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1 PS Academy Current Affairs Magazine
Contents
IMPORTANT DAYS .................................................................................................................................... 2

APPOINTMENTS AND RESIGNATION ................................................................................................ 12
AWARDS AND HONOUR........................................................................................................................ 29
BANKING AND FINANCE....................................................................................................................... 50
BOOKS AND AUTHOR ............................................................................................................................ 75
DEFENCE ................................................................................................................................................... 82
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY .................................................................................................................. 94
INTERNATIONAL ..................................................................................................................................... 95
MoU & AGREEMENTS ........................................................................................................................... 102
NATIONAL ............................................................................................................................................... 111
OBITUARY ............................................................................................................................................... 154
RANKING ................................................................................................................................................. 165
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY .................................................................................................................. 175
SPORTS.................................................................................................................................................... 179
STATE ....................................................................................................................................................... 204
SUMMITS & CONFERENCE ................................................................................................................. 228
100 MCQ for Practice........................................................................................................................... 246
Answers: ................................................................................................................................................. 261
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IMPORTANT DAYS
National Nutrition Week
 National Nutrition Week is observed from 1st September to 7th September to provide knowledge
among people about the importance of Nutrition and its importance for the human body, for better
health.
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Theme 2019 Coconut for Family Wellness
World Coconut Day
 World Coconut Day is observed on 2nd September every year to make people aware about the
importance of this crop in poverty reduction.
 This day also commemorate the formation day of Asian Pacific Coconut Community (APCC).
International Day of Charity

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 International Day of Charity is observed on 5 September every year to eradicate poverty in all its
forms and dimensions to achieve sustainable development goals.
 It was declared by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012.
 This date commemorates the anniversary of passing of Mother Teresa who worked tirelessly for the
people who are in need, to overcome poverty, distress and suffering of the poorest in the world.
National Teachers’ Day
 Teachers’ Day commemorate the birth anniversary of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan who was a
scholar, recipient of Bharat Ratna, first Vice President and second President of independent India.
 He was born on 5 September, 1888. He was a grand advocate of edification, and was the
distinguished envoy, academician, and India’s President, above all a great Teacher.
International Literacy Day
 International Literacy Day, celebrated annually on 8 September, is an opportunity for Governments,

civil society and stakeholders to highlight improvements in world literacy rates, and reflect on the
world’s remaining literacy challenges.
 The issue of literacy is a key component of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and the UN’s
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2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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Theme 2019 Literacy and Multilingualism
World Physical Therapy Day
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 World Physical Therapy Day is observed on 8 September every year to provide an opportunity for
physical therapists from all over the world to raise awareness about the important contribution of the
profession and in improving the well being and health of the people.
World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD)
 World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) is observed on 10 September every year to raise awareness to
prevent the cases of suicide. This day is organised by the International Association for Suicide
Prevention (IASP). And this day is co-sponsored by WHO.
 The theme of WSPD is Working Together to Prevent Suicide.
United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
 The United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation is observed on September 12 since 2011.
 When the United Nations (UN) General Assembly adopted a plan of action in 1978 to promote and
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implement technical cooperation among developing countries and also celebrates the economic,
social and political developments made in recent years by regions and countries in the south.
 The General Assembly declared December 19 to be observed as the UN Day for South-South
Cooperation in 2003.
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From Commitment to Action — Follow up
Theme 2019
to Buenos Aires Plan of Action+40
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Hindi Diwas
 Hindi Diwas is celebrated every year on ‘ 14th September’ in India.

 The day was celebrated because the Constituent Assembly made Hindi the official language of the
country on 14 September 1949.
 January 10 is celebrated as World Hindi Day
International Day of Democracy
 International Day of Democracy is observed on 15 September to remind people that democracy is

about people.
 This day provide an opportunity to make people understand about the importance of democracy and
the effective realisation of Human Rights.
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Theme 2019 “Participation”
National Engineer’s Day

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 Engineers Day is celebrated in India on 15 September every year to mark the tribute to the Indian
Engineer Bharat RatnaMokshagundamVisvesvaraya.
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 Famous as “Father of Modern Mysore”, Visvesvaraya was awarded ‘Bharat Ratna’ for his exceptional
contribution to the building of India in 1955.
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Theme 2019 “Engineering For Change”
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
 Every year September 16 is marked as the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer.
 The day was also known as World Ozone Day.
 On December 19, 2000, the United Nations General Assembly designated the day in remembrance of
the date in 1987 when nations signed the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone
Layer.
 Theme for this year – 32 Years and Healing
World Bamboo Day
 World Bamboo Day is observed every year on 18th of September by the World Bamboo Organization
 The day was observed to generate awareness about conserving and promoting the bamboo industry.
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 The bamboo was known as poor man’s timber. India is the world’s second-largest cultivator of
bamboo after China with over 130 species
World Water Monitoring Day
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 World Water Monitoring Day is an international education and outreach program that builds public
awareness of the importance of protecting water resources around the world by engaging people to
conduct basic monitoring of their local water bodies.
 World Water Monitoring Day is officially celebrated on September 18
International Day of Peace and Non-Violence (UN)
 International Day of Peace and Non-Violence (UN) is observed on 21 September around the world.
For the first time it was observed in September 1982 and in 2001, the General Assembly adopted a
resolution 55/282, which established 21 September as International Day of Peace of non-violence and
cease fire.
World Patient Safety Day

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 World Patient Safety Day will be celebrated for the first time on 17 September 2019.
 Events will be held around the world to raise awareness of the need to establish patient safety as a
global health priority. The day brings stakeholders together in an effort to reduce the unintended
harm caused by healthcare.
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Theme 2019 “Speak Up for Patient Safety”.
World Alzheimer’s Day
 World Alzheimer’s Day is observed on 21 September to raise awareness among people about the
challenges that patient faces due to dementia.
 September 2019 will mark the 8th World Alzheimer’s Month. The campaign was launched in 2012.
 The theme for World Alzheimer’s Month 2019 will be raising awareness and challenging stigma.
Rose Day (Welfare of Cancer patients)
 Rose Day is observed on 22 September every year. It is for the welfare of cancer patients.
 The day marks hope for cancer patients that cancer is curable.
 This day is celebrated in the memory of a 12 year old Melinda Rose of Canada, who when diagnosed
with a rare form of blood cancer and did not give up hope.
World Contraception Day

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 World Contraception Day is observed on 26 September annually.

 It is a global campaign to improve the awareness about the contraceptive methods available and
enable the young people to make informed decisions regarding their sexual and reproductive health.
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World Maritime Day
 World Maritime Day is observed annually on 26 September to raise awareness about the importance
of gender equality which is also necessary to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) and also to highlight the contribution of women in the maritime sector.
 The theme of 2019 is “Empowering women in the maritime community”.
World Pharmacist Day
 World Pharmacist Day observed on every September 25 creates awareness about the role of a
pharmacist in improving health. It highlights the importance of medicine experts in one’s life.
 This day was formulated by the FIP Council (International Pharmaceutical Federation) in Istanbul,
Turkey in 2009. Pharmacist day emphasises on the contribution of a pharmacist in healthcare.
 The theme declared for world pharmacist day 2019 is “Safe and effective medicines for all”.
 This theme focuses on promoting the crucial role of a pharmacist in safeguarding patient safety by
improving medicine use and reducing medication errors.
World Tourism Day

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 World Tourism Day is celebrated every year on September 27

 The objective of the day is to acquaint people with the social, economic, cultural and political
importance of tourism and make them responsible tourists in turn
 United Nations World Tourism Organization announced September 27 as World Tourism Day in 1980
and has been celebrating the day since then
 Theme for 2019 – “Tourism and Jobs — A Better Future For All”
World Environmental Health Day
 The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) is honored to join the International Federation
of Environmental Health in celebrating World Environmental Health Day (WEHD) September 26, 2019
to raise global awareness about today’s most pressing environmental health concerns.
 This year’s theme is Climate Change Challenges, Time for Global Environmental Health to Act in
Unison.
World Rabies Day

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 World Rabies Day is celebrated annually on 28th September to raise awareness about rabies
prevention and to highlight progress in defeating this horrifying disease.
 28 September also marks the anniversary of Louis Pasteur’s death, the French chemist and
microbiologist, who developed the first rabies vaccine.
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Theme 2019 Rabies: Vaccinate to Eliminate
International Day for Universal Access to Information

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 Since 2016 UNESCO marks 28 September as the “International Day for Universal Access to
Information” (IDUAI).
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Theme 2019 “Leaving No One Behind!”
World Heart Day
 World Heart Day is a day created by World Heart Federation to be celebrated on 29 September
annually to draw people’s attention to heart illness and the range of associated health issues.
 Cardiovascular disease (CVD) including heart disease and stroke, is the world’s leading cause of
death claiming 17.9 million lives each year.
 World leaders are committed to reducing global mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs)
by 25% by 2025.
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Theme 2019 ‘My Heart, Your Heart’
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APPOINTMENTS AND RESIGNATION

Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Kerala and 2 other states get new governors
 President Ram NathKovind announced the appointment of five new Governors in the states of
Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Telangana.
 Prominent Muslim face and former Congress leader Arif Mohammed Khan has been appointed the
new Kerala Governor, replacing P. Sathasivam.
 Tamil Nadu BJP president TamilisaiSoundararajan has been appointed as the Governor of Telangana,
replacing E.S.L. Narasimhan.
 Kalraj Mishra, who was the Governor of Himachal Pradesh, has now been appointed as Governor of
Rajasthan, where he replaces incumbent Kalyan Singh.
 BandaruDattatreya replaces Mishra in Himachal Pradesh.
 BJP leader from UttarakhandBhagat Singh Koshyari has been appointed the new Governor of
Maharashtra, replacing VidyasagarRao.
Vivek Kumar Johri takes charge as BSF Director General

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 IPS officer Vivek Kumar Johri took charge as the Director General (DG) of the country’s largest
border guarding force, BSF.
 He worked as the Special Secretary in the external intelligence agency RAW(Research and Analysis
Wing), under the Cabinet Secretariat.
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Border Security Force (BSF)

BSF Headquarters New Delhi
BSF Director General Vivek Kumar Johri
Boarders Pakistan and Bangladesh
Lt. Gen. MukundNaravane takes charge as Vice Chief of the Army Staff
 Eastern Army Commander Lt Gen Manoj MukundNaravane has taken over as Vice Chief of Army Staff
(VCAS)
 Lt Gen Naravane would be the senior-most officer when General BipinRawat finishes his tenure as
Army Chief at the end of December.
 Gen Rawat is set to take over as the first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS)
 Gen. Naravane succeeds Lt. Gen. D. Anbu who retired from service on August 31
 Chief of the Army Staff – General BipinRawat.
Lt Gen Anil Chouhan assumes charge as Eastern Army Commander

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 Lieutenant General Anil Chauhan assumed charge as Army Commander, Eastern Command, at the
Command Headquarters at Fort William in Kolkata.
 Chouhan is succeeding Lieutenant General Manoj MukundNaravane, who assumed charge of the vice
chief of the Army.
 Previously, General Chouhan was appointed as the Director-General of Military Operations at Army
Headquarter, New Delhi, since January 30, 2018.
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Justice Harish Chandra Mishra appointed Acting Chief Justice of

Jharkhand High Court
 The Government has notified the appointment of Justice Harish Chandra Mishra as the Acting Chief
Justice of the Jharkhand High Court.
 The appointment was made in view of the demise of Acting Chief Justice Prashant Kumar.
OleksiyHoncharuk named as Ukraine’s new prime minister
 Ukrainian parliament of the 9th convocation appointed OleksiyHoncharuk to be the Ukrainian prime
minister.
 His candidacy was introduced by Ukrainian President VolodymyrZelensky and supported by 290 MPs
out of 419 registered in the session hall, thus making him the youngest government head in the
Ukrainian history.
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UkraineCapital Kyiv
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Ukraine Currency Ukrainian hryvnia

Ukraine President VolodymyrZelensky
CEC Sunil Arora assumes charge as Chairman of Association of World
Election Bodies
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 Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora assumed Chairmanship of the Association of World Election
Bodies (A-WEB) for the term 2019-21.
 The decision and announcement to this effect was made at the fourth General Assembly of A-WEB
underway here, being attended by as many as 120 delegates from 50 countries.
 He was handed over the AWEB Flag by the Representative of Outgoing Chair, Mr Ion MincuRadulescu
from Romania.
Jaideep Sarkar concurrently accredited as the next High Commissioner

of India to the Kingdom of Lesotho
 Shri Jaideep Sarkar has been concurrently accredited as the next High Commissioner of India to the
Kingdom of Lesotho, with residence in Pretoria.
 Sarkar, A 1987 IFS-batch officer, presently working as High Commissioner of India to the Republic of
South Africa
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Lesotho Capital Maseru
Lesotho Currency South African rand, Lesotho loti
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Lesotho Prime minister Tom Thabane
B Bala Bhaskar appointed as next Indian Ambassador to Norway
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 Senior diplomat B Bala Bhaskar was appointed as the next Indian Ambassador to Norway.
 Bhaskar will replace Krishan Kumar, who has been heading the Indian mission in Norway since July
2018.
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Norway Capital Oslo
Currency Norwegian krone
Prime Minister Erna Solberg
Vijay Kumar Chopra elected as new PTI chairman, Vineet Jain as vice
chairman
 Punjab Kesari Group of newspapers’ chief editor Vijay Kumar Chopra on Friday was unanimously
elected Chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI)
 Managing director of Bennett, Coleman and Company Limited (BCCL) Vineet Jain was elected as PTI’s
vice-chairman.
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 The elections took place at a meeting of PTI’s Board of Directors following the news agency’s 71st
annual general meeting
 Chopra succeeds former editor-in-chief of The Hindu N Ravi as PTI’s chairman.
Rajiv Kumar appointed as MD of Microsoft India R&D
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 Microsoft has appointed Rajiv Kumar as the new managing director of Microsoft India (R&D) Pvt Ltd
(MIRPL).
 Kumar, who is currently the company’s Experiences and Devices (E+D) group, succeeds Anil Bhansali
and will be relocating to Redmond, United States(US).
Justice VikramNath Appointed as Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court
 President of India has appointed Justice Vikram Nath as Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court.
 The Collegium on 8th April, 2019 had recommended that Mr. Justice VikramNath, senior-most Judge
from Allahabad High Court be appointed as Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court.
 Justice Anant Surendraray Dave who was the acting chief justice of the Gujarat HC as Gujrat HC had
been without a regular chief justice since November 2018 as the then Chief Justice R S Reddy was
elevated to the Supreme Court (SC).
23-Year Old Anupriya Lakra Becomes First Woman Pilot From Odisha’s
Maoist-Hit Region
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 Twenty-three-year-old Anupriya Lakra, a tribal woman from Odisha’s Maoist-hit Malkangiri district to
become the first female pilot from the backward region.
 She will join a private airline as a co-pilot.
Madras HC Chief Justice VK Tahilramani resigns
 High Court Chief Justice(HC-CJ) of Madras, Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani resigned from her post after
being transferred to Meghalaya HC.
 The resignation of Tahilramani who was appointed as the CJ of Madras in August 2018, comes after
the reconsideration appeal of her transfer was rejected.
 AK Mittal, Meghalaya HC was announced to be transferred to the Madras HC in place of Tahilramani.
Dr PK Mishra takes over as Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister
 DrPramod Kumar Mishra, has been appointed as Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India.
 His international experience includes research and academic work for over four years at the Institute
of Development Studies (UK), negotiation and execution of ADB and World Bank projects, member of
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the Governing Board of the International Crop Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and
participation as expert/resource person in several international conferences.
 Recently, he was conferred with the United Nations SASAKAWA Award 2019, the most prestigious
international award in disaster management.
JBL ropes in Ranveer Singh as global brand ambassador
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 Audio equipment maker JBL has signed Bollywood star Ranveer Singh as its newest global brand
ambassador.
 Ranveer will endorse a new range of JBL’s consumer audio products in the coming months.
 Singh will also participate in a series of marketing initiatives to further strengthen JBL’s dominance in
the country
Karnataka Bank chief becomes Indian Banks’ Association committee

member
 Mahabaleshwara MS, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Karnataka Bank, has been
inducted to the managing committee of Indian Banks’ Association (IBA). This was announced during
the annual general meeting of IBA in Mumbai.
 Mahabaleshwara has been elected unopposed from the private sector member banks’ category.
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Karnataka Bank CEO Mahabaleshwara M S
Karnataka Bank Headquarters Mangaluru
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UN chief appoints Indian AbhijitGuha as new head of Hodeida mission
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 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced the appointment of AbhijitGuha, a retired Indian

lieutenant general as the head of the UN mission in Hodeida, Yemen.
 Apart from this AbhijitGuha has also been made the chairman of the Redeployment Coordination
Committee (RCC) that is tasked with redeploying forces of the Yemeni warring parties in accordance
with their agreement.
PepsiCo India ropes in Hima Das as brand ambassador for Gatorade
 PepsiCo India has roped in star athlete Hima Das as the brand ambassador for its sports drink brand
Gatorade.
 She joins ace shuttler PV Sindhu and javelin star Neeraj Chopra as the brand’s ambassadors in the
country.
 Gatorade India will be paying tribute to the ace sprinter by twisting the ‘Nothing Beats Gatorade’
philosophy into ‘Nothing Beats Hima’.
 Moreover, Gatorade India will also work with Hima during the period of her partnership to understand
her training and race-day nutrition better.
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Wing Commander Anjali Singh becomes India’s first military diplomat
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 Anjali Singh has become India’s first female has joined the Indian Embassy in Russia as the Deputy
Air Attache.
 Wing Commander Anjali Singh has become India’s first female military diplomat to be posted in any
of the Indian missions abroad.
 Singh is an AE(L) officer with 17 years of service. She is trained on MiG-29 aircraft.
Asia Development Bank president to step down
 The president of the Asia Development Bank, TakehikoNakao, plans to step down early next year on
January 16, 2020.
 Nakao, 63, will leave on Jan. 16, 2020. He took the ADB post in 2013 when his predecessor Haruhiko
Kuroda was named Bank of Japan governor. He was re-elected to a second five-year term in 2016.
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President TakehikoNakao
Headquarters Mandaluyong, Philippines
Supreme Court gets four new judges

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 The central government has cleared the appointment of four new judges as Supreme Court judges
and President Ram NathKovind has appointed them as judges of the top court
 Himachal Pradesh High Court Chief Justice V. Ramasubramanian, Punjab and Haryana High Court
Chief Justice Krishna Murari, Rajasthan High Court Chief Justice S. RavindraBhat and Kerala High
Court Chief Justice Hrishikesh Roy have been elevated
 The names were recommended by Supreme Court Collegium led by Chief Justice of India
RanjanGogoi
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 The Supreme Court vacancies had increased its judicial strength from 31 to 34 following the
enactment of the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Bill of 2019 into law.
Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria to be the next Air Force Chief
 The government has named vice chief of the Indian Air Force RKS Bhadauria as the next chief of the
force in place of Birender Singh Dhanoa who retires on 30 September.
 Bhadauria was commissioned into the fighter pilot stream of Indian Air Force in June 1980, and has
held various Commands, Staff and instructional appointments at various levels including the present
one as Vice Chief of Air Staff.
Madhukar Kamath elected chairman of the Audit Bureau of Circulations
 Madhukar Kamath, chairman emeritus of DDB Mudra group and mentor of Interbrand India, has been
elected chairman of the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for 2019-20.
 Kamath has also been the president of Advertising Agencies Association of India.
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Royal Bank of Scotland picks Alison Rose as its first woman CEO
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 Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc promoted Alison Rose to chief executive officer, making her the first
woman to run one of Britain’s big four lenders.
 Rose, the former head of British commercial and private banking at RBS.
RBI approves reappointment of Shyam Srinivasan as Federal Bank CEO
 The Reserve Bank of India has approved the re-appointment of Shyam Srinivasan as the Managing
Director and CEO of Federal Bank for another year, giving him a full decade as the head of the
private sector lender.
 His re-appointment is with effect from September 23 this year until September 22, 2020
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Federal Bank Headquarters Aluva, Kerala
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Madhya Pradesh Government appoints Govinda as Brand Ambassador of

state
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 Madhya Pradesh government will appoint filmstar Govinda as brand ambassador to promote state’s
traditions and tourist places.
 The government also has plans to set up a film city in the state and plans to promote Madhya
Pradesh as a destination for film making.
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Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath

Madhya Pradesh Governor LalJi Tandon
Kotak Mutual Fund’s Nilesh Shah appointed as new Amfi chairman
 Nilesh Shah, Managing Director of Kotak Asset Management Company (AMC), has been appointed as
the new chairman of the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi), with immediate effect.
 Nilesh Shah succeeded Managing Director, and CEO of ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company,
Nimesh Shah, who was appointed to the post in 2018.
 The board has also appointed Saurabh Nanavati, Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Mutual Fund, the
new Vice-Chairman of AMFI
 Amfi was incorporated on August 22, 1995, as a non-profit organisation. As of now, all the 44 asset
management companies that are registered with Sebi, are its members.
Sebastian Coe gets re-elected as IAAF chief
 Britain’s Sebastian Coe was re-elected as president of the IAAF for a second term following four years
dominated by doping and the issue of gender.
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 XimenaRestrepo, Sergey Bubka, Geoffrey Gardner and Nawaf Bin Mohammed Al Saud were elected
as vice-presidents.
 Restrepo will become the first woman to serve as an IAAF Vice President.
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International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)
President Sebastian Coe
Headquarters Monaco
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Visa appoints PV Sindhu as brand ambassador for two years
 Payment technology company Visa announced that it has signed up world badminton champion PV
Sindhu as its brand ambassador for two years.
 Besides promoting the brand through advertising campaigns, Sindhu has also become an athlete
member of Team Visa for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
EC appoints Madhuri Dixit as goodwill ambassador for Maharashtra

Assembly polls
 Actor Madhuri Dixit has been chosen as “goodwill ambassador” by the Chief Electoral Office in
Maharashtra to create awareness among people about the importance of voting.
 State Assembly polls are scheduled for October 21 and results will be declared on October 24.
 Dixit will be seen in a video titled ‘Let’s Vote” speaking about the democratic process and role of
voters in the development of the country.
GodavarthiVenkataSrinivas appointed as next Ambassador of India to

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the Guinea Bissau
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 GodavarthiVenkataSrinivas was appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Guinea
Bissau
 Srinivas, a 1993 batch-IFS officer, is presently the country’s Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal.
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Guinea-BissauCapital Bissau
Guinea-BissauCurrency West African CFA franc
Guinea-BissauPresident José MárioVaz
Army Chief Gen BipinRawat to be new Chairman, Chiefs of Staff

Committee
 Army chief Gen BipinRawat will take over as the new Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee,
succeeding Indian Air Force (IAF) chief, Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa, who retires from service.
 The Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC) comprises chiefs of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force and
the senior most member is appointed its chairperson.
Bulgaria’s KristalinaGeorgieva appointed new IMF chief

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 Bulgaria’s KristalinaGeorgieva has been selected as the new head of the International Monetary
Fund(IMF).
 She is the first person from an emerging market economy to lead the IMF. The economist succeeds
Christine Lagarde for a five-year term from October.
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International Monetary Fund
Headquarters Washington, D.C., United States
Managing Director KristalinaGeorgieva
Suresh Chitturi appointed International Egg Commission chief
 Suresh Chitturi, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of India’s leading poultry firm Srinivasa Farms,
has been appointed as chairman of theInternational Egg Commission(IEC) for the next two years.
 The appointment was made at the IEC Global Leadership Conference in Copenhagen in Denmark.
 Suresh Chitturi will be the first chair from Asia in the history of the institution, as he assumes the role
as the Chairman of IEC.
RupaGurunath appointed TNCA President

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 RupaGurunath, daughter of N Srinivasan, has been appointed unopposed as President of the Tamil
Nadu Cricket Association.
 The state association made the announcement following its 87th Annual General Meeting in Chennai.
Air Marshal HS Arora appointed as IAF Vice Chief
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 Air Marshal HS Arora has been appointed the Vice Chief of Indian Air Force.
 He will succeed Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria who will take over as the Chief of Air Staff on September
30.
 Meanwhile, Air Marshal B Suresh has been appointed as Western Air Commander of the Air Force. He
will succeed Kargil war hero Air Marshal RaghunathNambiar on October 31.
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AWARDS AND HONOUR

PM Modito be honoured with ‘Global Goalkeeper Award’
 Prime Minister NarendraModi will be honoured with the prestigious ‘Global Goalkeeper Award’ by the
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for his leadership and commitment to the Swachch Bharat
Abhiyaan.
 The annual awards, in five categories, are presented to leaders and individuals for their efforts in
achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
 The categories are Progress, Changemaker, Campaign, Goalkeepers Voice and the Global Goalkeeper
John Mondal gets CSIR Young Scientist Award 2019
 Scientist John Mondal has been selected for the CSIR Young Scientist Award 2019 in the field of
Chemical Sciences.
 He is a scientist at the CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology in Hyderabad. He has made
contributions in the area of heterogeneous catalysis.
 Mondal is currently pursuing research in biomass conversion of waste cooking oils to value added
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products, clean fuel hydrogen production

 The CSIR Young Scientist Award is given to those under 35 years and it carries a cash prize
of ₹50,000 and a plaque.
Eric Cantona to be honoured with UEFA President’s Award
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 Former Manchester United and France legend Eric Cantona is to receive the UEFA President’s Award
at the Champions League draw in Monaco.
 The 53-year-old, who won five English championships with Leeds and Manchester United in the 1990s
and two French titles with Marseille, joins an illustrious list of previous recipients which includes
Johann Cruyff, Alfredo Di Stefano and Eusebio.
 Cantona is the third Manchester United player to receive the award after Bobby Charlton in 2008 and
David Beckham last year.
Muhammad Yunus conferred ‘Lamp of Peace of Saint Francis ‘ award by

Vatican
 Bangladesh Professor Muhammad Yunus was conferred the ‘Lamp of Peace of Saint Francis ‘ award by
the Vatican
 He was given the award at the Basilica of St Francis in Assisi, Italy,
 The awards was conferred for his contribution towards establishing peace and harmony
 The award is a recognition for distinguished work by an individual for promoting peace and dialogue
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among people.
 The Lamp of Peace award was first given to the Polish trade union leader Lech Walesa in 1981
OSDMA bags IT Excellence Award for SATARK app
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 Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) won the IT Excellence Award-2019 for its
innovative conception in the field of disaster management.
 OSDMA’s SATARK (System for Assessing, Tracking and Alerting Disaster Risk Information based on
Dynamic Risk Knowledge) application has been chosen for the prestigious award.
 The application, both in web and mobile phone, has been developed to provide real time watch, alert
and warning information for different hazards like heat wave, lightning, drought, flood monitoring,
ocean state information, tsunami risk, earthquake monitoring, cyclone/storm surge, road accident
and snakebite monitoring.
 It uses different level of warnings and issues corresponding advisories based on the event scenario. It
is available in bilingual form both in Odia and English languages.
Skill India announces Annual Kaushalacharya Awards
 In a bid to motivate and incentivize more trainers to join the Skill India Mission, the Ministry of Skill
Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) organized KaushalacharyaSamadar 2019 to felicitate
trainers from different sectors for exceptional contribution towards creating a future-ready and skilled
workforce.
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 A total of 53 trainers from diverse backgrounds including experts of WorldSkills Competition winners,
trainers from National Skill Training Institutes (NSTIs), Industrial Training Centres (ITI), Jan
SikshanSansthans (JSS) and trainers from reputed Corporate houses were honored at a gathering of
government and industrial experts held on the occasion of Teachers’ Day by Skill India.
 The Ministry also announced the “Kaushalacharya Awards” would be an annual event to recognize the
contribution made by skill trainers in the vocational training ecosystem.
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 The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has introduced programs to for effective
utilization of capacity and infrastructure across the network of National Skill Training Institutes
(NSTIs) to achieve greater convergence between long-term and shortterm skill ecosystem.
HRD Ministry awards Institution of Eminence (IoE) status to five public

institutes
 The Human Resource Development Ministry has awarded the status of Institute of Eminence to the
IIT-Madras, the IIT-Kharagpur, Delhi University, Benares Hindu University and the University of
Hyderabad
 Four private universities – the Vellore Institute of Technology, Amrita VishwaVidyapeetham,

JamiaHamdard University and the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology — were issued Letters of
Intent to grant them the status
 Each university will be required to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry, laying out
its plan to achieve the objective of becoming a world-class institution.
 The public institutions on the list will then be eligible for a government grant of 1,000 crore.
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Constituency Haridwar, Uttarakhand
LataMangeshkar to be honoured with Daughter of the Nation title on

90th birthday
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 The NarendraModi government has plans to honour legendary playback singer LataMangeshkar with
the “Daughter of the Nation” title when she turns 90 on September 28.
 Mangeshkar will be conferred the title as a tribute to her contribution to Indian film music over seven
decades.She represents the collective voice of the Indian nation.
Noted Odia writer Dr.Pradeep Dash to receive 40th Sarala Puraskar
 Noted Odia writer Pradeep Dash will be conferred with the 40th edition of prestigious Sarala Puraskar
for his poetry work Charu Chibar O Charjya
 The annual award, comprising a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh and a citation, will be presented at a special
function to be held on October 26.
 Two more notable personalities of Odisha will be honoured for their valuable contribution in the field
of music and art. While Pandit Harmohan Khuntia will be awarded ‘Ila Panda Sangeet Samman’, Lalat
Mohan Patnaik will receive ‘Ila Panda Chitrakala Samman’,
 They will receive a cash award of Rs 1,50,000 each along with citations, the award committee
 The annual SaralaPuraskar instituted by eminent Odia industrialist Late Bansidhar Panda and Late Ila
Panda in 1979, has been continuously awarded by Indian Metals Public Charitable Trust (IMPaCT)
Jack Ma steps down as chairman of Alibaba

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 Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant, is stepping down as chairman.
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 Daniel Zhang will officially take over the reins of Alibaba and serve as the chairman of the group.
 Ma first resigned as Alibaba’s chief executive officer in 2013 and was replaced by Jonathan Lu. In
2015, Daniel Zhang replaced Jonathan Lu.
England greats Boycott, Strauss given knighthoods
 England cricket greats Geoffrey Boycott and Andrew Strauss have been given knighthoods by Theresa
May in her resignation honours list.
 Boycott and Strauss both received the honour for their services to sport after outstanding careers for
England.
 Geoffrey Boycott played 108 tests between 1964 and 1982 for England and scored 8,114 Test runs at
an average of 47.72.
 Andrew Strauss played 100 tests for England from 2004-12, scoring more than 7,000 runs at an
average of 40.91, and captained the team to two Ashes series wins. He also served as England’s
director of cricket between 2015 and 2018.
Srivilliputtur ‘Palkova’ set to Get Gi Tag

September 1, 2019
 The famous Srivilliputturpalkova, a sweet made from cow milk and sugar, is set to get the
Geographical Indication (GI) tag from the Geographical Indications Registry in Chennai.
 The GI application for this product was filed by the Srivilliputtur Milk Producers’ Co-operative Society,
and was facilitated by the Veterinary College and Research Institute, Tirunelveli.
 The palkova is manufactured in and around the municipality of Srivilliputtur in Virudhunagar district.
Apart from the Society which has filed the GI application, a number of small- and large-scale private
dairy organisations as well as individual entrepreneurs are producing the sweet in the district.
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Considering the demand for the product, several food startups in the State have begun selling it
online under the ‘native sweets’ category.
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Sheikh Khalifa confers Zayed II Order on outgoing Indian envoy

Navdeep Singh Suri
 The President, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has bestowed the First Class Order of Zayed II on
outgoing Indian Ambassador Navdeep Singh Suri, in recognition of his efforts and his contribution to
the development and strengthening of friendly relations and cooperation between the two friendly
countries.
 Suri has been serving as the Indian ambassador to the Gulf nation since October 2016.
 He will now be succeeded by senior diplomat PavanKapoor as the new ambassador to the UAE.
Music director UshaKhanna to get LataMangeshkar award

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 Veteran music director UshaKhanna, who created magic by giving songs like “zindagipyaarkageethai”,
“chhodokalkibaatein”, and “aap to aisena the”, has been chosen for the Maharashtra government’s
coveted LataMangeshkar Award.
 She has composed music for over 150 films in the male-dominated field.
 The award, which carries a cash reward of Rs.500,000, a citation and a memento shall be awarded to
the 78-year old Khanna.
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5 Indian women police officers honoured by UN for role in South Sudan
 Five Indian women police officers were honoured by the United Nations for their commendable
services in the world body’s mission in South Sudan
 The women officers who were conferred the UN medal were ReenaYadav, Inspector, Chandigarh
Police, GopikaJahagirdar, DSP, Maharashtra Police, BharatiSamantray, DSP in the MHA,
RaginiKumari, Inspector in the MHA and Kamal Shekhawat, ASP, Rajasthan Police.
 The Indian women police officers received the UN medal at a medal parade in the United Nations
Mission in Juba in South Sudan
 The women officers were honoured by the UN for upholding the UN mandate of protection of civilians
in conflict-ridden South Sudan.
Bangladesh School project wins Aga Khan Architecture Award
 An innovative project for constructing a floating school for marginalised children in Bangladesh has
been awarded the prestigious Aga Khan Architecture Award 2019.
 The award was given away in Kajan, the republic of Tatarstan for the Arcadia Education Project in
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South Kanarchor of Bangladesh.

 The project involved the construction of a school in an area which is underwater during the monsoon
months.
 The architect of the project SaifUlHaque designed a school which remains on the ground during the
dry season and floats when the area is submerged in water during monsoon.
 He utilised only local material – bamboo, used tyres and steel drums for constructing the amphibious
structure for the school. The workforce and artisans for the project were also drawn locally.
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 Aga Khan Foundation lauded the project for its contribution to improve people’s lives, social and
economic development, access to education in rural communities and global issues like rising water
levels.
IPS officer Chhaya Sharma to be honored by Asia Society
 IPS officer Chhaya Sharma, who led the investigation into the brutal 2012 Nirbhayagangrape, has
been chosen along with six others for the 2019 Asia Society Game Changers Award for redefining the
role of female police officers.
 The awards were announced by the city-based leading cultural organisation Asia Society and will be
presented at a special ceremony next month.
 Asia Society is the leading educational organization dedicated to promoting mutual understanding
and strengthening partnerships among people, leaders and institutions of Asia and the United States
in a global context.
Neena Gupta wins two awards at Indian International Film Festival of

Boston
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 Bollywood actor Neena Gupta registered a double victory at Indian International Film Festival of
Boston. The BadhaaiHo actor won Best Actress award while her film The Last Color emerged
victorious in Best Feature Film category.
 The directorial debut of world-renowned chef VikasKhannaThe Last Color deals with taboo
surrounding widows in Vrindavan and Varanasi in India.
Bangladesh PM Hasina receives Dr KalamSmriti International Excellence

Award
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 Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina conferred the Dr KalamSmriti International Excellence
Award 2019 in Dhaka
 The award citation lauded Prime Minister Hasina for her vision of a peaceful and prosperous South
Asia, free of tension, conflicts and terrorism.
 The award has been instituted in the memory of former President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
 The award is given every year to honour statesmen or leaders who have shown excellence in
respective fields to achieve the best for their countries.
 The Presidents of the Maldives, Ghana and Mauritius earlier received the prestigious award since its
introduction in 2015.
Gangs OfWasseypur only Indian film in The Guardian’s Best 100 films
list
 Filmmaker AnuragKashyap’s cult film Gangs OfWasseypur has become the only Indian film to feature
in The Guardian list of 100 Best Films of the 21st century.
 The film has bagged the 59th position.
 The two-film Gangs Of Wasseypur series was released in 2012, and narrated the saga of a coal mafia
family in the town of Wasseypur in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand
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Documentary Film ‘MotiBagh’ Based on Life of Uttarakhand Farmer

Nominated for Oscars
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 MotiBagh, A documentary film based on a farmer in Uttarakhand has been nominated for Oscars.
 The documentary film, directed by NirmalChander is based on the life of a farmer called Vidyadutt,
who belongs to a remote village in Uttarakhand’sPauriGarhwal region.
 MotiBagh is jointly produced by Doordarshan and Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT). Its
runtime is sixty minutes and is a Hindi language film.
Rajnath Singh becomes first RakshaMantri to fly ‘LCA Tejas’
 Rajnath Singh became the first defence minister to fly in the indigenous light combat aircraft Tejas
from the HAL airport in Bengaluru
 Tejas is a four-and-half generation light combat aircraft developed by state-run aerospace behemoth
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL).
 Air Vice Marshal N Tiwari was among the officers who accompanied him to the jet
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Super 30 Founder Anand Kumar Honored With Education Excellence

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Award
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 The Foundation For Excellence (FFE) presented the Education Excellence Award 2019 to Super 30
founder and noted mathematician Anand Kumar.
 Anand was chosen for his contributions towards imparting education to the country’s needy students.
The 46-year-old has been running a highly innovative Super 30 program for the last 18 years to
mentor 30 students free off cost through year-long residential coaching for Indian’s premier IIT-JEE.
 Recently, a film based on Anand enacted by Bollywood star Hritik Roshan released in July. The film
garnered approximately Rs. 144 crores in India within a month.
Entrepreneur and author Kapil Pathare honoured with Doctorate in

Business from Ballsbridge University
 Kapil Pathare, Director of VIP Clothing Ltd, has been presented with an honorary Doctorate in
Business from Ballsbridge University for his outstanding contribution to business and
entrepreneurship.
 The Well-known Entrepreneur of India’s Iconic Brand ‘VIP Innerwear’ and Author of sports book was
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honoured with the Global Leaders Award ‘Enterprise Edition 2019’ by Madhur Bhandarkar in Dubai in
recognition for his achievements in promoting entrepreneurship and small business at the
International, National, and Regional level.
Sonu Nigam wins 21st Century Icon Award in UK
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 Popular Bollywood playback singer Sonu Nigam has been honoured with the Magnificent Performing
Arts Award at the annual 21st Century Icon Awards in London.
 Nigam was among a host of winners across a range of categories at a gala awards ceremony, devised
as a celebration of dynamic entrepreneurs and successful individuals chosen from hundreds of
nominations from around the world.
Emmy Awards 2019 complete winners’ list
 A list of the winners in key categories for the 71st Emmy Awards, which were handed out in Los
Angeles.
Category Winners
Outstanding Drama Series Game of Thrones (HBO
Outstanding Comedy Series Fleabag (Amazon)
Lead Actor, Drama Billy Porter for Pose
Lead Actress, Drama Jodie Comer for Killing Eve
Lead Actor, Comedy Bill Hader for Barry
Lead Actress, Comedy Phoebe Waller-Bridge for Fleabag
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Supporting Actor, Drama Peter Dinklage for Game of Thrones

Supporting Actress, Drama Julia Garner for Ozark
Supporting Actor, Comedy Tony Shalhoub for The MarvelousMrs.Maisel
Supporting Actress, Comedy Alex Borstein for The MarvelousMrs.Maisel
Outstanding Limited Series Chernobyl (Hbo)
Outstanding Television Movie Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (Netflix)
Lead Actor, Limited Series Or Movie Jharrel Jerome, When They See Us
Lead Actress, Limited Series Or Movie Michelle Williams, Fosse/Verdon
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Supporting Actor, Limited Series Or Movie Ben Whishaw, A Very English Scandal
Supporting Actress, Limited Series Or
Patricia Arquette, The Act
Movie
Competition Program RuPaul’s Drag Race
Variety Sketch Series Saturday Night Live
Zoya Akhtar’s ‘Gully Boy’ is India’s official entry to Oscars 2020
 Director Zoya Akhtar’s musical drama Gully Boy starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt has been
selected as India’s official entry to the Academy Awards in the foreign film category for next year.
 India has submitted films for the foreign film category at the Oscars since 1957, a year after the
incorporation of the category.
 The award is given annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a
feature-length motion picture produced outside the US that contains primarily non-English dialogue.
 In the recent past, India submitted films such as Village Rockstars, Newton and Barfi! to be
considered for nominations, but only three films made it to the final list — Mehboob Khan’s Mother
India (1957), Mira Nair’s Salaam Bombay! (1988) and Ashutosh Gowariker’s Lagaan (2001).
 Mother India was India’s first submission.
Ladakhi Shondol dance makes it to Guinness book of records

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 Shondol dance, which is known as the royal dance of Ladakh, has created history by entering into the
Guinness Book of World Records as the largest Ladakhi dance. Shondol is a famous dance, which
artistes used to perform for the king of Ladakh.
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 As many as 408 women attired in traditional dresses and beautiful head gears performed the dance.
It was held on the concluding day of the ongoing Buddhist carnival Naropa festival near the Hemis
Monastery. The festival had begun on September 16 and concluded on 20.
Journalist Ravish Kumar receives first Gauri Lankesh Memorial Award
 Senior journalist and Ramon Magsaysay awardee Ravish Kumar received the first Gauri Lankesh
Memorial Award in Bengaluru.
 He was chosen for the award for sharp news analysis and uncompromising secular stance by the
Gauri Lankesh Memorial Trust, founded in memory of the journalist.
 Three books launched at the event titled Delhi Nota by senior journalist D Umapathi, Ravish
Kumar’s ‘Free Voices’ translated as Maatige Enu Kadime and Neera Nade by Prof Vinaya Okkunda.
Amitabh Bachchan selected for Dadasaheb Phalke award
 Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan has been named for the prestigious Dada Sahab Phalke award for
his outstanding contribution to the film industry.
 The award is named after the father of Indian cinema, Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, and is considered
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the highest honour for an artiste in Indian cinema.

