INDEX Part-1 (CURRENT AFFAIRS) 1. Appointment (National/ International) (Covered 3 Jan to April 2019) 2. Awards (64th Awards 2019, Pulitzer 8 Award 2019, Bhart rattan, Padma Vibhsan, Pdma bhusan, Grammy award, Nobel price 2018, 64th 2019, Oscar award, Befta Award 3. Budget (2019) 20 4. Insurance Awarness 21 5. ’s Ranking Index (Covered Jan to April 2019) 31 6. Important MoU (Covered Jan to April 2019) 34 7. Web Portal/ App (Covered Jan to April 2019 37 8. Scheme (State gov/ Centre Gov) (Covered Jan to 39 April 2019) 9. Important Loan (Covered Jan to April 2019) 44 10. Company Merger List (Covered Jan to April 2019) 45 11. Important Summit (Covered Jan to April 2019) 46 12. Partnership and Agreement (Covered Jan to April 50 2019) 13. Defence News (Covered Jan to April 2019) 55 14. Important Current Affairs in short (Covered Jan to 59 April 2019) 15. Important Banking and finance in short (Covered 68 Jan to April 2019 16. GDP FORCASTING 77 17. Payment , Public bank, Private bank, Small 79 Finacial bank 18. Obituary 87 19. Book and Author 88 20 Government Sponsored Socially Oriented Insurance 89 Schemes 21. Most Important Financial Term 94 22. Sports Affaris 101 23. Important Days and Theme 113

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Part 2 (Static GK)

1. Important Dam in India 119 2. Mojor Sea port 120 3. Lake (State –wise) 120 4. Importatnt National Park 124 5. Flok Dance (State-wise) 125 6. Stadium Game Realted 126 7. Important Temple in India 127 8. Founder of Fomous Website 128 9. River and City 129 10. List of Countries –Capital and Currencies 132 11. Wildlife Sanctuaries (State-wise) 136 12. Chief Ministers And Governors 143 13. States Festivels 145 14. International Orgnisations headquater 147 15. List of Important Airport 150 16. International Stoke exchange list 152 17. Census-2011 153 18. Revolutions in the filed of Agriculture in India 154 19. International Boderline and Boundaries Line 155 20. Important Static Questions 156

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1. APPOINTMENTS

ORGANIZATION PERSON New Member of 15th Finance Commission Ajay Narayan Jha

New Non-executive chairman of Ex-Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia

Senegal’s President Macky Sall (Second term) Chairman of National Commission for Backward Bhagwan Lal Sahni Classes President of Olympic Council of Asia Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah New Chairman of Coordination Committee for Randhir Singh 2022 Asian Games

New Prime minister of Estonia Kaja Kallas (First Female) New Secretary-General of the Medical Council of Rakesh Kumar Vats India Chief Scientist at WHO Soumya Swaminathan New Director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Ajit Kumar Mohanty

Head committee on Comprehensive Insurance Dr Alok Srivastava Scheme for Advocates (5 members Committee) New head Ashu Khullar

Goodwill Ambassador of UNDP Padma Lakshmi New Finance Secretary Subhas Chandra Garg New Prime Minister of Palestine Mohammad Shtayyeh Special directors in the Enforcement Directorate Anup Kumar Dubey and Sushil Kumar (ED).

OIC body’s deputy chairman Pakistan

New Agricultural Scientific Recruitment Board Aditya Kumar Misra (ASRB) Chief First Lokayukta Chairman of C Lalsawta sworn Non-executive Chairman of Rakesh Makhija New chairman of LIC M.R. Kumar

Chief Minister of Pramod Sawant India’s first Lokpal Ex-Supreme Court judge Justice PC Ghose PhonePe Brand Ambassador Aamir Khan Basketball Federation of India (BFI) President Govindaraj re-elected

President of Comoros Azali Assoumani re-elected

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New President of Slovakia Zuzana Caputova (First Female) Chief Justice of HC Justice T B N Radhakrishnan Chairman of Railway Board VK Yadav Axis Bank MD & CEO Amitabh Chaudhry New Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro New LIC’s Acting Chairman Hemant Bhargava Competition Commission of India secretary (CCI) P K Singh RBL Bank chief operations officer Pankaj Sharma Executive Chairman of National Legal Services Justice AK Sikri Authority (NALSA) Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Asif Khosa Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy V Subramanian New JIPMER director (Jawaharlal Institute of Dr Rakesh Aggarwal Postgraduate Medical Education & Research ) GST panel headed Deputy Chief Minister of , Sushil Kumar Modi RBI set up 5-member panel for boost digital Nandan Nilekani payments head

IMF as 1st woman and 11th Chief Economist India-born Gita Gopinath New Director General of the Sashastra Seema Bal Rajesh Chandra (SSB) Facebook India as VP and MD Ajit Mohan

New Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro (2nd Term) New Taiwan PM Su Tseng-chang

New chief credit officer (CCO) of Axis Bank Deepak Maheshwari New independent directors of ICICI bank B Sriram, Rama Bijapurkar New ICC’s chief executive Manu Sawhney New Women Team’s Coach Mohammed Ali Qamar Supreme Court Justice Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Dinesh Maheshwari Ambassador of 16th Tata Marathon Mary Kom New Director General (Investigation) in the National Prabhat Singh Human Rights Commission. New Chief Justice of Pakistan Asif Khosa MD, CEO of IDFC First Bank V Vaidyanathan New Prime Minister of Sweden Stefan Lofven New President of Madagascar Andry Rajoelina Interim Finance & Corporate Affairs minister Piyush Goyal ’s MD and CEO Ranveet Gill new Malaysian King Sultan Abdullah New IndiGo CEO Ronojoy Dutta MD of Parthasarathi Mukherjeet reappointed for another two years Brand Ambassdor for Flamingo Hrithik Roshan Regional Director WHO SOUTH EAST Asia Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh (reappointed) Part time Chairman of Dilip Sadarangani

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BARC (Broadcast Audience Research Council) India Punit Goenka chairman

New director of the Central Bureau of Rishi Kumar Shukla Investigation (CBI)

CEO of P V Bharathi

New President of El Salvador Former mayor Nayib Bukele

New civil aviation secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola

Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs Shri Sailesh

New Union Sports Secretary Radheyshyam Julaniya

New chairman of African Union Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El Sisi

New Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra

Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Air Ashwani Lohani India new chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes Pramod Chandra Mody (CBDT) German sports and lifestyle brand PUMA have 6 times world champion woman M C Mary Kom appointed as women’s training Ambassador CEO of PayU India Anirban Mukherjee

President of the Foundation Board for Ajay Singh Better Boxing of AIBA (International Boxing Association) First ombudsman for the Board of Control for D.K. Jain Cricket in India (BCCI).

Brand ambassador of Swasth Immunised India Khan

President of the Federation of India Brij Bhushan Sharan (WFI) Sudan’s Prime Minister Mohamed Tahir Ayala

Amazon’s Board of Directors PepsiCo’s former CEO Indra Nooyi

Non-Executive Chairman of IDBI Bank Hemand Bhargava

New Chairman of National Book Trust (NBT) Govind Prasad Sharma

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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari

New Managing Director of LIC Vipin Anand

Industry Head of Google India Former Actress, Mayoori kango

Indian Overseas Bank’s new MD & CEO Karnam Sekar

52nd Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA) Rajendra Kumar Nayak

Twitter New India Head Manish Maheshwari

New Chairman of Export Promotion Council for Ravinder Kumar Passi Handicraft (EPCH) head for India Kaushik Shaparia

New Executive Director of Rajesh Yaduvanshi

New brand ambassador of redBus Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Goodwill Ambassador of Street Child Cricket Mithali Raj World Cup 2019 New Secretary, Defence Finance Gargi Kaul,

Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of Shiv Das Meena National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) First Chief Justice of HC Justice Vikram Nath

Algeria’s first new president Abdelkader Bensalah

Haiti’s New Prime Minister Jean Michel Lapin

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (5th Term)

New President of ICC India Vikramjit Sing Sahney

First woman CMD of Pawan Hans Ltd Usha Padhee

president of Asian Football Confederation Sheikh Salman

New Nasscom Chairman Keshav Murugesh

New president of Confederation of Indian Vikram Kirloskar Industry (CII) World bank’s new President David Malpass

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New RBI Shaktikanta Das

New Chief Election Commissioner of India [23rd Shri Sunil Arora Chief Election Commissioner (CEC)] Finance Secretary Shri A. N. Jha New Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian Chief Minister of Kamal Nath Chief Minister of Ashok Gehlot Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Bhupesh Baghe Member of UPSC Shri Vyas Director, National Crime Records Bureau [NCRB] Shri Ramphal Pawar

New Indian Ambassador to US Harsh Vardhan Shringla Assumes charge of secretary, National Shri Ashok Kumar Singh Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) New president of Film and Television Institute of Brijendra Pal Singh India (FTII) Society and Chairman of Governing Council. Technical Member in the Appellate Tribunal for Shri Ravindra Kumar Verma Electricity. Archery association president B.V.P Rao India’s chief boxing coach CA Kuttappa Mexico president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan Asia Pacific seat on the UN’s Committee on Preeti Saran Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR).

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2. AWARDS

Award PERSON / PURPOSE/ FIELD ORGANIZATION Legion of Honour French World Cup champions Sport

World Memory Dhruv Manoj “names and faces” , “random words Championships (Gold) African Football Player of Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah Sport the Year(2018) ‘Exhibitor of the Year Defence Research and Defence Award’ Development Organisation (DRDO) Sushila Devi Literature Namita Gokhale Literature (“Things to Leave Award Behind)

First-ever Philip Kotler PM Narendra Modi Politics Presidential award Gandhi Peace Prize for WHO Goodwill ambassador 2018 Yohei Sasakawa Gandhi Peace Prize for EkalAbhiyan Trust Its work in the field of education for 2017 rural and tribal children, rural empowerment and gender and social equality. Gandhi Peace Prize for AkshayaPatra Foundation Its work towards providing midday 2016 meals to children across India, and Sulabh International for its contribution towards the improvement of sanitation facilities in India and the emancipation of manual scavengers. Sheikh Saud International Bharat Ratna CNR Rao Eminent Scientist Prize for Materials Research Sansad Ratna Award BJP MP Anurag Politician ICC Cricketer of the Year Cricketer ICC Men’s Test Player of the Virat Kohli Cricketer Year ICC Men’s ODI Player of the Virat Kohli Cricketer year “International Cricket Rishabh Pant Cricketer Council’s (ICC) Emerging Player of the year” IRCTC’s Trains Cleanliness Southern Railway Survey Award

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Best Tableau in Republic ICAR- Indian Council of Day Parade Agricultural Research (ICAR) for its representation of Tableau on ‘Kisan Gandhi’ with the theme: “Mishrit Kheti, Khushiyon Ki Kheti” - best state tableau with the theme: ‘Empowering Rural Economy the Gandhian Way’whereas the second position was bagged by and Kashmir and Punjab was placed in the third spot. Best marching contingent Gorkha Brigade trophy of the Republic Day parade Australian literary prize Manus Island ’s Debut book “No Friends But the refugee Behrouz Boochani Mountains” K.Veeramani Award for P.S.Krishnan Social Justice “Freedom of the City of The State ’s UK Contribution in promoting the London” head Shri Sanjiv Chadha bilateral relations France’s highest civilian Francois Laborde Old Bengal Priest honour Aegis Graham Bell Award Yes Bank ‘Innovation in Data Science’ 2018 Israel’s prestigious Dan Sanjay Subrahmanyam ‘Past time dimension’ for his work David Prize in macro history. EY Entrepreneur of the Siddhartha Lal MD & CEO of Eicher Motors Year 2018

Swachhata Excellence AMRUT cities and Municipal Awards 2019 Corporations of Raigarh(1st), Ambikapurand (2nd) Kumbakonam(3rd) International Hockey Eva de Hockey Player Federation’s Players of the Goede from Netherlands and A Year for 2018 rthur van Doren of Belgium International human rights Abdul Aziz Muhamat, a Manus Sudanese refugee prize Island refugee, Laureus Sports for Good Jharkhand’s NGO Yuwa Working for girl empowerment Honour

“Football Ratna” Sunil Chhetri Indian Football Team Captain Top Employers Institute Tata Consultancy Services TCS the only firm among the top 10 (TCS) IT services brands which has received this certification.

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Gandhi Peace Prize for Vivekanand Kendra, Kanyakumari, gets the award for 2015 Kanyakumari 2015 for their contribution to rural development, education, development of natural resources. Gandhi Peace Prize for Akshaya Patra Foundation and For 2016, it has been jointly given 2016 Sulabh International (jointly) to Akshaya Patra foundation for its contribution in providing mid-day meals to children and Sulabh International for its contribution in improving the condition of sanitation and emancipation of manual scavengers. Gandhi Peace Prize for Ekal Abhiyan Trust Ekal Abhiyan Trust has won the 2017 award for 2017 for their contribution in providing education for rural and tribal children in remote areas, rural empowerment, gender, and social equality. Gandhi Peace Prize for Yohei Sasakawa Yohei Sasakawa for 2018, who is 2018 Goodwill Ambassador of the World Health Organisation for Leprosy Elimination, for his role in leprosy eradication. Russia’s highest State PM Narendra Modi Russia for exceptional services in Honour promoting bilateral ties. “Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle” “Global Slag Company of Tata Steel For its innovative practices in the the Year” development of new applications for Steel by-products (Slag). Presidential Award of Dr. Gyanaditya Shakya Prize money of INR 1,00,000 and a Maharshi Badrayan Vyas certificate. He accepted award from Samman 2019 Vice- President of India M Venkaiah Naidu. “Next Billion Edtech Prize Dost Education ‘Dost Education’, which is India’s 2019” education technology startup won a $25,000 (Rs 17 lakhs)tech prize for its ability to empower parents to take charge of their child’s early education. UAE’s highest civilian PM Modi For boosting the bilateral ties award, Zayed Medal between both of the nations. World Summit on the “Utkarsh Bangla” and “Sabooj The schemes under the Information Society (WSIS) Sathi” government, namely, “Utkarsh awards of the United Bangla” (Skill training of the Nations (UN). youth) and“Sabooj Sathi” (cycles for students) “Best Digital Agency Sudhanshu Kumar, the Award” founder of Digital Sukoon

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Saraswati Samman 2018 Telugu poet K Siva Reddy Telugu poet K Siva Reddy has been honoured with the prestigious Samman, 2018with a cash prize of 15 lakh rupees for his collection of poetry titled ‘Pakkaki Ottigilite’. World Press Photo award “Crying Girl on the Border” An image of a little girl crying, 2019 titled “Crying Girl on the Border”, as she and her mother have been taken into custody by US border officials in Texas, won the prestigious World Press Photo of the Year. Veteran Getty photographer John Moore took the picture in the Rio Grande Valley on 12th June 2018.

Celent Model Bank 2019 Fincare Financial Inclusion category, for Award ‘Redesigning Lending to Reach Small Businesses’. UN Medal for their service 150 Indian peacekeepers For serving the mission with in UN Mission in South extreme dedication and sacrifice. Sudan (UNMISS)

National Intellectual The Intellectual Property Contributions in best facilitation for Property Award 2019 Rights cell (IPR cell) of registration of Geographical Agricultural University (KAU) Indications and promotion of registered GI in the country. Best cinematography Malayalam film Malayalam award at Beijing “Bhayanakam” film Bhayanakam (Fear) which was International Film Festival directed by Jayaraj won the best cinematography award at the Beijing International Film Festival and had also won the best cinematography award at the 65th National Film Awards. World Press Freedom Hero Dawn Journalist Cyril Almeida Dawn editor and Columnist Cyril in 2019 Almeida from Pakistan has won the IPI’s (International Press Institute) World Press Freedom Hero award in 2019 for his “critical” and “tenacious coverage” of the civil- military relations in Pakistan. Deenanath Mangeshkar Madhur Bhandarkar, Salim Deenanath Mangeshkar Smruti Award 2019 Khan, diva Helen Pratishthan charitable trust, , aims to encourage legends from the fields of music, drama, art and social work. Rabindranath Tagore Rana Dasgupta For his 2010 novel “Solo”, deals with Literary Prize 2019 a tale of estrangement and the

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ultimate failure of material existence. The Award included a Tagore statue, a certificate for contribution to literature and a cash prize of $10,000. ‘Public Water Agency of the National Mission for Clean Namami Gange which is India’s Year’ Ganga (NMCG) or Namami flagship programme, was presented, Gange with the ‘Public Water Agency of the Year’ award by Global Water Intelligence at the Global Water Summit held in London on 9th April, 2019.

National Water Awards Madurai district Rejuvenations and creating new 2018 water bodies National Water Awards (State) Resource management in India 2018 ‘Non-Life Insurer of the Bharti AXA General Insurance Year Award 2019’ Best Bank Award from the Successfully meeting the needs of state government of Tamil women’s self-help groups (SHGs). Nadu International Sustainability TVS Motor Awarded the ‘Green Era Award for Award Sustainability’ at Lisbon, Portugal. Swachh Survekhshan 2019 bagged award Awards for cleanest city Municipal Council area gets cleanest small city award ASQ (Airport Service Bhubaneswar’s Biju Patnaik Award for being the best Quality) award 2018 International Airport airport in size and region (2-5 million passengers in Asia- Pacific) for the year 2018.

Golden Peacock Award ACKO General Insurance For their contextual micro insurance 2019 product -“Ola Ride Insurance“.

Chameli Devi Jain Award BBC Journalist Priyanka Dubey Outstanding women journalist.

Yaswantrao Chavan Ex-RBI Governor Raghuram Contribution towards economic National Award Rajan development Commonwealth Youth Padmanaban Gopalan Social entrepreneur from Tamil Award for the Asian region Nadu, Padmanaban Gopalan, founder of No Food Waste SKOCH Award 2018 State Disaster For its remarkable achievements in Management Authority the field of disaster management. (OSDMA) Nari Shakti Puraskar Kathak dancer Seema Mehta Contribution towards women empowerment over the last 15 years

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Vyas Samman 2018 Leeladhar Jagudi Collection of poems “Jitne Log Utne Prem” published in 2013. He also authored several poetry anthologies. Abel Prize American professor Karen first woman to win the prestigious Uhlenbeck math award Global Teacher Prize for Peter Tabichi Peter Tabichi, a Kenyan math and 2019 physics teacher and a member of the Franciscan religious order has been conferred with the prestigious $1 million Varkey Foundation Oxford University’s Bodley Amartya Sen The highest honour bestowed by the award University of Oxford’s world-famous Bodleian Libraries for his contribution in literature, culture, science, and communication.

Martha Farrell Award 2019 Delhi government school Promoting gender quality and teacher Manu Gulati women’s empowerment.

Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Dr. Rajendra Kumar Joshi Award Jnanpith Award, 2018 Jnanpith Selection Board Shree Saini Miss India Worldwide 2018 New York-based India Festival Committee (IFC) based Nations Climate Action Award United Nation startup HelpUsGreen Laxmikant Shantaram Mohammed Rafi Award NGO Spandan Arts Kudalkar Usha Timothy Mohammed Rafi Award NGO Spandan Arts Manju Mehta Tansen Samman, 2018 Madhya Pradesh Government Luka Modrić FIFA Ballon d'Or Award FIFA and France Football Association Eliud Kipchoge IAAF Male Athlete of the year International Association of Athletics Federations Caterine Ibarguen IAAF Female Athlete of the year International Association of Athletics Federations Rattan Lal Glinka World Soil Prize 2018 UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Vanessa Ponce de Leon Miss World 2018 Miss World Organization Prathamesh Maulingkar Mister Supranational 2018 World Beauty Association, S.A. Salman Khan Asian Academy Creative Award Asian Academy Creative 2018 Award(AAA) Anurag Kashyap Asian Academy Creative Award Asian Academy Creative 2018 Award(AAA) Kanimozhi Best woman Parliamentarian Indian Parliamentary Group Award 2018

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64th Filmfare Awards 2019 was held at Jio Garden, BKC, Mumbai.

Category Winner Best Film Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) () Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) (Raazi) Best Director Meghna (Raazi) Best Actor in Supporting Role (Male) Gajarj Rao (), (Sanju) Best Actor in Supporting Role (Female) Surekha Sikhri (Badhaai Ho) Best Music Album ()

Pulitzer Prize

Category Winner Public service Staff of the South Florida Sun Sentinel Criticism Carlos Lozada of The Washington Post Editorial writing Brent Staples of the New York Times Breaking News Reporting Staff of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Investigative Reporting Matt Hamilton, Harriet Ryan and Paul Pringle of the Los Angeles Times Explanatory Reporting David Barstow, Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner of The New York Times Local Reporting Staff of The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La. National Reporting Staff of The Wall Street Journal International Reporting Maggie Michael, Maad al-Zikry and Nariman El-Mofty of Associated Press Staff of Reuters, with notable contributions from Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo Feature Writing Hannah Dreier of ProPublica Commentary Tony Messenger of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial Cartooning Darrin Bell, freelancer Breaking News Photography Photography Staff of Reuters Feature Photography Lorenzo Tugnoli of The Washington Post

BOOKS, DRAMA, AND MUSIC

Category Winner Fiction “The Overstory” by Richard Powers Drama “Fairview” by Jackie Sibblies Drury

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History “Frederick Douglass” by David W. Blight Biography or autobiography “The New Negro” by Jeffrey C. Stewart Poetry “Be With” by Forrest Gander General nonfiction “Amity and Prosperity” by Eliza Griswold Music “p r i s m” by Ellen Reid Special Citation Aretha Franklin

Bharat Ratna

Name Filed Pranab Mukherjee former President Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Musician (posthumously) Shri Nanaji Deshmukh social activist (posthumously)

Padma Vibhushan

Name Field State/Country Intro Ms. Teejan Bai (Art-Vocals-Folk) Chhattisgarh 1st female Pandvani folk singer - promoting Chhatisgarh's 3,000 year old traditional art form Shri Ismail Omar (Public Affairs) Djibouti President of Djibouti- extended Guelleh support during Operation Rahat, for rescuing Indians and foreigners from war-hit Yemen Shri Anilkumar (Trade & Industry- Maharashtra Group Chairman of engineering Manibhai Naik Infrastructure) conglomerate Larsen & Toubro Shri Balwant (Art-Acting- Maharashtra Marathi Theatre legend and historian - Moreshwar Theatre) especially known for his play 'Jaanta Purandare Raja' on Chhatrapati Shivaji

Padma Bhushan

No. Name Field State/Country Intro

1. Shri John Chambers (Trade & Industry- USA American Technology Technology) Business Leader – Formal CEO of CISCO System 2. Shri Sukhdev Singh (Public Affairs) Punjab Formal Minister in Dhindsa Central and Punjab Govt

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3. Shri Pravin Gordhan (Public Affairs) South Africa South African anti- Apartheid Leader and current Minister 4. Shri Mahashay Dharam (Trade & Industry- Delhi Founder CEO and Pal Gulati Food Processing) Iconic Face of MDH Masala 5. Shri Darshan Lal Jain (Social Work) Social Worker Providing Free Education to poor student- Founder president of Saraswati Nadi shodha Santhan 6. Shri Ashok Laxmanrao (Medicine-Affordable Maharashtra Doctor and Founder of Kukade Healthcare) Vivekananda Hospital - serving the needy in the backward, drought-prone Latur region 7. Shri Kariya Munda (Public Affairs) Jharkhand Veteran Tribal Leader and 8 times MP 8. Shri Budhaditya (Art-Music-Sitar) West Bengal Veteran Sitar and Mukherjee Surbahar Artist 9. Shri S Nambi Narayan (Science & Kerala Engineering-Space) 10 Shri Mohanlal (Art-Acting-Film) Kerala Malayalam Film Viswanathan Nair Superstar- acted in 350+ films 11. Shri Kuldip Nayar Literature & Education Delhi Veteran Journalist & (Posthumous) (Journalism) Author 12. Ms. Bachendri Pal (Sports- Woman mountaineer Mountaineering) who has lead multiple mountaineering and rafting expeditions - first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest 13. Shri V K Shunglu (Civil Service) Delhi

14. Shri Hukumdev (Public Affairs) Bihar Narayan Yadav

Grammy Award

Category Winner Album of the Year Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves Record of the Year “This is America”, Childish Gambino

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Best New Artist Dua Lipa Best Rap Album Invasion of Privacy by Cardi B Best R&B Album Winner H.E.R. Best Rap Song “God’s Plan” by Drake Best Country Album Golden Hour by Kacey Musgarves Song of the Year “This is America”, Childish Gambino Best Rock Album From the Fires by Greta Van Fleet Best Rock Song “Masseducation” by St. Vincent Dance/Electronic Album Woman Worldwide, Justice Producer of the Year Blanton Alspaugh Best Music Video “This is America”, Childish Gambino Best Country Song “Space Cowboy” by Kacey Musgraves Best Folk Song All Ashore by Punch Brothers Best Comedy Album Equanimity & the Revelation by Dave Chappelle

BAFTA 2019 Winners List

Category Winner Best Film Roma Best Director Alfonso Cuaron (Roma) Best Actress Olivia Colman (The Favourite) Best Actor Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody) Best Supporting Actress Rachel Weisz (The Favourite) Best Supporting Actor Mahershala Ali (Green Book) Outstanding British Film The Favourite Best Animated Film Spiderman : into the Spider-verse Best British Short Animation Roughhouse Best British Short Film 73 Cows Best Documentary Free Solo Outstanding Debut By a British Writer, Director or Beast-Michael Pearce (Writer/Director Producer Category), Lauren Dark (Producer) Best Film Not in the English Language Roma Best Costume Design The Favourite

Nobel Prize 2018

S. Field Winner Description No. Physiology or James P Allison (USA) and Tasaku “for their discovery of cancer therapy by 1. Medicine Honjo (Japan) inhibition of negative immune regulation”

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Arthur Ashkin (USA), Gerard "for groundbreaking inventions in the field 2. Physics Mourou (France) of laser physics" and Donna Strickland (Canada) (a) one half to Frances H. Arnold (USA) (a) "for the directed evolution of enzymes" 3. Chemistry (b) other half jointly to George P. (b) "for the phage display of peptides and Smith (USA) and Sir Gregory P. antibodies" Winter (UK) “for their efforts to end the use of sexual Denis Mukwege (Congo) and 4. Peace violence as a weapon of war and armed Nadia Murad (Iraq) conflict” (a) “for integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis” Economic (a) William D. Nordhaus (USA) (b) 5. (b) “for integrating technological Sciences Paul M. Romer (USA) innovations into long-run macroeconomic analysis.”

Oscar Awards 2019

Sl. Category Winner No.

1. Best Picture Green Book

2. Best Actress in a Leading Role Olivia Colman for The Favourite

3. Best Actor in a Leading Role Rami Malek for Bohemian Rhapsody

4. Best Directing Alfonso Cuarón for Roma

5. Best Supporting Actor Mahershala Ali for Green Book

6. Best Supporting Actress Regina King for If Beale Street Could Talk.

7. Best Original Score Ludwig Goransson for Black Panther

Lady Gaga, Mike Ronson, Anthony Rossomondo 8. Best Original Song and Andrew Wyatt for A Star Is Born

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Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin 9. Best Adapted Screenplay Willmott & Spike Lee for Blackkklansman

Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly for 10. Original Screenplay Green Book

11. Best Live Action Short Skin

Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles and J.D. 12. Best Visual Effects Schwalm for First Man

13. Best Animated Short Domee Shi and Becky Neiman-Cobb for Bao

Rayka Zehtabchi and Melissa Berton for Period. 14. Best Documentary Short End of Sentence

15. Best Animated Feature Spiderman: Into the Spider Verse

16. Best Film Editing John Ottman for Bohemian Rhapsody

17. Best Foreign Language Roma

18. Best Cinematography Alfonso Cuarón for Roma

John Warhurst and Nina Hartstone for 19. Best Sound Editing Bohemian Rhapsody

Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin and John Casali for 20. Best Sound Mixing Bohemian Rhapsody

21. Makeup & Hairstyling – Vice Makeup & Hairstyling – Vice

22. Best Costume Design Ruth Carter for Black Panther

Hannah Beachler (Production Design); Jay Hart 23. Best Production Design (Set Decoration) for Black Panther

24. Best Documentary Feature Free Solo

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4. BUDGET

Scheme Amount About

PM Kisaan Samman Nidhi 75000 crs.

MGNREGA 60,000 crs. Under PM gram sadak yojana

Rural roads under Gram 19000 Crs. Sadak Yojana.

Railways 64,587 Crs.

Mudra Yojana 7.23 Crs.

Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi launched to provide assured monthly pension of Mandhan 3000 rupees per month, with contribution of 100 rupees per month, for workers in unorganized sector after 60 years of age.

Pradhanmantri Shramyogi Mandhan 500 Crs. to be launched for poor people yogna

Gokul Scheme 7500 crs. The “Rashtriya Gokul Mission” has been launched by the Government for conservation and development of indigenous breeds in a focused and scientific manner. The mission also envisages establishment of integrated cattle development centres „Gokul Grams to develop indigenous breeds including upto 40% nondescript breeds.

Standard deduction limit limit increased to INR 50, 000 from INR 40,000 earlier

Food for all 1.7 lakhs crs

Defence budget 3 lakhs crs

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4. INSURANCE AWARENESS

LIST OF LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN INDIA

Insurers Foreign Partners

PRIVATE 1. Aditya Birla Sunlife Insurance Company Sun Life Financial (India) Insurance Investment Inc, Ltd. Canada 2. Aegon Life Insurance Company Ltd. Aegon India Holdings BV, Netherlands 3. Aviva Life Insurance Company India Ltd. Aviva International Holdings Ltd. UK 4. Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Ltd. Allianz, SE Germany 5. Bharti AXA Life Insurance Company Ltd. AXA India Holdings, France 6. Canara HSBC OBC Life Insurance Company Ltd. HSBC Insurance (Asia Pacific) Holdings Ltd. UK 7. DHFL Pramerica Life Insurance Company Ltd. Prudential International Insurance Holdings Ltd. USA 8. Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance Company Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Company Ltd. Ltd. Japan 9. Exide Life Insurance Company Ltd. --- 10. Future Generali India Life Insurance Participatie Maatschapij Graafsschap Holland NV, Company Ltd. Netherlands 11. HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Standard Life (Mauritius Holdings) 2006, Ltd. UK Ltd. 12. ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd. Prudential Corporation Holdings Ltd. UK 13. IDBI Federal Life Insurance Company Ltd. Aegis Insurance International NV Netherlands 14. India First Life Insurance Company Ltd. Legal & General Middle East Ltd. 15. Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Ltd. --- 16. Max Life Insurance Company Ltd. Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company Ltd. Japan 17. PNB Metlife India Insurance Company Ltd. Metlife International Holdings Inc, USA 18. Reliance Nippon Life Insurance Company Ltd. Nippon Life Insurance Company Ltd. Japan 19. Sahara India Life Insurance Company Ltd. --- 20. SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd. BNP Paribas Cardif, France 21. Shriram Life Insurance Company Ltd. Sanlam Emerging Markets (Mauritius) Limited 22. Star Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company Ltd. Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company Ltd. Japan

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American International Assurance Company 23. TATA AIA Life Insurance Company Ltd. (Bermuda) Ltd. PUBLIC SECTOR 1. Life Insurance Corporation of India ---

LIST OF GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANIES IN INDIA

Insurers Foreign Partners/Investors

PRIVATE SECTOR 1. Acko General Insurance Ltd. --- 2. Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Ltd. Allianz, SE Germany 3. Bharti AXA General Insurance Company Ltd. M/s. Societe Beaujon, France 4. Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Company Mitsui Sumitomo, Japan Ltd. 5. DHFL General Insurance Ltd. --- 6. Edelweiss General Insurance Company Ltd. --- Participatie Maatschapij Graafsschap Holland NV, 7. Future Generali India Insurance Company Ltd. Netherlands (“Generali”) 8. Go Digit General Insurance Ltd. --- 9. ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Ltd. FAL Corporation, Canada 10. IFFCO Tokio General Insurance Company Ltd. Tokio Marine Asia Pte. Ltd. Japan 11. Kotak Mahindra General Insurance Company Ltd. --- 12. HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company Ltd. ERGO International AG, Germany 13. Liberty Videocon General Insurance Company Ltd. Liberty City State Holdings Pte Ltd., USA 14. Magma HDI General Insurance Company Ltd. HDI-Gerling Industrie Versicherung AG, Germany 15. Raheja QBE General Insurance Company Ltd. QBE Holdings (AAP) Pty.Ltd. Australia 16. Reliance General Insurance Company Ltd. --- 17. Royal Sundaram General Insurance Company Ltd. --- 18. SBI General Insurance Company Ltd. IAG International Pty Ltd. Australia 19. Shriram General Insurance Company Ltd. Sanlam, South Africa 20. TATA AIG General Insurance Company Ltd. AIG MEA Investments and Services Inc., USA 21. Universal Sompo General Insurance Company Ltd. Sompo, Japan. Insurance Inc. PUBLIC SECTOR 1. National Insurance Company Ltd. ---

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2. The New India Assurance Company Ltd. --- 3. The Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. --- 4. United India Insurance Company Ltd. --- STANDALONE HEALTH PRIVATE 1. Aditya Birla Health Insurance Co. Ltd. MMI Strategic Investment (Pty) Limited , South Africa 2. Apollo Munich Health Insurance Company Ltd. Munich Health Holding AG, Germany 3. Cigna TTK Health Insurance Company Ltd. Cigna Holdings Overseas Inc. USA 4. Max BUPA Health Insurance Company Ltd. BUPA Singapore Holdings Pte Ltd. UK 5. Religare Health Insurance Company Ltd. --- Oman Insurance PSC, UAE, Alpha FDI Holding Pte 6. Star Health & Allied Insurance Company Ltd. Ltd & Alpha TC Holdings Pte Ltd. and NRIs SPECIALISED INSURERS 1. Agriculture Insurance Company of India Ltd. --- 2. Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Ltd. --- REINSURER 1. General Insurance Corporation of India --- 2. ITI Reinsurance Limited ---

LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES HEAD OFFICE AND THEIR HEAD

Ref: Name of the Company & Name of the Chairman / MD & CEO Head Office

1 Life Insurance Corporation of India Mr. Hemant Bhargava MUMBAI Chairman (In – Charge) & Managing Director

2 HDFC Life Insurance Co. Ltd Ms. Vibha Padalkar MUMBAI MD & CEO

3 Max Life Insurance Co. Ltd. Mr. Prashant Tripathy GURUGRAM MD & CEO

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4 ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd, Mr. N S Kannan MD & CEO MUMBAI

5 Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Co. Ltd. Mr. G. Murlidhar MD & CEO MUMBAI

6 Aditya Birla SunLife Insurance Co. Ltd. Mr. Pankaj Razdan

MD & CEO MUMBAI.

