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Contents GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS ...... 2 Must DO Current Affairs for the LIC AAO 2019 ...... 2 Banking Current Affairs ...... 14 Economy/Financial/Business Current Affairs ...... 18 AGREEMENTS/MOU SIGNED ...... 21 NEW APPOINTMENTS: NATIONAL ...... 26 NEW APPOINTMENTS: INTERNATIONAL ...... 28 AWARDS & RECOGNITION ...... 29 SUMMITS|EVENTS|FESTIVALS Held (NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL) ...... 32 COMMITTEES IN NEWS ...... 33 NATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS ...... 34 CURRENT AFFAIRS RELATED TO STATES IN ...... 36 INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS ...... 38 OBITUARIES (NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL) ...... 42 LIST/INDEXES ANNOUNCED RECENTLY ...... 44 IMPORTANT DAYS OBSERVED RECENTLY ...... 46 BOOKS & AUTHORS ...... 48 DEFENCE CURRENT AFFAIRS ...... 48 SPORTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ...... 51 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (NASA, ISRO & OTHERS) ...... 53 SCHEMES...... 54 MISCELLANEOUS CURRENT AFFAIRS ...... 56 STATIC TAKEWAYS FROM THE CURRENT AFFAIRS ...... 60 Topic 1: CM/Governors/Wildlife Santuaries/National Parks / Power Plants in India ...... 69 Topic 2: Upcoming Important Sport Events...... 73 Topic 3: The Headquarters of the UN Organizations ...... 73 Topic 4: A Brief on the Census 2011 ...... 74 Topic 5: Current Office Holders List ...... 74 Topic 6: Important Ports in India ...... 75 Topic 7: The Most Famous Temples in India ...... 75 Topic 8: List of the Important Airports in India ...... 76 Topic 9: What are the names of the Borders/Boundary Lines? ...... 76 Topic 10: Stock Exchanges around the World ...... 77 Topic 11: Dams in India ...... 77 Topic 12: CLASSICAL DANCES & FOLK DANCES IN INDIA ...... 78 Topic 13: The Headquarters of the important Public-Sector Undertakings ...... 78 Topic 14: Nick Names of Important Indian Places ...... 79 Topic 15: Important Defence Exercise Conducted in the World ...... 79 Topic 16: Stadiums Around the World ...... 80 Topic 17: List of Indian Cities on Rivers Banks ...... 81

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Interim Budget 2019: Important Highlights defence budget increases to over Rs 3 lakh crore. Current Fiscal Accounts to be contained to 2.5%. Additional funds for defence will be provide if Fiscal deficit has been brought down to 3.4% in FY19. needed Rs 60,000 crore allocated for MGNREGA under PM Rs 64,587 crore allocated to Railways for FY20. gram sadak yojana for a year. 1 lakh digital villages to be set up soon Rs 19,000 crore allocated for rural roads under Gram Railway operating ratio is 96.2 % in FY19 Vs 95% in FY Sadak Yojana. 18 PM Kisaan Samman Nidhi announced at Rs 75,000 allocation for north eastern states increases to 21%. crore. Direct tax collection at 12 lakh Cr INR in FY19 from Farmers owing 2 hectares land will get Rs6,000 per 6.30 INR Lakh Cr in 2014. year. Average monthly tax collection in current year under Ayushman Bharat has treated 1 million people so far. GST is Rs 97,000 crore per month. 22nd AIIMS to come up soon. Anti-black money measures have brought undisclosed Gokul Scheme allocation increased to Rs 750 crore. income of Rs 1.3 lakh crore back in circulation decided to set up „Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog‟ for Allocation for the northeastern region has been implementation of policies and schemes for welfare of proposed to be increased to Rs 58,166 crore cows. Businesses with less than Rs. 5 crore annual turnover, For workers and labourers, a new pension scheme will comprising over 90% of GST payers, will be allowed to come up to ensure an increase in centre‟s contribution return quarterly returns by four percent. The pension has been increased from All income tax returns will now be processed in 24 Rs 3,500 to Rs 7,000. Gratuity payment limit has been hours and refunds issued simultaneously. Within next increased from 10 lakh to 20 lakh. 2 years, returns chosen for scrutiny will also be done 2%- 5 % Interest subvention of farmers struck by digitally with anonymity. natural calamities. FY22 fiscal deficit target 3 %. For workers who receive grievous injuries, they will 18% increase in direct tax collections in 2017-18, 1.06 now get Rs 6 lakh from Rs 2.5 lakh through EPFO. crore people included in the tax base. Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog to be set up. Fiscal deficit pegged at 3.4% of GDP for FY20 NITI Aayog to set up a committee to identify Capital expenditure for FY20 is Rs 3.36 lakh crore Nomadic and semi-nomadic communities FY20 total expenditure seen at Rs. 27.84 trillion. Govt launches mega pension scheme for social fiscal deficit target as a proportion of GDP – 3.4% for security coverage of unorganised labour. Unorganised the coming year labour to get Rs3,000 per month after age of 60 under Rs 56,619 crore made in budget estimate 2018-19 for mega pension scheme. welfare of SCs and STs, increased to Rs 62,474 crore in Pradhanmantri Shramyogi Mandhan yojna to be revised estimate 2018-19 has been further increased to launched for poor people with 500cr INR. Rs 76,800 crore in budget estimate 2019-20 Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Mandhan launched to Announced Tax Exemption for Income upto Rs 5 lakh provide assured monthly pension of 3000 rupees per per Year. month, with contribution of 100 rupees per month, for standard deduction limit increased to INR 50, 000 workers in unorganized sector after 60 years of age. from INR 40,000 earlier Government will set up a national centre for artificial TDS threshold on rental income raised from Rs intelligence to look into AI programmes. 1,80,000 to Rs 2,40,000 8 crore free LPG connections under the Ujjwala Yojana No tax on bank interest upto INR 40,000 has been distributed. INR 90,000 crore disinvestment target for next FY. Loans worth Rs 7.23 lakh cr have been given under Mudra Yojana. Highlights of Rural Outreach: Govt projects to source 25% material from SMEs, 3% Govt to allocate Rs 75,000 crore per year to support from only women-owned SMEs farmers‟ incomes Impact of Rs 20,000 crore in current fiscal year