 The award was introduced by the Government of India to commemorate Dadasaheb Phalke’s
contribution to Indian cinema in 1969
 The government honoured him with the Padma Shri in 1984, the Padma Bhushan in 2001 and the
Padma Vibhushan in 2015 for his contributions to the arts.
Government of India has instituted ‘Sardar Patel National Unity Award
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 The Government has instituted the ‘Sardar Patel National Unity Award ‘ for outstanding contribution
by an individual, group or institution for the unity and integrity of India
 The award will be the Highest Civilian Award for contribution to Unity and Integrity of India.
 This highest civilian conferment will be announced on October 31 every year on the occasion of the
National Unity Day, the day nation celebrates the birth anniversary of Sardar Patel.
 The award shall be conferred by the President with a citation presented by him in a presentation
ceremony along with the Padma award ceremony held in Rashtrapati Bhawan
 The Award would consist of a medal and a citation. No monetary grant or cash award would be
attached to this Award.
 Not more than three Awards would be given in a year. It would not be conferred posthumously
except in very rare and highly deserving cases
Pooja Desai from Vadodara crowned Mrs. India – Pride of Nation 2019
 Pooja Desai crowned as Mrs. India – Pride of Nation 2019 along with the subtitle of Mrs. India – Most
Beautiful Hair.
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 She was the only contestant from Vadodara and first one from Gujarat to win this title.
 The grand finale, organized by Glamour Gurgaon, was held at The Leela Ambience, Gurgaon
 The competition was judged by celebrities like Padmini Kolhapure and Nayani Dixit among others.
 This pageant was the vision of Barkha Nangia, Director of Glamour Gurgaon, to equip enterprising
women with skills and opportunities to pursue their dreams even after marriage.
Ramanujan prize for U.K. mathematician
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 The SASTRA Ramanujan prize for 2019 will be awarded to mathematician Adam Harper, Assistant
Professor with the University of Warwick, England.
 The prize carries a citation and an award of $10,000 and is conferred annually on mathematicians
from across the world, who are less than 32 years of age, working in an area influenced by the
genius SrinivasaRamanujan.
Rajasthan girl receives ‘Changemaker’ award by Bill and Melinda Gates

Foundation
 The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation conferred the Goalkeepers Global Goals Awards to PM Modi for
the progress India has made in providing safe sanitation under his leadership.
 At the same ceremony, PayalJangid, a 17-year-old girl from Rajasthan made the entire nation proud
when she received the Changemaker Award.
 PayalJangid won the award because she helped discourage child marriages and also successfully
persuaded parents to keep their children in education.
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P.T. Usha honoured with IAAF Veteran Pin Award
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 Indian track and field legend PT Usha was conferred with the prestigious International Association of
Athletics Federations (IAAF) Veteran Pin Award, for her contribution to the growth of sport
 IAAF chief Sebastian Coe presented her the Veteran Pin during the 52nd IAAF Congress at Doha
 She was one of three persons from Asia to receive the honour.
 Usha is one of the greatest sprinters to have come out of India, often called the “queen of track and
field”
Journalist Paolo Borrometi Wins Mackler Prize for Mafia Coverage in

Italy
 An Italian journalist assaulted over his coverage of mafia activity in Sicily and now living under police
protection was presented with the Peter Mackler Award for his work.
 Paolo Borrometi, 36, worked for Italian agency AGI before founding the news website La Spia in
2013, where he documented the role of organized crime in local agribusiness.
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CSIR announces the winners of Shanti SwarupBhatnagar prize for 2019
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 Twelve scientists from different institutions across the country have been chosen for the prestigious
Shanti SwarupBhatnagar prize for 2019.
 The award winners include KayaratSaikrishnan of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research,
Pune and SoumenBasak of National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi for biological sciences,
Raghavan B Sunoj of IIT, Bombay and Tapas Kumar Maji of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced
Scientific Research, Bengaluru for chemical sciences, and DishantPancholi of the Institute of
Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, and Nina Gupta of Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata for
mathematical sciences.
 The other winners are Dheeraj Kumar of International Centre for Genetic Engineering and
Biotechnology, New Delhi and Mohammad Javed Ali of LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad for
medical sciences, AnindaSinha of IISc, Bengaluru, and Shankar Ghosh of TIFR, Mumbai for physical
sciences, SubimalGhosh of IIT, Bombay for earth, atmosphere, ocean and planetary sciences, and
ManikVarma of Microsoft Research India, Bengaluru for engineering sciences.
 The prize carries a cash component of Rs 5 lakh each. It is awarded annually for outstanding
research, both fundamental and applied. It is named after the founder director general of CSIR,
Shanti SwarupBhatnagar.
Andhra Pradesh bags top honour at National Tourism Awards

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 Andhra Pradesh bagged the top honour at the National Tourism Awards 2017-18.
 A total of 76 awards were given under various categories this year.
 Andhra Pradesh bagged the Best State award for overall growth in tourism category.
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 Goa and Madhya Pradesh were the joint winners in the Adventure Tourism category and Uttarakhand
won the award for the Best Film Promotion-Friendly State.
 Telangana won the award for the Best State for the innovative use of IT.
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Cochin International Airport wins international award for passenger

satisfaction
 Airport Council International (ACI) has recognised Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) as the
best airport in terms of services it offered to passengers
 CIAL was ranked amongst the best airports in the 5-15 million category in the Asia Pacific region for
the year 2018 based on annual Airport Service Quality (ASQ) survey conducted by the ACI.
 AAI airport Indore figures in the best airport in 2-5 mn category
 ACI ASQ survey is world-renowned and established airport service quality benchmarking programme
measuring passengers’ satisfaction and is designed for airports to understand the importance of
monitoring and improving passenger service.
Infosys Wins UN Global Climate Action Award for ‘Carbon Neutral Now’
Category
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 Infosys, a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, today announced that it
has won the prestigious United Nations Global Climate Action Award in the ‘Climate Neutral Now’
category. Infosys is the only corporate fromIndia to earn the recognition for its efforts to combat
climate change. The announcement of the winners came shortly, after the UN Climate Summit in New
York was convened by UN Secretary General AntónioGuterres.
 The award will be presented to Infosys at the UN Climate Change Conference(COP25) in Santiago,
Chile (December 2019). The UN Global Climate Action Awards are organized by the Momentum for
Change initiative of the UN Climate Change Secretariat.
 The award winning projects are recognized for their innovative solutions that address climate change,
and help drive progress on many other sustainable development goals, such as poverty alleviation,
gender equality and economic opportunity.
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Vice President presents Punyabhushan Award to eminent

archeologistDr. G. B. Deglurkar
 Presenting Punyabhushan Award to eminent Archeologist, Dr. G.B. Deglurkar, in Pune, Maharashtra.
 The award has been instituted by the Punyabhushan Foundation.
 It is given an eminent personalitywho brings together various academic disciplines such as history,
archaeology, anthropology, iconography, epigraphy and sociology to establish a strong correlation of
the literature, history and archaeological data for better understanding of the past.
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BANKING AND FINANCE

World Bank to fund pro-poor tourism development projects worth $57
mn
 World Bank will fund ‘pro-poor tourism’ (PPT) development projects worth more than $57 million in
top tourist hotspots of Agra and Braj-Mathura regions in Uttar Pradesh.
 While the World Bank will incur 70% of the project cost, the remaining 30% will be borne by the UP
government.
 According to UP tourism directorate, the World Bank and the union finance ministry have already
signed loan and project agreements for the proposed PPT projects.
 Pro-poor tourism is a holistic tourism concept aimed at poverty alleviation in the periphery of selected
tourism hubs through interventions pertaining to the economic, social and cultural aspects of the
area.
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India’s GDP growth rebound expected to be weaker: Fitch Solutions
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 Fitch Solutions said as it trimmed GDP forecast for the current fiscal to 6.4 per cent from 6.8 per cent
previously.
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 India’s real GDP growth slumped further in Q1 of FY2019/20 (AprilMarch) to 5 per cent year-on-year,
from 5.8 per cent in Q4 (January-March) FY2018/19 due mainly to a sharp slowdown in private
consumption growth.
DBS lowers India’s FY20 GDP growth to 6.2%
 Singapore’s banking group DBS has revised India’s real GDP growth forecast downwards for the
current financial year to 6.2 per cent from 6.8 per cent projected earlier.
 The resultant negative output gap will keep inflationary pressures in check. Expecting the trajectory
to improve in FY21, the growth is likely to close in on 7 per cent with a 6.8 per cent growth pace.
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Edelweiss Group, Central Bank of India partner to co-lend to MSMEs
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 ECL Finance, a subsidiary of Edelweiss Financial Services, and government-owned Central Bank of
India have signed an agreement for priority sector lending to micro, small and medium enterprise
(MSME) customers.
 The partnership comes after the Reserve Bank of India announced a progressive co-origination policy
in September last year, allowing banks and non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) to co-lend to a
wider set of enterprise owners. This is the first such co-origination partnership of Central Bank of
India with an NBFC.
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 Last month, the Edelweiss group signed an agreement with Bank of Baroda for a strategic co-
origination partnership. The partnership with Central Bank of India comes in quick succession at a
time when access to credit is a crucial catalyst for the continued growth of the MSME segment.
Irdai sets up panel to revisit 3-yr old trade credit insurance guidelines
 Insurance regulator Irdai has decided to review its three-year old guidelines on trade credit insurance
in line with the changing requirements of the market.
 Trade credit insurance policy provides coverage to supplier of goods and services against delay in
payment or non-payments of trade credit.
 The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) has set up a nine-member
working group headed by New India Assurance CMD AtulSahai with an aim to review March 2016
guidelines.
 The panel, which has been asked to submit its report in three-months, would study the need and
scope for changes in the current guidelines keeping with the times and requirements of various
segments of market.
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IRDAI Headquarters Hyderabad
ESIC Signs Agreement With SBI For Payments To ESIC Beneficiaries on

Real Time Basis
September 1, 2019
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 Employees’ State Insurance Corporation has partnered with State Bank of India for direct transfer of
benefits electronically into bank accounts of all stakeholders.
 SBI will provide e-payment services directly to bank accounts of all ESIC beneficiaries and payees
without any manual intervention as an integrated and automated process.
 The bank would provide e-payment integration with the enterprise resource planning processes of
ESIC through its cash management product e-payment technology platform.
 The e-payment integration would effect statutory benefit payments to ESIC beneficiaries as well as
other payees on real time basis, reducing time lags and delays and at the same time, help eliminate
mistakes and errors caused by repetitive and manual data entries.
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State Bank of India Tagline The Banker to every Indian
State Bank of India Chairperson Rajnish Kumar
ICICI Bank deploys ‘robotic arms’ to count currency notes
 The robots are taking over one more function at the country’s second largest private lender. ICICI
Bank announced the deployment of industrial ‘Robotic Arms’ to digitise operations at its currency
chests.
 With this move it has become India’s first commercial bank – and among a few across the globe – to
customise and deploy industrial robots to automate repetitive high volume steps in handling cash
processing on high-end note sorting machines.
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GST Revenue collectionin August stands at Rs 98,202 crore
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 GST collection in the month of August stood at 98,202 crore rupees.

 The total number of GSTR 3B Returns filed for the month of July up to 31st of August is around 76
lakh.
 The government has settled 23 thousand 165 crore rupees to CGST and 16 thousand 623 crore
rupees to SGST from IGST as a regular settlement. The total revenue earned by the Central
Government and the State Governments after regular settlement in the month of August 2019 is
40,898 crore rupees for CGST and 40 thousand 862 crores for the SGST.
 27,955 crore rupees have been released to the states as GST compensation for the months of June
and July this year.
Cabinet approves Rs 9,300 crore capital infusion in IDBI Bank
 The government has approved Rs. 9,300 crore fund infusion in IDBI Bankto help improve the bank’s
capital base and turn it profitable
 Out of Rs 9,300 crore, the government will infuse Rs 4,557 crore, and Life Insurance Corporation
(LIC) will invest Rs 4,743 crore.
 IDBI Bank’s gross bad loan ratio stood at 29.12% in the first quarter of the current fiscal year, the
highest among all Indian banks
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 The shareholding of the government was reduced to 46.46 per cent from 86 per cent while LIC stake
in the bank increased to 51 per cent in January this year
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RBI makes it mandatory for banks to link retail loans with external
benchmarks from October 1
 The RBI has made it mandatory for banks to link all new floating-rate loans for housing, auto and
MSMEs to external benchmark like repo from October 1, a move aimed at ensuring faster
transmission of policy rate cuts to borrowers. Industry and retail borrowers have been complaining
that banks do not pass on the entire RBI’s policy rate (repo rate) reduction to them.
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been observed that due to various reasons, the transmission of
policy rate changes to the lending rate of banks under the current marginal cost of funds based
lending rate (MCLR) framework has not been satisfactory.
 In 2019, the Reserve Bank has already reduced the repo or short-term lending rate by 110 basis
points, but the banks have reportedly passed on only up to 40 bps to borrowers. The external
benchmarks, to which the banks will be required to link their lending rates, could be repo, 3-month or
6-month treasury bill yield, or any other benchmark published by the Financial Benchmarks India
Private Ltd (FBIL).
 The banks have also been asked to reset the interest rate under external benchmark at least once in
three months.
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BP Kanungo, N S Vishwanathan, and
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CRISIL cuts FY20 GDP forecast to 6.3%
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 Domestic rating agency CRISIL sharply slashed its GDP forecast for FY20 to 6.3 percent from 6.9
percent earlier.
 The downward review comes days after GDP growth slowed down to a 25-quarter low of 5 percent in
the June quarter which significantly is even lower than Pakistan 5.4 percent growth and is due to the
slump in private consumption and a near stalling of manufacturing activities.
Banks start approving retail loan proposals on ‘PSB Loans in 59 Minutes’

portal
 Public sector banks (PSBs) have started giving in-principle approval of home and personal loan
applications on the ‘PSB Loans in 59 Minutes’ web portal, launched last year to facilitate quick loans
for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
 Applicants can now get in-principle approvals from 19 PSBs, including the State Bank of India (SBI),
Punjab National Bank, Bank of Baroda and Union Bank of India.
 “59 Minutes” scheme uses advanced algorithms to analyse data points from several sources such as
income tax returns and bank statements.
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CARE cuts India’s GDP growth to 6.4-6.5% for FY20
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 The rating agency CARE cut the GDP estimate downward from 6.7-6.8 per cent earlier to 6.4-6.5 per
cent for FY20 with the underlying GVA growth of 6.3-6.4 per cent.
 The cut in GDP rate is due to sharp economic growth slowdown in Q1 of the FY20.
Standard Chartered Bank launches DigiSmart Credit Card
 The Standard Chartered Bank, a British multinational banking and financial services company has
launched its “DigiSmart” credit card primarily focused on the ever-growing segment of millennials.
 The new credit card is available for a nominal monthly fee of only Rs 49. However, this fee will be
waived off if the spends of the customer are Rs 5,000 or above in the previous month.
 Standard Chartered Bank has partnered with several companies such as Myntra, Grofers, Yatra,
Zomato, Ola and INOX in the initial phase to offer customers with discounts and other benefits.
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Standard Chartered Bank Headquarters London, United Kingdom
NDB to provide Rs 6,000 crore loan to Andhra Pradesh for social

infrastructure projects
September 1, 2019
 New Development Bank (NDB) will provide a loan of Rs 6,000 crore to Andhra Pradesh for various
social infrastructure projects in the state.
 The amount will be utilised for road development and other infrastructure projects in rural areas. Out
of the total Rs 6,000 crore, 30 per cent has to be borne by the State government and the loan has to
be repaid in 32 years
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 The New Development Bank was set up in 2015 by BRICS nations. The Shanghai-based Bank has lent
over Rs 75,000 crore to various project till date all over the world and Rs 25,000 crores in India
alone.
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NDB President K. V. Kamath
NDB Headquarters Shanghai, China
Centre to infuse Rs 12,000 crore in state general insurance firms
 The Department of Financial Services has approved capital infusion worth Rs.12,000crore in National
Insurance, Oriental Insurance and United India Insurance in order to boost their capital base and
meet regulatory norms
 The Budget had provisioned Rs 70,000 crore for PSB recapitalisation and last week aRs 55,250-crore
infusion was announced in several PSBs for regulatory and growth requirements.
IPPB rolls out of Aadhaar-enabled payment services (AePS)

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 India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) has rolled out Aadhaar enabled payment system (AePS) services.
 IPPB has now become the single largest platform in the country for providing interoperable banking
services to the customers of any bank.
 Union Minister for Communications and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad today announced the rollout of AePS
services on IPPB’s first anniversary.
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 With AePS services, any person with a bank account linked to Aadhaar can perform basic banking
services such as cash withdrawals and balance enquiry irrespective of the bank they hold their
account with.
 To avail these Aadhaar enabled payment services, a customer can simply authenticate his/her
identity with fingerprint scan and Aadhaar authentication to complete a transaction.
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IPPB CEO Suresh P. Sethi
IPPB Headquarters New Delhi
IPPB Tagline Aapka Bank Aapke Dwaar
India &ADB sign $200 million loan to improve rural connectivity in

Maharashtra
 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India signed a $200 million loan to
upgrade rural roads to all-weather standards in 34 districts of Maharashtra
 The project will improve the condition of about 2,100 kilometers (km) of rural roads to all-weather
standards, with climate resilience and safety features
 Provision of contractual maintenance for 5 years following construction has also been provided under
the project
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IDBI to launch co-branded credit card with LIC
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 To further strengthen its relationship with parent Life Insurance Corporation of India, IDBI Bank is
planning to launch a co-branded credit card, which will be marketed to customers, agents, and
employees of the corporation and its subsidiaries.
 The co-branded credit card will be launched in association with LIC’s wholly-owned subsidiary, LIC
Credit Cards Services (LIC CSL), before the festival season of Diwali gets underway.
 Currently, IDBI Bank offers five credit card variants. LIC CSL, which has a tie-up with Axis Bank and
Corporation Bank for issuance of credit cards under co-branded/white label agreements, provides
credit card services to LIC employees, club member agents, and policyholders.
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IDBI Bank Headquarters Mumbai
IDBI Bank Tagline AaoSocheinBada
Life Insurance Corporation
LIC Chairman M R Kumar
Headquarters Mumbai
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Madhya Pradesh’s Happiness Dept. to open Time Bank
 The Madhya Pradesh government’s Happiness Department is planning to set up a Time Bank that
would lend currency to an hour, which could be exchanged to learn a new skill without the need for
any paper money.
 In Madhya Pradesh, time banks will enable person-to-person, person-to-agency and agency-to-
agency transactions. Members will start with zero credits, which they could gradually acquire by
imparting skills.
 As the bank would measure all kinds of skills and services through a common denominator — time,
members would view them, and those offering it, as an equal.
 Whenever a bank member needs to get a skill or service ,for example gardening , playing guitar, by
knowing the particular skill ,the member could exchange an hour of credited money to another bank
member.The member can start with zero credit.
 At the start, the 50,000 volunteers registered with the department through local networks will form
community-level banks and list skills they could impart or services they could offer. An experienced
volunteer will induct new members and keep a record of all the transactions.
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Income tax department relaxes time for applying for compounding of

offences
September 1, 2019
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 The income tax department has relaxed time for applying for compounding of income tax offences by
launching of a one-time facility.
 The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued a circular relaxing the 12-month time limit for
compounding application, as a one-time measure.
 The step has been taken to mitigate unintended hardship to taxpayers in deserving cases and to
reduce the pendency of existing prosecution cases before the courts.
 A taxpayer or an assessee, in order to avail the facility, will have to file an application for
compounding a tax offence before the competent authority, that is a Principal Chief Commissioner or
Chief Commissioner, Principal Director General or Director General of Income-tax department “on or
before December 31, 2019”.
World Bank to sanction Rs 3,000cr for food parks
 The World Bank will provide Rs 3,000 crore funds to finance mini and mega food parks across the
country, particularly in Northeast, and help boost farmers’ income.
 15th Indo-US Economic Summit organised by the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce- North India
Council (IACC- NIC).
 The World Bank has agreed to sanction Rs 3,000 crore for the Ministry of Food Processing to enable it
finance mini and mega food parks across the country.
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RBI increases banks’ loan exposure limit to single NBFC

September 1, 2019
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 The RBI increased loan exposure limit of banks to a single NBFC (excluding gold loan companies)
from 15% to 20% of its capital base, a move that will help increase credit supply to the crisis-ridden
shadow banking sector.
 According to the extant ‘Large Exposures Framework (LEF)’, banks’ exposure to a single non-banking
financial company (NBFC) is restricted to 15% of their available eligible capital base, while general
single counter-party exposure limit is 20%, which can be extended to 25% by banks’ boards under
exceptional circumstances.
 It has been decided that a bank’s exposure to a single NBFC (excluding gold loan companies) will be
restricted to 20% of that bank’s eligible capital base.
RBI cuts risk weight on consumer credit, including personal loan, to

100%
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has reduced the risk weight requirement for consumer loans to 100
per cent, a move that will reduce cost of such loans.
 Currently, the risk weight requirement for such loans is 125 per cent.
 The relaxed requirement would not be applicable to credit cards.
 Risk weight refers to the capital banks keep aside as provisioning to cover any loan defaults.
 It has been decided to reduce the risk weight for consumer credit, including personal loans, but
excluding credit card receivables, to 100 per cent.
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Mahesh Kumar Jain
MFIN, Sa-Dhan jointly launch ‘Code for Responsible Lending’ for

microfinance industry
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 Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN) and Sa-Dhan, the Reserve Bank of India recognised self-
regulatory organisations and industry associations for the microfinance industry, along with Finance
Industry Development Council (FIDC), have jointly unveiled the ‘Code for Responsible Lending’ (CRL)
for the micro-credit industry.
 The launch was done at Sa-Dhan’s 15thAnnual National Conference in New Delhi. The CRL, aims to
ensure uniform principles for customer-conduct in micro-credit. It is sector-specific and entity
agnostic.
 Both CRL and CoC are focused on highlighting and advancing ‘responsible lending’ practices in
microfinance. A microfinance customer as defined by the RBI (for NBFC-MFIs) is one that holds an
annual household income of Rs 1 lakh in rural India and Rs 1.6 lakhs in urban India.
Saving Deposits of Banks Rose toRs. 39.72 Lakh Crore in 2018-19
 The aggregate saving deposits of public and private sector banks (PSBs) stood at Rs.39.72 lakh crore
as on March 31, 2019, according to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data published in Handbook of
Statistics on Indian Economy 2018-19.
 On the other hand, foreign banks had a share of Rs. 58,630 crore in terms of savings deposits in the
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same fiscal, the data showed.

 The total savings deposits with commercial banks, including foreign ones, in 2018-19 stood at Rs.
40.31 lakh crore, up from Rs. 36.55 lakh crore in 2017-18.
 The public sector bank’s credit growth was up 8.7 per cent, while the aggregate deposit growth was
6.7 per cent at the end of the first quarter ending June.
 The foreign banks’ credit growth was 5.4 per cent and the aggregate deposit growth was 19.3 per
cent, according to the quarterly data on deposits and credits of commercial banks released earlier
this month.
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 Bank credit between April and June this year grew by 11.7 per cent, against a growth of 11.1 per
cent in the same period last fiscal.
 Private banks registered a growth of 16.3 per cent in aggregate deposits and of 17.5 per cent in bank
credit in the first quarter of the fiscal. The public sector banks had a deposit growth of 6.7 per cent
and bank credit growth of 8.7 per cent in the same quarter.
RBI allows payment of all recurring bills through BBPS
 In a consumer friendly initiative, the RBI expanded the scope of Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS)
to cover all repetitive bill payments, which may include school fees, insurance premiums and
municipal taxes.
 Currently, the facility of payment of recurring bills through BBPS is available only in five segments —
direct to home (DTH), electricity, gas, telecom and water.
 BBPS functions under the aegis of National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
 BBPS is an integrated bill payment system which offers interoperable bill payment service to
customers online as well as through a network of agents on the ground. The system will provide
multiple payment modes and instant confirmation of payment.
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London overtakes India’s financial capital Mumbai in rupee trading

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 London has overtaken India’s financial capital Mumbai to become the top center for trading the
nation’s currency.
 Average daily volumes for rupee in the UK soared to $46.8 billion in April, a more than fivefold jump
from $8.8 billion in 2016, according to the latest survey from the Bank for International Settlements
released this week. That exceeded the $34.5 billion recorded in India.
 Trading in dollar-rupee offshore non-deliverable forwards increased threefold over the three-year
period.
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Airtel Payments Bank launches Bharosa savings account scheme
 Airtel Payments Bank has launched ‘Bharosa savings account’ which enables customers to withdraw
cash, check their balance or access a mini statement of their account at over 6,50,000 Aadhaar-
enabled payment system (AePS) enabled outlets across India.
 These services have been designed for deepening financial inclusion in the country.
 Airtel Payments Bank has launched ‘Bharosa savings account’ which lets you open a savings account
with just₹500 minimum monthly balance.
 Along with convenient banking services, Bharosa savings account offers₹5 lakh personal accident
insurance on maintaining balance of ₹
 Airtel Payments Bank Bharosa Savings Account will allow you minimum one debit transaction per
month.
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 Customers would also be eligible for cashback, if they decide to receive government subsidies in their
Bharosa account or if they make cash deposits in it.
 Airtel Payments Bank offers digital banking services through a network of 5,00,000 neighbourhood
banking points spread across India.
Govt waives three-year lock-in period on investments made by NRIs in

IDFs
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 The government has waived the three-year lock-in period on investments made by non-residents in
infrastructure debt funds (IDFs), to promote funding in the infrastructure sector.
 A notification had been issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).
 To attract off-shore investments into IDFs, any amount of interest received by non-resident or
foreign company from investment in such IDFs is charged at a reduced tax rate of 5 per cent.
 IDFs are investment vehicles to accelerate the flow of long-term debt to the sector.
Sebi sets up panel to suggest norms for social stock exchanges
 The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has constituted a working group on Social Stock
Exchanges (SSE) under the chairmanship of Ishaat Hussain, Director, SBI Foundation.
 The working group shall examine and make recommendations with respect to possible structures and
mechanisms, within the securities market domain, to facilitate the raising of funds by social
enterprises and voluntary organizations.
 In Budget in July, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed a social stock exchange for social
enterprises and voluntary organisations working for social welfare to help them raise capital through
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debt, equity and mutual fund.
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SEBI Headquarters Mumbai
SEBI Chairman Ajay Tyagi
OECD slashes India’s economic growth forecast from 7.2% to 5.9%
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 The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) appears to be the most
pessimistic on India’s economy among think tanks, as it cut the GDP growth forecast by 1.3
percentage points to 5.9 per cent for 2019-20.
 For the next year, the OECD has projected the Indian economy to grow 6.3 per cent, bringing down
its earlier forecast by 1.1 percentage points.
 The OECD predicted since the 2008-2009 financial crisis, slowing from 3.6 per cent last year to 2.9
per cent this year; it predicted 3 per cent growth for the next year.
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Secretary Generals José ÁngelGurría
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IMPS rated world’s best in real-time payment service
 India’s Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) has been rated as the world’s best real-time payment
service in an analysis of 54 countries that have similar facilities.
 India received the only 5+ rating, and remains the global leader in real-time payments usage,”
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according to the sixth annual Flavours of Fast report by FIS.

 Real-time payments systems are also gaining popularity around the world, and their use has
increased 35 per cent globally over the past year and nearly four-fold since 2014.
RBI increases sanctioned limit for Classification of Exports under

priority Sector to Rs 400 million
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 Enhance the sanctioned limit, for classification of export credit under PSL, from ₹ 250 million per
borrower to ₹ 400 million per borrower.
 Remove the existing criteria of ‘units having turnover of up to ₹ 1 billion’.
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Bank of Baroda launches agri digital platform
 Bank of Baroda launched its agri digital platform “Baroda Kisan”.

 The platform can also be accessed on mobiles by farmers.
 The web-based portal will cater to all the needs of farmers, including weather forecasts, crop
conditions, the moisture levels of the soil, information on crop worms, market prices, special crop-
related consultation.
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 Further, it will also help farmers with inputs related to the purchase of different products, (For
example – seeds, fertilizers, pesticides), agricultural equipment on rent, consultancy services and
innovative financing options for the sale of agricultural products.
 The Bank also launched centralised processing hubs at Gandhinagar and Hyderabad of agriculture
proposals. It also introduced two loan schemes.
 One of the schemes was meant for the construction and renovation of toilets as well as domestic
drinking water facilities under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, while the would help the people with the
construction of houses in rural areas.
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Bank of Baroda Headquarters Vadodara
Bank of Baroda Tagline India’s International Bank
RBI sets timelines for reversal of failed electronic transactions
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released a framework for turnaround time (TAT) for failed
transactions and compensation for customers, saying this will bring in uniformity in processing of the
failed transactions.
 The central bank also prescribed auto reversal timelines for failed transactions. In cases where a
customer’s account has been debited but cash not dispensed from an automated teller machine
(ATM), the bank will have to pro-actively reverse failed transactions within a maximum of T + 5 days
or within five days of the failed transaction. Failing to reverse within five days will lead to the bank
paying ₹100 per day to the account holder.
 In the case of point of sale (PoS) transactions and including cash at PoS, where account is debited
but confirmation not received at merchant location or charge-slip not generated, the same five-day
reversal period has been granted.
 For Immediate Payment System (IMPS) and Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions, the
central bank has asked banks to reverse it within a day of the failed transaction.
 Failed transactions shall also include the credits which could not be effected to the beneficiary
account on account of lack of full information or lack of proper information and delay in initiating a
reversal transaction.
ADB predicts Indian economy to grow 6.5 % in FY19, 7.2 % in FY20

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 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has revised its outlook (Asian Development Outlook 2019) for
India’s economy with growth now expected at 6.5 per cent in fiscal year (FY) 2019 and 7.2 per cent
in FY20
 In July, ADB had forecast 7 per cent growth for FY19 and 7.2 per cent in FY20.
 India’s fiscal year starts on April 1 and ends March 31 of the next calendar year
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PMC Bank customers can not withdraw more than ₹1,000 from their
accounts, says RBI
 The Reserve Bank of India has put restrictions on the amount depositors of Mumbai-based Punjab
and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank (PMC Bank) can withdraw from their accounts with the urban co-
operative bank.
 The issue of the directions to PMC Bank should not be construed as cancellation of banking licence by
the central bank. PMC Bank can continue to undertake banking business with restrictions till further
notice/instructions from RBI.
 As on March 2019, PMC Bank had business of Rs 20,000 crore consisting of Rs 11,617 crore deposits
and Rs 8,383 crore advances. The bank will do business with restrictions till further notice or
directions by RBI.
 The bank has 137 branches in 6 states including those in New Delhi. It had 3.76% gross non-
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performing assets (NPAs) and net 2.19 % NPAs as at the end of March 2019.
SBI Life signs corporate agency pact with Repco Home Finance
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 SBI Life Insurance has signed a corporate agency agreement with city-based Repco Home Finance
Ltd to offer the company’s range of products to RHFL customers.
 According to the agreement, the partnership would see over 148 branches and 27 satellite centres of
RHFL spread across the country to offer SBI Life Insurance products to its customers.
 Through this partnership, SBI Life Insurance will reach more new customers across geographies to
meet their diverse insurance needs.
 The corporate agency agreement was signed by RHFL CFO T Karunakaran, General Manager K Prabhu
and SBI Life, Regional Director, E ThirumudiPandian in the presence of Repco Home Finance Ltd MD
and CEO, Yashpal Gupta and others.
Pine Labs and Federal Bank join hands to offer EMIs
 Merchant focussed company, Pine Labs announced that it has entered into a strategic alliance with
Federal Bank to offer equated monthly instalments (EMIs) on debit card-based offline transactions to
all the bank’s customers.
 The objective of this association is to provide affordability solution to debit card-holders of Federal
Bank by way of POS-based EMI solutions.
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 The tie-up focused on technology and analytics to deliver customer-centric digital services.
 Pine Labs currently offers credit and debit card EMI services in over 1.20 lakh stores across 85,000
merchants in India. It has created a network of 90 brands and 19 banking and financial institutions.
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PNB launches Preventive Vigilance portal
 Punjab National Bank (PNB) launched a Preventive Vigilance portal to facilitate its staff members to
check procedural lapses and promote good practices.
 Besides other activities, such as inauguration of e-pledge mission, social outreach through
technological platforms for promoting the central theme of ‘Integrity – A way of Life’, the bank
introduced technology based solutions through the Preventive Vigilance (PV) portal.
 The PV portal will facilitate all staff members to contribute towards arresting procedural lapses and
unhealthy practices, and will usher in a coherent climate conducive to banking for the modern age.
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Punjab National Bank Headquarters New Delhi
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UNCTAD sees India growth moderating to 6% in 2019
 The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has projected India’s GDP
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growth rate at 6% in the calendar year (CY) 2019.

 As per UNCTAD, India’s economy grew 7.4% in CY18.
BIS launches green bond fund for central banks
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 The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has launched an open-ended fund for central bank
investments in green bonds.
 Responding to a growing demand for climate-friendly investments among official institutions, the
BIS’s green bond fund initiative helps central banks to incorporate environmental sustainability
objectives in the management of their reserves.
 With the support of an advisory committee drawn from a global group of central banks, the fund
pools BIS client assets to promote green finance through sizeable climate-friendly investments and
support the adoption of best market practices to deepen the green bond market.
 The open-ended fund, denominated in US dollars, is structured according to Swiss law and belongs to
the BIS Investment Pool (BISIP) family, a format commonly used by BIS Asset Management for its
fixed income investment products.
 It is managed in-house by BIS Asset Management. Eligible bonds have a minimum rating of A- and
comply with the International Capital Market Association’s Green Bond Principles and/or the Climate
Bond Standard published by the Climate Bonds Initiative.
 The BIS offers financial services to a broad client base comprising some 140 central banks, monetary
authorities and international organisations worldwide, and has a long-standing experience in
managing fixed income portfolios.
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BOOKS AND AUTHOR

“A Short History of Indian Railways” book by Rajendra B Aklekar
 A new book named “A Short History of Indian Railways“, has been penned by veteran journalist and
author Rajendra B Aklekar.
 This new book on the history of Indian Railways chronicles the journey of the national transporter
from the 1830s to the new high-speed Train 18 and Prime Minister NarendraModis ambitious bullet
train project.
“First They Erased Our Name: A Rohingya Speaks” to be released by

Penguin Random House (India)
 A new book entitled “First They Erased Our Name: A Rohingya Speaks”penned by
journalist Sophie Ansel(France) will be formally released by Penguin Random House (India) on
September 1, 2019
September 9, 2019.
 The book documents the troubles of Rohingya community, through the eyes of a Rohingya,
“Habiburahman”, who was born and raised in a small village in western Burma (now Myanmar), in
1979, grew up stateless with his people when their own country’s military leader ordered that
Rohingya were not one among the 135 recognized ethnic groups that formed the 8 ‘national races’.
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Second Volume of ‘LoktantraKeSwar’ and ‘The Republican Ethic’ –

Compilation of Selected Speeches of President of India – to be released
by Vice President
 In order to promote and disseminate selected speeches of President of India Shri Ram NathKovind,
Publications Division under Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has published ‘LoktantraKeSwar
(Khand 2)’ and ‘The Republican Ethic (Volume 2)’. They are a compilation of 95 speeches delivered
by the President during his second year in office (July 2018 to July 2019).
 The speeches present a wide panorama of our national life, covering issues ranging from diplomatic
focus to good governance, from quality education to the pursuit of excellence and from welfare of our
brave armed forces to the overriding spirit of Constitution. In view of the commemoration of 150th
Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, a separate section on President’s illuminating addresses
related to Gandhian world-view has also been included.
 The speeches have been divided into 8 categories: ‘Addressing the Nation’, ‘Windows to the World’,
‘Educating India: Equipping India’, ‘Dharma of Public Service’, ‘Honouring our Sentinels’, ‘Spirit of the
Constitution and Law’, ‘Acknowledging Excellence’ and ‘Mahatma Gandhi: Moral Exemplar, Guiding
Light.’
 The books will be released by Vice President of India Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu at Pravasi Bharatiya
Kendra, New Delhi. Union Ministers Shri Prakash Javadekar and Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot will be
Guests of Honour on the occasion.
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Savarkar -Echoes From A Forgotten Past, 1883-1924
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 Author VikramSampath has written a book named “Savarkar: Echoes from a Forgotten Past, 1883–
1924”.
 The book is based on the life of freedom-fighter and Hindutva philosophy formulator
VinayakDamodarSavarkar. Sampath has been lauded by PM Modi for his book.
Phoolproof: Indian flowers, their myths, traditions and usage
 A new book titled ‘Phoolproof: Indian flowers, their myths, traditions and usage’ has been penned by
Jhelum Biswas Bose to acknowledge the importance of flowers in our lives.
 The book has been published by Penguin India and will hit stands on September 8.
 It contains the foreword written by actor Lisa Ray.
 Through the book, the authors has tried to teach us how to gainfully use flowers in living spaces,
foods, and beauty and healing treatments.
‘Fortune Turners: The Quartet That Spun India To Glory’ launched

September 1, 2019
 Book titled ‘Fortune Turners: The Quartet that spun India to glory’ on spin quartet written by Aditya
Bhushan and Sachin Bajaj was launched in New Delhi. It is published by Global Cricket School.
 It reveals the careers of the famous four spinners of Indian cricket team- Bishan Singh Bedi, Erapalli
Prasanna, Bhagwat Chandrashekhar, and S. Venkataraghavan, who dominated Indian bowling in the
1960s-70s and were instrumental in some of the team’s famous victories of the time.
Sudha Murthy to launch book titled “The Daughter from a Wishing Tree”
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 A book titled “The Daughter from a Wishing Tree” which is authored by Sudha Murthy will be
launched in October 2019.
 Sudha Murthy is the Foundation Chairperson of Infosys and is the wife of N R Narayana Murthy.
The Cousins Thackeray: Uddhav, Raj and the Shadow of their Senas
 The book“The Cousins Thackeray: Uddhav, Raj and the Shadow of their Senas” penned by the
journalist Dhaval Kulkarni was released. It is published by Penguin Random House.
 The book depicts the political journey of Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra
Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray.
New book to mark Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary “Being Gandhi”

September 1, 2019
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 A new book by award-winning author Paro Anand will mark the 150th anniversary of Mahatma
Gandhi by looking beyond the leader and his politics and into his way of life.
 Titled “Being Gandhi”, the book explores “not Gandhi the man or his life as a leader, but really the
Gandhian way that must remain relevant to us.”
 The story revolves around a boy, Chandrashekhar, who is bored of doing projects on Gandhi.
Roopa Pai’s “From Leeches to Slug Glue 25 Explosive Ideas that Made
and Are Making Modern Medicine” to be released
 Indian journalist and children’s author Roopa Pai’s book titled From Leeches to Slug Glue: 25
Explosive Ideas that Made (and Are Making) Modern Medicine will be released on 28 September. The
book is published by publisher Puffin Books.
 The book will trace the origins of path-breaking experiments and discoveries in the evolution of
science and medicine spanning over 2,500 years and several geographies.
 The book also offers a view of how science and medicine have advanced through the ages, across
continents.
‘Girl Power: Indian Women Who Broke The Rules’ by Neha J

Hiranandani
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 ‘Girl Power: Indian Women Who Broke The Rules‘ written by author Neha J Hiranandani was released.
 The book is about the stories/achievements of 50 Indian women role models. The book is published
by Scholastic India.
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 Some of the women featured in the list were badminton player PV Sindhu, actress Priyanka Chopraa
and real life heroines such as Subhasini Mistry, who won Padma Bhushan for healthcare,Chandro
Tomar, the octogenarian sharpshooter, popularly known as ‘Revolver Dadi’, queen Abbakka of
Chowta dynasty etc.
First Edition of the Book ‘India in the Persianate Age: 1000–1765’ by

American Author Richard M. Eaton Released
 A book named “India in the Persianate Age: 1000-1765” by United States(US) based professor and
author, Richard M Eaton was released.
 This book mainly focuses on the rise of Persian culture and also about the civilisations, architecture,
upheavals, and the art of the Indian subcontinent between 11th and 18th centuries. The book is
published by Penguin India.
SiddharthShanghvi pens book on mortality

September 1, 2019
 Award-winning author SiddharthDhanvantShanghvi will come out with a memoir on death and grief,
drawing on a string of personal losses – of his parents and a beloved pet.
 In “Loss”, the author will chart the landscape of bereavement as he takes the reader down the dark,
winding path to healing.
 Shanghvi, whose first novel “The Last Song of Dusk” won the Betty Trask Award, the PremioGrinzane
Cavour, and was nominated for the IMPAC Prize.
 Shanghvi, whose second book “The Lost Flamingoes of Bombay” was shortlisted for the Man Asian
Prize.
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 “Loss” will hit stores next summer.
AYUSH Ministry launched ‘Professor Ayushman’ — comic book Series
 A comic book series with ‘Professor Ayushman’ as the central character has been unveiled to make
children aware of the importance of medicinal plants and their use for home remedies.
 The comic book, conceived by the National Medicinal Plants Board, talks about plants like Aloe Vera,
Tulsi, Amla, Giloy, Neem, Ashvagandha and Brahmi.
 The AYUSH Ministry has come out with the book that will be available for free and schools can
approach the National Medicinal Plant Board
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‘Reset: Regaining India’s Economic Legacy’ authored by Subramanian

Swamy launched
September 1, 2019
 Former president Pranab Mukherjee released a book written by BJP MP Subramanian Swamy that
tracks the country’s economic development over the years and offers solutions for future growth.
 The former president also acknowledged the MP’s input on liberalising trade when the latter was the
commerce minister in the short-lived Chandra Shekhar government in 1990-91.
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DEFENCE
IAF inducts 8 Apache AH-64E attack helicopters
 The Indian Air Force inducted eight US-made Apache AH-64E attack helicoptersat the Pathankot
airbase.
 The Apache choppers would replace the old Russia-made Mi-35
 The AH-64E Apache is one of the world’s most advanced multi-role combat helicopters, and is flown
by the US Army
 The IAF had signed a multi-billion dollar contract with the US government and Boeing Ltd in
September 2015 for 22 Apache helicopters.
 The first four of the 22 helicopters was handed over to the air force by Boeing on July 27
 India is the 14th nation in the world to be operating the Apache attack helicopters
15th Indo-US Joint Military Exercise YudhAbhyas 2019 to Be Held in

Washington
September 1, 2019
 The Indo-US joint military training drill named Exercise YudhAbhyas – 2019 is scheduled to be
conducted at Joint Base Lewis Mc Chord, Washington, USA from 05-18 September 2019.
 This will be the 15th edition of the joint exercise, hosted alternately between India and United States.
Iran unveils homegrown drone Kian with pinpoint accuracy
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 Iranian Army unveiled a new homegrown jet-propelled drone, named KIAN, capable of carrying long-
time surveillance missions and hitting the targets with high precision, Polygon reported İRNA.
 The drone was unveiled in a ceremony in the presence of Commander of Army Air Defense.
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ASEAN-US Maritime Exercise Begins in Thailand
 The U.S. Navy and maritime forces from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will
begin the first ASEAN-U.S. Maritime Exercise (AUMX) with opening ceremonies at Sattahip Naval
Base, Thailand and ending in Singapore.
 AUMX includes eight warships and four aircraft from seven countries, and more than a thousand
personnel representing all ten ASEAN member states and the United States.
 AUMX was first proposed at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Defense Ministers’ Meeting
Plus (ADMM-Plus) in 2017 and confirmed during the 12th ADMM in October 2018.
September 1, 2019
28th cycle of Indo-Thai CORPAT from Sep 5 to 15
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 The latest iteration of the India-Thailand Coordinated Patrol (Indo-Thai CORPAT) between the navies
of the two countries, which seek to enhance bilateral ties and maritime cooperation, is being hosted
from September 5 to 15.
 The coordinated patrol between Indian Navy and the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) is being conducted from
September 5 to 15
 Indian Naval Ship Kesari and His Majesty’s Thailand Ship (HTMS) Kraburi along with Maritime Patrol
Aircraft from both the navies are participating in the 28th edition of the CORPAT.
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Chandrayaan-2 setback, India loses contact with Vikram lander during

descent
 India’s space agency lost contact with the Vikram lander around 2.1 km over the lunar surface, in a
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setback to the country’s maiden attempt to land a spacecraft on the moon’s surface.
 As the lander began the 15 minute autonomous descent, it overcame a major hurdle of what is called
as the rough breaking phase to go down from a height of 30 kms to around 2.1 kms.
 Soon after, the lander lost contact with the ground station.
 However, the orbiter, which has several instruments on board continues to hover around 100 kms
over the moon.
Indo-Lanka maritime fleet exercise – SLINEX 2019

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 Sri Lankan Navy is sending two ships to India to participate in the SLINEX 2019, the joint maritime
naval exercise with the Indian Navy.
 The offshore patrol vessels, SLNS Sindurala and Suranimala left Trincomalee and are scheduled to
arrive at the port of Visakhapatnam.
 The week-long exercise will be attended by 323 Sri Lankan navy personnel including the commanding
flag officer of the naval fleet. The exercise features wide-ranging naval exercises including helicopter
operations.
 The exercise signifies the desire of both countries to enhance co-operation and to further strengthen
mutual trust and interoperability between the two navies.
DRDO successfully test fires indigenous Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided

Missile system
 Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight-tested indigenously-

developed Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) system.
 The test fire was conducted in the ranges of Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh.
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 It is a low weight, fire-and-forget Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM).

