(Srilanka) - banned from all forms of cricket for 2 years.
 Rohit Sharma(India)-First-to score-100 sixes-in-T20I.
 Sana Mir(Pakistan)- First Asian woman to play hundred T20Is.
 Mithali Raj(India)-First female player to play 200 ODIs.
APRIL
 Inzamam-ul-Haq and Mark Boucher: inducted by MCC as honorary life members for
outstanding achievements in cricket.
 Ajinkya Rahane becomes 1st Indian cricketer to join Hampshire
 Australia’s Claire Polosak became first female umpire to stand in men’s ODI
 Papua New Guinea got ODI status after USA and Oman
MAY
 GS Lakshmi- first ever, female match referee-inducted in- International Cricket Council (ICC)’s
International Panel of Match Referees.
JUNE
 Jemimah Rodrigues - the third Indian woman cricket player -to feature in Kia Super League
(KSL) after Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur.
Football
FEBRUARY
 17th edition of the AFC Asian Cup -held in UAE-Qatar won by defeating four-time champion
Japan 3-1.
MARCH
 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Women’s Championship 2019-India won-defeated-
Nepal.
 Indian Super League (ISL) title-Bengaluru Football Club (FC)-won-by defeating- FC Goa.
APRIL
 Stephanie Frappart first woman to referee Ligue 1 match.
 FIFA world football rankings- Belgium stayed on top spot
MAY
 Tai Nicholas, former secretary of Oceania Football Confederation banned from football for next
eight years by FIFA.
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 Indian Women’s League Champions in Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana, Punjab-Sethu FC-won-
by defeating Manipur Police SC.
JUNE
 UEFA Europa League 2019 in Baku Olympic Stadium, Azarbaijan – Chealsea won by defeating
Arsenal.It is their fifth major UEFA European competition final.
 UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) Champions League in Madrid, Spain –
Liverpool won by defeating Tottenham Hotspur.
 India’s Sunil Chhetri has been named most capped football player succeeds former Indian
captain Bhaichung Bhutia.
JULY
 Overview of FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019-FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019 or 8th edition of
the FIFA Women’s World Cup was held in France in 9 cities.
♦ United States(US) - won -by defeating the Netherlands.
♦ Golden Boot Award -Megan Rapinoe(United States), Silver Boot: Alex Morgan (USA)
and Bronze Boot: Ellen White (ENG).
♦ Golden Ball Award -Megan Rapinoe(United States),Silver Ball: Lucy Bronze (ENG) &
Bronze Ball: Rose Lavelle (USA).
♦ Giulia Gwinn of Germany won the Best young player of the tournament award.
♦ Sari van Veenendaal of Netherland won the Best goalkeeper of the tournament award
(Golden Glove).
♦ France won the Fair Play award in the tournament.
 46th Edition of Copa America-Brazil won by defeating Peru. It was the 9th title for Brazil and
first since 2007.
 15th edition of the CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean
Association Football) Gold Cup 2019- Mexico won by defeating United States. It was the 8th
title for Mexico.
Tennis
JANUARY
Australian Open 2019 held in Melbourne Park, Australia.
Event Winner Runner
Men’s Singles Novak Djokovik(Serbia) Rafael Nadal(Spain)
Women’s Singles Naomi Osaka(Japan)( first ever Petra Kvitova(Czech Republic)
Asian to become world No.1)
Men’s Doubles Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Henri Kontinen(Finland) &
Nicolas Mahut(France) John Peers(Australia)
Women’s Doubles Samantha Stosur(Australia) & Timea Babos(Hungary) &
Shuai Zhang (China) Kristina Mladenovic(France)
Mixed Doubles Barbora Krejcikova(Czech Astra Sharma and John Patrick
Republic) & Rajeev Ram(United Smith(Australia)
States)
FEBRUARY:
Overview of the 2019 Qatar ExxonMobil Open and 2019 Qatar Total Open:
2019 Qatar ExxonMobil Open
Category Winner Runner-up
Men’s Singles Roberto Bautista Agut Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic)
(Spain)
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Men’s Doubles David Goffin Robin Haase(Netherlands) /

(Belgium) / Pierre- MatweMiddelkoop(Netherlands)
Hugues Herbert
(France)
2019 Qatar Total Open

Women’s Singles Elise Mertens (Belgium) Simona Halep (Romania)
Women’s Double Chan Hao-ching (Chinese Anna-Lena Gronefeld (Germany)
Taipei)/ Latisha Chan / Demi Schuurs (Netherlands)
(Chinese Taipei)
 Hopman Cup-Roger Federer & Belinda Bencic retain title for Switzerland.
 Maharashtra Open – 2019- Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan defeated – UK’s Luke Bambridge
and Jonny O’Mara.
MARCH:
Overview of Indian Wells Masters 2019 held in California, United States
Men’s Singles Dominic Thiem (Austria) Roger Federer (Switzerland)
Women’s Singles Bianca Andreescu (Canada) Angelique Kerber (German)
Men’s Doubles Nikola Mektic (Croatia) and Horacio Lukasz Kubot (Poland) and
Zeballo (Argentina) Marcelo Melo (Brazil)
Women’s Doubles Elise Mertens (Belgium) and Aryna Barbora Krejcikova (Czech
Sabalenka (Belarus) Republic) and Katerina Siniakova
(Czech Republic)
 India lost hosting rights of -Junior Davis Cup and Fed Cup.
APRIL
2019 Miami Open held in Florida
Category Winner Runner Up
Men’s Single Roger Federer (Switzerland) John Isner (USA)
Women’s Single Ashleigh Barty (Australia) Karolina Pliskova (Czech
Republic)
Men’s Double Bob Bryan (USA) and Mike Bryan (USA) Wasley Koolhof (Netherlands)
and Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)
Women’s Doubles Elise Mertens (Belgium) and Aryna Samantha Stosur (Australia) and
Sabalenka (Belarus) Zhang Shuai (China)
MAY
Mutua Madrid Open 2019 in Madrid, Spain:
Events WINNER RUNNER UP
Men's Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia) StefanosTsitsipas (Greece)
Men's Doubles HoriaTecau (Romania). Dominic Thiem (Austria),
Jean-Julien Rojer (Curacao) Diego Schwartzman( Argentina)
Women's Singles Kiki Bertens (Netherlands) SimonaHalep(Romania)
Women' Doubles Hsieh Su-wei (Taiwan), Xu Yifan (China),
Barbora Strycova (Czechia) Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada)
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76th edition of Italian Open which is also known as “Rome Masters” or “the Internazionali BNL
d’Italia” held at Foro Italico in Rome, Italy:
Event Winner Runner-up
Men’s Singles Rafael Nadal (Spain) Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Men’s Doubles Juan Sebastian Cabal (Columbia) Raven Klaasen (South Africa)
Robert Farah (Columbia) Michael Venus (New Zealand)
Women’s Singles Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) Johanna Konta (UK)
Women’s Doubles Victoria Azarenka (Belarus)
Ashleigh Barty (Australia)
JUNE
 International Tennis Federation(ITF) men’s Futures Tennis Tournament held in Nonthaburi,
Thailand - Sidharth Rawat won by defeating Japan's Rio Noguchi.
 27th edition of the Halle Open 2019 (also known as Noventi Open 2019) held in Gerry Weber
Stadion in Halle, Germany -Roger Federer of Switzerland – won – by defeating David Goffin
(Belgium).
2019 ITTF world Tour Hong kong open:

Events Winners Runners
Men’s Singles Lin Gaoyuan (China) Tomokazu Harimoto (Japan)
Women’s Wang Yidi(China) Mima Ito (Japan)
Singles
Men’s Doubles Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan ( Jang Woo-jin and Lim Jong-hoon (South
China) Korea)
Women’s Chen Ke and Mu Zi(China) Jeon Ji-hee and You Eun-chong (South
Doubles Korea)\
French Open 2019 or 123rd Edition of French Open in Paris, France:

Event Winners Runners
Men’s Singles Rafael Nadal (Spain) Dominic Thiem (Austria)
Women’s Singles Ashleigh Barty (Australia) Marketa Vondrousova (Czech
Republic)
Men’s Doubles Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies Fabrice Martin and Jeremy Chardy
(Germany) (France)
Women’s Doubles Kristina Mladenovic (France) Duan Yingying and Zheng Saisai
Timea Babos (Hungary) (China)
Mixed Doubles Latisha Chan (Taiwan) Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada)
Ivan Dodig (Croatia) Mate Pavic (Croatia)
Shooting
MARCH:
 International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) in NewDelhi, India-India won 3 gold and
topped.
♦ Manu Bhaker, Saurabh Chaudhary won gold in 10m Air Pistol Mixed Category.
♦ Saurabh Chaudhary won gold in 10m Air Pistol
♦ Apurvi Chandela bags gold in women’s 10m Air Rifle
APRIL
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 12th Asian Airgun Championship 10m, Rifle/Pistol-held in- Taoyuan City, Chinese Taipei-India
topped the medal tally by winning 25 medals viz, 16 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze medals.Click
here to read the winner list.
 ISSF Rifle/Pistol World Cup 2019 held in Beijing, China-India won 4 medals which include 3
gold and 1 silver:
♦ Gold:10m Air Rifle Mixed-Anjum Moudgil Divyansh Singh Panwar, 10m Air Pistol
Mixed-Manu Bhaker Saurabh Chaudhary, 10m Air Pistol-Abhishek Verma,
♦ Silver:10m Air Rifle-Divyansh Singh Panwar.
MAY
 2019 ISSF World Cup 3-Overview held in Munich, Germany- India topped -winning 5 gold
medal and a silver medal totaling 6 medals.
♦ Gold: Saurabh Chaudhary(10 metre air pistol and broke down his own world
record),Apurvi Chandela(10 metre air rifle),Rahi Sarnobat(25 metre pistol),Divyansh
Singh Panwar & Anjum Moudgil(10 metre air rifle(Mixed Team)),Saurabh Chaudhary &
Manu Bhaker(gold in 10 metre air pistol(Mixed Team))
♦ Silver: Apurvi Chandela & Deepak Kumar (10 metre air rifle(Mixed Team))
Retirement:
Name of the Person Country/Sport they belong to Points to be Noted
JANUARY
Albie Morkel Cricket/ South Africa
Johan Botha Cricket/ South Africa
Danielle Hazelle Cricket /England
Ewen Chatfield Cricket /New Zealand
PetrCech Footballer/ Czech
Andy Murray Tennis/ United Kingdom Former World No. 1
FEBRUARY
Chris Gayle Cricket/ West Indies Announced Retirement from
One Day Internationals (ODIs)
Nicol David Squash/ Malaysia She will be retiring at the end