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GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS 2019 Vulnerable farmers to receive Rs 6,000 per year in Ravi Shankar Prasad - Law and Justice; three equal installments Communications; Electronics and Information Government to allocate Rs 60,000 crore for UPA‟s Technology (Patna Sahib, ) flagship MNREGA in 2019/20 Harsimrat Kaur Badal - Food Processing Industries Allocation of Rs 19,000 crore for construction of rural (Bhatinda, Punjab) roads in 2019-20. Thawarchand Gehlot - Social Justice and Empowerment (Rajya Sabha, Madhya Pradesh) Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank - Human Resource Development (Haridwar, Uttarakhand) Arjun Munda - Tribal Affairs (Khunti, Jharkhand) Smriti Irani - Women and Child Development; Textiles (Amethi, Uttar Pradesh) Dr. Harsh Vardhan - Health and Family Welfare; Science and Technology; Earth Sciences (Chandani Chowk, Delhi) Prakash Javdekar - Environment, Forest and Climate Change; Information and Broadcasting (Rajya Sabha, Madhya Pradesh) Piyush Goyal - Railways; Commerce and Industries (Rajya Sabha, Maharashtra) Dharmendra Pradhan - Petroleum and Natural Gas; Steel (Rajya Sabha, Odisha) Union Cabinet Ministers Portfolio 2019: Check Complete Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi - Minority Affairs (Rajya List Here Sabha, Jharkhand) Modi took oath as the PM for a second consecutive term. Prahlad Joshi - Parliamentary Affairs; Coal; Mines 57 other members of the Council of Ministers, including (Dharwad , Karnataka) Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, and Sadananda Mahendra Nath Pandey - Skill Development and Gowda, also took the oath. A total of 24 Cabinet Ministers Entrepreneurship (Chandauli ,Uttar Pradesh) took oath at the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Arvind Sawant - Heavy Industries and Public followed by nine Ministers of State (Independent Charge) Enterprise (South Mumbai, Maharashtra) and 24 Ministers of State. Here's the full list of the Union Giriraj Singh - Animal Husbandry, Dairying, and Council of Ministers and their portfolios, under the Modi Fisheries (Begusarai, Bihar) Government 2.0. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat - Jal Shakti (Bikaner, - Personnel, Public Grievances and ) Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space; all important policy issues; and all other Ministers of State (Independent Charge)- portfolios not allocated to any minister. Santosh Kumar Gangwar - Labour and Employment Rao Inderjit Singh - Statistics and Programme Cabinet Ministers Implementation; Planning Rajnath‏ Singh- Defence (Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh) Shripad Yesso Naik - Ayurveda, Yoga and Amit Shah - Home Affairs (Gandhinagar ,Gujarat) Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy Nirmala Sitharaman - Finance; Corporate Affairs (AYUSH); MoS Defence (Rajya Sabha, Andhra Pradesh) Dr. Jitendra Singh - Ministry of Development of Subrahmanyam Jaishankar - External Affairs North Eastern Region; MoS PMO; Personnel, Public (Constituency is not decided yet) Grievances, and Pensions; Department of Atomic Nitin Gadkari - Road Transport and Highways; Energy; Department of Space Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (Nagpur, Kiren Rijiju - Youth Affairs and Sports; MoS Minority Maharashtra) Affairs DV Sadananda Gowda - Chemical and Fertilizers Prahalad Singh Patel - Culture; Tourism (North Bengaluru, Karnataka) Raj Kumar Singh - Power; New and Renewable

Ram Vilas Paswan - Consumer Affairs, Food and Energy; MoS Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Public Distribution (Constituency is not decided yet) Hardeep Singh Puri - Housing and Urban Affairs;

