Professional Documents
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Jan-July 2019
Table of Contents
Banking .............................................................................................................................................. 3
Insurance .......................................................................................................................................... 7
Economy ............................................................................................................................................ 7
State ..................................................................................................................................................... 8
National............................................................................................................................................ 10
International ................................................................................................................................. 13
India & world ................................................................................................................................ 15
Appointments & Resignations ............................................................................................ 18
Ranks & Reports ......................................................................................................................... 20
Important days............................................................................................................................ 22
Sports ................................................................................................................................................ 25
Awards.............................................................................................................................................. 26
Obituaries ....................................................................................................................................... 28
Schemes........................................................................................................................................... 29
Person in News ............................................................................................................................ 30
Summits & Conference ........................................................................................................... 31
Defence ............................................................................................................................................ 33
Agreements ................................................................................................................................... 34
Books & Authors ......................................................................................................................... 36
Science & Technology .............................................................................................................. 37
Environment .................................................................................................................................. 37
Apps & Portals ............................................................................................................................. 38
Acquisitions & Mergers ........................................................................................................... 39
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Banking
❖ Reserve Bank of India reduced repo rate by 25 bps to 5.75% for third time
in a row. RBI cuts GDP growth forecast to 7 % from 7.2 % for FY20.
❖ RBI governor Viral V Acharya has resigned. NS Viswanathan (Deputy
Governor) got one-year extension.
❖ RBI observed the Financial Literacy Week on the theme of ‘Farmers’ and
how they benefit by being a part of the formal banking system.
❖ IT major TCS will implement RBI's centralised information and
management system (CIMS) for seamless data collection and validations at
a cost of ₹310.52 crore.
❖ RBI has allowed a one-time restructuring of debt up to ₹ 25 Cr. The
restructuring has to be implemented by March 31, 2020.
❖ The 8-member UK Sinha committee suggested the creation of a
Distressed Asset Fund with a corpus of ₹ 5000 Crore & Doubling the
Collateral free loan limit to ₹ 20 Lakh.
❖ Ministry of MSME established an Export Promotion Cell which sets the target
of USD 100 billion of exports from India by 2020.
❖ RBI expert committee recommended a government-sponsored Fund of
Funds (FoF) of Rs 10,000 crore to support VC or PE firms investing in the
MSME sector.
❖ RBI raised the limit of collateral-free agricultural loans to ₹1.6 lakh from
the current ₹1 lakh with a view to help small and marginal farmers.
❖ Indian Banking Association requested banks to waive off the service
charges for Kisan Credit Card/crop loans up to a limit of Rs 3 Lakhs.
❖ The government launched the ‘Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi
Programme to provide direct income support at the rate of ₹ 6000/yr.
❖ RBI sets up a committee headed by VG Kannan to review ATM charges
and fees.
❖ RBI relaxed norms for White Label ATM (WLA) operators & allowed them to
buy wholesale cash directly from RBI.
❖ RBI released a vision document, 'Payment and Settlement Systems in
India: Vision 2019 - 2021'.
❖ RBI removed charges for payments via Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS)
and National Electronics Funds Transfer (NEFT).
❖ Nandan Nilekani committee has submitted its report on Digital Payments.
It recommended the target for additional growth of 10x in three years
❖ NPCI slashed usage fees for small transactions. For UPI transactions up to
₹1,000, the charge has been cut to 10 paise from 25 paise.
❖ RBI doubled the limit for banks to consider ₹2 crore and more as bulk
deposits from the earlier ₹1 crore .
❖ The Cabinet approved Rs 6,000 Crore capital infusion for EXIM Bank.
❖ RBI came out with a new policy for overseas borrowings which allows the
entities to raise foreign funding up to $750 million.
❖ RBI allows manufacturing companies to raise up to $ 50 million per financial
year with a maturity period of 1 year.
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❖ Kotak Bank has become the first bank to levy charges on UPI transactions
after its 30 UPI free transactions.
❖ Amazon has launched UPI payments in India partnering with Axis Bank to
issue UPI IDs to its customers.
❖ ICICI Bank launched a centre in Bengaluru to provide business solutions to
start-ups and MSME sector.
