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REVIEW|CURRENT AFFAIRS| JANUARY 2019 The Most Important Current Affairs JANAURY 2019

Padma Awards 2019 Announced: Complete 13. Shri V K Shunglu — Civil Service — Delhi List of Winners 14. Shri Hukumdev Narayan Yadav — Public Affairs — Padma Awards — one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, and (94) Awards. , and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz. art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. The list comprises 4 Padma Vibhushan, 14 Padma Bhushan and 94 Padma Shri Awards. 21 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 11 persons from the category of foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI, 3 posthumous awardees and 1 transgender person. The list also Includes 3 Awardees.

The Bharat Ratna Awardees in 2019 are: 1. 2. (Posthumously) 3. (Posthumously)

Padma Vibhushan (4) 1. Ms. — Art-Vocals-Folk — Australian Open 2019 Concludes: Complete 2. Shri Ismail Omar Guelleh (Foreigner) — Public Affairs — Djibouti List of Winners 3. Shri Anilkumar Manibhai Naik — Trade & Industry- The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held Infrastructure — annually in Melbourne Park, Australia. The tournament 4. Shri Balwant Moreshwar Purandare — Art-Acting- is chronologically the first of the four Grand Slam tennis Theatre — Maharashtra events of the year – the other three being the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. The 2018 Padma Bhushan (14) Australian Open was the 107th edition of the 1. Shri John Chambers (Foreigner) — Trade & Industry- tournament. Technology — USA 2. Shri — Public Affairs — Event Winner Runner-Up Punjab 3. Shri (Foreigner) — Public Affairs — Men’s Novak Djokovic Rafael Nadal South Africa Singles (Serbia) (Spain) 4. Shri Mahashay Dharam Pal Gulati — Trade & Women’s Naomi Osaka Petra Kvitova Industry-Food Processing — Delhi Singles (Japan) (Czech Republic) 5. Shri — Social Work — Pierre-Hugues Henri Kontinen 6. Shri — Medicine- Men’s Herbert (France) and (Finland) and Affordable Healthcare — Maharashtra Doubles Nicolas Mahut John Peers 7. Shri — Public Affairs — (France) (Australia) 8. Shri — Art-Music-Sitar — Tímea Samantha Stosur Babos (Hungary) 9. Shri Viswanathan Nair — Art-Acting-Film Women’s (Australia) and and Kristina — Kerala Doubles Zhang Shuai (China) Mladenovic 10. Shri S Nambi Narayan — Science & Engineering- (France) Space — Kerala Barbora Krejčíková Astra Sharma 11. Shri (Posthumous) — Literature & Mix (Czech Republic) and (Australia) and Education (Journalism) — Delhi Doubles Rajeev Ram (United John-Patrick 12. Ms. — Sports-Mountaineering — States) Smith (Australia) Uttarakhand

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THE HINDU REVIEW|CURRENT AFFAIRS| JANUARY 2019 Indonesia Masters Title 2019: Complete List of Australia‘s wicketkeeper-batter Alyssa Healy voted Winners ICC T20I Player of the Year. England‘s Sophie Ecclestone named ICC Emerging The 2019 Indonesia Masters, officially the DAIHATSU Player of the Year. Indonesia Masters 2019, is a badminton tournament ‘s stylish left-handed opener Smriti Mandhana that takes place at the Istora Gelora Bung Karno in has won the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award for the ICC Indonesia. Anders Antonsen won the men‘s singles Women‘s Cricketer of the Year and also been title and won the women‘s singles title. named as the ICC Women‘s ODI Player of the Year.

Event Winner Runner-Up Golden Globe Awards 2019 Announced: List of Men’s Anders Antonsen Kento Momota Important Winners Singles (Denmark) (Japan) The 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced Women’s Saina Nehwal Carolina Marin at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California, the USA. These Singles (India) (Spain) annual awards honour the best in Motion Pictures and Men’s M Fernaldi Gideon Mohammad Television for the year 2018. Doubles (Indonesia) Ahsan Kevin Sanjaya (Indonesia) Category Winners Sukamuljo Hendra Best Motion Picture Bohemian Rhapsody (Indonesia) Setiawan Drama (Indonesia) Best Motion Picture Green Book Women’s Misaki Matsutomo Kim So- Musical/Comedy Doubles (Japan) yeong (South Best Director in Motion Alfonso Cuaron (Roma) Ayaka Takahashi Korea) Picture-Drama (Japan) Kong Hee- yong (South Best Actress in Motion Glen Close (The Wife) Korea ) Picture-Drama Mix Zheng Siwei (China) Tontowi Ahmad Best Actor in Motion Rami Malek (Bohemian Doubles Huang Yaqiong (Indonesia) Picture-Drama Rhapsody) (China) Liliyana Natsir Best Actress in Motion Olivia Colman (The (Indonesia) Picture Musical/Comedy Favourite) Best Actor in Motion Christian Bale (Vice) International Cricket Council (ICC) Awards Picture or Musical or Comedy 2018 Best Motion Picture – Spider-Man: Into the ICC announced the winners of the men's & women's Animated Spider-Verse yearly cricket awards. Indian captain Virat Kohli swept Best Motion Picture – Roma (Mexico, Alfonso the main awards, winning the awards for the ICC Foreign Language Cuaron) Cricketer of the Year, ICC Test Cricketer of the year, Best Original Score – Justin Hurwitz (First Man) and ICC ODI Cricketer of the year. This was the first Motion Picture time he won the award for the Test cricketer of the year and the second time in a row that he won the award for Best Original Song – Motion Picture the ODI cricketer of the year. He was also named the Shallow (Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony captain of the Test and ODI sides. Smriti Mandhana Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt) – Star Is Born, A wins Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Award. (2018)

Men's Awards Winners List 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas: All You Need To Emerging Player of the Year: Rishabh Pant (India) Know. ICC Umpire of the Year: Kumar Dharmasena ICC Spirit of Cricket Award: Kane Williamson (New PM inaugurated the 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas Zealand) Convention at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. ICC Associate Cricketer of the Year: Calum For the first time, the three-day long convention is MacLeod being organized in Varanasi. ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year: Virat Kohli (India) The theme of PBD Convention 2019 is ―Role of Indian ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year: Virat Kohli (India) Diaspora in building New India‖. ICC Test Cricketer of the Year: Virat Kohli (India) Chief Guests at the Occasion: Women's Awards Winners List Chief Guest of the PBD convention: Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth.

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THE HINDU REVIEW|CURRENT AFFAIRS| JANUARY 2019 Special Guest: Himanshu Gulati, Member of Cyril Ramaphosa was invited by the Prime Minister, Parliament of Norway during the G20 summit which was Guest of Honor: Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi, Member of held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Parliament of New Zealand. The 2019 celebration will be special as this year will mark the 150th birth anniversary of ‗Father of the About Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas in Brief: Nation‘. The decision to celebrate Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas It will be the first time in history that all women (PBD) was taken by the former Indian Prime Minister, contingent of Rifles, which is one of the oldest late Shri . paramilitary forces of India, will take part in the The 1st PBD was celebrated on 9th January 2003 in Republic Day parade this year. New Delhi. January 9 was chosen as the day to Major Khushboo Kanwar, 30, will lead a contingent celebrate PBD as it was on this day in 1915 that MK of the Assam Rifles. It will also be the first time that a Gandhi, had returned to India from South Africa. woman officer would be leading the Army Services PBD now celebrated once in every two years, Corps in the 2019 Republic Day parade. provides a platform to the overseas Indian Captain Shikha Surabhi from the Corps of Signals, community to engage with the government and will perform bike stunts alongside her team mates. reconnect with their roots. This year, IAF will be flying an aircraft which will run by blended bio-fuel on the Republic Day 2019 fly- past. The aircraft will fly over Rajpath with a ‗V‘ shape formation resembling ‗Victory‘ sign.