Narendra Singh Tomar - Agriculture and Farmers Civil Aviation; MoS Commerce and Industry Welfare; Rural Development; Panchayati Raj (Murena Mansukh L Mandaviya - Shipping; MoS Chemicals , Madhya Pradesh) and Fertilizers 3 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS 2019 Men‘s Rafael Nadal Austria 1. Minister of States (MoS)- Singles (Spain) Dominic Thiem Faggansingh Kulaste- Steel Marketa Ashwini Kumar Choubey - Health and Family Women‘s Vondrousova Welfare 2. Singles (Australia) (Czech Arjun Ram Meghwal - Parliamentary Affairs; Heavy Republic) Industries and Public Enterprises General (Retd) VK Singh - Road Transport and Kevin Highways Krawietz Jeremy Chardy Men‘s (Germany) (France) and Krishan Pal - Social Justice and Empowerment 3. Danve Raosaheb Dadarao - Consumer Affairs, Food, Doubles and Andreas Fabrice Martin and Public Distribution Mies (France) G Kishan Reddy - Home Affairs (Germany) Parshottam Rupala - Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Tímea Babos Ramdas Athawale - Social Justice and Empowerment (Hungary) and Women‘s () and Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti - Rural Development 4. Kristina Doubles Babul Supriyo - Environment, Forest and Climate Mladenovic (China) Change (France) Sanjeev Kumar Balyan - Animal Husbandry, Latisha Chan Gabriela Dairying, and Fisheries (Chinese Dabrowski Mixed Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao - Human Resource 5. ) and (Canada) and Doubles Development; Communications; Electronics and Mate Pavic Information Technology (Croatia) (Croatia) Anurag Singh Thakur - Finance; Corporate Affairs

Angadi Suresh Channabasappa - Railways Need, Jurisdiction and Powers of LOKPAL Nityanand Rai - Home Affairs

Rattan Lal Kataria - Jal Shakti; Social Justice and Lokpal and Lokayukta Act, 2013 Empowerment

V Muraleedharan - External Affairs; Parliamentary The Lokpal and Lokayukta Act, 2013 seeks to provide for Affairs the establishment of Lokpal for the Union and Lokayukta Renuka Singh Saruta - Tribal Affairs for States to inquire into allegations of corruption against Som Parkash - Commerce and Industry certain public functionaries and for related matters. The Rameswar Teli - Food Processing Industries act extends to the whole of India, including Jammu & Pratap Chandra Sarangi - Micro, Small and Medium Kashmir and is applicable to "public servants" within and Enterprises; Animal Husbandry, Dairying and outside India. The act mandates for the creation of Lokpal Fisheries for Union and Lokayukta for states. Kailash Choudhary - Agriculture and Farmers

Welfare The Bill was tabled in the Lok Sabha on 22 December 2011 Debasree Chaudhuri - Women and Child and was passed by the House on 27 December as The Development Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011. It was subsequently

tabled in the Rajya Sabha on 29 December. After a 2019 Concludes: Complete List of Winners marathon debate, the vote failed to take place for lack of

time. On 21 May 2012, it was referred to a Select The (also known as Roland Committee of the Rajya Sabha for consideration. It was Garros) was a tournament played on passed in the Rajya Sabha on 17 December 2013 after outdoor clay courts. It was the 123rd edition of the French making certain amendments to the earlier Bill and in the Open. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, Lok Sabha the next day. It received assent from President France. Pranab Mukherjee on 1 January 2014 and came into force

from 16 January. Rafael Nadal was the defending champion in the Men‘s

Singles and won his 12th French Open title. Ashleigh Structure of Lokpal Barty of Australia won the Women‟s Singles Category The institution of Lokpal is a statutory body without any after defeating Marketa Vondrousova. constitutional backing. Lokpal is a multimember body, Sl.No. Category Winner Runner Up made up of one chairperson and a maximum of 8 4 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS 2019 members. The person who is to be appointed as the chairperson of the Lokpal should be either the former Let‘s have a look at some interesting Statistics of IPL Chief Justice of India Or the former Judge of Supreme 2019: Court or an eminent person with impeccable integrity and Orange Cap- David Warner of Sunrisers outstanding ability, having special knowledge and scored most runs: 692 Runs in 12 Matches. expertise of minimum 25 years in the matters relating to Purple Cap- Imran Tahir of Chennai Super Kings took anti-corruption policy, public administration, vigilance, most wickets: 26 Wickets in 17 Matches. finance including insurance and banking, law and Jonny Bairstow- Sunrisers Hyderabad Highest management. Individual Score: 114 Runs. Out of the maximum eight members, half will be judicial IPL 2019‘s Emerging Player of the Year award: KKR‟s members. Minimum 50% of the Members will be from SC Shubman Gill. / ST / OBC / Minorities and women. The judicial member of the Lokpal should be either a former Judge of the Supreme Court or a former Chief Justice of a High Court.