❖ A unit of Edelweiss Financial Services, ‘ECL Finance’ signed an agreement
with Bank of Baroda to explore co-lending or co-origination of loans to small
businesses.
❖ Maruti Suzuki has signed an MoU with Bank of Baroda to improve credit for
its dealers and customers.
❖ ICICI bank has partnered with Fin Credit to provide loans up to ₹ 1 Crore
for a tenure of 15 years.
❖ The Survey on Retail Payment Habits of Individuals launched by Reserve
Bank of India to capture retail payment habits in 6 cities.
❖ YES bank has bagged the 9th edition of Aegis Graham Bell Award 2018 for
Innovation in Data Science. The event was hosted by Government of Goa.
❖ Kisan Suvidha loan for farmers was launched to offer collateral – free loans
by Ujjivan Small Finance Bank.
❖ V Vaidyanathan has been appointed as the MD and CEO of IDFC First
Bank.
❖ Open Banking Next-Gen Banking Solutions was launched by DCB Bank.
❖ Indian bank has bagged Best Bank Award from Tamil Nadu government.
❖ Reserve Bank of India re-categorized IDBI Bank as a Private Sector Bank.
LIC acquired 51% of the total paid-up equity share capital of IDBI bank.
❖ Korean Exim Bank has given 4100 crore loan for Visakhapatnam Metro
Rail project.
❖ 14th CII-EXIM Bank Conclave was organized by the Ministry of Commerce
& Industry in association with Confederation of Indian Industry and EXIM
Bank of India in New Delhi.
❖ Reserve Bank of India withdrew the 20 percent limit on investments by
FPIs in corporate bonds of an entity.
❖ Bombay Stock Exchange tied up with HDFC Bank to spread awareness
about the benefits of listing on BSE Start-up’s platform.
❖ According to the World’s Best Bank survey by Forbes, HDFC Bank has
emerged as India’s No 1 bank.
❖ Fincare Small Finance Bank has been awarded the prestigious Celent
Model Bank 2019 award.
❖ NRI – Insta Online account was launched for NRIs residing in Financial
Action Task Force member countries by IDBI Bank.
❖ Paytm First Card has launched to offer unlimited 1% cash back on
purchases in association with Citi Bank
❖ ‘Corp SME Suvidha’ for GST registered MSMEs has been launched by
Corporation Bank.
❖ Karnataka Bank launched a new Savings Bank product for salaried class
with 3 variants (SB salary Executive, SB Salary Prime, SB Salary Classic).
❖ Bank on Wheels facility was launched by Indian Overseas Bank.
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Insurance
❖ LIC Housing Finance launched skilling centre, ‘Udyam’ in Bengaluru.
❖ Life Insurance Corporation launched a new microinsurance plan 'Micro
Bachat'. It provides the coverage up to ₹ 2 Lakh.
❖ MobiKwik with ICICI Prudential rolled out group microinsurance
product. It offers a life cover of ₹ 1 Lakh for a monthly premium of ₹ 20.
❖ PNB MetLife signed P.V. Sindhu as its brand ambassador. She would
support various initiatives under project Damini.
❖ Govt expects to complete the merger of three general insurance
companies namely National Insurance Company, United India
Insurance Company and Oriental India Insurance Company by
2019-20.
❖ SBI General Insurance collaborated with Policybazaar.com to sell SBI
Travel Insurance. The maximum travel duration is 180 days.
❖ ICICI Lombard & Mobikwik announced a partnership to offer cyber-
insurance.
❖ Bharti AXA General Insurance conferred with the 'Non-Life Insurer of
The Year Award 2019 by the Assocham.
❖ Aviva Life Insurance announced to launch ‘Wings.’ It is an initiative of the
SHE division of the company, for mentoring all the women employees.
❖ Airtel Payments Bank partnered with Bharti AXA Life Insurance to offer
Bharti AXA Life POS Saral Jeevan Bima Yojana.
Economy
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State
❖ Meghalaya became the 1st state to ensure conservation of water & have
water policy.
❖ Andhra Pradesh topped the 2018 Ease of Doing Business Index ABC
rankings of India followed by Maharashtra and Delhi.