7 TATA AIA Life Insurance Co. Ltd. Mr. Rishi Srivastava MUMBAI MD & CEO

8 SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltd. Mr. Sanjeev Nautiyal MD&CEO MUMBAI

9 Exide Life Insurance Co. Ltd. Mr. Kshitij Jain, MD&CEO BENGLURU

10 Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Co. Mr. Tarun Chugh Ltd. PUNE MD&CEO

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11 PNB MetLife India Insurance Co. Ltd, Mr. Ashish Kumar Srivastava MD & CEO Goregaon (West)

12 Reliance Nippon Life Insurance Mr. Ashish Vohra, CEO & ED Company Limited MUMBAI.

13 Aviva Life Insurance Company India Mr. Trevor Bull MD & CEO Ltd. GURUGRAM

14 Sahara India Life Insurance Co. Ltd. Mr. A K Dasgupta CEO & President

Lucknow

15 Shriram Life Insurance Co. Ltd. Mr. Mr Casparus Jacobus Hendrik Kromhout, MD & CEO

Hyderabad

16 Bharti AXA Life Insurance Company Mr. Vikas Seth, MD & CEO Ltd, MUMBAI

17 Future Generali India Life Insurance Mr. Munish Sharda MD &CEO Company Limited, MUMBAI

18 IDBI Federal Life Insurance Company Mr. Vighnesh Sahane MD & CEO Limited, MUMBAI

19 Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Mr. Anuj Mathur, Commerce Life Insurance Company

Limited,

GURUGRAM MD & CEO

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20 Aegon Life Insurance Company Mr. Vineet Arora, MD & CEO Limited, MUMBAI

21 DHFL Pramerica Life Insurance Co. Mr. Anoop Kumar Pabby Ltd. MD & CEO

GURUGRAM

22 Star Union Dai-Ichi Life Insurance Mr. Girish Kulkarni Co. Ltd. MUMBAI MD&CEO

23 IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company Dr. R M Visakha MD & CEO Ltd., MUMBAI

24 Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance Mr. Sumit Rai Company Limited, MUMBAI MD&CEO

LIST OF GENRAL INSURANCE COMPANIES HEAD OFFICE AND THEIR HEAD

Company Headquarter CEO/CMD

1. Acko General Insurance Ltd. Mumbai Mr. Varun Dua

2. Aditya Birla Health Insurance Mumbai Mr. Mayank Bathwal Co. Ltd.

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3. Agriculture Insurance Company New Delhi Mrs. Alamelu T. of India Ltd. Lakshmanachari

4. Apollo Munich Health Insurance Gurgaon Mr. Antony Jacob Co. Ltd

5. Bajaj Allianz General Insurance PUNE Mr. Tapan Singhel Co. Ltd

6. Bharti AXA General Insurance Mumbai Mr. Sanjeev Srinivasan Co. Ltd.

7. Cholamandalam MS General Mr. S S Gopalarathnam

Insurance Co. Ltd.

8. CIGNA TTK Health Insurance Co. GOREGAON Mr. Prasun Kumar Sikdar Ltd.

9. DHFL General Insurance Ltd. MUMBAI Mr. Vijay Sinha

10. Edelweiss General Insurance Co. MUMBAI Mr. Anup Rau Ltd.

11. ECGC Ltd. MUMBAI Mrs. Geetha Muralidhar

12. Future Generali India Insurance MUMBAI Co. Ltd.

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13. Go Digit General Insurance Ltd PUNE Mr. Vijay Kumar

14. HDFC ERGO General Insurance MUMBAI Mr. Ritesh Kumar Co.Ltd.

15. ICICI LOMBARD General MUMBAI Mr. Bhargav Dasgupta Insurance Co. Ltd.

16. IFFCO TOKIO General Insurance GURUGRAM Co. Ltd. Mr. Warenadra Sinh

17. Kotak Mahindra General MUMBAI Mr. Mahesh Balasubramanian Insurance Co. Ltd.

18. Liberty General Insurance Ltd. MUMBAI Mr. Roopam Asthana

19. Magma HDI General Insurance MUMBAI Mr. Rajive Kumaraswami Co. Ltd.

20. Max Bupa Health Insurance Co. New Delhi Mr Ashish Mehrotra Ltd

21. National Insurance Co. Ltd. Mrs. Tajinder Mukherjee

22. Raheja QBE General Insurance MUMBAI Mr. Praveen Gupta Co. Ltd

23. Reliance General Insurance MUMBAI Mr. Rakesh Jain Co.Ltd

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24. Religare Health Insurance Co. GURUGRAN Mr. Anuj Gulati Ltd

25. Royal Sundaram General CHENNAI Mr. M S Sreedhar Insurance Co. Ltd.

26. SBI General Insurance Co. Ltd. MUMBAI Mr. Pushan Mahapatra

27. Shriram General Insurance Co. Mr. Anil Kumar Aggarwal Ltd.

28. Star Health & Allied Insurance CHENNAI Mr. V. Jagannathan Co.Ltd.

29. Reliance Health Insurance Ltd MUMBAI Mr. Ravi Vishwanath (ED & CEO)

30. Tata AIG General Insurance Co. MUMBAI Mr. Neelesh Garg Ltd

31. The New India Assurance Co. Ltd MUMBAI Mr. Atul Sahai

32. The Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. NEW DELHI Mr. A. V. Girija Kumar

33. United India Insurance Co. Ltd. CHENNAI Mr. Girish Radhakrishnan

34. Universal Sompo General MUMBAI Mr. Rajiv Kumar Insurance Co. Ltd

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Public Sector Insurance Co. And Their Headquarter.

Oriental Insurance New Delhi Prithvi, Agni, Jal, Akash, Sabki Suraksha Hamare Paas Company

Life Insurance Yogakshemam Vahamyaham (I shall ensure the safety Mumbai Corporation of India and well-being of my devotees)

National Insurance Kolkata Trusted since 1906, Thoda Simple socho Company

General Insurance Mumbai Aapatkale Rakshisyami Corporation of India

United India Insurance Chennai At United India ,it’s always U before I Company

New India Assurance Mumbai India’s Premier General Insurance Company Company

General Insurance Mumbai Aapatkale Rakshisyami Company

Agriculture Insurance New Delhi सम्पन्न भारत की पहचान , बीमित फसल खुशहाल कसान Company of India Limited

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5. Ranking Index

Index Index released by India’s 1st Rank Rank Global Corruption Transparency International 78 Denmark Perception Index Most Powerful Henley Passport Index 79th Japan Passports EIU Democracy Index Economist Intelligent Unit 41st Narway 2018 global talent INSEAD business school in 80th Switzerland competitiveness partnership with Tata Communications and Adecco Group General Data CISCO 6th Italy Protection Regulation (GDPR) readiness index.

Bloomberg 2019 54th South Korea Innovative Index

Online Companies Stripe, a San Francisco-based 11th Singapore/Hongkong positioned online payment processing firm International IP Index US Chambers of Commerce 36th US

FIFA ranking FIFA 103rd Belgium

‘Inclusive Internet ‘Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) 47th Sweden Index 2019’ for Facebook 2018 Global Go To Think Tank 1ST India Think Tank Index Report” Most live able location ECA international survey Singapore (14th for Asian consecutive year) World’s most polluted Swiss based company IQ Air Gurugram city in 2018 AirVisual and non profit organization Greenpeace Forbes World’s Forbes Mukesh Amazon’s Jeff Billionaires Ambani ranks Bezos and family 13th richest with USD 131 billion person with $50 bn

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Gold holding World Gold Council (WGC) 11th US

Highest number of PLOS Biology 16TH Malaysia impacted species in hotspots

Quality of Living Mercer’s Austria’s capital Survey 2019 city Vienna

World’s Most Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Singapore, Paris and Expensive Cities survey Hong Kong shared top Survey spot World Happiness Sustainable Development 140th Finland Report Solutions Network World’s busiest Airports Council International 12th Hartsfield–Jackson airports (ACI) Atlanta International Airport (US) Global Energy World Economic Forum (WEF) 76th Sweden Transition index World’s best aviation 59th (Indira Singapore airport hub Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, New Delhi) World Press Freedom International NGO, Reporters 140th Norway Index 2019 without Borders Startup Ecosystem StartupBlink. 17th United States Ranking for 2019 2019 Index of Cancer Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) 19th Australia Preparedness (ICP) FIFA Rankings FIFA (The Federation 101st Belgium Internationale de Football Association) Targeted nation by Akamai Technologies 2nd US hackers in 2018

❖ Telangana secured top spot in eLearning Training for Field Staff Telangana has secured the first rank for the second year in a row in the e-Learning training programme of Department of Personal and Training (DoPT), Government of India. The training is being imparted to achieve the goal of “training for all”. 1) Over 20, 000 field staff in different districts of Telangana was imparted training on 12 soft skills modules and 3 domain-specific modules on RTI, Office Procedures, and Finance & Accounts, by Dr MCR HRD Institute. 2) The institute is also mentoring other states to spread the Comprehensive Online Modified Modules on Induction Training (COMMIT) Programme as a national mission.

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❖ President Ramnath Kovind Released NIRF, ARIIA 2019 Rankings : IIT Madras ranked No.1 On 8th April 2019,President Ramnath Kovind Published National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2019and Atal Ranking of Institutions for Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) 2019 ranking for higher educational institutes in India at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The rankings are as follows: Category Winner Overall Indian Institute of Technology Madras University Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Madras College Miranda House, Delhi Management Indian Institute of Management Pharmacy Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi Law National Law School of India University, Bengaluru Architecture Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

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6. IMPORTANT MoU’s

MoU Between Two Countries MoU on Tax info exchange India and Brunei MoU on field of food and agriculture Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) MoU on Cooperation in the field of India and Tajikistan Renewable Energy

MoU on Cooperation in Weather and Climate India and the UK Sciences

MoU on Undertaking non-intrusive India and Norway Geological Surveys and Investigations

MoU on Cooperation in the field of Medical India and Argentina Products Regulation

MoU on reports on Missing and Exploited India and USA Children

MoU on Cancer Research Initiative India and UK

MoU on Cooperation in the field of India and Germany Occupational Safety and Health

MoU on Technology Cooperation in the Road India and Austria Infrastructure Sector

MoU on Mutual Legal Assistance (MLAT) in India and Belarus Civil and Commercial Matters.

MoU on Collaborate On Digital Education India and Afghanistan Initiatives MoU on Cooperation on youth affairs India and Morocco

MoU on Exchange of information and India and Morocco technical cooperation cooperation in the field of Housing and Human Settlement. MoU on Antarctic Cooperation India and Argentine MoU on Cooperation in the field of Housing India and Saudi Arabia MoU on Startup Cooperation India and Republic of Korea

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MoU on Combating illicit trafficking in India and Indonesia narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and its precursors MoU on strengthen cooperation in the India and African healthcare sector MoU in the field of coal mining and clean coal signed between India and Poland technologies Mutual Cooperation in the field of company MoU between India and Malaysia secretaryship MoU for cooperation in the field of electoral India and the Electoral Commission of Namibia management and administration (ECN) & Electoral Tribunal of Panama (ETP) Ocean Dialogue to promote cooperation in between India and Norway the areas of mutual interest pertaining to the development of blue economy. MoU on cooperation in the field of medicine between India and Brazil and homeopathy Establishing mutual cooperation to improve between India and Maldives the ecosystems for agriculture MoU on development cooperation in Africa between India and United Arab Emirates. Cooperation in agriculture and food industry between India and Ukraine MoU on field of biotechnology between India and Finland MoU on promoting bilateral cooperation in between India and Uzbekistan the area of e-Governance MoU on establishing ISRO’s TTC station Between India and Indonesia MoU on agreement for digital learning Between and Microsoft MoU on Marine Pollution Initiative between India and Norway MoU on Security Protection Agreement between India and Sweden MoU on strategic partnership Edelweiss and Bank of Singapore

MoU on Reciprocal Facilitation of procedures Between India and Morocco for issue of Business Visa Facilitate Mutual Recognition of Academic between India and Morocco Qualifications MoU on Cooperation in the field of between India and Vietnam Communications MoU on simplification of visa requirements between India and South Africa MoU on combating Transnational Crime and between South Korea and India developing Police Cooperation MoU on establish business centre for ICT Between India and Sri Lanka incubators in Jaffna

MoU on Renewable Energy India and Denmark MoU on area of Biotechnology between India and Brazil MoU on field of Communications India and Cambodia MoU on Traditional Systems of Medicine and India and Bolivia Homoeopathy MoU on issue jointly Postage Stamp India and Republic of Korea

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MoU on Geology and Mineral Resources India and Bolivia MoU on smart cities, clean tech India and Sweden MoU on bilateral cooperation in various India and Netherlands fields, including political, economic scientific and cultural MoU on joint research and development Indian Navy and Council of Scientific and of advanced technologies for the Indian Industrial Research (CSIR) Navy. MoU to conserve smaller to combat Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has effects of climate change partnered with the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) MoU on research and education Ministry of Ayush and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) MoU on Cyber Security Services Network Intelligence and (BSE) MoU on Standardisation and Conformity Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and IIT Delhi Assessment

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7. WEB PORTAL/ APP

Web portal/App ORGANIZATION PURPOSE ‘Banglar Shiksha’ West Bengal Government West Bengal Education Minister, Partha Chatterjee unveiled a web portal, “Banglar Shiksha“(banglarshiksha.gov.in), to provide real-time data on state-run and aided schools.

“Bolo App” Google Help children in India with reading, comprehension skills

‘One Delhi’ App Delhi government Obtaining the estimated time of arrival for buses and metros. Providing information about their fares. Providing the best route and mode of travel between two places. List of tourist spots in Delhi.

e-Dharti App Hardeep S Puri, Minister of Allow the lessee of the property to see Housing and Urban Affairs the basic details of property along with its location on map.

“YONO Cash” SBI For its customers using which customers can withdraw money from ATMs without using debit cards.YONO – You Only Need One.

“Observer App” Election Commission Electoral Observers can submit the relevant document and material to Election Commission directly. ‘Conquer Exam, Be a Indian Institute of Public Reduce the exam pressure Warrior’ App Health ‘Mi Pay’ Xiaomi i Xiaomi launched Mi Pay, a UPI (Unified Payments Interface) Based mobile payment service in India to send money from one bank account to another or between UPI (Unified Payments Interface) accounts.

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The service provider of this application is ICICI Bank “My Circle” Airtel collaboration with women’s safety FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) ETMONEY ETMONEY ETMONEY India’s largest app for has integrated with UPI as a payment method. ET Money has clocked Rs 2,000 crore of mutual fund sales on its app Voter Turnout App Election commission of People of India to watch realtime India voter turnout.After collecting all the information from officers, it will be compiled and displayed in the app e-AUSHADHI portal Minister of State (IC) for e-AUSHADHI portal for online AYUSH, Shripad Yesso licensing of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani Naik and Homoeopathy drugs and related matters.

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8. GOVERNMENT SCHEMES

SCHEME PURPOSE Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN Yojana Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN (Jaiv Indhan – Vatavaran Anukool fasal awashesh Nivaran) Yojana. It will provide financial support integrated Bioethanol projects using lignocellulosic biomass and other renewable feedstock. The total financial outlay is of Rs.1969.50cr for the period from 2018-19 to 2023-24.

Arun-3 Hydro Arun-3 Hydro Electric Project (Nepal portion) by Jal Vikas Nigam (SJVN) Limited. The project is on Arun River in Sankhuwasabha district of Eastern Nepal.

Gram Samridhi Yojana (Ministry of Food The scheme is aimed at helping the cottage Processing Industries ) industry, farmer producers’ organisation and individual food processors to increase capacity, upgrade technology besides skill improvement, entrepreneurship development and strengthening the farm-to market supply chain.

Mukhyamantri Parivar Samman Nidhi Yojana It is primarily meant for farmers of the state 2019 (Haryana) who cultivate on land with areas upto five acres and the families with an income of less than Rs. 15,000 per month. The scheme would provide a sum of Rs. 6,000 yearly and each family has to nominate a member who will be provided with this amount.

‘Jal Amrutha’ ( Government For the purpose of inauguration of the scheme, a function was organized by the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj department at Dr B R Ambedkar Bhavan in Bengaluru. The scheme plans to make people aware about the importance of conserving water

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and to prompt them to come up with ways to avoid wastage of water. STARS scheme (HRD Ministry) i)Funds worth Rs 250 crore have been approved by the HRD ministry which will be utilised to sponsor about 500 science projects, selected on the basis of competitions. ii) The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is the coordinator of the project, to whom the interested candidates would submit their applications.

Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA) Government of India with a view to boost to scheme export of farm commodities to certain countries in Europe and North America introduced a scheme for providing financial assistance for transport and marketing of agriculture products.

‘Mukhya Mantri Karigar Sahayata’ (Odisha) The nodal department of the scheme is the Directorate of handicrafts. i)Craftsmen with 10 years of experience and having annual income below Rs.1 lakh are eligible to get an assistance of Rs.800 per month. ii) For craftsmen above 80 years of age would get Rs.1000 per month allowance for those has the same experience and annual income as above.

Yuvashree Arpan scheme (West Bengal) Yuvashree Arpan under which 50,000 youths will receive financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh for setting up an their own business initiatives. Mukhyamantri Anchal Amrit Yojana The scheme aims to provide 100 (Uttarakhand) ml milk twice a week, free of cost, to 2.5 lakh children at 20,000 Anganwadi kendras of Uttarakhand.

‘Atal Aahar Yojna’ (Maharashtra) The target is set to cover 20000 workers and provide them with good quality food at a nominal cost of Rs.5 in the first phase of the scheme. The government is already providing a Subsidy of Rs.4.5 lakh to labourers for house construction and is planning to provide help in education, income and health as well.

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Doorstep Banking (SBI) The has initiated a new ‘doorstep banking’ service for senior citizens, differently-abled and infirm account holders as well as visually impaired customers.

‘Wings’ (Aviva Life Insurance) It will helps women dream about what they will become, giving them a clearer picture of their future and their growth prospects. The programme will give them an avenue to freely communicate in a safe environment, allowing them to focus on growth and improvement.

‘The Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Chief Minister of Odisha,Naveen Patnaik, Income Augmentation (KALIA)’ launched a Rs 10,180-crore scheme,for overall development of small, marginal and landless farmers. ‘Krishi Krishak Bondhu’ (West Bengal) (i)If a farmer aged between 18 to 60 years dies naturally or unnaturally,the state government will pay his family Rs 2 lakh. (ii) Under the second initiative, farmers would get Rs 2,500 twice a year for growing a single crop on one acre of land. Atal Solar Krishi Pump Yojana(Maharashtra ) Encouraging farmers to enrol farmers The things included: two LED bulbs, a DC fan and a mobile charging socket. Mission Shakti scheme (Odisha) Interest-free loans of up to Rs.3 lakh for six lakh women self-help groups (WSHGs) benefitting about 70 lakh women in Odisha. ‘Ama Ghare LED’ (Odisha) Under which about 95 lakh families in the State will each get four LED bulbs free of cost.

‘One Family, One Job’ (Sikkim) Under which for every family one government job has been allotted ‘Jai Kisan Rin Mukti Yojana (MP) “Jai Kisan Rin Mukti Yojana” scheme was launched by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shri. Kamal Nath.It is Rs 50,000 crore farm loan waiver scheme for farmers. The loan waiver forms could be submitted till February 5 and farmers would start getting the benefits from February 22.

UNNATI programme (ISRO) Unispace Nanosatellite Assembly and Training programme.

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It has been launched by ISRO as part of initiative by United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNISPACE-50).

Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (Odisha) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced extension of free health services to all medical colleges and hospitals of Odisha from 1st February 2019. “Yuva Swabhiman Yojana” (Madhya Pradesh) For youths of the weak section in urban areas of Madhya Pradesh. Under this scheme, 100 days of employment will be provided. Jiban Sampark (Odisha) “Jiban Sampark” Project in partnership with UNICEF India (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) while inaugurating Tribal Fair also known as “Adivasi Mela” on Republic day. The Adivasi Mela’ is an annual event to showcase the lifestyle, artefacts, culture, tradition and music of the tribal people community of Odisha.

Kalia scholarship scheme (Odisha) Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA). The beneficiaries will be provided scholarships to pursue higher education in professional courses at free of cost. Children of farmers who have taken admission at Government Professional colleges on merit basis are eligible for this scheme. Shehri Samridhi Utsav (Ministry of Housing & Aim to extend the reach of Deendayal Urban Affairs) Antyodaya Mission – National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM).

Mukhya Mantri Vriddha Pension The scheme facilitates the amount of Rs. 400 Yojana (MMVPY), (Bihar) monthly pension for all in the state above the age of 60 years who are not getting pension from the government. ‘Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Mandhan’ (Finance Under this scheme, workers of unorganized Minister) sectors whose monthly income is less than Rs. 15,000 may avail the benefits by contributing Rs. 100 per month to

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further get Rs. 3000 per month after 60 year of age. KALIA Chhatra Bruti’ (Odisha) It aims at providing financial assistance for technical and professional education to farmers’ children by incurring all expenses involved in various levels of education, such as course fee, hostel fee, mess fee by state govt.

Khusi scheme (Odisha) Aimed at improving menstrual hygiene among adolescent girl students in the state, with an outlay of Rs 466.08 crore over a period of 5 years.

Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme (i)The scheme will provide Rs 6,000 per year to small and marginal farmer families having combined land holding/ownership of upto 2 hectares. (ii). The amount will be given in three installments of Rs 2,000 each and will be transferred directly to the bank account of the beneficiaries through Direct Benefit Transfer, ensuring transparency in the entire process and saving time for the farmers. ‘Mukhyamantri Yuva Swabhiman Yojana’ (MP) Guarantees 100 days of employment every year to urban youth from Economically Weaker Sections(EWS).

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9. LOAN

ORGANIZATION/BANK Loan Amount PURPOSE Asian Infrastructure USD 455 Million Andhra Pradesh Rural Roads Project Investment Bank (AIIB) Asian Development Bank USD 926 Million Mumbai Metro Rail Project (ADB) ADB USD 26 million For improving drainage infrastructure in Dibrugarh town of Asian Development Bank USD50 million Invest in India’s renewable energy producer (ADB) company Avaada Energy Private Limited (AEPL).

World Bank USD 25.2 Million Chhattisgarh Public Financial Management and Accountability Program World Bank USD 96 Million Additional Financing for Uttarakhand Disaster Recovery Project

World Bank 250 Million For National Rural Economic Transformation Project (NRETP) World Bank Rs. 2200 crores For Andhra Pradesh Health Systems ($328-million) Strengthening Project (APHSSP) World Bank $137 Million For the Additional Financing of the Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP), Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and Uttarakhand.

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10. COMPANY MERGER LIST

Merge Company About Telecom Department sanctions merger of The Telecom Department has sanctioned the TTSL and Bharti Airtel merger of TTSL (Tata Teleservices Limited) consumer mobility business with Bharti Airtel, subject to the condition that Sunil Mittal led firm provides bank guarantees of about Rs. 7,200 crore. Lakshmi Vilas Bank got merge with The board of Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB), has Indiabulls Housing Finance approved the merger of private sector lender with Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd, mortgage financier in an all-stock deal. IndusInd Bank and Bharat Financial National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) Inclusion approved merger of private sector lender IndusInd Bank with Bharat Financial Inclusion (BFIL), a microfinance company. Now, BFIL become the subsidiary of IndusInd Bank. Last year, IndusInd Bank had received ‘No Objection’ from , National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange. Chatbot Making Startup Haptik and Reliance Reliance Jio Digital, a subsidiary of Reliance Jio Digital Industries has acquired a chatbot making startup firm Haptik forRs.700 Crore. and ,with Bank of The government has decided to infuse a capital Baroda of 5,042 crore rupees into state-owned Bank of Baroda ahead of its merger with two other public sector lenders Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank,with Bank of Baroda which would be effective from 1st April 2019. and Pandyan Grama Under the sponsorship of Indian Bank, two Bank merged – Pallavan Grama Bank and Pandyan Grama Bank will be amalgamated to form a single RRB i.e. Tamil Nadu Grama Bank in Tamil Nadu. The consolidation will be effective from April 1, 2019.

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11. IMPORTANT SUMMIT

Summit Location About 17thedition of World Dead Sea,Jordan Over 1000 representatives from more than 50 countries Economic Forum on the participated in the meeting.It is the 10th meeting in Middle East and North Jordan . Africa (MENA) Global Water Summit London National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) or Namami Gange which is India’s flagship programme, was presented, with the ‘Public Water Agency of the Year’ award by Global Water Intelligence 21st ASEAN-India Senior New Delhi Improve the connectivity and strengthen the cooperation in Officials the maritime sector between Indian and the ASEAN countries. G20 summit Saudi Arabia First edition of Naval New Delhi The Hon’ble Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Commanders’ addressed Naval Commanders Conference on the opening Conference of 2019 day. It is the apex forum within the Service for interaction between the Naval Commanders, Chief of the Naval Staff, with the Commanders-in-Chief. They will review operational, material, logistics, HR, training and administrative activities which were undertaken during the previous six months. The themes of ‘Functional Reorganization of Indian Navy towards enhancing Operational Efficiency’ and ‘Optimal Manning’ were the core of discussions in this conference.

5th Asia Pacific Kathmandu, Nepal The aim of this two day summit was to address the key Broadcasting Union issue of utilizing media’s full potential of accelerating (ABU) Media Summit on climate action and disaster preparedness and connect Climate Action and different stakeholders to media professionals for Disaster Preparedness collaboration and joint practical projects.

4th Session of India- New Delhi India and Ukraine have discussed bilateral trade featuring Ukraine working group the importance of exports and imports between the 2 on Trade and Economic countries. Cooperation ‘ Rim New Delhi Collaboration of Ministry of Home Affairs with the Ministry Association’ of External Affairs and National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) solely based on Disaster Risk Management. IORA has set Disaster Risk Management its priority to

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enhance resilience in IORA countries according to its ‘2017- 2021’ Action plan.

2nd ASEAN – India Youth Which was conducted to strengthen the mutual cooperation Summit among ASEAN countries. It was inaugurated by Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Union Minister of State for Tourism K J Alphons. World Government Dubai The seventh session of the World Government Summit’s seventh Summit began on Sunday, 10th February 2019, in Dubai, session United Arab Emirates (UAE). More than 4,000 people from 140 countries participated in the event.

5th International Dam Bhubaneshwar, Od State Water Resources minister Niranjan Pujari and Union Safety Conference 2019 isha Water Resources & Ganga Rejuvenation Secretary U.P. Singh inaugurated the 5th International Dam Safety Conference 2019 in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha. 55th Munich Security Munich, Germany 55th Munich Security Conference (MSC), an annual Conference (MSC) meeting that brings together leaders and security experts from across the world, was held from 15th to 17th February 2019. Deputy National Security Adviser Pankaj Saran attended the conference and participated in various events besides holding bilateral meetings with several countries. 4th Agri leadership Sonipat district, Ha Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare, Radha Summit 2019 ryana MohanSingh, inaugurated the 4th Agri Leadership Summit 2019 at the India International Horticulture Market (IIHM) in Ganaur, Sonipat district, Haryana. It was a 3-day summit which took place from 15th February 2019 to 17th February 2019. Global Business Summit New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Global Business Summit in New Delhi. i)He announced that India would be a 10 trillion- dollar economy- the third largest in the world. ii)He highlighted the role of his government’s policies in establishing a high growth rate and controlling inflation. iii) The government would provide conducive environment for start-ups and promote renewable sources of energy.

4th India-ASEAN Expo New Delhi Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil and Summit Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, inaugurated the 4th India- ASEAN Expo and Summit, held from 21st to 23rd February, 2019, in New Delhi. It flagship event of Department of Commerce, being organised with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) to carry forward the

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momentum and to further strengthen India-ASEAN relationsunder the Act-East Policy.

4th Global Digital Health New Delhi, India Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Shri J P Partnership Summit Nadda, inaugurated the ‘4th Global Digital Health Partnership Summit ’, the global intergovernmental meeting on digital health, hosted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in collaboration with World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Digital Health Partnership (GDHP).The summit held in New Delhi. International Spice International Spice Conference is considered as platform for Conference 2019 all business houses, the spice associations, the policy makers, the farmers and the users, to connect and interact. The fourth edition of this conference was held in the City of Pearls and the capital city of Telangana-Hyderabad. The theme for the conference 2019 is ‘Challenges of Change, Redefining the Value Chain’.

North Korea – United Hanoi, Vietnam States Hanoi Summit has abruptly concluded Inaugural Space New Delhi, India Dialogue of India and Japan Indo-Pacific Regional Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi Dialogue – 2019 Countries of the Indo-Pacific, namely Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, , organised Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Seychelles, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America participated in the event.

Indo-Japan workshop on New Delhi, India Disaster Risk Reduction FinTech Conclave New Delhi commenced Langkawi International Langkawi, Malaysia Maritime Aero Expo (LIMA-2019) US-India Counter- Washington, DC, US terrorism Joint Working Group Meeting

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12. PARTNERSHIP AND AGREEMENT

Partnership/ Agreement About NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission Statement of Intent (SOI) to collectively drive the partners with Adobe charter of developing creative skills and spreading digital literacy across all Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) in India. ATLs are being established in more than 5,000 schools in India where students of class 6th to class 12th acquire problem solving and innovation skills, developing innovative solutions leveraging Tinkering technologies like 3D printers, robotics, miniaturised electronics, IOT and programming, do it yourself kits with support from teachers.

ICICI Lombard partnered with ATL Provide insurance cover to its lenders and (AnyTimeLoan.in) borrowers Bancassurance Agreement signed by As part of the agreement, IDBI Bank will become the IDBI Bank and LIC preferred bank for LIC premium payments and also function as premium point to boost sale of LIC products, thereby gaining from fees and float income.

Ayushman Bharat and Uber ink A ride-hailing app to provide free healthcare services partnership to Uber drivers. Life Insurance Corporation Housing Offer home buyers enhanced loan eligibility and easy Finance Ltd (LICHFL) partnered loans and it will now be in a position to offer extended with India Mortgage Guarantee loan tenure for borrowers till the age of 75 years, Corporation (IMGC) increasing the loan quantum and reducing the burden of monthly EMIs for borrowers.

SBI and Hitachi Payment Services For establishing a digital payments platform launched SBIPSPL (SBI Payment for India and other countries in the region, in Mumbai. Services Pvt Ltd) Bancassurance deal signed between aims to provide the facilities of life United Bank of India and HDFC Life insurance products to its customers through HDFC Life. India & Russia Deals India entered into a deal with Russia for leasing of a nuclear – powered attack submarine for Indian Navy worth USD 3 billion for a period of 10 years.