Justice PC Ghose Appointed 1st Lokpal Former Supreme Court judge Pinaki Chandra Ghose became the first Lokpal of the country with his appointment along with other eight members on March 19, 2019. Besides Justice (retd.) Ghose, other judicial members are Justice (retd.) Dilip B. Bhosale, Justice (retd.) P.K. Mohanty, Justice (retd.) Abhilasha Kumari and Justice (retd.) A.K. Tripathi. The non-judicial members include former Sashastra Seema Bal chief Archana Ramasundaram, ex-Maharashtra Chief Secretary Dinesh Kumar Jain, Mahender Singh, and I.P. Gautam. India Becomes Elite Space Power PM Narendra Modi addressed the nation and he Powers of Lokpal announced that India has entered its name as an elite It has powers to superintendence over, and to give space power. direction to CBI. An Anti-Satellite Weapon (A-SAT) successfully If it has referred a case to CBI, the investigating officer targeted a live satellite on a low earth orbit (LEO). in such case cannot be transferred without the The name of this mission was ‗MISSION SHAKTI‘. approval of Lokpal. After the US, Russia, and China, India is the fourth Powers to authorize CBI for search and seizure country to acquire this space capability. operations connected to such case. The satellite was orbiting at an altitude of 300 km. The Inquiry Wing of the Lokpal has been vested with Mission Shakti, which was led by the Defence the powers of a civil court. Research and Development Organisation. Lokpal has powers of confiscation of assets, proceeds, receipts and benefits arisen or procured by means of Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-Dhan Implemented In India corruption in special circumstances Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan (PM-SYM) Lokpal has the power to recommend transfer or was rolled out by the Ministry of Labour and suspension of public servant connected with allegation Employment from 15 February 2019. The scheme of corruption. announced in the Interim Budget was notified by the Lokpal has power to give directions to prevent Ministry recently. As many as 42 crore workers are destruction of records during preliminary inquiry. estimated to be engaged in the unorganized sector of

the country. MI Beat CSK By 1 Run To Win IPL 2019 The Salient Features of PM-SYM: Mumbai Indians became IPL champions for the fourth 1. Minimum Assured Pension: Each subscriber under time after defeating Chennai Super Kings by one run in a the PM-SYM, shall receive minimum assured pension thrilling final in Hyderabad. CSK Skipper Mahendra of Rs 3000/- per month after attaining the age of 60 Singh Dhoni became the most successful wicket-keeper in years. the history of IPL by taking his dismissals tally to 132, 2. Family Pension: During the receipt of pension, if the surpassing his India teammate Dinesh Karthik. subscriber dies, the spouse of the beneficiary shall be 5 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS 2019 entitled to receive 50% of the pension received by the beneficiary as family pension. Family pension is Laureus World Sports Awards 2019 Announced: applicable only to spouse. Complete List of Winners The Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of New e-Commerce Policy Comes into Effect: All You the Year is an annual award honoring the Need to Know achievements of individual men from the world of India‘s new e-commerce policy came into effect From sports. February 1, 2019. A new set of policy rules had been Novak Djokovic was named World Sportsman of the formed for the e-commerce companies. Year and United State gymnast Simone Biles was Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal named Sportswoman of the Year at the 2019 Laureus Trade (previously DIPP) gave them a 60-day window World Sports Awards, while Tiger Woods won the period for aligning themselves to the government‟s World Comeback of the Year award. modified foreign direct investment (FDI) rules. Complete list of winners of Laureus World Sports Award 2019: Important Highlights of the new policy: Category Winner Bars online retailers from selling products through Sportsman of the Year Novak Djokovic vendors in which they have an equity interest. Ut Sportswoman of the Year Simone Biles also bars them from entering into exclusive deals Comeback of the Year Tiger Woods with brands for selling products only on their Team of the Year France platforms. Sportsperson with a Disability Henrieta Farkkasova All online retailers will be required to maintain a Lifetime Achievement Award Arsene Wenger level playing field for all the vendors selling their products on the platform, and it shall not affect the New CMs: sale prices of goods in any manner. Arunachal/Sikkim/AP/MP/Odisha/Rajasthan/Chhatisgar Disallows e-commerce players to control the h/Goa inventory of the vendors. Any such ownership over Pema Khandu was sworn in as the Chief Minister of the inventory will convert it into inventory-based Arunachal Pradesh for a second term. Along with model from marketplace based model, which is not Pema Khandu, 11 other ministers of the cabinet were entitled to FDI. also sworn in. Governor Dr. BD Mishra administered The e-commerce retailer shall be deemed to own the the oath of office and secrecy to the council of inventory of a vendor if over 25% of the purchases of ministers. such a vendor are through it. Naveen Patnaik took oath as the Chief Minister of Restricts marketplaces from influencing prices in a Odisha for the fifth time. The 72-year-old is the bid to curb deep discounting. longest-serving chief minister of the coastal state. Odisha Governor Prof. Ganeshi Lal administered the Grammy Awards 2019 Announced: Complete List of oath of office and secrecy to Mr. Patnaik and his Winners twenty councils of ministers.

The 61st Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) president Prem held at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The show was Singh Tamang, popularly known as PS Golay took hosted by Singer-songwriter Alicia Keys. The list of oath as the Chief Minister of Sikkim. He was important winners of Grammy Awards 2019 given administered the oath by Governor Ganga Prasad. below: YSR Congress party president YS Jagan Mohan Category Winner Reddy has taken oath as Chief Minister of Andhra Album Of The Year Golden Hour, Kacey Musgraves Pradesh. Governor ESL Narasimhan administered Record Of The Year “This Is America,” Childish him the oath of office and secrecy at Indira Gandhi Gambino Municipal Stadium in Vijayawada. Best New Artist Dua Lipa Congress‘ Ashok Gehlot sworn in as the Chief Best Rap Album Invasion Of Privacy, Cardi B Minister of Rajasthan, while party leader Kamal Best R&B Album H.E.R., H.E.R. Nath took oath as the CM of Madhya Pradesh, and Winner Bhupesh Baghel as the Chief Minister of Best Rap Song “God‟s Plan,” Drake Chhattisgarh. In Rajasthan, Governor Kalyan Singh Best Country Album Golden Hour, Kacey Musgraves administered the oath of the office and secrecy to Mr Song Of The Year “This Is America,” Childish Gehlot and deputy Gambino