Schemes/ Portals/ Missions/ Apps/ Missions Launched by the Union & State Govt. Maharashtra government launched a special scheme to curb infant deaths. Child Development Minister distributed baby-care kits to the children born in primary health centers and government hospitals. It is applicable only for the first child & will benefit around four lakh women across the state. K.J. Alphons, Union Minister for Tourism inaugurated the first project under the Swadesh Darshan Project of the Union Ministry of Tourism at the Zero Point, , . Swadesh Darshan Scheme is one of the flagship schemes of Ministry of tourism for development of thematic circuits in the country in a PM Modi 3-Day Visit to Gujarat: Complete planned manner. Highlights Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) launched the National Agricultural Higher Education PM Modi visited Gujarat. He attended/inaugurated Project (NAHEP) to attract talent and strengthen various initiatives at the different venues. The higher agricultural education in the country. complete highlights of the visit of PM Modi to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath Gujarat: announced the launch of the 'Yuva Swabhiman He inaugurated the Ahmedabad Shopping Festival- Yojana' for youths from the economically weaker 2019 at the Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad. He sections in urban areas. Under this, 100 days of also inaugurated Vibrant Gujarat Global Trade Show employment will be provided to youths from at Gandhinagar and the Ahmedabad Shopping economically weaker sections in urban areas. Festival. Kerala government has floated a 'Pravasi Dividend He inaugurated the 9th edition of the Vibrant Pension Scheme' to provide regular pension to Non- Gujarat Summit. The 9th Vibrant Gujarat Global Resident Keralites on a one-time payment of Rs 5 Summit witnessed the participation of Heads of lakh. Governor P. Sathasivam announced the States, Captains of global industry and Thought scheme. A non-resident Keralite can invest an Leaders. amount ranging from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 50 lakh, as a

whole or as 6 installments paid within 3 years. Each Important Details & Significance of the 70th beneficiary will be entitled to receive pensions Republic Day ranging from Rs 5,000-50,000 every month, 3 years

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THE HINDU REVIEW|CURRENT AFFAIRS| JANUARY 2019 PM Modi launched the Pravasi Teerth Darshan West Bengal government announced two welfare Yojana under which a group of Indian diaspora will initiatives for farmers. Both initiatives, are part of the be taken on a government-sponsored tour of ‗Krishi Krishak Bondhu‘ scheme, & will come into religious places in India twice a year. effect from 1st January 2019. The first initiative will Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb launched a project for provide Rs 2 lakh to the family of a deceased farmer. Sustainable Catchment Forest Management at State Under the second initiative, farmers would get Rs Forest Academy Ground in West Tripura and stated 2,500 twice a year for growing a single crop on one that the project would help develop the quality of acre of land. forestlands and livelihood of forest dwellers in the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister, Hardeep state. Singh Puri, launched the ‗Swachh Survekshan 2019‘, Minister of State in Department of Space, Dr. the fourth edition of the annual nationwide Jitendra Singh inaugurated the UNNATI (Unispace cleanliness survey of urban India in New Delhi. It Nanosatellite Assembly & Training) programme aims to evaluate the achievements in the cleanliness organized by ISRO in Bengaluru, Karnataka. It is an level in urban areas of the country. The survey will initiative by ISRO to commemorate the 50th cover 40 crore people across over 4000 towns and anniversary of the first United Nations conference on cities. the exploration and peaceful uses of outer space HRD ministry introduced a 70-point grading index to (UNISPACE-50). assess the quality of school education offered by Government e Marketplace (GeM) launched states. A state performance grading will be done ―Womaniya on GeM‖, an initiative to enable women wherein the states will be marked out of 1,000 entrepreneurs and women self-help groups (WSHGs) scores on 70 parameters. to sell handicrafts and handloom, accessories and Union Minister of State (IC) for Information & many other products. Broadcasting and Youth Affairs & Sports, Col. Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling Rajyavardhan Rathore (Retd.) launched the sharing launched the ‗One Family One Job‘ scheme, under of News with private FM which for every family one government job has been broadcasters. This will be done free of cost. Any allotted, in Gangtok. New recruits were taken for Private FM broadcaster which intends to broadcast Group C and Group D posts in 12 departments. the news bulletins will first have to register with Thus, Sikkim became the first state in the country to News Services Division: All India Radio. carry out such a programme for the people entitling them to state government employee benefits. National Current Affairs Environment Ministry launched the National Clean In commemoration of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Air Programme (NCAP) aimed at reducing toxic Mahatma Gandhi, PM Modi dedicated grand and particulate matter in 102 Indian cities by 2024. The iconic ‗National Salt Satyagraha Memorial‘ NCAP will be a mid-term, five-year plan with 2019 constructed by the Central Public Works Department as the first year, while 2017 will be the base year for at Dandi, Gujarat to the Nation. comparison of concentration. Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Govt. launched Web-Wonder Women Campaign to Naqvi stated that GST on Haj has been reduced from celebrate the exceptional achievements of women 18% to 5% and this will significantly lower the airfare who have influenced and impacted society through thus saving Haj pilgrims‘ 113 crore rupees this year. social media. The Campaign aims to recognize the PM Modi inaugurated the 15th Pravasi Bharatiya fortitude of Indian women stalwarts from across the Diwas Convention at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. For globe who have used the power of social media to the first time, it is being organized in Varanasi. The run positive campaigns to steer a change in society. theme of PBD Convention 2019 is ―Role of Indian MSME ministry established an export promotion cell Diaspora in building New India‖. to create a sustainable ecosystem for MSMEs. It also PM Modi inaugurated the National Museum of proposed to formulate a governing council that will Indian Cinema (NMIC) in . The development be chaired by the secretary of the MSME ministry. of the Museum was guided by the Museum Advisory Pradhan launched 'Ujjwala Sanitary Committee headed by . An Napkins' initiative saying it will go a long way in innovation Committee headed by making Odisha's 2.25 crore women empowered and provided an upgrade to the NMIC. self-reliant. It will cover 93 blocks in 30 districts of India will host the 14th session of the Conference of Odisha. Under this, oil marketing companies (OMC) Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat will set up 100 manufacturing units at the Common Desertification (UNCCD) to address the issue of land Service Centres (CSC) at an estimated cost of Rs degradation and desertification which will have 2.94 crores. participation from over 100 countries. 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THE HINDU REVIEW|CURRENT AFFAIRS| JANUARY 2019 PM Modi has dedicated the Kollam Bypass on the of the constitution will be moved in Parliament to this National Highway-66 to the nation. It reduces travel effect. time between Alappuzha and Thiruvananthapuram. PM of Norway Erna Solberg & PM Modi held bilateral This is the first National Highway project in the talks in New Delhi. MoU were exchanged on India- country taken up on a 50:50 Centre-State Norway Ocean Dialogue. partnership. India got its largest startup ecosystem when Kerala States Current Affairs Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated a 1.8- Uttar Pradesh state cabinet approved construction of lakh-square-feet facility housing incubation set-ups a four-lane Ganga Expressway connecting Prayagraj across a string of segments in modern technology. to Western Utter Pradesh which would cost about The Integrated Startup Complex under the Kerala 36,000 crore rupees. Ganga Expressway will be 600 Startup Mission (KSUM) includes the ultra-modern kilometres long and can be expanded to six-lane in facilities of Maker Village that promote hardware future. startups, the BioNest that promotes medical Odisha Chief Minister announced technologies, BRINC which is the country's first "Jiban Sampark" project in partnership with UNICEF international accelerator for hardware startups. India to generate awareness about the development India‘s longest 300-meter single lane steel cable and welfare initiatives of state government among suspension bridge inaugurated by Arunachal the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups of the state. Pradesh CM Pema Khandu. He also laid the Uttarakhand's first tulip garden will come up over 50 foundation stone for a district secretariat building. hectares of forest land in Pithoragarh district at a The bridge across the Siang river at Yingkiong in cost of Rs 50 crore. Upper Siang district named as Byorung Bridge. A 5.1-km long cable-stayed "Atal Setu" on the The 124th Constitution Amendment Bill, 2019 to Mandovi river in Goa, a third such bridge to connect award 10% reservation to economically weaker the state capital with North Goa, was opened to the sections was passed with a majority in Rajya Sabha. public by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari. It was already passed in . Telangana government decided to form a 'State India has taken over operations of the Chabahar Tiger Protection Force' to save the Big Cat population port in the Sistan-Balochistan province of Iran, the in the State. The State Forest Protection Committee first time India will operate a port outside its headed by Chief Secretary S K Joshi took the territory. decision to form the STPF. India achieved yet another milestone in the power CM Pema Khandu declared sector with the completion of electrification in 100% Pakke Paga Hornbill Festival (PPHF) as the ―State households in 25 states at year end. Now, only Festival‖ at Seijosa in East Kameng district, about 10.48 lakh households are left to be Arunachal Pradesh. Pakke Paga Hornbill Festival electrified in 4 states - Assam, Rajasthan, Meghalaya (PPHF) is only conservation festival of Arunachal and Chhattisgarh. Pradesh. Indian Parliament passed the Right of Children to Andhra Pradesh Cabinet decided to cater 5% Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill, reservation each for Kapu community and the 2018 that seeks to do away with the no-detention economically backward classes (EBCs) among the policy in schools. The Bill seeks to amend the Right forward castes. It also approved the decision of to Education (RTE) Act to abolish the ―no-detention‖ doubling the welfare pensions given under the NTR policy in schools. Bharosa Scheme. Pensions of Rs 1000 and Rs 1500 Indian Parliament passed the National Council for are doubled to Rs 2000 and Rs 3000 respectively. Teacher Education (Amendment) Bill, 2018. It seeks Nashik in Maharashtra will be the site of the to amend the National Council for Teacher country‘s second defence innovation hub after Education (NCTE) Act, 1993. The bill aims to grant Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. retrospective recognition to Central and State MP CM Kamal Nath launched his government's Rs institutions which had conducted teacher education 50,000-crore farm debt-waiver scheme named 'Jai courses without approval by the Council. This will Kisan Rin Mukti Yojana'. It is expected to benefit 55 ensure that the future of about 17 thousand students lakh small and marginal farmers. The eligibility cut- having degrees from such institutions is secured. off date extended to December 12, 2018, from Union Cabinet approved a 10% reservation for March 31, 2018. ‗economically backward‘ upper castes in government Gujarat become the first state to implement the 10% jobs. Govt. announced reservation in jobs for those reservation for economically weaker sections of the belonging to the upper castes and earning less than general category. This comes a day after President Rs 8 lakh per year. A bill to amend Article 15 and 16 gave his assent to the bill.