AU Small Finance Bank partnered with AU Small Finance Bank is working on offering Acko General Insurance customers access to financial services and products directly through their digital channels and building a

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robust digital banking platform to offer best in class products in Digital Loans, Deposits, and Investment segments.

IBBI inks cooperation deal with The cooperation agreement provides a technical International Finance Corporation assistance by IFC to IBBI (Insolvency and (IFC) Bankruptcy Board of India ) until 30th June, 2021.It will provide training of insolvency professionals and trainers by the IFC to IBBI. IBBI provides a platform for re-organization and insolvency resolution of corporate persons, individuals and partnership firmsin a time bound manner for maximization of the value of assets.

Hinduja Global Solutions launch a centre of excellence in Bengaluru for training (HGS) partnered with NASSCOM differently-abled persons (PwDs) which will train a Foundation minimum of 100 PwDs making them industry-ready over the next 12 months with a goal to place at least 50% of them in companies already sensitised for hiring them.

US – India U.S.-India Strategic Security Dialogue held in Washington DC, United States. Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale led the Indian delegation and Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Andrea Thompson led the US delegation.

Article 3 of the Agreement The Union Cabinet approved Amendment to the Article 3 of the Agreement between India and Bhutan regarding Mandechhu Hydro Electric Project (MHEP) in order to extend the loan repayment tenure by two years extended by India to Bhutan, for implementation of the said Project in Bhutan from 15 to 17 years. ISRO and IIT Roorkee Aim to strengthen institutional interactions and thereby enhance the scope of the activities pursued under STC commensurate with the programmatic goals of ISRO.

ICICI Lombard partnered with ICICI Lombard and digital financial services company MobiKwik MobiKwik entered into a partnership to provide cyber insurance cover of Rs. 50000.

IBBI(Insolvency and Bankruptcy The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India Board of India) and SEBI (Securities (IBBI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and Exchange Board of India) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) seeking effective implementation of

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the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Code) and its allied rules and regulations, which have redefined the debt-equity relationship and aims to promote entrepreneurship and debt market,at Mumbai.

eBay joined hands with google US-based e-commerce platform eBay has partnered with Google to offer as a form of payment option in its new “managed payments” plan. The collaboration will enhance customer experience tailored to their personal preferences. Ola and Telangana Govt. Ola and the Government of Telangana to support the government’s initiative to implement smart solutions to enhance mobility experience further strengthening traffic infrastructure in Hyderabad. 14th CII-EXIM Bank Conclave on India- Three day 14th CII-EXIM Bank Conclave on India- Africa Project Partnerships Africa Project Partnerships concluded in New Delhi. The Conclave will enhance the partnership between India and Africa in economic as well as business terms.

SBI signed MoU with Bank of China for State Bank of India (SBI) signed a pact with the third business opportunities largest Bank in the world by capital size,Bank of China (BoC) to boost business opportunities. It will enhance the business cooperation between both the . Apple partnered with Goldman Sachs The Tech Giant Apple has partnered with Goldman and Mastercard Sachs and Mastercard to launch a new credit card called Apple Card. GAIL and BHEL Sign an agreement GAIL India Ltd joined hand with Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) to cooperate in the development of solar power projects. and its life insurance Canara Bank and its life insurance partner Canara HSBC partner Canara HSBC OBC Life Oriental Bank of Commerce Life Insurance launched ’Webassurance’ to enable its customers to purchase life insurance in a convenient and hassle-free way.

NITI Aayog , UNICEF signed a LOI United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) India and NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to provide an open platform to promote participation, skill and empowerment among young children across different communities. Aegon Life Insurance collaborated Mobikwik, digital financial services company collaborated with MobiKwik with pioneer of digital insurance in India, Aegon Life Insurance to launch a Rs 20 smart digital insurance

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product in order to protect its wallet users from death and accident related disability cover for up to Rs 2 lakh.

Airtel joined hands joined hands with Bharti AXA with Bharti AXA General Insurance General Insurance for a two-wheeler insurance product offering which is available on MyAirtel App and at over 40,000 Airtel Payments Bank points across India.

Bank of Maharashtra and State-owned (BoM) has partnered M1Xchange join hands with M1Xchange TReDSplatform for Micro,Small and Medium Enterprises(MSMEs) bill discounting.Trade Receivables Discounting System (TreDS) is a digital platform to assist MSMEs to get their bills financed at a competitive rate through a vendue where multiple registered financiers can participate.

India join hands with Japan and India joined hands with Japan and the United Arab UAE Emirates (UAE) to implement two projectsin Africa as it seeks to extend its footprint on the continent as a counter to China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). i. India will build a cancer hospital in Kenya in collaboration with Japan and will to set up an information and communications technology (ICT) center in Ethiopia in partnership with the UAE. ii. Through this partnership, India has undertaken many projects like the ambitious Pan African e-network project on tele-education and tele-medicine which provides “integrated” satellite, fiber optics and wireless network between educational and medical institutes in Africa and India. Tata Trusts and Microsoft India for A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed jointly collaborating by Tata Trusts and Microsoft India forjointly rejuvenating the handloom clusters in the eastern and north-eastern parts of India in order to build a digitally-inclusive society. Google Pay partners with MMTC- Google Pay has partnered with Bullion refiner MMTC- PAMP PAMP India to initiate buying and selling of gold through the app to make Google Pay more useful for Indian customers. MMTC-PAMP is India’s only London Bullion Market Association (LBMA)-accredited gold refinery. RBL Bank partners with RBL Bank has partnered with CreditVidya to enhance CreditVidya the lender’s customer experience (by offering them relevant credit products) and construct customised offerings for over 15 lakh customers.

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PFS in a joint venture with USICEF PTC India Financial Services (PFS) an Infrastructure finances finance company has partnered with the US-India Clean Energy Finance (USICEF) to leverage funds for solar projects in India. PFS Managing Director and CEO Pawan Singh stated that this innovative venture can contribute to achieve India’s distributed energy target of 40 GW (gigawatt) by 2022.

BSE signed an agreement with Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), Asia’s oldest exchange HDFC Bank has signed an agreement with HDFC Bank to spread more awareness about the benefits of listing startups as well as to strengthen BSE startup platform. NIIF and ROADIS on a joint venture The National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) and global private infrastructure operator ROADIS (owned by Public Sector Pension Investment board abbreviated as PSP investment) have jointly set up a platform for investing up to $2 billion in road projects in India. Signs agreement Karnataka Bank has signed a pact with Bharti Axa Life With Bharti AXA Insurance Company Ltd to distribute the latter’s life insurance products to provide insurance solutions to the customers of Karnataka Bank. Tata Power joined hands with Tata Power has signed an agreement with Indraprastha Indraprastha Gas ink Gas Limited (IGL) for green energy solutions including rooftop solar projects, setting up of commercial-scale EV charging/battery swapping stations. India-Africa Institute of Agriculture India has signed an agreement with National Bank for and Rural Development (IAIARD) Agriculture and Rural Development Consultancy in Malawi, India signed an Service (NABCONS) for setting up India-Africa Institute agreement of Agriculture and Rural Development (IAIARD) in Malawi to enhance capacity in the areas of agro-financing and entrepreneurship development for African countries Reliance Mutual Fund partnering Reliance Nippon Life Asset Management (RNAM) has with Google joined hands with Google to enable the customers of Reliance Mutual Fund to carry out voice-based financial transactions. and SBI Life Syndicate Bank and SBI Life Insurance signed Insurance a bancassurance pact aiming to offer a comprehensive financial planning solution to its customers. Through the pact, Syndicate Bank will provide penetration in the market with its 3,000 branches and SBI Life’s diverse range of protection, wealth creation and savings insurance products will be brought to the table to the customers. ICICI Bank and Small Business ICICI Bank, in a first-of-its-kind programme, signed a FinCredit Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Small

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Business FinCredit India Pvt. Ltd. (SBFC), a systemically important Non-Banking Finance Company for entrepreneurs, to jointly provide credit worth up to Rs 1 crore to MSMEs for a tenure of 15 years.

SBI Card & Etihad Guest SBI Card, the country’s second largest credit card issuer and Etihad Guest, the loyalty programme of Etihad Airways have weld their hand together for a specific visa credit card to come into play for members and Indian travellers. Etihad Guest SBI Card, Etihad Guest SBI Premier Card It has been launched in order to confront the constraints of international travel.

13. DEFENCE NEWS

Military Exercise Countries Purpose ‘Sampriti-2019’ India and Bangladesh Which aimed to increase mutual cooperation and camaraderie with an impressive ceremony in Tangail, Bangladesh. “Mainamati Maitree Exercise Border Security Force The main objective of this 2019” (BSF) and Border Guards exercise was to plan and Bangladesh (BGB) conduct anti-smuggling and anti-criminal activity related operations with an aim to achieve better joint operational efficiency and border management in the area. Held in Tripura

“Foal Eagle 2019” and “Key U.S. and South Korea This is being done to ease Resolve” tensions with North Korea

Al Nagah III India and Oman Where both the armies will be exchanging expertise in tactics, weapon handling and firing, in order to enhance inter operability in counter-terrorist operations in semi urban mountainous terrain. Held in Jabel Al Akhdar Mountains in Oman

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US-India security US army and NSG in The aim of these exercises is to partnership Hyderabad enhance preparedness and tackle any crisis that affects the public health and safety.

AFINDEX-19 India–Africa Between the Indian Army and 16 African nations was commenced in Pune, Maharashtra on March 18, 2019 for training the participating contingents in Humanitarian Mine Assistance (HMA) and Peace Keeping Operations (PKO) under the United Nations Charter.

MITRASHAKTI – VI Indian and Sri Lanka Between Indian and Sri Lanka Army is being held at Diyatalawa in Sri Lanka to strengthen interoperability, mutual understanding and built a better relationship between both the armies. ‘Bold Kurukshetra–2019’ India and Singapore Started in Jhansi’s Babina Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh to strengthen cooperation against terrorism, develop defence technology and boost maritime security. ‘IN – VPN BILAT EX’ Indo-Vietnam The Indian Navy held the 2nd edition of the bilateral maritime exercise between the Indian Navy and Vietnam Peoples’ Navy, (IN – VPN BILAT EX) at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam during 13th to 16th April, 2019. AFRICAN LION 2019 Morocco –US It was conducted from March 16 to April 7,2019. The annual Military exercise materialized in the region of Agadir,Tifnit,Tan-Tan, Tata and Ben Guerir with the participation of thousands of military personnel.

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❖ India’s defence satellite EMISAT successfully launched by ISRO ISRO’s workhorse launch vehicle Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV C-45), in its 47th mission, has successfully launched the 436 kg Electronic intelligence satellite EMISAT and 28 co-passenger satellites into their designated orbits from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. This was the 71st launch vehicle mission for Sriharikota. ❖ COMCASA: First secure link between India, US navies set up India and the US have structured the first reliable communication link between the Indian Navy & US Central as well as Pacific Naval Commands under the COMCASA pact at New Delhi,India. i. The Indo-US military-information sharing pact, COMCASA was signed at the 2+2 bilateral summit on 6th September, 2018. ii. By implementing the path-breaking agreement, COMCASA the US has initiated the Selective Availability Anti- Spoofing Module GPS System in some of C-130 and C-17 transport aircraft. iii. US has given assurance of not disclosing India’s data with another country and without prior permission US couldn’t access it. ❖ US has consented the sale of 24 “MH-60R Seahawk” helicopters to India for $2.6 bn At an estimated cost of $2.6 billion, the United States has approved the sale of 24 multi-mission Lockheed Martin-built MH-60 “Romeo'”Seahawk helicopters to India. These choppers designed for targeting ships, hunting submarines and conducting search-and-rescue operations at sea, would replenish the age-old fleet of British-made Sea King helicopters, used by India. ❖ Indian Navy inked a pact with CSIR On 5th April, 2019, Indian Navy and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have signed Memorandum of understanding to tackle joint research and development of advanced technologies for the Indian Navy. ❖ India, Sri Lanka agree to Strengthen Bond in Security and Defence Spheres India and Sri Lanka have agreed to enhance collaboration in security and defence spheres in several fields, including regional security, controlling drug smuggling and human trafficking. Defence Secretary of India Sanjay Mitra and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena‘s meeting in Colomboresulted in this agreement. ❖ Debrief of Indian Navy coastal defence exercise “Sea Vigil” was chaired by Vice Admiral MS Pawar in New Delhi The debrief of the Indian Navy exercise termed as ‘Sea Vigil’ (held from January 22 to 23) was conducted. The meeting was chaired by Vice Admiral MS Pawar, AVSM, VSM, the Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (DCNS). It was conducted at the Naval headquarters, New Delhi. ❖ Indian Navy’s warships- INS Kolkata and INS Shakti at Busan, South Korea to participate in ADMM- INS Kolkata and INS Shakti arrived at Busan, South Korea to participate in ADMM-PLUS (ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting). ❖ By SIPRI report, India’s military expenditure rises by 3.1% to reach $66.5 billion and Pakistan’s by 11% to reach $11.4 billion in 2018 According to the report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), a think-tank, the world’s military expenditure has risen by 2.6% to reach 1.82 $ trillion in 2018. This shows that military expenditure has increased for the 2nd consecutive year to the highest level since 1988 and is 76% higher than it was in 1998. In this total share, India, United States, China, Saudi Arabia and France altogether contributed to 60% per cent of the amount, with US and China being the 2 biggest spenders. ❖ Indian, US navies conduct Anti-Submarine Warfare drill in Indian Ocean Recently, Indian and the US navies conducted joint submarine hunting exercise near Diego Garcia in the Indian

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Ocean in which India’s P8I Neptune Aircraft and US P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft along with the USS Spruance have participated. The objective of this exercise is to lay the groundwork for coordinating maritime patrol and reconnaissance. ❖ Indian Army inks MoU with NHPC to build tunnels on China, Pakistan borders Recently, Indian Army signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) Limited, to build four underground tunnels along China and Pakistan borders for storage of ammunition and other war-related equipment. 1)Three tunnels will be built along Chinese border and one tunnel will be build along the Pakistan border. 2) The tunnel can store 175-200 metric tonnes of ammunition and the cost of this pilot project is around Rs 15 ❖ Macedonia inked agreement to join NATO Military Alliance On February 6,2019, Macedonia signed an accord, to become the 30th member of the NATO military alliance. The historic agreement was signed between Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. ❖ Multinational Maritime Exercise ‘Aman 19’ commenced in Karachi The 5-day multinational maritime exercise ‘AMAN-19’ in which 46 nations participated from all over the world was formally commenced at Pakistan Navy Dockyard, with a colorful flag hosting ceremony.Pakistan’s Naval Chief, Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi welcomed the participations of Exercise AMAN-19, the 6th episode of the AMAN initiative,with motto “Together for Peace”. Principal aim to conduct this exercise is to facilitate a forum of understanding of each other’s maritime concepts and operation cultures and to produce ways and means to confront common threat at sea. ❖ Indian Army carried out the annual exercise named ‘Exercise Topchi’ Indian army demonstrated its artillery firepower, aviation and surveillance capacity at the annual ‘Exercise Topchi’ at Deolali Camp near Nashik. i. The latest ultra-light Howitzer M-777, self-propelled gun K-9 Vajra and indigenous Swathi weapon- locating radar was demonstrated. ii. The aviation assets showcased were the indigenous advanced light helicopter, light combat helicopter, Cheetah & Chetak helicopters ❖ IAF carried out ‘Vayu Shakti’ exercise at Pokhran On 16th February 2019, Indian Air Force conducted mega exercise ‘Vayu Shakti’ in Pokhran, Rajasthan. The exercise was conducted two days after 40 CRPF personnel killed in a suicide attack in Kashmir’s .

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14. IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS IN SHORT

✓ AP gets separate HC from January 1 Andhra Pradesh got a separate high court which will temporarily function from the Chief Minister’s camp office in Amravati, the new capital of the state till a permanent building for the High Court is being set up at the ‘Justice City’in Amaravati. ✓ U.S., Israel quit UNESCO citing bias The United states of America (USA) and Israel officially quit the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) amid concerns that the organization fosters anti-Israel bias. UNESCO was established in 1945 after the end of world war II to foster peace and it is best known for its World Heritage programs which designates cultural sites and aims to preserve traditions.Both the countries filed the notice to withdraw from the organization in 2017. The United states, one of the founding member of UNESCO has demanded “Fundamental Reform” in the organization. ✓ Govt Releases 6-Crore LPG Connections under PMUY Government gave out the 6-crore free cooking gas (LPG) connection as the scheme to make available cleaner fuel in every household kitchens under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY). Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu handed over papers for an LPG connection to Jasmina Khatoon from Shivpark, Khanpur in New Delhi to mark the 6 crore LPG connections under PMUY Under the scheme, the government provides a subsidy of Rs 1,600 to state-owned fuel retailers for every free LPG gas connection that they give to poor households. ✓ ISRO launches ‘Samwad’ with students to engage them on space science Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched a new platform named “Samwad with Students” (SwS) as part of the enhanced outreach programme and to engage youngsters across India to capture their scientific temperament in Bengaluru. The first SwS event saw interaction of 40 students and 10 teachers from select schools with ISRO Chairman Dr K Sivan during which the students were briefed about Indian space programme and their benefits to the common man at the Anthariksh Bhavan, Bengaluru. The Q&A session that followed saw Dr Sivan engaging students on a series of topics ranging from rockets, satellites, Chandrayaan, Gaganyaan and various space applications. ✓ Hundred percent household electrification achieved in 25 states under SAUBHAGYA scheme: Ministry of Power On December 31, 2018, the Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy Shri RKSingh announced that 25 states have achieved 100 percent household electrification unde Centre’s ‘Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana’ (Saubhagya). The Government with the support of State Power Departments and DISCOMs have already connected about 2.39 Crore households since launch of scheme Only about 10.48 Lakh households are left to be electrified in 4 States viz., Assam, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh. The highest volume of electrification was done in the State of Uttar Pradesh with 74.4 Lakh willing households being electrified in all of its 75 districts. ✓ Andhra tops ACI’s Ease of Doing Business index

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In the latest ranking of Singapore’s Asia Competitiveness Institute’s (ACI), Ease of Doing Business (EDB) index 2018, Andhra Pradesh emerged on top of the 21 states of India that were considered for the ranking,While Maharashtra and Delhi came in second and third place, respectively. ✓ Cyclonic Storm ‘PABUK’ over Andaman Sea & neighbourhood On 5th January 2019, a warning was issued by The India Meteorological Department (IMD) that a Cyclonic storm “PABUK” over Andaman Sea and neighbourhood is moving towards west- northwestwards with a speed of 21 kmph.Cyclone warning for Andaman Islands is “ORANGE MESSAGE”. ✓ Cabinet approved 10 pc quota for economically weaker sections in general category On January 7, 2019, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved 10 % quota in jobs and educational institutions for economically weaker sections in general category. For the implementation of the quota, Articles 15 and 16 of the Constitution will have to be amended. This would be availed by those whose annual income is below Rs 8 lakh and have up to five acres of land. The quota will be over and above the existing 50 per cent reservation. ✓ Union Cabinet cleared the redrafted Citizenship Amendment Bill On January 7, 2019, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi cleared the redrafted Citizenship Amendment Bill thus providing Indian citizenship to non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Focus: • First introduced in Parliament in 2016,the bill seeks to amend the Citizenship Act 1955. • It enables grant of Indian nationality to people from minority communities — Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians— from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan after six years of residence in India instead of 12 even if they don’t possess any proper document. • This would, however, nullify the 1985 Assam Accord under which any foreign national, irrespective of religion, who had entered the state after 1971 should be deported. ✓ Andaman to be First Island to operate seaplanes under UDAN-3 The Ministry of Civil Aviation has approved operations of seaplanes in the Andaman Islands under UDAN-3 (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) making Andaman the first island of India to operate seaplanes. The Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu has approved operations on 13 water aerodrome routes out of five are from Andaman islands which others are from dams in and coastal areas in Kerala. The Islands of Andaman that would be connected through seaplanes are Campbell Bay, Car Nicobar, Havelock, Hutbay, Neil, Long island and Diglipur. ✓ Indian Army and Punjab National Bank (PNB) singed MOU for updated salary packages On January 8, 2019, Indian Army and Punjab National Bank (PNB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Defence Salary Package. ✓ IRCTC tied up with Bharti AXA General insurance company to offer free travel insurance for air travelers On 9th January 2019,IRCTC tied up with Bharti AXA General insurance company to provide free travel insurance to the air travellers. This insurance is applicable to only those who book ticket in the official website of air ticketing irctc,IRCTC Air – air.irctc.co.in. ✓ India’s GDP expected to grow at 7.3% in 2018-19: World Bank

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On 9th January 2019, World Bank projected India’ GDP, expected to grow at 7.3% in the fiscal year 2018- 19, and 7.5% in the following two years. The Bank said India will continue to be the fastest growing major economy in the world. In India, the growth has accelerated, driven by an upswing in consumption, and investment growth has firmed as the effects of temporary factors wane, the World Bank said in its latest report. ✓ 352nd Prakash Utsav of Guru Gobind Singh celebrated on January 13 On January 13, 2019, the 352nd birth anniversary of the 10th Sikh Guru, Guru Govind Singh ji, was celebrated as Prakash utsav at Sahib, in Bihar, the birth place of Guruji. PM released commemorative coin on Sikh Guru Gobind Singh in New Delhi On January 13, 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a commemorative coin of 350 rupees on Guru Govind Singh ji in New Delhi on the eve of 352nd birth anniversary of the 10th Sikh Guru. ✓ DD Science and India Science: 2 National Level initiatives launched by DST and Prasar Bharti in field of Science Communication On January 15, 2019, Union Science & Technology Minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugurated 2 national level initiatives in the field of Science and Communications.These initiatives are the first step in creating a national science channel for the country. ✓ India- bilateral army exercise, IMBEX 2018-19 held in Chandimandir On January 14, 2019, India-Myanmar bilateral army exercise, IMBEX begun at Chandimandir , headquarters of the Western Command in . It is the second edition of the IMBEX EXERCISE. The motive of IMBEX 2018-19 are: .To train the Myanmar delegation for participation in United Nations peace keeping operations under the UN flag. ✓ Indian universities move up in global ranking with 49 institutions On 15th January 2019, the London-based, Times Higher Education (THE) released the Emerging Economies University Rankings 2019 report which shows that India has improved its ranking and secured a higher position with 49 institutions making it to the list. According to this year’s report 25 Indian institutions figure in the top 200 institutes, a rise from 17 last year. The report stated that the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangaluru retains the highest spot for India (14th), followed by the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (27th). Last year India had 42 institutions in the overall list. ✓ Mukesh Ambani in Top Global Thinkers List of Foreign Policy Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries, Mukesh Ambani who is also the Richest Indian, has been featured in the Top “Global Thinkers 2019”ranking released by the prestigious Foreign Policy publishing. ✓ Arunachal govt declares Pakke Paga Hornbill Festival as ‘state festival’ On 20th January 2019, Chief Minister, Pema Khandu declared Pakke Paga Hornbill Festival (PPHF) as the “State Festival” during a valedictory ceremony of the fourth edition of the festival at Seijosa in East Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh. ✓ 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas Convention held in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh On 21st January 2019, the celebration of 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas was commenced in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Prime Minister of Mauritius, Mr. Pravind Jugnauth was the chief Guest of Convention. The theme of this year’s Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas (PBD) convention was “Role of Indian Diaspora in building New India”.

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✓ Prime Minister launches Pravasi Teerth Darshan Yojana On 22nd January 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Pravasi Teerth Darshan Yojana in New Delhi. Under this scheme a group of Indian origin currently in different nations will be taken to all religious places in India twice a year. Focus i. Eligibility criteria for the scheme is the person should be Indian origin and aged between 45 to 65. The group will be selected out of them with first preference given to people from ‘Girmitiya Countries’ such as Mauritius, Fiji, Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica. ii. First batch with 40 members are at Pravasi Bharatiya Divas and will begin their tour from there. iii. Religious places of all major religious in India are included in the scheme and Government will bear all the expenses including the airfare from their country of residence. ✓ Nari-Shakti’ is the Oxford Dictionaries Hindi Word of the year for 2018 On 26th January 2019, the Oxford Dictionaries announced that the word ‘Nari Shakti’ which is derived from has been chosen as the Hindi Word of the year for 2018. ✓ Train 18 named Vande Bharat Express: Piyush Goyal On 27th January 2019, Union Minister of Railways, Piyush Goyal announced that Train 18 which is India’s first indigenously developed engineless semi high speed train has been named as Vande Bharat Express. ✓ Civil aviation ministry launched Country’s first GI store in Goa On January 29, 2019,Civil Aviation minister Suresh Pabhu launched the country’s first Geographical Indication (GI) store at Dabolim International Airport in Goa. The GI stores will promote local products made by the artisans and handicrafts at the airport . ii. The store is set up by Airports Authority of India in partnership with The Cashew Export Promotional Council of India.The Plan of implementing 101 more stores are in cards,which may extend to 201 stores in near future. ✓ World Economic Forum Annual Meeting held in Davos From 22nd January 2019, the flagship event of World Economic Forum, The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting-2019 was held in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. The theme of the event was “Globalization 4.0: Shaping a Global Architecture in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution”. The event concluded on 25th January 2019. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its World Economic Outlook Update in Davos, Switzerland. The report stated that India’s gross domestic product (GDP) is poised to grow by 7.5% in the 2019-20 fiscal and 7.7% in 2020-2021. ✓ Dubai Airport retains top position as world’s Busiest Airport On 28th January 2019,Dubai International (DXB) airport became the world’s busiest airport for international passengers for the fifth consecutive year in 2018. ✓ K J Alphons Inaugurated first Swadesh Darshan Project in Sikkim On 28th January 2019, Union Tourism Minister K J Alphons Inaugurated first Swadesh Darshan Project in Sikkim. It was inaugurated in the presence of Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation for Sikkim Ugen T Gyatso in Zero Point, , Sikkim. ✓ Pakistan Appoints Its First Ever Female Hindu Civil Judge On January 29, 2019,Suman Kumari became the first Hindu woman to be appointed as a civil judge in Pakistan after passing an examination for induction of judicial officers. .

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The first judge from the Hindu community was Justice Rana Bhagwandas,who served in pakistan from 2005-2007. ✓ ISRO launched Human Space Flight Centre in Bengaluru On 30th January 2019, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched the Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC) which will act as the hub of ISRO’s future manned missions at the headquarters of ISRO in Bengaluru, Karnataka. India’s first manned mission was announced on 15th August 2018 and it is set to happen by 2022 which is going to be the 75th year of Independence. Former ISRO chairman K. Kasturirangan unveiled the full scale model of Gaganyaan’s crew module in the presence of ISRO’s chairman K. Sivan. ✓ Kala ghoda festival 2019 was held in Mumbai On 2nd February 2019, the Kala ghoda festival-KAGF, India’s largest multi-cultural street festival begins in Mumbai to celebrate it’s 20 years of art and culture through cinema, theatre, dance, literature and sculpture. ✓ World heritage centre to be set up at Mayapur in West Bengal International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) has decided to set up a “World Heritage Centre” housing “spiritual camps” of 45 countries, at its headquarter, Mayapur in Nadia district of West Bengal. The camp of each country would reflect its culture, dress, lifestyle, food and ambiance. ✓ Words Count Festival 2019 was held in Pune On February 4, 2019, second edition of World Count festival 2019 was held in Pune, Maharashtra, with an aim to bring together speakers from several socio-political spheres and share their insights on various issues. ✓ India’s 40th Communication Satellite, GSAT-31 has been successfully launched from French Guiana On 6th February 2019, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched its 40th communication satellite “GSAT-31” from French Guiana by Arianespace launch vehicle. It will replace the InSAT satellite. ✓ Boori Boot Yollo festival celebrated Nyishi tribe in Arunachal Pradesh Nyishi tribe celebrated ’52nd Boori Boot Yollo festival’ with great enthusiasm to welcome spring and a successful harvest.It is celebrated in the month of feb. Nyishi is the largest community in Arunachal Pradesh,found in Daporijo, Upper Subansiri Locale and Raga and Dollungmukh ranges of Lower Subansiri Region of Arunachal Pradesh. ✓ Hindi becomes the third high court language in Abu Dhabi Hindi is included as the third official language in the Abu Dhabi court system with a motive to improve access to justice for foreign workers . Authorities have created bilingual language guides to explain complex legal terms in an effort to help people understand court process. The other two official languages are Arabic and English. ✓ Facebook acquires GrokStyle virtual search start-up to boost AI capabilities In an attempt to enable users shop better using Artificial Intelligence(AI) capabilities, Facebook has acquired US-based virtual search start-up, GrokStyle, at an undisclosed amount. GrokStyle was founded in 2015 and is based in San Francisco, USA. ✓ Meghalaya government to rename Dikki Bandi stadium after P A Sangma On February 9,2019,The Meghalaya Cabinet decided to rename the Dikki Bandi stadium in Tura town after former Speaker Purno A Sangma.

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Purno Agitok Sangma served as the Chief Minister of Meghalaya from 1988 to 1990.Conrad K Sangma and James K Sangma are sons of Purno A Sangma. ✓ `Exercise Rahat´ concluded in Jaipur on 12th February On 12th February 2019, Joint Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Exercise `Exercise Rahat´ concluded in Jaipur, Rajasthan. It was demonstrated in Jaipur, Kota and Alwar in Rajasthan. Indian Army was represented by Jaipur based Sapta Shakti Command. Representatives from Armed Forces, National Disaster Management Response Mechanism (NDMRM), SDMA Rajasthan and DLMAs participated in the exercise. With a view to cooperate efforts for humanitarian assistance and Disaster Relief operations NDMA coordinated the exercise. ✓ Nation’s first Aqua Mega Food Park commissioned in AP by Harsimrat Kaur Godavari Mega Aqua Food Park, first aqua mega food park was commissioned by Secretary of Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), Pushpa Subrahmanyam on behalf of Food Processing Industries Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal via video conferencing in of ,Andhra Pradesh. The park is set up on 57.81 acre of land and the facilities at its Central Processing Centre (CPC) includes pre-processing line, freezing and cold storage of fish and shrimp, an ice plant and food testing laboratory.. ✓ 13th edition of International Oil & Gas Conference & Exhibition ‘PETROTECH-2019’ held in New Delhi The 13th edition of PETROTECH-2019 was held at India Expo Mart in Greater Noida,National Capital Region,New Delhi from 10th to 12th February 2019. It was organised by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (ONGC) in association with the Federation of Indian Petroleum Industries under the aegis of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. The theme of PROTECH-2019 was “Shaping the New Energy World through Innovation & Collaboration”. ✓ $40 million loan agreement signed between Centre, and World Bank for Shimla water supply A loan agreement of $40 million (4 crore INR) was signed between the Government of India, Government of Himachal Pradesh and World Bank, for bringing clean and reliable drinking water to the citizens of Greater Shimla area, who have been facing severe shortages of water and water-borne epidemics in the last few years. Shimla Water Supply and Sewerage Service Delivery Reform Programmatic Development Policy Loan 1 is expected to improve Water Supply & Sanitation (WSS) services in and around Shimla. ✓ to host Attukal Pongala festival, world’s largest religious congregation of women Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala shall host the AttaukalPonkala festival-one of the largest religious gathering of women on a single day. The festival involves preparation of ‘Pongala’- a mixture of , jaggery and scraped coconut cooked in fresh earthen or metal pots,by lakhs of women, in order to worship the presiding deity of Attukal Bhagavathy temple. ✓ Tele-law mobile app, Nyaya Bandhu launched by Department of Justice On 19th February 2019, a tele-law mobile application ‘Nyaya Bandhu’ was launched by the Union Minister for Law and Justice and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad.