of the 2018-19 Professional
Squash Association (PSA
MARCH
James DeGale Boxing/U.K He is Britain’s first boxer to
win an Olympic gold medal
and become a world champion.
Imran Tahir Cricket/South Africa Will retire from One Day
International (ODI) cricket
after the ICC Men’s Cricket
World Cup 2019. He will
continue to play in the T20
internationals and participate
in the 2020 ICC Men’s T20
World Cup in Australia.
Jean Paul Duminy Cricket/South Africa Will retire from One Day
International (ODI) cricket
after the ICC Men’s Cricket
World Cup 2019.
Lasith Malinga Cricket/Sri lanka Will retire after T20 World Cup
2020.
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Mehtab Hossain Football/India He currently plays for Mohun

Bagan in the Hero I-League.
Tim Cahill Football/Australia
Conor McGregor Mixed Martial Art
(MMA)/Ireland
Stephanie Nicole Garcia- WWE (World Wrestling
Colace aka Nikki Bella Entertainment)/U.S.
Kurt Angle WWE (World Wrestling
Entertainment)/U.S.
APRIL
Shane Watson Cricket/Australia Retires from Big Bash League
Dave Bautista WWE (World Wrestling
Entertainment)/U.S.
MAY
Xavi Hernandez(39) Football/Spain Barcelona Midfielder retires
from football
Yaya Toure(35) Football / Ivory Coast Manchester City and Barcelona
midfielder retired from
football
JUNE
Lee Chong Wei(36) Badminton/ Bagan Serai, Perak, He announced retirement after
Malaysia 19 years of a successful career.
Yuvraj Singh Cricket/ Chandigarh, India He is an awardee of 2012
Arjuna Award and 2014
Padma Shri Award.
Chris Gayle(39) Cricket/ Kingston, Jamaica He will retire from
international cricket after the
home Test series against India
in August-September 2019.
Marcus Trescothick(43) Cricket/ Keynsham, United He holds a record for the most
Kingdom first-class catches (445) for the
county.
JULY
Ambati Rayudu(33) Cricket/ Andhra Pradesh, India He Played 55 One Day
International(ODI’s), 6
Twenty20
International(T20I’s), 97 First
Class Cricket and 160 List A
Cricket.He also played for
Hyderabad in domestic cricket,
and Chennai Super Kings in the
Indian Premier League (IPL).
Shoaib Malik(37) Cricket/Pakistan He played his last ODI match
against India at 2019 World
Cup in Manchester. Malik
played 287 ODIs and scored
7,534 runs at an average of
34.55. He scored nine
centuries and 44 half- half-
centuries. He also took 158
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wickets in his ODI career.

Arjen Robben(35) Football/ Bedum, Netherlands He made his professional
debut in the year 2000 for FC
Groningen. In April 2003 he
made a debut to the
International football
matches.In 2004, he joined
Chelsea Football cup.He joined
Bayern in 2009 from Real
Madrid, played 309
competitive games.
Other sports
JANUARY
 Khelo India Youth Games:
♦ Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi in Pune
♦ Maharashtra won 85 gold, 62 silver and 81 bronze for a total of 228 medals.
FEBRUARY
 National Games 2022 - held in Meghalaya -Mascot -Smiling Clouded Leopard.
MARCH
 International Olympics Committee (IOC)-included- Breakdancing, Surfing, Skateboarding and
sport climbing-in- Paris Olympics 2024.
 K.T. Irfan- qualified- Tokyo Olympics(2020)-belongs to 20 km Walking.
 All India Carrom Federation (AICF)- included-in National Sport Federation
 Kudo International Federation India (KIFI) –included- in National Sport Federation
APRIL
 Saurav Ghosal- first Indian male squash player to break into the top 10 of the latest PSA
(Professional Squash Association) world ranking.
JUNE
 The international governing body for the sport of athletics, International Association of
Athletics Federations (IAAF) is to change its name as World Athletics.
 International Olympic Committee (IOC) inaugurated its 145 million Swiss francs ($145 million)
new headquarters named Olympic House –in lakeside grounds of Olympic House in Lausanne,
Switzerland.
 4 Archers-Tarundeep Rai, Atanu Das, Pravin Jadhav and Atul Verma incuded in Target Olympic
Podium Scheme (TOPS) for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Overview of 2019 World Archery Championships held in Hertogenbosch, Netherlands:
Event Name Winners Medal won
Women's compound Raj Kaur, Muskan Kirar, Jyothi Surekha Vennam Bronze
team
Women’s Compound Jyothi Surekha Vennam Bronze
individual event
Recurve men’s team Atanu Das, Pravin Ramesh Jadhav,Tarundeep Rai Silver
JULY
 International Olympic Committee (IOC) has removed a ban on the Kuwait Olympic Committee
(KOC) and permitted to compete in the 2020 Olympics.
Upcoming Sports Events

Asian Games :
 Venue of Asian Games 2018 - Jakarta-Palembang, Indonesia.
 Venue of Asian Games 2022 – Hangzhou, China.
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 Venue of Asian Games 2026 – Nagoya, Japan
Commonwealth Games (CWG)

 Venue of CWG Games 2018 – Gold Coast, Australia.
 Venue of CWG Games 2022 – Birmingham, England.
Olympics Games
Summer Olympic :
 Venue of Summer Olympic Games 2020 – Tokyo, Japan
♦ Miraitowa is the mascot of 2020 Tokyo Olympics
♦ Someity is the mascot of Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
♦ Torch unveiled, on the concept of "“Share Your Light". The torch is made from the same
recycled aluminum and is modeled after the Japanese cherry blossom or “sakura”. The
color of the torch is “Sakura Pink”.
 Venue of Summer Olympic Games 2024 – Paris, France
Winter Olympic :
 Venue of Winter Olympic Games 2018 – Pyeongchang, South Korea.
 Venue of Winter Olympic Games 2022 – Beijing, China
 Venue of Winter Olympic Games 2026 – Italy’s Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo
ICC World Cup Cricket

 Venue of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 – England, Wales.
 Venue of ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 – India.
ICC World Cup T20

 Venue of World Cup T20 2016– India.
 Venue of World Cup 2020 – Australia.
ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup

 Venue of ICC Women Cricket World Cup 2017 – England.
 Venue of ICC Women Cricket World Cup 2021 – New Zealand.
ICC Women’s World Cup T20

 Venue of World Cup 2014 – Bangladesh.
 Venue of World Cup T20 2016– India.
 Venue of World Cup T20 2018– West Indies
 Venue of World Cup 2020 – Australia.
Hockey Men’s World Cup

 Venue of Hockey Men’s World Cup 2014 – The Hague, Netherlands.
 Venue of Hockey Men’s World Cup 2018 – Bhubaneswar, India.
Hockey Women’s World Cup

 Venue of Hockey Men’s World Cup 2018 – London, England.
FIFA (Football) World Cup

 Venue of FIFA World Cup 2018 – Russia.
 Venue of FIFA World Cup 2022 – Qatar.
FIFA Women's World Cup

 Venue of FIFA World Cup 2019 – France.
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23rd edition of the World Corporate Games

 23rd edition of the World Corporate Games-Qatar.
♦ Formula 1 race 2020:Hanoi,Vietnam.

♦ 2023 IAAF World Championships- Budapest,Hungary.
♦ Pakistan to host 2020 Asia Cricket Cup.
♦ Khelo India Youth Games 2019-Pune,Maharashtra.
♦ Egypt to host 2019 Africa Cup of Nations(Football).
♦ Beijing, China to host FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019-Son of Dreams was unveiled as official
Mascot.
♦ 39th National Games in 2022-Meghalaya.
♦ 24 team ATP Cup in 2020- Australian cities Sydney and Brisbane (First 2 host locations).
♦ Egypt-to host-African Cup for the fifth time in 2019.
♦ China-to host-football Asian Cup 2023
♦ Odisha to host -21st Commonwealth Championship from July 17-22, 2019.
BOOKS & AUTHORS

Book Name Author Other Information
JANUARY
A Crusade Against Manohar Manoj Vice-Chairman of Rajya Sabha, Harivansh
Corruption’ Narayan Singh launched the book.
We Are Displaced Malala yousafzai The book is all about the Journey and Stories
from Refugee Girls Around the World.
Universal Brotherhood The book is compiled Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu launched
Through Yoga by Bharatiya Sanskrit the book
Pitham
FEBRUARY
Law, Justice and Judicial Mool Chand Sharma The book was launched by the Chief Justice of
Power – Justice P N India, Shri Justice Ranjan Gogoi.
Bhagwati’s Approach
Undaunted: Saving the P Chidambaram Former Vice President Hamid Ansari
Idea of India launched the book
Simplicity & Wisdom Dinesh Shahra The Book was launched by the Governor of West
Bengal– Keshari Nath Tripathi and Swami
Chidanand Saraswati, Head of Parmarth Ashram,
this book is dedicated to Late Vedanti Swami
Pragananandji.
Quality, Accreditation and EPSI’s Alternate Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu publicized
Ranking – A Silent President, Dr. H the book
Revolution in the Offing in Chaturvedi
Indian Higher Education
MARCH
Mann Ki Baat – A Social Union Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley released
Revolution on Radio a book .The book contains 50 episodes of PM
Modi’s sincere talk with the citizens of India
which is broadcasted by All India Radio.
Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas Union Minister of Finance and Corporate
Affairs Arun Jaitley released a book.It is a
compilation of selected speeches of Prime
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Minister Narendra Modi.