 The missile is incorporated with state-of-the-art Infrared Imaging Seeker along with advanced
avionics.
 This is the third successful test firing of the missile system which is being developed for Indian
Army’s need for 3rd generation ATGMs.
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Khanderi, India’s Second Scorpene-Class Submarine, Set To Be

Commissioned
 India’s second Scorpene-class attack submarine INS Khanderi will be commissioned into the Navy by
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Mumbai on September 28.
 The conventional diesel-electric submarine has been manufactured by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd
in Mumbai.
 The first Scorpene-class submarine INS Kalvari had been commissioned into the Indian Navy in
December 2017.
 Under the Project 75 programme, India is committed to building six Scorpene-class submarines that
also includes INS Kalvari and INS Khanderi. The programme has been undertaken with Transfer of
Technology from Naval Group, state-run French submarine builder, which was formerly known as
DCNS. INS Khanderi had been launched in January 2017.
India signs with Russian company to modernise radar missile systems

on P-15 class ships
September 1, 2019
 The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a contract with Russian defence company JSC
Rosoboronexport to modernise the radar and missile systems on the P-15 ships
 The modernisation of radar and missile systems would substantially enhance the Air Defence
capability of the P-15 Ships
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 There are 3 Delhi class destroyers in Indian Navy – INS Delhi, INS Mysore, INS Mumbai.
 Delhi-class warships are guided-missile destroyers with a displacement of 6,200 tonnes, a length of
163 metres and a crew of 40 officers and 310 sailors. They have a maximum speed of 32 knots (59
kilometres per hour).
DRDO hands over second ‘Netra’ early warning system to IAF
 Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) has handed over the second ‘Netra’ Airborne
Early Warning and Control System (AEW&CS) system to the Indian Air Force (IAF)
 The indigenously-built aircraft was handed over to Western Air Command chief, Air Marshal
RaghunathNambiar, at the Bathinda Air Base in Punjab.
 ‘Netra’ was Designed and developed by DRDO, with assistance from the Bengaluru-based Centre for
Airborne Systems
 It is useful for surveillance, tracking, identification and classification of airborne and sea surface
targets and is useful in detecting incoming ballistic missile threats.
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Singapore, India, Thailand kick off maiden trilateral exercise‘SITMEX’in

Port Blair
September 1, 2019
 The navies of the Republic of Singapore, India and Thailand are taking part in the inaugural
Singapore-India-Thailand Maritime exercise (SITMEX)
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 The exercise comprises a shore phase held at Port Blair, and a sea phase in the Andaman Sea.
 The host country is contributing guided missile destroyer INS Ranvir, missile corvette INS Kora, and
OPV Sukanya in addition to maritime patrol aircraft.
 The Republic of Singapore Navy is participating with the Formidable-class frigate RSS Tenacious while
Thailand is represented by frigate HTMS Kraburi.
‘TSENTR-2019’: Multinational military exercise kicks off in Russia
 A week-long multinational military exercise ‘TSENTR’ [Centre] 2019 has commenced in Russia’s
Donguz under the ambit of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Inter-Services Public Relations
(ISPR).
 The exercise “Centre” aims at evolving drills of the participating armies in the fight against
international terrorism ensuring security and stability in the region.
 The member countries are exchanging its experiences against the anti-terrorism in the military
exercise.
 8 SCO member countries inclusive of Russia namely China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,
Uzbekistan, India, and Pakistan are participating in the exercise.
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Indian Army Conducts Massive Exercise ‘Chang Thang’ in Eastern

Ladakh Bordering China
September 1, 2019
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 The Indian Army conducted a massive rare exercise involving all its arms and services including
tanks, artillery and helicopters, in Eastern Ladakh bordering China, for testing and improving its war-
fighting capabilities.
 The integrated exercise named ‘Chang Thang’ was conducted at a high altitude area in the region.
 It involved the use of infantry, mechanised forces, T-72 tanks, with force multipliers such as artillery
guns and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
India-US Tri-Services ”Exercise Tiger Triumph” To Be Held In November
 India and the United States are set to hold their first tri-services exercise code-named “Tiger
Triumph” at Visakhapatnam and Kakinada in November this year.
 India-US tri-services ”Exercise Tiger Triumph” is being organised under the aegis of the headquarters
of the Integrated Defence Staff.
 Final Planning Conference (FPC) for India-US Tri-Services Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief
(HADR) concluded at Headquarters Eastern Naval Command.
 This is the second such tri-service exercise to be conducted by India with any other country after
Russia.
Indian, Japanese and U.S. maritime forces to participate in exercise

Malabar 2019
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 The 23rd edition of the Trilateral Maritime Exercise MALABAR, is scheduled between the navies of
India, Japan and USA from 26 Sep to 04 Oct 19 off the coast of Japan.
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 Two frontline indigenously designed and built Indian Naval Ships, the Multipurpose Guided Missile
Frigate Sahyadri and Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Corvette Kiltan, arrived at Sasebo, to participate
in the Exercise.
 In addition to the ships, a ‘P8I’ Long Range Maritime Patrol Aircraft, also arrived in Japan for the
Exercise
 MALABAR 2019 would endeavour to further strengthen India – Japan – US Naval cooperation and
enhance interoperability, based on shared values and principles.
 The Exercise would encompass conduct of complex maritime operations in the surface, sub-surface
and air domains, and focus on Anti-Submarine Warfare, Anti-Air and Anti-Surface Firings, Maritime
Interdiction Operations (MIO) including Visit Board Search and Seizure (VBSS) and tactical scenario
based Exercise at Sea
ICGS ‘Varaha’ commissioned by Defense Minister Rajnath Singh
 Defense Minister Rajnath Singh formally commissioned the Coast Guard offshore patrol vessel
‘Varaha’ at the Chennai Port Trust.
 The ICGS Varaha, the fourth in the series of seven 98-m Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) of the Indian
Coast Guard (ICG)
 The ship will have on board 14 officers and 89 men
 The ship has been designed and built indigenously by Larsen & Toubro (L&T) at its Katupalli ship
building yard in North Chennai.
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INDO-KAZAKHSTAN Joint Military Exercise KAZIND – 2019 to be held in

Pithoragarh
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 Joint Military Exercise KAZIND-2019 between India and Kazakhstan will be conducted at Pithoragarh
from 02 to 15 October 2019.
 The exercise will comprise of nearly 100 soldiers from both Indian and Kazakhstan Army who would
be sharing their experience gained during conduct of various counter insurgency and counter
terrorism operations in the past
 Exercise KAZIND-2019 is the fourth edition of an annual event which is conducted alternatively in
Kazakhstan and India.
 The joint military exercise will enhance the level of defence cooperation further fostering bilateral
relations between the two nations
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Rajnath Singh launches Navy’s first new stealth frigate, INS ‘Nilgiri’ in
Mumbai
September 1, 2019
 Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh launched the warship Nilgiri in Mumbai
 INS Nilgiri is the first ship of the Project -17A frigates,
 INS Nilgiri is the first of the Indian Navy’s seven new stealth frigates with enhanced stealth features,
weapons and sensors.
 Project 17A frigates is a design derivative of the Shivalik class stealth frigates with much more
advanced stealth features and indigenous weapons and sensors.
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 The stealth frigate, Nilgiri, is made with the co-ordination of Mazagon Dockyard Limited and Garden
Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers with the Indian Navy, DRDO, and other public and private partners
 Rajnath Singh also commissioned the largest dry dock of Indian Navy – The Aircraft Carrier Dock at
the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai
ShriRajnath Singh launches Navy’s first new stealth frigate, INS ‘Nilgiri’
 ShriRajnath Singh launched INS ‘Nilgiri’the first of the Navy’s seven new stealth frigates, at Mazagon
Dock Shipbuilders Limited in Mumbai.
 The Government is making concerted efforts to modernise the Navy and equip it with the best
platforms, weapons and sensors to deal with any conventional and unconventional threats to India’s
maritime interests.
 70% of India’s trade by value and 95% by volume is taking place through the sea route and even a
slight disruption of seaborne trade due to piracy, terrorism or conflict, could have serious
repercussions on the economic growth and well-being of the nation.
Second Kalvari-class Submarine INS ‘Khanderi’ joins Indian Navy

September 1, 2019
 India’s second Kalvari-class Submarine INS ‘Khanderi’ was commissioned into the Indian Navy in a
ceremony held at the Mazagon Docks in Mumbai.
 The name Khanderi is inspired by the dreaded ‘Sword Tooth Fish,’ a deadly fish known to hunt whilst
swimming close to the bottom of the ocean. Khanderi is also the name of an island fort constructed
by ChhatrapatiShivajiMaharaj.
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 Khanderi is the second of the Navy’s six Kalvari-class submarines built in India. It is a diesel-electric
attack submarine which is designed by French naval defence and energy company DCNS which is
being manufactured at Mazagon Dock in Mumbai.
 The state-of-the-art features of this Scorpene class submarine include superior stealth and the ability
to launch a crippling attack on the enemy using precision-guided weapons.
 The attack can be launched with torpedoes, as well as tube-launched anti-ship missiles, whilst
underwater or on the surface. The Stealth features will give it an invulnerability, unmatched by many
submarines.
 INS Kalvari was the first of the six Scorpene-class submarines built under Project 75. The Kalvari
submarine was commissioned on December 14, 2017.
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BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

Tata firm launches India’s first maritime broadband
 VSAT solutions provider Nelco, a Tata enterprise, announced the launch of maritime communication
services, becoming India’s first company to provide broadband services to the maritime sector.
 Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology and
Law & Justice, and AnshuPrakash, Secretary, Department of Telecommunications, inaugurated the
services.
 Nelco, through global partnerships and infrastructure, including transponder capacity on the satellite
of ISRO and service portfolio, will help energy, cargo and cruise vessels by enhancing operational
efficiency.
 The in-flight and maritime communications (IFMC) licence has not only enabled connectivity for on-
board users on ships but also brings operational efficiencies for shipping companies which were less
evolved until now.
ZestMoney partners with PayU for cardless EMI payment

September 1, 2019
 Digital lending platform ZestMoney has joined hands with payment gateway, PayU.
 The merchants can now offer the convenience of the cardless EMI payment option to consumers and
increase their overall conversions.
 ZestMoney has already partnered with Billdesk, Cashfree and Razorpay as a payment method.
 The lender aims to provide loans of amount starting at Rs 1,000 and going up to Rs 5 lakh as per the
need of the customer in any location.
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INTERNATIONAL
India-Australia to enhance cooperation on cyber security
 The 3rd India-Australia Cyber Policy Dialogue for the year 2019 was held in New Delhi.
 ShriUpender Singh Rawat, Joint Secretary in charge of e-Governance, Information Technology and
Cyber Diplomacy at the Indian Ministry of External Affairs led the Indian delegation and Australian
delegation was led by the Ambassador for Cyber Affairs Dr. Tobias Feakin.
 India and Australia affirmed commitment to ensure security and stability in cyberspace underpinned
by their shared commitment to the implementation of the UNGGE reports of the 2013 and 2015 on
the application of international law.
 The two countries further agreed to work towards the establishment of a Joint Working Group on
Cyber Security Cooperation and to commence negotiations for a Framework Agreement on Cyber
Cooperation.
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India announces $ 1 Mn Disaster Relief Aid for Bahamas

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 India announced a humanitarian assistance of USD 1 million to help people in The Bahamas affected
by Hurricane Dorian.
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 The death toll from the calamity has risen to over 40 and is likely to increase even more, even as
search and rescue teams are still trying to reach out to Bahamian communities isolated by
floodwaters and debris in the wake of Hurricane Dorian.
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Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis
India Pavilion inaugurated at 44th Toronto International Film Festival
 The High Commissioner of India to Canada Vikas Swarup inaugurated the India Pavilion at the 44th
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2019
 The inauguration of India Pavilion at TIFF will provide a platform to showcase Indian Cinema in the
overseas market and facilitate new business opportunities.
 TIFF provides the ideal platform for the global outreach of the 50th International Film Festival of India
(IFFI) 2019
Typhoon Faxai hits Tokyo, Japan

September 1, 2019
 Typhoon Faxai has hit Tokyo, Japan. There were winds of up to 216 kilometres (134 miles) per hour.
Authorities have issued non-compulsory evacuation warnings to more than 390,000 people.
 About 100 bullet trains connecting Tokyo with central and western Japanese cities were cancelled.
 The Rugby World Cup 2019 (9th Edition) is scheduled to be held in Japan from September 20 and the
typhoon has affected the preparations.
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Vietnam opens Southeast Asia’s largest solar power farm
 Vietnam has inaugurated Southeast Asia’s largest solar power farm which has the capacity to produce
688 million kWh of electricity annually.
 The DauTieng Solar Power Complex, a joint venture with the Thai industrial group B.Grimm Power
Public Company, occupies 540 hectares in TayNinh province, some 100 km from Ho Chi Minh City,
and has an investment of more than $391 million.
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UK announced 2 year post study work visa for all foreign students
September 1, 2019
 The UK government has announced a two-year post-study work visa for all international students
who will be coming into the country from the academic year 2020-21.
 Currently, graduates with bachelors or master’s degrees are allowed to look for work for only four
months.
 Under the new policy, the visas would have no cap on numbers and would allow graduates to apply
for jobs regardless of their skills or the subject they studied.
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Sri Lanka flags off Pulathisi Express, a ‘Make In India’ train
 The strong ties between India and its southern neighbour Sri Lanka received a boost when a newly
‘Make in India’ train rake was flagged of from Colombo Fort Railway station. The rake of the train was
manufactured in the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai.
 The train which has been inducted under an Indian Line of Credit has an on-board entertainment
system, modular interiors and fully-rotating seats in Air Conditioned Chair cars for passenger
comfort.
 ICF will manufacture six DEMU rakes consisting of 78 coaches in five variants. The order is being
jointly executed by RITES and ICF under the India-Sri Lanka economic cooperation agreement.
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Thailand first in Asia to roll out plain cigarette packaging

September 1, 2019
 Thailand becomes the first country in Asia to introduce rolled out plain cigarette packaging
 Activists say that plain cigarette packagingis an effective way to reduce the appeal of smoking.
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 In 2012, Australia became the first country to require tobacco products to be sold without colourful
brand logos
 Singapore is set to implement similar restrictions on packaging next year
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St. Vincent and Grenadines, 79th country to join India-led International

Solar Alliance (ISA)
 Saint Vincent and Grenadines became the 79th country to join the International Solar Alliance (ISA)
 ISA is an initiative by India aimed at combating the threats of climate change and global warming.
 The International Solar Alliance is a group of 121 solar resource-rich countries with headquarters in
Gurugram, India.
 The organisation aims to deploy over 1,000 gigawatts of solar energy and mobilise more than USD
1,000 billion into solar power by 2030, according to the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Sri Lanka unveils South Asia’s tallest tower, funded by China

September 1, 2019
 Sri Lanka unveiled South Asia’s tallest tower, costing over $100 million, 80% of which has been
funded by China under the controversial Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
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 The 350-metre-tall 17-storey Lotus Tower, located in the heart of Colombo city, comprises a
television tower, a hotel, a telecommunications museum, restaurants, auditorium, an observation
deck, a shopping mall and a conference centre.
 The tower, spread over an area of 30,600 sq. metres, was constructed at a cost of over $100 million,
80% of which was funded by China.
 The Lotus Tower is foreseen to be one of the significant landmarks and an epitome of the country’s
economy, culture and development.
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UK launches biggest peacetime operation after Thomas Cook collapse
 The UK government launched Operation Matterhorn, its biggest peacetime repatriation in British
history, after the collapse of tour giant Thomas Cook that left tens of thousands of tourists stranded
abroad.
 UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced that the government and UK Civil Aviation Authority
(CAA) has hired dozens of charter planes to fly nearly 150,000 customers home free of charge after
the 178-year-old travel firm went into compulsory liquidation and all its flights stood cancelled.
 The government said all travellers abroad with Thomas Cook who are booked to return to the UK over
the next two weeks will be brought home as close as possible to their booked return date.
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Gandhi Solar Park inaugurated at UN headquarters on Mahatma

Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary
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 Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared his thoughts on Mahatma Gandhi at a programme hosted by
India in New York.
 Mr Modi along with others world leaders also inaugurated the Gandhi Solar Park at the UN
headquarters and released a commemorative stamp issued by the UN on the occasion of Gandhi’s
150th birth anniversary.
 UN Secretary-General António Guterres and a number of heads of state were present on the
occasion.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred the “Global Goalkeeper” award by the Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan launched by his government.
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MoU & AGREEMENTS

IIT Kharagpur collaborates with Amazon Web Services to develop
National Artificial Intelligence resource platform
 IIT Kharagpur has collaborated with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to develop a resource portal to
promote learning and development in the artificial intelligence (AI).
 Powered by Amazon SageMaker, a cloud machine learning platform, the National Artificial Intelligence
Resource Portal (NAIRP) is aimed at making the search for AI learning resources simpler and more
accessible to learners, practitioners and researchers in India.
 The initiative has got funding from the Ministry of Human Resources Development, as part of the
National Digital Library of India (NDLI) project which is being spearheaded by the premier institute.
 With the launch of NAIRP, machine learning practitioners will be able to search quickly and get access
to myriads of learning resources.
 NAIRP will index a wide variety of AI-specific learning materials and allow interested candidates
access to different resources for converting concepts into working modules.
MeitY and Google tie up to Build for Digital India

September 1, 2019
 The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and Google signed a statement of
intent to roll-out ‘Build for Digital India’, a programme that will give engineering students a platform
to develop market-ready, technology-based solutions that address key social problems.
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 As part of the programme, engineering students across the country will be invited to apply and join in
a learning journey that will help them transform their bright ideas into real-world solutions.
 Applicants will take part in online and offline learning opportunities on key technologies such as
machine learning, cloud and android.
 These will be offered through Google’s Developer Student Club network and other Google Developer
networks.
 Google will also offer mentorship sessions in product design, strategy and technology to the most
promising products and prototypes.
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MCX signs MoU with Zhengzhou Comm Exchange
 Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX), a subsidiary of Financial Technologies, and China-based
Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore
areas of co-operation.
 ZCE offers commodity futures contracts in wheat, cotton & white sugar.
 The exchanges will work together to develop areas of co-operation and business opportunities with
the goal of assisting and benefiting underlying producers, end-users, and investors in commonly
traded products.
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India, S Korea ink 2 MoUs to boost defence cooperation
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 India and South Korea signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) during Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh’s visit to the East Asian nation.
 Two MoUs to further defence educational exchanges and extend logistical support to each other’s
navies were signed.
 These agreements will help enhance defence cooperation between India-Republic of Korea
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Wipro bags $300-million deal from ICICI Bank
 Wipro has bagged a seven-year contract worth $300 million from ICICI Bank to provide a
comprehensive suite of services.
 Currently, IT Services CompanyVaralnfotech provides these services to ICICI Bank.
 The deal is expected to be completed by September 30, the IT major will offer a range of services
through its artificial intelligence platform Wipro HOLMES.
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 As a part of the agreement, VaraInfotech’s 3,800 employees will be taken on board by Wipro.
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NITI Aayog joins hands with McKinsey for first digital capability centre
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 McKinsey & Company has secured a contract from the NITI Aayog to set up India’s first digital
capability centre (DCC) at New Delhi.
 The government will act as a facilitator to bring together industry, academia and research on one
platform to help set up the centre, which has to be driven by the private sector.
 The Aayog has lined up extensive stakeholder consultations over the next few months to firm up the
plan.
 DCC is a unique digital manufacturing learning centre offering company leaders and their workforces
hands-on experience and workshops in next generation technology to help them advance their
operations, design and productivity and can be used at all levels of the value chain.
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Visa, BillDesk partner to roll out interface for recurring payments
 Visa, a global leader in payments technology, and BillDesk, leader in the Indian payments business,
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have partnered to roll out of SI-Hub, a seamless and secure way to make recurring payments using
cards with a one-time enrollment.
 With this, the banks and merchants will be able to offer recurring payments/ standing instructions
(SI) services (powered by BillDesk’s SI-Hub and Visa’s global recurring transaction framework for
merchant-initiated transactions) to their cardholders to help manage payment across utilities,
subscription services, and mutual fund SIPs, among others.
 The RBI had recently released guidelines for e-mandate on cards for recurring transactions.
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 Visa is glad to partner with BillDesk to offer SI-Hub to its clients and enable cardholders to decide
when, how much and the duration of their recurring payments through a simple dashboard interface.
 The SI-Hub is a plug-n-play offering by BillDesk that banks can roll out to their customers with
minimal integration effort.
Kerala government inks MoU with Maldives on cancer care
 Kerala inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Maldives to strengthen cancer care in the
island nation.
 The MOU was signed between Maldivian Minister Abdulla Ameen and Kerala Health Minister K
KShylaja in the presence of the state Chief Minister PinarayiVijayan.
 Kerala government and the Regional Cancer Centre (RCC) have jointly signed the MOU with the
health ministry of Maldives as part of improving cooperation between the two countries.
 Kerala was responding to the plea of the Maldivian government that Kerala should help that country
in the field of cancer treatment.
 The state health department and RCC would also provide support in setting up cancer care centres in
Maldives and their doctors, nurses, pharmacists and para medical staff would be provided training at
RCC.
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MSDE, IBM come together for nationwide Train-the-Trainer program in

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AI
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 The Directorate General of Training (DGT) division of the Ministry of Skill Development &
Entrepreneurship, has signed an agreement with Global IT major IBM
 Through this agreement IBMwill carry out a nationwide Train-the-Trainer in Basic Artificial
Intelligence Skills
 As part of the program, ITI trainers will be trained on basic Artificial Intelligence (AI) skills towards
using the technology in their day-to-day training activities.
 IBM aims at training 10,000 faculty members from ITIs across the country and the program will be
executed over aperiod of one yearwith 14 trainers across 7 locations with over 200 workshops.
DSCI, MeitY and Google India join hands for ‘Digital Payment Abhiyan’
 Nasscom’s Data Security Council of India (DSCI) has collaborated with the electronics and IT ministry
(MeitY) and Google India to launch a nationwide awareness campaign ‘Digital Payment Abhiyan’.
 Communications and Electronics & IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad launched the campaign that will
educate end-users on the benefits of making digital payments and urge them to adopt security and
safety best practices
 The campaign was launched at the Google for India event.
 These partners include representation from banking, card networks as well as fin-tech segment.
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 The pan-India campaign has crafted in seven languages — Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada,
Bengali and Marathi — and will engage with users and make them aware of the dos and don’ts for
different payment channels including UPI, wallets, cards as well as netbanking and mobile banking.
 Digital payments are shaping the financial ecosystem by providing citizens with new mediums to pay
electronically and move towards a cashless society.
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Max Bupa and Indian Bank ink bancassurance tie-up to offer health
insurance solutions
 Max Bupa, a standalone health insurance player, has announced a bancassurance corporate agency
agreement with Indian Bank, a state-owned bank.
 Under the agreement, Max Bupa will provide comprehensive health insurance solutions and services
to over 40 million customers of Indian Bank spread across 2800 branch network, through a slew of
digital touch points.
 As part of the tie-up, Max Bupa’s offerings will include both retail and group health insurance
products besides Indemnity and Fixed Benefit products.
 Max Bupa has designed a digital ecosystem for Indian Bank customers to enhance their overall
experience and avail health insurance solutions at their convenience.
 Max Bupa will install ‘Infinity’ – its proprietary digital platform that integrates with the bank’s
systems, to provide a seamless buying journey for all the bank’s customers. Through this digital
solution, the customers can purchase the health insurance product of their choice instantly and
access their policy documents at the bank branch itself.
 Max Bupa’s digital seller application – Insta Insure, will allow Indian Bank to sell Max Bupa products
securely via handheld devices, making the health insurance journey further simplified, with the aid of
a streamlined and interactive support system. The relationship managers can use the app to
complete the policy sale process, including the collection of payment from customers electronically.
India announces 12 million dollar grant for high impact developmental

projects in Pacific Island countries
September 1, 2019
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 Prime Minister NarendraModi met leaders of the Pacific Islands Developing States (PSIDS) on the
sidelines of the UNGA session in New York.
 Prime Minister highlighted the need for development policies to be inclusive and sustainable to reduce
inequality and contribute to empowerment and improvement of the quality of people’s lives.
 India was equally committed to tackle the impact of climate change and supported the efforts of the
PSIDS to achieve their developmental goals through necessary developmental and technical
assistance.
 PM Modi announced allocation of 12 million US Dollar grant towards the implementation of high
impact developmental project in the area of their choice.
 In addition, a concessional Line of Credit of 150 Million dollars which can be availed by the PSIDS for
undertaking solar, renewable energy and climate-related projects based on each country’s
requirement was announced.
 Mr Modi along with others world leaders also inaugurated the Gandhi Solar Park at the UN
headquarters and released a commemorative stamp issued by the UN on the occasion of Gandhi’s
150th birth anniversary.
ICC announces partnership with Facebook for carrying out digital

content
 The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday announced a partnership with social media giant
Facebook for carrying out a range of digital content across four years.
 The content will include match recaps, in-play key moments and other match and feature content.
 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup became an unprecedented success as it netted around 4.6 billion video
views across ICC’s digital and social media platforms.
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 The package includes major global events of ICC such as Women’s T20 World Cup 2020, Men’s T20
World Cup 2020, Women’s Cricket World Cup 2021, Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 among others.
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NATIONAL
September month to be celebrated as ‘RashtriyaPoshanMaah’
 The entire month of September beginning will be celebrated as the RashtriyaPoshanMaah.

 This year the theme is Complementary Feeding.
 Prime Minister’s Overreaching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment – POSHAN Abhiyaan is a multi-
ministerial convergence mission with the vision to address malnutrition with a targeted approach by
2022.
Vice President inaugurates India’s longest electrified rail tunnel in

Andhra Pradesh
 Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the country’s longest electrified rail tunnel between
Cherlopalli and Rapuru and the electrified railway line between Venkatachalam and Obulavaripalli.
 Besides inaugurating the remodelled yard at Guduru railway station, the Vice President also flagged
off a new inter-city superfast express train between Guduru and Vijayawada.
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 The tunnel, built at a cost of ₹437 crore, has 44 trolley refuges and 14 cross-passages in a horseshoe
design.
 The 112-km new line reduces travel time from 10 to five hours for a goods train from Krishnapatnam
Port to Obulavaripalli.
 It was completed at a cost of ₹1,993 crore, with nine railway stations along the route, 146 bridges,
60 road-under-bridges and two tunnels
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EC launches Electors Verification Programme
 The Election Commission launched new mega Electors Verification Programme (EVP) across the
country.
 The programme, which seeks to electoral rolls through crowdsourcing, will go on till 15th of October.
 Under the programme, a voter from each family will get a username and password, allowing a person
to upload all documents related to electoral registration and tag similar details about his or her family
members.
 These details will then be verified by block-level officers. It will be done by 36 CEOs at the state
headquarters level, by 740 district electoral officers at the district level and by BLOs and electoral
registration officers in around one million polling stations.
 The EVP programme can be effected both online and offline.
 On the occasion of the nationwide mega million launch of Electors Verification Programme, a special
camp was held at Election Commission Headquarters in New Delhi.
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KVIC launched ‘Terracotta Grinder’ at Varanasi to re-use wasted pottery
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 Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) launched a first ever ‘Terracotta Grinder’ at Sewapuri
in Varanasi. This machine will grind the wasted and broken pottery items for re-using in pottery-
making.
 This Terracotta grinder will make grinding of wasted pottery items faster than the traditional mortar
and pestle. It will lessen the cost of production, and will also help in solving the problem of shortage
of clays
 The grinder was designed by KVIC Chairman – Vinai Kumar Saxena and fabricated by a Rajkot-based
engineering unit.
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PrakashJavadekar Unveils New Logo, Certificate Design of CBFC
 Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting PrakashJavadekar unveiled the new logo and certificate
design of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) at a function in Mumbai.
 The launch took place during a special interaction event between the film industry and board
members
 The design was designed by designer RohitDevgun with technical support from National Securities
Depository Limited (NSDL)
 Introduction of a QR code in the new certificate design is in sync with the world of digital technology
and will bring in greater transparency and provide information to filmmakers in a better way,
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Cultural event ‘Namaste pacific’ held in Delhi
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 The High Commissions of Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Papua New Guinea jointly organised
“Namaste Pacific”, event in Delhi
 The event was organized to showcase in India the culture of the Pacific countries.
 There was also showcase of the International Solar Alliance and Pollinate Energy based in Australia,
Nepal and India, and solar lanterns from Barefoot College in Rajasthan
Harsh Vardhan inaugurates 72nd Session of WHO Regional Committee

of South-East Asia meet
 Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan inaugurated a week-long meeting of WHO Regional Committee
of South-East Asia in New Delhi
 Dr Harsh Vardhan was also unanimously elected as Chair of the 72nd Session of the WHO Regional
Committee for South-East Asia.
 Eight Ministers of Health from the 11 countries of the WHO South East Asia Region (SEAR), SmtPreeti
Sudan, Secretary (HFW), Dr PoonamKhetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia Region
were also present at the inaugural session.
 This is the second time that India is hosting the Regional Committee meeting; the previous one was
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also hosted by India in New Delhi.
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Delhi’s IGI Airport gets India’s tallest ATC Tower
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 The tallest ATC tower in the country which is expected to enhance safety and efficiency of air
transport management services over the capital’s skies was inaugurated at the IGI Airport.
 Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurated the Delhi Air Traffic Service Complex, which is
the tallest Air Traffic Control tower in India with a height of 102 metres.
 The new complex comprises of three buildings – the Aerodrome Control Tower, Area & Approach
Control Services Building and the Administrative Block – constructed at the cost of
approximately₹250 crore while the equipment cost₹100 crore.
 The commissioning of the new tower is expected to enhance the efficiency of air traffic management
services at the IGIA which is the busiest airport in India.
 At a height of 102 meters, the tower enables air traffic controllers to have better visibility of all the
three runways, apron area and taxiways.
India to contribute USD 22 mn to Global Fund for AIDS, TB, malaria
 India has announced a contribution of USD 22 million to the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and
Malaria (GFTAM) for 2020-22 as part of its commitment towards eliminating these diseases.
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 India shares a sustained partnership with the Global Fund since 2002, both as recipient and as a
donor.
 An increase of 10 per cent over the amount contributed by us in the fifth cycle.
Tinsukia Junction becomes India’s 4000th railway station to get free

public WiFi
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 Tinsukia Junction in northeast region (Assam) has become the 4000th railway station in the country
to have free public WiFi.
 RailWireWiFi will be available to any user who has a smartphone with a working mobile connection.
 Free WiFi is a pro-passenger initiative of the Ministry which in line the Prime Minister’s ‘Digital India’
programme.
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Overseas Citizen of India investment platform launched
 B K Modi, chairman of Smart Group and Singapore-based Spice Global, announced the launch of the
Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) Forum with a proposed fund size of USD 100 billion, with a focus on
promoting global economic investment by OCIs into various sectors in India.
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 The OCI platform has the potential to increase India’s GDP by 50 per cent and it is undertaking large-
scale investment in Kashmir as one of its first projects.
 OCI investor forum will undertake investment in the region of Kashmir to develop 100 global wellness
hotels in Kashmir estimated at a gross investment of Rs 1,000 crore.
 The OCI initiative will aid the development of a ‘New India’ as a USD 5 trillion economy by acting as a
bridge to allow global Indians an opportunity to give back to their homeland.
Vaishno Devi Shrine adjudged as Best Swachh Iconic Place in India

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 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine in Jammu and Kashmir has been adjudged as the ‘Best Swachh Iconic
place’ in the country in the ‘Swachh Iconic Places’ list
 The list was released by the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation
 The shrine has been adjudged on the basis of the overall improvement in sanitation.
 The President will confer the prestigious award to the Shrine during the Swachh Mahotsav to be
organized by the Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation on the 6th September.
Rs 125 crore allotted to IIT-Kharagpur for Centre’s SATHI initiative
 An amount of Rs 125 crore has been earmarked for the SATHI (Sophisticated Analytical and Technical
Help Institute) Centre at IIT-Kharagpur for three financial years starting from 2019-20.
 IIT-Kharagpur has been selected for the SATHI Centre initiative of the Department of Science and
Technology (DST) of the Indian government.
 The initiative will be developed as a state-of-the-art shared, professionally managed science and
technology infrastructure facility
 The primary objective of the centre is to extend help to the neighbouring academic institutes,
research establishments and the industries, particularly the start-ups and manufacturing units for
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using sophisticated instruments, which do not exist anywhere else, in a few selected areas.
 The SATHI Centre will run 24×7 round the year.
Government will prepare master plan for tigers at high altitudes
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 The central government will prepare a master plan for tigers at high altitudes, Union Environment
Minister PrakashJavadekar after releasing a report which revealed that big cats have been found in
high altitude regions.
 India has already become the capital of tigers with 70 per cent of its population here. It is an exciting
study as it reveals that even ecology at high altitude is compatible for the tiger growth and we will
take inputs from this study to have a high altitude tiger master plan.
 Tiger habitats in high altitude require protection through sustainable land use, as they are a high
value ecosystem with several hydrological and ecological processes providing ecosystem services and
adaptation to mitigate the ill effects of climate change.
 As per the latest tiger census report, their number stood at 2,967 at last count in 2018, a 33 per cent
jump from 2,226 in 2014.
Food ministry to ban single-use plastic bottles from Sep 15
 Food and Consumer Affairs Ministry has decided to ban single-use plastic in its various departments
as well as the public sector units under its administration from September 15.
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 The decision was taken at a meeting held by Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas
Paswan.
 The decision was taken during a high level meeting in the ministry with all high officials from FCI,
consumer affairs and food ministry and Bureau of International Standards(BIS).
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Government launches updated Credit linked Capital Subsidy Scheme for

MSMEs
 The government launched the updated Credit linked Capital Subsidy Scheme (CLCSS) to allow micro,
small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) access to capital.
 MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari announced the government would prepare a final report on the
recommendations of the U K Sinha committee, which had been set up by the Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) to suggest expeditious ways to strengthen MSMEs, within the next eight days.
 CLCSS scheme would be crucial in raising MSME contribution to gross domestic product from the
current 29 per cent to 50 per cent, in addition to increasing exports from the sector to 50 per cent
from 40 per cent now.
 The scheme provides an upfront subsidy of 15 per cent on institutional credit up to Rs 1 crore for
MSMEs in the specified 51 sub-sectors.
 Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved an outlay of Rs 2,900 crore for the scheme. Now, it
is a demand-driven one without any upper limit on overall annual spending on the subsidy disbursal,
a senior official said. In the relaunched scheme, there is an additional 10 per cent subsidy for SC-ST
entrepreneurs while special provisions have been made for 117 ‘aspirational’ districts, hill states and
the northeastern region.
HRD Ministry awards IoE status to 5 public institutes including IIT-

Kharagpur, IIT-Madras and BHU
September 1, 2019
 The HRD Ministry awarded Institution of Eminence (IoE) status to five public institutes including Delhi
University, Banaras Hindu University, University of Hyderabad, IIT-Madras and IIT-Kharagpur.
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 Each of the 5 universities will now be required to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the HRD
Ministry, laying out its plan to achieve the objective of becoming a world-class institution after which
they will be eligible for a government grant of ₹1,000 crore.
WHO South-East Asia Region sets 2023 target to eliminate measles,

rubella
 The resolution was made at the 72nd session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia
held in New Delhi
 Member Countries of WHO South-East Asia Region resolved to eliminate measles and rubella by
2023, to prevent deaths and disabilities caused by these highly infectious childhood killers diseases.
 The new target to eliminate both the diseases will leverage the existing momentum and strong
political commitment which is being demonstrated through unprecedented efforts, progress and
successes in recent years.
 Measles elimination and rubella control has been a regional flagship priority since 2014. Five
countries have eliminated measles – Bhutan, DPR Korea, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Timor-Leste. Six
countries have controlled rubella – Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Timor-Leste.
 All countries pledged to mobilize political, societal and financial support to ensure interruption of
transmission of indigenous measles and rubella virus by 2023.
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PM inaugurates Mumbai Metro’s first coach built under ‘Make in India’
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 Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first coach of Mumbai Metro built under the ‘Make in
India’ programme.
 He took a tour of the new coach and the train with Maharashtra Chief Minister Fadnavis and Mumbai
Metro officials
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Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari
I&B Ministry decides to discontinue single-use plastic
 Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has reportedly decided to do away with single-use
plastic inside the premises of units under it and is encouraging staff members to turn to recycled
paper.
 “Implementing a clean and green environmental initiative was the need of the hour which was a
collective responsibility,” an official statement stated.
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Constituency Rajya Sabha (Madhya Pradesh)
Govt constitutes task force to identify infrastructure projects worth Rs