❖ Odisha launched the interest-free loans of up to ₹3 lakh for women self-
help groups.
❖ Govt has notified a High-Level Committee headed by MP Bezbarauah for
execution of Clause 6 of Assam Accord.
❖ Veer Savarkar International Airport in Port Blair declared as an authorized
Immigration Check post for entry into/exit from India.
❖ Ujjwala Sanitary Napkin initiative launched in Bhubaneswar to provide
access to hygiene products.
❖ Telangana government has decided to form a 'State Tiger Protection Force'
to save the Big Cat population in the State.
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National
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❖ The Subhash Chandra Bose museum has inaugurated at Red Fort in the
dedication of Netaji and Indian National Army.
❖ Unispace Nanosatellite Assembly & Training programme of ISRO held at
Bengaluru.
❖ Civil Aviation ministry in association with Goa govt launched the country’s
1st Geographical Indication (GI) store at Dabolim International Airport.
❖ Government has issued guidelines to set up EV charging stations in every
25 km.
❖ Rajnath Singh launched Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) to
give access for a pan-India distressed call at 112.
❖ Suresh Prabhu launched SWAYATT to promote Start-ups, Women and
Youth Advantage through eTransactions on Government e-Marketplace in
New Delhi.
❖ Rajnath Singh inaugurated a national cyber forensic lab & Delhi Police's
cyber-crime unit ‘CyPAD’.
❖ Govt launched Operation Digital Board on the lines of Operation
Blackboard to provide better digital education.
❖ Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs launched Shehri Samridhi to extend
the outreach of Deendayal Antyodaya Mission – National Urban
Livelihoods Mission.
❖ India has become into the world's 2nd largest LPG consumer whose
demand is projected to rise 34% by 2025.
❖ PM Modi flagged off India's first semi-high-speed train, the Vande Bharat
Express from New Delhi to Varanasi.
❖ India's first 'fulldome 3D Digital Theatre' was inaugurated by Minister
Mahesh Sharma in Kolkata.
❖ PM Narendra Modi dedicated the National War Memorial, New Delhi.
❖ Rail Drishti dashboard launched to bring information from various sources
on a single platform under 15 user-friendly categories.
❖ Prakash Javadekar launched the Scheme for Higher Education Youth in
Apprenticeship and Skills (SHREYAS) for providing industry apprenticeship
opportunities.
❖ Indian railways announced the new zone named South Coast Railway
(18th zone) headquartered at Visakhapatnam.
❖ National Policy on Software Products - 2019 was approved to develop
India as a Software Product Nation.
❖ India’s first monorail was inaugurated in Mumbai, implemented by the
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority.
❖ One Nation, One Card for transport mobility was launched in Ahmedabad
named National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) issued by banks.
❖ Amitabh Kant will head National Mission on Transformative Mobility &
Battery Storage to promote clean and sustainable mobility initiatives.
❖ Microsoft has partnered with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to
promote ‘Sangam’ project to accelerate Swachh Bharat Mission.
❖ The Centre for Disability Sports has been set up at Gwalior in Madhya
Pradesh with an estimated cost of Rs 170.99 crore.
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❖ Former ISRO chief Dr. Kasturirangan led Committee submitted the draft
National Educational Policy (NEP) to the HRD Minister.
❖ Indore’s Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar airport declared as an international
airport, considered as the busiest airport in Central India.
❖ HRD Ministry has released a 5-year vision plan named Education Quality
Upgradation & Inclusion Programme (EQUIP).
❖ Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation launched India’s
first Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) dashboard.
❖ India announced an ambitious aim to set up 500 GW of renewable energy
capacity by 2030.
❖ Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurated the Central Command Centre for Air
Traffic Flow Management in New Delhi to ensure higher standards of
safety.
❖ The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas constituted a panel headed by
Kirit Parikh to review the existing structure of LPG marketing in India.
❖ Microsoft will launch AI digital labs in India in collaboration with 10 higher
educational institutions.
❖ A museum exhibiting Sikh culture & tradition opened in Ranchi.
❖ The two-day Elephanta Festival organised in Mumbai.