Dictionary of Martyrs of It was released by Prime Minister Narendra
India’s Freedom Struggle Modi, at Lok Kalyan Marg, New Delhi. The
(1857-1947) project for compilation of “Dictionary of
Martyrs” of India’s Freedom Struggle was
commissioned by the Ministry of Culture, to
the Indian Council of Historical Research
(ICHR) to commemorate the 150th
anniversary of uprising of 1857.
Every Vote Counts Chief Election It was launched by former Vice President of
Commissioner of India, India, Hamid Ansari in New Delhi. This book
Navin Chawla is about, how the electoral machinery works
in India.
Indian Fiscal Federalism Dr. Y.V. Reddy and G.R. The launch event of the book was addressed
Reddy by the Chairman of the 15th Finance
Commission NK Singh, in New Delhi.
APRIL
“Saffron Swords: Manoshi Sinha Rawal The Indian Publishing company, Garuda
Centuries of Indic Prakashan Private Limited, launched the
Resistance to Invaders” book.
"Kundan: Saigal’s Life & Sharad Dutt Kundanlal Saigal was an Indian singer and
Music" actor who is considered the first superstar of
the Hindi film industry.
'Selected speeches of Dr. It was released by Prasar Bharati Chairman,
Bhimrao Ambedkar in the A Surya Prakash.Ambedkar was architect of
Constituent Assembly’ the Constitution of India and also the
independent India's first law minister.
“Diary of an Awesome Jeff Kinney The book is written from the opinion of
Friendly Kid: Rowley Rowley Jefferson, the best friend of ‘Diary of
Jefferson’s Journal” a Wimpy Kid’ supporter Greg Heffley.
Khooni Vaisakhi Mr. Suri A book containing English translation of the
100 year old classic Punjabi poem about
Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
Indian constitution in Prof Stephen Quadros Has translated the book in Konkani. The
Konkani Permude Mangaluru Bishop Peter Paul Saldanha has
released the book.
Politics of Jugaad: The Journalist Saba Naqvi She examines the possibility of a coalition
Coalition Handbook government after the 2019 Lok Sabha polls
Chequered Brilliance: The Former union minister A biography of Indian nationalist, diplomat,
Many Lives of V K Krishna and writer Jairam and politician V K Krishna Menon.This book
Menon Ramesh will be released in first quarter of 2020.
MAY
Work of Beauty: It was published by Publications Division,
Architecture and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
Landscape of Rashtrapati Ambassador Navdeep Suri presented this
Bhawan book to UAE Minister of Tolerance Sheikh
Nahayan Mubarak Al Nahayan
Game Changer Afridi and journalist Shahid Afridi, former captain of the 'Pakistan
Wajahat S Khan national cricket team' has written his
autobiography titled, ‘Game Changer’ which
will unveil answers to the much-
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contemplated questions about him.

Coming Round the Ruskin Bond The book is published by Penguin India.
Mountain "Coming Round the Mountain" is third of
Ruskin Bond's award-winning memoir series
for children, prior being "Looking for the
Rainbow" &"Till the Clouds Roll By".
Naxal movement in West Nabaneeta Dev Sen It was first published in Bengali in 1978.It is
Bengal translated from Bengali to English by
Paulami Sengupta, Tias Basu and the author.
'Darkness to light' Lamar Odom The book reveals the dark secrets of his life.
He is the ex-husband of Khloe Kardashian, an
American media personality, socialite, model,
businesswoman, and entrepreneur.
Voyage to Antarctica Dr. Felix Bast It was released by Prof. Ashutosh Sharma,
Secretary of Department of Science and
Technology(DST). Story of Consciousness by
Dr. Govind Bhattacharya.An Autobiography
of Moon by Dr. Ramesh Shishu.Sambhu Nath
De - The Discovery of Cholera Toxin by Dr.
M.S.S Murthy were also released at the same
event.
Digital Dilemma Milt Shelton and Andy The Hindi translation of an Academy
Maltz Publication, Digital Dilemma, has been
launched by Academy of Motion Picture Arts
& Sciences (AMPAS) aka Oscar Academy
President, John Bailey, at New Delhi
JUNE
‘My Life, My Mission' Baba Ramdev He will unveil the trials, tribulations, and
triumphs of his life and provide insights into
his childhood in his autobiography. It is being
published by Penguin Random House.
Function of Data Vinit Goenka,
Sovereignty - The Pursuit Secretary, Centre for
of Supremacy Knowledge
Sovereignty (CKS) and
Member Governing
Council- CRIS (Centre
for Railway
Information Systems),
Ministry of Railways,
Government of India
Lessons Life Taught Me, Anupam Kher It will be launched on August 5, 2019. It will
Unknowingly look into the life and times of the actor. The
book will be published by Penguin Random
House.
The New Delhi Conspiracy Meenakshi Lekhi The book is published by Harper Collins and
has been co-written by Krishna Kumar who
works with her.
A Prime Minister to Sushil Kumar The book is published by Konark
Remember- Memories of a Publishers Pvt Ltd, New Delhi. The book talks
Military Chief about his distinguished career in the Indian
Navy during the Kargil War and Chairman of
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the Chiefs of Staff Committee when

Operation Parakram was launched after the
terror attack on the Indian Parliament.
JULY
Whispers of Time Dr. Krishna Saksena Minister of Textiles and Minister of Women
(91) and Child Development, Smriti Zubin Irani
launched the book ‘at India International
Centre in New Delhi.
Vivekadeepini Adi Shankaracharya It is a concise book of aphorisms (a
memorable expression of a general truth or
principle).
War over Words: Devika Sethi It explains the state censorship in India in the
Censorship in India, 1930- transition period from colonial to national
1960 rule, when historical actors behaved in
unpredictable ways.
JANUARY
 ‘Nari-Shakti’ is the Oxford Dictionaries Hindi Word of the year for 2018
MARCH
 Indian English word ‘chuddies’ recognized as official English word by the Oxford English
Dictionary (OED). The word is one of the new 650 entries.It means underpants or short
trousers or shorts.
MAY
 World’s most mysterious 600-year old manuscript named ‘Voynich Manuscript’ was finally
deciphered by Bristol academician Dr. Gerard Cheshire.
OBITUARY
NATIONAL
Name of the person Place of Demise,Field Points to be noted
who passed away
JANUARY
Dibyendu Palit Bengali Writer, Kolkata Palit was conferred the Sahitya Akademi for his
novel ‘Anubhab’ in 1998.
Atin Bandyopadhyay Bengali Writer, Kolkata Some of other ficition written by him
are ‘Aloukik Jaljaan’, ‘Nil Timi’, ‘Ekti Jaler Rekha’
Ramakant Achrekar Coach, Mumbai He coached Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.He won
Dronacharya award.
Lenin Rajendran Director(Malayalam) He was a five-time recipient of the Kerala State
and screenwriter, Film Awards and also received the International
Chennai Federation of Film Critics Award for the best
Malayalam film for his ‘Makaramanju’ screened
at the 2010 IFFK.
Geroge Fernandes Former defence He served as the Defence Minister in the year
minister, New Delhi 1998.
Mohammed Footballer, Hyderabad Former India and 1956 Olympian footballer. He
Zulfiqaruddin also represented India in the 1958 Tokyo Asian
Games and the Merdeka Cup in Malaysia.
Jagjit Singh Chopra Neurologist, He won Padma Bhushan award and was the
Chandigarh founder of the department of neurology
at PGIMER, Chandigarh
Bhanu Prakash Singh Politician, Indore He was former ex Goa Governor and head of the
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Narsinghgarh royal family