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✓ Union Minister of State Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti inaugurated first Mega Food Park of Tripura Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries,Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti,inaugurated Tripura’s first mega food park named Sikaria Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd at Village Tulakona in . ✓ National War Memorial to the nation dedicated to the nation by PM Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation the National War Memorial(NWM) near India Gate in New Delhi which commemorates the soldiers who participated and made the supreme sacrifice in Peacekeeping Missions and Counter Insurgency Operations. The complex includes a central obelisk, an eternal flame and six bronze murals depicting famous battles fought by Indian Army, Indian Air Force and Indian Navy. Busts of the 21 awardees of Param Veer Chakra have been installed at Param Yoddha Sthal. ✓ Piyush Goyal initiated Rail Drishti Dashboard for passengers to promote transparency Union Minister Piyush Goyal launched Rail Drishti Dashboard, an online portal containing information related to passenger and freight trains and links to live feeds of IRCTC kitchens.It has been developed by the Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS). The URL of the dashboard is raildrishti.cris.org.in and it is very well optimized and user friendly so that those in remote villages can also access and know everything about railways. It can be accessed using desktop/laptop or a mobile device such as phone or tablet. ✓ Southern Coast Railway: Piyush Goyal Announces New Railway Zone For Andhra Pradesh Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal announced a new railway zone for Andhra Pradesh, that is the Southern Coast Railway and it will be headquartered in . it will be the 18th zone in the country. The new zone will comprise the existing Guntakal, and divisions that currently fall under the South Central Railway. The cost of creating infrastructure for a new zone is around Rs. 205 crore. ✓ Commemorative notes to be released to mark Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary On 27th February 2019, a UAE based company will release 12 bank notes of zero value which is the first ever limited edition commemorative series to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. ✓ Mukesh Ambani becomes first Indian to join top 10 richest list of Hurun Research Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani became the first Indian and the only Asian to enter the Global top 10 richest billionaire list compiled by Hurun Research, China after a USD 9 billion or 20% surge in his wealth to USD 54 billion. India is at 5th spot with 104 billionaires. Last year, the country had added 32 billionaires, but this year it lost 28. Mumbai and New Delhi are the billionaire capitals of the country. ✓ Prayagraj Kumbha Mela 2019 makes it to the Guinness World Records Prayagraj Kumbh Mela 2019 organised from 15th January 2019- 4th March 2019 in Prayagraj (formerly Allahabad), Uttar Pradesh has made it to the Guinness World Records in three sectors. These sectors are: • The largest traffic and crowd management plan. • The biggest painting exercise of public sites under “Paint My City” scheme. • The biggest sanitation and waste disposal mechanism. ✓ Piyush Goyal dedicated NTPL’s 1,000-MW thermal power project to the country Coal Minister Piyush Goyal dedicated to the nation a 1,000-megawatt (MW) thermal power project of Neyveli Tamil Nadu Power Ltd (NTPL) at Thoothukudi and a 150-MW solar power projects of Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Limited (NLCIL) at Ramanathapuram and districts in Tamil Nadu.

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✓ Malaysia joined the International Criminal Court Malaysia became a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the world’s only permanent war crimes court which aims to prosecute the worst abuses when national courts are unable or unwilling. Malaysia is the 124th member of the court since its establishment in 2002. ✓ A series of visually impaired friendly Re 1, Rs 2, Rs 5, Rs 10, Rs 20 coins unveiled by PM Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the new series of visually impaired friendly coins of in the denominations of Re 1, Rs 2, Rs 5, Rs 10 and Rs 20 at an event held in New Delhi where visually impaired children were specially invited. All the new series coins will be issued for circulation only through the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in terms of the RBI Act. The exact date of issuance of new series coins is yet to be announced. ✓ Saudi Arabia became the world’s largest importer of weapons, the position held by India for a decade: SIPRI India lost its position as the world’s largest importer of weapons, which it held for over a decade, with Saudi Arabia topping the global share of arms imports between 2014 and 2018, as per the data published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri), the leading Stockholm-based think tank that measures weapons imports over five-year periods. ✓ India provides financial support of USD 250 million to Nepal for reconstruction of infrastructures after earthquake India has provided a financial support worth USD 250 million to Nepal, to reconstruct infrastructure in fields of housing, education, health and cultural heritage, which had been ruined by the earthquake that took place on April 2015. ✓ Brazil hosted first BRICS Sherpa Meeting On 15th March 2019, the first BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Sherpa meeting held in Curitiba, Brazil under the Presidency of Brazil. Indian delegation was led by Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs T S Tirumurti. ✓ Kazakhstan renames its capital Astana as Nursultan after ex-president On 20th March 2019,Kazakhstan has renamed its capital as Nursultan from its previous name Astana in order to recognize its outgoing leader Nursultan Nazarbayev(78), who has served nearly 30 years as president of Kazakhstan. The name was changed after Kassym-Jomart Tokayev sworn in as president of Kazakhstan.The new president will serve till April 2020. ✓ India becomes the 4th country to conduct A-SAT missile test “Mission Shakti” successfully On 27 March 2019, India has proved its capability of defending its outer space assets after Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has conducted a successful Anti-Satellite (ASAT) missile test “Mission Shakti” from the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island (earlier, Wheeler island) in Odisha. It took just 3 minute.This is India’s first successful Anti-Satellite (ASAT) missile test. The target was hit by the DRDO developed Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) Interceptor Missile, in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) in a “Hit to Kill” mode at a height of 300 km from the earth’s surface. The satellite used as target in the mission was one of India’s existing satellites. Mission Shakti is a joint programme of DRDO and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). There are many countries which have A-SAT capability but it has been demonstrated by only 4 countries: United States, Russia, China and India. ✓ South Korea unveils 5G networks early to secure world first South Korea has unveiled the world’s first nationwide 5G mobile networks. This has made South Korea to be the first providers of the super-fast wireless technology. ✓ NITI Aayog & Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) ensures success of the FAME II Scheme Under the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles II (FAME II) scheme, the NITI Aayog and Rocky

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Mountain Institute (RMI) have released a report titled ‘India’s Electric Mobility Transformation: Progress to Date and Future Opportunities’. The report is based on opportunities for the automobile sector and government. ✓ Around 5000 Konyak women dance to set a Guinness World Record at Mon, On 8th April 2019, in the programme organized at Mon (Nagaland) during the Aoleang Monyu festival (usually held between 1st April to 3rd April every year) around 5000 Konyak Naga women in their traditional attire attempted to set a Guinness World Record for the ‘Largest Traditional Konyak Dance’. ✓ Guwahati Railway station becomes the first to get ISO certification in India The Guwahati Railway Station has become the first ever railway station in the Indian Railways to get an ISO (International Organisation for Standardisation) certification from the National Green Tribunal (NGT). ✓ London becomes first city to implement 24×7 pollution charge zone On 8th April, 2019, London became the first city in the world to implement a Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) for 24×7 hours a week, inside which vehicles will have to meet tough emissions standards. This zone aims to reduce toxic air pollution and protect public health. ✓ Between 2010-’19, India’s population grew at 1.2% average annual rate: UN report According to the United Nations Population Fund, India’s population grew to 1.36 billion at an average annual rate of 1.2% between 2010 and 2019 which stands more than double the annual growth rate of China. ✓ India to be Guest of Honour Country at Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF) 2019 On 12th April 2019, UAE selected India as the Guest of Honour country at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, ADIBF 2019, to attract a significant increase in the number of visitors with various events and activities. ✓ Union Territories and Twenty states join pan-India Single Emergency helpline Number ‘112’ On 19th April 2019, To get immediate assistance to the people who are in trouble, Union territories and Twenty states have joined in a pan-India network of single emergency helpline number ‘112’, which is implemented by central government’s Nirbhaya Fund( 2012 Delhi gangrape case). Police (100), women(1090) and fire(101) helpline numbers are amalgamated in this and is similar to ‘911’ in the US. Kerala, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Nagaland, Gujarat, Telangana, Lakshadweep, Andaman, and Nicobar Islands, and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Jammu and Kashmir are the joined states and UTs. ✓ Indonesia releases Ramayana stamp On 23 April 2019, Indonesia released a special stamp on the theme of Ramayana at the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between India and Indonesia event in the presence of India’ Ambassador Pradeep Kumar Rawat and Indonesia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abdurrahman Mohammad Fachir. ✓ First Global Conference on Synergies between the 2030 Agenda and Paris Agreement in Copenhagen, Denmark The first global multi-stakeholder conference on synergies is summoned by (UN DESA) the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the (UN FCCC) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Changebetween the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on climate change, was held in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Climate. ✓ India retains top spot with largest remittances globally, amounting to $79 in 2018: World Bank According to World Bank’s Migration and Development Brief; with the Indian diaspora sending 79$ billion back to their home country, India retained its position as the world’s top recipient of remittances in 2018.

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15. Important Banking News

➢ Bharti AXA Life uses WhatsApp to deliver policy, renewal premium On 02nd January 2019, private sector insurer Bharti AXA Life Insurance started delivering policies and renewal premium receipt to customers via instant messaging platform WhatsApp as a part of its alternative service option to the policy holders. Bharti AXA Life Insurance, a joint venture between Bharti Enterprises and French Insurance major AXA is one of the first few insurers to provide the option of policy contract, renewal premium receipts and claim intimation through whatsapp. The Policy contract will be available for download shortly after its issuance. ➢ Bancassurance pact was signed between Syndicate Bank and SBI Life Insurance On January 2, 2019, Syndicate Bank and SBI Life Insurance signed a bancassurance pact aiming to offer a comprehensive financial planning solution to its customers. Through the pact, Syndicate Bank will provide penetration in the market with its 3,000 branches and SBI Life’s diverse range of protection, wealth creation and savings insurance products will be brought to the table to the customers. ➢ HDFC MF surpassed ICICI Prudential MF to become largest AMC in India: AMFI On January 3, 2019, as per the latest data of Association of Mutual funds in India (AMFI), HDFC Mutual Fund has surpassed ICICI Prudential MF to become the country’s largest asset management company (AMC) after a gap of over two years. ➢ Government amalgamated three Regional Rural Banks-Punjab Gramin Bank, Malwa Gramin Bank and Sutlej Gramin Bank into a single Bank With the effect from 1st January 2019, the three Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) – Punjab Gramin Bank, Malwa Gramin Bank and Sutlej Gramin Bank has been amalgamated into a single RRB by the Government. After consulting the sponsor banks of the three RRBs, the central government felt that in the interest of the banks and the areas served by them, they should be amalgamated into a single RRB. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), the Government of Punjab, Punjab National Bank, State Bank of India and Punjab and Sind Bank are the sponsor banks of the said RRBs. ➢ IRDAI slapped a penalty of Rs 5 lakh on United India Insurance Co for violating motor settlement norms On January 4, 2019, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) slapped a penalty of Rs 5 lakh on United India Insurance Co for violating norms regarding settlement of motor claims. The insurer also violated file and use guidelines issued by the Authority. ➢ Launches Current Account with Unique Auto-Sweep Facility On 8th January 2019, the private sector Jana Small Finance Bank has launched a new Current Account with Auto-Sweep facility that will enable bank’s existing and potential new customers to auto sweep-in and sweep-out the idle funds in the current account to Sweep Fixed Deposit and earn high interest. ➢ Sri Lanka’s Gets USD 400 Million Swap From RBI On January 9, 2019,the Reserve bank of India has agreed to disburse Sri lanka’s

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loan amount of USD 400 million to boost the nation’s reserve.RBI has agreed to issue the fund under the SAARC(South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) SWAP facility system.It is also said that another request of currency SWAP USD 1 billion is under process . ➢ Iran’s Pasargad Bank received RBI’s nod to open its branch in Mumbai On January 8, 2019, the Union Road Minister , on successful meeting with Iran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif, announced that Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved Iran’s Pasargad Bank to open branches in Mumbai for easing trade related transactions. ➢ Rs 3 crore penalty slapped on Citibank India for non-compliance of criteria for directors: RBI On January 11, 2019, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), under the relevant provisions of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, imposed a penalty of Rs 3 crore on Citibank India for non-compliance in criteria for directors of the bank. ➢ IDFC Bank re-named IDFC First Bank: Registrar of Companies, Chennai On January 13, 2019, private sector lender IDFC Bank changed its name to IDFC First Bank Ltd owing to the merge of the bank with Non-Banking Finance Company (NBFC) Capital First on December 2018. The change was effective from January 12, 2019 by virtue of ‘Certificate of Incorporation pursuant to change of name‘ issued by the Registrar of Companies, Chennai. The board of IDFC Bank also approved the appointment of V Vaidyanathan, founder and chairman of Capital First Ltd, as managing director and chief executive officer of the merged entity. . ➢ RBI fined Bank of Maharashtra with 1 Crore On January 16, 2019,Reserve Bank of India (RBI),imposed a Rs 1-crore penalty on state-owned Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) for non-compliance of Know Your Customer (KYC)guidelines and fraud- classification norms. The penalty has been imposed on failure of the bank to follow the rules and regulation issued by the RBI. In the year 2018, the RBI had imposed a penalty of Rs 1 crore on BoM on account of delay on the part of the bank to detect and report fraud in accounts. ➢ GDP growth likely to be tad higher at 7.5% in FY20: India Ratings and Research On 17th January 2019, a Fitch group company India ratings and research estimated that India’s GDP growth to be a “tad higher” at 7.5% in financial year 2019-20. Earlier it was 7.2% during fiscal year 2018-19. The economy seen a growth rate of 7.2% in the current financial year against 6.7% in the previous year estimated by Central Statistics Office (CSO). ii. According to India Ratings investments are slow but steady gaining traction with gross fixed capital formation growing 12.2% in FY19 and projected to grow at 10.3% in FY20. ➢ HDFC Standard Life Insurance renamed to HDFC Life Insurance On January 16, 2019, HDFC Standard Life Insurance renamed itself to HDFC Life Insurance. ➢ Nepal ‘s Central bank announces to ban the use of Indian rupee notes above 100 Nepal’s central bank has banned the use of Indian currency notes of Rs 2,000, Rs 500 and Rs 200 denominations, a move that could affect Indian tourists visiting the Himalayan nation where Indian currency is widely used. The decision to ban notes has come up with Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s decision that Indian denominations of Rs.200, 500 and 2,000 cannot be carried and used for trading.The notes with a

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denomination of Rs.100 and below are freely exchangeable in Nepal and there is no ban lifted on it. With the implementation of this new rule, Nepali citizens cannot carry these denominations to other countries except India and Nepali people are also not allowed to bring in such notes from other countries. ➢ Bihar State GDP Growth outshines nation’s growth: CRISIL As per a report published by CRISIL (Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited), Bihar has been ranked the Top State in terms of Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) by clocking a growth rate of 11.3 per cent in financial year 2017-2018. Focus i. Andhra Pradesh has been ranked at second spot with GSDP growth rate 11.2 per cent whereas Gujarat has been ranked at third spot with GSDP growth rate of 11.1 per cent. ii. Bihar was ranked at 8th spot with GSDP growth rate of 9.9 per cent in 2017. iii. Madhya Pradesh which was the top state in 2017 with GSDP growth rate of 14 per cent has lost its top spot with a growth rate of 7.3 per cent in 2018. ➢ Indian economy may grow 7.4% in FY19, 7.6% in FY20: UN report On 23rd January 2019, the United Nations released the World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) report which projected India’s gross domestic product (GDP) to grow at 7.4 per cent during 2018-19 and improve to 7.6 per cent in the next fiscal. Besides the report projected that the gross domestic product (GDP) of India in 2020-21 will grow at 7.4 per cent. The robust private consumption, a more expansionary fiscal stance and benefits from previous reforms are the major pulling forces for India’s Economic growth. ➢ FDI grew 18% in FY18 to Rs. 28.25 lakh crore: RBI data On 28th January 2019, Reserve Bank of India released a data on “Census on Foreign Liabilities and Assets of Indian Direct Investment Companies, 2017-18”which shows that the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has been increased by 18 per cent to Rs. 28.25 lakh crore.

➢ Ujjivan Small Finance Bank launches Kisan Suvidha loan product for small and marginal farmers On 30th January 2019, ‘Kisan Suvidha loan’ for small and marginal farmers launched by Ujjivan Small Finance Bank. The scheme will attempt to reach the bottom of the pyramid with products and services. Kisan Suvidha loan can be used by farmers for both agriculture and allied activities. The product is specially designed to cater to the needs of customers for various allied and agricultural activities. Ujjivan Small Finance Bank launched the product in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Karnataka and Odisha with an eye to expand the product offerings. It provides loans to individuals with an amount ranging from Rs. 60000 to Rs. 2 Lakh to fulfill the customized needs of the mass market segment. ➢ Asian Development Bank acquires 14% stake in Annapurna Finance On February 3,2019,The Asian Development Bank (ADB) bought 14% stake in micro-financier Annapurna Finance. ADB Bank bought this stake with a motive of attracting long -term funds from global lenders and investors. ADB’s investment increased Annapurna Finance’s net worth by 580 crores. ADB’s investment is considered to be the second equity investment following Oman India Joint Investment Fund (OIJIF) Rs 155-crore investment.

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➢ RBI Penalised a total of Rs.5.2 Crore on Axis Bank, UCO Bank and Syndicate Bank for violation of norms On 5th February 2019,Axis Bank, UCO Bank and Syndicate Bank are Penalised with a total of Rs.5.2 Crore by RBI for violating the guidelines in regulatory compliance.The Segregation of the Penalised amount are as follows: Axis Bank and UCO Bank has been imposed with a Penalty of Rs.2 Crore each for their not commiting with the norms related to payment through cheques. Further Axis Bank has also imposed a Penalty of 20 Lakhs for the detection and impounding of counterfeit notes. Syndicate Bank is imposed with a Penalty of Rs.1 Crore for contradicting the norms in Checking norms and Risk Management. ➢ Government forecasted 7.5 per cent GDP growth in FY20 On 5th February 2019, the Economic Affairs Secretary, Subhash Chandra Garg said that the finance ministry is expecting the GDP growth to reach 7.5 per cent in 2019-20 from 7.2 per cent projected for the current fiscal. ➢ Fino Payments Bank and Suryoday Small Finance Bank come together to offer sweep account facility Fino Payments Bank (FPB) has joined hands with Suryoday Small Finance Bank in order to initiate sweep account facility. As per Reserve Bank of India, Payments banks can only take deposits upto ₹ 1 lakhs but this partnership will allow customer to seamlessly transfer the excess amount from their Fino payment bank (FPB) account to Suryoday Small Finance bank (SSFB) account. The Customer who wants to use Sweep Account Facility needs to activate the facility by FPB’s Mobile App or by visiting FPB’s branch. ➢ 6th Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Released By Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) On 7th February 2019,Reserve Bank of India(RBI)’s six-member monetary policy committee chaired by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das released its 6th Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy.This is the First Bi-Monthly Policy for Shaktikanta Das after he took charge as the RBI Governor. RBI had reduced 0.25 basis points in the Policy Rates with immediate effect.The Change in Policy rates are as follows: Policy Rates 6th Bi-Monthly Monetary 5th Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy(Feb 2019) Policy(Dec 2018) Repo Rate 6.25% 6.50% Reverse Repo Rate 6.00% 6.25% Marginal Standing Facility Rate 6.50% 6.75% Bank Rate 6.50% 6.75% Reserve Ratios 6th Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy(Feb 5th Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy(Dec 2019) 2018) Cash Reserve Ratio(CRR) 4% 4% Statutory Liquidity Ratio(SLR) 19.25% 19.5%

➢ RBI penalized Rs 1 crore on State Bank of India Reserve Bank of India has slapped Rs 1 crore penalty on SBI for not monitoring the end use of funds in respect of one of its borrowers. RBI levied fine on State Bank of India,by exercising its powers under Section 47 A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 . ➢ Asian Development Bank raised $100 million in international market On 8th February 2019, The Asian Development Bank raised $100 million from peso-linked bonds in the international market. It was their maiden issue of Philippine peso. The move will help to reduce foreign exchange risk for ADB’s borrowers and support its growing local

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currency lending operations in Philippines. J P Morgan was the sole lead manager and bonds were fully placed with institutional investors in Asia, Europe and the Americas. Earlier in 2005 and 2007 ADB issued bond in the Philippine domestic capital market but it was the first time to mobilize Philippine peso funding from international investors through a currency linked structure. ➢ RBI slaps Rs 1.5 crore fine on for fraud reporting delay On Feb. 8 2019, Allahabad Bank said the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs 1.5 crore on them for not monitoring end use of funds, delay in classification and reporting of fraud and non- adherence with RBI guidelines during restructuring of accounts in respect of one of its borrowers. ➢ IRDAI imposes Rs 9 lakh fine on United India Insurance Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority has imposed a fine of Rs nine lakh on state-owned United India Insurance. Insurance regulator IRDAI,imposed a sum of 5 lakh imposed for violation of regulations such as assigning of surveyors and submitting reports,insurer offering a settlement to the insured as well as paying the claim to the insured. The balance 4 lakh – 1 lakh each was for violations of circular and guidelines on rates and discounts an insurer can offer . ➢ RBI imposes penalties on Various Banks for violating various norms The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has penalised various banks for not complying with various norms of RBI. HDFC Bank, Kotak Mahindra Band and IDBI Bank were fined Rs 2 million each for non-compliance with respect to Know Your Customer (KYC) norms and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) standards. Allahabad Bank, , and Bank of Maharashtra were penalised for not following directions set by RBI on monitoring end use of funds, exchange of information with other banks, classification and reporting of frauds and restructuring of accounts. The penalty was Rs 10 million for Andhra Bank and Rs 15 million each for others.Bank of Baroda and has imposed a penalty of Rs 1 crore each for violating various banking norms. ➢ Amazon launched ‘ UPI’ in collaboration with Axis Bank for Indian android users On 14th February 2019, Amazon in partnership with Axis Bank launched ‘Amazon Pay Unified Payment Interface (UPI)’ to facilitate secure payments and financial transactions on its platform. Amazon Pay UPI will be exclusively for Android users, where every customer will be able to use their Amazon Pay UPI ID to shop on Amazon.in, make payments including recharges and bill payments without entering bank credentials. Transactions held on Amazon is secured through mobile verification as well as with UPI pin. Customers can link their bank account with UPI pin. ➢ J P Morgan became First US Bank with Cryptocurrency On 14th February 2019, JP Morgan rolled out as the first US bank with cryptocurrency. The change in opinion of JP Morgan is the first step in the program of making it more competitive. The currency is designed to be decentralized so that no one has control over transactions being sent over the network. ➢ A Penalty of Rs 3.5 crore imposed on PNB, OBC and Bank of India by RBI On 14th February 2019, The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed monetary penalty on three Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) banks due to deficiencies in regulatory compliance with the directions issued by RBI on monitoring end use of funds, information exchange with other banks and on restructuring of accounts. Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) - Rs 1.5 crore, Punjab National Bank (PNB)- Rs 1 crore, Bank of India- Rs 1 crore. ➢ RBI approved transfer of Rs 28,000 crore as interim dividend to the Government of India The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decided to transfer Rs. 28,000 crore as interim dividend to the Government of India in the current Financial Year (FY) 2018-19, in order to enable the Centre to meet its revised fiscal deficit target of 3.4% of the GDP for FY19.Now, GoI have Rs 68,000 crore as dividend for the 2018-19 fiscal, as Rs 40,000 crore dividend was transferred to govt in August 2018.

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➢ A deal of USD 1.5 billion signed by IOC to buy US crude oil Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), has signed its very first annual deal to buy U.S. crude oil, paying USD 1.5 billion for 60,000 barrels a day beginning April 2019 to March 2020 to diversify its crude sources. ➢ Capital Infusion of Rs. 48,239 Crore into 12 State-Run Banks On 19th February 2019, the Finance Ministry announced a capital infusion of Rs 48,239 crore in 12 public sector banks (PSBs). This has been done to enable them to meet their regulatory capital requirements and to increase the availability of credit for stronger lenders. The largest beneficiaries of this infusion are: i) Corporation Bank- Rs. 9086 crores ii) Allahabad Bank- Rs. 6896 crores iii) Bank of India- Rs. 4,638 crores iv) Bank of Maharashtra- Rs. 205 crores v) Punjab National Bank- Rs. 5,908 crores vi) Union Bank of India- Rs. 4,112 crores vii) Andhra Bank- Rs. 3,256 crores viii) Syndicate Bank- Rs. 1,603 crores ix) , United Bank, UCO Bank and Indian Overseas Bank- Rs. 12,535 crores This infusion takes the total government infusion to Rs 1,00,958 crore out of the total of Rs 1.06-lakh crore capitalisation programme of PSBs for this financial year. The remaining Rs. 5,000 crore capital infusion would be used as buffer for any financial uncertainty or as a growth capital for the merger of BoB (Bank of Baroda), Dena Bank, Vijaya Bank. ➢ Zimbabwe Starts Trading New Currency RTGS dollar On 20th February 2019, Zimbabwe’s central bank announced the discontinuation of its official currency, quasi- currency bond note officially pegged at parity with the U.S. dollar and launched a new currency called RTGS dollars, to resolve a long-term monetary crisis. ➢ RBI formalised USD 75-billion swap pact with Bank of Japan The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)and the Bank of Japan formalised the USD 75- billion swap agreement, which would act as a cushion against any sharp swings in the local currency whenever the international financial markets turn volatile. i. It will enable the availability of USD 75-billion in foreign capital for use as and when the need arises, bringing greater stability to the foreign exchange and capital markets in India and serve as a second line of defence as India has about USD 398 billion foreign exchange reserves to cushion sudden dollar outflows. ➢ Corporation bank, Allahabad Bank and are out of PCA framework On 26th February 2019, the Board for Financial Supervision (BFS) of the Reserve Bank of India has removed 2 public sector banks- Corporation Bank and Allahabad Bank and 1 private sector bank – Dhanlaxmi Bank from PCA (Prompt Corrective Action) framework. According to BFS, Allahabad Bank and Corporation Bank had received Rs 6,896 crore and Rs 9,086 crore respectively which led to increase in their capital funds and also increased their loan loss provision. According to RBI, Dhanlaxmi bank was found to be not breaching any of the risk threshold of the PCA Framework, hence was removed out of the PCA Framework. ➢ RBI will infuse Rs. 37,500 Crore into the system through OMO On 26th February 2019, The Reserve Bank of India announced that in order to increase liquidity, it will infuse Rs. 37,500 crore into the system through purchase of government securities under Open Market Operations (OMOs) in February. The infusion will be made through three auctions of Rs 125 billion each during the 2nd, 3rd and 4th week. The aggregate amount will be Rs 375 billion.

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➢ Cabinet approvedRs.1450 crore for share capital of RBI in NHB Cabinet approved Rs.1450crfor the share capital of RBI in (NHB), which operate as the principal agency to promote housing finance institutions in India. The decision is the resultant of the amendments made to the NHB Act, 1987 in 2018. ➢ Moody has projected Indian economy growth at 7.3% for 2019-20 According to the US-based rating agency – Moody’s quarterly Global Macro Outlook which was released on 1st March, 2019, Indian economy is expected to grow at 7.3 per cent in 2019 and 2020. ➢ India Growth rate falls to 6.6% in Q3 On 28th February, 2019, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) has estimated the India’s economy to have slowed to 6.6% in the December quarter (Q3) from 7% in the previous (July-September) quarter which is slowest in five quarters. ➢ RBI constituted a panel under Usha Thorat on Offshore Rupee markets On 28th February, 2019, Reserve Bank of India has constituted a task force which will be headed by its former deputy governor, Usha Thorat to examine issues related to offshore rupee markets and recommend policy measures. The 8-member task force will aim to ensure stability of the external value of the domestic currency. The motive behind this is to develop deep and liquid on-shore financial markets that will act as a price setter of the Rupee globally. ➢ RBI slaps penalty of Rs. 11 crores on five banks for non-strengthening of ‘SWIFT’ related controls A penalty of the following amount has been imposed by the Reserve Bank of India on 4 PSU banks and 1 private sector bank: • Union Bank– Rs. 3 crores • Dena Bank– Rs. 2 crores • IDBI Bank– Rs. 1crore • Karnataka Bank– Rs. 4 crores The penalty has been imposed for the delay caused in following the guidelines mentioned in ‘Time bound implementation and strengthening of SWIFT related controls’ issued by the Reserve Bank of India on 20th February 2018. State Bank of India- Rs. 1 crore for delaying the implementation of the daily reconciliation of Swift transaction logs with effect from February 20, 2018 at 226 “low intensity branches” of the bank. ➢ India’s Unemployment Rate shot up to 7.2% in Feb’19: CMIE The unemployment rate in India rose to 7.2% in February 2019, the highest since September 2016, and up from 5.9% in February 2018, according to data compiled by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE). The number of employed persons in India was estimated at 400 million in February 2019 compared with 406 million last year. ➢ Bank of Baroda becomes the first PSBs to launch creche/day-care facility for employees’ children Bank of Baroda has become one of the first public sector banks to launch a crèche/child day-care facility for children of its employees. i.The day-care facility has been launched at its Mumbai corporate office in Bandra Kurla Complex and is being mulled further on being implemented at the head office in , Gujarat. ii. The bank will bear 60% of the cost incurred every month and rest 40% will be borne by the parents. iii. The bank has tied up with Klay Prep Schools and Daycare for launching this facility. ➢ HDFC becomes the third Indian company to achieve a market value of more than Rs.6 trillion On 13th March, HDFC Bank became the third Indian company after Reliance Industries (Rs. 8.52

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trillion) and TCS (Rs. 7.49 trillion) to achieve a market value of Rs. 6 trillion, owing to a sudden upsurge in its share prices. ➢ IDBI Bank categorized as Private Sector Lender by RBI On 14th March 2019, The Reserve Bank of India categorized IDBI Bank as a Private Sector Bank with effect from January 21, 2019 following Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is acquiring 51 per cent of the total paid-up equity share capital of the bank. Following the appointment of MR Kumar as the Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), Hemant Bhargava ceases to be the Non-Executive chairman of IDBI Bank as he no longer heads the parent company LIC. I IDBI Bank has been under the Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) framework of RBI which bans it from corporate lending, branch expansions, salary hikes and other regular activities. II. IDBI has charted out a revival strategy to bring banking and insurance under one roof along with LIC. The bank also informed about appointment of LIC as a corporate agent under bancassurance channel. ➢ SBI, ICICI and HDFC named as Systemically Important Banks by RBI On 15th March 2019, Reserve Bank of India named State Bank of India, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs). The banks which are too big to fail are named by the RBI annually since 2015. ➢ RBI has given its approval to to acquire Gruh Finance On 14th March 2019, Reserve Bank of India provided a no objection to Kolkata headquartered Bandhan Bank for the proposed acquisition of Gruh Finance. Gruh Finance Limited,a headquartered Subsidiary of HDFC Limited, is a Housing Finance Company (HFC) recognized by the National Housing Bank (NHB) and it was taken over in January by Kolkata- based Bandhan Bank in a share-swap deal. ➢ Exim Bank agreed to grant $83 million line of credit to Congo for financing 3 solar power projects On 19th March 2019, Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) signed a loan agreement on behalf of the government of USD 83.11 million (approx Rs.5,72,08,76,850) to Congo for financing three solar power projectsin the central African country. It aims to provide support for financing three solar photovoltaic power projects with a total capacity of 35 megawatts in the three provinces — Karawa, Mbandaka, and Lusambo. ➢ India’s GDP growth forecast trimmed to 6.8% for FY20 by Fitch Fitch rating in its Global Economic Outlook, has decreased the India’s economic growth forecast to 6.8% from 7% earlier for FY19-20 (1 April 2019 – 31 March 2020). Fitch also slashed GDP growth forecast for FY19 (ending March 2019) to 7.2% from 7.8% that was projected in the December edition. ➢ India extends Rs. 35.5 million financial grant to Nepal India extended a financial grant of 35.5 million Nepalese rupees to Nepal for the construction of an educational campus to boost the learning environment of the students. The educational campus was jointly inaugurated by District Coordination Committee and Campus management committee on 22nd March 2019. ➢ Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed a five-member committee under the chairmanship of Nandan Nilekhani to strengthen digital payments On 25th March 2019 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed 5-member committee under the chairmanship of Nandan Nilekani to strengthen digital payments as well as to boost financial inclusion through Financial Technology.It will provide recommendations in 3 months. i. The decision regarding the formation of committee was taken during the first event of Financial Technology (Fintech) Conclave, which was organized by NITI Aayog in New Delhi. ii. The purpose of the event was to shape India’s predominance in FinTech, build the future strategy and policy to