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THE HINDU REVIEW|CURRENT AFFAIRS| JANUARY 2019 PM Modi launched development projects worth Rs also received the RBI‘s approval for the same.He will 1,100 cr at Solapur in Maharashtra. Referring to the join the bank on or before March 1, 2019. passage of The Constitution (One Hundred And has been named the interim Finance Twenty-Fourth Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha, Minister and interim Minister of Corporate Affairs PM, Modi described it as a landmark moment in the during 's indisposition. Goyal will retain nation‘s history. his existing portfolios of coal and railways. Union The Polavaram project of Andhra Pradesh entered Minister Arun Jaitley, 66, had left for the United the Guinness Book of World by pouring 32,100 cubic States for a regular medical check-up. meters of concrete in a matter of 24 hours. Madagascar president, Andry Rajoelina, has sworn Union Home Ministry approved the Uttar Pradesh into office after taking the oath in Antananarivo government‘s proposal to rename Allahabad as before nine judges of the High Constitutional Court. Prayagraj. The Swedish Parliament approved Stefan Lofven as Odisha CM Patnaik announced interest-free loans of Prime Minister for a second four-year term. up to Rs. 3 lakh for women self-help groups RBI approved the appointment of V Vaidyanathan as (WSHGs) in the state. The initiative will benefit about MD and CEO of IDFC First Bank for a period of three 70 lakh women. years. The Department of Personnel & Training, appointed Senior IPS Officer Prabhat Singh as Director General (Investigation) in the National Human Rights Commission. Mohammed Ali Qamar, the man who won India's first Commonwealth Games gold medal in boxing, has taken over as the chief coach for the country's female boxers. He replaced veteran Shiv Singh. International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that Manu Sawhney has been appointed as the organization's new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Indian football team head coach Stephen Constantine has stepped down after the team‘s shock 0-1 defeat to Bahrain which led to its exit from the Asian Cup. Ananth Narayanan has stepped down as CEO of Myntra and Jabong to pursue external opportunities. Amar Nagaram has been named as Head, Myntra New Appointments (National & International) and Jabong, reporting to Kalyan Krishnamurthy, Lt Gen Rajeev Chopra assumed the appointment of CEO of Flipkart Group. Director General of NCC (DGNCC). India‘s largest software exporter Tata Consultancy Kerala based private sector lender Federal Bank has Services has appointed Don Callahan as an appointed Dilip Sadarangani as the part-time additional and independent director for a period of 5 chairman. years, based on the recommendations of the Suman Kumari become the first Hindu woman to Nomination and Remuneration Committee. have been appointed as a civil judge in Pakistan Yes Bank, India‘s fourth-largest private sector bank, after passing an examination for induction of judicial announced the appointment of as non- officers. executive part-time chairman up till July 4, 2020. Poonam Khetrapal Singh appointed as Regional Ashok Chawla resigned as chairman of the National Director for World Health Organization South-East Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE) with immediate Asia, for a second five-year term. effect ―in light of recent legal developments‖. Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah elected as Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has appointed Su Malaysia's new king by the members of the country's Tseng-chang as Prime Minister, during a Cabinet royal families. He replaced Sultan Muhammad V of reshuffle following the ruling Democratic Progressive Kelantan. Party's heavy losses in local elections. IndiGo owner InterGlobe Aviation has appointed Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for a second term as Ronojoy Dutta as the new Chief Executive Officer Venezuela's President amid the economic and (CEO) of the company with immediate effect. humanitarian crisis faced by the Latin American Yes Bank has appointed veteran banker Ravneet country. Singh Gill as its new MD & CEO and the lender has President of the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF), Birendra Prasad Baishya, has been named 6 www.bankersadda.com | www.defence.adda247.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