Sri Shivakumara Saint, He was popularly known as “Nadedaduva
Swamiji Tumakuru,Karnataka Devaru” (Walking God) passed away at the age
of 111.
Krishna Sobti Writer and essayist, She was a Jnanpith awardee. She won the
New Delhi Sahitya Akademi Award in 1980 for her novel
Zindaginama
FEBRUARY
Namwar Singh Author,New Delhi He died in New Delhi at the age of 92.
Dara Dotiwalla Cricket Umpire,Chennai He organized the famous tied Test match
between India and Australia.
Priyanath Dey Politician and Freedom Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP, Ladu Kishore Swain
Fighter, Bhubaneswar passed away at the age of 71 due to kidney-
related ailments
Francis D’Souza Politician,Goa He was former Goa Deputy Chief Minister and
BJP Lawmaker
Vishnu Wagh Writer and Speaker, He was eminent writer and former Deputy
Cape Town, South Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly
Africa
MARCH
Haku Shah Artist, Ahmedabad, His memoir Manush received several awards
Gujarat including the Padma Shri in 1989.
Muni Hitruchivijayji Jain monk, Ahmedabad He is the last disciples of Acharya
Gujarat Ramchandrasurishwarji.
Maate Mahadevi Lingayat Basava Dharma Peetha President
pontiff,Bengaluru,
Karnataka
Vinod Kashyap Newsreader ,NewDelhi She worked at the All India Radio for around 30
years.
Manohar Parrikar Politician(CM),Goa He is the India’s 18th and Goa’s second chief
minister to die in office.
Satya Brata Singh Supreme Court His native was Dhanbad,Jharkhand.
judge,New Delhi
Ghulam Nabi Rathar Social activist, Manigam
Kangan, Jammu and
Kashmir
Ashita Writer and poet, She won Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award
Thrissur,Kerala
APRIL
J. Mahendran Director, Screenwriter Mahendran was born on 25th July 1939 in
and actor/Tamil Nadu Ilaiyangudi, Madurai.
Holkhomang Haokip Politician/Manipur He was a leader of the Kuki community (of
North-east India) and being elected to the 13th
Lok Sabha (in 1999). He was a former Member of
Parliament.
KM Mani Politician/Kerala He was the only politician who has been elected
from the same constituency for 13 consecutive
elections.
Drupad Borgohain Politician/Assam He was a Rajya Sabha member between 1998
and 2004 and served as a legislator from Nazira
constituency from 2006-2011 in the Assam
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assembly.
Paripooranand Painuli Politician/ Delhi He was elected to the 5th Lok Sabha in 1971.
SK Shivakumar Scientist/ Bengaluru The Padma shree awardee was a part of team
which had developed telemetry system for
India’s first moon mission Chandrayan – I.
Amar Paul Singer/Kolkata He was awarded by Sangeet Natak Akademi
Award for his contribution to the folk music of
West Bengal.
MAY
Yogesh Chander Business Man/ Born in Lahore, Pakistan. He is the founder of
Deveshwar Gurugram ITC .
Derek Sippy Cue sports Player, He was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra.He served
Coach as Secretary of the Billiards and Snooker
and administrator / Association of Maharashtra (BSAM).
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Naik Narayan Singh Mountaineer/ Mt He was born in Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand. He
Makalu, Mahalangur was one among the 18 member of Indian Army
Himalayas Mountaineering Expedition team to Mt Makalu
(8485m) which found footprints of mythical
creature ‘Yeti’.
Thoppil Mohamed Novelist/ Pettai in He was born in Thaengaaipattinam in
Meeran Tirunelveli,Tamil Nadu Kanniyakumar, Tamil Nadu. His novel “Saaivu
Naarkkali” (The Reclining Chair) won the Sahitya
Akademi Award in 1997.
V Viswanatha Menon Politician /Kochi, He was born in Ernakulam, Kerala. He served as
Kerala the Finance Minister in 1987 during the Left
Democratic Front government led by E.K.
Nayanar.
MB Balakrishnan Swimmer/Chennai, He was born in Tamil Nadu. He won South Asian
Tamil Nadu Games Gold medalist.
The last captive white tiger at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) in Borivali, Mumbai named
Bajirao died due to old age related problems at the age of 18.
India's only orangutan, Binny died at Odisha's Nandankanan Zoological Park after a prolonged
illness. It was 41 years old.
JUNE
Girish Karnad Actor, Writer & He was born in Mathern, Maharastra & was a
Playwright/ Bengaluru recipient of 1998 Jnanpith award, 1974 Padma
Shri and 1992 Padma Bhushan award for
literature.
G Vijaya Nirmala Actor-film Maker/ She was born in Tamil Nadu. In 2002, she holds
Hyderabad Guinness Book of World Records as the female
director with most films.
Dinyar Contractor Actor-Comedian/ He was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra & was
Mumbai, Maharashtra awarded the Padma Shri in January 2019.
N. Lingappa Athletics coach/ He was born in Karnataka. In 2014, he won
Bengaluru, Karnataka prestigious Dronacharya award in recognition of
his work as a coach.
Jaspal Inder Singh Chef and culinary He was born in New Delhi & has many titles like
Kalra revivalist/ New Delhi “Czar of Indian Cuisine” and “Tastemaker to the
Nation”.
Shyam Sundar Mitra Cricketer/Kolkata He was born in Kolkata and was popularly
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known as ‘SS’. He played his club cricket for

Mohun Bagan(Football club), who honored him
with the Lifetime Achievement award in 2017.
Mohan Ranade Freedom fighter/ Pune, He was born in Sangli in Maharashtra & was a
Maharashtra lawyer by profession, was awarded the Padma
Shri in 2001.
Mohammed Baji (Md Freedom fighter/ He was 103.
Bazi) Sunari Sahi in
Nabarangpur district of
Odisha
Brij Mohan Khaitan Industrialist/ Kolkata, He was born in Kolkata, West Bengal & recently
West Bengal resigned as chairman of Eveready Industries and
McLeod Russel. He is also known as Evergreen
tea man of India.
E Gopinath Journalist/ Chennai He was born in Tamil Nadu.It is noteworthy
that Journalist E Gopinath was on first general
elections for Press Trust of India (PTI) of
Independent India
Thanjavoor Mridangam exponent/ He was born in Trichy, Tamil Nadu. Thanjavoor
Ramamoorthy Trichy, Tamil Nadu Ramamoorthy, Veteran Mridangam exponent
and former top grade staff artist of All India
Radio (AIR)
Rajanath Singh 'Surya' Politician/ Lucknow, He was born in Sultanpur district of Uttar
Uttar Pradesh Pradesh. He was a lawyer by profession, was
awarded the Padma Shri in 2001.
Swami Seer/ Dehradun in He was born in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. He was the
Satyamitranand Giri Uttarakhand recipient of Padma Bhushan in 2015
Maharaj (Swami
Satyamitranand)
Jharna Dhara Social activist/ She was born in Lakshmipur of Bangladesh. She
Chowdhury Noakhali, Bangladesh was honored with Padma Shri in 2013, Jamnalal
Bajaj award in 1998 and Ekushey Award, the
highest civilian honor in Bangladesh in 2015.
JULY
Basant Kumar Birla Businessman/Mumbai He was born in Kolkata, West Bengal. He wrote
several books including an autobiography titled
‘Svantah Sukhaya’.
Rakesh Shukla Cricketer/Delhi He was born in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. He played
121 first-class matches, claimed 295 wickets and
aggregated 3798 runs. He made his debut in
1969 and retired in the 1985-86 season.
AU Celestine Football Player/Tamil He played for the Tamil Nadu state men’s team
Nadu as a goalkeeper in Senior Nationals in the 1965
and 1969 National Championships and also
represented India in the Merdeka Cup in
Malaysia in 1969.
Barun Haldar News Reader/Kolkata. He was born in Kolkata, West Bengal. He was a
popular presenter of Western Music in All India
Radio Kolkata.
Sudershan Agarwal Politician/ New Delhi He was born in Ludhiana, Punjab. He served as
the second Governor of Uttarakhand between
2003 and 2007 during which he also established
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a Him Jyoti School in the Sahastradhara.He was

appointed as Governor of Sikkim in 2007.
Dr. Jaya Arunachalam Social Activist/ She was born in Tamil Nadu .She is the founder
Chennai, Tamil Nadu of Working Women’s Forum (WWF). She was the
recipient of Padma Shri in 1987, International
Activist Award by Gleitsman Foundation in 2003,
Jamnalal Bajaj Award in 2009, Bharat Ratna Rajiv
Gandhi Mahila Shakthi Award in 2009,
INTERNATIONAL
Name of the person who Place of Demise,Field Points to be noted
passed away
JANUARY
Kader Khan Actor-writer, Canada He passed away at 81 in Canada.debut film
with Rajesh Khanna’s “Daag”, he has featured
in over 300 films. He wrote dialogues for over
250 movies and was also a screenwriter.
Russell Baker Author, US He won Pulitzer Prize for satirical
commentary and self-critical prose, and
author of Pulitzer Prize-winning
autobiography Growing Up (1983).
Tony Mendez CIA agent, US He inspired the Oscar-winning film “Argo”.
Sir Michael Atiyah Mathematician He was best known for his contribution to a
branch of mathematics called topological K-
theory and the Atiyah-Singer index theorem.
Michel Legrand Music composer Legrand won Oscar award three times.
Masazo Nonaka Oldest man He belong’s to Japan’s northern most island
of Hokkaido at the age of 113.
Mary Oliver Poet She won Pulitzer Prize
FEBRUARY
Albert Finney Actor,London The veteran actor was best known for his
roles in Tom Jones, Erin Brockovich and
Annie.
Manfred Eigen Chemist, Bochum, He also won Nobel Prize
Germany
Wallace Smith Broker Scientist, New York, He popularly known as ‘Grandfather of
United States Climate Science’
Pedro Morales Wrestler, Puerto Rico He passed away at the age of 76.He was the
first ever WWE Triple Crown Champion.
MARCH
John Richardson Art historian He devoted more than a quarter century in
Manhattan, New York writing four-volume biography of Pablo Picasso.
Andre Previn Composer and Pianist He was a 10-time Grammy Award winner and
,Manhattan, New had won 4 Oscars.
York, USA
Bill Playle Cricketer,New South He was natively from Manawatu, New
Wales, Australia Zealand.
Alan B. Krueger Economist, Princeton, He advised two presidents and helped lead
New Jersey, United economics toward a more scientific approach
States to research and policymaking. He was born
on 17th September 1960 in Livingston, New
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Jersey, United States.