❖ Hero MotoCorp becomes the 1st company to get BS VI certification for its
Hero Splendor iSmart
❖ The ‘Chintan Baithak’ held by the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy to
review the progress made in the sector.
❖ India's first highway corridors with charging stations for EV are expected
to come up along the Delhi-Jaipur & Delhi-Agra highways by 2020.
❖ University Grants Commission approved a new Scheme for Trans-
disciplinary Research for India's Developing Economy.
❖ Jal Shakti Abhiyan launched across the country to accelerate water
harvesting & conservation measures.
International
❖ Google unit won approval from the FCC to deploy a radar-based motion
sensing device known as Project Soli.
❖ France introduced a new “GAFA tax” (Google, Apple, Facebook and
Amazon) on global internet, technology firms.
❖ US and Israel officially quit United Nation's Educational, Scientific &
Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
❖ Jair Bolsonaro has been sworn in as the 42nd president of Brazil.
❖ Mohammad Shtayyeh was named as the Prime Minister of Palestine by
the President of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas.
❖ Zuzana Caputova sworn in as the nation’s first female president of
Slovakia.
❖ Abdelkader Bensalah appointed as Algeria’s New President.
❖ Benjamin Netanyahu was elected as Israel’s Prime Minister.
❖ Jean Michel Lapin has been appointed as the Prime Minister of Haiti.
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❖ Saudi Arabia became the first Arab country to be granted full membership
of the Financial Action Task Force.
❖ Luxembourg will host AIIB’s annual meeting next month, the first time
the gathering has taken place outside of Asia.
❖ Canada has banned the single – use of plastics from 2021 to reduce
ocean wastes.
❖ Mexico became the first country to ratify the North American Free Trade
Agreement at the behest of U.S. President Donald Trump.
❖ IAAF will be renamed as ‘World Athletics’. The decision was taken during
the 217th executive council meeting of the organisation held in Monaco.
❖ Qantas has operated world’s 1st zero waste commercial flight. It aims to
eliminate 100 million single-use plastics by the end of 2020 & to reduce
75% of waste by 2021.
❖ IBRD (World Bank) and Commonwealth Bank have enabled secondary
market trading recorded on the blockchain for bond-i.
❖ Mohamed Ould Ghazouani elected as the President of Mauritania.
❖ Kassym-Jomart Tokayev elected as the new president of Kazakhstan.
❖ Nayib Bukele sworn-in as the President of El Salvador.
❖ Prayuth Chan-ocha elected as the Prime Minister of Thailand.
❖ Reliance Jio launched a new initiative called ‘Digital Udaan’, roping
Facebook
❖ New Zealand banned single-use plastic shopping bags & introducing hefty
fines for businesses that continue to provide them.
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Appointment/Resignation Post
Anshula Kant MD and CFO of World Bank
Krishnaswamy Natarajan Indian Coast Guard Chief
Qu Dongyu Head, Food and Agriculture Organization
Tijjani Muhammad-Bande President of the General Assembly
Gianni Infantino President, FIFA
Sarada Kumar Hota Managing Director, National Housing
Board
PB Acharya Manipur Governor
Rakesh Makhija Chairman, Axis Bank
Azim Premji (Resignation) Chairman, Wipro
Ajai Kumar (Resignation) Non-Executive Director, YES Bank
Mrutyunjay Mohapatra IMD Chief
Arvind Kumar IB Chief
Samant Kumar Goel RAW Chief
Thawarchand Gehlot Rajya Sabha Leader
Virendra Kumar Pro-tem speaker of Lok Sabha
Tapan Ray Managing Director, GIFT City
Ajay Singh IATA Board
Sachin Bansal Director, Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
Karambir Singh Navy Chief
Rajiv Mehrishi External Auditor of WHO
Amit Agarwal Chairman, Internet and Mobile
Association of India
Pankaj Razdan (Resignation) CEO, Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance
Krishnamurthy Subramanian Advisory Council Member – Finance
Commission
Dinesh Pangtey CEO of LIC Mutual Fund
Nitin Chugh MD & CEO, Ujjivan SFB
GS Lakshmi ICC Match Referee
Rama Subramaniam Gandhi Director, YES Bank
Igor Stimac Football Team Coach, India
Bhushan Patil (Resignation) President, Paytm
M Jayshree Vyas Independent Director, BSE
Madan B Lokur Supreme Court Judge of Fiji
Balachandra Y V COO, Karnataka Bank
Gokuldas Pai CBO, Karnataka Bank
Sandeep Patil Managing Director, True Caller
Suresh Kumar CTO, CDO of Walmart
Dilip Kumar Special Duty Officer in Lokpal office
Manu Sawhney Chief Executive, ICC
David Malpass President, World Bank
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❖ According to the Inclusive Internet Index, India has been ranked 47th in
the overall "Inclusive Internet Index 2019" score while Sweden topped it.
