Monthly Current Affairs Capsule January 2020
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Monthly Booster January 2020 B.O.- 2nd Flooor, Opp. St. No. 13, Ajit Road, Bathinda 1 | P a g e +91 78141-09600 H.O.- 2nd Floor, Near Jyoti Hospital, Hanumangarh Road, Abohar +91 97803-09600 Monthly Booster January 2020 Which scheme has recently been approved by the In a unique initiative to tackle air pollution, an Union Cabinet worth Rs 6,000 crore for the permanent ''Oxygen Parlour'' has recently been opened at which management of ground water resources? railway station in Maharashtra? Atal Bhujal Yojana Nashik Who took charge as the new President of FICCI? Which bank has partnered with Magicbricks for the Dr Sangita Reddy listing and e-auctioning of immovable properties, Who has been appointed as the Senior Vice President repossessed by the bank through recovery of FICCI? proceedings? Uday Shankar Federal Bank What is the rank of Uttar Pradesh on the chart of sexual harassment cases of women at work places registered in online complaint management system, SHe-Box? 2nd Who has recently been awarded the Army Design Bureau Excellence Award for developing 'Sarvatra' bulletproof jacket? Anoop Mishra Which Indian player has been named captain of Cricket Australia's (CA) Test XI of the decade? Virat Kohli Who has been named captain of Cricket Australia's (CA) ODI team of the decade? MS Dhoni Recently the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has successfully conducted a flight test of QRSAM from Chandipur, off the Odisha coast. What is the expanded form of QRSAM? Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile Emanuel Ungaro, who died recently, was the famous fashion designer of which country? France Vernon Philander, who recently announced his retirement, is related to which sport? Cricket Who has been appointed as the 33rd Foreign Secretary of India? Harsh Vardhan Shringla Recently President Ram Nath Kovind has launched Who is current and 32nd Foreign Secretary of India? the Red Cross Society of India mobile app for which Vijay Keshav Gokhale state branch? Who has recently announced his resignation as Telangana Boeing's chief executive officer? The 'Janata Clinic' scheme is an initiative of which Dennis Muilenburg Indian state? Who has been named as the new Chief Executive Rajasthan Officer of Boeing, American Aerospace company? Name the UAE's export credit agency, which has David Calhoun recently signed a MoU with the Export Credit Vidushi Savita Devi, who passed away recently, was Guarantee Agency of Oman to enhance trade and famous for which singing style of Indian classical economic cooperation between the two countries? music? Etihad Credit Insurance Thumri B.O.- 2nd Flooor, Opp. St. No. 13, Ajit Road, Bathinda 2 | P a g e +91 78141-09600 H.O.- 2nd Floor, Near Jyoti Hospital, Hanumangarh Road, Abohar +91 97803-09600 Monthly Booster January 2020 Which team has won the Italian Super Cup by Which famous archaeologist of India has been defeating Serie A champions Juventus recently? honored at the Silver Jubilee International Conference Lazio of Art recently held in Dhaka? Recently the Delhi Cabinet has approved which policy R. Nagaswamy to tackle air pollution? Which Indian shuttler has won the Men's singles Electric vehicle policy Bangladesh Junior International Badminton Series Thomas Chandy, who died recently, was the 2019 in Dhaka? famous__. Meiraba Luwang Politician Veteran writer L S Sheshagiri, who died recently, was widely known for his ___. English-Kannada dictionary Under New Delhi's Electric Vehicle Policy, how much incentive will be given on the purchase of battery- operated two-wheelers? 10,000 Which state government has launched 'Netanna Nestham' welfare scheme for handloom weavers in the state? Andhra Pradesh Who has been appointed as the first woman Chief Technology Officer at the US government's powerful Federal Communications Commission? Monisha Ghosh Name the present Indian-American Chairman of the FCC? Ajit Pai Who have claimed the men's and women's titles, respectively, in the 2019 Hainan Danzhou International Marathon? KemboiI Ezekiel Kipruto and Meskerem Tesfaye Fikadu For which film, Aditya Dhar won the Best Director award at the 66th National Film Awards? Uri Who were jointly awarded the best actor award at the 66th National Film Awards? Ayushmann Khurrana and Vicky Kaushal Who has been appointed as the Lokayukta of For which film, Ayushmann Khurrana has won the Telangana? Best Actor National Film Award 2019? CV Ramulu Andhadhun Who has been appointed as the Upa Lokayukta of Who won the Best Actress Award at the 66th National Telangana? Film Awards? V Niranjan Rao Keerthy Suresh Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a 25-ft Akshay Kumar-starrer ___ was awarded the best film bronze statue of late Prime Minister Atal Bihari on social issues at the 66th National Film Awards. Vajpayee in which city? Padman Lucknow Who took charge as the 82nd President of the Who won Bengaluru Open Golf Championship 2019? Association of Surgeons of India (ASI)? Abhinav Lohan Dr. P. Raghu Ram B.O.