Jerry Merryman Electrical He was credited with inventing the world’s
engineer,Dallas, Texas first handheld electronic calculator in 1960s
Charlie Whiting FIA’s director He was the FIA’s director of Formula One. He
Melbourne, Australia was born in Kent, United Kingdom.
Vinjamuri Anasuya Devi Folk artist, radio Hailed from Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, she
commentator, was also awarded ‘Queen of Folk’ award in
Houston, USA Paris and Kala Prapoorna award.
Rafi Eitan Mossad agent and He was born on 23rd November 1926 at Ein
Spymaster, Tel Aviv, Harod, Mandatory Palestine in Israel.
Israel
Zhores Alferov Physicist,St. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2000.
Petersburg, Russia He researched in the field of information
technology and his research was the
backbone of computers, CD players, mobile
phones etc.
Bharat Mohan Adhikari Politician He is natively from Mahottari district of
,Kathmandu, Nepal Nepal.
Bruce Yardley Spinner, Coach and He played 33 Tests and 7 ODIs for Australia
commentator as an off-spinner.
,Kununurra, Western
Australia
Scott Walker aka Noel Scott Songwriter and He was born in Hamilton, Ohio in 1943.
Engel producer, London,
England
Kelly Catlin Stanford He had thrice been the world champion and
University,California had been a member of the U.S. women’s
pursuit team that won silver in 2016 Rio
Olympics
King Kong Bundy real name Wrestler,Atlantic City, WWE legend
was Christopher Pallies New Jersey, U.S.A.
APRIL
Jerrie Cobb Astronaut/ Florida She became the first woman to pass
astronaut testing in 1961. Total 13 women
passed the physical testing and became
known as the Mercury 13. She was born on
5th March 1931, in Norman, Oklahoma.
Elriesa Theunissen-Fourie Cricketer/ South She represented South Africa in four
Africa internationals – three ODIs and one T20I match
of 2013 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup squad.
PatrickRousseau Cricketer/Jamaica He was former president of West Indies
cricket Board (WICB), from 1996 to 2001,and
Jamaican Attorney at law has died in Jamaica.
John Singleton Director/ United He was the youngest-ever film-maker to be
States nominated for the best director Oscar and
know for the film Boyz n the Hood.
Terry Rawlings Editor/ England He was nominated for BAFTA awards for his
work on ‘Alien’ in 1980 & ‘Blade Runner’ in
1983 as well as Oscar nomination for
‘Chariots of Fire’ in 1982.
Lorraine Warren Paranormal She investigated haunted houses and other
investigator/ Monroe, manifestation of paranormal activities
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Connecticut throughout her life

Alan Garcia Politician/ Peru He served two terms as Peru’s president,
from 1985 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2011,
shot himself in his bedroom at his home in
Lima
Grand Duke Jean Politician/ In 1963, he became the sixth Grand Duke of
Luxembourg Luxembourg.
Negasso Gidada President/Ethiopia He was the president between 1995 and
2001 and was the first head of state after
Ethiopia adopted a new constitution
transforming country into a federal state.
Mark Medoff Writer/ New Mexico He won Olivier and Tony awards for writing
‘Children of a Lesser God’. The screen
adaptation of "Children of a Lesser God"
earned an Oscar nomination.
MAY
Ieoh Ming Pei Architect/ New York He was born in Guangzhou, Republic of China.
He designed Louvre Pyramid in Paris France.
Bob Hawke Politician/ Sydney, He was born in Bordertown, South Australia.
Australia He was 23rd Prime Minister of Australia.He
led the Labor Party from 1983 to 1991.
Prem Tinsulanonda Politician/ Bangkok, He was born in Southern Thailand.He served
Thailand as the 16th prime minister of Thailand from
1980 to 1988.
Binyavanga Wainaina Writer, gay right He was born in Nakuru, Kenya. In 2002, he
activist/ Nairobi won Caine Prize for his short story
"Discovering Home".
John Pinto World War II Navajo He was born in Lupton, Arizona, US. Pinto
Code Talker, was the longest-serving senator in the state,
Lawmaker/ Gallup, first elected in 1977 and served until his
New Mexico, USA death on May 24, 2019.
JUNE
Sylvia Miles American actress/ She was born in Greenwich Village, New York,
Manhattan, New York, U.S. and was nominated for the Academy
U.S Award for Best Supporting Actress twice
Ahmed Essop Author and former He was born in India and his 1978 book ‘The
educationist/ South Haji and other Short Stories’ received the
Africa Olive Schreiner Award in 1979.
José Antonio Reyes Football Player/ He was born in Utrera, Spain and was former
Utrera, Spain Spain midfielder and won five Europa League
titles and was part of Arsenal's unbeaten
"Invincibles" squad. He also won 21
international caps for Spain.
Mohamed Morsi Politician/ Cairo, He was born in El Adwah, Sharqia
Egypt Governorate, Kingdom of Egypt & was the 5th
President of Egypt. He served the country
from 30 June 2012 – 3 July 2013.
JULY
Lee Iacocca Businessman/ He was born in Pennsylvania, United States.
California In 1984, he released his autobiography titled
“Iacocca-An Autobiography” and in 1988, he
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released a book titled “Talking Straight”

which was his best seller books.
Momir Bulatovic Politician/ Raći, He was born in Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR
Montenegro Yugoslavia. He served as Montenegro’s
President from 1990 until 1998.
IMPORTANT DAYS
Observed Day Other information
date/week
JANUARY
1st January 2019 Defence Research and DRDO has made the country self-reliant in areas of
Development missiles, radars, sonars and torpedoes and many
Organisation(DRDO) other systems.
4th January 2019 World Braille Day It is celebrated in the rememberance of Louis
Braille who was the inventor of Braille
9 January 2019 Non Resident Day or
th Marks the contribution of overseas Indian
Bharatiya Pravasi Day community in the development of India
10 January
th World Hindi day The main focus of World Hindi Day is “to promote
2019 the language at the global stage”.
10 January
th 26th Army Air Defence Day The Corps of Army Air Defence is the youngest arm
2019 of Indian Army
12 January
th National Youth Day (also To honour the birthday of Swami Vivekananda.
2019 known as Yuva Diwas) Theme of “Be The Voice of New India” and “Find
solutions and contribute to policy”.
14 January
th Armed Forces Veterans This Day is commemorated in the memory of first
2019 Day Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Armed
Forces Field Marshal K M Cariappa becoming a
veteran in 1953.
15 January
th 71st Army Day To commemorate our soldiers for their bravery
2019 and sacrifice
21st January 19 47th statehood day Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura
23 January
rd 122 Birth Anniversary of He was a member of the Indian National Congress
nd
2019 the great Freedom Fighter and later he formed Indian National Army also
Subhas Chandra Bose known as Azad Hind Fauz.
24 January
th National Girl Child Day The theme for National Girl Child Day 2019
2019 is “Empowering Girls for a Brighter Tomorrow”.
24 January
th 69th foundation day of
2019 Uttar Pradesh
24 January
th International Day of Theme for 2019 as “Empowering Girls for a
2019 Education Brighter Tomorrow”.
25 January,
th 49 full Statehood Day of
th
2019 Himachal Pradesh

25th January, 9th National Voters Day Theme-‘No voter to be left behind’
2019 (NVD)
26th January 70th Republic Day South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa,was the
2019 Chief Guest of the 70th Republic Day
27th January International Holocaust
2019 Remembrance Day
28 January
th Data Protection Day also To raise awareness and promote privacy and data
2019 known as Data Privacy Day protection
30th January World Leprosy Eradication Theme for World Leprosy Day is ‘ending
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2019 Day discrimination, stigma, and prejudice’.

30th January National Martyr’s Day or The day was observed to mark the death
2019 Sarvodaya Day anniversary of our greatest Hero and father of the
nation, Mahatma Gandhi who was assassinated by
Nathuram Dodse on 30th January 1948.
FEBRUARY
2nd February World Wetlands Day Theme- “Wetlands and Climate Change”.
4th February World Cancer Day Theme- “I Am and I will”.
4th -10th 30th National Road Safety Theme-“Sadak Suraksha-Jeevan Raksha”
February Week, 2019
6th February International Day of Zero The theme for the year 2019 is #EndGFM.
Tolerance for Female
Genital Mutilation (FGM)
8th February National Cleft Day India’s first toll free national cleft helpline named
Smile Train India cleft Helpline launched
8th February National Deworming Day National Deworming Day (NDD) is observed bi-
(NDD) annually on 10th February and 10th August every
year in all states.This year is celebrated on 8th Feb
since 10th February is Sunday.
10th February World Pulses Day
11th February International Day of The theme 2019 was “Investment in Women and
Women and Girls in Science Girls in Science for Inclusive Green Growth".
11th February World Day of the Sick It was initiated by Pope John Paul II in 1992 with
an aim to encourage people to pray for those who
suffer from ill and for their caregivers.
12th February Productivity Day NPC also celebrates National Productivity Week
from 12th Feb to 18th Feb, 2019.
12th February International Darwin Day
13th February World Radio Day Theme 2019 -“Dialogue, Tolerance and Peace”.
20th February World Day of Social Justice Theme of 2019 – ‘If you want Peace and
Development, Work for Social Justice’
21st February International Mother Theme for the year 2019- “Indigenous languages
Language day matter for development, peace building and
reconciliation”.
22nd February World Thinking Day The theme 2019 was "Leadership".
24th February Central Excise day
27th February World NGO Day It was officially recognized and declared by the 12
member countries of the IX Baltic Sea NGO Forum
of the Council of the Baltic Sea States
28th February National Science Day To mark the discovery of the ‘Raman Effect‘ by the
physicist Sir Chandrashekhara Venkata Raman.
28th February Rare Disease Day Theme - “Bridging health and social care”
MARCH
1st March Zero Discrimination Day Theme - "Act to change laws that Discriminate"
1st March Civil Accounts Day It showcased the progress of the flagship project of
the Indian Civil Accounts Organization namely the
Public Financial Management System (PFMS).
1st March World Civil Defence Day Theme - “Children’s safety, our responsibility”
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3rd March World Hearing Day Theme - “Check your Hearing”