❖ According to World Happiness Report 2019, India has been ranked at
140th.Finland topped the list & South Sudan was at the bottom.
❖ Mercer’s Quality of Living Ranking 2019 has named Hyderabad & Pune as
the most liveable city.
❖ According to Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2018 Report prepared
by UNDP, India has reduced its poverty rate from 55% to 28% in 10 years.
❖ India ranked 76th on World Economic Forum’s Global Energy Transition
Index 2019. Sweden remained on the top of the list of 115 countries.
❖ IIM-B’s post-graduate programme in Enterprise Management (PGPEM) has
secured the 12th rank in APAC listing.
❖ India was ranked 80 out of 125 countries in the Global Talent
Competitiveness Index (GTCI) 2019.
❖ India moved up to the 17th position in 2018 from 37th spot last year in the
Global Startup Ecosystem Ranking for 2019.
❖ India has dropped two places in the 2019 World Press Freedom Index
released by Reporters Without Borders, ranking 140 out of 180 countries.
❖ India's population rose at an average annual rate of 1.2% between 2010
and 2019 to 1.36 billion, by UNPFA.
❖ Acc. to IMD World Competitiveness Rankings, Singapore has ranked as the
world’s most competitive economy. India has improved its rank to one place
to rank 43rd.
❖ India was the world's fourth biggest military spender in 2018 behind the
US, China, and Saudi Arabia, according to SIPRI.
❖ In a survey conducted by Air Help, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport of
Hyderabad has been ranked as the world’s 8th Best Airport.
❖ SpiceJet is the 4th domestic airline to grow fleet size to 100 aircrafts.
❖ Acc. To the 'Annual Threat Report 2019', Mumbai is the most vulnerable
city to cyberattacks in 2019, followed by Delhi, Bengaluru and Kolkata.
❖ India was ranked at 141st in an annual global peace index while Iceland
placed at the top position.
❖ As per the Traffic Index-2018, Mumbai is the most traffic-congested city
with commuters.
❖ India ranked 95th out of 129 countries in the global gender equality index.
Denmark has topped in the list.
❖ Kerala topped among large states on overall health performance in NITI
Aayog's Health Index followed by Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.
❖ ONGC has toppled Indian Oil Corp to regain crown of being the country's
most profitable public sector company.
❖ According to a report by the Reserve Bank India, Bhubaneswar remains
the most affordable city for homebuyers, while Mumbai remains the least
affordable one in India.
❖ As per the Henley Passport Index, Japan and Singapore have held onto
their position as the world's most travel-friendly passports.
❖ India has moved down one place to 74th rank in terms of money parked by
its citizens and enterprises with Swiss banks.
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Important days
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Elections in Times of
Disinformation
May 8 World Red Cross Day #Love
May 11 National Technology Day NA
May 12 International Nurses' Day NA
May 15 International Day of Families Families and Climate
Action: Focus on SDG
13
May 17 World Telecommunication and Bridging the
Information Society Day standardization gap
May 21 Anti-terrorism day NA
May 21 World Day for Cultural NA
Diversity for Dialogue and
Development
May 22 The International Day for Our Biodiversity, Our
Biological Diversity Food, Our Health
May 24 International Commonwealth A Connected
Day Commonwealth’
May 28 World Hunger Day Sustainability
May 29 International Day of UN Protecting Civilians,
Peacekeepers Protecting Peace
May 31 World No Tobacco Day Tobacco and lung
health
June 1 World Milk Day Drink Milk: Today &
Everyday
June 4 International Day of Innocent NA
Children Victims of
Aggression
June 5 World Environment Day Beat Air Pollution
June 7 World Food Safety Day NA
June 8 World Oceans Day Gender and the Ocean
June 12 World Day Against Child Children shouldn’t work
Labour in fields, but on
dreams!