- 2nd Flooor, Opp. St. No. 13, Ajit Road, Bathinda 3 | P a g e +91 78141-09600 H.O.- 2nd Floor, Near Jyoti Hospital, Hanumangarh Road, Abohar +91 97803-09600 Monthly Booster January 2020 What is the theme of ASSOCHAM annual conference Who is the first Australian woman to reach the WTA held in New Delhi recently? world number one ranking since Evonne Goolagong New India Aspiring for a USD 5 trillion economy Cawley in 1976? How many years of ASSOCHAM (Associated Ashleigh Barty Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India) Which Indian weightlifter has won the gold in completed recently? women's 49kg category at the 6th Qatar International 100 years Cup in Doha? The RBI has announced to buy and sell government Mirabai Chanu securities under OMO for Rs 10000 crore each. What Mirabai Chanu is related to which sport? does OMO stands for? Weightlifting Open Market Operation Which country has announced the launch of the Gandhi Citizenship Education Award to uphold the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi in perpetuity? Portugal The first year's Gandhi Citizenship Education Award by Portugal will be dedicated to __. Animal welfare Name the India's first online healthcare service app for the LGBTQ community? Shifa Care Shifa Care, India's first online healthcare service provider has been launched for which community? LGBTQ community Who has been appointed as new Managing Director (MD) of Covestro India? Anand Srinivasan Where is the headquarters of Covestro located? Leverkusen, Germany Which football team has been crowned FIFA ''Team of the Year'' 2019? Belgium The Indian men's football team remained static at __ spot in the year-ending FIFA rankings 2019. 108th Who has been appointed as chairman and MD of national reinsurer General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC Re)? Devesh Srivastava Who has been appointed as chairman and MD of Agriculture Insurance Corporation of India? Recently Ethiopia launched its first satellite and with Malay Kumar Poddar this it became ___ African country to put a satellite What is the strike range of DRDO's upgraded Pinaka into space. Missile System? 11th 75 kilometres Who have been named International Tennis What was the previous striking range of Pinaka Federation's (ITF) World Champions for 2019? missile system developed by Defense Research and Rafael Nadal and Ashleigh Barty Development Organization, which has now increased Which country became the first to recognize Indian to 75 km? Pharmacopoeia? 40 km Afghanistan B.O.- 2nd Flooor, Opp. St. No. 13, Ajit Road, Bathinda 4 | P a g e +91 78141-09600 H.O.- 2nd Floor, Near Jyoti Hospital, Hanumangarh Road, Abohar +91 97803-09600 Monthly Booster January 2020 Who has been appointed as the managing director of Which state government has launched the 'Jalsathi' Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies programme to ensure supply of safe drinking water in for its India operations? the state? Ashmita Sethi Odisha Which bank becomes 3rd Indian company to cross Shreeram Lagoo, who recently passed away, was the $100 billion in market capitalisation? famous? HDFC Bank Actor Where is the headquarters of HDFC Bank located? Recently Odisha CM has launched which program to Mumbai ensure supply of safe drinking water to all households Who has been appointed as the batting coach of Indian in the state? Premier League (IPL) franchise Kings XI Punjab? Jalsathi Wasim Jaffer Kings XI Punjab has named Wasim Jaffer as it's ___ for the forthcoming IPL season. batting coach Recently India and ___ have signed an agreement for the transfer of critical defence technology during the '2+2' Dialogue. US India and US had signed the defense pact known as COMCASA in the first round of '2 + 2' ministerial dialogue. What is the full form of COMCASA? Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement Who has been appointment as the Managing Director of Micron Technology India? Anand Ramamoorthy Where is the headquarters of Micron Technology located? US Which three companies have recently partnered to make their smart home devices more compatible? Apple, Amazon, Google Which space agency's first exoplanetary mission, Characterizing Exoplanet Satellite (Cheops) has been successfully launched? European Space Agency Recently the European Space Agency's first exoplanetary mission, the Characterizing Exoplanet Satellite (Cheops) has been successfully launched via which rocket? Who has been honoured with the Sahitya Akademi Russian Soyuz rocket Award- 2019 for his Poetry „ Chheelate Hue Apne Who holds the numero uno position in the 2019 Ko‟? Forbes India Celebrity 100 list? Nand Kishore Virat Kohli In Sanskrit, Penna Madhusudan will get the Sahitya Who is the top Bollywood star on the 2019 Forbes Akademi Award- 2019 for his Poetry ___. India Celebrity 100 list? Prajnachakshusham Akshay Kumar Who has won the Sahitya Akademi Award 2019 for his book 'An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India'? Shashi Tharoor B.O.- 2nd Flooor, Opp.