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uplift the financial inclusion. iii. With the revolution in the FinTech sector India’s aim is to emerge as a 10 trillion dollar economy. ➢ RBI slaps Rs 2 crore penalty on PNB for violation of SWIFT norms On 25th March 2019, The Reserve Bank of India slapped Rs.2 crore as penalty for non-compliance of regulatory directions regarding SWIFT operations on Punjab National Bank. ➢ Bank of Baroda inked MoU with 6 firms to develop “Baroda Kisan” Bank of Baroda has signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with six firms namely Skymet Weather Services, Weather Risk Management Services, BigHaat, Agrostar India, EM3 Agri Services and Poorti Agri Services to develop “Baroda Kisan”. It will provide solutions for all major agricultural requirements through its holistic approach. The execution of the platform will be done by IT Centre of Excellence (ITCoE) of Bank of Baroda in partnership with IBM India. ➢ Govt decides to infuse Rs 5042 Cr into Bank Of Baroda ahead of the merger On 28th March 2019, The government has decided to infuse a capital of 5,042 crore rupees into state- owned Bank of Baroda ahead of its merger with two other public sector lenders Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank,with Bank of Baroda which would be effective from 1st April 2019. ➢ Bank of Baroda becomes the 3rd largest bank after its merger with Dena Bank & Vijaya Bank On April 1, 2019, the merger of Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank into Bank of Baroda has come into effect. With this amalgamation, Bank of Baroda becomes the India’s second largest public sector bank and third largest commercial bank after State Bank of India (SBI) and HDFC Bank. ➢ Consulting arm of Infosys will buy 75% stake in Dutch Bank Subsidiary Consulting arm of Global IT Services major, Infosys will buy 75% stake in Starter NV which is a subsidiary of Dutch based ABN AMRO Bank for $144 million (approx. Rs 999 crore) in an all-cash deal. This move is aimed at strategic partnership in Netherlands. ABN Amro which is the third largest bank of Netherland will hold the remaining 25 per cent stake in Starter NV. ➢ One97 Communications-owned Money Gets SEBI Approval for Stock Broking On 2nd April 2019, One97 Communications-owned Paytm Money, the wealth management arm of Paytm, has got approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to start offering a stock broking service such as the ability to trade in equities and cash segments, derivatives, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) among other exchange-traded products. ➢ Government infused Rs 205 crore into Bank of Maharashtra On 30th March 2019, Government infused a capital of Rs. 205 crore into the state owned Bank of Maharashtra in lieu of preferential allotment of shares. After the Capital infusion, the shareholding of government in Bank of Maharashtra has increased to 87.74 % from 87.01%. ➢ ADB cuts India’s growth rate from 7.6% 7.2% in 2019-20, as global risks to Brexit surge As global risks from trade tensions to Brexit surge, the ADB (Asia Development Bank) in its publication Asian Development Outlook 2019 has demoted growth forecasts for India and Southeast Asia for 2019. For India, it has been downgraded by 40 basis points to 7.2% for fiscal year 2019-20 while Southeast Asia’s growth estimate was lowered to 4.9% by 0.2 percentage point. ➢ First Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement for 2019-20-RBI cuts repo rate by 25 basis points On 6th April 2019, Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s six-member monetary policy committee chaired by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das released its 1st Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy for 2019-20 Policy Rates 1st Bi-Monthly Monetary 6th Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy 2019-2020(Apr- Policy(Feb 2019) 2019)

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Repo Rate 6.00 % 6.25% Reverse Repo Rate 5.75 % 6.00% Marginal Standing Facility 6.25 % 6.50% Rate Bank Rate 6.25 % 6.50% Reserve Ratios 1st Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy 6th Bi-Monthly Monetary 2019-2020(Apr 2019) Policy(Feb 2019) Cash Reserve Ratio(CRR) 4% 4% Statutory Liquidity 19.25% 19.25% Ratio(SLR)

16. GDP FORECASTING

Organization 2018-19 2019-20

Fitch 7.2% 6.8%

UN report 7.4% 7.1%

Government of India 7.2% 7.5% forecasted

Moody 7.3%

ADB 7.2%

World Bank 7.5%

International Monetary 7.3% 7.3% Fund (IMF)

➢ World Bank estimates India’s GDP grow to 7.5% in Fiscal Year 2019-20 The World Bank notified that India’s consistent hold in investment sector, mainly private-improved export performance and resilient consumption, has led its GDP growth forecast to mount to 7.5 per cent for fiscal year 2019-20. ➢ India’s growth rate to increase from 7.3% in 2019 to 7.5% in 2020 According to the World Economic Outlook (WEO) report released by International Monetary Fund (IMF), India’s growth rate is estimated to rise from 7.3% in 2019 to 7.5% in 2020 provided it receives impetus from the fiscal policy and is backed by the ongoing recovery of investment and consumption within expanded approach of monetary policy. ➢ HDFC Bank ranked No. 1 in India by the survey of Forbes On 12th April 2019, as per the first edition of Forbes World’s Best Bank survey, HDFC Bank has been recognized as number 1 bank by customers in India. ➢ DBI Bank launches NRI-Insta Online, A paperless account opening facility for NRIs IDBI Bank has launched ‘NRI-Insta Online’ account opening process for NRIs residing in Financial Action Task

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Force (FATF) member countries to open an account in the Bank without visiting the branch or submitting paper documents such as physical documents as well as KYC proofs. This online facility is available in IDBI Bank’s website. ➢ Bandhan Bank got the approval from CCI to acquire Gruh Finance On 16th April 2019, Kolkata-based Bandhan Bank has received the approval of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for the acquisition of Gruh Finance which is the affordable housing finance arm of HDFC Ltd in a share-swap deal. The approval has been given under the sub-section (1) of Section 31 of the Competition Act, 2002. ➢ BSE, India INX- the first ever Indian exchanges to sign MoU with MOEX BSE (earlier called Bombay Stock Exchange) and INX (India International Exchange) are the first Indian exchanges to sign MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with MOEX (Moscow Exchange) in order to allow capital formation platform and connect investor community and companies in both India and Russia. ➢ State Bank of India (SBI) launched India’s first ‘Green Car Loan’ (Electric Vehicle) to encourage customers to buy electric vehicles On World Earth Day- April 22, 2019 the State Bank of India (SBI) has launched India’s first ‘Green Car Loan’ (Electric Vehicle) to encourage customers to buy electric vehicles. The new scheme ‘Green Car Loan’ will offer loan at 20 basis points lower than the interest rate on the existing car loan schemes. ➢ RBI is going to issue new Rs 20 denomination banknote with greenish-yellow colour The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will issue new Rs 20 denomination banknotes having a base colour of greenish - yellow with size of 63 X 129 mm. The first Rs 20 notes were issued in the Mahatma Gandhi Series in August 2001. ➢ becomes the first Destination Bank to launch debit card based e- mandates On NPCI’s E-Mandate API Platform Kotak Mahindra Bank (Kotak) has launched the first debit card-based authentication solution on NPCI’s (National Payments Corporation of India) e-Mandate (electronic mandate) API (Application Program Interface) platform, thus being the first ever Destination Bank to go live with both Net Banking and Debit Card- based e-mandate authentication. ➢ SBI signs its first ever co-origination loan agreement with PAISALO Digital Limited With the profound vision of empowering the ‘Agri’, ‘MSME segment’ and small businesses, PAISALO Digital Limited signed the first co-origination loan agreement (designed at Rs.10,000 to 2 lakh) with State Bank of India (SBI). The company expects to pay out 200,000 loan applications in FY20. ➢ NTPC Inked Term-Loan Agreement of Rs.2,000 crore with Canara Bank On 5th April 2019, National Thermal Power Corporation(NPTC) has signed a term- loan Pact of Rs.2,000 crore with Canara Bank. The Loan facility prolonged at an interest rate linked to 3-Month MCLR of Bank. The lent amount would be utilized to part finance company’s capital expenditure. ➢ ADB agreed to grant highest-ever USD 3 billion in sovereign loans to India On 16th April 2019, Asian Development Bank (ADB) agreed to provide a total of USD 3.88 billion in sovereign loans to India in 2018, which is the highest ever loan amount since sovereign operations began in the country in 1986. 1) With this total USD 21.6 billion in loans, granted from ADB’s own resources, which exceeded the target of USD 19.71 billion and up 10 percent from 2017. 2) ADB committed several projects like a USD 100-million loan to Ostro Kutch Wind, which is a renewable energy company for constructing and operating a 250-megawatt wind power project in Gujarat, also provided USD 30 million in equity and USD 20 millionin debt security to Annapurna Finance, a microfinance company. 3) In 2018, ADB signed an arrangement with the International Solar Alliance for promoting solar energy deployment across Asia, the Pacific, and South Asia.

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4). ADB continued to deliver climate financing to USD 3.6 billion in 2018 and has a target to double its annual climate financing to USD 6 billion in approvals by 2020. ➢ Exim Bank gives loans worth 267$ million for projects in Rwanda The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) notified that Exim Bank has proffered soft loans worth 266.6$ million to Rwanda for various projects. • for supporting agricultural projects • for the development of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) • for financing road projects in Rwanda.

17. Payment Bank & Headquarter & Tagline & their Heads

Payment Headquarter Tagline MD/ CEO/ CMD Chairman Bank Airtel Banking Is Payment Now At Your Bank (1st Fingertips Sunil Bharti New Delhi Anubrata Vishwas Payment India’s First Mittal Bank, April 1 Payment 2016) Bank FINO Mahendra Qadar Aapki Payment Mumbai Rishi Gupta Kumar Mehnat Ki Bank Chouhan Indian Post Aapka Bank Payment New Delhi Suresh Sethi Suresh Sethi Aapka Dwar Bank YOUR EVERYDAY BANK For Jiyo all of your Vivek Payment Mumbai H Srikrishnan payments, Bhandari Bank banking and financial needs

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Paytm Simplifying Vijay Satish Kumar Payment Noida Payments Shekhar Gupta Bank For India Sharma Aditya Birla Get To Sudhakar Himanshu Payment Mumbai Know Us Ramasubramanian Kapania Bank Better NSDL Technology Mr. G. V. Mr. B. A. Payment Mumbai Trust and Nageswara Rao Prabhakar Bank Reach Vodafone M- Pesa Mumbai -- Sunil Sood Suresh Sethi Payment Bank

Bank Name & CEO of Bank & Headquarter & Tagline

S.No Headquarter Tagline Bank Name CEO of Bank .

S. S. Mallikarjuna Kolkata A tradition of trust 1. Allahabad Bank Rao

2. Andhra Bank J Packirisamy Hyderabad Where India Banks

India’s International 3. Bank of Baroda P. S. Jayakumar Vadodara Bank

Dinbandhu Mumbai Relationships beyond 4. Bank of India Mohapatra Banking

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Bank of Pune One Family One Bank 5. A. S. Rajeev Maharashtra

Rakesh Kumar Bangalore Together we can Sharma (lying vacant 6. Canara Bank after his term completed)

Mumbai Central To you Since Central Bank of 7. Pallav Mahapatra 1911, Build A Better India Life Around Us

A Premier Public Sector 8. Corporation Bank P.V. Bharathi Mangalore Bank, Prosperity for all

9. Dena Bank Karnam Sekar Mumbai Trusted Family Bank

Your Tech-friendly 10. Indian Bank Padmaja Chunduru Chennai bank

Good people to grow Indian Overseas R. Subramanian 11. Chennai with Bank Kumar

Oriental Bank of Gurugram Where every individual 12. Mukesh Kumar Jain Commerce is committed

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Punjab & Sind New Delhi Where Service Is A Way 13. S. Hari Shanker Bank Of Life

Punjab National New Delhi The Name you can 14. Sunil Mehta Bank Bank Upon

With you all the way, State Bank of Rajnish Mumbai Pure Banking Nothing 15. India Kumar (Chairman) Else, The Nation’s banks on us

Mrutyunjay Manipal Faithful. Friendly 16. Syndicate Bank Mahapatra

17. UCO Bank Atul Kumar Goel Kolkata Honors Your Trust

Union Bank of Mumbai Good people to bank 18. Rajkiran Rai G. India with

United Bank of Ashok Kumar Kolkata The Bank that begins 19. India Pradhan with “U”

R. A. Sankara Bangalore A Friend You Can Bank 20. Vijaya Bank Narayanan On

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Private Sector Banks and their CEOs & MDs

Bank CEO / CMD / Head Headquarter Tagline

Dr. Sanjeev Misra (Non- Mumbai Badhti Ka Naam Zindagi Executive Axis Bank Chairman) Amitabh Chaudhry (MD & CEO)

Chandra Shekhar Ghosh Kolkata, West Aapka Bhala, Sabki Bhalai (MD & CEO) Anup Bengal, India. Bandhan Bank Kumar Sinha (Part time Chairman)

S. Anantharaman Thrissur Support all the way Catholic Syrian (Chairman) C. VR. Bank Rajendran (MD & CEO)

Mahalingam (Non- Tamilnadu Trust and Excellene since Executive Chairman) Dr. 1904 N. Kamakodi (MD & CEO)

Dhanalakshmi Thrissur,Kerela Tann. Mann. Dhan T Latha (MD & CEO) Bank

Shyam Srinivasan (MD & Kerala Federal Bank CEO) Your perfect banking partner

HDFC Bank Aditya Puri (MD) Mumbai We understand your world

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Girish Chandra Mumbai Khayaal Apka Chaturvedi (Chairman) ICICI Bank Mr. Sandeep Bakhshi (MD & CEO)

IDFC First Bank Vaidhnathan Banking Hatke Mumbai

R Seshasayee Mumbai We make money simple IndusInd Bank (Chairman) Romesh Sobti (MD & CEO)

Jammu & Kashmir Parvez Ahmed Serving to Empower Bank (Chairman & CEO)

Jayarama Bhat (Non- Mangalore Your family bank across Executive Chairman) India Karnataka Bank Mahabaleshwara M. S (MD & CEO)

Swaminathan (Non- Tamilnadu Smart way to bank Executive Chairman) P. R. Seshadri (MD & CEO)

Dr. Shankar Acharya Mumbai Lets make money simple Kotak Mahindra (Non-Executive Bank Chairman) Uday Kotak (MD & CEO)

Parthasarathi Mukherjee Tamilnadu The Changing Face of Lakshmi Vilas Bank (MD & CEO) prosperity

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Mukesh Sharma Nainital Banking with personal touch (Cahirman & CEO)

Prakash Chandra (Non- Maharashtra Apno ka Bank Executive Chairman) RBL Bank Vishwavir Ahuja (MD & CEO)

Salim Gangadharan Kerala Experience next generation (Non-Executive banking Chairman) V. G. Mathew (MD & CEO)

Ravneet Singh Gill Experience our expertise (frontrunner for MD & Yes Bank Ltd. CEO) Brahm Dutt (Non- Mumbai Executive Chairman)

DCB BANK Mumbai We Value You

Small Finance Banks and their Headquarters, Heads and Taglines:

Name of Small Finance Bank Headquarters MD & CEO Taglines

AU small finance Bank Limited Jaipur ,Rajasthan Sanjay Agarwal ‘Chalo Aage Badhe’

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P N Vasudevan

Equitas small Arun Finance Bank Chennai,Tamilnadu Ramanathan(Chairman) ‘Its Fun Banking’

Sarvajit Singh Samra Capital Lab Small Finance Inder Krishan bank Jalandar,Punjab sardana(Chairman) Viswas se Vikas tak’

K Paul Thomas

ESAF Small Raveendranathan Finance Bank Thrissur,Kerala Prabha (chairman) Joy of Banking’

‘a new era in FINCARE small smartbanking finance Bank Bengaluru,Karnataka Rajeev Yadav begins’

Janalakshmi small Finance Bank (Jana SFB) Bengaluru,Karnataka Ajay Kanwal Likho Apni Kahaani

North East Small Finance Your Door step Bank Guwahati,Assam Rupali Kalita Banker’

Suryodaya Small Finance Navi Bank Mumbai,Maharashtra R Bhaskar Babu A bank of smiles

Utkarsh Small Aapki Umeed Ka Finance Bank Varanasi,U.P Raghvendra Singh Khata’

Ujjivan Small We belive in your Finance Bank Bengaluru,Karnataka Samit Ghosh belief

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18. Obituary

PERSON FIELD Kader Khan Veteran actor-writer CH Loknath Veteran Kannada actor Dibyendu Palit Bengali writer and awardee Ramakant Achrekar Dronacharya awardee and cricketer Lenin Rajendran Malayalam Director Sir Michael Atiyah Fields Medal-Winning Mathematician Hari Dalmia Vishwa Hindu Parishad Mary Oliver Pulitzer Prize-winning Gujarati poet awarded Saraswati Samman (‘Vakhar) Jnanpith awardee , Hindi fiction writer George Fernandes Former defence minister Albert Finney Actor (five time oscar nominee) Mahesh Anand Bollywood actor Manfred Eigen German Nobel Prize winning Chemist Andrea Levy Best-selling British Author Namwar Singh Hindi author and literary Zhores Alferov Russian Nobel Prize winner for physics in 2000 Bill Playle Former New Zealand batsman V. Dhananjaya Kumar Former Union minister Jerry Merryman co-inventor of the World’s First Handheld Electronic Calculator Dies at 86 Kane Tanaka 116-year-old Japanese woman The world’s oldest living person by Guinness World Records.

Manohar Parrikar Goa CM L V Sharada Rao Veteran Kannada actress Ashita Veteran Malayalam writer and poet Valery Bykovsky Russian cosmonaut, who made the first of his three flights to space in 1963, passed away at the age of 84 years.

Viharidas Gopaldas Patel awardee, Noted economist and ‘Father of Entrepreneurship Movement’ Sydney Brenner Biologist ,Nobel Prize in 2002 in Physiology Nadja Regin James Bond Actress SK Shivakumar Former Director of Indian Space Research Organisation Satellite Centre (ISAC). Jerrie Cobb NASA’s first female astronaut candidate Amar Paul Famous Bengali Folk Singer Negasso Gidada Former Ethiopian president

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19. BOOK- AUTHOR

Book Author

‘Game Changer’ Shahid Afridi Released His Autobiography

‘Every Vote Counts’ Navin Chawla Launched

‘Mann Ki Baat – A Social Revolution on Radio’ Arun Jaitley

‘Quality, Accreditation & Ranking’ Dr. H Chaturvedi’s

‘Simplicity & Wisdom’ Mr. Dinesh Shahra

“Undaunted: Saving the Idea of India” P Chidambaram’s

‘We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories Malala Yousafzai from Refugee Girls Around the World,’

‘Changing India’ Formal PM Manmohan Singh

“The Republican Ethic” in English and Vice President of India Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu “Loktantra ke Swar” in Hindi

‘Blue Waters Ahoy!’ Admiral Sunil Lanba

“Making of New India” Arun Jaitley

“Law, Justice and Judicial Power – Justice P N Mool Chand Sharma Bhagwati’s Approach”

Jallianwala Bagh massacre, ‘Khooni Vaisakhi’ Abu Dhabi, UAE

“Indian Fiscal Federalism” Dr. Y.V. Reddy and G.R. Reddy

"Timeless Laxman" Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday released a book "Timeless Laxman", based on the life and times of legendary cartoonist, the late R.K. Laxman. "I am very happy to be part of Laxman's journey in time," the PM remarked and added that he is also happy that Laxman's cartoons are being made available to all.

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20. GOVERNMENT SPONSORED SOCIALLY ORIENTED INSURANCE SCHEMES

• Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) • Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) • Life Cover under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) • Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana • Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) • Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY) • Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS

Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY)

The PMJJBY is available to people in the age group of 18 to 50 years having a bank account who give their consent to join / enable auto-debit. Aadhar would be the primary KYC for the bank account. The life cover of Rs. 2 lakhs shall be for the one year period stretching from 1st June to 31st May and will be renewable. Risk coverage under this scheme is for Rs. 2 Lakh in case of death of the insured, due to any reason. The premium is Rs. 330 per annum which is to be auto-debited in one installment f rom the subscriber’s bank account as per the option given by him on or before 31st May of each annual coverage period under the scheme. The scheme is being offered by Life Insurance Corporation and all other life insurers who are willing to offer the product on similar terms with necessary approvals and tie up with banks for this purpose.

Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)

The Scheme is available to people in the age group 18 to 70 years with a bank account who give their consent to join / enable auto-debit on or before 31st May for the coverage period 1st June to 31st May on an annual renewal basis. Aadhar would be the primary KYC for the bank account. The risk coverage under the scheme isRs.2 lakh for accidental death and full disability and Rs. 1 lakh for partial disability. The premium of Rs. 12 per annum is to be deducted from the account holder’s bank account through ‘auto-debit’ facility in one installment. The scheme is being offered by Public Sector General Insurance Companies or any other General Insurance Company who are willing to offer the product on similar terms with necessary approvals and tie up with banks for this purpose.

Life Cover under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)

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The Hon’ble Prime Minister in his Independence Day Speech announced a comprehensive program of Financial Inclusion targeting a large number of people who are currently deprived of even rudimentary financial services. In this direction, the Pradhan Mantri Jan DhanYojana (PMJDY) sets out to provide a basic Bank account to every family who till now had no account. The bank account comes with a RuPay debit card with a built-in accidental insurance cover of Rs. 1 lakh. During the launch on 28.08.14 in New Delhi, Hon’ble Prime Minister also announced a life cover of Rs. 30,000/- for those subscribing to a bank account with a RuPay debit card before 26th January, 2015 to complement the Rs. 1 lakh accident insurance cover. This life insurance cover of Rs. 30,000/- under Pradhan Mantri Jan DhanYojana, gives life insurance cover on death of the life assured, due to any reason, to the deceased’s family. The scheme aims to provide security to families from economically weaker sections who cannot afford direct purchase of such insurance. The premium subscription for the life cover under PMJDY is borne by the Government of India.

Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana

The NDA Government during its last term in office had introduced the Varishtha Pension BimaYojana (VPBY) as a pension scheme for senior citizens. Under the scheme a total no. of 3.16 lakh annuitants are being benefited and the corpus amounts to Rs. 6,095 crore. For the benefit of citizens aged 60 years and above, the Hon'ble Finance Minister in his Budget Speech for the year 2014-15 proposed to revive the scheme for a limited period from 15 August, 2014 to 14 August, 2015. Accordingly, the revived Varishtha Pension BimaYojana (VPBY) was formally launched by the Finance Minister on 14.08.2014 and has been opened during the window stretching from 15th August, 2014 to 14th August, 2015. Thus all those who subscribe to the VPBY during this period will receive an assured guaranteed return of 9% under the policy. The scheme is administered through Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC). Under the Scheme the subscribers on payment of a lump sum amount get pension at a guaranteed rate of 9% per annum (payable monthly). Any gap in the guaranteed return over the return generated by the LIC on the fund is compensated by Government of India by way of subsidy payment in the scheme. The scheme allows withdrawals of deposit amount by the annuitant after fifteen years of purchase of the policy.

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)

The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna was launched on 18th February 2016 by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. 21 states implemented the scheme in Kharif 2016 whereas 23 states and 2 UTs have implemented the scheme in Rabi 2016-17. Approximately 3.7 Crores farmers have been insured in the Kharif 2016 for 3.7 crore ha of land at premium of Rs 16212 crore for a sum insured of Rs 128568.94 crore as per figures available on 31.03.2017. PMFBY provides a comprehensive insurance cover against failure of the crop thus helping in stabilising the income of the farmers. The Scheme covers all Food & Oilseeds crops and Annual Commercial/Horticultural Crops for which past yield data is available and for which requisite number of Crop Cutting Experiments (CCEs) are conductedbeing under General Crop Estimation Survey (GCES). The scheme is implemented by empanelled general insurance companies. Selection of Implementing Agency (IA) is done by the concerned State

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Government through bidding. The scheme is compulsory for loanee farmers availing Crop Loan /KCC account for notified crops and voluntary for other others. The scheme is being administered by Ministry of Agriculture.

Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY)

Based on the success and popularity of Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana 2003 (VPBY-2003), Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana 2014 (VPBY-2014) schemes, and to protect elderly persons aged 60 years and above against a future fall in their interest income due to the uncertain market conditions, as also to provide social security during old age, it is decided to launch a simplified scheme of assured pension of 8% called the ‘प्रधानिंत्रीवयवन्दनायोजना’. ‘प्रधानिंत्रीवयवन्दनायोजना’ is being implemented through Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India. As per the scheme, on payment of an initial lump sum amount ranging from a minimum purchase price of Rs. 1, 50,000/- for a minimum pension of Rs 1000/- per month to a maximum purchase price of Rs. 7, 50,000/- for maximum pension of Rs. 5,000/- per month, subscribers will get an assured pension based on a guaranteed rate of return of 8% per annum, payable monthly.

Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS)

The RWBCIS was launched on 18th February 2016 by Hon’ble Prime Minister 12 states implemented the scheme in Kharif 2016 whereas 9 states have implemented the scheme in Rabi 2016-17. Approximately 15 lakhs farmers have been insured in the Kharif 2016 for 16.95 lakh ha of land at premium of Rs983.96 crore for a sum insured of Rs8536.53 crore as per figures available on 31.03.2017. Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS) aims to mitigate the hardship of the insured farmers against the likelihood of financial loss on account of anticipated crop loss resulting from adverse weather conditions relating to rainfall, temperature, wind, humidity etc. WBCIS uses weather parameters as “proxy‟ for crop yields in compensating the cultivators for deemed crop losses. Pay-out structures are developed to the extent of losses deemed to have been suffered using the weather triggers. Weather Station (RWS) or Backup Weather Station (BWS) as the case may be, and the claims process shall commence once the weather data is received. Claims processing are strictly as per the insurance term sheets, payout structure and the Scheme provisions. All standard Claims are processed and paid within 45 days from the end of the risk period. The scheme is being administered by Ministry of Agriculture.

Ayushman Bharat

About Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY)

India has achieved significant public health gains and improvements in health care access and quality over the last three decades. The health sector is amongst the largest and fasting growing sectors, expected to reach US$ 280 billion by 2020. At the same time, India’s health sector faces immense challenges. It continues to be characterized by high out-of-pocket expenditure, low financial protection, low health insurance coverage amongst both rural and urban population. It is a matter of grave concern that we incur a high out-of-pocket expenditure on account of health and medical costs. 62.58% of our population has to pay for their own health and hospitalization expenses and are not covered through any form of health protection. Besides using their income and savings, people

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borrow money or sell their assets to meet their healthcare needs, thereby pushing 4.6% of the population below the poverty line. The Government of India is committed to ensuring that its population has universal access to good quality health care services without anyone having to face financial hardship as a consequence.

Under the ambit of Ayushman Bharat, a Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) to reduce the financial burden on poor and vulnerable groups arising out of catastrophic hospital episodes and ensure their access to quality health services was conceived. PM-JAY seeks to accelerate India’s progress towards achievement of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and Sustainable Development Goal - 3 (SDG3).

Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) will provide financial protection (Swasthya Suraksha) to 10.74 crore poor, deprived rural families and identified occupational categories of urban workers’ families as per the latest Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) data (approx. 50 crore beneficiaries). It will have offer a benefit cover of Rs. 500,000 per family per year (on a family floater basis).

PM-JAY will cover medical and hospitalization expenses for almost all secondary care and most of tertiary care procedures. PM-JAY has defined 1,350 medical packages covering surgery, medical and day care treatments including medicines, diagnostics and transport.

To ensure that nobody is left out (especially girl child, women, children and elderly), there will be no cap on family size and age in the Mission. The scheme will be cashless & paperless at public hospitals and empanelled private hospitals. The beneficiaries will not be required to pay any charges for the hospitalization expenses. The benefit also includes pre and post-hospitalization expenses. The scheme is an entitlement based, the beneficiary is decided on the basis of family being figured in SECC database. When fully implemented, the PM-JAY will become the world’s largest government funded health protection mission.

Benefits of PM-JAY Beneficiary Level

• Government provides health insurance cover of up to Rs. 5,00,000 per family per year. • More than 10.74 crore poor and vulnerable families (approximately 50 crore beneficiaries) covered across the country. • All families listed in the SECC database as per defined criteria will be covered. No cap on family size and age of members. • Priority to girl child, women and and senior citizens. • Free treatment available at all public and empaneled private hospitals in times of need. • Covers secondary and tertiary care hospitalization. • 1,350 medical packages covering surgery, medical and day care treatments, cost of medicines and diagnostics. • All pre-existing diseases covered. Hospitals cannot deny treatment. • Cashless and paperless access to quality health care services. • Hospitals will not be allowed to charge any additional money from beneficiaries for the treatment. • Eligible beneificiares can avail services across India, offering benefit of national portability. Can reach out for information, assistance, complaints and grievances to a 24X7 helpline number - 14555

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Health System

• Help India progressively achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). • Ensure improved access and affordability, of quality secondary and tertiary care services through a combination of public hospitals and well measured strategic purchasing of services in health care deficit areas, from private care providers, especially the not-for profit providers. • Significantly reduce out of pocket expenditure for hospitalization. Mitigate financial risk arising out of catastrophic health episodes and consequent impoverishment for poor and vulnerable families. • Acting as a steward, align the growth of private sector with public health goals. • Enhanced used to of evidence based health care and cost control for improved health outcomes. • Strengthen public health care systems through infusion of insurance revenues. • Enable creation of new health infrastructure in rural, remote and under-served areas. • Increase health expenditure by Government as a percentage of GDP. • Enhanced patient satisfaction. • Improved health outcomes. • Improvement in population-level productivity and efficiency • Improved quality of life for the population

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21. Most Important Financial Term

➢ Banking Ombudsman: Banking Ombudsman is a quasi-judicial authority, which functions under India's Banking Ombudsman Scheme 2006. It was created by Government of India with a purpose to deal with the complaints of customers of the banks related to various services rendered by the banks. ➢ Deflation: It is a decrease in the general price level of goods and services. ➢ Inflation: It can be defined as a sustained increase in the general level of prices for goods and services. ➢ Liquidity: Liquidity describes the degree to which an asset or security can be quickly bought or sold in the market without affecting the asset's price. ➢ Merchant Banking: It is a combination of Banking and consultancy services. ➢ Monetary Policies: It refers to the use of instruments by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to regulate the availability, cost and use of money and credits. ➢ Plastic Money: It is a term used in reference to the hard plastic cards we use every day in place of actual bank notes. ➢ Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR): Cash reserve Ratio (CRR) is the amount of funds that the banks have to keep with the RBI. ➢ Refinance Facilities: RBI offers refinance facility to help out the exporters by replacing an existing debt obligation with another. ➢ Statutory liquidity ratio (SLR): SLR is the minimum proportion of their Net Demand and Time Liabilities, which every bank maintains in the form of cash, gold and securities, at the close of business every day. ➢ Bank rate: The rate of interest which the RBI charges on the loans and advances to a commercial bank. ➢ Liquidity adjustments facility (LAF): It’s a monetary policy tool which allows banks to borrow money through repurchase agreements and adjusting the day to day mismatches in liquidity. ➢ Marginal standing facility (MSF): It’s a window for banks to borrow from the RBI in an emergency situation when inter-bank liquidity finishes completely. ➢ Market Stabilization scheme (MSS): Securities that are issued with the objective of providing a stock of securities to the RBI to intervene in the market for managing liquidity. ➢ Open Market Operations (OMO): It’s an activity by a RBI to give or take liquidity in its currency to or from a bank or a group of banks. ➢ Repo rate: The rate at which the RBI lends money to commercial banks in the event of any shortfall of funds. ➢ Reverse Repo Rate: The rate at which the RBI borrows money from commercial banks within the country. ➢ Term Repo: A repurchase agreement with a term of more than one day. ➢ Authorized Capital: The authorized capital/ registered capital/nominal capital of a company is the maximum amount of share capital that the company is authorized by its constitutional documents to issue to shareholders. ➢ Bonds: It is an instrument of indebtedness of the bond issuer to the holders. ➢ Call Money: Money loaned by a bank or other institution which is repayable on demand.

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➢ Commercial Bills: A bill of exchange issued by a commercial organization to raise money for short-term needs. ➢ Commercial Papers: An unsecured, short-term debt instrument issued by a corporation for the financing of accounts receivable, inventories and meeting short-term liabilities. ➢ Certificates of deposits (CD): A savings certificate entitling the bearer to receive interest. ➢ Dated government securities: These are long-term securities and a fixed or floating coupon/interest rate which is paid on the face value, payable at fixed time periods. ➢ Debentures: A long-term security bearing a fixed rate of interest, issued by a company and secured against assets. ➢ Issued Capital: The share capital that has been issued to shareholders. ➢ Mutual Funds: It is a professionally managed investment fund that pools money from many investors to purchase securities. ➢ Net Asset Value (NAV): A mutual fund's price per share or exchange-traded fund's (ETF) per- share value. ➢ Paid up Capital: The amount of a company's capital that has been funded by shareholders. ➢ Treasury bills: A short-dated UK/US government security, bearing no interest but issued at a discount on its redemption price. ➢ Bill of Exchange: A bill of exchange is a binding agreement by one party to pay a fixed amount of cash to another party as of a predetermined date or on demand. ➢ Cheques: An order to a bank to pay a stated sum from the drawer's account, written on a specially printed form. ➢ Ante Dated Cheque: Cheques which have been written by the maker, and dated at some point in the past. ➢ Bounced Cheque: Check that cannot be processed because the writer has insufficient funds. ➢ Crossed Cheque: These cheques can only be deposited directly into a bank account and cannot be immediately cashed by a bank or any other credit institution. ➢ Post Dated Cheque: Cheque that is written by the drawer (payer) for a date in the future. ➢ Stale Cheque: A cheque which a bank will not accept and exchange for money or payment because it was written more than a certain number of months ago. ➢ Cheque Truncation: It is the conversion of a physical cheque into a substitute electronic form for transmission to the paying bank. ➢ Promissory Note: A financial instrument that contains a written promise by one party to pay another party a definite sum of money either on demand or at a specified future date. ➢ Current Account/Demand deposit Account: An active account catering for frequent deposits and withdrawals by cheque. ➢ DeMat Account: This account is opened by the investor while registering with an investment broker (or sub-broker). ➢ Fixed deposit account or time deposit account: It is a financial instrument provided by banks which provides investors with a higher rate of interest than a regular savings account, until the given maturity date. ➢ NOSTRO Account: A bank account held by a UK bank with a foreign bank, usually in the currency of that country. ➢ Recurring Deposit Account: It is opened by those who want to save regularly for a certain period of time and earn a higher interest rate.