THE HINDU REVIEW|CURRENT AFFAIRS| JANUARY 2019 Chef de Mission for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. It is Nepal batsman Rohit Paudel has become the for the first time that the Weightlifting accorded with youngest male cricketer to score an international fifty the honor of Chef de Mission for the Olympics. at the age of 16 years and 146 days, breaking Railway Board Chairman Ashwani Lohani retired. 's previous mark. General Manager, South Central Railway, V K Yadav The 2019 Indonesia Masters, officially the DAIHATSU replaced him. Indonesia Masters 2019, is a badminton tournament Jair Bolsonaro sworn in as Brazil's President in a that takes place at the Istora Gelora Bung Karno in ceremony at Brazil's National Congress Building. Indonesia. Anders Antonsen won men's singles title Justice Thottathil Bhaskaran Nair Radhakrishnan and Saina Nehwal won the women's singles title. sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the Telangana The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held High Court. annually in Melbourne Park, Australia. Novak Saurabh Kumar appointed as the Director General Djokovic from Serbia won the Men's Singles event of Ordnance Factories (DGOF) and chairman of the and Naomi Osaka of Japan won the Women's Ordnance Factory Board (OFB). singles event. The government has appointed Hemant Bhargava, West Indies captain Jason Holder has become the Managing Director, Life Insurance Corporation of first player from the country in 45 years to top the list India, as the Acting Chairman. The move comes of all-rounders in the International Cricket Council after VK Sharma retired from the top job at LIC on Test Player Rankings after slamming an unbeaten December 31. double-century that helped script a memorable 381- In the United States, Department of Defence, Chief run win over England in the first Test in Bridgetown. of Staff, Rear Admiral Kevin Sweeney has resigned, a Former South Africa all-rounder Johan Botha has month after Defence Secretary James Mattis announced his immediate retirement from all forms announced his departure. of Cricket. Sheikh Hasina sworn-in as the Prime Rishabh Pant was named the International Cricket Minister for the fourth term. It is her third Council's (ICC) Emerging Player Of The Year consecutive term after her victory in the 11th following an impressive show in India's first-ever Test Parliamentary elections. President Mohammad Abdul series win in Australia. Hamid administered the oath of office to Sheikh Mohammed Shami became the fastest Indian bowler Hasina in Dhaka. to claim 100 ODI wickets, during the first one-dayer Malaysia‘s King Muhammad V abdicated after two against New Zealand at Napier. The world record is years on the throne, the first time a monarch currently held by Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid stepped down before completing their five-year Khan, who needed only 44 games to reach the tenure. mark. Civil Aviation Security head and senior IPS officer India's Ankita Raina has won the International Tennis Kumar Rajesh Chandra appointed as the director Federation's 25,000-dollar Women's tournament in general of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). Singapore. In the Final, Ankita defeated top seed Alok Verma has been reinstated as the CBI chief by Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands. the Supreme Court, three months after the India defeated Australia in the third ODI today to government divested him of his powers and sent him clinch the three-match series 2-1. With this, India on forced leave. became the first visiting side to win a bilateral series World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim made the (two or more matches) in all three formats in surprise announcement that he is stepping down Australia. after six years in the post. His resignation will take Tamil Nadu lad D Gukesh became the 2nd youngest effect from 1 February. Grand Master in the world and the youngest Indian A visionary in the field of Solar Energy and the to achieve the feat at 12 years, 7 months and 17 chairman of National Solar Energy Federation, days, erasing the mark set by his state-mate R Pranav R Mehta, has taken over as the president of Praggnanandhaa in June 2018. Gukesh becomes Global Solar Council (GSC). He has become the first India's 59th Grand Master. Indian to head the GSC. Asian Cup gold medallist Shakil Ahmed has set up a world record in indoor rowing by completing 1 lakh Sports Current Affairs meters in above-40 years category in Kolkata. French sailor Jean-Luc Van Den Heede won the Maharashtra topped the medal tally with 37 golds at round-the-world yacht race after 212 days alone at the Khelo India Youth Games in Pune. It had 111 sea without modern instruments. medals in its kitty with 37 gold, 31 silver and 43 India's Kartik Sharma won the New South Wales bronze. Delhi was at second position. men's Amateur Golf Championship in Australia. Gurgaon‘s 8-year-old Kartik Singh has won the under-8 category at the Kids' Golf World 7 www.bankersadda.com | www.defence.adda247.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

THE HINDU REVIEW|CURRENT AFFAIRS| JANUARY 2019 Championship organized by US kids Golf in between European Union-member Ireland and Malaysia, which makes him the youngest Indian to British-ruled Northern Ireland after Brexit. win the title. Central banks of the UAE and Saudi Arabia Bengaluru Raptors have won their first ever Premier launched a common digital currency called "Aber", Badminton League, PBL title. In the title clash played which will be used in financial settlements between at Bengaluru, Bengaluru edged out Mumbai Rockets, the two countries through Blockchains and with a 4-3 win. Distributed Ledgers technologies. Albie Morkel, the South African all-rounder, Pakistan government declared sugarcane juice as announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. the ―national drink‖ of the country. Indian men's hockey coach Harendra Singh was Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced removed from the position and offered the task of that he is breaking off diplomatic ties with the United helming the junior squad by the national federation. States after his American counterpart Donald Trump In the interim, the team will be overseen by Hockey recognized Opposition leader Juan Guaido as the India High-Performance Director David John and South American country's interim President. current Analytical Coach, Chris Ciriello. China's economy grew at 6.6% in 2018, its slowest M C has attained number one position in rate in almost 3 decades. the International Boxing Association‘s (AIBA) latest Nepal‘s central bank banned the use of Indian world rankings. She became the most successful currency notes of Rs. 2,000, Rs. 500 and Rs. 200 boxer in world championships‘ history when she denominations, a move that could affect Indian claimed the 48kg category top honors in Delhi in tourists visiting the Himalayan nation where Indian November 2018. currency is widely used. The 25-year-old fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah became United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural the highest international wicket-taker across formats Organization (UNESCO) named the Brazilian city of in 2018. He took a total of 78 wickets in the Rio de Janeiro as the World Capital of Architecture calendar year. for 2020. 80th National Table Tennis Championship held at The Arab Economic and Social Development Summit Indoor Stadium in Cuttack. held in Lebanon‘s capital Beirut. Switzerland's Roger Federer and Belinda Bencic World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meet begun in secured victory over Germany's Angelique Kerber Davos, Switzerland. The theme would be and Alexander Zverev to win the Hopman Cup for ‗Globalization 4.0: Shaping a Global Architecture in the second year in a row. the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution‘. Australian cities Sydney and Brisbane announced as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pledged to the first two host locations for the newest team event protect the interests of all 134 countries in the UN's in men‘s tennis for the multi-million dollar ATP Cup Group of 77, as Palestine took the chairmanship of from 2020. The third Australian city for the the group from Egypt for 2019. tournament is yet to be determined. Parliament of Macedonia passed the resolution to The second edition of Khelo India Youth Games amend the constitution of the country to rename it as officially begun in Pune, Maharashtra. Sports the Republic of Northern Macedonia. The name Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore and Chief Minister change will help resolve a decades-long dispute with Devendra Fadnavis attended a virtual torch neighboring Greece opening the way for Skopje to ceremony at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports join NATO and the European Union. Complex. More than 9,000 players from different Qatar withdrawn its membership from Organization states will participate in 18 different events. of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Qatar has been in OPEC for 57 years. International Current Affairs United States & Israel officially quit the United Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte along with Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural UN representative launched Africa Centre for Organization (UNESCO) with the close of 2018. Climate and Sustainable development. The new Finance minister of France Bruno Le Maire center is located near the Food and Agriculture announced that France will introduce its own tax on Organization headquarters in Rome. The major large internet and technology companies from objective is boosting the agricultural sectors and January 1. The so-called ―GAFA tax‖ -- named after promoting rural development in Africa. Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon -- to ensure In Britain, lawmakers voted in favor of an the global giants pay a fair share of taxes. amendment in BREXIT plan seeking alternative U.S. President Donald J. Trump signed into law the arrangements to replace the Irish border Asia Reassurance Initiative Act (ARIA). The act arrangement known as the Irish backstop. The establishes a multifaceted U.S. strategy to increase backstop is aimed at keeping an open border 8 www.bankersadda.com | www.defence.adda247.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