100 lakh crore
September 1, 2019
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 The Modi government has set up a task force to draw up plans for building infrastructure worth Rs
100 lakh crore ($1.4 trillion) over the next five years.
 To achieve the GDP of $5 trillion by 2024-25, India needs to spend about $1.4 trillion (Rs 100 lakh
crore) over these years on infrastructure.
 The task force will be headed by Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) Secretary, AtanuChakraborty.
 The task force will submit its report on the pipeline for FY 2019-20 by October 31, 2019, and on the
indicative pipeline for FY 2021-25 by December 31, 2019
Free LPG Ujjwala scheme achieves 8 crore target before schedule
 The government will achieve the target of giving 8 crore free cooking gas (LPG) connections to the
poor nearly seven months ahead of schedule with Prime Minister NarendraModi set to handover the
8-croreth connection.
 PradhanMantriUjjwalaYojana (PMUY) was launched on May 1, 2016, with a target to give 5 crore
connections to women members of poor households by March 2019. The target was later raised to 8
crore connections by March 2020.
 The scheme, together with the government’s push to replace polluting firewood in kitchens, has led
to LPG coverage rising to about 95 per cent of the population from 55 per cent in May 2014.
 The Scheme aims to provide clean cooking fuel to poor households and replace the unhealthy
conventional cooking fuels such as firewood, cowdung, etc. The use of LPG has its benefits on the
health of women and children, environment and economic productivity of women.
 Top states in the implementation of UjjwalaYojana are: (1) Uttar Pradesh (1.46 crore), (2) West
Bengal (88 lakh), (3) Bihar (85 lakh), (4) Madhya Pradesh (71 lakh) and (5) Rajasthan (63 lakh).
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Project ‘BalBasera’ at AIIMS Rishikesh to be inaugurated
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 A creche or ‘BalBasera’ built with the support of CPWD at AIIMS Rishikesh will be inaugurated on
September 9.
 BalBasera, a project for the welfare of Children of Construction Workers deployed at the site will be
inaugurated by Deepa Singh, President CPWD Officers’ Wives Association (OWA).
 It will accommodate about 35 children and shall be run by the CPWD OWA. The AIIMS Rishikesh
Project is being executed by CPWD.
 It is providing monetary help to the families of CPWD employees in distress, donating funds for
organisations engaged in the humanitarian causes, managing a large number of BalBaseras and
organising health camps at construction sites, running a Vocational Training Centre, a Day Care
Centre and a Pre nursery School in New Delhi.
RBI to launch mobile app for visually impaired to identify banknotes
 RBI to launch mobile app for visually impaired; it’ll help them identify banknotes
 Reserve Bank of India has selected Daffodil Software Pvt Ltd to develop a mobile phone based
application for them
 Internet connection would not be required for its proposed mobile application
 The app will also generate “audio notification” intimating the currency note denomination to the user
if image is captured correctly
 The proposed mobile app would be able to identify the denomination of notes of Mahatma Gandhi
Series and Mahatma Gandhi (New) series by capturing the image of the notes placed in front of
mobile camera
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PM Modi, Nepal PM to jointly inaugurate Motihari-Amlekhganj cross

border petroleum Pipeline
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 PM Modi and Nepal’s PM K.P.Sharma Oli will jointly inaugurate Motihari-Amlekhgunj cross border
petroleum products pipeline through video conference
 The 69 kms-long pipeline is the first-ever cross-border petroleum product pipeline in the South Asia
region
 The pipeline from Motihari in Bihar to Amlekhgunj in Nepal has been constructed by India in just 15
months.
 It has been constructed at the cost of around 350 crore rupees which are entirely borne by Indian Oil
Corporation.
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President Bidya Devi Bhandari
UNESCO, Rajasthan government join hands to promote state’s

intangible cultural heritage
September 1, 2019
 UNESCO New Delhi signed a partnership agreement with the Department of Tourism, Government of
Rajasthan, to promote community-based responsible tourism based on the rich Intangible Cultural
Heritage (ICH) of the state.
 The project will be implemented in the districts of Jodhpur, Barmer, Jaisalmer and Bikaner and seeks
to spur the socio-economic growth of selected artist communities.
 The project will focus on cultural heritage and traditions, such as pottery, weaving and other crafts,
as well as music traditions, in order to create community-led and community-benefitting tourism
opportunities
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 The project plans on developing 10 cultural hubs across the four districts of the state
 Rajasthan is also home to 3 UNESCO World Heritage sites in India. The Walled city of Jaipur was
inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, last July.
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Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot
Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra
‘Economic census to be held every three years’
 To assess the country’s economic performance, economists and statisticians had to depend on data
which was dated. But now, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has
taken upon itself to make available the latest data and come out with the economic census every
three years.
 The data being collected in the economic census undergoes three levels of scrutiny, all of which is
through the mobile application developed exclusively for the economic census.
 It is a periodic exercise conducted by the MoSPI to collect disaggregated information on various
operational and structural aspects of all economic establishments in the country.
 It is meant to provide insights into geographical spread of economic activities, ownership pattern,
persons engaged, and sources of finance of the establishments engaged in economic activities across
the country.
Govt sets up 3-member committee to look into assets, liabilities of JK to

be given to 2 UTs
September 1, 2019
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 The Centre has constituted a three-member committee to look into distribution of assets and
liabilities of Jammu and Kashmir between two successor Union territories, which will come into
existence on October 31.
 While former defence secretary Sanjay Mitra will be the chairman of the committee, retired IAS
officer Arun Goyal and retired Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS) officer Giriraj Prasad Gupta will be
its members.
 On August 5, the Centre announced the abrogation of the special status given to Jammu and Kashmir
under Article 370 and bifurcation of the state into the two UTs.
PM Modi announces target revised from 21 million hectares to 26

million hectares by 2030
 Prime Minister Narendera Modi has raised by 10% the amount of degraded land India has agreed to
rehabilitate by 2030.
 India would raise its ambition of the total area that would be restored from its land degradation
status, from 21 million hectares to 26 million hectares between now and 2030.
 He made the announcement at the 14th session of the Conference of Parties (COP) to the United
Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
 India has the presidency of the COP for two years. Shri Prakash Javadekar is the President of this
COP.
PM Modi launched National Animal Disease Control Programme(NADCP)

September 1, 2019
 PM Modi launched the National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP) for eradicating the Foot
and Mouth Disease (FMD) and Brucellosis in the livestock from Mathura in Uttar Pradesh
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 The programme aims at vaccinating over 500 Million Livestock including cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats
and pigs against the disease.
 It will be implemented for a period of five years till 2024 at a cost of 12, 652 crore rupees.
 The objective of the programme is to control Foot and Mouth Disease and Brucellosis by 2025 and
their eradication by 2030
PM Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s second Multi-Modal Terminal in

Jharkhand
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the India’s second multi-modal terminal built at Sahibganj
in Jharkhand
 This is the second of the three Multi Modal Terminals (MMTs) being constructed on river Ganga under
Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP).
 Earlier, in November 2018, Modi had inaugurated the first Multi Modal Terminals (MMTs) at Varanasi.
 The Rs. 290 crore-multi-modal terminal at Sahibganj implemented by Inland Waterways Authority of
India (IWAI)
 The Terminal will open up industries of Jharkhand and Bihar to the global market and provide Indo-
Nepal cargo connectivity through waterways route
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches Swachhata Hi Seva (SHS) 2019

September 1, 2019
 The Prime Minister, ShriNarendraModi launched Swachhata Hi Seva (SHS) 2019, a massive
countrywide awareness and mobilization campaign on Swachhata at Mathura.
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 SHS 2019, with special focus on ‘plastic waste awareness and management’ is being organized from
11th September to October 2nd 2019, as the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) is poised to dedicate an
ODF India to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary.
 The launch of SHS was organized jointly by the central Departments of Animal Husbandry and
Dairying and Drinking Water and Sanitation and the Government of Uttar Pradesh.
 The Prime Minister also visited the PashudhanArogyaVigyanMela, where he saw cows being operated
upon to remove plastic waste from their stomachs.
M Modi launches pension schemes, inaugurates Jharkhand
 Prime Minister NarendraModi, who was in the Jharkhand capital, launched ambitious pension schemes
for farmers, shopkeepers and self-employed persons.
 The prime minister also inaugurated a new building of the Assembly and a multi-modal cargo
terminal, which is expected to ease transportation in the region.
 The ‘PradhanMantriKisanMaanDhanYojana’ will help small and marginal farmers by providing a
minimum pension of Rs 3000 per month, on attaining the age of 60 years.
 Farmers who are currently between 18 and 40 years of age can apply for the scheme.
 The ‘PradhanMantriLaghuVyapariMaanDhanYojana’, a pension scheme for shopkeepers and retail
traders was also launched.
 Another ‘Swarojgar’ pension scheme was also rolled out for self-employed persons.
 Under both the schemes, beneficiaries between 18 and 40 years will get Rs 3,000 per month after
completing 60 years of age.
 The three-storey building has been constructed at a cost of Rs 465 crore.
September 1, 2019
 PM Modi laid the foundation stones online for 462 Eklavya Model Schools across the country, of which
69 will be established in 13 of Jharkhand’s 24 districts.
 The new secretariat building in the state capital will come up at an estimated cost of Rs 1238.92
crore.
Government to develop 3 Indian Institute of Skills (IIS), foundation

stone laid for ISS Mumbai
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 Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has commissioned setting up of Indian Institute
of Skills (IIS) at Mumbai, Ahmedabad, and Kanpur. These institutes are being developed on a Public-
Private Partnership (PPP) model and in not-for-profit basis.
 MSDE Minister MahendraNathPandey laid the foundation stone of Indian Institute of Skills (IIS),
Mumbai. At the ceremony, Pandey said that the idea of Skill Institutes was envisioned by PM Modi
during his visit to the Vocational Education and Training Center in Singapore.
 Indian Institute of Skills being developed by the Government will transform his vision into reality by
being a world class skill training institute.
 ISS will focus on technology driven innovations in new-age domains such as automation, Artificial
Intelligence and machine learning, cyber technology, energy conservation etc.
NGT forms committee to stop illegal groundwater extraction
 The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has set up a committee to formulate steps required to prevent its
unauthorised extraction.
 A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel directed the committee to evolve a
robust mechanism to ensure that groundwater is not illegally extracted and to monitor manning and
functioning of the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA).
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 The committee comprises joint secretaries of Ministry of Environment and Forests and Ministry of
Water Resources (MoWR), Central Ground Water Board, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee,
National Remote Sensing Centre and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
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Indian Railways signs MoUwith Confederation of Indian Industries

(CII) for facilitation of green initiatives
 Indian Railways have undertaken some major Green initiatives as part of India’s contribution towards
mitigation of global warming and combating climate change. To carry forward this green initiative,
anMoU was signed between Ministry of Railways and Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) for
facilitation of green initiatives in Indian Railways at New Delhi.
The objectives of the MoU:
 Energy efficiency in manufacturing facilities and railway workshops.

 Greening of Railway properties.
 Demonstrative pilots of ‘net-zero energy buildings/ railway stations’.
 Capacity and skill development by continuous sharing of best practices on energy and environment
through training programmes.
 Development of Green procurement policy, waste management policy, solid waste disposal, carbon
neutrality, phytoremediation.
Centre to set up 12,500 Ayush Health and Wellness Centres across the
country
September 1, 2019
 Union Government has set a target of setting up 12,500 Ayush Health and Wellness Centres across
the country. Out of which 4,000 will be set up during this year
 AYUSH Minister ShripadYessoNaikannounced this during inauguration of a Unani Medical Centre and
Siddha Clinical Research Unit at Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi.
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Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad launches Maritime Communication

Services in Mumbai
 Union Minister for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology and Law & Justice Shri Ravi
Shankar Prasad has launched the maritime communication services at Mumbai
 Maritime Connectivity will enable high-end support to those in sea by providing access to Voice, Data
and Video services while traveling on sailing vessels, cruise liners, ships in India, using satellite
technology.
 Nelco, India’s leading VSAT solutions provider is the first Indian company that will now provide
quality broadband services to the maritime sector.
 He also launched a web portal for reporting stolen mobiles to help trace them.
India joins global antimicrobial resistance R&D hub

September 1, 2019
 India has become a member of the Global Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Research and Development
(R&D) Hub. The announcement was made by the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science &
Technology in New Delhi.
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 The partnership works to address challenges and improve coordination and collaboration in the global
antimicrobial resistance research and development. The issue of antimicrobial resistance requires
global action with active participation from all world regions and One Health sectors.
 The Global Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Development hub now has 16 member nations.
The hub also has the European Commission, two philanthropic foundations as members and four
international organisations as observers.
Union MoS for tourism launches projects under SwadeshDarshan

scheme in Goa
 The Union Minister of State for Tourism and Culture Prahlad Singh Patel applauded the state of Goa
for utilising central funds under the first phase of SwadeshDarshan Scheme. Minister assured that
further financial help will be provided to Goa.
 Coastal areas of Sinquerim-Baga, Anjuna, Vagator, Morjim-Keri, Aguada Fort and Aguada jail will be
developed under SwadeshDarshan Scheme.
 On the occasion, the Union Minister also highlighted the achievements of the NDA government in the
last 100 days.
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Minister of State (I\C) Prahalad Singh Patel
Constituency Damoh, Madhya Pradesh
Government announces new measures to boost exports and realty

September 1, 2019
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 Finance Minister NirmalaSitharaman announced the government’s third set of measures to revive the
economy with a renewed focus on exports and realty sector.
 A new scheme for Remission of Duties or Taxes on Export Products (RoDTEP) to replace the current
Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) from next year. However, the existing dispensation
in textiles of MEIS and old Rebate on State Levies (RoSL) will continue up to December 31.
 Textiles and all other sectors which currently enjoy incentives up to two per cent over MEIS will
transit into RoDTEP from January 1, 2020.
 Adding the revenue foregone projected is about Rs 50,000 crore.
 The Finance Minister also announced a fully automated electronic refund route for input tax credit in
Goods and Services Tax by September-end to monitor and speed up the refunds.
 The Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECGC) will expand the scope of export credit insurance
service and will offer higher insurance cover to banks lending working capital for exports. The move
will cost Rs 1,700 crore per year to the exchequer.
 Additional Rs 36,000 crore to 68,000 crores will be released for the Ministry of Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises to ensure higher credit availability for exports.
 An action plan to reduce turnaround time at airports and ports benchmarked to international
standards will be implemented by December.
 India will hold an annual mega shopping festival like the one held in Dubai. It will happen by March
2020 and themes will vary from textile, handicraft, yoga and others.
 For the housing sector, the Union Budget 2019 had announced additional deduction of up to Rs 1.5
lakh on interest paid on loan borrowed for the purchase of house valued up to Rs 45 lakh.
 There will be a relaxation in external commercial borrowing (ECB) guidelines to facilitate the financing
of homebuyers eligible under PradhanMantriAwasYojana (PMAY).
 To increase liquidity measures for housing finance companies and repo-linked lending rates.
 To encourage government servants to buy new houses, the interest rates on House Building Advance
will be lowered and linked with 10-year G-sec yields.
 For home buyers, government has set up a stress fund of Rs 20,000 crore for completion of stalled
projects. However, the fund will not cover the projects affected by NPA and NCLT issues. Home
buyers of the national capital region are most affected with developers like JaypeeInfratech, Amrapali
and Unitech defaulting in completing their housing projects on time.
September 1, 2019
 Govt to launchFree Trade Agreement utilisation mission.

 To launch origin management system to improve ease of doing business for exporters.
Government sets up new house committees
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 The government has announced the formation of different parliamentary panels including the
standing committee on finance, external affairs and Information technology.
 BJP MP PP Chaudhary has been made the chairman of foreign affairs committee and Congress MP
Anand Sharma has been appointed as the chairman of the Home Affairs committee.
 BJP’s TG Venkatesh has been appointed as the chairman of committee on transport, tourism and
culture.Congress MP ShashiTharoor and Jairam Ramesh has been given the responsibility of the
Information technology committee and science, technology, environment and forest committee
respectively. Samajwadi Party MP Ram GopalYadav has been appointed as the chairman of Health
and Family Welfare committee.
Javadekar flags off ‘Jaldoot’ water conservation initiative
 Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting PrakashJavadekar flagged off a vehicle ‘Jaldoot’ to
spread the message of water conservation.
 Jaldoot, a travelling exhibition arranged by Pune-based Regional Outreach Bureau of I&B ministry,
will tour eight districts of Maharashtra in the next two months.
 It will take the message of water conservation to the masses and highlight work done in this
connection by the NarendraModi government in the first 100 days of its second term.
September 1, 2019
 Water was top priority for the Centre and it had set up a separate ministry called Jalshakti for the
purpose, adding that it was committed to provide piped water to every household by 2024.
Indian govt forms committee to recommend governance norms for non-

personal data, Infosys’ Gopalakrishnan to head it
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 Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) has formed a new Committee of Experts
to focus on non-personal data, and to come up with a related data governance framework. Infosys
co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan will head the committee.
 The idea is to have a separate and independent consultation on non-personal data, and decide the
contours of how it should be regulated.
The members of the committee (listed below) can co-opt other members for specific inputs.
 Kris Gopalakrishnan, Infosys Co-Founder (Chairperson)

 Additional Secretary/Joint Secretary, DPIIT
 DebjaniGhosh, NASSCOM President
 Neeta Verma, National Informatics Centre, DG
 LaliteshKatragadda, Avanti Finance, CTO
 Dr PonnurangamKumaraguru, IIT Hyderabad
 ParminderJeet Singh, IT for Change
 Gopalakrishnan S., MeitY, Joint Secretary (Member Convenor)
White Water Rafting Expedition – ‘Rudrashila’ Flagged off at Jaisalmer

September 1, 2019
 The white water Rafting Expedition christened ‘RUDRASHILA’ being undertaken by Kalidhar Battalion
under the aegis of Battle Axe Division was Flagged Off at Jaisalmer Military station
 The expedition christened ‘Rudrashila’ has been organised to commemorate the 75thRaising day of the
Kalidhar Battalion.
 ‘KalidharBatttalion’ was raised on 01 November 1943 and has participated in all major operations of
the Indian Army
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 The expedition team led by Major Ravi Kant Gaurav comprising of two Officers, Four Junior
Commissioned Officers and 18 Soldiers will cover a total distance of 140 kilometers from
Rudraprayag to Rishikesh over some of the most difficult and dangerous rapids in mighty Ganges
River
National Centre for Clean Coal Research & Development inaugurated at

Bengaluru
 The National Centre for Clean Coal Research and Development at Indian Institute of Science (IISc)-
Bengaluru has opened.
 The Central Government through Department of Science & Technology, has set up the the National
Centre for Clean Coal Research and Development as a national-level consortium on clean coal R&D,
led by IISc.
 Dr Vardhan also opened an Interdisciplinary Centre for Energy Research(ICER) equipped with
facilities for conducting a wide spectrum of energy research by knowledge network of elite
researchers.
ECGC introduces Nirvik to enhance loan availability for exporters

September 1, 2019
 Ministry of Commerce & Industry through Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECGC) has
introduced a new Export Credit Insurance Scheme (ECIS) called NIRVIK to enhance loan availability
and ease the lending process.
 The Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India (ECGC) provides credit guarantee of up to 60
percent loss. Under the new ‘NIRVIK’ (NiryatRinVikasYojna) scheme, the insurance cover guaranteed
will cover up to 90 percent of the principal and interest. The insurance cover will include both pre and
post-shipment credit.
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 The main aim behind introducing the scheme was to enhance accessibility and affordability of credit
for exporters. The decision will help make Indian exports competitive and make ECGC procedures
exporter friendly, benefiting MSME exporters with a new scheme for reimbursing taxes, reduced
insurance cost and ease of doing business.
 The insurance cover is expected to bring down the cost of credit due to capital relief, less provision
requirement and liquidity due to quick settlement of claims and will ensure timely and adequate
working capital to the export sector.
 The Finance Ministry has decided to increase the insurance cover for banks up to 90 percent for
working capital loans and moderation in premium incidence for the MSME sector to provide additional
support to the banks in the wake of a global slowdown and rising NPAs.
 The enhanced insurance cover will ensure that foreign and rupee export credit interest rates will be
below 4 and 8 percent respectively for the exporters.
 The existing insurance covers issued by the ECGC will continue for the existing customer banks and
similar covers will also be made available to all other banks. All standard accounts covered under
ECGC on the date of transition shall be eligible for the insurance cover under the ECIS.
 The coverage has been increased to 90 percent from the present average of 60 percent for both
principal and interest.
 It will also cover both pre-shipment and post-shipment advances unlike the present system, where
two different documents are issued by the ECGC.
 The scheme also aims to simplify the procedure for settlement of claims and provisional payment of
up to 50 percent within 30 days on production of proof of end-use of the advances in default by the
Insured Bank.
 The scheme will be in force for a period of 5-years and on the conclusion, the standard ECGC covers
will be made available to the Banks with its regular features.
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Government launches steel import monitoring system

September 1, 2019
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 The government launched a steel import monitoring system (SIMS) to provide advance information
about steel imports to various stakeholders including producers and importers to have effective policy
interventions.
 Minister of Commerce and Industry PiyushGoyal and Hardeep Singh Puri launched the system
developed in consultation with Ministry of Steel on the pattern of US Steel Import Monitoring and
Analysis (SIMA) system.
 Importers of specified steel products will register in advance on the web portal of SIMS providing the
necessary information. The registration will be online and automatic with no human intervention.
 The information about the steel imports provided by importers on the SIMS will be monitored by the
Steel Ministry.
 SIMS will require importers to submit advance information in an online system for import of 284 steel
tariff lines at 8-digit HS code in order to obtain an automatic registration number by paying a
prescribed registration fee.
Government declared a train service to Bangladesh from Tripura by

2020
 Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region said that the Railway link service between the
Agartala-Akhaura in Bangladesh will be completed by 2020 for Development of Northeastern Region
(DoNER).
 The declaration was announced during the meeting by the Minister of DoNER Dr Jitendra Singh and
senior officers of the Ministry which was held in Delhi.
 The Bangladesh railway link project is funded by the Ministry of DoNER. The cost allocated for the
project is Rs 972.52 crores. The project can link Agartala with Bangladesh Railway Network at
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Akhaura.
 It will cut the traveling time period for passenger and goods movement from Kolkata to Agartala of
38 hours to 15 hours. Maitree categorical is already running between Kolkata and Dhaka which is now
extended to Agartala.
 Out of 15.19 Acre of land at Nischintpur Yard, 2.30 Acre has been handed over a month before Dec
2019 by Government of Tripura.
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Aadhaar verification to be mandatory for new dealers from Jan 2020
 GST Network has decided to make Aadhaar authentication or physical verification mandatory for new
dealers from January 2020.
 The decision was taken in order to check malpractices in GST
 Those who don’t want Aadhaar authentication, physical verification will be carried out, which will be
completed in three days
 The GSTN also decided the much simplified new return system may be launched on January 1, 2020
 Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi is head of the group of ministers of GST Network
India joins global research hub on antimicrobial resistance
 India, which is among countries with the highest bacterial disease burden in the world, has become a
part of the Global Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Development Hub.
September 1, 2019
 The hub, which was launched during the 71st session of the World Health Assembly in 2018, is aimed
at helping countries decide the allocation of resources for research and development (R&D) on
antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by identifying gaps and overlaps. It will also promote coordination
among governments in the fight against AMR.
 The global partnership now includes 16 countries, the European Commission, two philanthropic
foundations and four international organisations (as observers). With India as a member, the Hub
now represents more than half the world’s population.
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 The membership to the Hub, headquartered in Germany, is open to countries as well as philanthropic
foundations.
India offers 1,000 PhD fellowships to ASEAN students at IITs
 The government launched a major programme offering 1,000 PhD fellowships to ASEAN students at
IITs in India.
 Jointly inaugurating the programme with HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ in New Delhi,
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said India’s partnership with ASEAN is based on shared values.
 The funding will cover the entire cost of study and living expenses for up to 5 years of a PhD
programme. The admission portal for the programme is being executed by IIT Delhi.
 The total budget outlay for the fellowship programme is Rs 300 crore (approximately US $ 45
million).
 Fellowship programme is the single-largest capacity development initiative of India in its partnership
with ASEAN.
Railways to conduct “Massive Shramdan” drive, focus on collection of

plastic waste
September 1, 2019
 Indian Railways will undertake one more drive of “Massive Shramdan” with main focus on “Collection
of Plastic Waste”.
 This drive with its main focus on the collection of plastic waste aims to create awareness for a greater
impact against single-use plastic. Also aims at enhancing cleanliness, through the collection of plastic
waste from all railway premises.
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 To mark the Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary on October 2, 2019, Railways also
undertaking various activities relating to SwachhataPakhwada from September 11 – October 2, 2019.
Exhibition ‘ShashwatMaharathi : The Eternal Seeker’ on

ChitracharyaUpendraMaharath Inaugurated in New Delhi
 Union Minister of State for Culture& Tourism (Independent Charge), ShriPrahlad Singh Patel
inaugurated the exhibition ‘ShashwatMaharathi : The Eternal Seeker’ on
ChitracharyaUpendraMaharath at newly renovated Jaipur House in National Gallery of Modern art New
Delhi
 The Exhibition showcases more than 1000 works of art, design, and woven objects of art by
ChitracharyaUpendraMaharathi. Exhibition will be remained open for general public from 11:00 am to
6:00 pm Tuesday to Friday. On weekends people can visit exhibition till 8:00 pm.
Union Minister Gehlot launches MIS portal under Accessible India

Campaign
September 1, 2019
 Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment ThaawarchandGehlot launched the Management
Information System (MIS) portal for stakeholders of the Accessible India Campaign (AIC).
 The MIS has been developed by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities
(DEPwD) under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
 The MIS portal will bring all the nodal ministries, and states and Union Territories on a single platform
for monitoring the progress being made against each target of Accessible India Campaign (AIC)
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Union Minister Thaawar Chand Gehlot
Constituency RajyaSabha (Madhya Pradesh)
Government constitutes Company Law Committee to improve ease of

doing business
 Ministry of Corporate Affairs has decided to constitute a Company Law Committee for examining and
making recommendations to the Government on various provisions and issues pertaining to
implementation of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008.
 The committee has formed in line with the Government’s objective of promoting Ease of Living in the
country by providing Ease of Doing Business to law abiding corporates
 The company 11-member law committee will be chaired by InjetiSrinivas, secretary of the corporate
affairs ministry
 The committee to look at recategorization of certain offences under the Companies At as civil
offences as well as review other provisions of the Companies Act and the Limited Liability
Partnerships Act 2008.
Indian diaspora, at 17.5 million, is the largest in the world, says UN

study
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 The count of the Indian disapora has increased 10% from 15.9 million in 2015, making it the largest
in the world, according to the UN’s International Migrant Stock 2019.
 It now comprises 6.4% of the total global migrant population.
 In 2019, Russia fell to the fourth position behind Indian, Mexico and China with 10.5 million migrants.
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 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) was the top destination of Indian migrants followed by the US, Saudi
Arabia, Pakistan and Oman, as per the data set compiled by the UN Department of Economic and
Social Affairs Division.
 Bangladesh was a top source of migrants to India, followed by Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and China.
 In China’s case, the top source of migrants were from South Korea, Brazil, Phillpines and Indonesia.
The number of migrants from India was not given by the UN though Indian ministry of External
Affairs pegs the number at 35,500.
 The ministry also puts the numbers of non resident Indians and people of Indian origin around the
world at 31 million.
 Globally, in 2019, the number of international migrants worldwide was nearly 272 million, up from
221 million in 2010 and 174 million in 2000. More than half of all international migrants lived in
Europe (82 million) or Northern America (59 million).
 In 2019, 38 million international migrants, equivalent to 14% of global migrant population, were
under 20 years of age. Three out of every four international migrants are of working age (20-64
years) In 2019, 202 million international migrants, equivalent to 74 % of the global migrant
population, were between the ages of 20 and 64. More than three quarters of international migrants
were of working age in Eastern and South Eastern Asia, Europe and Northern America.
MHRD announces NEAT scheme for better learning outcomes in higher

education
 Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) announced a new Public-Private Partnership (PPP)
scheme- National Educational Alliance for Technology (NEAT) aimed at using technology for better
learning outcomes in Higher Education.
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 The objective is to use Artificial Intelligence to make learning more personalised and customised as
per the requirements of the learner.
 MHRD has proposed to create a National Alliance with such technology developing EdTech Companies
through a PPP model.
 MHRD would act as a facilitator to ensure that the solutions are freely available to a large number of
economically backward students. MHRD would create and maintain a National NEAT platform that
would provide one-stop access to these technological solutions.
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 EdTech companies would be responsible for developing solutions and manage the registration of
learners through the NEAT portal. They would be free to charge fees as per their policy.
 All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) would be the implementing agency for the NEAT
program
 The scheme shall be administered under the guidance of an Apex Committee constituted by MHRD.
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Government reduces corporate tax rate to 22%
 The Government of India has announced a significant reduction in corporate tax rate for domestic
company to 22%.Earlier it was 30%.
 Effective Tax Rate would be 25.17% inclusive of all surcharges and cess for such domestic
companies. Such companies are also not required to pay Minimum Alternative Tax.
 Any new domestic company incorporated on or after 1st Oct 2019 making fresh investment in
manufacturing will have an option to pay income tax at rate of 15%. Effective tax rate for new
mfgcos would to be 17.01% inclusive of surcharge and cess.
 The government has announced relief to listed companies which have already made a public
announcement of buy-back before 5 July 2019. No tax on buy-back of shares in case of such
companies will apply.
 In order to provide relief to companies which continue to avail incentive or exemptions, even for
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them the government has provided a Minimum Alternate Tax(MAT) relief, and the MAT rate has been
reduced for them to 15% from the existing 18.5%.
 Total revenue foregone for the reduction of corporation tax is Rs 1.45 trillion per year.
Govt notifies 8.65% rate of interest for over 60 mn EPFO subscribers
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 The government approved 8.65% interest rate on employees provident fund for 2018-19, which will
now be credited into the accounts of over 60 million subscribers of retirement fund body EPFO.
 The EPFO has been settling EPF withdrawal claims at 8.55% interest rate, approved for 2017-18.
Now, the EPFO will settle accounts on higher rate of 8.65% for 2018-19.
 The Labour Ministry will soon notify 8.65% rate of interest on Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) for
2018-19 as the Finance Ministry does not disagree on this rate.
India Post expands speed post service to six new foreign countries
 India Post expanded speed post service to six new foreign destinations in Asia, Europe and South
America.
 The Department of Posts has announced commencing of International Speed Post (EMS) Service to
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Ecuador, Kazakhstan, Lithuania and North Macedonia.
 India Post currently provides speed post service to 100 countries.
29th Meeting of the Northern Zonal Council held in Chandigarh

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 Union Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah chaired the 29th meeting of the Northern Zonal Council was held
at Chandigarh (Haryana)
 The meeting was attended by the Chief Ministers of Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana,
Himachal Pradesh, Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, Administrator of UT of Chandigarh, Lt. Governor of
NCT of Delhi
 The Haryana chief minister is the vice-chairman and host of the meeting
 Western Zonal Council meeting recently held in Goa
 Five zonal councils were set up in 1957 under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956. The Union home
minister is the chairman of each of these five councils. The chief minister of the host state is the vice-
chairman
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Union Minister Amit Shah
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Shri Amit Shah launches Emergency Response Support System (ERSS-

Dial 112), ‘E-Beat Book’ System and ‘E-Saathi’ App
 Union Minister for Home Affairs, Shri Amit Shah launched three citizen centric services of the
Chandigarh Police, in Chandigarh. The services include the Emergency Response Support System
(ERSS – Dial 112), ‘E-Beat Book’ System and the ‘E-Saathi App’.
 ERSS is one of the key projects of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs under Nirbhaya Fund. It has
been designed to play a pivotal role in mitigation or preventing escalation of crime, especially against
women and children.
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 ERSS provides a single emergency number (112), computer aided dispatch of field resources to the
location of distress. Citizens can send their emergency information through call, sms, email and
through the 112 India mobile app.
 The ‘E-Beat Book’ is a web and mobile based application which will ease the collection, updation and
analysis of the information related to crime and criminals in a real time.
 The E-Beat Book would be linked with Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS),
which would help in a real time updation of crime/criminal data. The citizen can directly approach
the‘Atal Sehbhagita Kendra’ for redressal of their grievances and can render their suggestions too.
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 The ‘E-Saathi’ App would help the general public, including senior citizens, to remain in touch with
the police and also give suggestions to facilitate participative community policing(‘Your Police at Your
Doorstep’ initiative). The beat officer would be able to provide services like passport verification,
tenant verification, servant verification, character certification etc. at a click of a button through the
app, without the people needing to visit the police station.
Govt launches ‘UMMID’ initiative to tackle inherited genetic diseases of

newborn babies
 Science and Technology and Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan launched ‘UMMID’ initiative to tackle
inherited genetic diseases of newborn babies.
 Congenital and hereditary genetic diseases are becoming a significant health burden and there is a
need for adequate and effective genetic testing and counselling services.
 The Minister also inaugurated NIDAN (National Inherited Diseases Administration) Kendras.
 The new initiative aims at creating awareness about genetic disorders amongst clinicians and
establish molecular diagnostics in hospitals so that the benefits of developments in medical genetics
could reach patients.
National centre for I-T e-assessment to be based in Delhi

September 1, 2019
 A national e-assessment centre (NeAC) will be set up in the national capital as part of the
government’s ambitious plan to launch faceless and nameless assessment for income tax payers from
next month.
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 The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), that frames policy for the Income-tax department, has
issued an order for the creation of the Centre.
 The Centre will have 16 officials and will be headed by a Principal Chief Commissioner of Income-tax
(PCCIT)K M Prasad as its chief.
President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurates 6th India Water Week – 2019
 The President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the 6th India Water Week-2019, at Vigyan Bhavan, New
Delhi.
 The theme of the India Water Week-2019 is ‘Water Cooperation – Coping with 21st Century
Challenges’
 This event was organised by the Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga
Rejuvenation, the Ministry of Jal Shakti
 Japan and European Union have been associated as partner countries for this mega event.
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Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Constituency Jodhpur, Rajasthan
Centre amends pension rules to benefit family of government servant

September 1, 2019
 The Central government amended pension rules to extend benefits to the family of a government
servant at an enhanced rate of 50 per cent of last pay drawn, for a period of 10 years even if he dies
within seven years of joining service.
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 The Central government amended Rule 54 of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972.
 As per the amended Rule 54, the family of a government servant, who dies within seven years of
joining service, will also be eligible for family pension at an enhanced rate of 50 per cent of last pay
drawn, for a period of 10 years.
 On the death of a government servant while in service, the family is entitled to a family pension in
accordance with Rule 54 of the pension rules.
 In case the government servant had rendered service of fewer than seven years before his death, the
rate of family pension was 30 per cent from the beginning and family pension at an enhanced rate of
50 per cent of last pay drawn was not payable to the family.
 The amendments would be effective from October 1, 2019. However, the families of government
servants who died before the completion of service of seven years within 10 years before October 1,
2019, will also be eligible for family pension at enhanced rates with effect from October 1, 2019.
Govt reconstitutes EAC-PM till 2021, BibekDebroy retained as chairman
 The government reconstituted the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister for a period of
another two years.
 Rathin Roy from the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy and Shamika Ravi of Brookings
Institution have been dropped as part-time members. SajjidChenoy, India economist at JP Morgan is
the new part-time member.
 Part-time member AshimaGoyal of Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research and full time
members BibekDebroy of NitiAayog and RatanWatal will continue to be part of the EAC-PM. Debroy
retains his role as chairman of the EAC-PM while former Finance Secretary Watal will continue being
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the member-secretary.
 The strength of the reconstituted EAC-PM has been reduced from five to four, comprising of two
full-time members and two part-time members.
First Indigenous Fuel Cell System launched on CSIR Foundation Day
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 The President of India Ram NathKovind unveiled the first Indigenous High Temperature Fuel Cell
System on the occasion of CSIR Foundation Day in New Delhi
 The System was developed by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in partnership with
Indian industries under India’s flagship program named “New Millennium Indian Technology
Leadership Initiative (NMITLI)”
 The 5.0 kW fuel cell system generates power in a green manner using methanol / bio-methane, with
heat and water as bi-products
 The Fuel Cells developed are based on High Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane (HTPEM)
Technology.
APEDA holds International Conference-Cum-Buyer seller meet in

Agartala
 Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) under the Ministry
of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, in cooperation with government of Tripura
organised an International Conference-cum-Buyer Seller Meet in Agartala
 The meet was organized to showcase the export potential of agricultural products from North East
Region (NER) and Tripura in particular.
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 Twenty international buyers from 8 countries – Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Indonesia, UAE, Bahrain,
Kuwait and Greece participated in it.
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Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb
Tripura Governor Ramesh Bais
APEDA Headquarters New Delhi
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India Tourism Mart exhibition inaugurated in New Delhi
 Culture and Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel inaugurated the exhibition of India Tourism Mart
(ITM), 2019 in New Delhi
 Over 240 international delegates from 51 countries and 160 exhibitors from across the country are
taking in part in the second edition of ITM
 The Ministry of Tourism and the Federation of Associations in Indian Tourism and Hospitality have
jointly organized this Mart.
 The event will provide a platform at the national level for trade and hospitality service providers in
the country to interact and conduct business with their counterparts from overseas.
Railways launches pilot project to promote production with AI, big data
 The Ministry of Railways and the Department of Science and Technology have joined hands in
partnership with IIT Kanpur for taking up a unique project on ‘Industry 4.0’. They launched the pilot
project for implementation at the Modern Coach Factory
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 A pilot project for ushering in Industry 4.0 in the country has been launched at the Modern Coach
Factory in Uttar Pradesh’s Raebareli district.
 Industry 4.0, commonly referred to as the fourth industrial revolution, is a name given to the current
trend of automation, inter-connectivity and data exchange in manufacturing technologies to increase
productivity.
 Industry 4.0 is a complex cyber-physical system which synergies production with digital technologies,
Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Analytics, Machine Learning and Cloud Computing.
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National Launch of 10 Year Rural Sanitation Strategy (2019-2029)
 The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS), Ministry of Jal Shakti, GoI launched the
10 Year Rural Sanitation Strategy (2019-2029), which focus on sustaining the sanitation behavior
change that has been achieved under the Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen (SBM-G), ensuring that no
one is left behind, and increasing access to solid and liquid waste management.
 Since the launch of the SBM-G in 2014, over 10 crore toilets have been built in rural areas; over 5.9
lakh villages, 699 districts, and 35 States/UTs have declared themselves Open Defecation Free
(ODF). This strategy has been prepared by DDWS, in consultation with State Governments and other
stakeholders, and it lays down a framework to guide local governments, policy makers, implementers
and other relevant stakeholders in their planning for ODF Plus, where everyone uses a toilet, and
every village has access to solid and liquid waste management.
 The 10 year strategy focuses on the need for States/UTs to continue their efforts to sustain the gains
of the mission through capacity strengthening, IEC (Information, education and communication),
organic waste management, plastic waste management, grey water management and black water
management.
 The strategy also speaks about potential collaborations with development partners, civil society and
inter-government partnerships. It also highlights innovative models for sanitation financing.
PAN-Aadhaar linking deadline extended to December 31

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 The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) extended the deadline to link permanent account number
(PAN) with Aadhaar till December 31. The earlier deadline was September 30.
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 This is the seventh time that the government has extended the deadline for linking of PAN with
Aadhaar. It is now mandatory to link the two unique IDs for income tax purposes.
 Section 139 AA (2) of the Income Tax Act says that every person having PAN as on July 1, 2017, and
eligible to obtain Aadhaar, must intimate his Aadhaar number to tax authorities.
 Aadhaar is issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to a resident of India and
PAN is a 10-digit alphanumeric number allotted by the IT Department to a person, firm or entity.
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OBITUARY
“Fastest Woman On Four Wheels”, Jessi Combs passes away
 Jessi Combs popularly known by the nickname of “fastest woman on four wheels.” died in a car crash
in an attempt to break a record. She was of 36 years.
 She was attempting to break the record of Women’s Land Speed Record of 512 mph (823 kph) set in
1976 by Kitty O’Neil.
Emmy Award-winning actress Valerie Harper passed away
 Emmy Award-winning actress Valerie Harper has passed away

 The actress, who is best known for her role as Rhoda on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,”
 She won four Emmy Awards playing Rhoda Morgenstern, a wisecracking New Yorker, first on “The
Mary Tyler Moore Show” and then on “Rhoda.”
 She began her career as a dancer on Broadway, making her debut in the musical “Take Me Along” in
1959
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Former Kalahandi king Udit PratapDeo Passes away
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 Udit Pratap Deo, former king of the erstwhile princely state of Kalahandi, has passed away. He was
71.
 Deo was a former lawmaker from Junagarh Assembly segment in Odisha from 1974 to 1977.
Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe passed away
 Former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has passed away

 Mugabe was Zimbabwe’s first post-independence leader. He ruled Zimbabwe for nearly four decades,
before he was forced out in a military coup in November 2017.
Author and Playwright Kiran Nagarkar Passes Away

September 1, 2019
 Renowned novelist and playwright Kiran Nagarkar passed away after a brief illness,He was 77.
 Nagarkar, published his first novel, ‘Saat Sakkam Trechalis’, in Marathi in 1974.
 Then followed “Cuckold” (1997) which won him the 2001 Sahitya Akademi award and catapulted him
among the most respected modern post-independence Indian writers in English.
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Congress leader Sukhdev Singh Libra passes away
 Congress leader and former MP Sukhdev Singh Libra passed away after a prolonged illness at the age
of 87.
 He was the member of the 14th and 15th Lok Sabhas. He was also a Punjab MLA in 1985. He was a
member of Rajya Sabha from 1998-2004.
Veteran lawyer and former Union minister Ram Jethmalani passes away
 Noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani, one of India’s finest criminal lawyers, passed away at the age of 95
after suffering from prolonged illness.
 Jethmalani He was the highest paid lawyer in the Supreme Court of India. He became the Chairman
of the Bar Council of India in 2010.
 He had served as Law Minister of India and Minister of Urban Development during the prime
ministership of AtalBihari Vajpayee.
Legendary Pakistan leg spinner Abdul Qadir dies aged 63

September 1, 2019
 The legendary Pakistan leg spinner Abdul Qadir has died after a cardiac arrest.
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 Qadir played 67 Tests from 1977 to 1990, taking 236 wickets including nine for 56 against England at
Lahore in 1987. He also featured in 104 one-day internationals, claiming 132 victims.
 He was a key member of Pakistan’s team during the 1980s and became a mentor to the next
generation of leg spinners such as Shane Warne and Mushtaq Ahmed.
Actor, Kathak Dancer Veeru Krishnan Passes Away
 Actor-Kathak dancer Veeru Krishnan, known for his work in films such as Ishq, Hum Hain Rahi PyarKe
and Raja Hindustani, passed away.
 Krishnan mostly appeared in supporting roles in films in the 1990s.
Senior Odisha journalist Dilip Satpathy passes away
 Senior journalist Dilip Satpathy passed away. He was 56.

 Satpathy was the Resident Editor of national English daily Business Standard, Bhubaneswar edition.
He had started his career as a reporter with Sun Times, a broadsheet published by Sambad group.
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 Satpathy later joined Business Standard as State Correspondent before being elevated to Resident
Editor of its Bhubaneswar edition.
Freedom fighter Heeralal Sharma passed away
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 Freedom fighter Heeralal Sharma has passed away

 Sharma, who took active part in freedom struggle and was also jailed for two years
Tamil film director and actor Rajasekar passes away
 Tamil film actor, cinematographer and director Rajasekar died of a cardiac arrest. He was 61.
 Rajasekar had worked in several films and later in television serials.
Tonga’s Prime Minister AkilisiPohiva passes away

September 1, 2019
 Tonga’s Prime MinisterAkilisiPohiva, has passed away at the age of 78.