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➢ Saving Account: A deposit account held at a bank or other financial institution that provides principal security and a modest interest rate. ➢ Current Account Deficit: A current account deficit is when a country's government, businesses and individuals import more goods, services and capital than they export. ➢ Financial Inclusion: Financial inclusion is the delivery of financial services at affordable costs to massive sections of disadvantaged and low income groups. ➢ Fiscal Deficit: When a government's total expenditures exceed the total revenue. ➢ Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): It is a controlling ownership in a business enterprise in one country by an entity, based in another country. ➢ Foreign Institutional Investors (FII): FIIs are those institutional investors which invest in the assets belonging to a different country other than that where these organizations are based. ➢ General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAAR): A GAAR is a statutory rule that empowers a revenue authority to deny taxpayers the benefit of an arrangement that they have entered into for an impermissible tax-related purpose. ➢ Money Laundering: Any act to hide the identity of illegally obtained proceeds so that they appear to have originated from genuine sources. ➢ Participatory notes or P-Notes: These are instruments, issued by registered foreign institutional investors (FII) to overseas investors, who wish to invest in the Indian stock markets without registering themselves with the market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). ➢ Quantitative easing and tapering: A monetary policy in which RBI purchases government securities or other securities from the market in order to lower interest rates and increase the money supply. ➢ National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI): NPCI is an umbrella organization for all retail payments system in India. ➢ Clearing Corporation of India Limited (CCIL): It is a joint stock company with share capital contribution by major banks and financial institutions. ➢ Electronic Clearing Service (ECS): ECS is an electronic mode of funds transfer from one bank account to another and can be used for both ➢ Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT): It is a system of transferring credit and debit purposes.money from one bank account directly to another without any paper money changing hands. ➢ National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) System: It is an Indian system of electronic transfer of money from one bank or bank branch to another. ➢ Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) System: These are specialist funds transfer systems where the transfer of money or securities takes place from one bank to another on a "real time" and on "gross" basis. ➢ Acquiring Bank: A bank or financial institution that processes credit or debit card payments on behalf of a merchant. ➢ Adjustable-Rate Mortgages (ARMS): The initial interest rate is normally fixed for a period of time after which it is reset periodically, often every month. ➢ Amortization: It is an accounting term that refers to the process of allocating the cost of an intangible asset over a period of time. ➢ Annuity: A fixed sum of money paid to someone each year, typically for the rest of their life.

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➢ Arbitrage: It is basically buying in one market and simultaneously selling in another, profiting from a temporary difference. ➢ Automated Teller Machine (ATM): A machine that automatically provides cash and performs other banking services on insertion of a special card by the account holder. ➢ Authorization: A document giving official permission. ➢ Bancassurance: The selling of life assurance and other insurance products and services by banking institutions. ➢ Banker's Lien: Type of charge that gives a bank automatic claim over a borrower's property or assets that come in bank's possession in the normal course of its business. ➢ BASEL Committee: A committee established by the Central Bank governors of the Group of ten countries in 1974 that seeks to improve the supervisory guidelines that central banks or similar authorities impose on both wholesale and retail banks. ➢ Basis Point: One hundredth of one percentage point, basically used in expressing differences of interest rates. ➢ Blue Chips: They generally sell high-quality, widely accepted products and services. ➢ Bull Markets: A market in which share prices are rising, encouraging buying. ➢ CAMELs rating system: An international bank-rating system where bank supervisory authorities rate institutions according to six factors. The six factors are represented by the acronym "CAMELS". C - Capital adequacy A - Asset quality M - Management quality E - Earnings L - Liquidity S - Sensitivity to Market Risk ➢ Capital Adequacy Ratio: It is the ratio of a bank's capital to its risk. ➢ Capital Gain: A profit from the sale of property or an investment. ➢ Credit Rating Agencies of India: An independent company that evaluates the financial condition of issuers of debt instruments. ➢ Collateral: Property that a borrower offers a lender to secure a loan. ➢ CORE Banking Solution (CBS): It is networking of branches, which enables Customers to operate their accounts, and avail banking services from any branch of the Bank on CBS network, regardless of where he maintains his account. ➢ Coupon Frequency: The yield paid by a fixed income security. ➢ Debtor: A person, country, or organization that owes money. ➢ Derivative Instrument: Financial instruments whose value is derived from the value of something else. ➢ Demand Deposits: A deposit of money that can be withdrawn without prior notice. ➢ Earnings per Share (EPS): The portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock. ➢ Earnings Yield: The quotient of earnings per share divided by the share price. ➢ Equity: The value of an asset less the value of all liabilities on that asset. ➢ Ex-dividend (XD): A security which no longer carries the right to the most recently declared dividend.

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➢ Face Value: The nominal value of a security stated by the issuer. ➢ Forfeiting: The purchasing of an exporter's receivables at a discount by paying cash. ➢ Forgery: It is the process of making, adapting, or imitating objects, statistics, or documents with the intent to deceive for the sake of altering the public perception. ➢ Garnishee Order: A legal procedure by which a creditor can collect what a debtor owes by reaching the debtor's property when it is in the hands of someone other than the debtor. ➢ General Lien: The right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged. ➢ Hedge: An investment to reduce the risk of adverse price movements in an asset. ➢ Hypothecation: Refers to securities in a margin account that an investor uses as collateral to borrow funds from a brokerage. ➢ Indemnity: Security against a loss or other financial burden. ➢ Initial Public Offering (IPO): It is a type of public offering in which shares of a company usually are sold to institutional investors [1] that in turn, sell to the general public, on a securities exchange, for the first time. ➢ Insolvent: Insufficient to meet all debts, as an estate or fund. ➢ Intrinsic Value: A value which exists as part of something, such as the value of an option. ➢ JHF (Joint Hindu Family) Account: JHF is account of a firm whose business is carried out by Karta of the Joint family, acting for all the family members. ➢ Joint Account: Bank account in the name of two or more individuals who jointly share its concomitant rights and liabilities. Joint holders of an account are regarded in law as together making up the 'owner.' ➢ Junk Bond: The first sale of stock by a private company to the public. ➢ Karta: Karta means manager of joint family and joint family properties. ➢ Kiosk Banking: It is self-service solutions, allowing customers to service themselves with computer based touchscreen and making different sort of transactions. ➢ KYC Norms: The process of Banks verifying the identity of its clients. ➢ Lease Financing: A legal document outlining the terms under which one party agrees to rent property from another party. ➢ Leverage Ratio: Ratio that measures a company's leverage. ➢ Libor: The interest rate that the banks charge each other for loans. ➢ Listing: Reference of the Initial Public Offering Company’s shares on the stock exchange for public trading. ➢ Margin Call: A broker's demand on an investor using margin to deposit additional money or securities so that the margin account is brought up to the minimum maintenance margin. ➢ Mandate: Written authorization by a person, group, or organization (the 'mandator') to another (the 'mandatary') to take a certain course of action. ➢ Micro credit/micro finance: The lending of small amounts of money at low interest to new businesses. ➢ Moratorium: The suspension of repayment of DEBT, or INTEREST, for a specified period of time. ➢ Non-Performing Assets (NPA): It is defined as a credit facility in for which the interest and/or installment of Bond finance principal has remained “past due” for a specified period of time. ➢ Negotiation: An act of transferring or assigning a money instrument from one person to another person in the course of business.

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➢ Non-Resident Accounts: These are accounts maintained by Indian nationals and Persons of Indian origin resident abroad, foreign nationals and foreign companies in India. ➢ Notary Public: It is a public officer constituted by law to serve the public in non-contentious matters usually concerned with estates, deeds, powers-of-attorney, and foreign and international business. ➢ Open Offer: It is an exit route, which is given to the existing shareholders by the acquirer of shares through a public announcement. ➢ Option: A financial derivative that represents a contract sold by one party to another party. ➢ Par Value: The nominal value of a bond. ➢ Personal Identification Number (PIN): A number allocated to an individual and used to validate electronic transactions. ➢ Pledge: It's a kind of charge created when the lender (pledgee) takes actual possession of assets. ➢ Power of Attorney: It is a legal document that allows someone else to act on your behalf. ➢ Portfolio: Refers to any collection of financial assets such as cash. ➢ Preference Shares: It is a share which entitles the holder to a fixed dividend, whose payment takes priority over that of ordinary share dividends. ➢ Premium: The amount of money that an individual or business must pay for an insurance policy. ➢ Prime Lending Rate (PLR): The interest rate charged by banks to their largest, most secure, and most creditworthy customers on short-term loans. ➢ Privatization: The transfer of ownership, property or business from the government to the private sector is termed privatization. ➢ Provisioning: Can be defined as loss in the profit and loss account while finalizing accounts of banks. ➢ Relative Strength Index (RSI): It is a technical indicator used in the analysis of financial markets. ➢ Rights Issue: An issue of shares offered at a special price by a company to its existing shareholders in proportion to their holding of old shares. ➢ Rate of Return: The gain/loss on an investment, expressed as a percentage increase over the initial investment cost, over a specified period. ➢ Real Interest Rate: An interest rate that is adjusted for inflation. ➢ Self Help Groups (SHGs): It is a village-based financial intermediary committee usually composed of 10–20 local women or men. ➢ Speculation: The act of trading in an asset, or conducting a financial transaction, expecting a substantial gain, but with a risk of losing most or all of the initial outlay ➢ Stock Splits: A corporate action in which a company/Bank divides its existing shares into multiple shares. ➢ Substantial Shareholder: A person, who acquires an interest in relevant share capital equal to, or exceeding, 10% of the share capital. ➢ Teller: A person employed to deal with customers' transactions in a bank. ➢ Time Horizon: The length of time over which an investment is made or held before it is liquidated. ➢ Trust Deed: A formal document which outlines the terms of a trust agreement. ➢ Time Horizon: The length of time over which an investment is made or held before it is liquidated.

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➢ Underwriting: The process by which investment banks raise investment capital from investors on behalf of corporations and governments by issuing securities. ➢ Underlying Security: It is a financial instrument whose price is derived from a different asset. ➢ Universal Banking: A banking system in which banks provide a wide variety of financial services, including both commercial and investment services. ➢ Valuation: The process of determining the current worth of an asset or property. ➢ Virtual Banking: Handling all transactions of banks via the Web, e-mail, mobile check deposit and ATM machines. ➢ Warrant: Official guarantee by a bank. ➢ Wholesale Banking: Banking services between merchant banks and other financial institutions. ➢ Window Dressing: It refers to actions taken prior to issuing financial statements in order to improve the appearance of the financial statements. ➢ Yield to Maturity: It is the internal rate of return of an investment in a bond if the investor holds the bond until maturity and if all payments are made as scheduled. ➢ Zero Coupon Bond: A debt security that doesn't pay interest but is traded at a deep discount, rendering profit at maturity when the bond is redeemed for its full face value.

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21. SPORTS

➢ Hopman Cup: Roger Federer & Belinda Bencic retain title for Switzerland From 29 December 2018, the Hopman Cup which is an annual international eight-team indoor hard court tennis tournament was held in Perth, Western Australia. It is a mixed competition in which male and female players are on combined teams and represent their countries. The Event was concluded on 5th January 2019. ➢ Maharashtra to host Khelo India Youth Games 2019 From 9th January 2019, Maharashtra is going to host the second edition of the Khelo India Youth Games which includes completions in 18 different disciplines at Balewadi Sports Complex in Pune. The event will conclude on 20th January 2019. ➢ Egypt to host 2019 Africa Cup of Nations On 08th January 2019, Confederation of African Football’s (CAF) Executive Committee announced that Egypt will host African Cup for the fifth time in 2019. South Africa was the other country who made a bid to host the event. ➢ Mary Kom attained number one position in AIBA rankings On 10th January 2019, 36 years old boxer, M C Mary Kom attained the first position in the latest women ranking released by the International Boxing Association (AIBA) in the Light Fly 45-48 kilograms category with 1700 points. ➢ 80th National Table Tennis Championship begins in On 4th January 2019, 80th National Table Tennis Championship organized by Odisha State Table Tennis Association (OSTTA) began at Indoor Stadium in Cuttack, Odisha. The event concluded on 9th January 2019. ➢ Khelo India Youth Games: Hosts Maharashtra finish top with 228 medals On 20th January 2019, the Khelo India Youth Games concluded at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi in Pune with the host Maharashtra leading the medals table by winning a mammoth 85 gold, 62 silver and 81 bronze for a total of 228 medals in the Games. ➢ India’s Saina Nehwal Won Indonesia Masters Title 2019 against Spain’s Carolina Marin 2019 Indonesia Masters,officially known as DAIHATSU Indonesia Masters 2019, held in Istora Gelora Bung Karno,Indonesia From 22nd January 2019, the Indonesia Masters 2019 Title,a badminton tournament which is officially known as DAIHATSU Indonesia Masters 2019,took place at the Istora Senayan in Jakarta, Indonesia. The event concluded on 27th January 2019. ➢ (Men’s Single) Danish player Anders Antonsen won his first ever Indonesia Masters after defeating world number one Kento Momota of Japan On 27th January 2019,Anders Antonsen of Denmark won his maiden Indonesia Masters title by defeating Japanese top-seeded Kento Momota in men’s single final in Jakarta, Indonesia. ➢ ICC roped in Coca-Cola as official sponsor On January 31, 2019,The International Cricket Council (ICC) signed a five-year global partnership deal with beverage manufacturer Coca-Cola Company.ICC and Coco-cola’s partnership will be continue till 2023

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➢ Mithali becomes first female to play 200 ODIs On 1st February 2019, 36 years old India’s Women Cricket team captain, Mithali Raj became the first female player to play 200 ODIs during the 3rd and Final ODI against New Zealand. ➢ Qatar won their First-ever Asian Cup Title In Football by defeating Japan On 2nd February 2019,Qatar won its first major soccer title by beating four-time champion Japan 3-1 in the 17th edition of the AFC Asian Cup held in United Arab Emirates(UAE). ➢ Smriti Mandhana topped in Women’s ODI cricket batswomen ranking On February 3,2019,India’s Smriti Mandhana topped in the ICC ODI batswomen rankings ,she grabbed the first position after the match against New Zealand,whereas Ellyse Perry followed her in the second position and Indian ODI skipper Mithali Raj in fifth position. ➢ Vidarbha clinched second successive Ranji Title defeating Saurashtra On 7th February 2019,Defending champions Vidarbha won the Ranji Trophy 2018-19,which is 85th season of the Ranji Trophy by defeating Saurashtra.This victory is their Successive victory since they won the Trophy last year.The Ranji Trophy is played from the month of November,2018 to 7th February 2019, in which 37 Teams Participated.Vidarbha won Rs.5 Crore Rupees. ➢ Railways win Senior National Men’s Hockey Title by defeating Punjab The Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB)won the 9th Hockey India Senior Men National Championship 2019 (A Div),defeating Punjab by 3-2 at , Madhya Pradesh. ➢ Vidarbha clinches the Irani Cup title On 16th February, 2019, Vidarbha became the only 3rd team Bombay and Karnataka in Indian Domestic Cricket history to defend their Irani cup titles at Jamtha Stadium in by defeating Rest of India(RoI). ➢ 83rd edition of the Senior National Badminton Championship begins in Guwahati The 83rd Yonex Sunrise Senior Badminton Nationals was held at Guwahati, Assam. Saina Nehwal retained her women’s singles crown after defeating PV Sindhu. Sorabh Verma defeated Lakshya Sen to win the men’s singles crown for the third time (after 2011 and 2017). ➢ India Win Team Event At Mallakhamb World Championship in Mumbai First Mallakhamb World Championship was held in in central Mumbai in which India became the winner. This sport involves athletes performing various yogic and gymnastic poses while hanging from a rope or on a pole. 15 countries participated in the event- Spain, Germany, Czech Republic,Italy, USA, Iran, Norway, England, France, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Vietnam, Bahrain, and India.

➢ Manu Bhaker, Saurabh Chaudhary won gold in 10m Air Pistol Mixed Category Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker claimed gold medal in 10m Air Pistol Mixed team event on ISSF World Cup in New Delhi. i. The duo finished top in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Final with 483.4 points on the final day of the World Cup. ii. Both of them had earlier equaled Qualification World Record and also set a new qualification world record junior by shooting 778 points. ➢ Saurabh Chaudhary won gold in 10m Air Pistol Saurabh Chaudhary finished top of the 10m Air Pistol category and brought an Olympic quota for Tokyo 2020 in the category. i.He secured Olympic Quota with a world record score of 245.0 after some phenomenal shooting. ii.He is the 1st Indian shooter to win gold at the youth Olympic, Asian Games, Junior ISSF World Championship and Asian Air gun championship ➢ Apurvi Chandela bags gold in women’s 10m Air Rifle Indian shooter won women’s 10m Air Rifle and bagged India’s first gold medal by breaking the world record

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in the Shooting World Cup 2019. She was the only Indian shooter to qualify for the final round. i. Apurvi secured a total score of 252.9 to finish on the top of podium in the women’s 10m Air Rifle event. She was at the fourth spot in the qualification round. ii. Apurvi Chandela had won a bronze medal along shooter Ravi Kumar in the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia in the 10m Mixed Rifle event. ➢ Oceania Nations will participate in 2022 Asian Games Olympic Council of Asia decided to invite Oceania Nations to compete in 2022 Asian Games for the first time after a meeting held in Bangkok. ➢ 38th GeeBee Boxing Tournament at Helsinki in Finland 38th GeeBee Boxing Tournament was organized by European Boxing Confederation from March 7, 2019 to March 10, 2019 in Helsinki, Finland.The tournament title has been clinched by England after claiming 6 gold medals. ➢ Argentina and Colombia will co-host Copa America 2020 On 14th March 2019, After South America’s ruling body CONMEBOL once again ruled out a US proposal to host the tournament, Argentina and Colombia are poised to co-host the 2020 Copa America. ➢ Special Olympics World Games 2019 kick off at Abu Dhabi Special Olympics World Games 2019 began at Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 14th Match 2019 and made history by welcoming a record-breaking 200 nations at the Games comprising 195 participating and 5 observing. ➢ Karnataka defeated Maharashtra to clinch their first Trophy Karnataka cricket team defeated Maharashtra to win their maiden Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore. ➢ K T Irfan named as first Indian athlete to be chosen for Tokyo Olympics 2020 29-year-old Indian athlete from Kerala, K.T. Irfan has qualified for the Tokyo Olympics as he finished fourth in the men’s 20 kilometer category at the Asian Race Walking Championships in Nomi, Japan. ➢ Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas wins Australian F1 Grand Prix 2019 Mercedes Formula One (F1) driver Valtteri Bottas has clinched his first championship in the Australian Grand Prix held in Melbourne. He was followed by Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. ➢ Asian Youth Athletes Championship: India finishes second in medal tally India finishes second in Asian Youth Athletes Championship held in Hong Kong with a gold added to the medal tally on the final day of the championship. India secured second position in the overall medals tally with 26 medals including 8 gold, 9 silver and 9 bronze medals. China topped the championship with 31 medals including 12 gold, 11 silver and 8 bronze. Japan ranked third in the Championship with 20 medals. Japan got 6 gold, 8 silver and 6 bronze medals. ➢ India defeated Nepal, won SAFF Women’s championship On 22nd March 2019, India clinched South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Women’s Championship 2019 by defeating Nepal for 3-1 in Biratnagar, Nepal. It was for the fifth time in a row that India won the championship. ➢ Saina Nehwal named as TSJA sports person of the year On 20th March 2019,Telangana Sports Journalist Association (TSJA) named London Olympics Bronze medalist Saina Nehwal as sportsperson of the year, Pullella Gopichand as Coach of the Year and PV Sindhu as Outstanding Performer in women’s section. Badminton Association of Telangana received Association of the Year award at the Annual Telangana Sports Journalist Association Awards 2018 held at Hyderabad. ➢ South Korea won Azlan Shah Hockey Cup by defeating India On 30th March, India was defeated by the South Korea in the penalty shootout of the final 28th edition

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of Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2019. 17th Ranked South Korea defeated World number 5, India to won the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup which was held at Azlan Shah Stadium in Ipoh, Malaysia. ➢ Lewis Hamilton grabs Bahrain Grand Prix 2019 Five times world champion Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes captured Bahrain Grand Prix 2019 title by beating Mercedes Valtteri Bottas of Finland who secured second position. Charles Leclerc was finished with third position and became Ferrari’s youngest ever race winner at the age of 21. ➢ India Clinches 25 Medals In 12th Asian Airgun Championship 2019 Held In Chinese Taipei India topped the medal tally by winning 25 medals viz, 16 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze medals. Republic of Korea followed the India by winning 16 medals while Chinese Taipei won 11 medals and attained 3rd spot. ➢ India wins ICC Test Championship Mace for 3rd straight year India has retained ICC Test Championship mace for the third year in a row after finishing at the top of ICC Test team rankings on the cut-off date of April 1. It has also won the purse of USD 1 million. ➢ Australian Olympian,Graham Reid Appointed as Indian Men’s Hockey Team Chief Coach On 8th April 2019, former Australia Coach, Graham Reid was appointed as the Chief Coach of Indian men’s hockey team. Reid’s occupancy as the coach of Indian men’s hockey team is till the end of 2020.He, 54, is succeeding Harendra Singh,former Indian Hockey player. ➢ Virat Kohli and Smriti Mandhana named Wisden’sleading cricketers of the year 2019 On 10th April 2019, Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 2019 has named Virat Kohli and Smriti Mandhana as the Leading male and female cricketer of the year 2019 respectively. ➢ Lewis Hamilton clinched Formula One’s 1000th race title British racing driver, Lewis Hamilton has achieved his 75th career victory in Formula One’s 1000th race at the Chinese Grand Prix on 14th April, 2019. He has delivered a crushing performance to win this title. ➢ ICC partners with UNICEF to deliver ‘#OneDay4Children’ at Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019 On 16th April 2019, International cricket council (ICC) cricket for good in partnership with UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund), launched #OneDay4Children, a tournament-wide campaign to help construct a better world for all children, at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019. ➢ Services bags the 6th Santosh Trophy Football Tournament title against Punjab at Guru Nanak Stadium With a second-half strike by Bikash Thapa at the Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana, Services won their 6th Santosh Trophy Football Tournament title with a 1-0 victory over Punjab. The Services football team represents the Indian defense services in the Santosh Trophy. ➢ USA secure ODI status for the first time On 24th April 2019, United States Cricket Team won their first one-day international status with a third straight victory at the World Cricket League Division Two event in Namibia. The Americans defeated Hong Kong by 84 runs. ➢ Pankaj Advani, India’s cueist defeated Ehsan Heydari Nezhad of Iran to clinch Asian Snooker Tour title India’s Pankaj Advani, the 21-time world snooker and billiards champion has defeated Ehsan Heydari Nezhad of Iran by 6-4 to clinch the inaugural Asian Snooker Tour title, in Bengaluru. ➢ Australia’s Claire Polosak became first female umpire to stand in men’s ODI The 31-year-old, Australia’s Claire Polosak became the first womanumpire to stand in a men’s ODI

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in the final match of ICC World Cricket League 2 on April 27. Previously, she stood in 15 women’s ODI matches, the first one played between Australia and South Africa in November 2016. ➢ Bajrang Punia became First Indian Wrestler to fight at New York’s Iconic Madison Square Garden On 27th April 2019, 25 years old Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia became the first Indian wrestler to fight at New York’s iconic Madison Square Garden. ➢ Valtteri Bottas grabs Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2019 On 28th April 2019, Valtteri Viktor Bottas (Finland) of Mercedes captured Formula 1 State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2019 by beating Mercedes team- mate Lewis Hamilton at the Baku City Circuit in Baku, Azerbaijan. Bottas finished the race 1.5 seconds ahead of Hamilton.

IPL 2019 Winner: Mumbai Indians Complete list of awards Winner in IPL 2019

The twelfth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) came to an end at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on 12th May 2019.

Award Name Name Special Note

Emerging Player of the Shubhman Gill Kolkata Knight Riders)- 296 Tournament runs from 13 games

Fair Play Award Sunrisers Hyderabad -

FBB Stylish Player of the Season KL Rahul (Kings XI Punjab)- 593 runs from 14 games

Dream XI Game Changer of the Rahul Chahar (Mumbai Indians) - 12 Season wickets from 12 games

Vivo Perfect Catch of the Season Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians) - for the catch of Suresh Raina

Hotstar Fastest Fifty of the Hardik Pandya (Mumbai Indians)- 17 balls Season vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Purple Cap Imran Tahir (Chennai Super Kings)- 26 wickets from 17 games

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Orange Cap David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad) - 692 runs from 12 games

Most Valuable Player Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders)- 510 runs and 11 wickets

Final Man of the Match Jasprit Bumrah (Mumbai Indians)- Jasprit Bumrah (2/14)

Harrier Super Striker of the Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders)- Season Strike Rate of 205 Pitch and Ground Trophy- () and - Punjab Cricket Association Hyderabad Cricket Association (Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium)

FIFA World Cup 2018

• The opening ceremony of FIFA World Cup 2018 took place on 14 June 2018, at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow and the opening match of the tournament between hosts Russia and Saudi Arabia.

• The FIFA World Cup official match ball of the 2018 World Cup group stage was “Telstar 18”, based on the name and design of the first Adidas World Cup ball from 1970. It was introduced on 9 November 2017.

• The Prize money for the champion team will be 38 million US Dollars. Zabivaka is the official mascot of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

• The official song of the tournament is “Live It Up”, with vocals from Will Smith, Nicky Jam and Era Istrefi.

• First time in the history of world cup VAR (Video Assistant Referee) system would be used. McDonald’s is the official food partner for the World Cup 2018.

• The FIFA World Cup 2018 tournament would be played across 11 cities and 12 stadiums. Iceland and Panama would make their World Cup debut this year.

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• Luzhniki stadium in Moscow has a capacity of 81,000 people and is the biggest stadium rebuilt in Russia on the occasion of World Cup.

FIFA World Cup 2018 Final Match Highlights

FIFA World Cup 2018 Final Match France Vs Croatia

FIFA World Cup 2018 Winner France (Beating Croatia 4-2)

FIFA World Cup 2018 Runner Up Croatia

FIFA World Cup 2018 3rd Position Belgium

FIFA World Cup 2018 4th Position England

FIFA World Cup 2018 Final Match Luzhniki stadium in Russia stadium

FIFA World Cup 2018 Award Winner List

FIFA World Cup 2018 Winner France (Beating Croatia 4-2) Adidas Golden Ball Award Luka Modric (Croatia) Adidas Golden Boot Award Harry Kane (England) Adidas Golden Glove Award Thibaut Courtois (Belgium) Fifa Young Player Award Kylian Mbappe’s (19-year-old – France) Fifa Fair Play Trophy Spain Man of The Match Antoine Griezmann (France)

Australian Open 2019 Sl. Event Winner Runner-Up No. 1. Men’s Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Rafael Nadal (Spain) 2. Women’s Singles Naomi Osaka (Japan) Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 3. Men’s Doubles Pierre-Hugues Herbert (France) and Nicolas Henri Kontinen (Finland) and John Peers Mahut (France) (Australia)

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4. Women’s Doubles Samantha Stosur (Australia) and Zhang Shuai Tímea Babos (Hungary) and Kristina (China) Mladenovic (France) 5. Mix Doubles Barbora Krejčíková (Czech Republic) and Astra Sharma (Australia) and John-Patrick Rajeev Ram (United States) Smith (Australia)

Dubai Tennis Championship 2019 Category Winner Runner–up Men’s Singles Roger Federer (Switzerland) Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) Women’s Singles Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) Men’s Doubles Rajeev Ram (USA) and Joe Salisbury (UK) Ben McLachlan (New Zealand) and Jan-Lennard Struff (Germany) Women’s Doubles Hsieh Su-wei (Chinese Taipei) and Barbora Lucie Hradecka (Czech Republic) and Ekaterina Strycova (Czech Republic) Makarova (Russia)

Finland boxing tourney

India claimed one Gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze in the tournament. The list of Indian medalist is given below. Name Medal Category Kavinder Singh Bisht Gold 56 kg Mohammed Hussamudding Silver 56 kg Shiva Thapa Silver 60 kg Govind Sahani Silver 49 kg Dinesh Dagar Silver 69 kg Sumit Sangwan Bronze 91 kg Saching Siwach Bronze 52 kg Naveen Kumar Bronze +91 kg

Badminton Asia Championship 2019

The 39th edition of Badminton Asia Championship 2019 was held from 23 to 28 April 2019 at the Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium in Wuhan, China. This tournament was hosted by the Chinese Badminton Association, sanctioned from the Badminton Asia. The prize money for the event was USD 400,000.

Event Winner Runner Men’s Single Kento Momota (Japan) Shi Yuqi (China) Women’s Single Akane Yamaguchi (Japan) He Bingjiao (China) Men’s Doubles Hiroyuki Endo (Japan) Marcus Fernaldi Gideon (Indonesia) Yuta Watanabe (Japan) Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (Indonesia) Women’s Doubles Chen Qingchen (China) Mayu Matsumoto (Japan) Jia Yifan (China) Wakana Nagahara (Japan) Mixed Doubles Wang Yilu (China) He Jiting (China) Huang Dongping (China) Du Yue (China)

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Asian Athletics Championship 2019 The 23rd edition of Asian Athletics Championship was held from 21 to 24 April 2019 at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar. India won 17 medals which include 3 gold, 7 silver, and 7 bronze, finished fourth in the tournament. There are total 43 nations competing at Asian Athletics Championship 2019 and 43 events are conducted. This Asian Athletics Championship event is organized by the Asian Athletics Association (AAA). The previous Asian Athletics Championship took place at the in Bhubaneswar, India from 6 to 9 July, 2017.

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Bahrain (BHR) 11 7 4 22 2 China (CHN) 9 13 7 29 3 Japan (JPN) 5 4 9 18 4 India (IND) 3 7 7 17 5 Uzbekistan (UZB) 3 0 2 5

ISSF world Cup pistol/ Rifle The 2019 ISSF World Cup is the annual edition of the ISSF World Cup in the Olympic shooting events, governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation. The World Cup series will be also as the qualification tournaments for the 2020 Olympic Games. Held - Beijing, China Dates- 21 April to 29 April Note- India Finishes Top of Medal tally with 4 Medals Event Name Medal Info 10m Air Rifle Mixed Anjum Moudgil Gold Anjum Moudgil and Divyansh Singh Panwar won Divyansh Singh India’s first gold medal in 10m Air Rifle mixed Panwar event at ISSF World Cup in Beijing. They beat Chinese pair of Liu Ruxuan and Yang Haoran by 17-15. 10m Air Pistol Mixed Manu Bhaker Gold Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary won Saurabh Chaudhary India’s second gold in 10m Air Pistol mixed event. They beat their Chinese opponent by 16- 6. 10m Air Pistol Abhishek Verma Gold Abhishek Verma won India’s third gold medal in 10m Air Pistol. Abhishek Verma secured Olympic Quota in 10m Air Pistol. 10m Air Rifle Divyansh Singh Silver Teenager Divyansh Singh Panwar won a silver Panwar medal in 10m Air Rifle event.