THE HINDU REVIEW|CURRENT AFFAIRS| JANUARY 2019 U.S. security, economic interests, and values in the Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated Indo-Pacific region. the 426 meters long Diffo Bridge over Chipu River in Seven-time champions Egypt won the hosting rights Lower Dibang Valley District of Arunachal Pradesh. for the 2019 edition of the African Cup of Nations. Border Roads Organization (BRO) has constructed the bridge along Indo-China border. The second edition of the India-Myanmar bilateral army exercise, IMBEX 2018-19, commenced at Chandimandir Military Station, that houses the headquarters of the Western Command, Chandigarh. An MoU was signed between the Indian Army and Punjab National Bank on the Defence Salary Package. Salient features of the improved and updated MoU are free ‗RAKSHAK PLUS‘ Scheme for serving pers and veterans, overdraft facility range from Rs 0.75 to 3.0 lakhs, multicity ‗At Par‘ cheques, instant credit of outstation cheques, preferential allotment of lockers at concessional AMC and free SMS alerts.

Ranks/ Indexes Released Dubai International Airport (DXB) retained its Defence Current Affairs position as the world's busiest airport for The all-women Assam Rifles contingent created international customer numbers for the fifth history this year by participating for the first time in a consecutive year with annual traffic for 2018. Republic Day (26th January) parade. Contingents of India has been ranked in Bloomberg‘s 2019 list of the Navy, India Army Service Corps and a unit of most innovative countries in the world - 2019 Corps of Signals were all led by women officers. Bloomberg Innovation Index - for the first time ever. Capt Shikha Surabhi from the Corps of Signals India has grabbed the 54th spot. South Korea has became the first woman to perform bike stunts. Lt. topped the Index for the sixth time. Bhavana Kasturi, a lady officer, for the first time led Transparency International released the Global the transportable satellite terminal‘s contingent. Corruption Index 2018. India ranked 78 in the list of As a new initiative in sync with the Digital India 180 countries in the world with a score of 41. campaign of the Government, Ministry of Defence India has replaced Japan as the world‘s 2nd largest had launched a mobile app 'RDP India 2019' on the steel producing country, while China is the largest Republic Day, with the intent of making available the producer of crude steel, accounting for more than highlights of the Republic Day event. 51% of production, according to the World Steel DRDO successfully test fired Long Range Surface to Association. Air Missile (LR-SAM) from naval warship INS Nearly 65% of Indian organizations are better Chennai. The test was conducted off the coast of prepared for the European Union's General Data Odisha. The LR-SAM hit a low flying aerial target Protection Regulation (GDPR), making the country during the test. the sixth leading nation globally in the GDPR The final planning conference to work out the readiness index, global networking leader, according modalities for Indian Africa Field Training Exercise to CISCO. (IAFTX)-2019 was conducted at Pune, Maharashtra. Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), India‘s premier It is being conducted with more than a dozen African container port got listed amongst the top 30 countries & India. container ports globally, as per the latest Lloyds Indian Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba Report. JNPT ranked 28th on the list. commissioned the new Naval Air Base ‗INS Kohassa‘ India moved up one position to rank 80th on the at Diglipur in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. global talent competitive index, but remains a Ten years after "26/11", the Indian Navy commenced laggard among the BRICS nations. Switzerland the largest coastal defence exercise off the Indian continues to top the list. coast. Exercise SEA VIGIL, a first of its kind, is being India is among the most trusted nations globally undertaken along the entire 7516.6 km coastline when it comes to government, business, NGOs and and Exclusive Economic Zone of India and is media. China topped the Trust Index among both involving all the 13 coastal States and Union the informed public and the general population Territories along with all maritime stakeholders. segments. India was at the 2nd place in the 9 www.bankersadda.com | www.defence.adda247.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

THE HINDU REVIEW|CURRENT AFFAIRS| JANUARY 2019 informed public category and 3rd place in the 24th January celebrated as the International Day of general population category. Education. India is likely to surpass the United Kingdom in the Army Day is observed on January 15 in India. On world‘s largest economy rankings in 2019, to this day in 1949, Field Marshal Kodandera M become the world‘s fifth largest economy, according Cariappa took over as the first Commander-in-Chief to a report by global consultancy firm PwC. of the Indian Army from General Sir Francis Butcher, World Economic Forum released the 14th edition of the last British Commander-in-Chief. its annual Global Risk Report, 2019. The report‘s The National Youth Day is celebrated across the findings are based on the annual Global Risks country on 12th January. NYD 2019 is the 156th Perception Survey, in which nearly 1,000 decision- birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. makers from the public sector, private sector, World Day is celebrated on January 10 every academia, and civil society assess the risks facing the year, marking the anniversary of first World Hindi world. Conference which was held in 1975. The first World 11th Edition of EIU Democracy Index 2018 released Hindi Conference was inaugurated by the then by the Economist Intelligent Unit compiling the state prime minister . World Hindi Day was of democracies in 167 countries in the world. In the first observed on January 10, 2006. list, Norway topped and India ranked 41st place on the Economist Intelligence Unit's annual Global Awards & Recognition Democracy Index. India received the Award of Excellence for ‗Best in As per the Henley Passport Index, India jumped two Show‘ at the New York Times Travel Show 2019, the positions from 81st in 2018 to 79th in 2019. Japan largest travel show in North America. retained its top spot as the world's most travel- ―Black Panther‖ took home the top award for best friendly passport. performance by a cast in a motion picture at the A report by World Economic Forum stated that India 2019 Screen Actors Guild Awards. On the TV front, is set to become the world‘s third largest consumer ―This Is Us‖ nabbed the ensemble award for drama, market behind only USA and China by 2030. The while ―The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel‖ won the comedy report was titled as ‗Future of Consumption in Fast- prize. Growth Consumer Market – India‘. As per the report, Assam government conferred the Republic Day consumer spending in India is expected to grow from Journalism Award 2019 to veteran journalist and 1.5 trillion US dollar at present to six trillion US former editor Dhirendra Nath Chakraborty. dollar by 2030. The government has instituted an annual award Andhra Pradesh emerged on top of Asia titled Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Competitiveness Institute (ACI), Singapore's 2018 Puraskar. It will be announced every year on 23rd Ease of Doing Business (EDB) Index ABC rankings for January, the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash economies of 21 states of India, while Maharashtra Chandra Bose. This year, 8th Battalion of National and Delhi came in second and third place, Disaster Response Force located at Ghaziabad respectively. selected for the Award for its commendable work in disaster management. Important Days Three Indian expats from the UAE are amongst those 30th January celebrated as World Leprosy Eradication who won the prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Day which stresses the need of eradicating the Award the highest honor conferred on Indian disease. This year‘s theme for World Leprosy Day is diaspora. President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the ‗ending discrimination, stigma, and prejudice‘. award on Girish Pant, Surender Singh Kandhari and The Council of Europe had launched a Data Dr. Zulekha Daud and other awardees at the Pravasi Protection Day to be celebrated each year on 28 Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention in Varanasi. Girish January. Data Protection Day is now celebrated Pant is a social worker, Surender Singh Kandhari is globally and is called Data Privacy Day outside chairman of the Gurudwara Guru Nanak Darbar Europe. Sikh Temple and a philanthropist, businessman, Dr 25 January is celebrated every year as National Zulekha is founder and chairperson of Zulekha Voters Day to spread awareness about the necessity Healthcare Group. of voting and to encourage young generation President of India, Ram Nath Kovind conferred the towards the voting rights. National Voters Day Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2019. The Theme 2019 is ―No Voter to be left behind‖. awards were presented to 26 shortlisted awardees National Girl Child Day is celebrated in India on 24 including one joint award for National Child Award January. The theme of National Girl Child Day 2019 (now renamed as Bal Shakti Puraskar) under the was ―Empowering Girls for a Brighter Tomorrow‖. category of innovation, scholastic, sports, art and culture, social service and bravery. 10 www.bankersadda.com | www.defence.adda247.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