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GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS 2019 CM Sachin Pilot in Jaipur. This was Mr Gehlot‟s third Consequently, the reverse repo rate under the LAF term as the Chief Minister. stands adjusted to 5.50%, and the marginal standing In Madhya Pradesh, Governor Anandiben Patel facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate to 6.0%. administered the oath of office and secrecy to Mr The Reserve Bank of India lowered the economic Kamal Nath. The 72-year-old Kamal Nath was sworn growth forecast for the current fiscal to 7% due to in as the 18th chief minister of Madhya Pradesh. slowdown in domestic activities and escalation in In Chhattisgarh, Governor Anandiben Patel global trade war. administered the oath of office and secrecy to Mr GDP growth plunged to a five-year low of 5.8% in Baghel, the State Congress President, in Raipur. the January-March quarter due to lackluster growth in Bhupesh Baghel is the third chief minister of the state. agriculture, manufacturing, construction, trade, hotels Pramod Sawant took oath as chief minister of Goa in and power sectors. This, in turn, pulled down the March 2019. The 45-year-old MLA from Sanquelim FY19 GDP growth rate to a five-year low of 6.8%. The constituency took charge of the office, hours after the next meeting of the MPC is scheduled during August final rites of his predecessor, Manohar Parrikar, were 5 to 7, 2019. conducted with full state honours. Mathematician Karen Uhlenbeck becomes 1st Woman BAFTA Awards 2019 Announced: Complete List Of To Win Abel Prize Winners University of Texas professor Karen Uhlenbeck has Netflix drama ‗Roma‘ won the top prize at the 72nd become the first woman to win the Abel Prize, a edition of the British Academy of Film and mathematics honour first given in 2003. Television Arts or BAFTA awards. With seven The 76-year-old was awarded for the impact of her BAFTAs in its kitty, director Yorgos Lanthimos‟s The work on ―analysis, geometry and mathematical Favourite emerged top winner in 2019. physics‖. Actress Olivia Colman picked best actress BAFTA for her portrayal of Queen Anne in The Favourite. Roma, 64th Filmfare Awards Announced: Complete List of for which director Alfonso Cuaron also picked a Winners trophy, rounded off with four BAFTAs Winners of the 64th Filmfare Awards were while Bohemian Rhapsody – the Golden Globes announced at Jio Garden, BKC, Mumbai. Alia Bhatt favourite – went home with just one BAFTA for lead won Best Actress for playing the role of a spy while actor Rami Malek. Raazi also fetched Meghna Gulzar the Best Director List of important winners for the 72nd edition of the Filmfare Award. Raazi also grabbed the Best BAFTA Awards: Filmtrophy. Meanwhile, Ranbir Kapoor scored the Category Winner Best Actor Filmfare Award for playing the role of Best Director Alfonso Cuaron, Roma Sanjay Dutt in biopic Sanju. Best Film Roma Here‘s the complete winner‘s list of 64th Filmfare Best Actress Olivia Colman, The Favourite Awards 2019: Best Actor Rami Malek – Bohemian Category Winner Rhapsody Best Film Raazi Outstanding British Film The Favourite Critics‟ Award for Best Film AndhaDhun Best Animated Film Spider-Man Into the Spider- Best Actor in a Leading Role Verse Alia Bhatt, Raazi (Female) Best British Short Roughhouse Best Actor in a Leading Role Animation Ranbir Kapoor, Sanju Best British Short Film 73 Cows (Male) Best Director Meghna Gulzar, Raazi 2nd Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement: Repo Rate Sara Ali Khan, Best Debut Actor(Female) Reduced to 5.75% Kedarnath The 2nd Bi-Monthly monetary policy statement has been Ishaan Khatter, Beyond Best Debut Actor(Male) released. On the basis of an assessment of the current and The Clouds evolving macroeconomic situation, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) at its meeting decided to: Critics‟ Award for Best Ranveer Singh for Reduce the policy repo rate under the liquidity Actor (Male) “Padmaavat” adjustment facility (LAF) by 25 basis points to 5.75% Critics‟ Award for Best Neena Gupta, Badhaai from 6.00% with immediate effect. Actor (Female) Ho 7 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS 2019 Critics Best Actor In a Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland and had a total purse of Ayushmann Khurrana Leading Role (Male) $150,000. Here is the complete list of Winners of 2019 Championships 2019: Sl. Event Winner Runner Up No. Men‘s Shi Yuki B Sai Praneet 1. Singles (China) (India) Women‘s Saena Kawakami 2. Singles (China) (Japan) and Men‘s Muhammad 3. and WANG Chi- Doubles Rian Lin () ARDIANTO (Indonesia)

All England Open Badminton Championships 2019: CHANG Ye Na Nami Women‘s and JUNG MATSUYAMA Complete List of Winners 4. 2019 All England Open, officially YONEX All England Doubles Kyung Eun and Chiharu Open Badminton Championships 2019 was a BWF World (South Korea) SHIDA (Japan) Tour 1000 event which took place at Arena Birmingham in Rinov RIVALDY Mathias BAY- England from 6 to 10 March 2019. It had a total purse of and Pitha Mixed SMIDT and $1,000,000. 5. Haningtya Doubles Rikke SOBY MENTARI (Denmark) Here is the complete list of Winners of All England (Indonesia) Open Badminton Championships 2019: Sl. Event Winner Runner Up Pulitzer Prize 2019: Complete List of Winners No.