3rd March World Wildlife Day Theme - ‘Life below water: for people and planet’
4th March National Safety Day (NSC) Theme - “Cultivate and Sustain a safety culture for
building nation”.
4th March National Security Day also To praise the work of security forces such as army
known as Rashtriya officers, para-military, policemen and commandos.
Suraksha Diwas
4th March World Day of Fight against It aims to spread awareness about the prevalent
Sexual Exploitation sexual exploitation, largely among women and
children.
7th March Janaushadhi Divas To create awareness and provide further impetus
to the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi
Pariyojana (PMBJP) scheme. The government plans
to have at least one PMBJP Kendra in each block by
2020.
8th March International Women’s Day Theme –“Think equal, build smart, innovate for
change.”
10th March National Immunisation Day Pulse Polio programme was launched by the
President of India
10th March 50th Raising Day of Central History Book of CISF “CISF: Force of the Future”
Industrial Security Force and Annual Publication “Special Issue of Sentinel”
(CISF) were released by PM Narendra Modi.
11th March 34th inception day of Rajiv Gauba was the chief guest
National Crime Records
Bureau (NCRB)
12th March to India Smart Utility Week It is organized by India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF) as
16th March 2019 (ISUW) 2019 an International Conference and Exhibition on
Smart Energy, Gas and Water for Smarter Cities.
12th March 89th anniversary of the The 400 km Dandi March was started from
Dandi Satyagraha or Salt Sabarmati Ashram on from March 12, 1930.
Satyagraha
14th March World Kidney Day Theme for World Kidney Day 2019 is Kidney
Health for Everyone Everywhere.
15th March World Consumer Rights Theme for World Consumer Rights Day “Trusted
Day Smart Products”.
15th March World Sleep Day Theme for World Sleep Day was ‘Healthy Sleep,
Healthy Aging’.
16th March National Vaccination Day On this day in 1995, the first dose of oral vaccine
against polio was given in India.
18th March Ordnance Factories Day Indian Ordnance Factories are regarded as the
backbone of India’s Defence. On 18th March 1802,
the production of the oldest Ordnance Factory of
India was commenced at Cossipore, Kolkata.
18th March Global Recycling Day The theme for Global Recycling Day 2019 was
“Recycling into the Future”.
20th March World Sparrow Day(WSD) Theme for World Sparrow Day 2019 was “I love
sparrows”.
20th March International Happiness Theme of International Day of Happiness 2019 is
Day ‘Happier Together’.
21st March International Day for the Theme “Mitigating and countering rising
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Elimination of Racial nationalist populism and extreme supremacist

Discrimination ideologies”.
21st March World Down Syndrome This year the focus of the day was on “Leave no one
Day behind” by creating opportunities for people with
Down syndrome to live fulfilling lives.
21st March World Poetry Day To encourage the reading, writing, and teaching of
poetry throughout the world.
21st March International Day of Theme for International Day of Forests: “Forests
Forests (IDF) and Education – Learn to Love Forests”.
22nd March World Water Day (WWD) Theme for World Water Day 2019 is “Leaving no
one behind”.
22nd March 107th foundation day To commemorate Bihar’s separation from Bengal
called Bihar Diwas 2019 or Presidency in 1912. It is a public holiday in Bihar.
Bihar Day
23rd March World Meteorological Day The theme 2019 was “The Sun, the Earth and the
Weather”.
23rd March Martyr’s Day (88th) or To commemorate the death anniversary of three of
Shaheed Diwas India’s freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, Shivaram
Hari Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar.
24th March International Day for the To Honor the memory of victims of gross and
Right to the Truth systematic human rights violations and to promote
Concerning Gross Human the importance of justice.
Rights Violations and for
the Dignity of Victims
24th March International Day for To honor the achievers who have shown
Achievers (IDA) determination and confidence on their journey.
24th March World Tuberculosis Day Theme for World Tuberculosis Day 2019 was "Its
time"
25th March International Day of To mark the anniversary of the abduction of Alec
Solidarity with detained Collett, a former journalist who was kidnapped by
and missing staff members armed gunman in 1985. The day aims to prepare
action, demand justice and to protect UN staff and
peacekeepers, the workers in non-governmental
community and the press.
25th March International Day of Theme 2019 was “Remember Slavery: The Power
Remembrance of the of the Arts for Justice”.
Victims of Slavery and the
Transatlantic Slave Trade
26th March Epilepsy Awareness Day In order to encourage the people to wear the colour
also known as World to increase the awareness of Epilepsy. Epilepsy is
Purple Day eurological disorder in which brain activity
becomes abnormal causing seizures.
27th March World Theatre Day For 2019, famous theatre director, playwright,
academic and faculty member, Carlos CELDRAN
from Cuba was selected as the speaker of World
Theatre Day message 2019.
29th March World Piano Day
30th March World Idli Day
APRIL
1st April Odisha Day is also known It is celebrated to commemorate the sacrifices of
as “Utkal Divas” people for formation of Odisha province in 1936.
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2nd April World Autism Awareness The theme for 2019 was “Assistive Technologies,
Day (WAAD) Active Participation”.
4th April International Mine Theme - “United nations promotes SDGs –Safe
Awareness Day Ground –Safe Home” (SDG –Sustainable
Development Goals)
5th April National Maritime day The theme - "Indian Ocean- An Ocean of
Opportunity".
7th April World Health Day Theme - "Universal health Coverage: Everyone,
Everywhere" under the WHO slogan "Health for
All".
1st to 7th April Prevention of Blindness Prevention of Blindness Week was launched by
Week Jawaharlal Nehru and Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur,
under Societies Registration Act of 1860.
7th April to 14th National Handloom week ‘The Indian textile Sourcebook’ authored by Avalon
April Fotheringham and published by Thames & Hudson
will launch on 9th April.
7th April Platinum Jubilee The commemoration day was observed to honour
Commemoration of the the supreme sacrifice made by the courageous
Battle of Kangla Tongbi Ordnance Personnel of 221 Advance Ordnance
Depot in the line of duty during the night of 6/ 7
April 1944 (during World War-II). It was fought
against Japanese forces.
7th April International Day of The day commemorates the slaughter of 800,000
Reflection on the 1994 people (where Tutsis and moderate Hutus were
Rwanda Genocide killed by members of the army, militias,civilians of
the Hutu community) for a period of 100 days
during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda,central Africa.
8th April International Roma Day It brings into limelight the grave fact about the 6
2019 million Romani people (living in the EU, European
Union) and 4 million living in the enlargement
region (Montenegro, Serbia, North Macedonia,
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
9th April 54th Valour Day of Central To Pay Tribute to Martyrs of police at the National
Reserve Police Force Police Memorial in New Delhi. On this day,
(CRPF) President Ram Nath Kovind launched Veer Parivar
App for assistance to the next of kin of the CRPF
martyrs.
10th April World Homoeopathy Day Theme - "Linking Education and Clinical Practice
2019 with Research: Advancing Scientific
Collaborations".
11th April National Safe Motherhood Theme - "Midwives for Mothers"
Day 2019
12th April International Day of This day is also celebrated as ‘Cosmonautics Day’ in
Human Space Flight Russia since 1963.
12th April World Aviation and On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin
Cosmonautics Day 2019 carried out the famous flight in spacecraft Vostok 1
started from Baikonur Cosmodrome.
10th to 16th April 64th Railway Week 2019 During this, the Running Efficiency Shield was
presented to Stationery and O&M Branches (joint
winners) which were selected as "Best Maintained
Branch" of the Railway Board
13th April Rajouri Day 2019 The Year 2019 is being celebrated as the ‘Year of
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Next of Kin’ to help families of martyrs.

7th to 13th April World Allergy Week 2019 Theme - "The Global Problem of Food Allergy".
13th April 100th anniversary To celebrate the harvest festival of Baisakhi and to
Jallianwallah Bagh protest against the Rowlatt Act. On that event,
Massacre also known as the troops of the British Indian Army under the
Amritsar massacre command of Colonel Dyer opened fire at the
people.
17th April Bangladesh celebrated To commemorate the formation of a provisional
Mujeebnagar Day government in Baidyanathtala, (later renamed as
Mujibnagar) Meherpur in 1971 of independent
Bangladesh.
17th April World Hemophilia Day Theme- ‘Outreach and Identification’
18th April World Heritage Day 2019 Theme-"Rural Landscapes".
19th April World Liver Day 2019 As per World Health Organisation liver diseases are
10th most common cause of death in India.
19th April Good Friday also known as The day is observed every year in honor and
Holy Friday or Black Friday remembrance of Jesus's Crucifixion and Christians
believe Jesus was crucified on Good Friday and rose
again three days later which is marked as Easter.
21st April World Creativity and The United Nations (UN) recognized 21st April as
Innovation Day 2019 an official World Creativity and Innovation Day and
2018 marks the first year the UN was observed
WCID.
21st April Secretary’s day or Admin To recognize the work of secretaries, receptionists,
Day administrative assistants, and other administrative
support professionals.
21st April National Civil Service Day The function was organized by the Department of
Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances and
Pensions during which PM gave “Prime Minister
Award for Excellence in Public Administration”
22nd April Global Earth Day 2019 Theme for 2019 was Protecting Our Species
14th to 20th April National Fire Service Week Theme : "Fire Prevention is better than Fire
Fighting".
22nd April International Mother Earth United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has
Day passed a resolution and This year marked the 10th
anniversary of International Mother Earth Day.
23rd April World Book and Copyright Also known as World Book Day. This year Sharjah,
Day UAE has been selected as a World Book Capital for
2019.
24th April National Panchayati Raj The Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992 that
Day (NPRD) came into force on 24th April 1993 has vested
constitutional status on Panchayati Raj institutions
24th April World Day for Animals in The adjoining week is known as “World Week for
Laboratories also known as Animals in Laboratories” (WWAIL) which is
World Lab Animal Day observed from April 21-28.
24th April International Day of To promote the day, the UN General Assembly
Multilateralism and convened a one-day high-level plenary meeting on
Diplomacy for Peace the same day.
24th -30th April World Immunization Week Theme : “Protected Together: Vaccines Work”
25th April World Malaria Day Theme : “Zero malaria starts with me”
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25th April International Girls in ICT A specialized agency of UN i.e. International