Asian Boxing Championship 2019 The Asian Boxing Championship 2019 was held in Huamark Indoor Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. This was the first time women and men boxing championship held together. This event was organized by International Boxing Association or AIBA. Medals won by Indian Athletes Category Name Medal

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52-kg Amit Panghal Gold 81-kg Pooja Rani Gold 64-kg Simranjit Kaur Silver 56-kg Kavinder Singh Bisht Silver 49-kg Deepak Singh Silver 75-kg Ashish Chaudhary Silver 51-kg Nikhat Zareen Bronze 54-kg Manisha Moun Bronze 57-kg Sonia Chahal Bronze 60-kg Sarita Devi Bronze 60-kg Shiva Thapa Bronze 69-kg Ashish Bronze +91-kg Satish Kumar Bronze

Asian Wrestling Championship 2019 The Asian Wrestling Championship 2019 was held in Xi’an, China from April 23 to April 28, 2019. India won 16 medals which include 1 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze by men’s freestyle wrestlers, 3 silver and 1 bronze by men’s Greco-Roman wrestlers and 4 bronze won by women’s freestyle wrestlers. India ranked 8th place in the tournament and the first three countries ranked in the tournament were Iran followed by China and Japan. Countries in Medal Tally Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Iran 11 0 6 17 2 China 5 5 6 16 3 Japan 4 7 6 17 4 Uzbekistan 2 3 5 10 5 Kazakhstan 2 2 12 16

Medals won by Indian Wrestlers

Event Catogory Name Medal Men’s Freestyle 65-kg Bajrang Punia Gold Men’s Freestyle 74-kg Amit Kumar Dhankar Silver Men’s Freestyle 79-kg Parveen Rana Silver Men’s Freestyle 92-kg Vicky Chahar Silver Men’s Greco-Roman 77-kg Gurpreet Singh Silver Men’s Greco-Roman 82-kg Harpreet Singh Silver Men’s Greco-Roman 87-kg Sunil Kumar Silver Men’s Freestyle 61-kg Rahul Aware Bronze Men’s Freestyle 86-kg Deepak Punia Bronze Men’s Freestyle 97-kg Satyawart Kadian Bronze Men’s Freestyle 125-kg Sumit Malik Bronze

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Men’s Greco-Roman 60-kg Gyanender Dahiya Bronze Women’s Freestyle 53-kg Vinesh Phogat Bronze Women’s Freestyle 59-kg Manju Kumari Bronze Women’s Freestyle 62-kg Sakshi Malik Bronze Women’s Freestyle 68-kg Divya Kakran Bronze

Up-comping Sport Event

8th FIFA women's World Cup [2019] France (AFC) Asian Football Cup [2019] UAE IWF World championship [2019] Pattaya (Thailand) 30th Southeast Asian Games [2019)] Philippines (Manila) 13th SAG Games () [2019] Nepal (Kathmandu) 12th Cricket World Cup (Men) (2019] England South Korea 18th Fina World Aquatics (Swimming) Championship [2019] (Gwangiu) 18th FIBA Basket Ball World Cup [2019] China Japan (Tokyo) 32 Olympic games [2020] Motto -Discover Tomorrow 16th Summer Paralympic [2020] Japan (Tokyo) Switzerland 3rd Winter Youth Olympic [2020] (Lausanne) 7th T-20 women World Cup [2020] Australia 13th Under-19 Cricket World Cup [2020] South Africa 4th Youth Asian Games (2021] Indonesia (Surabaya) 31th Southeast Asian Games [2021] Vietnam (Hanoi) 12th Cricket World Cup (Women) [2021] New Zealand 19th Fina World Aquatics (Swimming) Championship [2021] Japan (Fukuoka) 22th FIFA (Men) World Cup football [2022] Qatar (Doha)

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34 Winter Olympics [2022] (China, Bejing) Note: Beijing is the only city to host both winter and Summer Motto -A pure passion Olympic games for Ice & Snow 19th Asian games [2022] China (Hangzhou) 22nd [2022] [Motto of commonwealth games: Humanity Equality Destiny] Head Quarter of Common Wealth GamesEngland (London) South Africa (Durban) Note: Paralympics game is for athletes with a range of Physical Disabilities IVth Asian Para Games [2022] China (Hangzhou) 8th T-20 women World Cup [2022] South Africa 14th Under-19 Cricket World Cup [2022] West Indies Cambodia (Phnom 32th Southeast Asian Games [2023] Penh) 13th Cricket World Cup (Men) [2023] India 20th Fina World Aquatics (Swimming) Championship [2023] Qatar (Doha) 1st Asian games [1951] New Delhi 11th Winter Paralympic [2014] Russia (Sochi) 1st Youth Asian Games [2009] Singapore

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22. Important Date and Theme

Dates Day Theme 1st January Defence Research and Development Organisation(DRDO) Day 4th January World Braille Day 9th January Bharatiya Pravasi Day or Non 'role of Indian diaspora in Resident Day building new India' 10th January World Hindi Day 10th January 26th Army Air Defence Day 12th January National Youth Day Be The Voice of New India” 14th January Armed Forces Veterans Day 15th January 71st Army Day 24th January National Girl Child Day “Empowering Girls for a Brighter Tomorrow”. 24th January International Day of Education 25th January National Voters Day ‘No voter to be left behind’ 26th January 70th Republic Day Chief Guest South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa 26th January International Customs Day “SMART borders for seamless Trade, Travel and Transport.” 30th January National Martyr’s Day or Sarvodaya Day 2nd February World Wetlands Day Wetlands and Climate Change 4th February World Cancer Day “I Am and I Will.” 6 February International Day of Zero #EndGFM. Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) 10th February, World Pulses Day 11th February International Day of Women and Girls in Science 13th February “World Radio Day” “Dialogue, Tolerance and Peace”.

20TH February World Day of Social Justice ‘If you want Peace and Development, Work for Social Justice’

21st February International Mother Language “Indigenous languages matter day for development, peace building and reconciliation”.

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28th February National Science day 1st March World civil defence day “Children’s safety, our responsibility”. 1st March Zero Discrimination day “Act to change laws that Discriminate”.

3rd March World Hearing Day “Check your Hearing” 3rd March World Wildlife Day ‘Life below water: for people and planet’,

4th March National Safety Day – “Cultivate and Sustain a safety culture for building nation”.

8th March International Women’s Day Think equal, build smart, innovate for change.

14th March World Kidney Day Kidney Health for Everyone Everywhere. 15th March World Consumer Rights Day “Trusted Smart Products”

18th March Global Recycling Day “Recycling into the Future”.

20th March World Sparrow day “I love sparrows”. 20th March International Day of Happiness International Day of Happiness 2019 is ‘Happier Together’.

21st March World Poetry Day 21st March International Day of Forests “Forests and Education – Learn observed to Love Forests”.

22nd March World Water Day (WWD) “Leaving no one behind”. 23rd March World Meteorological Day “The Sun, the Earth and the Weather”. 24th March World Tuberculosis Day ‘Its time’ 26th March World Purple day 27th March World Theatre Day 2nd April World Autism Awareness Day “Assistive Technologies, Active Participation”. 5th April National Maritime Day “Indian Ocean- An Ocean of Opportunity”. 7th April World Health Day “Universal health Coverage: Everyone, Everywhere” 10th April World Homoeopathy Day “Linking Education and Clinical Practice with Research: Advancing Scientific Collaborations”.

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11th April “National Safe Motherhood ‘Midwives for Mothers’ Day” 12th April World Aviation and Cosmonautics Day 17th April World Haemophilia Day Outreach and Identification’ 18th April World Heritage Day “Rural Landscapes” 19th April World Liver day 21st April National Civil Service Day 22nd April Earth Day ‘Protecting Our Species’ 22nd April International Mother Earth Day 23rd April World Book and Copyright Day 25th April World Malaria Day “Zero malaria starts with me”. 24th April National Panchayati Raj Day 26th April World Intellectual Property “Reach for Gold: IP and Sports” Day 28th April World Day for Safety and “Safety and Health and the Health Future of Work” 29th April International Dance Day “Dance and Spirituality”. May 1 International Labour Day May 1 World Asthma Day May 1 Gujarat, Maharashtra Day May 3 World Laughter Day May 3 World Press Freedom Day May 4 International Firefighters’ Day May 5 World Cartoonist’s Day May 7 World Athletics Day May 7 Border Roads Organisation (BRO)’s Raising Day May 8 World Red Cross Day May 10 Mother’s Day May 11 National Technology Day May 12 International Nurse Day May 15 International Day of the Family May 17 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day May 17 World Hypertension Day May 17 World Telecommunication And Information Society Day May 18 International Museum Day May 20 World Metrology Day May 21 World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development May 22 International Day for Biological Diversity

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May 23 International Day to End Obstetric Fistula May 24 Commonwealth Day May 25 World Thyroid Day May 28 International Day of Action for Women’s Health May 29 International Day of UN Peacekeepers May 30 Goa Statehood Day May 31 World No Tobacco Day June 3 World Bicycle Day June 4 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression June 5 World Environment Day June 8 World Ocean Day June 8 World Brain Tumor Day June 12 The World Day against Child Labour June 14 World Blood Donor Day June 15 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day June 16 International Day of Family Remittances (IDFR) June 17 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought June 19 International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict June 20 World Refugee Day June 21 International Yoga Day June 23 United Nations Public Service Day June 26 International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking June 29 National Statistics Day July 1 National Doctors’ Day July 1 Goods And Services Tax Day July 2 World Sports Journalists Day July 6 World Zoonosis Day July 7 International Day of Cooperatives July 11 World Population Day July 12 International Malala Day July 15 World Youth Skills Day July 17 International Justice Day

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July 18 International Nelson Mandela Day July 26 Kargil Vijay Diwas July 28 World Hepatitis Day July 29 International Tiger Day July 30 World day against trafficking in persons August 6 73rd Hiroshima day August 7 National Handloom Day August 9 International Day Of The World’s Indigenous Peoples August 12 18th International Youth Day August 13 International left handers day August 20 World Mosquito Day August 20 National Sadbhavana Day August 21 World senior citizen day September 2 World Coconut Day September 1-7 National Nutrition Week September 8 World Literacy Day September 14 Hindi Diwas September 21 International Day of Peace September 21 World Alzheimer’s Day September 23 International Day of Sign Languages September 29 World Heart Day September 27 World Maritime Day September 27 World TOURISM day October 1 International Day For Older Persons October 2 International Day Of Non Violence October 5 World Teachers Day October 9 World Post Day October 11 International Day Of Girl Child October 15 International Day For Rural Women October 15 Rashtriya Mahila Kisan Diwas October 20 National Solidarity Day October 24 World Polio Day October 24 United Nation’s Day October 31 Ekta Diwas November 1 World Vegan Day November 5 Ayurveda Day November 5 World Tsunami Awareness Day

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November 7 National Cancer Awareness Day November 11 National Education Day November 12 World Pneumonia Awareness Day November 14 Children’s Day November 14 World Diabetes Day November 16 National Press Day November 18 The World Day For Remembrance Of Road Traffic Victims November 19 World Toilet Day November 21 World Television Day November 26 National Constitution Day/National Law Day December 1 World AIDS Day December 2 National Pollution Control December 3 World Day of Handicapped December 4 Indian Navy Day December 10 Human Rights Day December 11 International Mountain Day December 14 World Energy Conservation Day December 16 Vijay Diwas December 22 National Mathematics Day December 23 Kisan Divas December 24 National Consumers Day

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PART -2 STATIC AWARENESS

1. Dam

Dam River State Idukki Dam Periyar Kerala Tehri Dam Bhagirathi Uttarakhand Sardar Sarovar Dam Narmada Gujarat Nagarjun Sagar Dam Krishna Telangana Satluj Himachal Pradesh Uttarakhand Srisailam Dam Krishna Telangana Pakal Dul Dam Marusudar J&K Salal Dam Chenab J&K Madupetty Dam Palar Kerala Indira Sagar Dam Narmada Madhya Pradesh Rihand Dam Rihand Uttar Pradesh Pong Dam Beas Himachal Pradesh Ranjit Sagar Dam Ravi Punjab Baglihar Dam Chenab J&K Supa Dam Kali Nadi Karnataka Koteshwar Dam Bhagi Rathi Nadi Uttra Khand Pillur Dam Bhavani Tamil Nadu Parbati Dam Parbati himachal Pradesh ukai Dam Tapi Nadi Gujarat Chakra Dam Chakra Karnataka

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2. MAJOR SEA PORTS Major Sea Ports Location Kandla Port Gujarat Nhava Sheva Port Maharashtra Marmugao Port Goa Mangalore Port Karnataka Madras Port Tamil Nadu Cochin Port Kerala Visakhapatnam Port Andhra Pradesh Paradip Port Odisha Haldia Port West Bengal Mumbai Port West Mumbai Port Blair Andaman Islands Tuticorin Port Tamil Nadu Mundra Port Gujarat Ennore Port Chennai

3. LAKES

Name of the State Name of the Lake Andhra Pradesh Assam Chapanala Lake Haflong Lake Son Lake Bihar Kanwar Lake Gujarat Hamirsar Lake

Kankaria Lake Lakhota Lake Sursagar Lake Thol Lake Vastrapur Lake Himachal Pradesh Brighu Lake Dashair and Kareri and Kumarwah lake Pandoh Lake

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Prashar Lake Lake Seruvalsar and Manimahesh Lake Haryana Badkhal Lake Beauty lake Blue Bird Lake Brahma Sarovar Current lake Karna Lake Sannihit Sarovar Surajkund Tilyar Lake Jammu and Kashmir Manasbal Lake Pangong Tso Sheshnag Lake Karnataka Agara Lake Bellandur Lake Byrasandra Lake Hebbal Lake Kempambudhi Lake Lalbagh Lake Madiwala Lake Puttenahalli Lake Sankey Lake Ulsoor Lake Dalavai Lake Devanoor Lake Karanji lake Kukkarahalli lake Lingambudhi Lake Honnamana Kere Pampa Sarovar Kerala Kuttanad Lake Maanaanchira, Kozhikode Manakody Kayal Padinjarechira, Thrissur city Paravur Kayal Punnamada Lake Shasthamkotta lake Vadakkechira, Thrissur city

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Vanchikulam, Thrissur Vellayani Lake Lake Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Lower Lake Moti lake Sarang pani lake Shahpura lake Tawa Reservoir Upper Lake Maharashtra Gorewada Lake Khindsi Lake Mehrun Lake Pashan Lake Rankala Lake Salim Ali Lake Shivasagar lake Talao Pali Upvan Lake Venna Lake Meghalaya Umiam Lake Mizoram Palak dïl Tam Dil Odisha Anshupa Lake Kanjia lake Punjab Harike Lake Kanjli Lake Ropar Lake Rajasthan Ana Sagar Lake Balsamand lake Dhebar Lake Jaisamand Lake

Jal Mahal, Man Sagar lake Kaylana Lake Nakki Lake Pushkar Lake Rajsamand Lake Ramgarh Lake Talwara Lake Fateh Sagar Lake

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Rangsagar lake Uday sagar Lake Sikkim Khecheopalri Lake Lake Tsongmo Lake Cholamu Telangana Alwal Cheruvu Lake Durgam Cheruvu (Secret Lake) Himayat Sagar Hussain Sagar Osman Sagar Safilguda Lake Saroornagar Lake Shamirpet Lake Tamil Nadu Berijam Lake Chembarambakkam Lake Kaliveli Lake Kaveripakkam Lake Kodaikanal Lake Ooty Lake Perumal Eri Red Hills Lake Sholavaram Lake Singanallur Lake Veeranam Lake Uttar Pradesh Amakhera Lake Barua Sagar Tal Belasagar Lake Bhadi Tal Chando Tal Lake Nachan Tal Ramgarh Tal Lake Sheikha Jheel Uttarakhand Skeleton Lake ( Lake) Bhimtal Lake Dodital Nainital Lake Naukuchiatal Sat Tal West Bengal Debar Lake East Calcutta Wetlands Jore Pokhri Mirik Lake Rabindra Sarobar Rasikbil

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Santragachhi Lake Senchal Lake

4. NATIONAL PARK

Name State 1. Bandhavgarh National Park Madhya Pradesh 2. Kanha National Park Madhya Pradesh 3. Panna National Park Madhya Pradesh 4. Pench National Park Madhya Pradesh 5. Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary Kerala 6. Idukki Wildlife Sanctuary Kerala 7. Kerala 8. Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary Kerala 9. Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary Kerala 10. Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary Rajasthan 11. Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary Rajasthan 12. Rajasthan 13. Rajasthan 14. Ranthambore National Park Rajasthan 15. Sambhar Wildlife Sanctuary Rajasthan 16. Rajaji National Park Uttarakhand 17. Corbett National Park Uttarakhand 18. Assam 19. Assam 20. Sanjay Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary Maharashtra 21. Mahim Nature Park Maharashtra 22. Dachigam National Park J&K 23. Hemis High Altitude Park J&K 24. Chilka Lake Bird Sanctuary Odisha 25. Nandankanan Zoo Odisha 26. Similipal National Park Odisha 27. Karnataka 28. Dandeli National Park Karnataka 29. Dudhwa National Park Uttar Pradesh 30. Gir National Park Gujarat 31. Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary Tamilnadu 32. Nagarjunasagar Wildlife Sanctuary Telangana 33. Renuka Wildlife Sanctuary Himachal Pradesh 34. Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary Haryana (Gurgoan) 35. Sunderbans Tiger Reserve West Bengal

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5. FOLK DANCE

States/UT Folk Dance Jharkhand Chhanu, Sarahul, Jat-Jatin, Karma, Danga, Bidesia, Sohrai. Uttarakhand Gadhwali, Kumayuni, Kajari, Jhora, Raslila, Chappeli. Andra Pradesh Kuchipudi (Classical), Ghantamardala, (Ottam Thedal, Mohiniattam, Kummi, Siddhi, Madhuri, Chhadi. Chhattisgarh Goudi, Karma, Jhumar, Dagla, Pali, Tapali, Navrani, Diwari, Mundari. Arunachal Pradesh Mask dance (Mukhauta Nritya), War dance. Himachal Pradesh Jhora, Jhali, Chharhi, Dhaman, Chhapeli, Mahasu, Nati, Dangi, Chamba, Thali, Jhainta, Daf, Stick dance etc. Goa Mandi, Jhagor, Khol, Dakni etc. Assam Bihu, Bichhua, Natpuja, Maharas, Kaligopal, Bagurumba, Naga dance, Khel Gopal, Tabal Chongli, Canoe, Jhumura Hobjanai etc. West Bengal Kathi, Gambhira, Dhali, Jatra, Baul, Marasia, Mahal, Keertan etc.

Kerala Kathakali (Classical), Ottam Thulal, Mohini-attam, Kaikottikali, Tappatikali, Kali Auttam. Meghalaya Laho, Baala etc. Manipur Manipuri (Classical), Rakhal, Nat Rash, Maha Rash, Raukhat etc.

Nagaland Chong, Khaiva, Lim, Nuralim etc. Orissa Odissi (Classical), Savari, Ghumara, Painka, Munari, Chhau, Chadya Dandanata etc. Maharashtra Lavani, Nakata, Koli, Lezim, Gafa, Dahikala Dasavtar or Bohada, Tamasha, Mauni, Powara, Gouricha etc. Karnataka Yakshagan, huttar, Suggi, Kunitha, Karga, Lambi Gujarat Garba, Dandiya Ras, Tippani Juriun, Bhavai. Punjab Bhagra, Giddha, Daff, Dhaman etc. Rajasthan Ghumar, Chakri, Ganagor, Jhulan Leela, Jhuma, Suisini, Ghapal, Panihari, Ginad etc. Mizoram Khanatm, Pakhupila, Cherokan etc. Jammu & Kashmir Rauf, Hikat, Mandjas, kud Dandi nach, Damali. Tamil Nadu Bharatnatyam, Kumi, Kolattam, Kavadi, Uttar Pradesh Nautanki, Raslila, Kajri, Jhora, Chappeli, Jaita. Bihar Jata-Jatin, Bakho-Bakhain, Panwariya, Sama-Chakwa, Bidesia, Jatra etc. Haryana Jhumar, Phag Dance, Daph, Dhamal, Loor, Gugga, Khor, Gagor etc.

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6. STADIUM

Stadium Name Location Associated Sport Game Mumbai, Maharashtra Cricket HPCA Stadium , Himachal Pradesh Cricket Feroz Shah Kotla Ground Delhi Cricket M.A. Chidambaram Stadium Chennai , Tamil Nadu Cricket Kolkata , West Bengal Cricket Gymkhana Ground Mumbai , Maharashtra Cricket Jsca Stadium , Jharkhand Cricket Khanderi Cricket Stadium , Gujarat Cricket Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium Pune , Maharashtra Cricket Dr. D.Y. Patil Stadium Navi Mumbai , Maharashtra Football & Cricket New Vca Stadium Nagpur, Maharashtra Cricket Maharani Usharaje Trust Cricket Indore, Madhya Pradesh Cricket Ground Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium Hyderabad , Andhra Pradesh Cricket Apca-Vdca Stadium Visakhapatnam , Andhra Pradesh Cricket Indira Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh Cricket , Rajasthan Cricket Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium , Kerala Multipurpose IPCL Sport Complex Vadodara, Gujarat Cricket K.D. Singh Babu Stadium , Uttar Pradesh Multipurpose Margao, Goa Football & Cricket Maulana Azad Stadium Jammu , Jammu & Kashmir Cricket Indira Priyadarshini Stadium Visakhapatnam , Andhra Pradesh Cricket Roop Singh Stadium Gwalior , Madhya Pradesh Cricket Nahar Singh Stadium , Haryana Cricket Madhav Rao SC India Ground Rajkot, Gujarat Cricket Sector 16 Stadium Chandigarh Cricket Nehru Stadium Pune, Maharashtra Cricket (Multipurpose) University Stadium Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Football (Multipurpose) Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium Delhi Multipurpose Keenan Stadium , Jharkhand Cricket And Football Sardar Patel Stadium Ahmedabad , Gujarat Cricket Moti Bagh Stadium Vadodara , Gujarat Cricket

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Sher-I-Kashmir Stadium Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir Cricket Sawai Mani Singh Stadium Jaipur , Rajasthan Cricket Gandhi Sports Complex Ground , Punjab Cricket Cuttack, Orissa Cricket M. Chinnasawami Stadium Bangalore , Karnataka Cricket Vca Ground Nagpur , Maharashtra Cricket Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium Hyderabad , Andhra Pradesh Cricket , Uttar Pradesh Cricket Mumbai , Maharashtra Cricket Guru Gobind Singh Stadium Nanded, Maharashtra Cricket Fort Maidan Palakkad, Kerala Football Dilip Tirkey Stadium Ranchi, Jharkhand Hockey Birsa Munda Stadium Ranchi, Jharkhand Hockey Kalinga Stadium Bhuvaneshwar, Odisha Hockey Mahindra Stadium Mumbai, Maharashtra Hockey Dhyan Chand Astroturf Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Hockey Dadaji Kondadev Stadium Thane, Maharashtra Football Guru Nanak Stadium Ludhiana, Punjab Football

7. TEMPLE

S. No. Temples States 1. Kamakhya Temple Guwahati, Assam 2. Sukresvara temple Assam 3. Mahabalipuram Temple Tamil nadu 4. Meenakshi temple Madurai, Tamil Nadu 5. Brihadeeswarar Temple Tamil Nadu 6. Kanchipuram Temple Tamil Nadu 7. Srisailam Temple Andhra Pradesh 8. Tirupathi Temple Andhra Pradesh 9. Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple Kerala 10. Shabarimala ayyappa temple Kerala 11. Gomateshwra Temple Karnataka 12. Virupaksha Temple Bangalore (Karnataka) 13. Golden temple – Amritsar, Punjab 14. Somnath temple Gujarat 15. Siddhivinayak Temple Maharashtra 16. Mahabodhi Temple Gaya, Bihar 17. Jammu & Kashmir 18. Markandeshwar Temple Haryana

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19. Konark Sun Temple Odisha 20. Birla Mandir Jaipur

8. WEBSITES FOUNDER

Websites Name Founders Blogger Evan Willam Belli Email Shiva Ayyadurai Ebay Pierre Omidyar Facebook Mark Zuckerberg Flipkart Sachin and Binny Bansal Google Larry Page & Sergey Brin Gtalk Richard Wah kan Hi5 Ramu Yalamanchi Hotmail Sabeer Bhatia Ibibo Ashish Kashyap Internet Tim Berners Lee Kosmix Venky Harinarayan and Anand Rajaraman Linkdin Reid Hoffman, Allen Blue& Koonstantin Guericke Mozilla Firefox Dave Hyatt & Blake Ross Myspace Chris Dewolfe & Tom Anderson Nimbuzz Martin Smink & Evert Jaap Lugt OLX Alec Oxenford & Fabrice Grinda Orkut Buyukkokten Opera Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner & Geir lvarsoy Paypal Max Levchin and Peter Thiel Paytm Vijay Shekhar Sharma Rediffmail Ajit Balakrishnan Skype Niklas Zennstrom, JanusFriis & Reid Hoffman Twitter Jack Dorsey & Dick Costolo Yahoo David Filo & Jerry Yang YouTube Steve Chen, Chad Hurley & JawedKarim WhatsApp Laurel Kirtz Wikipedia Jimmy Wales Wikileaks Julian Assange WordPress Michel Valdrighi

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9. RIVER-CITY

City➖➖River➖➖State◀️ Agra➖Yamuna➖Uttar Pradesh Ahmedabad➖Sabarmati➖Gujarat Allahabad➖At the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati➖Uttar Pradesh Ayodhya➖Saryu➖Uttar Pradesh Badrinath➖Alaknanda➖Uttarakhand Banki➖➖Odisha Brahmapur➖Rushikulya➖Odisha Chhatrapur➖Rushikulya➖Odisha Bhagalpur➖Ganga➖Bihar Kolkata➖Hugli➖West Bengal Cuttack➖Mahanadi➖Odisha New Delhi➖Yamuna➖Delhi Dibrugarh➖Brahmaputra➖Assam Ferozpur➖Sutlej➖Punjab Guwahati➖Brahmaputra➖Assam Haridwar➖Ganga➖Uttarakhand Hyderabad➖Musi➖Telangana Jabalpur➖Narmada➖Madhya Pradesh Kanpur➖Ganga➖Uttar Pradesh Kota➖Chambal➖Rajasthan Kottayam➖Meenachil➖Kerala Jaunpur➖Gomti➖Uttar Pradesh Patna➖Ganga➖Bihar Rajahmundry➖Godavari➖Andhra Pradesh Srinagar➖Jhelum➖Jammu & Kashmir Surat➖Tapi➖Gujarat Tiruchirapalli➖➖Tamil Nadu Varanasi➖Ganga➖Uttar Pradesh Vijayawada➖Krishna➖Andhra Pradesh Vadodara➖Vishwamitri➖Gujarat

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Mathura➖Yamuna➖Uttar Pradesh Mirzapur➖Ganga➖Uttar Pradesh Auraiya➖Yamuna➖Uttar Pradesh Etawah➖Yamuna➖Uttar Pradesh Bangalore➖Vrishabhavathi➖Karnataka Farrukhabad➖Ganga➖Uttar Pradesh Fatehgarh➖Ganga➖Uttar Pradesh Kannauj➖Ganga➖Uttar Pradesh Mangalore➖Netravati, Gurupura➖Karnataka Shimoga➖➖Karnataka Bhadravathi➖Bhadra➖Karnataka Hospet➖Tungabhadra➖Karnataka Karwar➖Kali➖Karnataka Bagalkot➖Ghataprabha➖Karnataka Honnavar➖Sharavathi➖Karnataka Gwalior➖Chambal➖Madhya Pradesh Gorakhpur➖Rapti➖Uttar Pradesh Lucknow➖Gomti➖Uttar Pradesh Kanpur➖Ganga➖Uttar Pradesh Shuklaganj➖Ganga➖Uttar Pradesh Chakeri➖Ganga➖Uttar Pradesh Malegaon➖Girna River➖Maharashtra Sambalpur➖Mahanadi➖Odisha Rourkela➖Brahmani➖Odisha Pune➖Mula, Mutha➖Maharashtra Daman➖Daman Ganga River➖Daman Madurai➖Vaigai➖Tamil Nadu Thiruchirapalli➖Kaveri➖Tamil Nadu Chennai➖Cooum, Adyar➖Tamil Nadu Coimbatore➖Noyyal➖Tamil Nadu Erode➖Kaveri➖Tamil Nadu Tirunelveli➖Thamirabarani➖Tamil Nadu Bharuch➖Narmada➖Gujarat Karjat➖Ulhas➖Maharashtra Nashik➖Godavari➖Maharashtra

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Mahad➖Savitri➖Maharashtra Nanded➖Godavari➖Maharashtra Kolhapur➖Panchaganga➖Maharashtra Nellore➖Pennar➖Andhra Pradesh Nizamabad➖Godavari➖Telangana Saguli➖Krishna➖Maharashtra Karad➖Krishna, Koyna➖Maharashtra Hajipur➖Ganga➖Bihar Ujjain➖Shipra➖Madhya Pradesh.

