Current Affairs Monthly Capsule I Current Affairs Weekly Capsule I 9thto 15th January 2019 September 2018 testbook.com 1 | P a g e Current Affairs Monthly Capsule I Current Affairs Weekly Capsule I 9thto 15th January 2019 September 2018 Table of Contents Awards & Honours ................................................................................................................................................. 3 Days & Events ......................................................................................................................................................... 6 International Affairs ............................................................................................................................................... 8 National Affairs ..................................................................................................................................................... 12 Personalities in News ........................................................................................................................................... 19 Books & Authors ................................................................................................................................................... 21 Government Policies & Schemes ......................................................................................................................... 21 Science & Technology ........................................................................................................................................... 27 Committees & Recommendations ....................................................................................................................... 28 Business & Economy ............................................................................................................................................. 30 Sport ..................................................................................................................................................................... 35 Defence ................................................................................................................................................................. 38 Polity .................................................................................................................................................................... 39 testbook.com 2 | P a g e Current Affairs Monthly Capsule I Current Affairs Weekly Capsule I 23rdto 29th Current Affairs Weekly Capsule I 16thto 22nd Current Affairs Weekly Capsule I 19th to 25th January 2019 September 2018 September 2018 August 2018 Awards &Honours On 25 January 2019, President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the Padma Awards, one of the highest civilian awards of Piyush Goyal Presented with Carnot Prize the category, to 112 people from various disciplines. Union Minister of Railways & Coal Piyush Goyal was The awards were conferred in three categories, namely, formally presented with fourth annual Carnot Prize at Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on 30th January, 2019. The list comprises 4 Padma Vibhushan, 14 Padma Bhushan The prize was presented by Kleinman Center for Energy and 94 Padma Shri awardees. Policy at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design. Twenty-one of the awardees are women. The Carnot Prize is intended to honour distinguished NRL receives 'Best Miniratna PSU' award contributions to energy policy through scholarship or practice. Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) was awarded the best Strategic Performance (Financial Category) at the sixth Sahitya Akademi Awards 2018 presented edition of 'Governance Now PSU' Awards on 25 January On January 29, 2019 Sahitya Akademi presented the 2019. Sahitya Akademi Award 2018 at a function in New Delhi The awards are given out in recognition of the efforts of during the Festival of Letters. Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) who have played a key The awards were presented for writings in 24 different role in the country's growth. Indian languages. NRL is a joint venture between Bharat Petroleum, Oil India Renowned Hindi writer Chitra Mudgal, Dogri writer and Govt of Assam. Inderjeet Kesar, Kannada writer KG Nagarajappa and D N Chakraborty gets journalism award Kashmiri story writer Mushtaq Ahmad Mushtaq were among the 24 winners. Assam government has conferred the 'Republic Day Journalism Award 2019 to veteran journalist and former India wins Award of Excellence at Travel Show editor Dhirendra Nath Chakraborty on 26 January 2019. India bagged the Award of Excellence for ‘Best in Show’ at He has been honoured for his lifelong contribution to New York Times Travel Show 2019. journalism in the state. The show was held from 25th to 27th January in New York, He is the former Editor of Dainik Asom, Dainik USA. Janambhumi and Ajir Batori group of newspaper. Many India centric activities were held at the show Tomy Abhilash awarded with Nao Sena Medal including Indian cultural performances, Indian Culinary Demonstrations, Food tasting, etc. President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the Nao Sena Medal Indian was delegation led by Yogendra Tripathi, Secretary, to Commander Tomy Abhilash on 25 January 2019. Ministry of Tourism, GoI. Tomy Abhilash had participated in the Golden Globe navigation race in 2018. 'Kisan Gandhi' tableau wins first prize. Abhilash was stranded 3,200 km off the coast of Western The Indian Council of Agricultural Research tableau in the Australia after his sailing vessel, INSV Thuriya's mast Republic Day Parade has won the first prize for its Kisan broken during a severe storm in the Indian Ocean. Gandhi theme. Army Chief awarded 'Param Vishisht Seva Medal' The ICAR tableau with the theme "Mishrit Kheti, Khushiyon Ki Kheti" portrayed Gandhi with goats and a cow and On 25 January 2019, Indian Army chief General Bipin Kasturba engaged with charkha and caring animals. Rawat was conferred with the Param Vishisht Seva Medal The tableau showcased a view from Bapu Kuti at Wardha (PVSM). Ashram. Fifteen lieutenant generals and three major generals have also been awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM). SAG awards 2019 Param Vishisht Seva Medal is the highest military medal Black Panther has won the top film award in at the 25th awarded in recognition of peace-time services not relating Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles. to gallantry. The best actor awards for film went to Glenn Close for The Jayant Kaikini wins DSC prize Wife and Rami Malek for his performance as Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody. On 25 January 2019, Kannada author Jayant Kaikini, along Emily Blunt won the award for best female actor in a with translator Tejaswini Niranjana, won the prestigious supporting role in the horror film, A Quiet Place. 'DSC Prize for South Asian Literature' for the book 'No Presents Please: Mumbai Stories' for 2018. Govt announces Padma Awards 2019 The award was presented at the Kolkata Literary Meet. The award carries a prize of $25,000. 3 | P a g e Current Affairs Monthly Capsule I Current Affairs Weekly Capsule I 23rdto 29th Current Affairs Weekly Capsule I 16thto 22nd Current Affairs Weekly Capsule I 19th to 25th January 2019 September 2018 September 2018 August 2018 This is the first time that a Kannada work and a work in An Indian short film titled 'Period. End of Sentence' has translation has won the award. earned a nomination in the Documentary Short Subject category for the 91st Academy Awards. Tamil translation of French book wins award The short film was directed by Rayka Zehtabchi. The Tamil translation of Andrei Makine's 'La vie d'un Other documentary short films that were nominated are homme inconnu' (The Life of an Unknown Man) was 'Black Sheep', 'End Game', 'Lifeboat', and 'A Night at the awarded the 'Romain Rolland' Prize for literary translation Garden'. on 25 January 2019. Sitanshu awarded Saraswati Samman 2017 The book was translated by SR Kichenamourty. The award consists of an invitation to the Paris Book Fair Gujarati poet Sitanshu Yashashchandra was awarded 2019 in March for the publisher of the work and one- 'Saraswati Samman 2017' on 22 January 2019. month residency in France for the translator. He was awarded for his poetry collection in Gujarati named 'Vakhar'. Bharat Ratna for Pranab, Deshmukh, Hazarika The award was instituted by K.K.Birla foundation. On 25 January 2019, President Ramnath Kovind conferred The award is given every year to an outstanding work of an the Bharat Ratna on former President Pranab Mukherjee. Indian citizen published during the last 10 years in any of Social activist Nanaji Deshmukh and Assamese musician the languages mentioned in Schedule 8 of the constitution. Bhupen Hazarika were awarded Bharat Ratna Anurag Thakur gets Sansad Ratna Award posthumously. Bharat Ratna is India’s highest civilian award. Anurag Thakur, MP, Hamirpur, has been bestowed with the 'Sansad Ratna Award' for distinguished performance as Govt institutes 'Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar' a parliamentarian on 19 January 2019. The government of India instituted an annual award titled The Sansad Ratna Award was started in 2010 on the 'Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar'. suggestion of former president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. The award recognises all Indian Citizens and The award is given to 12 top performing parliamentarians, organisations who have excelled in areas of Disaster including a standing committee. Management. Rao chosen for Sheikh Saud