June 13 International Albinism Still Standing Strong.
Awareness Day
June 14 World Blood Donor Safe blood for all
June 17 World Day to Combat Let’s Grow the Future
Desertification and Drought Together
June 21 International Yoga Day Yoga for Climate Action
June 21 World Hydrography Day Hydrographic
information driving
marine knowledge
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Sports
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❖ China will host Asian Cup Football Tournament in 2023 after South Korea
has withdrawn its bid to stage football’s Asian Cup.
❖ The IAAF World Relays 2019 held in Yokohama, Japan. 43 nations
participated in it.
❖ Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton won the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona, Spain
❖ Novak Djokovic beat Stefanos Tsitsipas to win the Madrid Open
❖ Saurav Ghosal and Joshna Chinappa clinched Asian squash
championship
❖ Bajrang Punia Bags Gold in Ali Aliyev Wrestling Tournament(65kg
freestyle)
❖ Rafael Nadal Beats Novak Djokovic To Win Italian Open
❖ Raheem Sterling named FWA Footballer of the Year
❖ Sourav Kothari wins Pacific International Snooker C'ship
❖ Rafael Nadal lifts Men's Singles to clinch French Open, 2019
❖ Ashleigh Barty clinched her first Grand Slam single title at French open,
2019
❖ Virat Kohli becomes fastest batsman to score 20,000 runs
❖ Pankaj Advani clinches men's Asian Snooker Championship
❖ Roger Federer defeats David Goffin to win record 10th Halle Open title
❖ Joshna Chinappa wins record 17th national squash title
❖ American Taylor Fritz wins maiden ATP title in Eastbourne
Awards
❖ Alice G. Vaidyan Wins ‘Woman CEO Of The Year’ Award.
❖ Vikram Patel Awarded Global Health Award.
❖ Indian Oil Bags AIMA Managing India Award for Outstanding PSU.
❖ Image of Crying Toddler on US-Mexico Border won World Press Photo
Award.
❖ Malayalam Film Bhayanakam Won The Best Cinematography Award at
Beijing International Film Festival
❖ AIR, Publication Division & Children's Film Society of India Win Swacchta
Pakhwada Awards-2019
❖ The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) awarded the distinction of
“Public Water Agency of the Year” by Global Water Intelligence at the
Global Water Summit
❖ Nalini Malani becomes first Indian to win Joan Miro Prize.
❖ Dr. Ankur Patwardhan from Pune has been conferred with German
Chemistry Prize.
❖ Omani writer Jokha Alharthi wins Man Booker literature prize.
❖ UNDRR confers Dr P.K. Mishra with the prestigious Sasakawa Award
2019.
❖ Kohli named as the International Cricketer of the year in the CEAT ICA
2019.
❖ G D ‘Robert’ Govender honoured with V K Krishna Menon Award
posthumously.
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Obituaries
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Schemes
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❖ 5th Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Media Summit on Climate Action
& Disaster Preparedness was held at Kathmandu, Nepal
❖ India to be Guest of Honour country at Abu Dhabi International Book Fair
(ADIBF 2019)
❖ United Nations To Hold 2020 Ocean Conference in Lisbon
❖ India to attend G-7 meet in France along with Australia, Chile and South
Africa
❖ 16th Ministerial Meeting of Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) was held in
Doha, Qatar.
❖ G7 environment ministers meet in Metz, France to discuss climate crisis
❖ India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) Sherpas meeting were held in
Cochin, Kerala.