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10. LIST OF COUNTRIES, CAPITALS, CURRENCIES

List of Countries having Rupee/Rupiah as their Currency

Country Capital Currency India New Delhi Rupee Indonesia Jakarta Rupiah Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese Rupee Sri Lanka Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte Sri Lankan Rupee Seychelles Victoria Seychellois Rupee Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani Rupee Maldives Male Maldivian Rufiyaa Mauritius Port Louis Mauritian Rupee

List of Countries having Dinar/Dirham as their Currency

Country Capital Currency Algeria Algiers Algerian Dinar Bahrain Manama Bahraini Dinar Iraq Baghdad Iraqi Dinar Jordan Amman Jordanian Dinar Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwaiti Dinar Libya Tripoli Libyan Dinar Macedonia Skopje Macedonian Denar Serbia Belgrade Serbian Dinar Tunisia Tunis Tunisian Dinar UAE Abu Dhabi UAE Dirham

List of Countries having Euro as their Currency

Country Capital Country Capital Andorra Andorra la Vella Latvia Riga Austria Vienna Luxembourg Luxembourg Belgium Brussels Malta Valletta Cyprus Nicosia Monaco Monaco Estonia Tallinn Montenegro Podgorica Finland Helsinki Netherlands Amsterdam France Paris Portugal Lisbon Germany Berlin San Marino San Marino Greece Athens Slovakia Bratislava Ireland Reykjavik Slovenia Ljubljana

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Italy Rome Spain Madrid Lithuania Vilnius Vatican City Vatican City

List of Countries having Dollar as their Currency

Country Capital Currency Antigua and Barbuda Saint John’s Eastern Caribbean Dollar Australia Canberra Australian Dollar Bahamas Nassau Bahamian Dollar Barbados Bridgetown Barbadian Dollar Belize Belmopan Belize Dollar Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei Dollar Bermuda Hamilton Bermudian Dollar Canada Ottawa Canadian Dollar Dominica Roseau Eastern Caribbean Dollar Fiji Suva Fijian Dollar Grenada Saint George's Eastern Caribbean Dollar Guyana Georgetown Guyanese Dollar Jamaica Kingston Jamaican dollar Kiribati Tarawa Kiribati dollar Liberia Monrovia Liberian dollar Namibia Windhoek Namibian Dollar Nauru Yaren District Australian Dollar New Zealand Wellington New Zealand Dollar Palau Ngerulmud United States Dollar Panama Panama City United States Dollar Singapore Singapore Singapore Dollar Taiwan Taipei New Taiwan Dollar Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago Dollar Tuvalu Funafuti Australian dollar, Tuvaluan dollar United States Washington, D.C. United States Dollar Zimbabwe Harare Zimbabwe Dollar

Countries having Peso as their Currency

Country Capital Currency Argentina Buenos Aires Argentine peso

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Chile Santiago Chilean peso Colombia Bogotá Colombian peso Cuba Havana Cuban convertible peso Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Dominican peso Mexico Mexico City Mexican peso Philippines Manila Philippine peso Uruguay Montevideo Uruguayan peso

Countries having Rial/Riyal as their Currency

Country Capital Currency Cambodia Phnom Penh Riel Iran Tehran Rial Oman Muscat Rial Qatar Doha Riyal Saudi Arabia Riyadh Saudi Riyal

Countries having Pound as their Currency

Country Capital Currency United Kingdom Currency Pound sterling Egypt Cairo Egyptian pound Lebanon Beirut Lebanese pound South Sudan Juba South Sudanese pound Sudan Khartoum Sudanese pound Syria Damascus Syrian pound

Countries having Currency same as their Country name

Country Capital Currency Afghanistan Kabul Afghan Afghani Bangladesh Dhaka Bangladeshi taka Georgia Tbilisi Georgian lari Israel Jerusalem Israeli new shekel Japan Tokyo Japanese yen Kazakhstan Astana Kazakhstani Tenge Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Kyrgyzstani Som Laos Vientiane Lao kip Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Malaysian ringgit Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Mongolian Togrog

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Myanmar (Burma) Naypyidaw Burmese kyat North Korea Pyongyang North Korean won South Korea Seoul South Korean won Tajikistan Dushanbe Tajikistani Somoni Thailand Bangkok Thai baht Turkey Ankara Turkish lira Turkmenistan Ashgabat Turkmenistan Manat Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistani Som Nicaragua Managua Nicaraguan Cordoba Bolivia Sucre La Paz Bolivian boliviano Paraguay Asunción Paraguayan Guarani Venezuela Caracas Venezuelan bolivar Albania Tirana Albanian Lek Belarus Minsk Belarusian Ruble Bulgaria Sofia Bulgarian lev Croatia Zagreb Croatian Kuna Czech Republic Prague Czech koruna Denmark Copenhagen Danish krone Hungary Budapest Hungarian forint Iceland Reykjavik Icelandic krona Norway Oslo Norwegian krone Poland Warsaw Polish zloty Romania Bucharest Romanian Leu Russia Moscow Russian Ruble Sierra Leone Freetown Sierra Leonean Leone Rwanda Kigali Rwandan Franc Madagascar Antananarivo Malagasy Ariary Kenya Nairobi Kenyan shilling Ghana Accra Ghanaian cedi Gambia Banjul Gambian dalasi Ethiopia Addis Ababa Ethiopian birr Angola Luanda Angolan kwanza Countries having Different Currencies

Country Capital Currency China Beijing Renminbi Peru Lima Sol Mozambique Maputo Metical

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Mali Bamako West African CFA franc Bhutan Thimphu Bhutanese ngultrum

11. IMPORTANT WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES

State Name Wildlife Sanctuaries Andhra Pradesh Gundla Brahmeswaram Sanctuary Kaundinya Sanctuary Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary Kolleru Bird Sanctuary Krishna Sanctuary Mahavir Harina Vanasthali National Park Manjira Bird Sanctuary Nelaputta Bird Sanctuary Pakhal Wildlife Sanctuary Papikonda Sanctuary Pocharam Sanctuary

Arunachal Pradesh Wildlife Sanctuary Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary

Kane Wildlife Sanctuary

Eagle Nest Wildlife Sanctuary

Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary

Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary

Assam Bornadi Wildlife Sanctuary Wildlife Sanctuary

Garampani Wildlife Sanctuary

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Hoollongapar Wildlife Sanctuary

Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary

Pabha Wildlife Sanctuary

Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary

Bihar Barela Salim Ali Zubba Saheni Wildlife Sanctuary

Bhimbandh Wildlife Sanctuary

Kanwar Lake Bird Sanctuary

Nagi Dam Wildlife Sanctuary

Rajgir Wildlife Sanctuary

Chhattisgarh Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary Badalkohl Wildlife Sanctuary

Bhairamgarh Wildlife Sanctuary

Gomarda Reserve Forest

Semarsot Wildlife Sanctuary

Tamor Pingla Wildlife Sanctuary

Goa Netravali WLS Bhagwan Mahavir (Mollem) WLS

Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary

Gujarat Balaram Ambaji Wildlife Sanctuary Barda Wildlife Sanctuary

Dhumkhal Wildlife Sanctuary

Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary

Jambughoda Wildlife Sanctuary

Jessore Sanctuary

Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary

Paniya Wildlife Sanctuary

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Rampura Sanctuary

Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary

Haryana N Khaparwas WLS Kalesar WLS

Bir Shikargarh Sanctuary Himachal Pradesh Bandli Wildlife Sanctuary Chail Wildlife Sanctuary

Churdhar Wildlife Sanctuary

Daranghati Wildlife Sanctuary

Darlaghat Wildlife Sanctuary

Gamgul Siahbehi Bird Sanctuary

Gobind Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary

Kohkhan Wildlife Sanctuary

Lippa Asrang Wildlife Sanctuary

Naina Devi Wildlife Sanctuary

Pong Dam Sanctuary

Renuka Wildlife Sanctuary

Sechu tuan Nala Wildlife Sanctuary

Shili Wildlife Sanctuary

Tirthan Wildlife Sanctuary

Jammu & Kashmir Wildlife Sanctuary Limber Wildlife Sanctuary

Lachipora Wildlife Sanctuary

Overa - Aru Wildlife Sanctuary

Hirpora Wildlife Sanctuary

Rajparian () Wildlife Sanctuary

Karkoram Wildlife Sanctuary

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Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary

Ramnagar Wildlife Sanctuary

Jharkhand Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary Gautam Budha Wildlife Sanctuary

Lawalong Wildlife sanctuary

Palamau Wildlife Sanctuary

Parasnath Wildlife Sanctuary

Udhwa Lake Bird Sanctuary

Karnataka Bhadra WLS Bhimgad WLS

Brahmagiri WLS

Cauvery WLS

Nugu WLS

Pushpagiri WLS

Ranganathittu Bird WLS

Sharavathi Valley WLS

B R Hills Wildlife Sanctuary

Adichunchanagiri Peacock Sanctuary

Shettihalla Wildlife Sanctuary

Arabithittu Wildlife Sanctuary

Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary

Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary

Attiveri Bird Sanctuary

Kerala Pampadum Shola National Park Aralam WLS

Chimmony WLS

Idukki WLS

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Malabar WLS

Mangalavanam Bird WLS

Neyyar WLS

Periyar WLS

Madhya Pradesh Bori WLS Gandhi Sagar WLS

Ghatigaon WLS

Ken Gharial WLS

Narsighgarh WLS

National Chambal WLS

Orcha WLS

Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary

Sardarpur Sanctuary

Son Ghariyal Sanctuary

Phen Sanctuary

Panpatha Wildlife Sanctuary

Maharashtra Aner Dam Wildlife Sanctuary Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary

Bor Wildlife Sanctuary

Chaprala Wildlife Sanctuary

Dhakna Kolkaz Wildlife Sanctuary

Gread Indian Bustard Sanctuary

Jaikwadi Wildlife Sanctuary

Katepurna Wildlife Sanctuary

Malvan Marine Wildlife Sanctuary

Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary

Navegaon National Park

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Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary

Sagershwar Wildlife Sanctuary

Wainganga Wildlife Sanctuary

Yedshi Ramling Ghat Wildlife Sanctuary

Odisha Chandaka Dampara Wildlife Sanctuary Chilika Bird Sanctuary

Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary

Gahirmatha Sanctuary

Hadgarh Wildlife Sanctuary

Khalasuni Sanctuary

Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary

Nandankanan National Park

Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary

Punjab Bir Mehaswala Wildlife Sanctuary Bir Motibagh Wildlife Sanctuary

Harike Lake Wildlife Sanctuary

Harike Lake Wildlife Sanctuary

Kathlaur Kushlian Wildlife Sanctuary

Nangal Wildlife Sanctuary

Rajasthan Jawahar Sagar WLS Kailadevi WLS

Mount Abu WLS

Ramsagar WLS

Sawai Man Singh WLS

Shergarh WLS

Sitamata WLS

Sambhar Wildlife Sanctuary

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Bhainsrodgarh wildlife Sanctuary

Jawahar Sagar, Wildlife Sanctuary

Ramgarh Vishdhari Wildlife Sanctuary

Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary

Uttar Pradesh Asan Bradge Bird Watching Chilla Wildlife Sanctuary

Kaimoor Sanctuary

Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary

National Chambal Sanctuary

Okhla Bird Sanctuary

Samaspur Wildlife Sanctuary

Sohagi Barwa Sanctuary

West Bengal Ballabhpur Wildlife Sanctuary Bethudahari Wildlife Sanctuary

Bibhutibhushan Wildlife Sanctuary

Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary

Haliday Island Wildlife Sanctuary

Jore Pokhri Wildlife Sanctuary

Lothian Island Wildlife Sanctuary

Rajganj Wildlife Sanctuary

Senchal Wildlife Sanctuary

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12. STATE CHIEF MINISTERS AND GOVERNORS

S. NO State and U.T. Chief Minister Governor Jagan Reddy 1 Andhra Pradesh Shri E.S Lakshmi Narasimhan

2 Andaman & U.T Admiral (Retd) Nicobar (UT) Devendra Kumar Joshi 3 Arunachal Shri Pema Khandu Retired Brigadier BD Mishra Pradesh Shri Sarbananda 4 Assam Sonowal Shri

5 Bihar Shri Nitish Kumar Shri Lalji Tandon

6 Chandigarh (UT) U.T Shri V.P. Singh Badnore Shri Bhupesh Baghel 7 Chhatisgarh Anandi Ben Patel

Dadra and 8 Nagar Haveli U.T Shri Vikram Dev Dutt, IAS (UT) 9 Daman and Diu U.T Shri Vikram Dev Dutt, IAS (UT) 10 Delhi (NCT) Shri Arvind Anil Baijal Kejriwal 11 Goa Shri Pramod Sawant Smt.

12 Gujarat Shri Vijaybhai Shri Om Prakash Kohli R. Rupani 13 Haryana Shri Manohar Lal

14 Himachal Pradesh Shri Jairam Thakur Shri Acharya Dev Vrat

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15 Jammu Mehbooba Mufti Shri and Sayeed Kashmir 16 Jharkhand Shri Raghubar Das Smt.

17 Kerala Shri Pinarayi Vijayan Shri Justice (Retd.) Palaniswamy Sathasivam 18 Lakshadw U.T Shri Vijay Kumar IAS eep (UT) 19 Madhya Shri Kamal Nath Anandi Ben Patel Pradesh 20 Maharasht Shri Devendra Shri Chennamaneni ra Fadnavis Vidyasagar Rao Shri Nongthombam 21 Manipur Biren Singh Dr. Najma A. Heptulla 22. Jharkhad Shri Raghubar Das Smt. Draupadi Murmu

23 Meghalya Conrad Sangma Shri Tathgata Roy

24. Mizoram Zoramthanga Shri Kummanam Rajasekharan 25. Nagaland Shri. Neiphiu Rio Shri Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya 26. Odisha Shri Naveen Patnaik Shri

27. Puducherr Shri. V. Narayanasamy Dr. Kiran Bedi y (UT) 28. Punjab Capt. Amrinder Singh Shri V.P. Singh Badnore

29 Rajasthan Shri Ashok Gehlot Shri Kalyan Singh

Shri P S GOLAY 30 Sikkim Shri 31 Tamil Edappadi K Shri. Barnwarilal Purohit Nadu Palaniswami

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32. Telangana Shri K Chandrasekhar Shri E.S Lakshmi Narasimhan Rao (Add. Charge) 33. Tripura Biplab Kumar Deb Shri Kaptan Singh Solanki

34 Uttar Shri Yogi Aadityanath Shri Ram Naik Pradesh 35 Uttarakha Shri Trivendra Singh nd Rawat 36 West Km. Mamata Banerjee Shri Keshari Nath Tripathi Bengal

13. STATES FESTIVELS

State Festival Andhra Pradesh Brahmotsavam, Ugadi or the Telugu New Year, Dasara, Sri Rama Navami, Deccan festival, Durga festival.

Arunachal Pradesh Solung, Losar Festival, Murung, Reh, Mopin, Boori Boot, Monpa festval.

Assam Ambubasi festival, Bohag Bihu, Baishagu festival, Majuli festival, Dehing Patkai festival, Pragjyothi dance festival.

Bihar Bihula, Chhath Puja, Madhushravani, Rajgir Dance festival.

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Goa Fontainhas Festival of Art, sunburn festival, Ladainha, Mando Festival, Ghumot fest, Chikalkalo.

Gujarat Kite Festival, Holi, Modhera Dance Festival, Saptak Music Festival.

Haryana Baisakhi festival. Jammu and Kashmir Dosmuchey festival, Matho Narang, Gemis Festival, Galdan Namchot.

Jharkhand Sarhul, Dansi, Karma, Hal Punhya, Rohin, Bandna. Karnataka Pattadakal Dance festival, Gudi Padwa. Kerala Onam, Nishagandhi festival, vaikathashtami festival. Madhya Pradesh Tejaji Fair, Khajuraho festival.

Maharashtra Kalidas festival, Chikoo Utsav. Manipur Yaoshang, Chavang Kut. Nongkrem Dance Festival, Meghalaya Wangala Festival, Bob Dylan festival, Ahaia festival. Mizoram ChapcharKut Festival Nagaland Hornbill Festival, Moatsu festival, Hornbill festival. Odisha Konark festival, International sand art festival. Punjab Lohri. Gangaur Festival, Bundi Utsav, Desert Rajasthan festival, Braj festival, Shekhawati festival, Matasya festival.

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Sikkim Saga Dawa Pongal, Thaipoosam, Jallikattu festival, Tamil Nadu Natyanjali festival. Telangana Bonalu Tripura Kharchi Puja

Uttar Pradesh Kumbh Mela, Ram Leela. Uttarakhand Ganga Dusshera West Bengal Durga Puja, Nandikar National Theatre festival.

14. International Organizations & Headquater

International Organizations Headquarter United Nations Organization New York, US (UN) United Nations Children’s New York, US Fund (UNICEF) United Nations Populations New York, US Fund (UNFPA) United Nations Conference on Trade & Development Geneva, Switzerland (UNCTAD) World Health Organization Geneva, Switzerland (WHO) World Economic Forum Geneva, Switzerland International LabourOrganisation (ILO) Geneva, Switzerland World Trade Organisation Geneva, Switzerland

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World Meteorological Organisation Geneva, Switzerland World Intellectual Property Organisation Geneva, Switzerland International Committee of the Red Cross Geneva, Switzerland United Nations Education Scientific & Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Paris, France Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) Paris, France United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) Vienna, Austria International Atomic Agency Vienna, Austria Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Vienna, Austria Amnesty International London, UK International Maritime Organisation London, UK

Commonwealth of Nations London, UK South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Kathmandu, Nepal Association of South East Nations (ASEAN) Jakarta, Indonesia Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Singapore North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Brussels, Belgium International Cricket Council (ICC) Dubai, UAE Food & Agricultural Rome, Italy Organisation (FAO)

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International Court of Justice The Hague, The Netherland International Olympic Lausanne, Switzerland Committee The Fédération Internationale Zurich, Switzerland de Football Association (FIFA) The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons The Hague, The Netherlands (OPCW) World Wide Fund for Nature Avenue du Mont-Blanc, Gland, (WWF) Vaud, Switzerland Asian Infrastructure Beijing, China

Investment Bank (AIIB) New Development Bank Shanghai, China (BRICS Development Bank) Asian Development Bank Manila, Philippines (ADB) International Monetary Fund Washington DC, US (IMF)

World Bank Washington DC, US

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15. LIST OF IMPORTANT AIRPORTS IN INDIA

Airport City State/UT Kempegowda Bangalore Karnataka International Airport Netaji Subhash Kolkata West Bengal Chandra Bose Intl.Airport Rajiv Gandhi Hyderabad Telangana International Airport Sardar Vallabhbhai Ahmedabad Gujarat Patel International Airport Chaudhary Charan Lucknow Uttar Pradesh Singh Intl. Airport Lokpriya Gopinath Guwahati Assam Bordoloi Intl. Airport Srinagar Airport Srinagar J&K Biju Patnaik Bhubaneswar Odisha International Airport Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh Airport Devi Ahilyabai Indore Madhya Pradesh Holkar Airport Dr. Babasaheb Nagpur Maharashtra Ambedkar Intl. Airport Lok Nayak Patna Bihar Jayaprakash Airport

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Sri Guru Ram Dass Amritsar Punjab Jee International Airport Swami Vivekananda Raipur Chhattisgarh Airport Bagdogra Airport Bagdogra West Bengal Veer Savarkar Port Blair andaman&Nicobar International Islands Airport Birsa Munda Ranchi Jharkhand Airport Maharana Pratap Udaipur Rajasthan Airport Raja Bhoj Bhopal Madhya Pradesh International Airport Jolly Grant Airport Uttrakhand Rajahmundry Rajahmundry Andhra Pradesh Airport Silchar Airport Silchar Assam Lengpui Airport Aizwal Mizoram Zaruki Meghalaya International Airport Daporijo Airport Daporijo Arunachal Pradesh Tezu Airport Tezu Arunachal Pradesh Kandla Airport Kandla Gujarat Sonari Airport Jamshedpur Jharkhand Birsa Munda Ranchi Jharkhand Airport Agatti Aerodrome Agatti Lakshadweep

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16. IMPORTANT STOKE EXCHANGES IN WORLD

Stoke Exchange Country New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) New York City, US NASDAQ OMX New York City, US Tokyo Stock Exchange Tokyo, Japan London Stock Exchange London, UK Shanghai Stock Exchange Shanghai, China BM&F Bovespa Sao Paul, Brazil Deutsche Börse Frankfurt, Germany JSE Limited Johannesburg, South Africa. Borsa Italia Milan, Italy Montreal Exchange (MSE) Montreal, Canada Nordic: Baltic market (OMX) Stockholm, Sweden Bolsa de Madrid (Madrid Stock Madrid, Spain Exchange) Royal Securities Exchange of Bhutan Bhutan NIKKEI Japan National Stoke Exchange India

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17. CENSUS 2011

1) The population of the country as per the provisional figures of Census 2011 is 1210.19 million of which 623.7 million (51.54%) are males&586.46 million (48.46%) are females. The major highlights of the Census 2011 (Provisional figures) are as under: *The population of India has increased by more than 181 million during the decade 2001-2011. 2) %age growth in 2001-2011 is 17.64; males 17.19&females 18.12. 3) *Uttar Pradesh (199.5 million) is the most populous State in the country followed by Maharashtra with 112 million.

Slogan Our census, Our Future India's 1st Census 1872 2011 Census is 15th Census Total Population 1,21,01,93,422 India's Rank in population 2nd with 17.5% (1st China with 19%) Most Populous State Uttar Pradesh Least Populous State Sikkim Most Literate State Kerala (93.9%) Least Literate State Bihar (63.82%) National Sex Ratio Female : Male (940 : 1000) Highest Sex Ratio (State) Kerala (1084 : 1000) Lowest Sex Ratio (State) Haryana Highest Sex Ratio (UT) Puducherry Least Sex Ratio (UT) Damn & Dayyu (61 : 1000) Literacy of Male 82.14% Literacy of Female 65.46%

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Population Growth Rate 17.64% Highest fertility Rate Meghalaya Most literate Lakshadweep (92.2%) Least literate Union Territory Dadra Nagar & Haweli Least literate Union Territory Dadra Nagar & Haweli Highest Density of Population Bihar (1102 sq.km) Lowest Density of Population Arunachal Pradesh (17) Total number of districts 640 Density of Population in India 382 sq. km Increase in population (during 2001- 181 million 2011)

18. REVOLUTIONS IN THE FIELD OF AGRICULTURE IN INDIA

Black Revolution Petroleum Production Blue Revolution Fish Production Brown Revolution Leather/Non-conventional (India)/Cocoa production Golden Fiber Revolution Jute Production Golden Revolution Fruits/Overall Horticulture development/Honey Production Green Revolution Food grains Grey Revolution Fertilizer Pink Revolution Onion production/Pharmaceutical (India)/ Prawn production Red Revolution Meat & Tomato Production Round Revolution Potato Silver Fiber Revolution Cotton

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Silver Revolution Egg/Poultry Production White Revolution (In India: Operation Milk/Dairy production Flood) Yellow Revolution Oil Seeds production Evergreen Revolution Overall development of Agriculture

19. INTERNATIONAL BORDERS/BOUNDARY LINES

Borders/Boundary Lines Between two Countries Durand Line Afghanistan & Pakistan Hindenburg Line Germany & Poland. Mason-dixon Line Line of demarcation between four states in the United States. Mannerheim Line Russia-Finland border. Macmahon Line India & China Medicine Line Canada & the United States Order-neisse Line Poland & Germany Radcliffe Line India & Pakistan. Siegfried Line Germany on its border with France. 17th Parallel North Vietnam & South Vietnam 26th Parallel south Africa, Australia & South America 30TH PARALLEL Equator & the North Pole 38th Parallel Separates North Korea&South Korea. 42nd Parallel north New York - Pennsylania Border. 49th Parallel USA&Canada

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20. IMPORTANT STATIC QUESTIONS

1. World Development Report is annually published by A. UNESCO B. International Monetary Fund C. World Trade Organization D. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development E. None of these

2. Who among the following is the author of the book “The God of Small Things”? A. Arundhati Roy B. Kiran Desai C. Namita Gokhale D. VS Naipul E. None of these

3. Baglihar Dam has been a matter of dispute between which nations? A. India and Pakistan B. India and China C. Myanmar and China D Bangladesh and Myanmar

E. None of these

4. Which of the following venues has hosted the Summer Olympic Games the maximum number of times? A. Los Angles B. London C. Paris D. Athens E. None of these

5. Which country has the longest coastline? A. India B. Canada C. Australia D. USA E. None of these

6. Which of the following was the first host country to win the Cricket World Cup? A. Australia B. West Indies C. India D. England E. None of these

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7. Which of the following is a term NOT connected with stock exchange in India? A. Nifty B. Hawala C. Badla D. SEBI E. None of these

8. Which of the following constitutes the World Bank? A. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development B. International Finance Corporation C. International Development Association D. International Monetary Fund A. Only B and D B. Only A and D C. Only C and D D. Only A, B and C E. None of these

9. World Heart Day is observed on- A. 20 September B. 19 September C. 29 September D. 25 September E. None of these

10. The White Revolution is associated with- A. J V Narlikar B. MS Swaminathan C. Verghese Kurien D. JC Bose E. None of these

11. United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) headquartered in:- A. Sydney, Australia B. Geneva, Switzerland C. New York, United States D. WC, United States E. None of these

12. Name the Governor of Tamil Nadu. A. Padmanabha Acharya B. Konijeti Rosaiah C. Shriniwas Patil D.

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E. None of these

13. Currency of China is? A. Pound B. Yen C. Renminbi D. Rand E. None of these

14. Where is the Headquarter of Indian Bank? A. Mumbai B. Chennai C. Bangalore D. New Delhi E. None of these

15. Which of the following country is not the member of the SAARC? A. Africa B. Bhutan C. Bangladesh D. Afghanistan E. None of these

16. Name the current 16th Lok sabha speaker. A. Shri Somnath Chatterjee B. Meira Kumar C. Sumitra Mahajan D. Sh. Manohar Joshi E. None of these

17. On the banks of which river, Madhya Pradesh is situated? A. Chambal B. Narmada C. Tapi D. Chambal E. All of the above

18. Which of the following airport is in Madhya Pradesh? A. Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia Air Terminal B. Dumna Airport C. Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport D. Raja Bhoj International Airport E. All of the above

19. Where is Jawaharlal Nehru port situated?

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A. New Delhi B. International Monetary Fund C. Kolkata D. Mumbai E. None of these

20. Deutsche Bundes Bank is central bank of which country? A. Russia B. Nepal C. Germany D. France E. None of these

21. The Headquarter of Universal Postal Union is located in- A. Berne B. Rome C. Brussels D. London E. None of these

22. The Headquarter of Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is located in- A. Washington DC B. Vienna C. New York D. Paris E. None of these

23. Who is the MD and CEO of Oriental Bank of Commerce ? A. Animesh Chauhan B. Mahesh Kumar Jain C. Ashwini Kumar D. Rajeev Rishi E. None of these

24. Who is the MD and CEO of Canara Bank? A. Sushil Muhnto B. P.S.Jaykumar C. Rakesh Sharma D. Rakesh Sethi E. None of these

25. Sushma Swaraj belongs to which constituency? A. Rajapur B. Deoria C. Vidisha

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D. Nagpur E. None of these

26. Ramvilas Paswan belongs to which constituency? A. Varanasi B. Hajipur C. Warrangal D. Gorakhpur E. None of these F. 27. Who wrote the Book "Discovery of India"? A. Sir Thomas Moor B. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru C. Jonathan Swift D. Charles Darwin E. None of these

28. Who wrote the Book "Origin of species"? A. Sir Thomas Moor B. Charles Darwin C. .M.Forster D. Jonathan Swift E. None of these 29. Rihand dam is situated in which state? A. Tamil Nadu B. Chhattisgarh C. Uttar Pradesh D. Sikkim E. None of these

30. Teesta-V dam is situated in which state? A. Uttar Pradesh B. Tamil Nadu C. Chhattisgarh D. Sikkim E. None of these

31. “Where every individual is committed” is which bank’s tagline- A. State Bank of India B. Union Bank of India C. Oriental Bank of Commerce D. Indian Overseas Bank E. None of these

32. Sikka Thermal Power Station is located in which state

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A. Krba, Chhattisgarh B. Durg, Chhattisgarh C. Jamnager, Gujarat D. Gondia, Maharashtra E. None of these

33. Which city is known as Sun city of india . A. Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh B. Jodhpur, Rajasthan C. Udaipur, Rajasthan D. Jaipur, Rajasthan E. None of these

34. Deodhar Trophy is associated with which game/sports- A. Football B. Hockey C. Cricket D. Tennis E. None of these

35. Buddh international circuit stadium location in A. Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat B. Jaipur, Rajasthan C. Patna, Bihar D. Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh E. None of these

36. Who is the minister of chemical and fertilizers of India A. Ashok Gajapathi Raju B. Ravi Shankar Prasad C. D. Ananth kumar E. None of these 37. Which state has lowest rural population according to census 2011- A. Maharastra B. Sikkim C. Goa D. Punjab E. None of these

38. Paralamdi Trophy is associated with the game of A. Badminton B. Cricket C. Golf D. Hockey

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E. None of these

39. New member country of European Union A. Latvia B. South Sudan C. Croatia D. Slovenia E. None of these

40. Which of the following cities is known as the Manchester of ? A. Munnar B. Coimbatore C. Hyderabad D. Mysore E. None of these

41. In which of the following countries is the headquarters of Asian Development Bank is located? A. Indonesia B. Singapore C. Philippines D. Thailand E. None of these

42. Zaman is one of the most circulated and major newspaper of- A. Turkey B. Iran C. Iraq D. Jordon E. None of these

43. In which of the following state is Devi Talab Mandir located? A. Haryana B. Punjab C. Rajasthan D. Uttarakhand E. None of these

44. World Animals Day is observed on . A. 8th November B. 28th November C. 8th October D. 4th October E. None of these

45. Which among the following awards is given in the field of Medicine?

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A. Kaidas Samman B. Phalke Ratna Award C. B. C. Roy Award D. All the above E. None of these

46. Amisha Tripathi is the author of which of the following books? A. The Immortals of Meluha B. Girl of Heaven C. Smoking Boy D. 3 iditos E. None of these

47. Kyoto Prize is the highest private of which among the following countries? A. South Korea B. Indonesia C. Japan D. China E. None of these

48. Bamako is the capital city of . A. Mali B. Sierra Leone C. Gambia D. Sierra Leone E. None of these

49. In which of the following Indian state is Pakhui Tiger Reserve Located? A. Chhattisgarh B. Arunachal Pradesh C. Meghalaya D. Uttarakhand E. None of these

50. In which of the following cities is Aishbagh Stadium located? A. Jaipur B. Chandigarh C. Bhopal D. Raipur E. None of these

51. The festival celebrated as New Year of the state Andhra Pradesh is- A. Perantam B. Peda Pandagh C. Vinayaka Chauthhi

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D. Yugadi E. None of these

52. Manas Wild Life Sanctuary is famous for- A. Water Buffalo B. Elephant C. Tiger D. Rhinoceros E. None of these

53. flows along which town? A. Cuttack B. Haridwar C. Dibrugarh D Ferozpur

E. None of these

54. Commonwealth of Nations is headquartered at- A. Brussels B. London C. Jakarta D. Athens E. None of these

55. Captain Roop Singh Stadium is located in which among the following cities in India? A. Gwalior B. Gwalior C. Bhubaneswar D. Surat E. None of these

56. What is the currency of Israel? A. Dinar B. Tenge C. shekel D. Rial E. None of these

57. “Jawaharlal Nehru and The Indian Polity in Perspective” is the book written by A. Anup Ashok Sardesai B. Dr. Subhash Chandra C. Prof Alexander D. Haper Lee E. None of these

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58. Sucre is the capital city of A. Bhutan B. Bulgaria C. Bolivia D. Bermuda E. None of these

59. International Mother Earth Day is observed on- A. 22nd August B. 22nd July C. 22nd April D. 22nd May E. None of these

60. Which of the following is the folk dance of Rajasthan . A. Dumhal B. Ghoomar C. Changu D. Bhangra E. None of these

61. Monkey Buffet Festival is very famous in- A. Spain B. Thailand C. Malaysia D. Peru E. None of these

62. Corbillion Cup is associated with- A. Billiards B. Golf C. Table Tennis D. Hockey E. None of these

63. The 49th Parallel Line is in between USA and- A. South America B. Russia C. Canada D Mexico

E. None of these

64. The famous Dast-e-Lut Desert is in- A. Peru

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B. Syria C. Iran D. Iraq E. None of these

65. The Lake Baikal is in which of the following country- A. Canada B. Mexico C. Russia D. Tanzania E. None of these

66. WAFA is the News Agency of which of the following country- A. Australia B. West Indies C. Palestine D. England E. None of these

67. St Basil’s Cathedral is the famous monument in- A. Russia B. London C. Germany D. Greece E. None of these

68. JSE Limited is the Stock Exchange of which of the following country- A. Finland B. China C. Spain D. South Africa E. None of these

69. Khartoum is the Capital of which of the following country- A. Bermuda B. Sudan C. Serbia D. Jordan E. None of these

70. Which of the follwing country’s currency is not Euro? A. Andorra B. Monaco C. San Marino D. Djibouti

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E. None of these

71. Hopman Cup is Associated with which sport- A. Lychee City B. Place of victory C. City of Pearls D. Cultural City E. None of these

72. Karma is the famous dance form of which among the following states? A. Madhya Pradesh B. Meghalaya C. Manipur D. Mizoram E. None of these

73. Baglihar Dam has been a matter of dispute between which nations? A. India and Pakistan B. India and China C. Myanmar and China D Bangladesh and Myanmar

E. None of these

74. Ranjit Sagar Dam situated in which state? A. Odisha B. Punjab C. Kerala D. Haryana E. None of these

75. Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar Dam situated in which state? A. Uttar Pradesh B. Punjab C. Himachal Pradesh D. Tamil Nadu E. None of these

76. Idukki situated in which of the following state? A. Tamil Nadu B. Kerala C. Karnataka D. Rajasthan E. None of these

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77. Durgapur Barrage situated in which state? A. Jharkhand B. Haryana C. Orissa D. West Bengal E. None of these

78. Zaruki International Airport situated in which state? A. Kerala B. Andhra Pradesh C. Manipur D. Meghalaya E. None of these

79. Gomateshwara Temple located in which state? A. Kerala B. Maharashtra C. Karnataka D. Rajasthan E. None of these

80. Who among the following is not a recipient of Bharat Ratna Award? A. Karnataka B. Madhya Pradesh C. Maharashtra D. West Bengal E. None of these

81. Gir Forest National Park is located in which state? A. Assam B. Punjab C. Gujarat D. Haryana E. None of these

82. Nohkalikai Falls is located in which of the following state- A. Kerala B. Meghalaya C. Odisha D. Karnataka E. None of these

83. Vantawng Falls is located in which of the following state-

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A. Bihar B. Nagaland C. Mizoram D Jammu and Kashmir

E. None of these

84. Sardar Sarover Gujarat Dam is across which river? A. Ravi B. Narmada C. Yamuna D. Brahmaputra E. None of these

85. Supa Dam is across which among the following rivers? A. Kilivillithode B. Kilivillithode C. Idamalayar D. Kali Nadi E. None of these

86. Ojapali is the famous dance form of which among the following states? A. Nagaland B. Telangana C. Assam D. Andhra Pradesh E. None of these

87. Which of the following dance forms does not belong to Haryana? A. Dhama B. Tarangamel C. Swang D. Loor E. None of these

88. What is the currency of Bhutan? A. Ngultrum B. Taka C. Yuan

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D. Peso E. None of these

89. Abuja is the capital city of which among the following countries? A. Ukraine B. Syria C. Nigeria D. Yemen E. None of these

90. Bandhavgarh National Park is located in which of the following state? A. Rajasthan B. Karnataka C. Madhya Pradesh D. Maharashtra E. None of these

91. The world senior citizen day is celebrated on A. 19 august B. 20 August C. 21 August D. 22 August E. None of these

92. Barauni Thermal Power Station is located in which state A. Shahjahanpur,UP B. Sonebhadra, UP C. Bokaro,Jharkhand D. Begusarai,Bihar E. None of these

93. Confederation cup associated with which game A. Badminton B. Cricket C. Hockey D Football E. None of these

94. World ozone day is celebrated on A. September 17 B. September 16 C. November 16

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D. November 20 E. None of these

95. Manas Wildlife Sanctuary is located in A. Chhattisgarh B. Assam C. Kerala D. Karnataka E. None of these

96. National Statistics Day day is celebrated on A. 20 may B. 29 july C. 29 june D. 20 june E. None of these

97. What is the capital of Dadar& Nagar Haveli A. Port Blair B. Kavaratti C. Silvassa D. Daman E. None of these

98. NASDAQ (National Association of securities dealers Automated Quotation System) stock exchange is of which country A. United Kingdom B. China C. Japan D. United States E. None of these

99. Where is the headquarter of NABARD A. Ahmedabad B. Kolkata C. Mumbai D. New Delhi E. None of these

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