Viktor Men‘s The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in 1. AXELSEN Singles (Japan) newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature, (Denmark) and musical composition in the United States. Here is the Women‘s CHEN Yufei Tai Tzu-ying complete list: 2. Singles (China) (Taiwan) Mohammad Category Winner Men‘s Ahsan and JOURNALISM 3. and Soh Wooi Doubles Staff of the South Florida Sun Yik (Malaysia) Public service (Indonesia) Sentinel Mayu Carlos Lozada of The Matsumoto and Criticism Women‘s Washington Post 4. and Wakana Doubles Brent Staples of the New York (China) Nagahara Editorial writing Times (Japan) BOOKS, DRAMA, AND MUSIC Yuta Watanabe and Mixed and Arisa “The Overstory” by Richard 5. Fiction Doubles Higashino Powers (China) (Japan) “Fairview” by Jackie Sibblies Drama Drury Swiss Open Championship 2019: Complete List of “Frederick Douglass” by History Winners David W. Blight The 2019 Swiss Open, officially the YONEX Swiss Open Biography or “The New Negro” by Jeffrey 2019, was a badminton tournament which took place at St. autobiography C. Stewart 8 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS 2019 Poetry “Be With” by Forrest Gander Pratama “Amity and Prosperity” by (Indonesia) General nonfiction Eliza Griswold Chow Mei Kuan Women‟s and and Lee Meng Music “p r i s m” by Ellen Reid Doubles (Indonesia) Yean (Malaysia) Special Citation Aretha Franklin

Mixed Wang Yilü and Huang and Melati Daeva 23rd Asian Athletics Championships Concludes: Bahrain Doubles Dongping (China) Oktavianti Tops, India Finishes 4th (Indonesia)

The 2019 Asian Athletics Championships was the 23rd Asian Athletics Championships2019: Bahrain Tops, edition of the Asian Athletics Championships. The 4-day India Finishes 4th event was held from at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar. PU Chitra won gold in Women‟s 1,500 The 2019 Asian Athletics Championships was the 23rd metres race. Here is the list of top 4 countries in the edition of the Asian Athletics Championships. The 4-day Championship: event was held from at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar. PU Chitra won gold in Women‟s 1,500 metres race. Here is the list of top 4 countries in the Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total Championship: 1. Bahrain 11 7 4 22 2. China 9 13 7 29 Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 3. Japan 5 4 9 18 1. Bahrain 11 7 4 22 4. India 3 7 7 17 2. China 9 13 7 29 3. Japan 5 4 9 18 Odisha struck with Cyclone Storm FANI 4. India 3 7 7 17 Cyclone Fani intensified into a severe cyclonic storm and has now become an ‗extremely severe cyclonic Badminton Asia Championships 2019 storm‘ according to an Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)report. Here‟s all you need to know about Cyclone FANI: The 2019 Badminton Asia Championships is a badminton 1. Hurricanes, Typhoons and Cyclones are just different tournament which took place at Sports Center names for the same kind of tropical storm that have a Gymnasium in China. Here is the complete list of low-pressure centre with high wind speeds and heads winners: towards land. The nomenclature depends on which part of the world the storm occurs. Event Winner Runner-Up 2. Cyclone FANI is named by Bangladesh. It is Men‟s Kento Momota China pronounced ―Foni‖ and loosely translates to ―the singles hood of a snake‖. Women‟s China singles (Japan) 2019 Concludes: Complete List of Winners Marcus Fernaldi and Men‟s Gideon and Kevin Yuta Watanabe The 2019 India Open was a badminton tournament which doubles Sanjaya Sukamuljo (Japan) took place at KD Jadhav Indoor Hall in New Delhi, India. (Indonesia) Here is the complete list of Winners of India Open 2019: Event Winner Runner Up Women‟s Chen Qingchen and and Wakana doubles Jia Yifan (China) Men‟s Viktor Nagahara (Japan) Singles Axelsen(Denmark) (India) Wang Yilü and Mixed He Jiting and Du Women‟s Ratchanok He Bingjiao doubles Yue (China) Singles Intanon(Thailand) (China) (China) Lee Yang and Wang Ricky Karanda Men‟s Chi-lin (Chinese Suwardi Doubles Asian Wrestling Championship 2019: India Finishes Taipei) and Angga With 16 Medals, Iran Tops 9 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS 2019 Strickland India wrapped up their campaign at the Asian Wrestling (Canada) Championships on a resounding note with 16 medals (1 Chemistry (a) one half to (a) "for the directed Gold, 3 Silver & 4 Bronze. Only Bajrang Punia won the Frances H. evolution of enzymes" gold medal. Championship was held at Xi‟an, China. Here Arnold (USA) (b) "for the phage is the List of Top 3 Countries- (b) Other half display of peptides & Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total jointly to George antibodies" 1 Iran 11 0 6 17 P. Smith (USA) & Sir Gregory P. 2 China 5 5 6 16 Winter (UK) 3 Japan 4 7 6 17 Peace Denis Mukwege “for their efforts to end 8 India 1 6 9 16 (Congo) & Nadia the use of sexual Murad (Iraq) violence as a weapon of war & armed conflict” David Malpass Named World Bank President Economic (a) William D. (a) “for integrating David Malpass appointed as the President of the Sciences Nordhaus (USA) climate change into World Bank. (b) Paul M. long-run He was US President Donald Trump‘s nominee and Romer (USA) macroeconomic won unanimous approval from the institution‟s analysis” executive board. (b) “for integrating He has replaced Former World Bank President Jim technological Yong Kim who left in January. innovations into long- run macroeconomic analysis.”