 MrPohiva had served as Tonga’s prime minister since 2014, and was Tonga’s longest serving member
of Parliament, coming into office in 1987.
Microsoft CEO SatyaNadella’s father, former bureaucrat BN Yugandhar

passed away
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 Former bureaucrat BN Yugandhar, the father of Microsoft CEO SatyaNadella, has passed away
 Yugandhar had served in the Prime Minister’s Office during late PV NarasimhaRao’s regime and also
worked under former PM Manmohan Singh
 Yugandhar was an IAS officer of 1962-batch.Yugandhar served as a member of the Planning
Commission from 2004 to 2009.
 He acted as Director of the LalBahadurShastri National Academy of Administration in Mussoorie.
Photographer behind Tiananmen Square Tank Man picture passes away
 Charlie Cole, one of the photographers who took the picture of the famous Tank Man during the 1989
Tiananmen Square protests, has died of sepsis in Bali, Indonesia. He was 64.
 In the year1990, Cole won the World Press Photo Award for his photo, which became an image of the
1989 pro-democracy protest.
Film editor Sanjib Kumar Datta passed away

September 1, 2019
 Bollywood editor SanjibDatta who worked on films like “Dor”, “Mardani”, “Iqbal”, “EkHasiniThi”
passed away
 He was an alumnus of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII)
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 Sanjib edited over 80 films in Hindi and Bengali.
SivaramanCheriyanad passes away
 Writer SivaramanCheriyanadpassed away. He was 78.

 He started his career as an upper primary school teacher. Sivaraman wrote several novels, stories,
besides contributing to children’s literature.
 He received the Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award in 1988 and the A.P. Kalakkad Award in 2009. He bagged
Kerala SahithyaAkademi scholarship in 1990-91 for his study on the works of writer Parappuram. He
was a recipient of the National Teachers Award in 1989.
Former Andhra Pradesh speaker KodelaSivaprasadaRao passed away
 Former speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly KodelaSivaprasadaRao has passed away
 He was one of the senior most leaders of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP)
 Kodelawas six time MLA from Narsaraopet constituency in Guntur district,
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 In 2014, post-bifurcation of AP, he was made the first Speaker of the Assembly.
Congress veteran BJ KhatalPatil passes away
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 Former minister and senior Congress leader B J KhatalPatil passed away. He was 101.
 He served in the Maharashtra legislative assembly as a minister between 1962 and 1985.
 He also authored several books where his first book “AntaricheDhave” was first published in the year
2011.
Veteran Malayalam actor Satharhas passed away
 Veteran Kerala actor Sathar has passed away

 The actor who has acted in more than 300 films, majority of them in Malayalam
 Sathar was known for playing hero and villain roles in Malayalam and Tamil films as well
Shyam Ramsay of Ramsay Brothers passes away

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 Shyam Ramsay of the Ramsay Brothers passed away in Mumbai. He was 67.
 Shyam Ramsay and his six brothers, together known as Ramsay Brothers in the Hindi film industry,
started a mini cottage industry of small-budget horror films with scripts which wasted no time on
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non-essentials: the humans were just an excuse for the parade of colourful, crass otherworldly
creatures.
 Shyam helmed movies like Andhera (1975), Saboot (1980), PuranaMandir (1984), Purani Haveli
(1989), Dhund: The Fog (2003), Koi Hai (2017) among others.
Tunisia’s former president Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali passes away
 Former president of Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, commonly known as Ben Ali, passed away. He
was 83.
 Ben Ali served as the President of Tunisia from 1987 until his ousting in 2011.
 He was also appointed as Prime Minister in October 1987 and assumed the Presidency on 7
November 1987.
Former India International MadhavApte Passes Away
 Veteran cricketer MadhavApte died after suffering a cardiac arrest. He was 86.
 MadhavApte played seven Tests in which he scored 542 runs, with a lone hundred and three fifties to
his credit. His highest score was 163 not out.
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 He was the first Indian opener to aggregate over 400 runs in a Test series (460 runs against West
Indies in 1953). He also captained Mumbai in domestic cricket.
Telugu Comedian VenuMadhav Passes Away
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 Popular Telugu film comedian VenuMadhav passed away after a prolonged illness.
 Mimicry artiste-turned-comedian, VenuMadhav made his debut in movies with Sampradayam in 1996
and was last seen in the film Dr. Paramanandaiah Students Gang in 2016.
Renowned Mathematician & Writer DilipDutta Passes Away
 DilipDutta former Professor of Mathematics, University of Rhode Island passed away at his Rhode
Island residence in the United States of America.
 Dutta has written more than 15 Assamese books including Dr. BhupenHazarikarGeetaruJibonRath,
PhaliLuaBiranji, Mur Sikkhaaru Mur Sikhhak, Miss Gauhati (Novel), Monemurkoinabisare, which was
converted into a movie, and many books on Mathematics.
Boman Rashid Kohinoor, co-owner of Mumbai’s iconic eatery Britannia

& Co, passes away
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 Boman Rashid Kohinoor, the senior partner of Mumbai’s iconic eatery Britannia & Co Restaurant,
passed away on 25 September, 2019. He was 97.
 Britannia continues to remain a favourite among foodies who land up at the café to gorge on its bun
maska, chai, its famous berry pulao and salliboti.
Veteran actor VijuKhote passed away

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 Veteran actor VijuKhote has passed away in Mumbai

 He had acted in more than 300 Hindi and Marathi films.
 He gained fame for his character Kaliya in the blockbuster film Sholay.
 Khote was popular for his comedy roles in many films including AndazApnaApna, Qayamat Se
QayamatTak
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RANKING
India ranked 34th on world travel, tourism competitiveness index
 India has moved up six places to rank 34th on world travel and tourism competitiveness index,
driven by rich natural and cultural resources and strong price competitiveness.
 India’s ranking improved from 40th to 34th, the greatest improvement over 2017 among the top 25
per cent of all countries ranked in the WEF report.
 Spain held on to the top spot in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) latest Travel and Tourism
Competitiveness Report (TTCR), which ranked 140 countries on their relative strengths in global
tourism and travel. Spain was followed by France, Germany and Japan, with the United States
replacing the UK in the top five.
World’s most liveable cities for 2019: Vienna tops the list again
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 Vienna has held off Melbourne to retain the top spot on the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global
Liveability Index for 2019.
 Vienna and Melbourne have been neck and neck in the EIU survey for years, but the Austrian capital
also regularly tops a larger ranking of cities by quality of life compiled by consulting firm Mercer.
 Among Indian cities, New Delhi is ranked at 118 and Mumbai is ranked at 119. The ranking consists
of 140 countries. Melbourne is ranked second followed by Sydney and Osaka.
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India ranked fourth in global malaria cases in 2017: Lancet report
 India ranked fourth in the global incidence of the deadly mosquito-borne disease malaria in 2017,
with four per cent of the cases worldwide reported in the country, according to a report published in
The Lancet journal.
 Of the 219 million cases of malaria reported globally in 2017, nearly 10 million were from India,
making it the fourth most affected by the disease — only behind the African countries Nigeria,
Democratic Republic of Congo, and Mozambique.
 The report was compiled by more than 40 experts including malariologists, biomedical scientists,
economists, and health policy experts, assimilating existing evidence with new epidemiological and
financial analyses.
 The authors used new modelling techniques and estimated how prevalent and intense malaria could
be in 2030 and 2050.
Mumbai ranks 5th position in Knight Frank’s Asia Pacific Co-living Index
 Mumbai occupies the fifth position in the Asia Pacific Co-living Index by Knight Frank while New Delhi
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is ranked 11th and Bengaluru 19th

 The report titled “Insights on Co-living – An Asia-Pacific Perspective.”
 Beijing, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong occupy the top four ranks in that index
 The report covers 20 major Asia-Pacific cities classified into six key attributes like- Tech & Financial
Hub, Venture Capital Deals & Growth, Housing Affordability, University Population, General Population
& Human Development Index, and Quality of Life
Eritrea tops list of Most Censored Countries

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 Eritrea topped the list of the 10 most censored countries in a report released by the New York-based
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
 Worst three countries for press censorship – Eritrea, North Korea and Turkmenistan
 The rankings were based on factors including restrictions on privately-owned or independent media;
criminal defamation laws; restrictions on the dissemination of false news; blocking of websites;
surveillance of journalists by authorities; license requirements for media; and targeted hacking or
trolling
 The CPJ media freedom ranking is similar to the list compiled by Reporters Without Borders, another
watchdog, which also shames Eritrea, North Korea and Turkmenistan as the world’s worst three
countries for independent journalism.
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India Kicked Out Of Top 300 Ranking Of Universities; Only 6 Indian

Institutions In Top 500 Ranking
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 University of Oxford of United Kingdom has topped the ‘Times Higher Education World University
Rankings 2020’.
 IIScBanglore is the top Indian University in the ranking and is placed in the 301-350 bracket. This is
for the first time since 2012 that no Indian University has been placed in top 300.
 IIT Ropar made a surprise entry and takes the number 1 spot among Indian varsities alongside IISc
Bangalore.
 IIT Indore is the second-best university in India
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 However the total number of Indian Universities in the ranking this year has increased from 49 to 56.
Gujarat retains top spot in ‘logistics ease’ index
 Gujarat has retained its first position in the country in the ‘Logistics Ease Across Different States’
(LEADS) report 2019
 This is the second consecutive year the state has bagged the number one spot in the ranking. Punjab
and Andhra Pradesh are ranked second and third, respectively
 Himachal Pradesh stood last on the chart. Bihar ranked at 20th position
 The report, was published by the Union ministry of commerce and industry, prepared with the help of
consultancy firm Deloitte
 Among the union territories, Chandigarh occupied the top position followed by Delhi and Puducherry.
 Among hilly states, Tripura retained the top spot. It was followed by Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.
 The index was based on an analysis of perceptions with regard to nine parameters, including
infrastructure, quality of logistics, services, promptness of cargo delivery, regulatory processes and
safety of cargo
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India ranked 79th in Global Economic Freedom index

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 India has jumped 11 spots on Global Economic Freedom index from last year’s 96th spot to the
current ranking of 79.
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 The Economic Freedom of the World Report 2019 surveyed a total of 162 countries.
 India’s current ranking is better than one of the major economies of the world — China — which
stood at 113th. Two Asian countries viz Hong Kong and Singapore continue their winning streak of
last year with 1st and 2nd position respectively.
Mumbai Ranks 45, Delhi 52 While Tokyo Tops In World’s Safest Cities
List
 Mumbai and Delhi ranked 37 and 41 respectively on the parameter of non-public safety and 45 and
52 total on a world’s most secure cities record that ranked 60 international locations worldwide
throughout 5 continents.
 Japanese capital Tokyo topped the record and it additionally included six cities of Asia-Pacific area
within the high 10.
Indian School of Business ranks 7th in Forbes’ ‘Best Business Schools

2019’
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 The Indian School of Business (ISB) has secured seventh spot globally in the Forbes’ “Best Business
Schools 2019” rankings.
 The annual Forbes’ list ranks the schools solely on their “5-year MBA gain.”
 The list has been topped by IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland.
 ISB participated in Forbes’ rankings for the first time this year. It has two campuses, one in
Hyderabad and the other at Mohali.
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IIT Bombay top Indian institute in QS Graduate Employability Rankings

2020
 The Indian Institute of Bombay (IIT-B) leads India’s representation in the latest QS Graduate
Employability Rankings 2020 with a 111-120 band ranking, up from 141-150 band last year.
 At 151-160 band and 171-180 band, IIT Delhi and IIT Madras formed the three best ranked Indian
institutes in the latest rankings.
 The 2020 edition of the QS’ Graduate Employability Rankings has been topped by the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT).
 Stanford University is second and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is at third place.
Infosys, TCS among 17 Indian firms in Forbes best ‘regarded’

companies list
 As many as 17 Indian companies, including Infosys, TCS and HDFC, have been named in the list of
World’s Best Regarded Companies compiled by Forbes.
 IT major Infosys has been ranked third in the list of World’s Best Regarded Companies, along with
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global payments technology company Visa and Italian car-maker Ferrari on the first and second
position, respectively.
 Infosys jumped to the third spot from 31st position in 2018.
 The other top ten companies in the list for 2019 are Netflix at the 4th position, followed by PayPal
(5), Microsoft (6), Walt Disney (7), Toyota Motor (8), Mastercard (9), Costco Wholesale (10).
 Indian companies Tata Consultancy Services (22nd position) and Tata Motors (31) featured among
the top 50 in the coveted list.
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 Other Indian companies in the list include Tata Steel (105), Larsen & Toubro (115), Mahindra &
Mahindra (117), HDFC (135), Bajaj Finserv (143), Piramal Enterprises (149), Steel Authority of India
(153), HCL Technologies (155), Hindalco Industries (157), Wipro (168), HDFC Bank (204), Sun
Pharma Industries (217), General Insurance Corporation Of India (224), ITC (231) and Asian Paints
(248).
Hurun Rich List 2019: MukeshAmbani richest Indian with ₹3.8 lakh
crore wealth
 Reliance Industries’ Chairman MukeshAmbani has topped the list of richest Indians for the eighth
consecutive year, with a net worth of ₹3,80,700crore, according to the latest IIFL Wealth Hurun India
Rich List.
 London-based SP Hinduja& family, with assets worth ₹1,86,500 crore, retained the second rank in
the list, followed by Wipro founder AzimPremji at the third place with a wealth of ₹1,17,100 crore.
 L N Mittal, chairman and CEO of ArcelorMittal, was the 4th richest with a wealth of ₹1,07,300crore
and GautamAdani was placed on the 5th position with a net worth of ₹94,500 crore.
 Others in the top 10 include UdayKotak at the 6th place with a wealth of₹94,100 crore, Cyrus S
Poonawalla at 7th position with ₹88,800 crore assets, Cyrus PallonjiMistry at 8th spot with a wealth
of ₹76,800 crore, ShapoorPallonji at 9th position with a net worth of ₹76,800 crore and DilipShanghvi
at 10th slot with ₹71,500-crore wealth.
Infosys ranks 3rd in Forbes’ list of ‘The World’s Best Regarded

Companies’
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 Infosys has been ranked third in the Forbes’ list of World’s Best Regarded Companies
 Global payments technology company Visa and Italian car-maker Ferrari on the first and second
position, respectively
 Infosys jumped to the third spot from 31st position in 2018.
 The other top ten companies in the list for 2019 are Netflix at the 4th position, followed by PayPal
(5), Microsoft (6), Walt Disney (7), Toyota Motor (8), Mastercard (9), Costco Wholesale (10).
 Indian companies Tata Consultancy Services (22nd position) and Tata Motors (31) featured among
the top 50 in the coveted list.
 Forbes partnered with Statista to prepare the list that includes 250 companies which are ranked
based on trustworthiness, social conduct, the strength of their products and services and how they
fare as employers.
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India rises 4 places to 44th rank in world digital competitiveness

rankings
 India has advanced four places to 44th position in terms of digital competitiveness in the world as the
country has made improvement in terms of knowledge and future readiness to adopt and explore
digital technologies
 India rose from 48th place in 2018 to 44th rank this year as the country has improved overall in all
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factors — knowledge, technology and future readiness — as compared to the previous year’s ranking.
 The US was ranked as the world’s most digitally competitive economy, followed by Singapore in the
second place. Sweden was ranked third on the list, followed by Denmark and Switzerland in the 4th
and 5th place, respectively.
 Others in the list of top-10 most digitally competitive economy include Netherlands in the 6th place,
Finland (7th), Hong Kong SAR (8th), Norway (9th) and Republic of Korea (10th).
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HDFC Bank retains ranking as India’s valuable brand
 HDFC Bank retained the numerouno spot for the sixth consecutive year in the sixth edition of BrandZ
Top 75 Most Valuable Indian Brands ranking, released by WPP and Kantar.
 With a 2019 brand value pegged at $22.70 billion, HDFC’s brand value has only changed 5 per cent.
 The bank managed to do this by “maintaining a forward-thinking and innovative outlook, with its
consistent focus on exceeding the changing needs of its customers.”
 LIC took the second spot in the BrandZ listing with 2019 brand value pegged at $20.13 billion, while
Tata Consultancy Services took the third spot with 2019 brand value at $18.16 billion, registering 21
percent change in brand value as compared to last year.
 Airtel in the fourth spot at $10.28 billion had a downward value change of 10 percent, while State
Bank of India with a brand value of $8.4 billion was in the fifth position.
 The BrandZ study, which is the only brand valuation ranking to combine companies’ financial data
with consumer insight and opinion, shows that trust is key and that highly trusted brands in the Top
75 are worth 129 percent more than less trusted ones.
Kerala tops NitiAayog’s School Education Quality Index

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 The School Education Quality Index, SEQI prepared by NITI Aayog was launched by NITI Aayog Vice
Chairman and CEO in New Delhi.
 Kerala has bagged the number one rank followed by Rajasthan in overall performance. In incremental
performance ranking, Haryana is number one followed by Assam and Uttar Pradesh.
 Uttar Pradesh secured the last spot in the list.
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 In small states category, Manipur has claimed the top spot followed by Tripura and Goa in overall
performance. Meghalaya got the first place in incremental performance ranking followed by Nagaland
and Goa.
 While Chandigarh topped the list of Union Territories.
 The School Education Quality Index assesses States on the basis of learning outcomes, access, equity
and infrastructure and facilities, using survey data, self-reported data from States and third-party
verification.
 Tamil Nadu was the top performer in access and equity outcomes, while Karnataka led in learning
outcomes. Haryana had the best infrastructure and facilities.
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

India to join developed nations in ocean studies with ‘Samudrayaan’
project
 India’s ambition to send men to the deep sea in a submersible vehicle is likely to be a reality in 2021-
22 with the ‘Samudrayaan’ project.
 The project proposes to send a submersible vehicle with three persons to a depth of about 6000
metres to carry out deep underwater studies.
 The indigenously developed vehicle is capable of crawling on the sea bed at a depth of six kilometre
for 72 hours.
 The₹200 croreproject proposes to carry three persons in a submersible vehicle to a depth of 6000
metres under sea for various studies.
Asia’s only 5th Generation – VR based simulator centre launched at

Chennai
 Asia’s first 5th Generation – Virtual Reality based Advanced Driver Training Simulator Centre was
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launched at the Automobile Association of Southern India Centre (AASI), Chennai

 In the first 6 months, AASI will train 200 Ambulance drivers free of cost, under ‘Safe Drivers
Campaign’
 The patented simulator was ideated, designed and developed by Chennai based Red Chariots
Technologies Pvt Ltd and it took close to three years for a team of 12 engineers to develop the
hardware and software, emulating the Indian driving standards and road conditions.
 Existing drivers can make use of this simulator to learn the advanced techniques of driving and
implement it in their day to day driving style at a very nominal cost of Rs 100 for an 8-minute session
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Samsung unveils Good Vibes, Relumino tools for deaf-blind, visually

impaired
 Tech major Samsung unveiled two apps – Good Vibes and Relumino – to provide communication
tools to the deafblind and people with low vision in the country.
 Good Vibes has been developed in India, and uses Morse code to convert vibrations into text or voice
and vice-versa.
 A deafblind person uses a combination of dots and dashes to send their messages, which are received
as text or voice on the caregiver’s app.
 Similarly, text or voice messages sent are received as vibrations in Morse code that the deafblind can
interpret.
ISRO, DRDO ink MoUs to provide technologies for Human Space Mission
 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) joined hands with Defence Research and
Development Organisation (DRDO) for development of human-centric systems for the Human Space
Mission to demonstrate its human space flight capabilities.
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 The purpose behind the development is to provide technologies for human-centric systems and
technologies specific to the Human Space Mission.
 The technological capabilities existing in DRDO laboratories for defence applications will be
customised to meet the requirements of the human space mission of ISRO.
 Some of the critical technologies to be provided by DRDO to ISRO include space food, space crew
health monitoring and emergency survival kit, radiation measurement and protection, parachutes for
the safe recovery of the crew module and others.
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 ISRO aims to demonstrate human spaceflight capability before the 75th anniversary of India’s
independence in 2022.
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Astra missile successfully flight tested from Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jet
 India successfully flight-tested the indigenously developed air-to-air missile Astra that was fired from
a Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jet.
 The state-of-the-art missile was launched from Sukhoi-30 MKI off the coast of Odisha as part of user
trials by the Indian Air Force(IAF).
 The missile is designed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
 The Astra missile is a beyond visual range missile. It is capable of engaging different targets at
different altitudes.
 The missile has a strike range of 70km.The missile has a 15-kg high-explosive pre-fragmented
warhead.
Narendra Singh Tomarlaunched CHC Farm Machinery App and Krishi

Kisan app
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 Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar today launched two agriculture-
related Mobile Applications – CHC Farm Machinery and KrishiKisan in New Delhi
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 The Custom Hiring Service Centers or CHC App will allow farmers to avail the custom hiring services
of CHCs located in the radius of 50 Kilometers.
 Using this App, small level farmers can avail agriculture Machinery on rental basis to enhance their
production.
 KrishiKisan App will provide farmers information of best demonstration of high-yielding crops and
seeds at nearby area
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Japan Launches ‘biggest Cargo Spaceship’ To Replenish Supplies At ISS
Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), launched its cargo vessel Kounotori8 to the ISS from the
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Tanegashima Space Center.
 The Kounotori8 is claimed to be the ‘the world’s biggest transport space ship’ by Japan’s space
agency JAXA. The cargo vessel was launched using an H-IIB rocket at 1:05 AM (local time) from the
Tanegashimaisland in Japan.
 The unpiloted cargo ship carried more than 4 tons of supplies, batteries, and a prototype laser-
communications system.
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SPORTS
Charles Leclerc wins F1 Belgian GP, Hamilton takes second
 Charles Leclerc just held off Lewis Hamilton to win the Belgian Grand Prix from pole position, securing
the first victory of his Formula One career and ending Ferrari’s long wait for a win.
 Hamilton was within one second of Leclerc on the final lap, but the 21-year-old from Monaco held his
nerve.
India’s SasikumarMukund Finishes Runner Up in Both Singles and

Doubles at ATP Challenger Tour in China
 In Tennis, SasikumarMukund ended runner-up in both singles and doubles at ATP Challenger Tour, in
Baotou, China.
 The 12th seed Mukund lost to Australian top seed James Duckworth 4-6 3-6 in the singles in the clay-
court event of Challenger 80 category tournament.
 In the doubles, Mukund and Russian TeymurazGabashvili pair lost 6-7 (3) 2-6 to second seed Korean
pair of Ji Sung Nam and Min-Kyu Song.
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Tejinderpal Singh Toor wins silver medal in shot put at Czech Republic
athletic meet
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 The 24-year-old Indian, who has a personal best of 20.75m, has already qualified for World
championship being the Area champion following his gold-winning feat at Asian Athletics
Championships.
 Tomas Stanek of Czech Republic won the gold with 20.86m.
36th National Games to be held in Goa in October-November 2020,

confirms Indian Olympic Association
 The much-delayed 36th National Games will be staged in Goa from 20 October to 4 November next
year.
 The IOA finalised the dates during its meeting with the Goan delegation.
 The meeting was attended by IOA top brass and delegation from Goa, including Sports Minister
BabuAzgaonkar, Sports Secretary J Ashok Kumar, VM Prabhudesai, Krishnamurthy and Engineer Anil
Ringne.
India clinched SAFF U-15 Championship 2019 title

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 The India Under-15 team has defeated Nepal with7-0 score in the final of the SAFF (South Asian
Football Federation) U-15 Championship 2019 held in Kalyani Stadium, West Bengal
 This victory means that India has now become the most successful team in the history of the
tournament as it won the title for the 3rd time. Earlier, India won the trophy in 2013 and 2017 in
Nepal.
 2019 SAFF U–15 Championship is the 6th edition of the SAFF U–16 Championship
Mithali Raj announces retirement from T20 Internationals
 Former India women’s team skipper Mithali Raj announced retirement from T20 Internationals
 She led India in 32 T20Is India including 3 Women’s T20 World Cups in 2012 (Sri Lanka), 2014
(Bangladesh) and 2016 (India).
 In 89 T20 Internationals, Mithali scored 2364 runs including 17 fifties with a career-best 97 not out.
NadubhagamChundan Lifts 67th Nehru Trophy in Alappuzha
 NadubhagamChundan, the snake boat of Pallathuruthy Boat Club, lifted the 67th edition of the
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coveted Nehru Trophy at the Punnamada Lake in Alappuzha

 Kerala Chief Minister PinarayiVijayan inaugurated the event in the presence of cricketer Sachin
Tendulkar, who was the chief guest of the event
 A total of 79 boats, including 23 snake boats, participated in the Nehru trophy.
ISSF World Cup: Manu Bhaker-SaurabhChaudhary win gold as India

finish on top in Rio
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 India finished at the top of the ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol Championship in Rio De Janeiro held from
August 26 to September 03, 2019.
 AbhishekVerma – 10 metre air pistol Men
 ElavenilValarivan – 10 metre air rifle Women
 Manu Bhaker and SaurabhChaudhary staged a remarkable comeback to claim the mixed 10m air
pistol gold, ending India’s campaign on a rousing note in the World Cup in Rio de Janeiro.
 Representing the other Indian team in the same event, YashaswiniDeswal and AbhishekVerma won
the silver as India picked up the maximum possible medals on the final day of the tournament.
 World number one in women’s 10m air rifle, ApurviChandela, had earlier partnered Deepak Kumar to
win India their fourth gold on the concluding day of the event. The pair won the top medal in the
mixed air rifle event.
 AnjumMoudgil and Divyansh Singh Panwar, representing India 2, who won the previous two World
Cup editions of the same event, won bronze.
 India finished the tournament at the top of the medals tally with five gold, two silver and two bronze.
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VirdhawalKhade and Rujuta — The country’s fastest couple!
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 At the 73rd Glenmark National senior aquatics championships 2019, held at

PrakashTaranPushkarBhavan, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, Indian swimmer Rujuta became the fastest
female swimmer of India winning the title in 50m freestyle whereas her husband VirdhawalKhade
broke his own national record winning gold in the men’s 50m breaststroke event.
 The couple earned the title of becoming India’s fastest couple in swimming. Gold in the women’s 50m
breaststroke was won by DivyaSatija, who also broke her own national record.
Steve Smith dethrones ViratKohli to become top batsmanin ICC Test

rankings
 Steve Smith dethroned India captain ViratKohli to reclaim the No.1 spot in ICC Test rankings
 ViratKohli has now slipped to No.2 in the ICC rankings for Test batsmen with 903 points.
 Australia’s Pat Cummins continues to lead the bowlersrankings with 908 rating points.
 Jason Holder of the West Indies retained his top spot among the all-rounders with 472 rating points,
followed by Ben Stokes (411) and Shakib Al Hasan (399).
FIFA unveils official emblem for Qatar World Cup 2022

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 FIFA unveiled the official emblem of the 22nd edition of the FIFA World Cup which is scheduled to be
hosted in Qatar
 The official emblem of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 embodies the vision of an event that connects
and engages the entire world, while also featuring striking elements of local and regional Arab culture
and allusions to the beautiful game.
Zimbabwe captain Hamilton Masakadza to retire from international

cricket
 Zimbabwe captain Hamilton Masakadza will retire from all forms of international cricket after the
conclusion of the T20I tri-series involving Bangladesh and Afghanistan later this month.
 Masakadza has played 38 Tests, 209 ODIs and 62 T20 Internationals, scoring 9410 international
runs.
 The ICC had suspended Zimbabwe Cricket for violation of its constitution after the current elected
members of the Zimbabwe board were suspended by the Sports and Recreation Committee (SRC).
Misbah-ul-Haq named as Pakistan head coach and chief selector

September 1, 2019
 Former Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has been appointed as Pakistan head coach of men’s cricket
team and chief selector on a three-year contract
 Waqar Younis appointed as bowling coach
 The first assignment of Misbah-Waqar combination will be the upcoming three ODI and three T20I
home series against Sri Lanka, which will be played from September 27 to October 9
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Rohit Sharma Launches Campaign to save Rhinos in India
 India vice-captain Rohit Sharma is launching Rohit4Rhinos campaign, in partnership with WWF India
and Animal Planet on World Rhino Day on September 22,
 The campaign is aim to build awareness for the need to conserve the Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros
or the Indian Rhino
 Rohit Sharma joined WWF India as its Brand Ambassador for Rhino Conservation in 2018
Anupama Swain wins bronze in World Martial Arts Mastership, qualifies

for Asian Games
 Woman athlete Anupama Swain who qualified for 2022 Asian Games by winning a bronze medal in
the recently concluded World Martial Arts Mastership.
 Jiu-Jitsu 2019 which was held at the Konkuk University Glocal Campus in Chungju, South Korea. With
this, she qualified for the 2022 Asian Games. She was trained by HariprasadPatnayak.
 Jiu-Jitsu is a form of martial art and combat sport and it puts the entire focus on grappling with
particular emphasis on ground fighting.
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Bob Carter appointed head coach of New Zealand women’s cricket team
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 New Zealand cricket have named Bob Carter as the head coach of the senior national women’s team
 Carter, who has previously worked as the assistant coach of the men’s team, will take over the role
from HaideeTiffen
 Carter’s first assignement with the White Ferns will be three-match ODI series and five-match T20I
series against South Africa
 He will remain as the coach of the team until the end of ICC Women’s World Cup 2021
2019 World Wrestling Championships
 The 2019 World Wrestling Championships will be held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan from 14 September
to 22 September, 2019.
 It will begin with the Greco-Roman wrestling competition. Wrestlers from 101 nations will be fighting
for medals across Greco-Roman, freestyle and women’s wrestling categories. It is organized by
United World Wrestling (UWW), the Kazakh Ministry of Culture and Sports, the National Olympic
Committee (NOC of Kazakhstan), the Kazakh Confederation of Martial Arts and Power Sports and the
Kazakh Federation of Greco-Roman, Freestyle and Women’s Wrestling.
Rashid to become Test cricket’s youngest captain

September 1, 2019
 Afghanistan test cricket captain Rashid Khan who led the match against Bangladesh at the Zahur
Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong(Bangladesh) created record by becoming the youngest test
cricket captain released by International Cricket Council(ICC) at the age of 20 years and 350 days.
 He will overtake Zimbabwe’s Tatenda Taibu, who made his debut as Test captain just eight days older
than Rashid against Sri Lanka at Harare in 2004.
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Charles Leclerc wins Italian Grand Prix
 Monacan based Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) has won the Formula 1, Italian Grand Prix 2019. This is his
second F1 win this season and came within a week of the first win.
 Earlier this week, Leclerc won the Belgian Grand Prix also.
 ValtteriBottas finished second, Lewis Hamilton third, Daniel Ricciardo fourth and NicoHülkenberg fifth.
Bianca Andreescu clinched US Open Women’s singles title
 Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu defeated Serena Williams 6-3, 7-5 to grab the US Open 2019
women’s singles title.
 The 19-year-old Andreescu becomes the first Canadian singles player to win a Grand Slam event.
 Andreescu also jumps into the top 10 in the WTA rankings
 Serena Williams has lost each of her last four Grand Slam finals, all with a chance to tie Margaret
Court’s record of 24 Grand Slam singles titles
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Rafael Nadal beats Daniil Medvedev to win US Open men’s final
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 Rafael Nadal beats Russia’s Daniil Medvedev 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4 in the US Open final to capture
his 19th Grand Slam title. It was also his fourth US Open title.
 World number two Nadal took the top prize of $3.85 million at Arthur Ashe Stadium and added to his
US Open trophy haul from 2010, 2013 and 2017
India Red beat India Green to clinch Duleep Trophy title
 India Red beat India Green by an innings and 38 runs to clinch the Duleep Trophy title at Bengaluru
 India Red had scored 388 in their first innings. On the other hand, India Green compiled 231 runs in
their first innings and 119 in their second innings.
 AbhimanyuEaswaran, who made a brilliant 153 for India Red, was named player of the match
US Open 2019
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 Rafael Nadal beats Daniil Medvedev to win 19th Grand Slam title. Rafael Nadal won his 19th Grand
Slam title after holding off Russian Daniil Medvedev’s exhilarating fightback in one of the greatest US
Open finals.
CATEGORY WINNER
Men’s Singles Rafael Nadal
Women’s Singles Bianca Andreescu
Juan Sebastián Cabal
Men’s Doubles
Robert Farah
Elise Mertens
Women’s Doubles
Aryna Sabalenka
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Mixed Doubles
Jamie Murray
Mo Farah and Brigid Kosgei wins record sixth straight title
 Kenyan athlete Brigid Kosgei broke the world record for the fastest half-marathon by a woman as she
finished the 2019 Great North Run in 1 hour, four minutes and 28 seconds.
 This was 23 seconds faster than the previous record, set by fellow Kenyan Joyciline Jepkosgei in
2017.
 In men’s elite race, Mo Farah won the title for a record sixth successive year finishing in 59 minutes 7
seconds.
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 The Great North Run is the biggest half marathon in United Kingdom held annually.
8th edition of Ladakh Marathon concludes
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 The 8th edition of Ladakh Marathon concluded in Leh. It witnessed 5500 participants from 26
countries.
 The 8th edition of Ladakh Marathon was divided in two days event with world highest Marathon
Khardongla Challenge (72Km) held on September 06, followed by events held in three categories of
Full Marathon (42Km), Half Marathon (21Km) and Run of fun (7KM). It is the highest marathon in the
world as it is held at over 11, 000 feet above the mean sea level.
Diego Matos: Brazilian tennis player banned for life for match fixing
 Brazilian tennis player Diego Matos has been banned from professional tennis for life and fined
$125,000 (£100,600) after being convicted of multiple match-fixing offences.
 Matos has also been ordered to repay $12,000 (£9,650) received in winnings in tournaments played
in Ecuador.
 An independent anti-corruption hearing found that 31-year-old Matos had contrived the outcome of
10 tennis matches played during 2018 at ITF level tournaments in Brazil, Sri Lanka, Ecuador,
Portugal and Spain.
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Hero MotoCorp MD Pawan Munjal Inducted Into Asia Pacific Golf Hall of
Fame
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 PawanMunjal will be inducted to the 2019 Asia Pacific Golf Hall of Fame later this year for his support
to the sport in India and around the world.
 The induction ceremony will be held on November 6 at the 2019 Asian Golf Awards Gala Banquet to
be held at DLF Golf & Country Club in Gurugram.
 His induction into the Asia Pacific Golf Hall of Fame will be permanently installed at the Dr David Chu
Golf Museum at Shenzhen in China, the new home of the Hall of Fame.
 Munjal joins legendary players such as Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and other leading personalities
such as David Chu, the founder of Mission Hills golf resort, to have been bestowed with the highest
honour in the Asia Pacific golf industry.
Sports Ministry derecognises Paralympic Committee of India for sports

code violation
 The Sports Ministry has de-recognised the Paralympic Committee of India, citing violation of the
National Sports Code in the body’s decision to sack President RaoInderjit Singh.
 The response of PCI for removal of presidentRaoInderjit Singh. from the post was not satisfactory
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and hence PCI has been penalized for misgovernance till further notice.
 The PCI had also been suspended in 2015 over governance issues and re-recognised in 2016.
NBA names Rajesh Sethi as Managing Director of NBA India
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 The National Basketball Association (NBA) has appointed Rajesh Sethi managing director of its India
business
 Earlier in his career, Sethi held executive roles at insurer Allianz Global, conglomerate General
Electric, and automotive manufacturer Tata Motors.
 Sethi will oversee the league’s basketball and business development initiatives in India and will be
supported by the region’s senior leadership team.
 Sethi will take charge at NBA India and will report to deputy commissioner and Chief Operating
Officer Mark Tatum
Australia’s Megan Schutt scripts history with maiden ODI hat-trick
 Right-arm pacer Megan Schutt scripted history by becoming the only woman cricketer from Australia
to claim a hat-trick in One Day Internationals (ODIs) in the third ODI against West Indies.
 Schutt also became the first woman cricketer to claim to two hat-tricks in international cricket. She
had claimed her first hat-trick in a T20I against India last year. She had dismissed SmritiMandhana,
Mithali Raj and Deepti Sharma in consecutive deliveries.
 She scalped three wickets in the three balls of her final over to enter into the history books.
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KapilDev appointed Chancellor of Haryana Sports University
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 KapilDev, who was India’s first World Cup-winning captain, has been appointed first Chancellor of
Haryana Sports University,atRai in Sonipat district.
 The Sports University of Haryana will be the third sports university established by a state government
in the country after Swarnim Gujarat Sports University (Gandhinagar) and Tamil Nadu Physical
Education and Sports University (Chennai).
 Courses will include training for sports management, sports infrastructure engineering, sports
psychology, sports nutrition, sports journalism and sports marketing.
AmbatiRayudu Named Hyderabad Captain for Vijay Hazare Trophy
 AmbatiRayudu, who had come out of retirement, has been named Hyderabad skipper for the
upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy which will begin later in the month.
 Rayudu had announced his retirement from all forms of cricket after being ignored for India’s World
Cup squad but he would go on to reverse that decision.
Justice P Lakshmana Reddy appointed as first Lokayukta of Andhra

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Pradesh
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 Justice P Lakshmana Reddy was sworn-in as the first Lokayukta of the state after its bifurcation in
2014.
 He was a retired judge of the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh High Court
 Governor BiswabhusanHairchandan administered the oath of office to Justice Reddy at a function in
Vijayawada.
 Justice Lakshmana Reddy will be in office for five years.
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PankajAdvani wins 22nd world billiards title
 India’s billiards superstar PankajAdvani clinched his 22nd world title for the country by winning a
fourth straight final in the 150-up format at the IBSF World Billiards Championship in Mandalay.
 This is the short format of billiards and Advani has won 5 titles in this is the last 6 years.
ShuttlerSourabhVerma wins Vietnam Open title

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 India shuttlerSourabhVerma won the Vietnam Open after he defeated China’s Sun Fei Xiang in the
summit.
 The event was held at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Verma is from Madhya Pradesh and had won the
Dutch Open and Korea Open last year.
Indian shuttlerLakshyaSen clinches men’s singles title of Belgian

International Challenge
 Indian shuttlerLakshyaSen stunned second seed Victor Svendsen of Denmark in straight games to
clinch men’s singles title at the Belgian International Challenge.
 The 18-year-old Lakshya had earlier beaten Denmark’s Kim Bruun 21-18, 21-11 to win in a 48-
minute semifinal clash.
Kaushal wins Myanmar International series
 Indian shuttlerKaushalDharmamer clinched the Myanmar International Series with a come-from-

behind win over Indonesia’s KaronoKarono in a thrilling men’s singles final.
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 A trainee of UdayPawar Badminton Academy, Kaushal, who has been troubled by injuries for almost
two years, is currently ranked 187th.
India beat Bangladesh to win the U-19 Asia Cup title
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 India beat Bangladesh by five runs in the finals to lift U-19 Asia Cup
 Defending a paltry total of 106, India dismissed Bangladesh for 101 in 33 overs.
 Left-arm spinner 18-year-old AtharvaAnkolekar, emerged as the star of the Indian team, with figures
of 5 for 28 from 8 overs.
Spain beat Argentina to winBasketball World Cup
 Spain beat Argentina 95-75 to win the Basketball World Cup in Beijing
 It was Spain’s second world cup. Spain won its first Basketball World Cup title in 2006
 France took the bronze for the second consecutive year after a 67-57 win over Australia.
ICC Test Rankings: Kohli holds on to 2nd spot as Smith retains first
position
September 1, 2019
 India captain ViratKohli has managed to hold on to his second position behind Australia’sSteve Smith
in the ICC Test Rankings for batsmen.
 Besides former Australian captain Smith, compatriot Pat Cummins has also retained his first position
in the ICC Test bowlers’ rankings.
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 Cummins too is well clear of other bowlers as he enjoys a lead of 57 points over second-placed
KagisoRabada after finishing as the top wicket-taker with 29 scalps. India’s JaspritBumrah is in third
place.
KaushalDharmamer clinches Myanmar International Series
 Indian shuttlerKaushalDharmamerbeat Indonesia’s KaronoKaronoto win the Myanmar International

Series men’s singles title
 The 23-year-old from Mumbai, who had won the Hatzor International in October last year
VineshPhogat becomes first Indian wrestler to qualify for 2020 Tokyo

Olympics
 India’s star wrestler VineshPhogat qualified for the 2020 Olympics after beating fancied American
Sarah Hildebrandt in the World Championships in Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan
 She scored an impressive 8-2 win over the world championship silver medalist to secure her place at
the Tokyo Games
 Earlier, she had stormed to a 5-0 win over Ukraine’s YuliyaKhalvadzhy in the first round of repechage
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in the 53kg category
Beijing unveils new ‘ice’ panda mascot to promote 2022 Winter Games
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 Beijing has released its mascot for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games — a smiling giant panda wearing
a suit made to resemble ice.
 The panda is named Bing DwenDwen — in Mandarin, “bing” means ice and “dwendwen” means
robust and lively.
 Beijing also revealed the mascot for the Paralympics, a lantern child called “ShueyRhonRhon” whose
name represents “warmth, friendship, courage and perseverance.”
 The two mascots were revealed in Beijing at a ceremony attended by Chinese Vice Premier Han
Zheng and IOC President Thomas Bach.
 The black and white bear has a “heart of gold and a love of all things winter sports. The newly
launched Olympic mascot resembles an astronaut, embracing new technologies for a future with
infinite possibilities.
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Amit Panghal becomes first Indian male boxer to win World

Championships silver
September 1, 2019
 Amit Panghal settled for silver medal at World Boxing Championships after he lost to Uzbekistan’s
Shakhobidin Zoirov in the 52kg category final.
 He became the first Indian male pugilist to win a silver metal in World Championships.
 The second-seeded Panghal became the first Indian male boxer to finish second in the world event
and the country achieved its best ever medal haul of two.
 Manish Kaushik (63kg) had signed off with a bronze earlier, after losing in the semifinals.
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World Wrestling Championships
 Rahul Aware wins a bronze in the 61kg category at the World Championships in Nur-Sultan,
Kazakhstan.
 Aware defeated USA’s Tyler Lee Graff, the 2017 Pan-America champion, 11-4 in the 61kg playoff.
 Rahul, originally a 57kg wrestler (Olympic category) went to the World Championships in the 61kg as
he had put on some extra kilos in the past few months.
 Ravi Kumar Dahiya clinching a bronze and a Tokyo quota in the 57kg category, Rahul’s entry to his
original category ahead of the 2020 Games looks blocked.
 Both BajrangPunia and Ravi Dahiya have already qualified for the Tokyo Olympics 2020 by
qualifying for the bronze medal round.
Sebastian Vettel wins Singapore GP, Hamilton finishes fourth
 German racing driver, Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) has won the Formula One Singapore Grand Prix
2019.
 Charles Leclerc remained on second position while Max Verstappen was third. Lewis Hamilton is on
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fourth.
Divij Sharan Wins Doubles, Daniil Medvedev Picks Singles Title at St