❖ Sixth Session of Global Platform for DRR held in Geneva, Switzerland
2019
❖ Sweden will host international conference against anti-Semitism in 2020
❖ The 7th session of the World Government Summit held in Dubai, United
Arab Emirates
❖ 'International Vision Zero Conference’ to Promote Occupational Safety and
Health held in Mumbai
❖ Second ASEAN-India Youth Summit held in Guwahati
❖ President inaugurated 3-day International Conference & Exhibition on
Energy & Environment in New Delhi
❖ Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu,
inaugurated the 4th India-ASEAN Expo and Summit 2019 in New Delhi
❖ World Sustainable Development Summit 2019 held in New Delhi with the
theme of 'Attaining the 2030 Agenda: delivering on our promise'
❖ G-20 summit concluded in Osaka, Japan, themed at Human-centred
future society
❖ Seed Testing Association to hold 32nd Congress in Hyderabad
❖ 16th edition of Asia Media Summit 2019 was organised in Cambodia
❖ 10th edition of regional Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment
Summit was held in Nagpur, Maharashtra
❖ 5th CICA Summit was held in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan
❖ 14th Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit was held in Mecca
❖ Rio de Janeiro to be World Capital of Architecture for 2020
❖ National Conclave on Technical Textiles to be held at Mumbai
❖ 10th edition of the India Rubber Expo - 2019 in Mumbai
❖ India Steel 2019 Exhibition and Conference organized in Mumbai by the
Ministry of Steel
❖ World Integrated Medicine Forum 2019 organized in Goa
❖ NSTL organized the Academia Meet at NSTL, Visakhapatnam on the
theme “Artificial Intelligence for Naval Systems”.
❖ 34th edition of Aahar- the 5-day International Food and Hospitality Fair
commenced in New Delhi
❖ Nepal hosted a 3-day International Sanskrit Conference
❖ 7th RCEP Intersessional Ministerial Meeting recently concluded in
Cambodia
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Defence
❖ Indian Navy launched guided missile destroyer INS Imphal as part of its
Project 15B.
❖ Army Gets 6 indigenous, Long-Range Artillery Guns 'Dhanush' having
strike range of 38-kilometre.
❖ India test-fired first indigenously designed and developed long-range sub-
sonic cruise missile 'Nirbhay' from Odisha.
❖ ISRO Launched Enemy Radar-Spotting Satellite EMISAT
❖ India successfully test-fires Brahmos supersonic cruise missile.
❖ New version of Akash surface-to-air defence missile test-fired
successfully.
❖ Indian Army is observing 2019, as the ‘Year of Next of Kin’.
❖ DRDO conducted successful flight test of ABHYAS -HEAT at Chandipur in
Odisha.
❖ Young Scientist Programme 'Yuvika2019' inaugurated in Bengaluru.
❖ Indian Navy test-fired a Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM) to
enhance its anti-air warfare capability.
❖ ISRO successfully launches earth observation satellite RISAT-2B.
❖ 8th Indo – Myanmar Coordinated Patrol(IMCOR) at Andaman & Nicobar.
❖ Defence Ministry approves procurement of 73,000 assault rifles from US.
❖ Indian Air Force carried out a mega exercise ’Vayu Shakti’ at Pokhran.
❖ INS Trikand participated in a multinational training exercise CUTLASS
EXPRESS – 19.
❖ Indigenously developed nuclear-capable missile Prithvi-II test fired
successfully.
❖ Army's training exercise, “Kharga Prahar” held in Punjab.
❖ Indian Navy launched Operation Sankalp in the Gulf of Oman to re-assure
Indian Flagged Vessels operating via Persian Gulf & Gulf of Oman.
❖ 3rd edition of bilateral maritime exercise between Royal Australian and
Indian Navies AUSINDEX-19 commenced at Visakhapatnam.
❖ Singapore Armed Forces& Indian Army joined conducted 3-day joint
exercise 'Bold Kurukshetra 2019' in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh.
❖ India and France held anti-submarine warfare games(in Varuna Exercise)
off the coast of Djibouti near the Horn of Africa.
❖ Indian Navy-Vietnam Peoples’ Navy Bilateral Exercise (IN – VPN BILAT
EX) Concluded at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam.
❖ INS Kohassa commissioned at Naval Air Station Shibpur.
❖ General Purna Chandra Thapa Conferred the Honorary Rank of General of
The Indian Army.
❖ Indian Army held Military Exercise With 17 African Nations.