THE HINDU REVIEW|CURRENT AFFAIRS| JANUARY 2019 Noted Gujarati poet Sitanshu Yashashchandra 2. For 2016: Jointly to Akshaya Patra Foundation for awarded Saraswati Samman, 2017, for his poetry its contribution in providing mid-day meals to collection in Gujarati named ―Vakhar‖. This is the millions of children across India and Sulabh 27th edition of the prestigious award instituted by International for its contribution in improving the K.K.Birla foundation. condition of sanitation in India and emancipation of VP Naidu presented the 2nd Chhatra Vishwakarma manual scavengers. Awards to students and their mentors and Sansad 3. For 2017: Ekal Abhiyan Trust for their contribution Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) Awards to institutions in providing Education for Rural and Tribal Children at an event organized by All India Council for in remote areas pan India, Rural Empowerment, Technical Education (AICTE) in New Delhi. Gender and Social Equality. US Based Indian poet Ranjani Murali was awarded 4. For 2018: Shri Yohei Sasakawa for his the ―Woman‘s Voice Award‖ at the Apeejay Kolkata contribution in Leprosy Eradication in India and Literary Festival (AKLF). Ranjani Murali‘s second across the world. book ―Clearly you are ESL‖ won the Great Indian A detained Chinese rights lawyer Yu Wensheng has Poetry Collectives (GIPCs) Editor‘s Choice award. won a Franco-German human rights award for his Virat Kohli become the first player in history to win 'exceptional contribution' to the protection and the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Cricketer of promotion of human rights. the Year, the ICC Men‘s Test Player of the Year and Writer Namita Gokhale has won the Sushila Devi the ICC ODI Player of the Year awards following an Literature Award for her novel ―Things to Leave extraordinary 2018. ICC also announced the men‘s Behind‖. Test and ODI teams of the year with Virat Kohli Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, received the named captain of both sides. first-ever Philip Kotler Presidential award, in New Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Delhi. The Award focuses on the triple-bottom-line Research announced that the Centre for Advanced of People, Profit, and Planet. It will be offered Materials of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) chose annually to the leader of a Nation. Eminent Scientist and Bharat Ratna recipient CNR Industrialist and Godrej Group Chairman Rao for the first Sheikh Saud International Prize for was conferred the ICSIs Lifetime Achievement Award Materials Research. for 'Translating Excellence in Corporate Governance Himachal Pradesh MP Anurag Thakur bestowed with into Reality'. 18th ICSI National Awards for Sansad Ratna Award for his distinguished Excellence in Corporate Governance bagged jointly performance as a parliamentarian under Jury by Cipla Ltd and Dabur India Ltd and five others: Committee Special Award category. Thakur became ACC Ltd, Hindustan Unilever Ltd, Indian Oil Corp, the first BJP MP to receive the Jury Committee Tata Metaliks Ltd and Indian Hotels Co Ltd. award. Liverpool's Mohamed Salah has been named as the Indian-American Sikh Gurinder Singh Khalsa, 45, 2018 Confederation of African Football Player of the who lives in Fishers of Indiana, US was presented Year. For the second consecutive year he has won with the prestigious 2019 Rosa Park Trailblazer the award. Houston Dash and South Africa forward award after being selected for champions of the Thembi Kgatlana was named Women's Player of the diversity by the Indiana Minority Business Magazine. Year. Ace Indian female wrestler Vinesh Phogat become the first Indian athlete to receive a nomination in the prestigious Laureus World Comeback of the Year Award. The Japan Prize Foundation announced India born professor Dr. Rattan Lal, University Professor of Soil Science at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A, as the recipient of the 2019 Japan Prize for his contributions in the field of ―Biological Production, Ecology‖. Dr. Yoshio Okamoto announced to be the recipient of the 2019 Japan Prize on of ―Materials and Production‖ field. The Gandhi Peace Prize for the years 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 has been conferred on the following: 1. For 2015: Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari for their contribution in Rural Development, Education , Development of natural resources. 11 www.bankersadda.com | www.defence.adda247.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