Petersburg
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 India’s Divij Sharan claimed his fifth ATP career title after winning the St Petersburg Open doubles
crown, partnering Igor Zelenay of Slovakia.
 This is Divij’s second title of the season after winning the Maharashtra Open in Pune.
 US Open finalist Daniil Medvedev crushed BornaCoric on his way to winning the ATP event in Saint
Petersburg.
 World number four Medvedev, who since July has reached five finals in as many tournaments, won
his third title of the year and sixth of his career.
Malvika claims maiden title at Maldives International
 Young Indian shuttler Malvika Bansod has claimed her maiden title at the Maldives International
Future Series with a stunning straight-game win over top seed Thet Htar Thuzar of Myanmar in
women’s singles.
 Among other Indians, top seeded Kevin Arokia Walter settled for a runners-up finish after going down
13-21 14-21 to second seeded Thai Kantawat Leelavechabutr in men’s singles competition.
 Indian pair of Vaibhaav and Prakash Raj, seeded second, also claimed the men’s doubles title after
beating Thailand’s Pakkapon Teeraratsakul and Panitchaphon Teeraratsakul.
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Lionel Messi wins best men’s player of the year
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 Barcelona’s Lionel Messi won the best men’s player at the Best Fifa Football Awards in Milan as
Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk missed out on the top prize.
 It is the sixth time Messi has been voted the world’s best, after wins in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and
2015.
 United States forward Megan Rapinoe won the best women’s player award.
 Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson was also a winner as he took the best goalkeeper prize ahead of
Manchester City’s Ederson and Barcelona’s Marc-Andre terStegen.
 Sari van Veenandaal wins The Best Women’s Goalkeeper award. She was one of the integral parts of
Netherlands’ Women’s World Cup campaign.
 Marcelo Bielsa and Leeds United squad wins the FIFA Fair Play award.
 The World Cup winner Jill Ellis wins The Best Women’s Coach award. She guided the United States to
back-to-back victories in the World Cup and is the first coach ever to win two Women’s World Cup.
Aditi best Indian at Ladies French Open golf
 India’s Aditi Ashok was the best Indian at the Lacoste Ladies Open de France as she shot even par 71
in the final round to finish Tied-26th here.
 While Aditi ended with a total of 289, DikshaDagar (72) was Tied-43rd and Tvesa Malik (74) was
Tied-63rd.
 American Nelly Korda shot a four-under 67 to win her first Ladies European Tour title.
 Korda has won two titles on the LPGA Tour and one on the Symetra Tour.
Cyprus, Israel to host U17 European Championship in 2021, 2022

September 1, 2019
 Cyprus and Israel have been chosen to host the UEFA European Under-17 Championship final
tournaments of 2021 and 2022 respectively
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 While Romania and Slovakia have been chosen to host the UEFA European U19 Championship final
tournaments of 2021 and 2022, respectively
Manipur Defeat Railways to Clinch Senior Women’s National Football

Championship Title
 Manipur beat Railways 1-0 to triumph in the final of the 25th Senior Women’s NFC 2019-20 at
Arunachal Pradesh’s CHF Ground.
 The 25th edition of the tournament was held from 10 September to 24 September 2019 in Pasighat,
Arunachal Pradesh, which hosted the tournament for the first time.
PankajAdvani-Aditya Mehta pair wins World Team Snooker title
 The Indian duo of PankajAdvani and Aditya Mehta has won the IBSF World Snooker Team title at
Mandalay, Myanmar.
 The Indian pair beat Thailand’s team comprising C.Pongsakorn and D.Poramin in the final.
 This takes Advani’s world title tally to a phenomenal 23 while Aditya claimed his maiden title.
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Lewis Hamilton wins Russia F1 GP
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 British racing driver Lewis Hamilton, who races in Formula One for Mercedes won the Russian Grand
Prix 2019. This was his 9th win of the season.
 Team-mate ValtteriBottas was in second, with Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) was third. Verstappen was
fourth.
Japan’s KentoMomota wins Korea Open
 Top-ranked KentoMomota of Japan clinched the men’s singles title at the Korea Open badminton
tournament with a win over number two Chou Tien-chen of Taiwan.
 In the women’s final, China’s He Bingjiao defeated RatchanokIntanon of Thailand.
 South Korea dominated the women’s doubles, with Kim So-yeong and Kong Hee-yong beating
compatriots Lee So-hee and Shin Seung-chan.
 Indonesian pair FajarAlfian and Muhammad RianArdianto defeated Takeshi Kamura and KeigoSonoda
of Japan to clinch the men’s doubles title.
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Centre approves Gorewada International Zoo in Nagpur
 Union Minister PrakashJavadekar announced the approval for the new Gorewada International Zoo to
be inaugurated in Nagpur district of Maharashtra.
 According to Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra Limited (FDCML), the Government of
Maharashtra has already issued its Government Resolution, for establishing International Standard
Zoo and Rescue Centre at Gorewada village, Nagpur District on 1914 hectares of Forest Land through
FDCML.
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Meghalaya CM launches ‘walk to work’ Fit India campaign in the state
 Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma, has launched ‘walk to work’ campaign in state as a part
of Fit India Movement. The campaign is named #WalktoWorkMeghalaya.
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 CM urged the citizens to walk to the work at least once in a week. The idea of ‘walk to work’ will have
multiple benefits, cuts the cost of fuel including reduction of CO2 emission, reduce congestion in the
city and more importantly for health and fitness.
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Haryana government waives ₹4,750 croreinterest, penalty on crop loans
 Haryana Chief Minister ManoharLalKhattarannounced ₹4,750-crore interest and penalty waiver on

crop loans taken from cooperative banks
 Around 10 lakh farmers, who had borrowed from Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies (PACS),
District Cooperative Central Banks (DCCB) and Land Mortgage Bank (LMB) — would be benefitted.
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‘One nation-one ration card’ scheme commences in Odisha capital
 Central Government’s ‘One nation-one ration card’ scheme was today implemented on a pilot basis in
the areas under the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC).
 The scheme will be rolled out in other parts of the state in phases, said Food Supplies and Consumer
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Welfare Minister RanendraPratap Swain.

 The ‘One nation-one ration card’ scheme enables Food Security Act card holders to collect their ration
from any PDS shop across the state.
 Beneficiaries need to link their ration cards with Aadhaar cards to avail the facility, a deadline for
which has been extended by the State Government till September 15.
Nuakhai: The greatest harvesting festival of Odisha
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 Nuakhai, as the name suggests that nua means new and khai means food. So, the festival of nuakhai
is a festival to celebrate newly harvested food by the farmers.
 One day after the celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi it is celebrated especially in the Western part of
Odisha with much pump and jubilation.
 People staying in distant lands come back to their native places, wear new clothes and offer prayers
before the God and eat delicious foods prepared from the newly harvested crops.
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Nepal inaugurates educational institution built withIndia’s assistance

September 1, 2019
 Nepal’s Attorney General Agni Prasad Kharel and Ambassador of India to Nepal Manjeev Singh Puri
jointly inaugurated a school building constucted with India’s assistance in Jhapa District
 The new building of Shree Schoolchaun Higher Secondary School has been built with Government of
India’s grant of 35.70 million Nepali Rupees.
 The two story building comprises 25 classrooms, laboratory, library, multipurpose hall, rooms for
principal, staff and accounts section and separate toilets for boys and girls on each floor.
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 Shree Schoolchaun Higher Secondary School is an educational institution of repute in Jhapa district of
Nepal.
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UP Police Launches New ‘C-Plan’ App To Aid Community Policing
 The Uttar Pradesh Police has launched a ‘C-Plan’ smartphone application that will help them keep a
tab on anti-social elements to counter their nefarious designs in time.
 The app, launched at the new police headquarters in Lucknow, will not only help police to be informed
of simmering communal tensions or other disputes taking place even in far-flung villages by common
people, but also help them verify the received information.
 The department has identified 10 people in every village, known as Sambhrant-10, across the state
who will inform about anti-social elements, simmering communal tensions or land disputes taking
place in their respective villages through the app.
 The app is an initiative aimed at assisting better community policing in the state and bringing down
the crime rate by improving the police-public partnership with the help of technology.
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 The move will allow the selected community members to have a greater voice in setting priorities and
their engagement in efforts to improve the quality of life in their neighbourhoods
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Delhi to include OBC, General category students in Jai Bheem

Mukhyamantri Yojana
 The Delhi Cabinet, decided to include other backward class (OBC) and general category students in
its ‘Jai Bheem Mukhyamantri Yojana’, and enhance financial assistance from Rs. 40,000 to Rs. one
lakh for coaching for various competitive exams.
 Earlier, the scheme was only for the scheduled caste category students under which financial
assistance of up to Rs. 40,000 would be provided.
 A civil service aspirant will be provided Rs. one lakh financial assistance for 12-month coaching,
whose annual family income is less than Rs. eight lakh will be able to avail the scheme.
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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi Governor Anil Bijal
Gujarat Govt, Delaware State of America sign MoU for sister state
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 Gujarat Government and Delaware State of America signed MoU -Memorandum of Understanding for
sister state. MoU was signed in Gandhinagar, when a delegation of Delaware State of America called
on Gujarat Chief Minister Delaware’s Vijay Rupani. MoU was signed by Gujarat Chief Minister and
Delaware’s Secretary of state.
 Sectors like Biotechnology University, bio sciences, financial services, animal husbandry and dairy,
port services have been short listed for future cooperation. The American delegation has also invited
Gujarat Chief Minister to visit Delaware State.
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Delhi attracts the largest number of students from across the country
 Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister Manish Sisodia launched his book ‘Shiksha: A Journey’.
 The book documents his experiences as an education minister in transforming the public education
system in Delhi.
 The work done by the Delhi government to improve the quality of education being imparted has been
recognised not only by our own state but has set an example for the entire country.
India’s first ‘water-grid’ in Maharashtra
 The country’s first-ever ‘water-grid’ costing Rs 3,50,000 crore will come in the parched Marathwada
region of Maharashtra in the next five years as part of the JalJeevan Mission (JMM).
 The Marathwada region will benefit in a big way from this as it will increase water availability for the
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people. It will free women from the hassles of having to toil hard to fetch water.
 Prime Minister NarendraModi also inaugurated the country’s first greenfield industrial smart city, Auric
City [Aurangabad Industrial City] at Shendra in Aurangabad. It is India’s first ‘Walk-to-Work’ Smart
City. It is projected to attract around Rs 70,000 crore in investments on completion.
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Visakhapatnam railway station sets up ‘fun zone’ for kids
 In a first of its kind in the Indian Railways, a paid gaming zone has been provided at Visakhapatnam
railway station in Andhra Pradesh
 The facility was set up at the platform number 1 for public.
 It is an innovative initiative by the Waltair division of East Coast Railway (ECoR) under non-fare
revenue for entertaining waiting passengers/kids
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Kerala to set up country’s first global trade centre for women
 In a major initiative to accelerate women entrepreneurship and secure gender parity, Kerala will set
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up the country’s first International Women’s Trade Centre (iWTC), in consonance with the United
Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in Kozhikode.
 A key project of the state’s Gender Park under the Department of Social Justice, it is envisaged as a
safe space away from home for women to harness their entrepreneurial capabilities, set up or expand
their businesses and get their products marketed globally.
 The first phase of iWTC, being executed under the Gender Park’s “Vision 2020”, is scheduled to be
completed by 2021.
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 While creating a safe and sustainable environment for the growth of industry, business, trade and
lifestyle, iWTC will also have a dedicated space for cultural expressions of women to promote and
showcase performing arts and cultural forms like dance, music and theatre.
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Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan
Gurugram Police ties up with Google for traffic updates
 The Gurugram traffic police have tied up with Google maps for dissemination of traffic related
information in real time for public use
 Information such as planned road closures, diversions and traffic alerts will now be shared by the
Gurugram traffic police through Google Maps
 The basic idea behind this arrangement is to prompt commuters to make intelligent choices in order
to make their commuting experience hassle-free
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GeM and Punjab Government sign MoU for Setting up Project

Management Unit
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 Government e Marketplace (GeM) and Government of Punjab, signed MoU to set up a GeM
Organizational Transformation Team (GOTT) Project Management Unit (PMU) in the state.
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 GOTT will assist the Buyer Departments and agencies to transform their business activities,
competencies & models to fully leverage the opportunities of an open market based procurement.
 Government e Marketing (GeM), is a public procurement portal launched by Government of India in
August 2016, comesunder the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry
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Haryana CM launches two insurance schemes for traders
 Haryana Chief Minister ManoharLalKhattar launched two insurance schemes for traders.
 An insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh would be provided under the
‘MukhyamantriVyapariSamuhikNijiDurghatnaBeemaYojana’, while an insurance cover ranging from Rs
5 lakh to Rs 25 lakh would be provided under the ‘MukhyamantriVyapariKshatipurtiBeemaYojana’.
 The premium of Rs 38 crore for both the insurance schemes would be paid by the state government.
 Under the ‘MukhyamantriVyapariSamuhikNijiDurghatnaBeemaYojana’, 3.75 lakh registered traders
would be provided an insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh.
 The benefit of insurance would beadmissible in case of an accidental death, permanent disability and
damage to two body organs, or eyes or one organ or one eye.
 Haryana is the first state in the country to implement ‘MukhyamantriVyapariKshatipurtiBeemaYojana’
under which insurance benefits ranging from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 25 lakh would be provided to the traders
on the basis of their turnover to compensate for loss of stock due to fire, theft, flood and earthquake,
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and damage to furniture and other goods.

 Khattar also announced that all the families in the state having an annual family income of Rs 1.80
lakh would be covered under the ‘Ayushman Bharat Yojana’ under which they would be provided free
annual medical treatment for up to Rs 5 lakh.
 He also announced enhancement in monthlywages of ‘SafaiKaramcharis’ working in urban areas to Rs
15,000 from Rs 13,500 and in rural areas to Rs 12,500 from Rs 11,000.
 About 39,000 ‘SafaiKaramcharis’ would benefit from this decision.
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Rawat launches Dal PoshitYojana
 UttarakhandChief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat launched a scheme under which ration card holders
in the state will get two kgs of pulses at subsidised rates every month.
 Launching the ‘MukhyaMantri Dal PoshitYojana’ by distributing pulse packets among the beneficiaries.
 32 lakh ration card holders of the state will benefit from the scheme.
 They will get two kgs of Chana dal (chickpeas split) at the rate of Rs 44 per kg this month. Chana dal
comes at Rs 65-Rs 70 per kg in the open market.
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Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat
Uttarakhand Governor Baby Rani Maurya
Rajasthan government launches‘Jan Soochna’ Portal

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 Rajasthan government has launched ‘Jan Soochna’ public information portal was launched
 The portal promising to provide information about government authorities and departments to the
public in the true spirit of the Right To Information Act.
 Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot inaugurated the portal at B.M. Birla Auditorium
 The State government has collaborated with the civil society groups to develop the portal, the first of
its kind in the country, initially giving information pertaining to 13 departments on a single platform.
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Arunachal Pradesh CM dedicates Dikshi Hydroelectric Project to people

of state
 Arunachal Pradesh, CM PemaKhandu dedicated the Dikshi Hydroelectric Project to the people of the
state.
 The 24 Mega Watt Hydroelectric Project has been installed at Dikshi Village in West Kameng District.
It was constructed on the river Phudung by Devi Energies Private Limited.
 It was completed in a record time of four years with an investment of about 430 crore rupees.
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Arunachal Pradesh Governor BD Mishra
International Ramayana Festival to be inaugurated by Amit Shah

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 Union Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate the International Ramayana Festival to be organized
by The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) in Delhi
 It will be a three-day event spanning across September 17-19.
 Apart from New Delhi, the festival is going to be organized in Lucknow, Ayodhya and Pune.
 Eight countries from across the world will take part in the festival including Thailand, Trinidad &
Tobago, Indonesia, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Bangladesh and Fiji.
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 The International Ramayana Festival has been organized annually for the last 15 years by ICCR.
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Council of Ministers including Chief Minister to pay their own income-

tax
 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and all members of the council of ministers will be paying their own
income taxes, as per an order issued by the state government.
 Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered to abolish a provision of Uttar Pradesh Ministers’ Salaries,
Allowances and Miscellaneous Act, 1981, according to which the Income-Tax of ministers was being
paid by the state treasury.
 Uttar Pradesh Finance Minister Suresh Khanna stated that till now the state treasury was paying the
Income-Tax of all ministers, however, as per the orders of the Chief Ministers, all ministers will be
paying their own income taxes from now onwards.
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HP CM launches helpline for speedy redressal of public grievances

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 Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur launched the MukhyaMantriSevaSankalp Helpline
‘1100’ for speedy and time-bound redressal of public grievances.
 The helpline will function six days a week (Monday-Saturday) from 7 am to 10 pm.
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 Himachal Pradesh is now become the fourth state in the country to have such a helpline after
Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesha and Uttar Pradesh.
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Himachal Pradesh CM Jai Ram Thakur
Himachal Pradesh Governor BandaruDattatreya
Traditional NeermahalJalUtsav concludes in Tripura
 In Tripura, the three day long traditional NeermahalJalUtsav concluded with eye catching boat race
and swimming competitions at Rudrasagarlake.
 Neermahal is a water palace built at the middle of Rudrasagarlake by Maharaja BirBikram Kishore
Manikya in 1930 as his summer resort being inspired by Mughal style of architecture.
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Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb
Tripura Governor Ramesh Bais
First women marathon organised against drug addiction in Udhampur,

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Jammu and Kashmir
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 In an innovative initiative, a women-only marathon with the aim of spreading the social message
regarding drug addiction was organised in Udhampur district.
 The marathon was dedicated to Prime Minister NarendraModi who has recently kick-started the Fit-
India campaign.
 It was attended by chief patron DograKranti Dal and former Member of the Legislative
Assembly(MLA) Balwant Singh Mankotia and others.
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Jammu & Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik
Children’s week organized in Anganwadicenters of Uttar Pradesh
 Children’s week celebrated from September 16- 21, 2019 at Anganwadicenters in Uttar Pradesh.
 As September is named as Nutrition Month, a variety of activities are taking place at the
Anganwadicenters across the state.
 Mamta Day was organized on the first day of children’s week as a part of balsuposhanutsav. Mothers
cooked food from their homes and brought them to the Anganwadicenters and fed the children in
groups.
 On the second day of the week, the Suposhangoonj was organized, that was started with Nutrition
Ferry. Children, adolescent girls and women participated to take pledge of giving proper food to
children.
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India’s first central police university to come up in Greater Noida
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 The country’s first Central Police University will be established in Greater Noida near the Yamuna
Expressway
 Centre had given in-principle approval for the university and a 100-acre plot has been identified in
Sector Techzone for it.
 The university will offer undergraduate and post-graduate courses on policing, internal security,
cybercrime and forensic sciences
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Delhi Policelaunched ‘Tatpar’ app to facilitate delivery of citizen-centric

services
 Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal launched ‘Tatpar’ app, developed by the Delhi Police
 The app amalgamates over 50 services of Delhi Police, classified in three categories home,
information and social.
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 The app will make easy to file an online FIR (e-FIR) or pay traffic challans easily from their mobile
phones,
 The app also helps you to locate your nearest police station and call helpline various numbers
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2020- “Year of AI” for Telangana
 The Telangana government has decided to declare 2020 as Artificial Intelligence year by organising
various activities related to the emerging technology.
 The year 2020 is going to be celebrated in Telangana as AI year.
 The state government has signed up with NITI Aayog, which has come out with the ‘National
Strategy for Artificial Intelligence’ to run pilot projects in Telangana.
 IT industry body NASSCOM is setting up a Centre of Excellence in Data Sciences and AI here, which is
expected to start its activities in 2020.
 IIT, Khargapur, which is coming up with its regional centre, would take up the first programme in AI.
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Telangana CM Chandrasekhar Rao
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Hyderabad-Karnataka region renamed as Kalyana Karnataka
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 The Karnataka government has approved to rename Hyderabad-Karnataka region of the state as
Kalyana Karnataka to do away with any remnants of colonial nomenclature or connection with the
Nizams to refer to the six districts on the north eastern part of the state.
 The Hyderabad-Karnataka Regional Development Board (HKRDB) will now be renamed as Kalyana
Karnataka Regional Development Board.
 The government will now initiate a process to change the name in all government records to wipe out
references to the region as Hyderabad-Karnataka.
 The HKRDB was set up on 6 November, 2013 under the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government in
Karnataka. The board spreads over six districts-Bidar, Bellary, Kalaburagi, Koppal, Raichur and
Yadgir– and 40 assembly constituencies.
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Karnataka CM Kumarasamy
Karnataka Governor VajubaiRudubaiWala
Maharashtra Government to Set up Swachh Bharat World University in

Wardha
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 The Government of Maharashtra has decided to set up ‘Swachh Bharat World University’ in Wardha to
mark Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary. The University will focus on research studies in
sanitation, cleanliness and environment.
 The State has formed a seven-member committee headed by the Minister of Education Vinod Tawde.
 The committee will conduct a study on the requirements of the University, including land, basic
infrastructure and manpower and submit a report in two months.
 The government wants to establish the University, which will focus on cleanliness and sanitation
research.
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Kerala to host country’s first-ever ‘trans art festival’
 “Varnapakitt-2019”, the two-day event is considered to be the first such state-sponsored art festival
to be organised exclusively for transgenders in the country.
 Kerala is the first state to unveil a ‘Policy for Transgenders’, in the country.
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Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan
NTPC to build 5GW solar park in Gujarat

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 NTPC Ltd. plans to set up a 5 gigawatt solar park in Gujarat, which would be the biggest in the
country, as the top electricity generator shifts toward cleaner energy.
 A site has been identified for the project, which is expected to cost as much as₹25,000 crore ($3.5
billion) and begin operations by 2024.
 The plan is part of the NTPC’s aim to build 32 gigawatts of renewable capacity by 2032 and reduce
the share of fossil fuels in its energy mix to 70 per cent from about 96 per cent now.
 Government regulations to cap emissions from coal-fired power plants, which increase the costs of
building such projects, have also prompted NTPC to turn to green energy for growth.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi is targeting 175 gigawatts of renewable capacity by 2022.
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J&K becomes first state to issue highest number of golden cards under
Ayushman Bharat scheme
 Jammu and Kashmir has become the first state in the country to issue highest number of golden
cards under Ayushman Bharat-PradhanMantri Jan ArogyaYojana (AB-PMJAY).
 Over 11 lakh golden cards have been generated within first 90 days of the launch of the scheme with
60% families having at least one golden card which is highest in the country.
 This was stated by Chief Executive Officer, State Health Agency, Bhupinder Kumar at a function in
Jammu, organized to mark the first anniversary of the launch of Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri
Jan Arogya Yojana in the State.
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 Under the scheme, 155 Hospitals including 126 public and 29 private hospitals have been empanelled
to provide free and cashless treatment to the entitled beneficiaries while as per Socio Economic Caste
Census (SECC) 6.30 lakh poor and vulnerable families of J&K are entitled for it.
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Jammu & Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik
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Jitendra Singh inaugurated the Cane and Bamboo Technology Park at

Burnihat, Assam
 The Union Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Dr. Jitendra Singh
inaugurated the Cane and Bamboo Technology Park-cum-Office Premises of Cane and Bamboo
Technology Centre (CBTC) at Burnihat, Assam
 The Bamboo Technology Park has been developed to exclusively deal with Bamboo & Cane, catering
to the needs of the industries, entrepreneurs, designers, crafts persons, rural people, teachers, policy
makers, technicians and technologists
 The Cane and Bamboo Technology Centre (CBTC) was established in Guwahati as a centre for “Cane
and Bamboo Technological Up gradation and Networking Project” implemented by NEDFi under the
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)country program for India
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Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi
Assam Government launches housing loan subsidy scheme

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 The Assam Government has launched a housing loan subsidy scheme to provide financial assistance
on purchase or construction of the first house for a family.
 Assam Finance Minister HimantaBiswaSarma launched the scheme – AponarAponGhar in Guwahati.
 The subsidy up to 2 lakh 50 thousand rupees will be provided for loan amounts from five lakh to 40
lakh rupees.
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 This initiative would provide impetus to the economy and led to the expansion of real estate in the
state.
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Assam Governor JagdishMukhi
UP govt. announces Rs. 6,000 annual aid for triple talaq victims
 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced an annual support of Rs. 6,000 to the victims
of triple talaq till their rehabilitation and said they will get free legal aid.
 The victims of triple talaq under the PradhanMantri Jan VikasKaryakram (PMJVK) and such women
should be given rights over waqf properties and also called for several welfare measures that should
be undertaken for their rehabilitation
 Educated women should be absorbed in government jobs as per their qualifications while
arrangements should also be made for providing them shelter and education under various schemes
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‘TikiMausi’ to teach about women, child nutrition

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 The department of Women & Child Development and Mission Shakti has unveiled a mascot and a
comprehensive communications strategy to provide information about child and women nutrition in
Bhubaneshwar, Odisha.
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 The mascot ‘TikiMausi’ or the campaign #TikiMausiKuhe (TikiMausi says) will be used to ensure last
mile penetration in every corner of the state through social media, folk media, radio jingles, animated
videos, wall paintings and hoardings.
 TikiMausi will help give difficult information to the people in rural areas in a simple manner. With the
help of panchayat representatives and women self help groups, this will turn out to be an effective
move.
Bhopal Metro to be named after Raja Bhoj
 Bhopal metro will be named after ‘Raja Bhoj’ and known as ‘Bhoj Metro’, announced the Chief
Minister Kamal Nath.
 The first phase of the metro rail network Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal and Indore will be operational by
the beginning of 2023.
 CM Kamal Nath laid the foundation stone of the Bhopal Metro Rail Project to be built at a cost of
about Rs 6,941.4 crore rupees.
 The project will be executed under a partnership between the central and Madhya Pradesh
governments in 50:50 ratio and will connect all nodes of the city.
 Both Bhopal and Indore metro corridors will have multimodal integration with railway and Bus Rapid
Transit System stations and feeder network of buses, intermediate public transport and non-
motorised transport.
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Telangana Set for Nine Days of Color, Joy & Culture as Floral Festival
‘Bathukamma’ Begins
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 India’s youngest state gets together and celebrates the floral festival, ‘Bathukamma’ – an
embodiment of Telangana’s rich cultural identity. The nine-day festival, which began on Sept 28, will
continue till October 6.
 The entire state of Telangana, particularly the capital city of Hyderabad, is lit up to become a part of
grandeur celebrations, which are held for nine days.
 ‘Bathukamma’ is a floral festival celebrated particularly by the women of Telangana. The festival
takes place towards the end of the monsoon season, just before the onset of winter.
 The festival begins a week before the ‘SaddulaBathukamma’ (the finale of the Bathukamma festival),
which falls two days before the Dussehra.
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Rajasthan Health minister launches app to connect with people

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 Rajasthan’s Health Minister Raghu Sharma launched a personal website and a mobile app to stay
connected with the public.
 Details of the programmes of the minister and other important information will be updated on the
platforms on a real-time basis.
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ECI to host the 4th General Assembly of Association of World Election
Bodies (A-WEB) at Bengaluru
 The Election Commission of India is scheduled to host the 4th General Assembly of Association of
World Election Bodies (A-WEB) at Bengaluru on 3rd September 2019.
 India will take over as A-WEB’s Chair for the 2019-21 term. Over 50 countries across the globe will
join the meeting at Bengaluru from 02nd to 04th September, 2019.
 An International Conference on “Initiatives and Challenges of Social Media and Information
Technology in Elections” will also be held on 04th September, 2019.
 The Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB) is largest association of Election Management
Bodies (EMBs) worldwide. A-WEB was established on October 14, 2013 in Song-do, South Korea.
 The permanent secretariat of A-WEB is located at Seoul.
 A-WEB’s vision is to foster efficiency and effectiveness in conducting free, fair, transparent and
participative elections worldwide.
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UNCCD COP14 begins in Greater Noida

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 The 14th Conference of Parties, COP14 to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification began on a
high note at Greater Noida.
 As India assumed COP presidency for two years, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate
Change PrakashJavadekar expressed optimism towards restoring land ecology and environment.
 The key outcomes of COP14 will facilitate in delivering convergence and synergies among the existing
programmes in the field of agriculture, forestry, land, water management and poverty alleviation,
which will cater the need to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, SDG.
 The opening session of the High-Level Segment on 9th of this month will be inaugurated by Prime
Minister NarendraModi.
International Snacks Festival inaugurated in Hyderabad
 A 3-day International Snacks Festival 2019 was inaugurated in Hyderabad, Telangana.It was
inaugurated at the Ameerpet Metro station by Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMRL) Managing Director (MD)
NVS Reddy, along with secretary to Tourism, Culture & Youth Affairs of Telangana, B Venkatesham
and Larsen & Toubro Metro Rail Hyderabad (L&TMRH) project director MP Naidu and others.
 The snacks are sold at 4 metro stations namely Ameerpet, Hitec City, Uppal and the Mahatma Gandhi
Bus Station (MGBS).
 The event is organized by Telangana Tourism and Culture Department in association with the
Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited.
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A one day Joint India- New Development Bank (NDB)Workshop held in
New Delhi
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 Joint India- NDB workshop on Enhancing NDB’s engagement with the India private and public sector
was held in New Delhi
 The workshop was co-organized by NDB and the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) Ministry of
Finance, Government of India.
 The NDB is the first Multilateral Development Bank established by developing countries and emerging
economies — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
 India is one of the founding members, holding 20% stake in the Bank
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CBI’s 1st national conference on cybercrime investigation inaugurated
 CBI Director Rishi Kumar Shukla inaugurated the 1st National Conference on Cyber Crime
Investigation and Cyber Forensics at CBI Headquarters in New Delhi.
 The two-day conference covers one of the mandates of CBI which is to investigate crimes with inter-
state and international ramifications.
 The conference is aimed at creating the platform and bringing together investigators, lawyers,
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forensic experts and academia to discuss challenges related to cybercrime and ways to find solutions.
 It will also be a platform to share good practices to learn from experiences of various State police and
Law Enforcement Agencies.
PiyushGoyal to attend crucial RCEP meet in Bangkok
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 Commerce and Industry Minister PiyushGoyal will head to Bangkok to meet trade ministers from
countries negotiating the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
 The RCEP is India’s most ambitious trade pact, currently under negotiation. Based on India’s existing
free-trade agreement (FTA) with the 10-nation Asean bloc, the RCEP will include all the nations with
which Asean has trade deals — New Zealand, Australia, China, India, Japan and South Korea.
 The meet, between September 8 and 10, is expected to see a push from Asean that has been
adamant on deciding the key outline of the pact by 2019- end.
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Union Minister DharmendraPradhan arrives in Dubai to participate in

8th Asian Ministerial Energy Round-table
 Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel DharmendraPradhanarrived Dubai for a three-
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day visit to the UAE. During the visit, the Minister is scheduled to participate in the Eighth Asian
Ministerial Energy Round-table (AMER) at Abu Dhabi on 10th September.
 The 9th edition of Asian Ministerial Energy Roundtable will take place in India in 2021.
S Jaishankar to Visit Maldives for Indian Ocean Conference
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 External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will visit Maldives from September 3-4 to attend the fourth
Indian Ocean Conference 2019.
 The Union minister, who is listed as one of the speakers at the event, will be in the company of
Maldives’ President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka RanilWickremesinghe and the
Foreign Ministers of Singapore, Maldives, Mauritius, Nepal and Bhutan.
 The theme of the fourth Indian Ocean Conference — IOC 2019 — is “Securing the Indian Ocean
Region: Traditional and Non-Traditional Challenges”. The first edition of the conference was hosted in
Singapore in 2016 followed by two successive editions in Sri Lanka and Vietnam.
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Maldives Currency Rufiyaa
Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih
India to host 6th India-China Strategic Economic Dialogue
 India will host the 6th India-China Strategic Economic Dialogue in New Delhi.
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 The dialogue will focus on collaboration between two countries on areas of infrastructure, energy,
high-tech, resource conservation, pharmaceuticals an policy coordination.
 The three-day dialogue will be chaired by NITI Aayog vice chairman Rajiv Kumar and Chinese side
will led by chairman, National Development and Reforms Commission (NDRC).
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China Currency Renminbi, Yuan
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China President Xi Jinping
International conference on energy efficiency begins in New Delhi
 An international conference Augmenting Nature by Green Affordable New-habitat (ANGAN) focussed

on energy efficiency in the buildings sector began.
 The Conference is being organised by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) under the aegis of the
power ministry in collaboration with GIZ under the Indo German Technical Cooperation.
 The international conference will provide a platform to deliberate on inter-dependence between
organizations, sustainability and feedback loops for better resource efficiency.
 As part of this event, an exhibition on energy efficient building material suppliers, technology
suppliers, research institutions and universities displayed latest things in the building energy
efficiency sector is also displayed.
First helicopter summit held in Dehradun
 The Ministry of Civil Aviation organised India’s first-ever helicopter summit.

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 The Indian Air Force was invited at the summit to talk on the “role of IAF helicopters in MEDEVAC
(Medical evacuation) at the national level”.
 Theme: Expanding connectivity through helicopters
 The conclave was attended by Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, the Aviation
Secretary, and the Chief Secretary of Uttrakhand, amongst others.
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Uttarakhand Governor Baby Rani Maurya
National Conference on Crop Residue Management
 National Conference on Crop Residue Management was held for the farmers from the states of
Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh & Delhi.
 The conference was organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare in collaboration
with Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in order to address concerns of farmers and State
Governments.
 The straw burning incidents in 2018 have reduced by 15% and 41% as compared to that in 2017 and
2016 respectively.
 The conference has proposed to intensify In-Situ Management of Crop Residue to stop the straw
burning.
 The multilingual Mobile App “Custom Hiring Centre (CHC) Farm Machinery” has also been launched
for the farmers.
 Custom Hiring Centre (CHC) Farm Machinery Mobile App: It will connect the farmers with Custom
Hiring Service Centres in their area.
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 An Indian delegation led by Minister of State (MoS) for Commerce and Industry, Hardeep Singh Puri
participated in the 84th Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) in Greece recently.
 The Minister of State for Commerce and Industry held a press interaction during the trade fair and
highlighted the prospects for the development of Indian business in Greece and the wider region of
Southeast Europe to strengthen bilateral trade relations between the two countries.
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 Hardeep Singh Puri said that India’s economy is expected to reach USD 5 trillion in 2025 and it will be
among the largest in the world.
 Exhibitors from Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), National Thermal Power Corporation
(NTPC), Agricultural Produce Export Development Authority (APEDA), companies from the Micro
Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector and tiles and ceramics industry and handicrafts from
Rajasthan, Moradabad and Jammu & Kashmir had also participated in the fair.
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International conference ANGAN inaugurated in New Delhi
 A three-day long International conference ANGAN (Augmenting Nature by Green Affordable New-
habitat) for Energy Efficiency in Building Sector is organized in New Delhi
 The Conference is being organised by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), Ministry of Power,
Government of India in collaboration with GIZ under the Indo German Technical Cooperation
 The Experts will be discussing various alternative options and technologies in the field of design and
construction of energy efficient Commercial as well as Residential Buildings
 The International Conference will provide a platform to deliberate on interdependence between
organizations, systemic sustainability and feedback loops for better resource efficiency
24th World Energy Congress

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 The 24th World Energy Congress is being held in Abu Dhabi, UAE from 9-12 September 2019.
 It is a triennial event and is organized by the World Energy Council. World Energy Council is
headquartered at London, United Kingdom.
 The theme of the event in 2019 is “Energy for Prosperity”.
 The 24th World Energy Congress aims to bring together international energy stakeholders, including
governments, private and state corporations, academia and media.
 With over 15,000 participants expected, the Congress is set to welcome over 250 high-level
speakers, 70 ministers, 500 CEOs, 600 media with an 40,000 sqm exhibition space that will cover the
entire energy spectrum.
National Conference on ‘Criminal Activities and Radicalization in Jails:

Vulnerability of Inmates and Jail Staff and their Protection’ organized
by BPR&D
 The Bureau of Police Research and Development is organizing a two-day National Conference on
‘Criminal Activities and Radicalization in Jails: Vulnerability of Inmates and Jail Staff and their
Protection’ on 12thand 13th
 The conference was inaugurated at BPR&D Headquarters by Union Minister of State for Home Affairs,
Shri G. Kishan Reddy.
 Scheme for Modernization of Prisons – a Central Government scheme with an outlay of 1800 crore
rupees that aims to create 199 new jails, 1572 additional barracks and 8568 prison staff quarters.
22nd Session of United Nations Committee on Convention on Rights of

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Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) Held in Geneva
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 The 22nd Session of the UN Committee on Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
to review India took place at UNHRC, Geneva, Switzerland on September 2-3, 2019.
 The Indian delegation was headed by Mrs. Shakuntala D. Gamlin, Secretary, Department of
Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD).
 India is a signatory of the United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).
It ratified this Convention on October 01, 2007 in pursuance of Article 35 of the Convention.
 India submitted its First Country Report on Status of Disability in India in November 2015, and this
report has now been taken for consideration by UN Committee during the Session.
Indian Army to conduct Exercise ‘HimVijay’ in Arunachal Pradesh and

Assam
 The Army is scheduled to conduct a major Exercise ‘HimVijay’ beginning October in Arunachal
Pradesh and Assam with its newly created Integrated Battle Groups (IBG) involving 15,000 troops.
 The exercise will coincide with the proposed visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping for the second
informal summit with Prime Minister NarendraModi.
 The Panagarh based 17 Mountain Strike Corps will conduct Exercise HimVijay spread over a month
and half with three newly created IBGs from October.
38th Sharjah Intl. Book Fair to be organized from 30th Oct to 9th of Nov
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 The 38th edition of the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) will be organized from 30th of October
to 9th of November this year, where authors, publishers, intellectuals and artists worldwide will bring
their experiences and expertise to this prominent event and partake in a vibrant cultural programme.
 UNESCO has named Sharjah as the World Book Capital City for the year 2019 in recognition of the
city’s continuous efforts in promoting books and literacy.
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 SIBF will be organized under the theme ‘Open Books, Open Minds’.
International Workshop for National Water Museum
 Ministry of Jal Shakti has taken an initiative to develop National Water Museum to enhance
awareness among general public at large, about dwindling water resources and need for
conservation, and about sustainable and judicious use of water resources
 The Ministry is organised the International Workshop for National Water Museum September 19, 20
at Central Water Commission Auditorium,New Delhi
 Global Network of Water Museums is an umbrella organization for such initiatives around the World
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Ramesh Pokhriyal launches waste management summit for women

entrepreneurs
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 Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ launched several initiatives
of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) in New Delhi
 It includes facilitation through Margadarshan and Margadarshak, Model Curriculum for diploma
courses, Waste Management Accelerator for Aspiring Women Entrepreneurs (WAWE Summit 2019)
and 360-degree feedback of faculty
 The Ministerinformed that the ‘Wawe Summit 2019’ (Waste Management Accelerators for Aspire
Women Entrepreneurs)Summit will be held in November-December 2019. It will be jointly organized
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by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Institute of Waste Management (IIWM) in
Jaipur.
 He further stated that this conclave will be part of a series of activities to encourage entrepreneurship
amongst young graduates.
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16th Session of the Joint Economic Commission between India and

Belgium Luxembourg Economic Union
 The 16th Session of the Joint Economic Commission (JEC) between India and Belgium Luxembourg
Economic Union (BLEU) was convened in New Delhi.
 The Session was co-chaired by AnupWadhawan, Commerce Secretary with Ms. Sylvie Lucas,
Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Luxembourg.
 India and BLEU side reiterated the importance of the JEC towards the development of bilateral
economic and trade relations through facilitating dialogue and enhancing cooperation on a wide range
of issues of mutual interest, such as, transportation and logistics, renewable energy, aerospace and
satellites, audio and visual industry, agro and food processing industry, life sciences, ICT, traditional
medicine, Ayurveda and yoga, and tourism.
 The India and BLEU sides resolved that dynamic nature of commercial exchanges seen in the last few
years is reflected in the increasing number of companies interested in establishing and gaining access
to respective markets and signing of MoU among the three Countries for cooperation in multiple fields
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of mutual interest.
 Joint Economic Commission between India and Belgium – Luxembourg Economic Union (India-BLEU)
was established in 1997 and is the main vehicle for discussing bilateral economic and commercial
issues.
 The focus of bilateral relations has been on trade and investment. India is Belgium’s second largest
export destination and fourth largest trade partner outside the European Union with a significant
contribution from the Indian diaspora.
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19th CII – NID India Design Summit 2019 in Goa
 The Confederation of Indian Industries in association with National Institute of Design and Indian
Design Council called 19th India Design Summit at Dona Paula in Goa. The theme of the Summit was
‘Design for Society’.
 Designers play important role in planning development. They provide proper road map, indications
which help to achieve desired target.
 The theme of the Summit is design for Society is itself reflects the very objective.
 The summit is a platform to create partnership between the discipline of design and organizations
leading to innovation and increased economic competitiveness to synergize, find new methods of
working together with an attitude of openness, cooperation, and exploration, bring the traditional
fields of design in partnership with the fields of technology and business towards the development of
new products, both real and virtual.
37th GST Council Meeting For 2019 Held in Panaji, Goa
 The 37th Good and Service Tax (GST) Council Meeting under the Chairmanship of Union Finance &
Corporate Affairs Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman was held in Panaji, Goa.
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 It was attended by Union Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs Shri Anurag Thakur, Chief
Minister of Goa Shri Pramod Sawant, Finance Ministers of States & Union territories (UTs) and senior
officers of the Ministry of Finance.
 GST Council recommends lower 12% cess on 1,500 cc diesel, 1,200 cc petrol vehicles with capacity
to carry up to 13 people.
 Group insurance schemes for paramilitary forces under the Home Affairs ministry to be exempted
from GST.
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 GST rate on caffeinated beverages raised from 18% to 28% with 12% compensation cess.
 Uniform GST rate of 12% to be levied on polypropylene bags and sacks used for packing of goods
 GST exempted on specified defence goods not manufactured in India.
 Rate levied on cut and polished semi precious stones has been dropped from 3% to 0.25%.
 Jewellery exports to now attract zero GST.
 GST on fishmeal used by fishermen being exempted from July 2017 to September 30 this year. There
was lack of clarity on their GST coverage and no tax was collected so that has been resolved.
 Aerated drink manufacturers shall not be under the composition scheme anymore.
 Uniform GST rate of 12% to be levied on polypropylene bags and sacks used for packing of goods.
 GST rate hiked on railway wagon, coaches from 5% to 12%.
 Rate reduction on hotel accommodation services.
 For Transaction value per unit per day of ₹1000 or less, will attract nil GST. For ₹1001 upto₹7500,
now the tax rate will be 12%. Anything above ₹7501 will attract 18%. It was 28% till now.
 Job work services related to diamonds reduced from 5% to 1.5%. For machine job works in
engineering industry, GST down from 18 to 12. But bus body building works still taxed at 18%.
 All these rate changes will be effective from October 1 2019.
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Shri Nitin Gadkari inaugurates 16th Global SME Business Summit
 Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Road Transport & Highways Shri Nitin
Gadkari has said that reducing the cost of capital, logistics and power are crucial for making the
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Indian MSME sector globally competitive. The Minister inaugurated the 16th Global SME Business
Summit 2019 in New Delhi.
 The Summit is organized every year by Ministry of MSME and Confederation of Indian Industries
(CII).
 Government’s target is to increase MSME’s present share of 29 percent of GDP to 50 percent in next
five years and raise its export contribution from 49 percent to 60 percent . To achieve these targets
logistics, power and capital cost will need to be reduced.
 The theme this year is Making Indian MSMEs Globally Competitive.
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Climate Action Summit 2019
 UN Climate Action Summit was held in New York, United States to address the global climate
emergency.
 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will convene a summit to mobilize political and economic
energy at the highest levels to advance climate action that will enable implementation of many of the
goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
 The UN 2019 Climate Summit will convene on the theme, ‘Climate Action Summit 2019: A Race We
Can Win. A Race We Must Win.’
 It will seek to challenge states, regions, cities, companies, investors and citizens to step up action in
the areas of energy transition, climate finance and carbon pricing, industry transition, nature-based
solutions, cities and local action, and resilience.
5th India International Science Festival to be held in Kolkata
 The 5th edition of India International Science Festival (IISF) 2019 will be held at Kolkata from 5th to
8th November, 2019.
 The Union Minister for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh
Vardhan announced this at Press Conference in New Delhi
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 “IISF 2019 will play a crucial role in promoting love and passion of science among students by
bringing science outside the lab.
 The theme for this year’s festival is RISEN India – Research, Innovation, and Science Empowering the
Nation.
 India International Science Festival (IISF) is an annual event organised jointly by science &
technology- related Ministries and Departments of the Government of India and Vijnana Bharati
(Vibha)
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 The IISF 2019 is the fifth edition since its inception in 2015. The first and second IISF were held in
New Delhi, the third in Chennai and the fourth IISF was held in Lucknow,
PM Modi hosts Caribbean leaders, announces $14-million grant to

CARICOM
 Prime Minister NarendraModi met the leaders of the Caribbean Community and Common Market
(CARICOM) during the first-ever India-Caricom leaders’ summit here, with a focus on fighting climate
change and increasing India’s participation with the grouping.
 Modi announced a $14-million grant for community development projects in the CARICOM and
another $150 million line of credit for solar, renewable energy and climate-change related projects.
 The CARICOM grouping has 15 members-states and five associate members.
 Caricom countries came together in 1973 to form an economic and political community that works
jointly to shape policies for the region and encourages economic growth and trade.
World Hindu Economic Forum
 The 7th annual World Hindu Economic Forum (WHEF) began in Mumbai. The three-day event, being
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held in India’s financial capital for the first time.