(Information and Telecommunication Union (ITU) and 171 countries
Communications celebrate this day worldwide. The aim is to bridge
Technology) Day the gender digital divide.
27th April World Veterinary Day Theme : 'Value of Vaccination'.
28th April World Day for Safety and Theme : “Safety and Health and the Future of
Health at Work Work”.
29th April International Dance Day Theme : "Dance and Spirituality"
30th April International Jazz Day The day was designated in 2011 by UNESCO.
MAY
May 1 International Labour Day The theme of International Labour Day 2019 was
or Workers day “Sustainable Pension for all: The Role of Social
Partners”.
May 2 World Tuna Day To highlight the importance of tuna fish,to promote
more sustainable fishing practices help in achieving
the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
May 2(First World Password Day This day is celebrated to promote better password
Thursday of habits for digital protection for online shopping,
May) dating, banking, social media, private work, and life
communications.
May 3 World Press Freedom Day Theme “Media for Democracy: Journalism and
Elections in Times of Disinformation”.
May 3(First National Space Day To promote Science, Technology, Engineering and
Friday of May) Mathematics (STEM) education in young people
and to inspire them to pursue a carrier in space-
related jobs.
May 4 International Firefighters’ The symbol for International Firefighters Day is a
Day (IFFD) red and blue ribbon. The color red signifies fire and
the blue denotes water.
May 4 Coal Miners Day Several communities raise awareness and funds on
this day for other organizations in the coal mining
area and workers.
May 5(First World Laughter Day The day was first celebrated on May 10, 1998, in
Sunday of May) Mumbai and arranged by Dr. Madan Kataria,
founder of the worldwide Laughter Yoga
Movement. The purpose is to raise awareness
about laughter and its many healing benefits.
May 5 International Midwives Day The theme for this year’s celebration is “Midwives:
Defenders of Women’s Rights“
May 6 International No Diet Day The INDD symbol is a blue ribbon.The INDD was
(INDD) first created in 1992 by Mary Evans Young to help
people appreciate their own bodies.
May 7 World Asthma Day The theme of this year is "STOP for Asthma". STOP
means Symptom evaluation, Test response,
Observe and assess, Proceed to adjust treatment.
May 7 World Athletics Day Observed to promote Athletics as the primary sport
in schools and institutions, to raise awareness
about the sports and to educate youngsters about
the importance of the sports.
May 7 59th Raising Day of Border It is a nodal road construction agency under the
Roads Organization (BRO) Ministry of Defence. It was formed on 7th May
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1960, with the primary role of providing road

connectivity in border areas.
May 8 World Thalassaemia Day Theme - “Universal Access to Quality Thalassaemia
2019 Healthcare Services: Building Bridges with and for
Patients”.
May 8 World Red Cross Day Theme - “#Love”.
May 8 Day of Remembrance and On May 9, 74th anniversary of victory over Nazism
Reconciliation in Europe in Second World War was aobserved.
May 9 158th birth anniversary of He is Asia’s first Nobel laureate and composer of
Rabindra Nath Tagore India’s National Anthem. This day is also called
‘Rabindra Jayanti‘ symbolising his birth
anniversary.
May 11 National Technology Day This day marks the remembrance of the successful
launch of Shakti-I nuclear missile at Pokhran Test
Range in Rajasthan on May 11, 1998.
May 11 World Migratory Bird Day Theme –“Protect Birds: Be the Solution to Plastic
2019 Pollution!” .It is celebrated twice in the year, which
falls on the second Saturday in May and October. In
2019, it was celebrated on May 11 and will on
October 10.
May 12 International Nurses Day Theme –‘Nurses – A Voice to Lead –Health for All’.
May 6 to 12 5th United Nations Global Theme – “Leadership for road safety”. It launched
Road Safety Week an ongoing campaign “Save Lives – #SpeakUp” to
achieve global goals by ensuring the safety of
human life. It runs on the philosophy of “Decade of
Action for Road Safety 2011-2020”.
May 15 International Day of Theme –"Families and Climate Action: Focus on
Families or IDF SDG 13".
May 16 International Day of Living This day was declared by the United Nations
Together in Peace General Assembly in its resolution 72/130. This
day is celebrated to promote peace, tolerance,
inclusion, solidarity and understanding across the
world.
May 16 International Day of Light This the 2nd edition of the International Day of
Light.
May 16 World Hypertension Day Theme - "Know Your Numbers".
(WHD) 2019
May 16 National Dengue Day In India, Directorate of National Vector Borne
Disease Control Programe (NVBDCP) is the nodal
centre for the surveillance and prevention of
dengue. Dengue is caused due to the dengue virus -
DENV, 1-4 serotype, which is transmitted by the
bite of female Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus).
May 17 World Telecommunication Theme - “Bridging the Standardization Gap”
and Information Society
Day
May 18 International Museum Day Theme - “Museums as Cultural Hubs: The future of
2019 tradition”.
May 18 Day of Vesak also known as This day commemorates the birth anniversary of
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Buddha Purnima, Buddha Gautama Buddha (or Lord Buddha). This year it
Day or Buddha Jayanti day coincides with May 18, which witnessed the
2,563rd birth anniversary of the Lord Buddha.
May 18 World AIDS Vaccine Day The day is also known as HIV Vaccine Awareness
(WAVD) Day. It is headed by National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Disease (NIAID), Washington DC,
USA.
May 20 World Bee Day Theme - “Save the Bees”. This day marks the
birthday of Anton Janša (1734) who pioneered the
modern beekeeping techniques in his native
Slovenia in the 18th century.
May 20 World Metrology Day Theme - “The International System of Units –
Fundamentally better”.
May 21 World Day for Cultural The objective is to bridge the gap between cultures
Diversity for Dialogue and which is urgent and necessary for peace, stability
Development and development.
May 21 National Anti-Terrorism This day is celebrated as a Anti-terrorism Day

Day because on the same day in 1991, former Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi was killed by a woman
operative of the separatist Lankan Tamil outfit
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
May 15 to 21 National Vesak week Sri Lanka declared National Vesak week from May
15 to 21, 2019 to mark the celebrations of one of
the most important events of Buddhists all over the
world.
May 23 International Day to End An obstetric fistula is a hole between the vagina
Obstetric Fistula and rectum or bladder that is caused by prolonged
obstructed labor, leaving a woman incontinent of
urine or feces or both. Obstructed labor means,
labor that goes unattended, the labor can last up to
six or seven days.
May 24 International Theme - ‘A Connected Commonwealth’.
Commonwealth Day
May 23 World Turtle Day Theme - “Adopt, Don’t Shop".
May 28 World Hunger Day Theme - “#SustainabilityIs”.
May 28 Veer Savarkar aka Vinayak To commemorate the sacrifices made by him
Damodar Savarkar during the freedom struggle. He was born on May
28, 1883 in Bhagpur village near Nasik in
Maharashtra. He was a freedom fighter who called
1857 revolt as the first war of independence.
May 29 International Day of United Theme - “Protecting Civilians, Protecting Peace”.

Nations Peacekeepers
May 29 World Digestive Health Day Theme - “Early Diagnosis and Treatment of
Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancer”
May 29 International Everest Day On this day, Nepalese Tenzing Norgay and New
Zealand's Edmund Hillary had climbed the Mt.
Everest for the first time in 1953. Nepal decided to
observe the day as International Everest Day since
2008 when the legendary climber Edmund Hillary
passed away.
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May 31 World No-Tobacco Day Theme - "Tobacco and Lung health". In India,
(WNTD) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), in
partnership with WHO India, organized a 'National
Consultation on Tobacco and Lung Health’ in New
Delhi. The theme of the event was "Don't Let
Tobacco Take Your Breath Away - Choose Health
Not Tobacco".
June 1 World Milk Day Theme - "Drink Milk: Today & Everyday".
June 1 Global Day of Parents Theme – “Honor your parents”
June 3 World Bicycle Day The main aim of this day is to recognize the bicycle
as a clean, affordable and environment-friendly
mode of transport.
June 3 - 7 Financial Literacy (FL) The theme is "Farmers"

Week
June 4 International Day of It aims to spread awareness about the pain and
Innocent Children Victims sufferings faced by the children who are the victims
of Aggression of physical, mental and emotional abuse. On April
2, 2019, a campaign "Act to Protect Children
affected by Conflict" was launched by Ms. Virginia
Gamba, the Special Representative of the Secretary-
General for Children and Armed Conflict.
June 5 International Day for the To promote awareness in combating IUU. The day
Fight Against Illegal, was first celebrated in 2018. The day June 5 is
Unreported and chosen to mark the day on which Agreement on
Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Port State Measures came into existence in 2016.
The proposal was endorsed by the Committee on
Fisheries (COFI).
June 5 World Environment Day The theme of the year is ‘Beat Air Pollution’. In
(WED) 2018, India was the host country. China is the
country for World Environment Day 2019.Click
here to read more
June 6 Maharana Pratap Singh He is renowned as a true patriot who commenced
Jayanti the first war of independence. The year 2019
commemorated the 479th birth anniversary of the
great warrior. He was the 13th Rajput king of
Mewar, a province in modern-day Rajasthan.
June 7 World Food Safety Day The theme for the year 2019 is “Food Safety,
everyone’s business”. On this occasion, an event
was launched in New York with a panel
discussion.Click here to read more
June 8 World Brain Tumor Day This day is observed on 8th June every year since
2000. It aimed at creating awareness among the
public about the brain and also focuses on helping
people suffering from a brain tumor.
June 8 World Ocean Day The theme of World Ocean Day 2019 was 'Gender
and the Ocean'.World celebrates Oceans Day to
raise awareness of the challenges humanity facing
to protect the world’s ocean.
June 12 World Day Against Child It was introduced to focus on the extent of child
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Labour (WDACL) labour worldwide and the efforts required to