THE HINDU REVIEW|CURRENT AFFAIRS| JANUARY 2019 Home Minister Rajnath Singh presented Ramnath summit held with a theme 'Flying for all-especially Goenka Excellence in Journalism awards in 18 the next 6 Billion'. categories across print, broadcast, and purely-digital Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Col for outstanding work done in 2017. Rajyavardhan Rathore launched the National Youth The 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards announced Parliament Festival 2019 at a function in New Delhi. at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California, the USA. The theme is- 'Be the Voice of New India and Find These annual awards honour the best in Motion solutions and contribute to policy'. Pictures and Television for the year 2018. A 2+2 Inter-Sessional meeting between the United States and India took place in New Delhi, focusing Summits/Events Held on the progress of defence and foreign policy issues Ministry of Textiles and Government of India between the two countries. launched Artisan Speak at Elephanta Caves Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC) of United (UNESCO heritage site) to strengthen the handlooms States Chamber of Commerce launched a new and textiles sector of India. innovation strategy at Raisina Dialogue, 2019 in Tamil Nadu Government organised the 2nd edition New Delhi. The Initiative is titled as ―Fair Value for of Global Investor summit in Chennai. State Innovation‖. government would soon unveil e-vehicle policy to , chaired the 4th meeting of the give a boost to electric vehicles manufacturing in the Council for Trade Development and Promotion state. (CTDP) in New Delhi. GOI formulated an Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Agricultural Export Policy for the first time with a AYUSH Shri Shripad Yesso Naik, inaugurated the focused plan to boost India‘s agricultural exports to 2nd World Integrated Medicine Forum 2019 on the USD 60 billion by 2022. ‗Regulation of Homeopathic Medical Products; 25th Edition of Partnership Summit 2019, a global Advancing global collaboration‘ in Goa. platform for dialogue, debate, deliberation and India Steel 2019 Exhibition and Conference begun in engagement among Indian and global leaders on Mumbai. economic policy and growth trends in India held in 15th edition of Pravasi Bhartiya Divas begins at Mumbai. Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. The theme is, 'Role of The Indian Paint Association (IPA), the apex body of Indian Diaspora in building New India'. the country's paint industry announced that the 29th The 2-day Agri Vision 2019 Conference on biennial Indian Paint Conference held in Agra, Uttar envisioning Agro solutions for Smart and Sustainable Pradesh. The theme is 'Paints Pe Charcha - Naye Agriculture was held in Hyderabad. It was Aayaam'. inaugurated by Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu. The First ‗National Consultation on Child Protection‘ Information and Broadcasting Secretary Amit Khare for 2019 held at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi and TRAI Chairman RS Sharma inaugurated the 25th under the Chairmanship of the Secretary, Ministry of International conference and exhibition on terrestrial Women and Child Development. and satellite broadcasting, BES EXPO 2019 in New PM Modi inaugurated the 106th Indian Science Delhi. The theme was Next Gen Broadcasting in the Congress (ISC-2019) at Jalandhar, Punjab. The IT World. theme is 'Future: India-Science and Technology'. The second World Orange Festival held in Nagpur. 27th New Delhi World Book Fair begun at Pragati Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Suresh Maidan with the theme 'Readers with Special Needs'. Prabhu inaugurated the 10th edition of the India Indian Panorama Film Festival begun at Siri Fort Rubber Expo – 2019 in Mumbai. Auditorium in New Delhi. It is organized by the The 1st National Level Sports Meet for the students Directorate of Film Festivals, Ministry of Information of Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) and Broadcasting. Note| Minister of Information and inaugurated by Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor, Broadcasting: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (Minister Minister of State for Tribal Affairs at G.M.C Balayogi of State). Stadium, Hyderabad. The Minister also launched an The 106th session of Indian Science Congress (ISC), app ‗EMRS Sports Meet‘ dedicated on the occasion. 2019 concluded in Lovely Professional University, In order to promote Micro irrigation amongst Jalandhar, Punjab. farmers, Ministry of Water resources and River 4th Edition of the Raisina Dialogue held in New development organized 9th International Micro Delhi. Norway Prime Minister Ms. Erna Solberg irrigation conference in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. delivered inaugural address. The theme of the The theme was ―Micro Irrigation and Modern Dialogue was ―A World Reorder: New Geometries; Agriculture‖. Fluid Partnerships; Uncertain Outcomes‖. Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu inaugurated The 1st Global Aviation Summit 2019 with the theme the 'Global Aviation Summit 2019' in Mumbai. 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THE HINDU REVIEW|CURRENT AFFAIRS| JANUARY 2019 Civil Aviation (MoCA) in collaboration with FICCI in under the Chairmanship of Psychiatrist, Dr Jitendra Mumbai, Maharashtra. Nagpal. Govt. had notified a High-Level committee for Committees implementation of Clause 6 of Assam Accord. EPFO notified three new committees on Finance, Retired IAS officer M.P. Bezbaruah is chairman of the Investment and Audit Committee (FIAC), the Pension 9-member Committee. It will examine the and EDLI Implementation Committee (PEIC) and the effectiveness of actions since 1985 to implement Exempted Establishments‘ Committee (EEC). Clause 6 of the Assam Accord. Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of India RBI constituted a High-Level Committee on (IRDAI) has set up a panel headed by Praveen Deepening of Digital Payments to encourage Kutumbe, to identify domestically systematically digitisation of payments and enhance financial important insurers (SIIs) and an augmented inclusion. The five-member committee will be regulatory framework is logically established in this headed by UIDAI‘s former Chairman Nandan regard. Nilekani. Government constituted a high power committee to monitor the pricing of medicines and healthcare Visits products. The committee will be headed by a Niti EAM Swaraj visited Uzbekistan. Mrs. Swaraj will be Aayog member (Health). in Samarkand for the First India-Central Asia Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) set Dialogue which she will co-chair with Uzbekistan‘s up an 11-member working group under the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov. Chairmanship of former SEBI chief UK Sinha to go Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg arrived in into the concept of ‗Group Insolvency‘ and suggest a New Delhi for state visit to India. She will participate suitable framework. in the Indo-Norwegian Business Conference. She will A ministerial panel headed by Maharashtra Finance also deliver the Inaugural address at the Raisina Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar will examine uniformity Dialogue. of taxation on lottery under GST or other issues arising out of it. Science & Technology Current Affairs

Govt. constituted a seven-member Group of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced entering Ministers (GoM) to boost the real estate sector under into agreements worth $93 million for providing the GST regime. Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat Naval Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile Nitin Patel is the convener of the GoM. (MRSAM) systems to India. The contracts entered

Madras High Court has set up an expert committee with the Indian Navy and the Cochin Shipyard. IAI to find a solution to root out invasive species of will provide complementary systems for the air plants from the Western Ghats. The committee shall defense system. be headed by Cherukuri Raghavendra Babu. Scientists developed an artificial pancreas

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi will head smartphone app that will help in regulating blood the 7-member committee to look into revenue sugar levels in diabetes patients. A clinical trial shortfall being faced by the states after the GST roll- showed that the artificial pancreas system (iAPS) app out and suggest steps for augmenting collections. is safe.

SEBI constituted a "Research Advisory" committee ISRO successfully launched the PSLV C 44 carrying which will assist in formulating policy to undertake Kalam sat and imaging satellite Microsat R. It was research relevant for development and regulation of launched from the Sathish Dhawan Space Centre capital markets. It will be headed by Sankar De. Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. Kalamsat is a ten cm

Cabinet took several key decisions including setting cube weighing one-kilogram communication satellite up of a high-level committee (HLC) to implement with a life span of two months. Clause 6 of Assam Accord to hold discussions with Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad (IIT-H) all stakeholders on the quantum of reservation of announced the launch of a full-fledged bachelor's seats in Assam Legislative Assembly and local bodies programme in Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology for Assamese people among other decisions. from the new academic session, a first for the

RBI set up an expert committee under former Sebi country and only the third globally. chairman U.K. Sinha to suggest long-term solutions Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launched for the economic and financial sustainability of the Tokyo-based startup Star-ALE's mini-satellite aimed MSME sector. to deliver the world's first artificial meteor shower.

HRD Ministry constituted a task force to look into the Department of Science and Technology (DST) along issues of suicides of the students in Jawahar with Doordarshan (DD), Prasar Bharati launched two Navodaya Vidyalayas. The task force is constituted science communication initiatives, DD Science and