 The World Hindu Economic Forum has earlier been organised in London, Chicago, Losa Angeles, Hong
Kong, and Nairobi.
 WHEF was created to bring together financially successful members in Hindu society, to share
business knowledge, expertise and resources with their fellow brethren “to trigger the creation of
surplus wealth and make society prosperous”.
 Next year in 2020 the World Hindu Economic Forum will be organized in The Hague, Netherland.
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Rural startups to showcase products at NIRDPR
 As many as 90 rural innovators and 48 rural startups will present their products and services at the
upcoming Rural Innovators Startup Conclave (RISC) scheduled to be held at the National Institute for
Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (NIRDPR)at Hyderabad.
 The two-day event would help the startups to demonstrate their design ideas, innovations and
technologies to investors, policy makers and other stakeholders in the startup ecosystem.
 Of the 48 startups, about 15 are into agriculture and allied activities, 12 in sustainable livelihood, 10
in health and elderly care and four in sustainable housing.
 Winners in seven categories will receive cash prizes of Rs one lakh and Rs 50,000.
6th International Conference MASCRADE 2019 Organised by FICCI in

New Delhi
 The 6th edition of International Conference Mascrade 2019 (Movement Against Smuggling and
Counterfeit Trade) was held in New Delhi.
 The event was organised by FICCI CASCADE (Committee Against Smuggling and Counterfeiting
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Activities Destroying the Economy), a dedicated forum of FICCI.

 The theme for MASCRADE 2019 was ‘Containing Counterfeiting, Smuggling and Piracy: A Winning
Strategy’.
 The event provides a platform to global participants to find solutions for combating, apprehending
and administrating preventive mechanisms with regards to illicit trading activities.
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100 MCQ for Practice

1) Name the Airport which has unveiled a) Odisha
India’s tallest ATC tower for better air
transport management services? b) Rajasthan
a) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport c) Andhra Pradesh
b) Indira Gandhi International Airport d) Meghalaya
c) Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport e) Maharashtra
d) Kempegowda International Airport 5) The festival of nuakhai is a festival to

celebrate newly harvested food by the
e) None of these farmers is observed in which state?
2) India has announced a contribution of a) Odisha

_____ million USD to the Global Fund for
AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFTAM) b) Punjab
for 2020-22.
c) Delhi
a) 21
d) Rajasthan
b) 22
e) Meghalaya
c) 23
6) In which district of Nepal the new
d) 24 building of Shree Schoolchaun Higher
Secondary School has been built with
e) 25 Government of India’s assistance?
3) Tinsukia Railway station in the State of a) Jhapa District

Assam has become the ____th station in
the country to have free public Wi-Fi b) Humla District
a) 3500 th c) Nuwakot District
b) 4000 th d) Gulmi District

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c) 2800 th e) Ilam District
d) 3000 th 7) IRDAI sets up panel to revisit 3-yr old

trade credit insurance guidelines. Who is
e) 4200 th appointed as the head of the committee?
4) Which state recently implemented ‘One a) Atul Sahai

nation-one ration card’ scheme?
b) Vipin Anand
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c) T C Suseel Kumar 11) Which two countries agreed to work

towards the establishment of a Joint
d) M R Kumar Working Group on Cyber Security
Cooperation ?
e) None of these
a) India & South Korea
8) ESIC has tied up with which bank to
provide electronic payment services for b) India & Indonesia
beneficiaries of ESIC?
c) India & Australia
a) ICICI Bank
d) India & Russia
b) Punjab National Bank
e) India & USA
c) HDFC Bank
12) How much amount has been allocated
d) State Bank of India to the Sophisticated Analytical and
Technical Help Institute (SATHI) of the
Department of Science and Technology
e) Axis Bank
(DST)?
9) Which among the following banks has
a) Rs 50 crore
deployed ‘robotic arms’ to count currency
notes?
b) Rs 100 crore
a) ICICI Bank
c) Rs 125 crore
b) Axis Bank
d) Rs 150 crore
c) HDFC Bank
e) Rs 175 crore
d) Yes Bank
13) Who among the following released
the report on the presence of tigers in
e) None of these
high altitude ecosystems prepared by the
Global Tiger Forum (GTF) ?
10) How much amount has been approved
by the Government of India for capital
a) Dharmendra Pradhan
infusion in IDBI Bank?
b) Prakash Javadekar
a) Rs. 7,500 crore
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c) Ravi Shankar Prasad

b) Rs. 9,300 crore
d) Harsh Vardhan
c) Rs. 5,200 crore
e) None of these
d) Rs. 6,300 crore
e) Rs. 8,600 crore 14) Food ministry to ban single-use

plastic bottles from ________.
a) Sep 14
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b) Sep 15 d) 15
c) Sep 16 e) 09
d) Sep 17 18) What is the Gross Domestic

Product(GDP) growth of India for the
e) Sep 18 Fiscal Year 2020 as per CARE?
15) Name the commodity exchange of a) 6.3 – 6.4%

India, that has signed MoU with
Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE) b) 6.4 – 6.5%
for co-operation and the exchange of
information . c) 6.6 – 6.7%
a) National Stock Exchange(NSE) d) 6.8 – 6.9%
b) National Commodity & Derivatives e) None of these

Exchange Limited(NCDEX)
19) Which bank has launched “DigiSmart”
c) Metropolitan Stock Exchange(MSE) credit card primarily focused on the ever-
growing segment of millennials ?
d) Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX)
a) Standard Chartered Bank
e) None of these
b) Citi bank
16) Which state has recently signed a
Sister State MoU with the Delaware State c) State Bank of India(SBI)
of America to boost ties?
d) HDFC Bank
a) Gujarat
e) RBL Bank
b) Assam
20) Which organisation will provide a
c) Andhra Pradesh loan of Rs 6,000 crore to Andhra Pradesh
for various social infrastructure projects
d) Haryana in the state.
e) Rajasthan a) World Bank
17) How many PSB banks are authorized b) National Development Bank
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to provide loans under ‘PSB Loans in 59

Minutes’ web portal? c) Asian Development Bank
a) 10 d) International Monetary Fund
b) 21 e) None of these
c) 19 21) When do we celebrate the

International Literacy Day?
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a) September 5 e) Rs 125 lakh crore
b) September 6 25) Under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala

Yojana (PMUY), approximately how many
c) September 7 LPG gas connections have been achieved
till date?
d) September 8
a) 8 crore
e) September 9
b) 6 crore
22) World Physical Therapy Day is
observed on ______. c) 7 crore
a) September 5 d) 5 crore
b) September 6 e) 4 crore
c) September 7 26) In which of these institutions, has the

CPWD decided to set up a Cresche (Bal
Basera) for the welfare of Children of
d) September 8
Construction Workers?
e) September 9
a) AIIMS, Raipur
23) World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD)
is observed on __________. b) AIIMS, New Delhi
c) AIIMS, Rishikesh
a) September 6
d) AIIMS, Patna
b) September 7
e) None of these
c) September 8
27) Which firm was selected by Reserve

d) September 9
Bank of India(RBI) to develop a mobile
phone based application for visually
e) September 10 impaired people to identify currency
notes ?
24) Centre has set up a Task Force to plan
National Infrastructure Projects a) CellOS Software Ltd
amounting to Rs _____________over a
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period spanning 2019-2025.

b) Daffodil Software Pvt Ltd
a) Rs 150 lakh crore
c) Rapidsoft Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
b) Rs 200 lakh crore
d) Think Future Technologies Pvt Ltd
c) Rs 50 lakh crore
e) None of these
d) Rs 100 lakh crore
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28) In which railway station, Indian d) 13 September

Railway’s first of kind “Fun Zone” has
been set up recently? e) 14 September
a) Vijayawada Railway Station 32) The strong ties between India and its
southern neighbour Sri Lanka received a
b) Araku Railway Station boost when a newly ‘Make in India’ train
rake was flagged of from Colombo Fort
c) Kakinada Railway Station Railway station. What is the train name?
d) Visakhapatnam Railway Station a) Tulasi Express
e) None of these b) Pulathisi Express
29) The 7th RCEP Ministerial Meeting is c) Aswagandha Express

being hosted by which country?
d) Mulangi Express
a) Thailand
e) None of these
b) India
33) _______ becomes the first country in
c) China Asia to introduce rolled out plain cigarette
packaging
d) Japan
a) India
e) Russia
b) Thailand
30) The 8th Asian Ministerial Energy
Roundtable (AMER) has been organised in c) China
which city?
d) Vietnam
a) Abu Dhabi, UAE
e) Bangladesh
b) Doha, Qatar
34) Under the ‘Pradhan Mantri Laghu
c) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Vyapari Maan Dhan Yojana’, a pension
scheme for shopkeepers and retail traders
will get a fixed monthly pension after
d) New Delhi, India
attaining the age of ____________
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e) Bejing, China
a) 62
31) When is the United Nations Day for
b) 68
South-South Cooperation observed?
c) 65
a) 10 September
b) 11 September d) 60
e) 61
c) 12 September
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35) The ‘Mukhyamantri Vyapari Samuhik b) Navdeep Singh Suri

Niji Durghatna Beema Yojana’ and
‘Mukhyamantri Vyapari Kshatipurti Beema c) Harsh Vardhan Shringla
Yojana’ are the new insurance schemes
for traders launched by which state?
d) Manjeev Singh Puri
a) Himachal Pradesh e) None of these
b) Madhya Pradesh
39) Who has been conferred with the
2019-20 Lata Mangeshkar Award?
c) Manipur
a) Suman Kalyanpur
d) Haryana
b) Usha Khanna
e) Meghalaya
c) Asha Bhosle
36) CDBT has launched a one-time facility
to apply for compounding of income tax
d) Hemlata
offences. What is the deadline set to avail
the benefit of the service?
e) None of these
a) 31 December 2019
40) The National Conference on Criminal
Activities and Radicalization in Jails:
b) 30 November 2019
Vulnerability of Inmates and Jail Staff and
their Protection was held in which city?
c) 31 October 2019
a) Kolkata
d) 30 September 2019
b) Pune
e) 31 January 2020
c) Hyderabad
37) Who becomes Indian Banks’
Association committee member?
d) Mumbai
a) Mahabaleshwara M S
e) Delhi
b) Mrutyunjaya R K
41) International Day of Democracy is
observed on ________ to remind people
c) Jyothirnath S V that democracy is about people.
September 1, 2019
d) Purushotama M S a) Sep 13
e) None of these b) Sep 14
38) Name the Indian Ambassador to UAE c) Sep 15

who has been conferred with First Class
Order of Zayed II award? d) Sep 16
a) Gautam Bambawale
e) Sep 17
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42) What is the theme of the 2019 b) Jayant Sinha

Engineer’s Day of India?
c) Shashi Tharoor
a) Engineering For Change
d) Jual Oram
b) Skill Development for Young Engineers to
Reform the Core Sector: Vision 2025 e) Satish Chandra
c) Role of Engineers in a Developing India 46) Name the water conservation vehicle
flagged off by Prakash Javadekar in an
d) Engineering Challenges for Knowledge Era initiative to spread the message in and
around the districts of Maharashtra?
e) None of these
a) Neerdoot
43) September 16 is observed as
_________________ Day. b) Jaldoot
a) World Maritime Day c) Meghdoot
b) International Day of Sign Languages Day d) Varidoot
c) International Literacy Day e) Meghana
d) World Ozone Day 47) Indian govt forms committee to

recommend governance norms for non-
e) World Tourism Day personal data. Who will be the head of the
committee?
44) The Ministry of Finance has
announced a new scheme ‘Remission of a) Kris Gopalakrishnan
Duties or Taxes on Export Product
(RoDTEP)’ for export sector. RoDTEP will b) Debjani Ghosh
replace which of the following existing
schemes? c) Neeta Verma
a) Merchandise Exports from India Scheme d) Parminder Jeet Singh
b) Duty Exemption/Remission Scheme e) Gopalakrishnan S
c) Service Exports from India Scheme 48) White Water Rafting Expedition –
‘Rudrashila’ Flagged off at ______.
September 1, 2019
d) EPCG Scheme
a) Udaipur
e) None of these
b) Jaipur
45) Six new house committees have been
formed by the government. This includes c) Jaisalmer
Committee on Defence. Who will head this
committee?
d) Jodhpur
a) Anand Sharma
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e) Bikaner a) Collection of Plastic Waste
49) Saint Vincent and Grenadines became b) Collection of E-Waste

the ________ country to join the
International Solar Alliance (ISA). c) Collection of Medi-Waste
a) 79th d) Collection of Garbage-Waste
b) 82nd e) None of these
c) 42nd 53) Exhibition ‘Shashwat Maharathi : The

Eternal Seeker’ on Chitracharya Upendra
d) 56th Maharath Inaugurated in which city?
e) 63rd a) New Delhi
50) The inaugural event of the 2019 b) Mumbai

International Ramayana Festival will be
held in which city? c) Hyderabad
a) New Delhi d) Kochi
b) Hyderabad e) Chennai
c) Ahmedabad 54) HP CM launches helpline for speedy

redressal of public grievances. Which
d) Mumbai among the following is the helpline
number?
e) Bangalore
a) 1100
51) Recently, which country has become
a part of the Global Antimicrobial b) 1010
Resistance Research and Development
Hub? c) 1110
a) Greece d) 1111
b) India e) 1011
c) Chile
September 1, 2019
55) Recently, the three day long

traditional Neermahal Jal Utsav concluded
d) Tunisia in which state?
e) France a) Meghalaya
52) Indian Railways will undertake one b) Manipur

more drive of “Massive Shramdan” with
major focus on _______. c) Tripura
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d) Telangana a) 1,000 PhD fellowships
e) Kerala b) 750 PhD fellowships
56) First women marathon organised c) 500 PhD fellowships

against drug addiction in which state?
d) 800 PhD fellowships
a) Kerala
e) 1050PhD fellowships
b) Andhra Pradesh
60) Who has become India’s first female
c) Madhya Pradesh has joined the Indian Embassy in Russia
as the Deputy Air Attache?
d) Punjab
a) Nirupama Singh
e) Jammu and Kashmir
b) Anjali Singh
57) Children’s week celebrated from
September 16- 21, 2019 at Anganwadi c) Sonam Singh
centers in ____.
d) Amruta Singh
a) Uttar Pradesh
e) Meghana Singh
b) Madhya Pradesh
61) World Water Monitoring Day is an
c) Himachal Pradesh international education and outreach
program which is officially celebrated on
d) Arunachal Pradesh ________.
e) Andhra Pradesh a) September 18
58) The Sa-Dhan has launched the ‘Code b) September 19

for Responsible Lending’ (CRL) for the
micro-credit industry in association with? c) September 20
a) Microfinance Institutions Network d) September 21
b) Reserve Bank of India e) September 22

September 1, 2019
c) SIDBI 62) According to the UN’s International

Migrant Stock 2019, which is the largest
d) Ministry of Finance country in the world to compraise highest
global migrant population?
e) None of these
a) Mexico
59) The government is set to launch a
major programme offering ______ PhD b) China
fellowships to ASEAN students at IITs in
India c) India
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d) Russia 66) The Hyderabad Karnataka region that

comprises of six districts has been
e) Pakistan renamed. What is the new name of the
region?
63) Name the PPP based scheme
announced by the Ministry of Human a) Malabar Karnataka
Resource Development to make use of AI
technology for better learning outcomes b) Vummidi Karnataka
in Higher Education?
c) Amrapali Karnataka
a) NEAT
d) Kalyana Karnataka
b) BEAT
e) Vidyalaya Karnataka
c) HEAT
67) Which bank has launched savings
d) CEAT bank account service named Bharosa?
e) TREAT a) Paytm Payments Bank
64) South Asia’s tallest tower, 350-metre- b) Airtel Payments Bank

tall 17-storey Lotus Tower, is unveiled by
which country? c) Jio Payments Bank
a) India d) Fino Payments Bank
b) Nepal e) None of these
c) Bangladesh 68) Name the foreign city which has

overtaken India’s financial capital
d) Pakistan Mumbai as top center for trading the
Indian Rupee according to the survey of
e) Sri Lanka currency markets by the Bank for
International Settlements?
65) Which state government has decided
to declare 2020 as Artificial Intelligence a) Paris
year by organising various activities
related to the emerging technology? b) Dubai
a) Andhra Pradesh c) New York

September 1, 2019
b) Telangana d) London
c) Kerala e) Beging
d) Karnataka 69) Government has waived the lock in

period on investments made by non-
e) Tamil Nadu residents in infrastructure debt funds
(IDFs). Earlier this lock in period was
capped at____________?
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a) 2 years d) Madhya Pradesh
b) 3 years e) Karnataka
c) 4 years 73) Jitendra Singh inaugurated the Cane

and Bamboo Technology Park in which
d) 5 years state?
e) 6 years a) Manipur
70) Who has been named as the new b) Mizoram

Chief of Air Staff of the Indian Air Force?
c) Assam
a) B S Dhanoa
d) Meghalaya
b) RKS Bhadauria
e) West Bengal
c) Anil Khosla
74) What is ADB’s GDP forecast for the
d) Karambir Singh fiscal year 2020?
e) None of these a) 6.5%
71) In which of these cities has the PM b) 7.0%

Modi recently inaugurated the Gandhi
Solar Park and Gandhi Peace Garden? c) 6.2%
a) New York d) 7.3%
b) Paris e) 7.7%
c) Bejing 75) According to the new RBI rules, how

much is the maximum cash withdrawal
d) Singapore limit per account for Punjab and
Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank
customers for the next six months?
e) Washington DC
a) 2000 Rs
72) Which state has become the first
state in the country to issue highest
b) 3000 Rs
September 1, 2019
number of golden cards under Ayushman

Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya
Yojana? c) 1000 Rs
a) Jammu and Kashmir d) 5000 Rs
b) Delhi e) 4000 Rs
c) Rajasthan 76) SBI life insurance signed agreement

with which home finance company to
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offer its insurance products to home c) Barkha Dutt

finance companies’ customers?
d) Ravish Kumar
a) HDFC Housing Finance
e) Suresh Chakravarthy
b) Repco Home Finance
80) Who has been selected for Dadasaheb
c) LIC Housing Finance Phalke award recently?
d) ICICI Home Finance a) Rajinikanth
e) None of these b) Chiranjeevi
77) Which bank has signed with Pine Labs c) Amitabh Bachan
to offer EMIs (equated monthly
instalments) for offline debit card d) Kamalhasan
transactions ?
e) None of these
a) Federal Bank
81) When is World Pharmacist Day
b) Indian Bank observed?
c) State Bank of India(SBI) a) September 24
d) Canara Bank b) September 23
e) UCO Bank c) September 25
78) Who has been appointed as Chairman d) September 26

of the Association of Mutual Funds in
India (AMFI)?
e) September 27
a) Balasubramanian
82) World Tourism Day is celebrated
every year on _____.
b) Nilesh Shah
a) September 24
c) Balkrishna Kini
b) September 23
d) N. S. Venkatesh
September 1, 2019
c) September 25
e) Srinivasa Murthy
d) September 26
79) Who among these has won the 2019
Gauri Lankesh Memorial Award?
e) September 27
a) Sudhir Chaudhary
83) The Economic Advisory Council to the
Prime Minister (EAC-PM) has how many
b) Rajat Sharma members?
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a) 2 d) Meghalaya
b) 3 e) West Bengla
c) 4 87) Which bank has launched a

Preventive Vigilance portal to facilitate its
d) 5 staff members to check procedural lapses
and promote good practices?
e) 6
a) Indian Bank
84) In which city the First Indigenous
Fuel Cell System launched recently? b) Punjab National Bank
a) Mumbai c) Bank of Baroda
b) Pune d) State Bank of India
c) New Delhi e) UCO Bank
d) Hyderabad 88) What is India’s GDP growth rate in

CY2019 as per UNCTAD?
e) Vijayawada
a) 5.8%
85) APEDA holds International
Conference-Cum-Buyer seller meet in b) 6.0%
__________.
c) 6.2%
a) Agartala
d) 6.6%
b) Patna
e) 7.1%
c) Ahemadabad
89) Who has been appointed as the new
d) Shillong Chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee
(COSC)?
e) Imphal
a) General Bipin Rawat
86) Which state government announced
an annual support of Rs. 6,000 to the b) Admiral Karambir Singh
September 1, 2019
victims of triple talaq till their

rehabilitation and said they will get free c) Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria
legal aid?
d) General Dalbir Singh Suhag
a) Uttar Pradesh
e) None of these
b) Bihar
90) Who has been named as the new
c) Jharkhand Chief of the International Monetary Fund
(IMF)?
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a) ChristineAlemany 94) Indian Railways has launched the AI

related pilot project ‘Industry 4.0’ in
b) Kristalina Georgieva which state?
c) Christine Lagarde a) Maharashtra
d) Ellen Alemany b) Karnataka
e) Anne Finucane c) Uttar Pradesh
91) When is World Rabies Day observed? d) Rajasthan
a) September 25 e) Meghalaya
b) September 26 95) Which ministry has launched the

Rural Sanitation Strategy (2019-2029)?
c) September 27
a) Ministry of Jal Shakti
d) September 28
b) Ministry of Rural Development
e) September 29
c) Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
92) When is International Day for
Universal Access to Information d) Ministry of Panchayati Raj
observed?
e) None of these
a) September 26
96) What is the new deadline as per CBDT
b) September 27 for linking PAN-Aadhaar?
c) September 28 a) October 31, 2019
d) September 29 b) December 31, 2019
e) September 30 c) January 01, 2020
93) When is the World Heart Day d) January 31, 2020

observed globally?
e) February 29, 2020
September 1, 2019
a) September 30
97) Bathukamma is the floral festival
b) September 29 celebrated in which state of India?
c) September 28 a) Andhra Pradesh
d) September 27 b) Tamil Nadu
e) September 26 c) Kerala
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d) Karnataka
e) Telangana
98) Who among these has won the 2019

Punyabhushan Award?
a) Dr. H.V. Sardesai
b) Pratap Govindrao Pawar
c) Sudhir Gadgil
d) Dr. G B Deglurkar
e) None of these
99) Where was the World Hindu Economic

Forum 2019 held?
a) Mumbai
b) Delhi
c) Chennai
d) Hyderabad
e) Vishakhapatnam
100) Which city hosted the Rural

Investors and Start-up Conclave (RISC)
2019?
a) Bangalore
b) Mangalore
c) Kakinada
September 1, 2019
d) Hyderabad
e) Vijayawada
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RailWire WiFi will be available to any user who

Answers: has a smartphone with a working mobile
1) Answer: B) connection.
The tallest ATC tower in the country which is Free WiFi is a pro-passenger initiative of the
expected to enhance safety and efficiency of Ministry which in line the Prime Minister’s
air transport management services over the ‘Digital India’ programme.
capital’s skies was inaugurated at the IGI
Airport. 4) Answer: A)
Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri Central Government’s ‘One nation-one ration
inaugurated the Delhi Air Traffic Service card’ scheme was today implemented on a
Complex, which is the tallest Air Traffic Control pilot basis in the areas under the Bhubaneswar
tower in India with a height of 102 metres. Municipal Corporation (BMC).
The new complex comprises of three buildings The scheme will be rolled out in other parts of
– the Aerodrome Control Tower, Area & the state in phases, said Food Supplies and
Approach Control Services Building and the Consumer Welfare Minister Ranendra Pratap
Administrative Block – constructed at the cost Swain.
of approximately₹250 crore while the
equipment cost ₹100 crore. The ‘One nation-one ration card’ scheme
enables Food Security Act card holders to
The commissioning of the new tower is collect their ration from any PDS shop across
expected to enhance the efficiency of air traffic the state.
management services at the IGIA which is the
busiest airport in India. Beneficiaries need to link their ration cards
with Aadhaar cards to avail the facility, a
At a height of 102 meters, the tower enables deadline for which has been extended by the
air traffic controllers to have better visibility of State Government till September 15.
all the three runways, apron area and
taxiways. 5) Answer: A)
2) Answer: B) Nuakhai, as the name suggests that nua

means new and khai means food. So, the
India has announced a contribution of USD 22 festival of nuakhai is a festival to celebrate
million to the Global Fund for AIDS, newly harvested food by the farmers.
Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFTAM) for 2020-22
as part of its commitment towards eliminating One day after the celebration of Ganesh
these diseases. India shares a sustained Chaturthi it is celebrated especially in the
partnership with the Global Fund since 2002, Western part of Odisha with much pump and
both as recipient and as a donor. An increase jubilation.
September 1, 2019
of 10 per cent over the amount contributed by

us in the fifth cycle.
People staying in distant lands come back to
their native places, wear new clothes and offer
3) Answer: B) prayers before the God and eat delicious foods
prepared from the newly harvested crops.
Tinsukia Junction in northeast region (Assam)
has become the 4000th railway station in the 6) Answer: A)
country to have free public WiFi.
Nepal’s Attorney General Agni Prasad Kharel
and Ambassador of India to Nepal Manjeev
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Singh Puri jointly inaugurated a school building SBI will provide e-payment services directly to
constucted with India’s assistance in Jhapa bank accounts of all ESIC beneficiaries and
District payees without any manual intervention as an
integrated and automated process.
The new building of Shree Schoolchaun Higher
Secondary School has been built with The bank would provide e-payment integration
Government of India’s grant of 35.70 million with the enterprise resource planning
Nepali Rupees. processes of ESIC through its cash
management product e-payment technology
The two story building comprises 25 platform.
classrooms, laboratory, library, multipurpose
hall, rooms for principal, staff and accounts The e-payment integration would effect
section and separate toilets for boys and girls statutory benefit payments to ESIC
on each floor. beneficiaries as well as other payees on real
time basis, reducing time lags and delays and
Shree Schoolchaun Higher Secondary School is at the same time, help eliminate mistakes and
an educational institution of repute in Jhapa errors caused by repetitive and manual data
district of Nepal. entries.
7) Answer: A) 9) Answer: A)
Insurance regulator Irdai has decided to The robots are taking over one more function
review its three-year old guidelines on trade at the country’s second largest private lender.
credit insurance in line with the changing ICICI Bank announced the deployment of
requirements of the market. industrial ‘Robotic Arms’ to digitise operations
at its currency chests.
Trade credit insurance policy provides
coverage to supplier of goods and services With this move it has become India’s first
against delay in payment or non-payments of commercial bank – and among a few across
trade credit. the globe – to customise and deploy industrial
robots to automate repetitive high volume
steps in handling cash processing on high-end
The Insurance Regulatory and Development
note sorting machines.
Authority of India (Irdai) has set up a nine-
member working group headed by New India
Assurance CMD Atul Sahai with an aim to 10) Answer: B)
review March 2016 guidelines.
The government has approved Rs. 9,300 crore
The panel, which has been asked to submit its fund infusion in IDBI Bank to help improve the
report in three-months, would study the need bank’s capital base and turn it profitable
and scope for changes in the current
guidelines keeping with the times and Out of Rs 9,300 crore, the government will
September 1, 2019
requirements of various segments of market. infuse Rs 4,557 crore, and Life Insurance
Corporation (LIC) will invest Rs 4,743 crore.
8) Answer: D)
IDBI Bank’s gross bad loan ratio stood at
Employees’ State Insurance Corporation has 29.12% in the first quarter of the current fiscal
partnered with State Bank of India for direct year, the highest among all Indian banks
transfer of benefits electronically into bank
accounts of all stakeholders. The shareholding of the government was
reduced to 46.46 per cent from 86 per cent
while LIC stake in the bank increased to 51 per
cent in January this year
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11) Answer: C) The SATHI Centre will run 24×7 round the
year.
The 3rd India-Australia Cyber Policy Dialogue
for the year 2019 was held in New Delhi. 13) Answer: B)
Shri Upender Singh Rawat, Joint Secretary in The central government will prepare a master
charge of e-Governance, Information plan for tigers at high altitudes, Union
Technology and Cyber Diplomacy at the Indian Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar after
Ministry of External Affairs led the Indian releasing a report which revealed that big cats
delegation and Australian delegation was led have been found in high altitude regions.
by the Ambassador for Cyber Affairs Dr. Tobias
Feakin. India has already become the capital of tigers
with 70 per cent of its population here. It is an
India and Australia affirmed commitment to exciting study as it reveals that even ecology
ensure security and stability in cyberspace at high altitude is compatible for the tiger
underpinned by their shared commitment to growth and we will take inputs from this study
the implementation of the UNGGE reports of to have a high altitude tiger master plan.
the 2013 and 2015 on the application of
international law. Tiger habitats in high altitude require
protection through sustainable land use, as
The two countries further agreed to work they are a high value ecosystem with several
towards the establishment of a Joint Working hydrological and ecological processes providing
Group on Cyber Security Cooperation and to ecosystem services and adaptation to mitigate
commence negotiations for a Framework the ill effects of climate change.
Agreement on Cyber Cooperation.
As per the latest tiger census report, their
12) Answer: C) number stood at 2,967 at last count in 2018, a
33 per cent jump from 2,226 in 2014.
An amount of Rs 125 crore has been
earmarked for the SATHI (Sophisticated 14) Answer: B)
Analytical and Technical Help Institute) Centre
at IIT-Kharagpur for three financial years Food and Consumer Affairs Ministry has
starting from 2019-20. decided to ban single-use plastic in its various
departments as well as the public sector units
IIT-Kharagpur has been selected for the SATHI under its administration from September 15.
Centre initiative of the Department of Science
and Technology (DST) of the Indian The decision was taken at a meeting held by
government. Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram
Vilas Paswan.
The initiative will be developed as a state-of-
the-art shared, professionally managed The decision was taken during a high level
September 1, 2019
science and technology infrastructure facility meeting in the ministry with all high officials
from FCI, consumer affairs and food ministry
The primary objective of the centre is to and Bureau of International Standards (BIS).
extend help to the neighbouring academic
institutes, research establishments and the 15) Answer: D)
industries, particularly the start-ups and
manufacturing units for using sophisticated
Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX), a
instruments, which do not exist anywhere else,
subsidiary of Financial Technologies, and
in a few selected areas.
China-based Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange
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(ZCE) signed a memorandum of understanding The rating agency CARE cut the GDP estimate
(MoU) to explore areas of co-operation. downward from 6.7-6.8 per cent earlier to 6.4-
6.5 per cent for FY20 with the underlying GVA
ZCE offers commodity futures contracts in growth of 6.3-6.4 per cent. The cut in GDP
wheat, cotton & white sugar. rate is due to sharp economic growth
slowdown in Q1 of the FY20.
The exchanges will work together to develop
areas of co-operation and business 19) Answer: A)
opportunities with the goal of assisting and
benefiting underlying producers, end-users, The Standard Chartered Bank, a British
and investors in commonly traded products. multinational banking and financial services
company has launched its “DigiSmart” credit
16) Answer: A) card primarily focused on the ever-growing
segment of millennials.
Gujarat Government and Delaware State of
America signed MoU -Memorandum of The new credit card is available for a nominal
Understanding for sister state. MoU was signed monthly fee of only Rs 49. However, this fee
in Gandhinagar, when a delegation of will be waived off if the spends of the customer
Delaware State of America called on Gujarat are Rs 5,000 or above in the previous month.
Chief Minister Delaware’s Vijay Rupani. MoU
was signed by Gujarat Chief Minister and Standard Chartered Bank has partnered with
Delaware’s Secretary of state. several companies such as Myntra, Grofers,
Yatra, Zomato, Ola and INOX in the initial
Sectors like Biotechnology University, bio phase to offer customers with discounts and
sciences, financial services, animal husbandry other benefits.
and dairy, port services have been short listed
for future cooperation. The American 20) Answer: B)
delegation has also invited Gujarat Chief
Minister to visit Delaware State. New Development Bank (NDB) will provide a
loan of Rs 6,000 crore to Andhra Pradesh for
17) Answer: C) various social infrastructure projects in the
state.
Public sector banks (PSBs) have started giving
in-principle approval of home and personal The amount will be utilised for road
loan applications on the ‘PSB Loans in 59 development and other infrastructure projects
Minutes’ web portal, launched last year to in rural areas. Out of the total Rs 6,000 crore,
facilitate quick loans for micro, small and 30 per cent has to be borne by the State
medium enterprises (MSMEs). government and the loan has to be repaid in
32 years
Applicants can now get in-principle approvals
from 19 PSBs, including the State Bank of The New Development Bank was set up in
September 1, 2019
India (SBI), Punjab National Bank, Bank of 2015 by BRICS nations. The Shanghai-based
Baroda and Union Bank of India. Bank has lent over Rs 75,000 crore to various
project till date all over the world and Rs
“59 Minutes” scheme uses advanced 25,000 crores in India alone.
algorithms to analyse data points from several
sources such as income tax returns and bank 21) Answer: D)
statements.
International Literacy Day, celebrated annually
18) Answer: B) on 8 September, is an opportunity for
Governments, civil society and stakeholders to
highlight improvements in world literacy rates,
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and reflect on the world’s remaining literacy Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) was
challenges. 2019 Theme: Literacy and launched on May 1, 2016, with a target to give
Multilingualism.The issue of literacy is a key 5 crore connections to women members of
component of the UN’s Sustainable poor households by March 2019. The target
Development Goals and the UN’s 2030 Agenda was later raised to 8 crore connections by
for Sustainable Development. March 2020.
22) Answer: D) The scheme, together with the government’s

push to replace polluting firewood in kitchens,
World Physical Therapy Day is observed on 8 has led to LPG coverage rising to about 95 per
September every year to provide an cent of the population from 55 per cent in May
opportunity for physical therapists from all 2014.
over the world to raise awareness about the
important contribution of the profession and in The Scheme aims to provide clean cooking fuel
improving the well being and health of the to poor households and replace the unhealthy
people. conventional cooking fuels such as firewood,
cowdung, etc. The use of LPG has its benefits
23) Answer: E) on the health of women and children,
environment and economic productivity of
women.
World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) is
observed on 10 September every year to raise
awareness to prevent the cases of suicide. This Top states in the implementation of Ujjwala
day is organised by the International Yojana are: (1) Uttar Pradesh (1.46 crore), (2)
Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP). And West Bengal (88 lakh), (3) Bihar (85 lakh), (4)
this day is co-sponsored by WHO.The theme of Madhya Pradesh (71 lakh) and (5) Rajasthan
WSPD is Working Together to Prevent Suicide. (63 lakh).
24) Answer: D) 26) Answer: C)
The Modi government has set up a task force A creche or ‘Bal Basera’ built with the support
to draw up plans for building infrastructure of CPWD at AIIMS Rishikesh will be
worth Rs 100 lakh crore ($1.4 trillion) over the inaugurated on September 9.
next five years.To achieve the GDP of $5
trillion by 2024-25, India needs to spend about Bal Basera, a project for the welfare of
$1.4 trillion (Rs 100 lakh crore) over these Children of Construction Workers deployed at
years on infrastructure. the site will be inaugurated by Deepa Singh,
President CPWD Officers’ Wives Association
The task force will be headed by Department (OWA).
of Economic Affairs (DEA) Secretary, Atanu
Chakraborty. The task force will submit its It will accommodate about 35 children and
report on the pipeline for FY 2019-20 by shall be run by the CPWD OWA. The AIIMS
September 1, 2019
October 31, 2019, and on the indicative Rishikesh Project is being executed by CPWD.
pipeline for FY 2021-25 by December 31, 2019
It is providing monetary help to the families of
25) Answer: A) CPWD employees in distress, donating funds
for organisations engaged in the humanitarian
The government will achieve the target of causes, managing a large number of Bal
giving 8 crore free cooking gas (LPG) Baseras and organising health camps at
connections to the poor nearly seven months construction sites, running a Vocational
ahead of schedule with Prime Minister Training Centre, a Day Care Centre and a Pre
Narendra Modi set to handover the 8-croreth nursery School in New Delhi.
connection.
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27) Answer: B) Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas

and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan arrived Dubai
RBI to launch mobile app for visually impaired; for a three- day visit to the UAE. During the
it’ll help them identify banknotes. Reserve visit, the Minister is scheduled to participate in
Bank of India has selected Daffodil Software the Eighth Asian Ministerial Energy Round-
Pvt Ltd to develop a mobile phone based table (AMER) at Abu Dhabi on 10th
application for them. Internet connection September.The 9th edition of Asian Ministerial
would not be required for its proposed mobile Energy Roundtable will take place in India in
application 2021.
The app will also generate “audio notification” 31) Answer: C)

intimating the currency note denomination to
the user if image is captured correctly. The The United Nations Day for South-South
proposed mobile app would be able to identify Cooperation is observed on September 12
the denomination of notes of Mahatma Gandhi since 2011. When the United Nations (UN)
Series and Mahatma Gandhi (New) series by General Assembly adopted a plan of action in
capturing the image of the notes placed in 1978 to promote and implement technical
front of mobile camera cooperation among developing countries and
also celebrates the economic, social and
28) Answer: D) political developments made in recent years by
regions and countries in the south. The
General Assembly declared December 19 to be
In a first of its kind in the Indian Railways, a
observed as the UN Day for South-South
paid gaming zone has been provided at
Cooperation in 2003.
Visakhapatnam railway station in Andhra
Pradesh. The facility was set up at the
platform number 1 for public. It is an 32) Answer: B)
innovative initiative by the Waltair division of
East Coast Railway (ECoR) under non-fare The strong ties between India and its southern
revenue for entertaining waiting neighbour Sri Lanka received a boost when a
passengers/kids newly ‘Make in India’ train rake was flagged of
from Colombo Fort Railway station. The rake of
29) Answer: A) the train was manufactured in the Integral
Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai.
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal
will head to Bangkok to meet trade ministers The train which has been inducted under an
from countries negotiating the Regional Indian Line of Credit has an on-board
Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). entertainment system, modular interiors and
fully-rotating seats in Air Conditioned Chair
cars for passenger comfort.
The RCEP is India’s most ambitious trade pact,
currently under negotiation. Based on India’s
existing free-trade agreement (FTA) with the ICF will manufacture six DEMU rakes
consisting of 78 coaches in five variants. The
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10-nation Asean bloc, the RCEP will include all

the nations with which Asean has trade deals order is being jointly executed by RITES and
— New Zealand, Australia, China, India, Japan ICF under the India-Sri Lanka economic
and South Korea. cooperation agreement.
The meet, between September 8 and 10, is 33) Answer: B)

expected to see a push from Asean that has
been adamant on deciding the key outline of Thailand becomes the first country in Asia to
the pact by 2019- end. introduce rolled out plain cigarette packaging.
Activists say that plain cigarette packaging is
30) Answer: A) an effective way to reduce the appeal of
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smoking. In 2012, Australia became the first Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar
country to require tobacco products to be sold launched two insurance schemes for traders.
without colourful brand logos. Singapore is set
to implement similar restrictions on packaging An insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh would be
next year provided under the ‘Mukhyamantri
VyapariSamuhikNiji DurghatnaBeemaYojana’,
34) Answer: D) while an insurance cover ranging from Rs 5
lakh to Rs 25 lakh would be provided under
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was in the the ‘Mukhyamantri VyapariKshatipurti Beema
Jharkhand capital, launched ambitious pension Yojana’.
schemes for farmers, shopkeepers and self-
employed persons. The premium of Rs 38 crore for both the
insurance schemes would be paid by the state
The prime minister also inaugurated a new government.
building of the Assembly and a multi-modal
cargo terminal, which is expected to ease Under the ‘Mukhyamantri VyapariSamuhikNiji
transportation in the region. DurghatnaBeemaYojana’, 3.75 lakh registered
traders would be provided an insurance cover
The ‘Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana’ of Rs 5 lakh.
will help small and marginal farmers by
providing a minimum pension of Rs 3000 per The benefit of insurance would be admissible
month, on attaining the age of 60 years. in case of an accidental death, permanent
disability and damage to two body organs, or
Farmers who are currently between 18 and 40 eyes or one organ or one eye.
years of age can apply for the scheme.
Haryana is the first state in the country to
The ‘Pradhan Mantri Laghu Vyapari Maan Dhan implement ‘Mukhyamantri VyapariKshatipurti
Yojana’, a pension scheme for shopkeepers Beema Yojana’ under which insurance benefits
and retail traders was also launched. ranging from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 25 lakh would be
provided to the traders on the basis of their
turnover to compensate for loss of stock due
Another ‘Swarojgar’ pension scheme was also
to fire, theft, flood and earthquake, and
rolled out for self-employed persons.
damage to furniture and other goods.
Under both the schemes, beneficiaries
between 18 and 40 years will get Rs 3,000 per Khattar also announced that all the families in
the state having an annual family income of Rs
month after completing 60 years of age.
1.80 lakh would be covered under the
‘Ayushman Bharat Yojana’ under which they
The three-storey building has been constructed would be provided free annual medical
at a cost of Rs 465 crore. treatment for up to Rs 5 lakh.
PM Modi laid the foundation stones online for