Astronomers Capture First-ever Image of A Black Hole Astronomers have taken the first-ever image of a black hole, which is located in a distant galaxy known as ‗Messier 87‘ (M87). The image which captured by a network of eight telescopes across the world shows an intensely bright „ring of fire‟ surrounding a perfectly circular dark hole. The ‗Event Horizon Telescope‘ captured the image from the galaxy that is 50 million lightyears away.

CEAT Cricket Rating Awards 2019 Announced: Complete List of Winners

Complete List | Nobel Prize Winners 2018 CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) Awards 2019 were 2018 Nobel Prize were announced in 5 different fields announced in Mumbai. Here is the complete list of viz. Physiology or Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, winners of CEAT Cricket Rating Awards 2019: Peace, & Economic Sciences. This is for the first time that no Literature Prize was given in 70 years because Sl.No. Category Winner of a #MeToo scandal. International Cricketer and 1. Virat Kohli Field Winner Description Batsman of the Year Physiology James P Allison “for their discovery of International Bowler of the or Medicine (USA) & Tasaku cancer therapy by 2. Jasprit Bumrah Year Honjo (Japan) inhibition of negative International Test Cricketer Cheteshwar immune regulation” 3. Physics Arthur Ashkin "for groundbreaking of the Year Pujara (USA), Gerard inventions in the field International ODI Cricketer 4. Rohit Sharma Mourou (France) of laser physics" of the Year and Donna

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GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS 2019 International T20 Player of Karolina Johanna 5. Women‟s Aaron Finch 2. Pliskova (Czech Konta (United the Year singles Republic) Kingdom) Outstanding Performance of 6. Kuldeep Yadav the Year Juan Sebastián Raven Klaasen Cabal and (South Africa) Men‟s International T20 Bowler of 3. Colombia and Michael 7. Rashid Khan doubles the Year Robert Farah Venus (New Lifetime Achievement Mohinder (Colombia) Zealand) 8. Award Amarnath Victoria Anna-Lena Yashasvi Azarenka Grönefeld 9. Junior Cricketer of the Year Women‟s Jaiswal 4. (Belarus) and (Germany) and doubles Australia Oman Author Jokha Alharthi Wins Booker International Ashleigh Barty (Netherlands) Prize The list of An author from Oman, Jokha Alharthi has Bank of Baroda is now third largest lender as Dena, won the prestigious Man Booker International Vijaya merger take effect Prize for ―Celestial Bodies‖, the story of three sisters State-run Bank of Baroda is catapulting itself for a of a desert country confronting its slave-owning past larger play in the system with the merger of Dena and a complex modern world. Bank and Vijaya Bank with itself from 01st April 2019. BOB is the third largest bank in the country after 2019: Complete List of Winners State Bank of India and HDFC Bank. The 2019 Madrid Open (sponsored by Mutua) is a This is second merger of state-run banks in the recent professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay years in the banking sector after State Bank had courts at the Park Manzanares in Madrid, Spain. Winners merged five of its associate banks- State Bank of of 2019 Madrid Open: Patiala, State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, State Bank of Mysore, State Bank of Travancore and State Bank of Hyderabad and also Bhartiya Mahila effective 01st Event Winner Runner-Up April 2017. Novak Djokovic Stefanos Tsitsipas Men‟s singles The RBI had stated that branches of Dena Bank and (Serbia) (Greece) Vijaya Bank would function as BoB outlets from 01st Women‟s Kiki Bertens Simona Halep April following the amalgamation. singles (Netherlands) (Romania) BoB consolidated bank will have over 9,500 branches, Diego 13,400 ATMs, 85,000 employees to serve 12 crore Jean-Julien Rojer Schwartzman customers. (Netherlands) and Men‟s doubles (Argentina) and Horia Tecau Dominic Thiem Independence Day Gallantry Awards Announced: (Romania) (Austria) Complete List of Winners Hsieh Su-wei On the occasion of 72nd Independence Day, Gabriela () President Ram Nath Kovind approved 131 Gallantry Women‟s Dabrowski (Cana and Barbora Awards to members of Armed Forces personnel & doubles da) and Strýcová (Czech Paramilitary Forces. Defence Ministry said that one (China) Republic) Kirti Chakra, three Bar to Sena Medals (Gallantry), three Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry), 11 Nao Sena