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THE HINDU REVIEW|CURRENT AFFAIRS| JANUARY 2019 India Science. The initiatives were inaugurated by for entry into/exit from India with valid travel Union Science & Technology Minister, Dr. Harsh documents for all classes of passengers. Vardhan. Arunima Sinha, the first female amputee to have ISRO Chairman Dr. K Sivan announced that the conquered Mt Everest, created yet another record as organization is well prepared to meet the targets of she became world's first woman amputee to climb launching Gaganyaan manned mission to outer Mount Vinson, the highest peak in Antarctica. space by December 2021. Under Gaganyaan Ministry of Culture announced that Archaeological project, India is planning to send three astronauts to Survey of India (ASI) declared 6 monuments as outer space for seven days and bring them back. ‗protected and of national importance‘ under the 332 launches are planned this year. Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and ISRO Chairman Dr. K Sivan stated that the Union Remains Act, 1958, in 2018. These sites are: 125- Government allocated 10,900 crore rupees for the year-old Old High Court Building in Nagpur, development of 40 satellite launch vehicles in the Maharashtra, The Group of Temples in Ranipur next 4 years. Jharail in Bolangir district of Odisha, 2 Mughal era monuments in Agra- Haveli of Agha Khan and Hathi Miscellaneous Current Affairs Khana. Civil Aviation ministry launched the country‘s first The Neemrana Baori in Alwar district of Rajasthan, Geographical Indication (GI) store at Dabolim The Vishnu Temple in Kotali, Pithoragarh district in International Airport in Goa. The GI stores will Uttarakhand. promote local products made by the artisans and National Green Tribunal imposed a fine of 100 crore handicrafts at the airport. rupees on Meghalaya government for its failure to India‘s fastest indigenous train which will run from curb illegal coal mining in the state. Delhi to Varanasi has been named as Vande Bharat Vijay Mallya became the first tycoon to be charged Express. Its previous name was Train 18. under a new anti-fraud law, with a court in Mumbai Oxford Dictionaries announced ‗Nari Shakti‘ as the naming him as an offender under the Fugitive Hindi Word of the Year. Economic Offenders Act, 2018. ‗Saksham‘, an annual high intensity one-month long The Citizenship Amendment bill seeking to provide people-centric mega campaign of Petroleum Indian citizenship to persecuted minorities from Conservation Research Association (PCRA) was Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan passed by launched by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Lok Sabha. The Bill provides for Indian citizenship to Gas. such immigrants after six years of residence in India Mountaineer Satyarup Siddhanta conquered instead of 12 years currently. The Bill seeks to Antartica's highest point, Mount Sidley. With this amend the Citizenship Act of 1955 in order to grant feat, he became the first Indian and youngest man citizenship to Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis to climb the 7 highest peaks and volcanic summits and Christians from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and across all continents. Pakistan if they have lived in India for six years. As per Ministry of Civil Aviation, islands in Andaman To ensure easier availability of FASTags, Indian will soon be connected by seaplanes that can land Highways Management Company Ltd. (IHMCL), a on or take-off from the water. To facilitate the same, company promoted by NHAI, has signed MoUs with the government has approved flight operations on state-run Oil Marketing Companies (IOCL, BPC, and 13 water aerodrome routes under the Ude Desh ka HPC). It will ensure availability of FASTags at Aam Nagrik (UDAN) scheme. petroleum outlets across India. University Grants Commission (UGC) approved a list of journals, in that the UGC has decided to establish Obituaries a Consortium for Academic and Research Ethics Former Defence Minister passed (CARE). The good quality Research Journals in away in Delhi at the age of 88. Fernandes also disciplines under Social Sciences, Humanities, served as the Railways Minister in former Prime Languages, Arts, Culture, Indian Knowledge Systems Minister VP Singh's government. etc., will be maintained by CARE and referred to as Oscar-winning French composer Michel Legrand has ‗CARE Reference List of Quality Journals‘. UGC has passed away aged 86. During a career spanning constituted a Committee under the Chairmanship of more than half a century, Legrand won three Oscars. Prof. P. Balram, to review its quality mandate Sahitya Akademi award winning Bengali writer Atin relating to promotion of Research and to review the Bandyopadhyay passed away of brain stroke. existing M.Phil/ Ph.D Regulations. Eminent Hindi author and essayist Sobti Veer Savarkar International Airport in Port Blair passed away in Delhi. She was 93. declared as an authorized Immigration Check post

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THE HINDU REVIEW|CURRENT AFFAIRS| JANUARY 2019 SBI Life MD and CEO: Sanjeev Nautiya, Uttarakhand State Governor– Baby Rani Maurya, Headquarters in: Mumbai. CM-Trivendra Singh Rawat. Satish Kumar Gupta is the managing director and Piyush Goyal is the present Railways Minister of CEO of the Paytm Payments bank. India. CII President (2018-19): Mr. Rakesh Bharti Mittal, Anandiben Patel is the Present Governor of Madhya Headquarters: New Delhi. Pradesh. Mr. Milind Barve is the Managing Director of HDFC Tamil Nadu Governor: Banwarilal Purohit, Chief MF. It headquarters in Mumbai. Minister: Edappadi K. Palaniswami (AIADMK), Syndicate Bank Headquarters: Manipal, Karnataka, Capital: Chennai (Madras). Tagline: Faithful and Friendly. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi is the Union Cabinet SEBI- Securities and Exchange Board of India. SEBI Minister for Women & Child Development. Chairman- Ajay Tyagi, Headquarters- Mumbai. Arunachal Pradesh CM: Pema Khandu, Governor: B. Federal Bank Headquarter: Aluva, Kerala, MD & D. Mishra, Capital- Itanagar. CEO: Shyam Srinivasan, Tagline: Your perfect P Sathasivam is the present governor of Kerala. banking partner. Maharashtra CM: Devendra Fadnavis, Governor: C IRDAI Chairperson- Subhash Chandra Khuntia, Rao. Headquarters- Hyderabad. Gujarat Governor- Om Prakash Kohli. Kumar Mangalam Birla is the chairman of Vodafone Other Static General Awareness Current Idea merged entity. Affairs Nepal‘s central bank is called as Nepal Rashtra Agartala Airport renamed as Maharaja Bir Bikram Bank. It was established in 1956 under the Nepal Manikya Kishore Airport. Rashtra Bank Act 1955. Dr. Chiranjibi Nepal is the British-era railway station Robertsgang renamed as Governor of Nepal Rashtra Bank. Sonbhadra. IDFC First Bank Headquarters in Mumbai. Iconic Mughalsarai junction renamed after Deen HDFC Life Insurance Headquarters: Mumbai, Dayal Upadhyay. Tagline: Sar Utha Ke Jiyo, MD & CEO: Ms. Vibha Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai Padalkar. renamed as Chhatrapati Shivaji ‗Maharaj‘ HDFC Bank Headquarters: Mumbai, MD: Aditya Puri, International Airport. Tagline: We Understand your world. Chairman of AAI: Guruprasad Mohapatra, Director Exim Bank of India (Exim Bank) was established in General of SAMEER: Sulabha Ranade. 1982. It is regulated by RBI. David Rasquinha is the Chairman of Prasar Bharati is A. Surya Prakash. MD and CEO of EXIM Bank. CEO of Prasar Bharati is Shashi Shekhar Vempati. Sri Lanka's central bank is called as Central Bank of General Bipin Rawat is the present Chief of Staff of Sri Lanka. Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy is the Indian Army. Governor of CBS. ISRO Director: K. Sivan, Headquarters: Bengaluru, Yes Bank Headquarters: Mumbai, CEO: Rana Established in: 1969. Kapoor. R. Chandrashekhar, an independent Dr G. Satheesh Reddy is the Secretary, Department director at Yes Bank Ltd has recently resigned. of Defence R&D and Chairman, DRDO. DRDO was established in 1958. It Headquarters in New Delhi. States| CMs| Governors| Capital| Ministers| Chaudhary Birender Singh is the Cabinet Minister of Static General Awareness Steel of India. Meghalaya CM: Conrad Sangma, Governor: BHEL Headquarters in New Delhi. Tathagata Roy. NHRC Chairperson: Shri Justice H. L. Dattu, Odisha CM: Naveen Patnaik, Governor: Ganeshi Headquarters: New Delhi. Lal. Tata Sons Chairman: N Chandrasekaran. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister: N. Chandrababu CTDP was constituted in July 2015. The Union Naidu, Governor: E. S. L. Narasimhan, Capital: Commerce & Industry Minister is Chairperson of Amaravati CTDP Ministers‘ in-charge of Trade and Commerce Assam Capital: Dispur, CM: Sarbanand Sonowal, in State Governments/ UTs are its members. Governor: Jagdish Mukhi. West Bengal CM: , Governor: Keshari Nath Tripathi. Sikkim Chief Minister: Pawan Kumar Chamling, Sikkim Governor: . Goa Capital: Panaji, Chief minister: Manohar Parrikar.

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