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He also announced enhancement in monthly

462 Eklavya Model Schools across the country, wages of ‘Safai Karamcharis’ working in urban
of which 69 will be established in 13 of areas to Rs 15,000 from Rs 13,500 and in
Jharkhand’s 24 districts. rural areas to Rs 12,500 from Rs 11,000.
The new secretariat building in the state About 39,000 ‘Safai Karamcharis’ would
capital will come up at an estimated cost of Rs benefit from this decision.
1238.92 crore.
36) Answer: A)
35) Answer: D)
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The income tax department has relaxed time Veteran music director Usha Khanna, who
for applying for compounding of income tax created magic by giving songs like “zindagi
offences by launching of a one-time facility. pyaar ka geet hai”, “chhodo kal ki baatein”,
and “aap to aise na the”, has been chosen for
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has the Maharashtra government’s coveted Lata
issued a circular relaxing the 12-month time Mangeshkar Award.She has composed music
limit for compounding application, as a one- for over 150 films in the male-dominated field.
time measure. The award, which carries a cash reward of
Rs.500,000, a citation and a memento shall be
awarded to the 78-year old Khanna.
The step has been taken to mitigate
unintended hardship to taxpayers in deserving
cases and to reduce the pendency of existing 40) Answer: E)
prosecution cases before the courts.
The Bureau of Police Research and
A taxpayer or an assessee, in order to avail Development is organizing a two-day National
the facility, will have to file an application for Conference on ‘Criminal Activities and
compounding a tax offence before the Radicalization in Jails: Vulnerability of Inmates
competent authority, that is a Principal Chief and Jail Staff and their Protection’ on 12th and
Commissioner or Chief Commissioner, Principal 13th September. The conference was
Director General or Director General of inaugurated at BPR&D Headquarters by Union
Income-tax department “on or before Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri G.
December 31, 2019”. Kishan Reddy. Scheme for Modernization of
Prisons – a Central Government scheme with
an outlay of 1800 crore rupees that aims to
37) Answer: A)
create 199 new jails, 1572 additional barracks
and 8568 prison staff quarters.
Mahabaleshwara MS, Managing Director and
Chief Executive Officer of Karnataka Bank, has
41) Answer: C)
been inducted to the managing committee of
Indian Banks’ Association (IBA). This was
announced during the annual general meeting International Day of Democracy is observed on
of IBA in Mumbai. Mahabaleshwara has been 15 September to remind people that
elected unopposed from the private sector democracy is about people.This day provide an
member banks’ category. opportunity to make people understand about
the importance of democracy and the effective
realisation of Human Rights.
38) Answer: B)
The President, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al 42) Answer: A)

Nahyan, has bestowed the First Class Order of
Zayed II on outgoing Indian Ambassador Engineers Day is celebrated in India on 15
Navdeep Singh Suri, in recognition of his September every year to mark the tribute to
efforts and his contribution to the development the Indian Engineer Bharat Ratna
Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya. Famous as
September 1, 2019
and strengthening of friendly relations and

cooperation between the two friendly “Father of Modern Mysore”, Visvesvaraya was
countries. Suri has been serving as the Indian awarded ‘Bharat Ratna’ for his exceptional
ambassador to the Gulf nation since October contribution to the building of India in 1955.
2016. He will now be succeeded by senior Theme 2019: Engineering For Change
diplomat Pavan Kapoor as the new
ambassador to the UAE. 43) Answer: D)
39) Answer: B) Every year September 16 is marked as the

International Day for the Preservation of the
Ozone Layer. The day was also known as
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World Ozone Day. On December 19, 2000, the India will hold an annual mega shopping
United Nations General Assembly designated festival like the one held in Dubai. It will
the day in remembrance of the date in 1987 happen by March 2020 and themes will vary
when nations signed the Montreal Protocol on from textile, handicraft, yoga and others.
Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.
Theme for this year – 32 Years and Healing For the housing sector, the Union Budget 2019
had announced additional deduction of up to
44) Answer: A) Rs 1.5 lakh on interest paid on loan borrowed
for the purchase of house valued up to Rs 45
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman lakh.
announced the government’s third set of
measures to revive the economy with a There will be a relaxation in external
renewed focus on exports and realty sector. commercial borrowing (ECB) guidelines to
facilitate the financing of homebuyers eligible
A new scheme for Remission of Duties or under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY).
Taxes on Export Products (RoDTEP) to replace
the current Merchandise Exports from India To increase liquidity measures for housing
Scheme (MEIS) from next year. However, the finance companies and repo-linked lending
existing dispensation in textiles of MEIS and rates.
old Rebate on State Levies (RoSL) will
continue up to December 31. To encourage government servants to buy new
houses, the interest rates on House Building
Textiles and all other sectors which currently Advance will be lowered and linked with 10-
enjoy incentives up to two per cent over MEIS year G-sec yields.
will transit into RoDTEP from January 1, 2020.
For home buyers, government has set up a
Adding the revenue foregone projected is stress fund of Rs 20,000 crore for completion
about Rs 50,000 crore. of stalled projects. However, the fund will not
cover the projects affected by NPA and NCLT
The Finance Minister also announced a fully issues. Home buyers of the national capital
automated electronic refund route for input tax region are most affected with developers like
credit in Goods and Services Tax by Jaypee Infratech, Amrapali and Unitech
September-end to monitor and speed up the defaulting in completing their housing projects
refunds. on time.
The Export Credit Guarantee Corporation Govt to launch Free Trade Agreement
(ECGC) will expand the scope of export credit utilisation mission.
insurance service and will offer higher
insurance cover to banks lending working To launch origin management system to
capital for exports. The move will cost Rs improve ease of doing business for exporters.
1,700 crore per year to the exchequer.
September 1, 2019
45) Answer: D)
Additional Rs 36,000 crore to 68,000 crores
will be released for the Ministry of Micro, Small The government has announced the formation
and Medium Enterprises to ensure higher of different parliamentary panels including the
credit availability for exports. standing committee on finance, external affairs
and Information technology.
An action plan to reduce turnaround time at
airports and ports benchmarked to BJP MP PP Chaudhary has been made the
international standards will be implemented by chairman of foreign affairs committee and
December. Congress MP Anand Sharma has been
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appointed as the chairman of the Home Affairs  Kris Gopalakrishnan, Infosys Co-Founder
committee. (Chairperson)
 Additional Secretary/Joint Secretary, DPIIT
BJP’s TG Venkatesh has been appointed as the  Debjani Ghosh, NASSCOM President
chairman of committee on transport, tourism  Neeta Verma, National Informatics Centre, DG
and culture.Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and  Lalitesh Katragadda, Avanti Finance, CTO
Jairam Ramesh has been given the  Dr Ponnurangam Kumaraguru, IIT Hyderabad
responsibility of the Information technology  Parminder Jeet Singh, IT for Change
committee and science, technology,  Gopalakrishnan S., MeitY, Joint Secretary
environment and forest committee (Member Convenor)
respectively. Samajwadi Party MP Ram Gopal
Yadav has been appointed as the chairman of 48) Answer: C)
Health and Family Welfare committee.
The white water Rafting Expedition christened
46) Answer: B) ‘RUDRASHILA’ being undertaken by Kalidhar
Battalion under the aegis of Battle Axe Division
Union Minister for Information and was Flagged Off at Jaisalmer Military station
Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar flagged off a
vehicle ‘Jaldoot’ to spread the message of The expedition christened ‘Rudrashila’ has
water conservation.Jaldoot, a travelling been organised to commemorate the 75th
exhibition arranged by Pune-based Regional Raising day of the Kalidhar Battalion.’Kalidhar
Outreach Bureau of I&B ministry, will tour Batttalion’ was raised on 01 November 1943
eight districts of Maharashtra in the next two and has participated in all major operations of
months. the Indian Army
It will take the message of water conservation The expedition team led by Major Ravi Kant
to the masses and highlight work done in this Gaurav comprising of two Officers, Four Junior
connection by the Narendra Modi government Commissioned Officers and 18 Soldiers will
in the first 100 days of its second term. Water cover a total distance of 140 kilometers from
was top priority for the Centre and it had set Rudraprayag to Rishikesh over some of the
up a separate ministry called Jalshakti for the most difficult and dangerous rapids in mighty
purpose, adding that it was committed to Ganges River
provide piped water to every household by
2024.
49) Answer: A)
47) Answer: A)
Saint Vincent and Grenadines became the 79th
country to join the International Solar Alliance
Ministry of Electronics and Information (ISA). ISA is an initiative by India aimed at
Technology (Meity) has formed a new combating the threats of climate change and
Committee of Experts to focus on non-personal global warming. The International Solar
data, and to come up with a related data Alliance is a group of 121 solar resource-rich
governance framework. Infosys co-founder
September 1, 2019
countries with headquarters in Gurugram,

Kris Gopalakrishnan will head the India. The organisation aims to deploy over
committee.The idea is to have a separate and 1,000 gigawatts of solar energy and mobilise
independent consultation on non-personal more than USD 1,000 billion into solar power
data, and decide the contours of how it should by 2030, according to the United Nations
be regulated. Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC).
The members of the committee (listed below)
can co-opt other members for specific inputs. 50) Answer: A)
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate Swachhata Pakhwada from September 11 –
the International Ramayana Festival to be October 2, 2019.
organized by The Indian Council for Cultural
Relations (ICCR) in Delhi. It will be a three-day our international organisations (as observers).
event spanning across September 17-19. With India as a member, the Hub now
represents more than half the world’s
Apart from New Delhi, the festival is going to population.
be organized in Lucknow, Ayodhya and Pune.
Eight countries from across the world will take The membership to the Hub, headquartered in
part in the festival including Thailand, Trinidad Germany, is open to countries as well as
& Tobago, Indonesia, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, philanthropic foundations.
Mauritius, Bangladesh and Fiji. The
International Ramayana Festival has been
53) Answer: A)
organized annually for the last 15 years by
ICCR.
Union Minister of State for Culture& Tourism
(Independent Charge), Shri Prahlad Singh
51) Answer: B)
Patel inaugurated the exhibition ‘Shashwat
Maharathi : The Eternal Seeker’ on
India, which is among countries with the Chitracharya Upendra Maharath at newly
highest bacterial disease burden in the world, renovated Jaipur House in National Gallery of
has become a part of the Global Antimicrobial Modern art New Delhi
Resistance Research and Development Hub.
The Exhibition showcases more than 1000
The hub, which was launched during the 71st works of art, design, and woven objects of art
session of the World Health Assembly in 2018, by Chitracharya Upendra Maharathi. Exhibition
is aimed at helping countries decide the will be remained open for general public from
allocation of resources for research and 11:00 am to 6:00 pm Tuesday to Friday. On
development (R&D) on antimicrobial resistance weekends people can visit exhibition till 8:00
(AMR) by identifying gaps and overlaps. It will pm.
also promote coordination among governments
in the fight against AMR.
54) Answer: A)
The global partnership now includes 16

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram
countries, the European Commission, two
Thakur launched the Mukhya Mantri Seva
philanthropic foundations and f
Sankalp Helpline ‘1100’ for speedy and time-
bound redressal of public grievances. The
52) Answer: A) helpline will function six days a week (Monday-
Saturday) from 7 am to 10 pm. Himachal
Indian Railways will undertake one more drive Pradesh is now become the fourth state in the
of “Massive Shramdan” with main focus on country to have such a helpline after
“Collection of Plastic Waste”. Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesha and Uttar
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Pradesh.
This drive with its main focus on the collection
of plastic waste aims to create awareness for a 55) Answer: C)
greater impact against single-use plastic. Also
aims at enhancing cleanliness, through the In Tripura, the three day long traditional
collection of plastic waste from all railway Neermahal Jal Utsav concluded with eye
premises. catching boat race and swimming competitions
at Rudrasagar lake. Neermahal is a water
To mark the Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth palace built at the middle of Rudrasagar lake
anniversary on October 2, 2019, Railways also by Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya in
undertaking various activities relating to
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1930 as his summer resort being inspired by customer-conduct in micro-credit. It is sector-

Mughal style of architecture. specific and entity agnostic.
56) Answer: E) Both CRL and CoC are focused on highlighting

and advancing ‘responsible lending’ practices
In an innovative initiative, a women-only in microfinance. A microfinance customer as
marathon with the aim of spreading the social defined by the RBI (for NBFC-MFIs) is one that
message regarding drug addiction was holds an annual household income of Rs 1 lakh
organised in Udhampur district. The marathon in rural India and Rs 1.6 lakhs in urban India.
was dedicated to Prime Minister Narendra Modi
who has recently kick-started the Fit-India 59) Answer: A)
campaign. It was attended by chief patron
Dogra Kranti Dal and former Member of the The government launched a major programme
Legislative Assembly (MLA) Balwant Singh offering 1,000 PhD fellowships to ASEAN
Mankotia and others. students at IITs in India.
57) Answer: A) Jointly inaugurating the programme with HRD

Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ in New
Children’s week celebrated from September Delhi, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar
16- 21, 2019 at Anganwadi centers in Uttar said India’s partnership with ASEAN is based
Pradesh. on shared values.
As September is named as Nutrition Month, a The funding will cover the entire cost of study
variety of activities are taking place at the and living expenses for up to 5 years of a PhD
Anganwadi centers across the state. programme. The admission portal for the
programme is being executed by IIT Delhi.
Mamta Day was organized on the first day of
children’s week as a part of bal suposhan The total budget outlay for the fellowship
utsav. Mothers cooked food from their homes programme is Rs 300 crore (approximately US
and brought them to the Anganwadi centers $ 45 million).
and fed the children in groups.
Fellowship programme is the single-largest
On the second day of the week, the Suposhan capacity development initiative of India in its
goonj was organized, that was started with partnership with ASEAN.
Nutrition Ferry. Children, adolescent girls and
women participated to take pledge of giving 60) Answer: B)
proper food to children.
Anjali Singh has become India’s first female
58) Answer: A) has joined the Indian Embassy in Russia as the
Deputy Air Attache. Wing Commander Anjali
Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN) and Singh has become India’s first female military
September 1, 2019
Sa-Dhan, the Reserve Bank of India diplomat to be posted in any of the Indian
recognised self-regulatory organisations and missions abroad. Singh is an AE(L) officer with
industry associations for the microfinance 17 years of service. She is trained on MiG-29
industry, along with Finance Industry aircraft.
Development Council (FIDC), have jointly
unveiled the ‘Code for Responsible Lending’ 61) Answer: A)
(CRL) for the micro-credit industry.
World Water Monitoring Day is an international
The launch was done at Sa-Dhan’s 15th education and outreach program that builds
Annual National Conference in New Delhi. The public awareness of the importance of
CRL, aims to ensure uniform principles for
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protecting water resources around the world between the ages of 20 and 64. More than
by engaging people to conduct basic three quarters of international migrants were
monitoring of their local water bodies.World of working age in Eastern and South Eastern
Water Monitoring Day is officially celebrated on Asia, Europe and Northern America.
September 18
63) Answer: A)
62) Answer: C)
Ministry of Human Resource Development
The count of the Indian disapora has increased (MHRD) announced a new Public-Private
10% from 15.9 million in 2015, making it the Partnership (PPP) scheme- National
largest in the world, according to the UN’s Educational Alliance for Technology (NEAT)
International Migrant Stock 2019.It now aimed at using technology for better learning
comprises 6.4% of the total global migrant outcomes in Higher Education.
population. In 2019, Russia fell to the fourth
position behind Indian, Mexico and China with The objective is to use Artificial Intelligence to
10.5 million migrants. make learning more personalised and
customised as per the requirements of the
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) was the top learner. MHRD has proposed to create a
destination of Indian migrants followed by the National Alliance with such technology
US, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Oman, as per developing EdTech Companies through a PPP
the data set compiled by the UN Department model.
of Economic and Social Affairs Division.
MHRD would act as a facilitator to ensure that
Bangladesh was a top source of migrants to the solutions are freely available to a large
India, followed by Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka number of economically backward students.
and China. MHRD would create and maintain a National
NEAT platform that would provide one-stop
In China’s case, the top source of migrants access to these technological solutions.
were from South Korea, Brazil, Phillpines and
Indonesia. The number of migrants from India EdTech companies would be responsible for
was not given by the UN though Indian developing solutions and manage the
ministry of External Affairs pegs the number at registration of learners through the NEAT
35,500. portal. They would be free to charge fees as
per their policy.
The ministry also puts the numbers of non
resident Indians and people of Indian origin All India Council for Technical Education
around the world at 31 million. (AICTE) would be the implementing agency for
the NEAT program. The scheme shall be
Globally, in 2019, the number of international administered under the guidance of an Apex
migrants worldwide was nearly 272 million, up Committee constituted by MHRD.
from 221 million in 2010 and 174 million in
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2000. More than half of all international 64) Answer: E)

migrants lived in Europe (82 million) or
Northern America (59 million). Sri Lanka unveiled South Asia’s tallest tower,
costing over $100 million, 80% of which has
In 2019, 38 million international migrants, been funded by China under the controversial
equivalent to 14% of global migrant Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).The 350-metre-
population, were under 20 years of age. Three tall 17-storey Lotus Tower, located in the heart
out of every four international migrants are of of Colombo city, comprises a television tower,
working age (20-64 years) In 2019, 202 a hotel, a telecommunications museum,
million international migrants, equivalent to 74 restaurants, auditorium, an observation deck,
% of the global migrant population, were a shopping mall and a conference centre. The
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tower, spread over an area of 30,600 sq. Airtel Payments Bank has launched ‘Bharosa
metres, was constructed at a cost of over $100 savings account’ which enables customers to
million, 80% of which was funded by withdraw cash, check their balance or access a
China.The Lotus Tower is foreseen to be one of mini statement of their account at over
the significant landmarks and an epitome of 6,50,000 Aadhaar-enabled payment system
the country’s economy, culture and (AePS) enabled outlets across India. These
development. services have been designed for deepening
financial inclusion in the country.
65) Answer: B)
Airtel Payments Bank has launched ‘Bharosa
The Telangana government has decided to savings account’ which lets you open a savings
declare 2020 as Artificial Intelligence year by account with just ₹500 minimum monthly
organising various activities related to the balance. Along with convenient banking
emerging technology.The year 2020 is going to services, Bharosa savings account offers ₹5
be celebrated in Telangana as AI year. The lakh personal accident insurance on
state government has signed up with NITI maintaining balance of ₹500.
Aayog, which has come out with the ‘National
Strategy for Artificial Intelligence’ to run pilot Airtel Payments Bank Bharosa Savings Account
projects in Telangana.IT industry body will allow you minimum one debit transaction
NASSCOM is setting up a Centre of Excellence per month. Customers would also be eligible
in Data Sciences and AI here, which is for cashback, if they decide to receive
expected to start its activities in 2020.IIT, government subsidies in their Bharosa account
Khargapur, which is coming up with its or if they make cash deposits in it. Airtel
regional centre, would take up the first Payments Bank offers digital banking services
programme in AI. through a network of 5,00,000 neighbourhood
banking points spread across India.
66) Answer: D)
68) Answer: D)
The Karnataka government has approved to
rename Hyderabad-Karnataka region of the London has overtaken India’s financial capital
state as Kalyana Karnataka to do away with Mumbai to become the top center for trading
any remnants of colonial nomenclature or the nation’s currency.Average daily volumes
connection with the Nizams to refer to the six for rupee in the UK soared to $46.8 billion in
districts on the north eastern part of the state. April, a more than fivefold jump from $8.8
billion in 2016, according to the latest survey
The Hyderabad-Karnataka Regional from the Bank for International Settlements
Development Board (HKRDB) will now be released this week. That exceeded the $34.5
renamed as Kalyana Karnataka Regional billion recorded in India. Trading in dollar-
Development Board.The government will now rupee offshore non-deliverable forwards
initiate a process to change the name in all increased threefold over the three-year period.
government records to wipe out references to
the region as Hyderabad-Karnataka. 69) Answer: B)
September 1, 2019
The HKRDB was set up on 6 November, 2013 The government has waived the three-year
under the Siddaramaiah-led Congress lock-in period on investments made by non-
government in Karnataka. The board spreads residents in infrastructure debt funds (IDFs),
over six districts-Bidar, Bellary, Kalaburagi, to promote funding in the infrastructure
Koppal, Raichur and Yadgir– and 40 assembly sector.A notification had been issued by the
constituencies. Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).
67) Answer: B) To attract off-shore investments into IDFs, any

amount of interest received by non-resident or
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foreign company from investment in such IDFs function in Jammu, organized to mark the first
is charged at a reduced tax rate of 5 per cent. anniversary of the launch of Ayushman
IDFs are investment vehicles to accelerate the Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana in
flow of long-term debt to the sector. the State.
70) Answer: B) Under the scheme, 155 Hospitals including 126

public and 29 private hospitals have been
The government has named vice chief of the empanelled to provide free and cashless
Indian Air Force RKS Bhadauria as the next treatment to the entitled beneficiaries while as
chief of the force in place of Birender Singh per Socio Economic Caste Census (SECC) 6.30
Dhanoa who retires on 30 lakh poor and vulnerable families of J&K are
September.Bhadauria was commissioned into entitled for it.
the fighter pilot stream of Indian Air Force in
June 1980, and has held various Commands, 73) Answer: C)
Staff and instructional appointments at various
levels including the present one as Vice Chief The Union Minister of State for Development of
of Air Staff. North Eastern Region (DoNER) Dr. Jitendra
Singh inaugurated the Cane and Bamboo
71) Answer: A) Technology Park-cum-Office Premises of Cane
and Bamboo Technology Centre (CBTC) at
Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared his Burnihat, Assam
thoughts on Mahatma Gandhi at a programme
hosted by India in New York.Mr Modi along The Bamboo Technology Park has been
with others world leaders also inaugurated the developed to exclusively deal with Bamboo &
Gandhi Solar Park at the UN headquarters and Cane, catering to the needs of the industries,
released a commemorative stamp issued by entrepreneurs, designers, crafts persons, rural
the UN on the occasion of Gandhi’s 150th birth people, teachers, policy makers, technicians
anniversary. and technologists
UN Secretary-General António Guterres and a The Cane and Bamboo Technology Centre
number of heads of state were present on the (CBTC) was established in Guwahati as a
occasion. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was centre for “Cane and Bamboo Technological Up
conferred the “Global Goalkeeper” award by gradation and Networking Project”
the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for the implemented by NEDFi under the United
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan launched by his Nations Industrial Development Organization
government. (UNIDO)country program for India
72) Answer: A) 74) Answer: A)
Jammu and Kashmir has become the first state The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has
in the country to issue highest number of revised its outlook (Asian Development
September 1, 2019
golden cards under Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Outlook 2019) for India’s economy with
Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY). growth now expected at 6.5 per cent in fiscal
year (FY) 2019 and 7.2 per cent in FY20. In
Over 11 lakh golden cards have been July, ADB had forecast 7 per cent growth for
generated within first 90 days of the launch of FY19 and 7.2 per cent in FY20. India’s fiscal
the scheme with 60% families having at least year starts on April 1 and ends March 31 of the
one golden card which is highest in the next calendar year
country.
75) Answer: C)
This was stated by Chief Executive Officer,
State Health Agency, Bhupinder Kumar at a
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The Reserve Bank of India has put restrictions Merchant focussed company, Pine Labs
on the amount depositors of Mumbai-based announced that it has entered into a strategic
Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank alliance with Federal Bank to offer equated
(PMC Bank) can withdraw from their accounts monthly instalments (EMIs) on debit card-
with the urban co-operative bank. based offline transactions to all the bank’s
customers.
The issue of the directions to PMC Bank should
not be construed as cancellation of banking The objective of this association is to provide
licence by the central bank. PMC Bank can affordability solution to debit card-holders of
continue to undertake banking business with Federal Bank by way of POS-based EMI
restrictions till further notice/instructions from solutions.
RBI.
The tie-up focused on technology and analytics
As on March 2019, PMC Bank had business of to deliver customer-centric digital services.
Rs 20,000 crore consisting of Rs 11,617 crore Pine Labs currently offers credit and debit card
deposits and Rs 8,383 crore advances.The EMI services in over 1.20 lakh stores across
bank will do business with restrictions till 85,000 merchants in India. It has created a
further notice or directions by RBI. network of 90 brands and 19 banking and
financial institutions.
The bank has 137 branches in 6 states
including those in New Delhi. It had 3.76% 78) Answer: B)
gross non-performing assets (NPAs) and net
2.19 % NPAs as at the end of March 2019. Nilesh Shah, Managing Director of Kotak Asset
Management Company (AMC), has been
76) Answer: B) appointed as the new chairman of the
Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi),
SBI Life Insurance has signed a corporate with immediate effect.
agency agreement with city-based Repco
Home Finance Ltd to offer the company’s Nilesh Shah succeeded Managing Director, and
range of products to RHFL customers. CEO of ICICI Prudential Asset Management
Company, Nimesh Shah, who was appointed to
According to the agreement, the partnership the post in 2018.
would see over 148 branches and 27 satellite
centres of RHFL spread across the country to The board has also appointed Saurabh
offer SBI Life Insurance products to its Nanavati, Chief Executive Officer, Invesco
customers. Mutual Fund, the new Vice-Chairman of AMFI
Through this partnership, SBI Life Insurance Amfi was incorporated on August 22, 1995, as
will reach more new customers across a non-profit organisation. As of now, all the 44
geographies to meet their diverse insurance asset management companies that are
needs. registered with Sebi, are its members.
September 1, 2019
The corporate agency agreement was signed 79) Answer: D)

by RHFL CFO T Karunakaran, General Manager
K Prabhu and SBI Life, Regional Director, E Senior journalist and Ramon Magsaysay
Thirumudi Pandian in the presence of Repco awardee Ravish Kumar received the first Gauri
Home Finance Ltd MD and CEO, Yashpal Gupta Lankesh Memorial Award in Bengaluru.
and others.
He was chosen for the award for sharp news
77) Answer: A) analysis and uncompromising secular stance
by the Gauri Lankesh Memorial Trust, founded
in memory of the journalist.
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Three books launched at the event titled Delhi World Tourism Day is celebrated every year on
Nota by senior journalist D Umapathi, Ravish September 27
Kumar’s ‘Free Voices’ translated as Maatige
Enu Kadime and Neera Nade by Prof Vinaya The objective of the day is to acquaint people
Okkunda. with the social, economic, cultural and political
importance of tourism and make them
80) Answer: C) responsible tourists in turn
Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan has been United Nations World Tourism Organization
named for the prestigious Dada Sahab Phalke announced September 27 as World Tourism
award for his outstanding contribution to the Day in 1980 and has been celebrating the day
film industry. since then
The award is named after the father of Indian Theme for 2019 – “Tourism and Jobs — A
cinema, Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, and is Better Future For All”
considered the highest honour for an artiste in
Indian cinema. 83) Answer: C)
The award was introduced by the Government The government reconstituted the Economic
of India to commemorate Dadasaheb Phalke’s Advisory Council to the Prime Minister for a
contribution to Indian cinema in 1969 period of another two years.
The government honoured him with the Padma Rathin Roy from the National Institute of Public
Shri in 1984, the Padma Bhushan in 2001 and Finance and Policy and Shamika Ravi of
the Padma Vibhushan in 2015 for his Brookings Institution have been dropped as
contributions to the arts. part-time members. Sajjid Chenoy, India
economist at JP Morgan is the new part-time
81) Answer: C) member.
World Pharmacist Day observed on every Part-time member Ashima Goyal of Indira
September 25 creates awareness about the Gandhi Institute of Development Research and
role of a pharmacist in improving health. It full time members Bibek Debroy of Niti Aayog
highlights the importance of medicine experts and Ratan Watal will continue to be part of the
in one’s life. EAC-PM. Debroy retains his role as chairman of
the EAC-PM while former Finance Secretary
This day was formulated by the FIP Council Watal will continue being the member-
(International Pharmaceutical Federation) in secretary.
Istanbul, Turkey in 2009. Pharmacist day
emphasises on the contribution of a The strength of the reconstituted EAC-PM has
pharmacist in healthcare. been reduced from five to four, comprising of
two full-time members and two part-time
September 1, 2019
The theme declared for world pharmacist day members.

2019 is “Safe and effective medicines for all”.
84) Answer: C)
This theme focuses on promoting the crucial
role of a pharmacist in safeguarding patient The President of India Ram Nath Kovind
safety by improving medicine use and reducing unveiled the first Indigenous High
medication errors. Temperature Fuel Cell System on the occasion
of CSIR Foundation Day in New Delhi
82) Answer: E)
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The System was developed by Council of providing them shelter and education under
Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in various schemes
partnership with Indian industries under
India’s flagship program named “New 87) Answer: B)
Millennium Indian Technology Leadership
Initiative (NMITLI)”
Punjab National Bank (PNB) launched a
Preventive Vigilance portal to facilitate its staff
The 5.0 kW fuel cell system generates power members to check procedural lapses and
in a green manner using methanol / bio- promote good practices.
methane, with heat and water as bi-products
Besides other activities, such as inauguration
The Fuel Cells developed are based on High of e-pledge mission, social outreach through
Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane technological platforms for promoting the
(HTPEM) Technology. central theme of ‘Integrity – A way of Life’, the
bank introduced technology based solutions
85) Answer: A) through the Preventive Vigilance (PV) portal.
Agricultural and Processed Food Products The PV portal will facilitate all staff members to
Export Development Authority (APEDA) under contribute towards arresting procedural lapses
the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and unhealthy practices, and will usher in a
Government of India, in cooperation with coherent climate conducive to banking for the
government of Tripura organised an modern age.
International Conference-cum-Buyer Seller
Meet in Agartala 88) Answer: B)
The meet was organized to showcase the The United Nations Conference on Trade and
export potential of agricultural products from Development (UNCTAD) has projected India’s
North East Region (NER) and Tripura in GDP growth rate at 6% in the calendar year
particular. (CY) 2019.As per UNCTAD, India’s economy
grew 7.4% in CY18.
Twenty international buyers from 8 countries –
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Indonesia, UAE, 89) Answer: A)
Bahrain, Kuwait and Greece participated in it.
Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat will take over as
86) Answer: A) the new Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff
Committee, succeeding Indian Air Force (IAF)
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath chief, Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa, who
announced an annual support of Rs. 6,000 to retires from service.
the victims of triple talaq till their rehabilitation
and said they will get free legal aid. The Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC)
comprises chiefs of the Army, the Navy and
September 1, 2019
The victims of triple talaq under the Pradhan the Air Force and the senior most member is
Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK) and such appointed its chairperson.
women should be given rights over waqf
properties and also called for several welfare 90) Answer: B)
measures that should be undertaken for their
rehabilitation
Bulgaria’s Kristalina Georgieva has been
selected as the new head of the International
Educated women should be absorbed in Monetary Fund (IMF).She is the first person
government jobs as per their qualifications from an emerging market economy to lead the
while arrangements should also be made for
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IMF. The economist succeeds Christine the current trend of automation, inter-
Lagarde for a five-year term from October. connectivity and data exchange in
manufacturing technologies to increase
91) Answer: D) productivity.
World Rabies Day is celebrated annually on Industry 4.0 is a complex cyber-physical

28th September to raise awareness about system which synergies production with digital
rabies prevention and to highlight progress in technologies, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data,
defeating this horrifying disease.Theme: Analytics, Machine Learning and Cloud
“Rabies: Vaccinate to Eliminate”. 28 Computing.
September also marks the anniversary of Louis
Pasteur’s death, the French chemist and 95) Answer: A)
microbiologist, who developed the first rabies
vaccine. The Department of Drinking Water and
Sanitation (DDWS), Ministry of Jal Shakti, GoI
92) Answer: C) launched the 10 Year Rural Sanitation Strategy
(2019-2029), which focus on sustaining the
Since 2016 UNESCO marks 28 September as sanitation behavior change that has been
the “International Day for Universal Access to achieved under the Swachh Bharat Mission
Information” (IDUAI).Theme: “Leaving No One Grameen (SBM-G), ensuring that no one is left
Behind!” behind, and increasing access to solid and
liquid waste management.
93) Answer: B)
Since the launch of the SBM-G in 2014, over
10 crore toilets have been built in rural areas;
World Heart Day is a day created by World
over 5.9 lakh villages, 699 districts, and 35
Heart Federation to be celebrated on 29
States/UTs have declared themselves Open
September annually to draw people’s attention
Defecation Free (ODF). This strategy has been
to heart illness and the range of associated
prepared by DDWS, in consultation with State
health issues.Cardiovascular disease (CVD)
Governments and other stakeholders, and it
including heart disease and stroke, is the
lays down a framework to guide local
world’s leading cause of death claiming 17.9
governments, policy makers, implementers
million lives each year.World leaders are
and other relevant stakeholders in their
committed to reducing global mortality from
planning for ODF Plus, where everyone uses a
non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by 25%
toilet, and every village has access to solid and
by 2025.
liquid waste management.
94) Answer: C)
The 10 year strategy focuses on the need for
States/UTs to continue their efforts to sustain
The Ministry of Railways and the Department the gains of the mission through capacity
of Science and Technology have joined hands strengthening, IEC (Information, education
in partnership with IIT Kanpur for taking up a and communication), organic waste
September 1, 2019
unique project on ‘Industry 4.0’. They management, plastic waste management, grey
launched the pilot project for implementation water management and black water
at the Modern Coach Factory management.
A pilot project for ushering in Industry 4.0 in 96) Answer: B)

the country has been launched at the Modern
Coach Factory in Uttar Pradesh’s Raebareli
district. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)
extended the deadline to link permanent
account number (PAN) with Aadhaar till
Industry 4.0, commonly referred to as the
fourth industrial revolution, is a name given to
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December 31. The earlier deadline was eminent personality who brings together
September 30. various academic disciplines such as history,
archaeology, anthropology, iconography,
This is the seventh time that the government epigraphy and sociology to establish a strong
has extended the deadline for linking of PAN correlation of the literature, history and
with Aadhaar. It is now mandatory to link the archaeological data for better understanding of
two unique IDs for income tax purposes. the past.
Section 139 AA (2) of the Income Tax Act says 99) Answer: A)
that every person having PAN as on July 1,
2017, and eligible to obtain Aadhaar, must The 7th annual World Hindu Economic Forum
intimate his Aadhaar number to tax (WHEF) began in Mumbai. The three-day
authorities. event, being held in India’s financial capital for
the first time.
Aadhaar is issued by the Unique Identification
Authority of India (UIDAI) to a resident of The World Hindu Economic Forum has earlier
India and PAN is a 10-digit alphanumeric been organised in London, Chicago, Losa
number allotted by the IT Department to a Angeles, Hong Kong, and Nairobi.
person, firm or entity.
WHEF was created to bring together financially
97) Answer: E) successful members in Hindu society, to share
business knowledge, expertise and resources
India’s youngest state gets together and with their fellow brethren “to trigger the
celebrates the floral festival, ‘Bathukamma’ – creation of surplus wealth and make society
an embodiment of Telangana’s rich cultural prosperous”.
identity. The nine-day festival, which began on
Sept 28, will continue till October 6. 100) Answer: D)
The entire state of Telangana, particularly the As many as 90 rural innovators and 48 rural
capital city of Hyderabad, is lit up to become a startups will present their products and
part of grandeur celebrations, which are held services at the upcoming Rural Innovators
for nine days. Startup Conclave (RISC) scheduled to be held
at the National Institute for Rural Development
‘Bathukamma’ is a floral festival celebrated and Panchayat Raj (NIRDPR) at Hyderabad.
particularly by the women of Telangana. The
festival takes place towards the end of the The two-day event would help the startups to
monsoon season, just before the onset of demonstrate their design ideas, innovations
winter. and technologies to investors, policy makers
and other stakeholders in the startup
The festival begins a week before the ‘Saddula ecosystem.
Bathukamma’ (the finale of the Bathukamma
September 1, 2019
festival), which falls two days before the Of the 48 startups, about 15 are into
Dussehra. agriculture and allied activities, 12 in
sustainable livelihood, 10 in health and elderly
98) Answer: D) care and four in sustainable housing. Winners
in seven categories will receive cash prizes of
Rs one lakh and Rs 50,000.
Presenting Punyabhushan Award to eminent
Archeologist, Dr. G.B. Deglurkar, in Pune,
Maharashtra. The award has been instituted by
the Punyabhushan Foundation. It is given an
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CURRENT AFFAIRS

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW RELATED TO YOUR EXAMS

100 PRACTICE QUESTIONS INCLUDED

IMPORTANT DAYS .................................................................................................................................... 2

National Nutrition Week

International Day of Charity

National Teachers’ Day

International Literacy Day

 International Literacy Day, celebrated annually on 8 September, is an opportunity for Governments,

2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

World Physical Therapy Day

World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD)

United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation

 Hindi Diwas is celebrated every year on ‘ 14th September’ in India.

International Day of Democracy

 International Day of Democracy is observed on 15 September to remind people that democracy is

National Engineer’s Day

International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

World Bamboo Day

World Water Monitoring Day

International Day of Peace and Non-Violence (UN)

World Patient Safety Day

Theme 2019 “Speak Up for Patient Safety”.

World Alzheimer’s Day

Rose Day (Welfare of Cancer patients)

World Contraception Day

 World Contraception Day is observed on 26 September annually.

World Maritime Day

World Pharmacist Day

World Tourism Day

 World Tourism Day is celebrated every year on September 27

World Environmental Health Day

World Rabies Day

International Day for Universal Access to Information

World Heart Day

APPOINTMENTS AND RESIGNATION

Vivek Kumar Johri takes charge as BSF Director General

Border Security Force (BSF)

Lt Gen Anil Chouhan assumes charge as Eastern Army Commander

Justice Harish Chandra Mishra appointed Acting Chief Justice of

OleksiyHoncharuk named as Ukraine’s new prime minister

Ukraine Currency Ukrainian hryvnia

Jaideep Sarkar concurrently accredited as the next High Commissioner

Lesotho Prime minister Tom Thabane

B Bala Bhaskar appointed as next Indian Ambassador to Norway

Rajiv Kumar appointed as MD of Microsoft India R&D

Justice VikramNath Appointed as Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court

Madras HC Chief Justice VK Tahilramani resigns

Dr PK Mishra takes over as Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister

JBL ropes in Ranveer Singh as global brand ambassador

Karnataka Bank chief becomes Indian Banks’ Association committee

Karnataka Bank Tagline Your Family Bank, Across India

UN chief appoints Indian AbhijitGuha as new head of Hodeida mission

 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced the appointment of AbhijitGuha, a retired Indian

PepsiCo India ropes in Hima Das as brand ambassador for Gatorade

Wing Commander Anjali Singh becomes India’s first military diplomat

Asia Development Bank president to step down

Supreme Court gets four new judges

Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria to be the next Air Force Chief

Madhukar Kamath elected chairman of the Audit Bureau of Circulations

RBI approves reappointment of Shyam Srinivasan as Federal Bank CEO

Madhya Pradesh Government appoints Govinda as Brand Ambassador of