❖ Vijit becomes the first Indian Coast Guard ship to visit Indonesia.
❖ Indian Air Force participated in Langkawi International Maritime Aero
Expo (LIMA) 2019.
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Agreements
❖ NTPC signed ₹2,000 crore term loan pact with Canara Bank
❖ PAISALO signs up with SBI to disburse 2 lakh MSME loans in FY20
❖ The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute and ISRO joined hands to
map, validate and protect smaller wetlands in coastal regions
❖ Bureau of Indian Standards inks an MoU with IIT, Delhi
❖ Syndicate Bank and Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML), signed an MOU
❖ Vodafone Idea Signs Multi-Million Dollar IT Deal With IBM
❖ Tech Mahindra signs Rs 300 crore defence contract with Indian Navy
❖ NITI Aayog signed a Statement of Intent with the Michael & Susan Dell
Foundation to improve learning outcomes in public school education.
❖ India, EU to jointly develop water technologies costing ₹320 crore.
❖ V.O. Chidambaranar Port Trust inks MOU with Central Warehousing
Corporation (CWC).
❖ Asian Development Bank & the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
(MIGA) to Expand Development Finance in Asia and Pacific.
❖ NHAI signed MoU with fuel retailers for issuing FASTags at petrol pump
outlets
❖ SBI Card & Etihad Guest joined hands to launch a travel specific Visa
credit card for members & Indian travellers.
❖ Cabinet approved MoC between India & Japan regarding Food Processing
Industry
❖ GoI & ADB sign $926 Million Loan Agreement.
❖ India Signs Agreement with World Bank for $ 25.2 M for Chhattisgarh
❖ The National Centre for Good Governance & Indian Institute of Corporate
Affairs has signed an MoU
❖ New visa agreement between Maldives & India
❖ Maldives Sign Agreement with Exim Bank
❖ World Bank, Centre and Kerala sign $250-m loan pact
❖ Agriculture Ministry signs a Statement of Intent with IBM.
❖ Samsung partners with Paisabazaar.com to offer financial products.
❖ World Bank extends $40 million loan for Shimla water supply
❖ World Bank, UN, SIDBI launch Rs 300 crore Women’s Livelihood Bond
❖ India and World Bank Sign $250 M Agreement for NRETP
❖ India signs Loan Agreement with the World Bank for $96 M for
Uttarakhand
❖ India and ADB sign $26 Million Loan Agreement for Assam
❖ World Bank provided $137 mn. to Modernise Dams
❖ GoI & ADB sign $926 Million Loan Agreement
❖ India Signs Agreement with World Bank for $ 25.2 M for Chhattisgarh
❖ ADB to invest $50 mn in solar project developer Avaada
❖ World Bank approves $147 Million Loan to the Government of Jharkhand
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❖ India signs a Loan Agreement with the World Bank to develop Roads and
Highways in Rajasthan
❖ India signs a Loan Agreement of $328 Million for Improved Health
Services in Andhra Pradesh
❖ India signed a $31.58 Million Loan Agreement with the World Bank for
Uttarakhand projects
❖ WB sign $287 million loan agreement for the Tamil Nadu Health System
Reform Programme
❖ India signs USD 400M loan agreement with World Bank to eliminate TB
❖ ADB to provide $750 mn loan to India for railway track electrification
project
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Environment
❖ ONGC gets permission to drill in Tripura Gaur Sanctuary.
❖ India & Nepal to sign transboundary agreement for conserving tigers,
rhinos & elephants.
❖ Govt & IIT-Delhi signs MoU to set up a Centre of Excellence for Waste to
Wealth Technologies.
❖ ADB Launches $5 Billion Healthy Oceans Action Plan.
❖ Australian small brown rat becomes first to go extinct due to climate
change.
❖ 2018 was 4th warmest year ever evidenced as per NASA, NOAA study.
❖ Centre launched National Clean Air Programme to reduce particulate
matter (PM) pollution by 20-30% in at least 102 cities by 2024
❖ National wildlife board has given the approval for the project which falls in
the trishna wildlife sanctuary, Gomti district, Tripura.
❖ UNEA adopts India's resolutions on sustainable nitrogen management
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