eliminate it. The theme for the year is “Children
shouldn’t work in fields, but on dreams!”.Click
here to read more.
June 13 International Albinism The day is observed to preserve the rights of
Awareness Day (IAAD) persons with albinism and take efforts to ensure
equal access for them in employment, education,
justice, and good health. The theme for 2019 is
"Still Standing Strong".
June 14 World Blood Donor Day It is celebrated by the World Health Organization
2019 (WBDD) (WHO) to raise awareness of blood donation. The
theme of this year’s campaign is blood donation
and universal access to safe blood transfusion, as a
component of achieving universal health coverage.
The Slogan for World Blood Day 2019 is "Safe
blood for all”.
June 15 World Elder Abuse The theme of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Awareness Day (WEAAD) 2019 is "Lifting Up Voices".
June 1-15 Swachhta Pakhwada Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)
(cleanliness fortnight) and institutions under it, successfully observed
Swachhta Pakhwada (cleanliness fortnight) from
June 1-15 2019. The campaign was inaugurated by
Secretary, MNRE Shri Aanand Kumar by delivering
a lecture on the importance of Swachhata in life.
June 16 International Day of Family This day recognizes the contribution of migrant
Remittances workers to their families and communities back
home, and to the sustainable development of their
native countries.
June 17 World Day to Combat 2019 Theme of WDCD is “Let’s Grow the Future
Desertification and Together”. Desertification is the degradation of
Drought (WDCD) land in various areas like arid, semi-arid and dry
sub-humid. It is caused by human activities and
then by climatic variations.
June 18 International Picnic Day It is a day to encourage people to go outdoors and
enjoy each other’s company. According to the
Guinness Book of World Records, the world's
largest picnic was held in Lisbon, Portugal.
June 18 Sustainable Gastronomy It highlights the need to focus the attention on the
Day role that sustainable gastronomy can play. The
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
designated to celebrate June 18 as Sustainable
Gastronomy Day through its resolution
A/RES/71/246 adopted on 21 December 2016.
June 18 Autistic Pride Day Autism is a neurological developmental disability
that affect the development of normal brain,
hampers communication, social interaction,
cognition and behavior.
June 19 International Day for the This day aims to create awareness on the necessity
Elimination of Sexual to curb conflict-related sexual violence, and to
Violence in Conflict honour the victims and survivors of sexual violence
throughout the world.
June 19 World sickle cell day This day was organized by the United Nation
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General Assembly in 2008 to raise awareness

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited genetic
abnormality of hemoglobin (the oxygen-carrying
protein found in red blood cells).
June 20 World Refugee Day The Theme for the 2019 World Refugee Day is
#Step With Refugees — Take A Step on World
Refugee Day.
June 21 Summer Solstice day It is also known as the ‘June Solstice’. Summer
Solstice is the longest day of the year which is
considered as the start of the summer season.
June 21 World Music Day It is also known as Fête de la Musique’ meaning

“festival of music”.It aims to honor both amateur
and professional musicians. The theme of world
music day 2019 is “Music at the intersections”.
June 21 International Day of Yoga There are two themes for World Yoga Day 2019 ,
(IDY) United Nation has declared theme as “Yoga for
Climate Action” and Ministry of Ayush , India has
declared theme for Yoga Day is ” Yoga for
Heart“.Click here to read more.
June 21 World Hydrography Day The theme for WHD 2019 is "Hydrographic
(WHD) information driving marine knowledge".
June 23 International Widows Day It is observed to address the issues that widows
and their children face in some countries. Loomba
Foundation initiated the International Widow’s Day
in 2005. It was on June 23, 1954, Shrimati Pushpa
Wati Loomba, mother of the foundation’s founder,
Lord Loomba, became a widow.
June 23 United Nations Public The United Nations Public Service Forum (UNPSF)
Service Day 2019 will take place in the Republic of Azerbaijan
from 24-26 June 2019, with the theme of ‘Achieving
the Sustainable Development Goals through
effective Delivery of Services, Innovative
Transformation, and Accountable Institutions’.
June 23 International Olympic Day This day marks the birth of modern Olympic games
on June 23, 1894, at Sorbonne in Paris.Olympic Day
is based on the three pillars:Move, Learn, Discover.
June 24 Indian Air Force (IAF) Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa was the chief guest of
commemorated 20 years of the event. IAF used Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft to
Kargil war reenact Tiger Hill attack.
June 25 Day of the seafarer The theme for Day of the Seafarer 2019 is, “Get on
board with gender equality”. The 2019 campaign is
dubbed as "I Am On Board with gender equality".
June 25 World Vitiligo Day (WVD) The theme for this year is “The Quality of Life of a
Vitiligo Patient”.The first WVD was observed in
2011.
June 26 BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal The member countries consisting of Bangladesh,
Initiative for Multi-Sectoral India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Nepal, and
Technical and Economic Bhutan in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bishwadip Dey,
Cooperation) Day in Dhaka, Acting High Commissioner represented India in the
Bangladesh BIMSTEC founding day event.
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June 26 International Day in In 1997, by resolution 52/149, the UN General

Support of Victims of Assembly declared 26 June as the International Day
Torture in Support of Victims of Torture.
June 26 International Day against The theme for 2019 was "Health for Justice. Justice
Drug Abuse and Illicit for Health". The theme for the day in India is ‘Listen
Trafficking First’.Click here to read more.
June 27 International Micro, Small International Trade Center, the United Nations
and Medium-sized (MSME) launched its flagship report: “The SME
Enterprises Day Competitiveness Outlook 2019: Big money for
small businesses”. The Ministry of Micro Small and
Medium Enterprises organized an international
convention on the theme “Indian MSMEs, Global
Aspirations” in New Delhi. Click here to read
more.
June 29 Statistics Day(13th Statistics The theme for Statistics Day 2019 is “Sustainable
Day) Development Goals”. The Prof. C.R. Rao Award
2019 was conferred to Dr. Subhra Sankar Dhar,
Associate Professor, IIT (Indian Institute of
Technology), Kanpur for his contribution in the
field of Statistics.
June 29 International Day of the It is observed to create awareness on specific
Tropics challenges faced by tropical areas and to highlight
the important role that the countries in the tropics
play in achieving Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs). Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi launched
the first State of the Tropics Report on June 29,
2014.
June 30 International Day of It is also the date, in 1889, on which the Inter-
Parliamentarism Parliamentary Union, the global organization of
parliaments was established.
June 30 International Asteroid Day It is aimed to create awareness about the asteroid
impact hazard. It also informs people about the
crisis communication actions to be taken in case of
a possible near-Earth object threat. The day marks
the anniversary of the Tunguska impact over
Siberia, Russian Federation, on 30 June 1908.
July 1 2nd anniversary of Sahaj and Sugam returns for small taxpayers are
GST(Goods and Services proposed by the Finance ministry.
Tax)
July 1 National Doctors’ Day The theme of National Doctor’s day 2019 is “Zero
tolerance to violence against doctors and clinical
establishment”.
July 2 World Sports Journalists It was established by the International Sports and
Day Press Association (AIPS- Association Internationale
de la Presse Sportive) in 1994 to mark the 70th
anniversary of its foundation which was founded
on July 2, 1924, during the Summer Olympics in
Paris.
July 2 World UFO (Unidentified To increase awareness among people about the
Flying Objects) day existence of UFO. The first World UFO Day was
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celebrated in 2001.
July 6 International Day of The theme for 2019 is “Coops 4 decent work”.
Cooperatives
July 6 World Zoonoses Day To create awareness on zoonotic diseases and to
teach people to take the right action on diseases.
The word zoonoses is derived from the Greek
words zoon (animal) and nosos (ailment).
Other News Related On Important Days
 UNESCO has named the year 2019 as The International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical
Elements in Paris.
 Indian Army is commemorating ‘2019’ as the ‘Year of Next of Kin’.
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BANKING & FINANCIAL AWARENESS

INDIA’S GROWTH PREDICTION

World Bank 7.5%(2019 )(Global growth is 2.6%).Click

 The changes in the rates of the schemes are as follows:

OTHER BANK IN NEWS

MOU’S/AGREEMENTS SIGNED BY BANKS

LOANS/FUNDS SANCTIONED BY BANKS

13 states in India $250 million To provide a boost to rural

(ADB) Finance Corporation Railways Track Electrification

International Bank for

APPOINTMENTS RELATED TO BANKING SECTOR:

Corporation (LIC) Sharma who had retired on

general manager of the

 Implementation of National Rural Economic Transformation Project.

BILL /Acts PASSED

 Chaukhandi Stupa declared as a protected area “Monument of national importance” -

State Government Schemes

Overview Of Economic Survey 2018-19

Overview of Union Budget 2019-20

OTHER INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS:

 100% household electrification was declared in Arunachal Pradesh by PM.Click here to

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj 2-day visit to Maldives

Agri-Vision 2019 Hyderabad, Telangana The conference was jointly organized by

National conference on New Delhi Department of Empowerment of Persons

the 'Public Water Agency of the

COMMITTEES & MEETING IN NEWS

 GST shall be levied at effective GST

G20 Ministerial meeting on Tsukuba city, Ibaraki

committee recommendations by mid-March.

Government Ramesh Chand To revise current series of Wholesale

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Devendra Fadnavis For transforming Indian

MOU’s & AGREEMENTS

India and China For exportation of Indian chilli meal to China

MOU’S – States Wise

Child Protection Scheme(ICPS).

MOU’s Between Organizations

CSIR Indian Navy To tackle joint research and development of advanced

World’s Busiest Airport Dubai International (DXB) airport-

STATE WISE RANKING

Maximum number of United States Green Top 3 States:

Leadership in Energy and Building Council’s 1. Maharashtra

Rankings of police stations for Ministry of Home Top Station:

Report titled “Future of World Economic Top 3 Countries:

Working on a Warmer International India is projected to lose 5.8% of working

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

Allied Theatre Arts — Lighting Avtar Sahni

OVERALL CONTRIBUTION / SCHOLARSHIP IN THE PERFORMING ARTS

61st Annual Grammy Awards:

72nd British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards:

Outstanding British Film The Favourite

Overview Of The 91st Academy Awards (Oscars 2019)

Best cinematography Alfonso Cuaron – Roma

Best film editing John Ottman – Bohemian Rhapsody

Best Actor Male in Short Film Hussain Dalal (Shameless)

Best Dialogue Akshat Ghildial (Badhaai Ho)

Name of Award Winner Film

Name of Award Winner Film

Name of Award Winner Film