Medals (Gallantry), 20 Shaurya Chakras & 93 Sena 2019: Complete List of Winners Medals (Gallantry) will be awarded. The 2019 Italian Open was a professional tennis Braveheart hailing from Jammu & Kashmir, Sepoy tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Rome, Italy. Vrahma Pal Singh has been shortlisted for the Kirti It was the 76th edition of the Italian Open. Winners of Chakra award posthumously. 2019 Italian Open: Major Aditya Kumar's name has been mentioned on the list of 20 armed forces personnel for the Shaurya Sl.No Event Winner Runner-Up Chakra award. Rifleman Aurangzeb will also be Men‟s Rafael Novak Djokovic conferred with the third highest gallantry award. 1. singles Nadal(Spain) (Serbia) 11 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS 2019 Six women officers of the Indian Navy will be The World Cup will span 48 matches in all, of which awarded Nao Sena medals. They were part of the 45 will make up the group stage. Each team will play expedition to circumnavigate the globe. Following nine group stage matches, and the top four will gallantry awards have been conferred to Army progress to the semifinals, similar to how the 1992 personnel: World Cup was held. Award No‘s Remarks Teams- Kirti Chakra 01 Posthumous Afghanistan, Captain: Gulbadin Naib Australia, Captain: Aaron Finch Shaurya Chakra 14 Including 02 Bangladesh, Captain: Mashrafe Mortaza posthumous England, Captain: Eoin Morgan Sena Medal 96 Including 08 India, Captain: Virat Kohli (Gallantry) posthumous New Zealand, Captain: Kane Williamson Mention-in- 27 Including 04 Pakistan, Captain: Sarfaraz Ahmed Despatches posthumous South Africa, Captain: Faf du Plessis Sri Lanka, Captain: Dimuth Karunaratne Nilekani panel suggests 24x7 RTGS, NEFT, elimination West Indies, Captain: Jason Holder of all charges To encourage digital payments, the Nandan Nilekani India Ranks 140th In World Press Freedom Index 2019, committee has suggested a host of measures, Norway Topped including elimination of charges, round-the-clock India ranked 140th out of 180 countries in the World RTGS and NEFT facility, and duty-free import of Press Freedom Index 2019, released by Reporters Without point-of-sales machines. Borders. The index is topped by Norway. Paris-based The committee, which was appointed by the RBI, had Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF), or Reporters Without submitted its suggestions on promoting digital Borders, is a non-profit organisation that works to payments to Governor Shaktikanta Das last month. document and combat attacks on journalists around the world. FIFA Women‘s 2019 World Cup Starts in France 1st: Norway The 2019 FIFA Women‘s World Cup is the 8th edition 2nd: Finland of the FIFA Women‘s World Cup, the quadrennial 179th: North Korea international football championship contested by the 180th: Turkmenistan women‟s national teams between 07th June and 07th July 2019. The Championship will be held in nine cities across France. In March 2015, France won the right to host the event, the first time the country will host the tournament, and the third time a European nation will.

Gender Equality Index: India Ranks 95, Denmark Tops India ranked 95th out of 129 countries in a new index that measures global gender equality looking at aspects such as poverty, health, education, literacy, political representation and equality at the workplace. The list was topped by Denmark. Chad was placed at bottom most position (129th). The Sustainable Development Goals Gender Index has

been developed by UK-based Equal Measures 2030, a joint effort of regional and global organizations. RBI categorises IDBI Bank as private sector lender

The RBI stated that IDBI Bank has been categorised ICC Men‘s Cricket World Cup 2019 begins as a private sector bank for regulatory purposes with The ICC Men‘s Cricket World Cup 2019 has begun effect from 21st January 2019. This follows LIC from 30th May 2019. England open the tournament at acquires 51% of the total paid-up equity share capital The Oval in London when they take on South Africa. of the bank. In April 2005, IDBI Bank was categorised 12 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS 2019 under a new sub-group, „other public sector banks,‟ by These awards are conferred by the President of India the RBI. at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year. This RBI Sells Its Entire Stake In NABARD And NHB To The year the President of India has approved conferment Government of 112 Padma Awards including one duo case (in a The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has divested its duo case, the Award is counted as one) as per list entire stake held in National Housing Bank (NHB), the below. The list comprises 4 Padma Vibhushan, 14 regulator for housing finance companies, and National Padma Bhushan and 94 Padma Shri Awards. 21 of the Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development awardees are women and the list also includes 11 (Nabard) to the government, which now persons from the category of holds 100% in these entities. Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI, 3 Posthumous awardees The central bank has sold its stake in NHB in the and 1 transgender person. month of March, while it sold the stake in Nabard in February. RBI had 100% shareholding in NHB, which BHARAT RATNA (3) was divested for INR1, 450 crore. The Nabard stake S. Name Description was divested in two phases. RBI had 72.5% stake in No. Nabard amounting to INR1,450 crore, out of which 1. Shri Nanaji Deshmukh (Posthumously) 71.5%, worth INR 1,430 crore was divested in October 2. Dr Bhupen Hazarika (Posthumously) 2010 and the residual shareholding was divested in 3. Shri Pranab Mukherjee - February 2019 for INR 20 crore. NHB is the regulator for housing finance PADMA VIBHUSHAN (4) companies while NABARD is responsible for S. Name Field State regulating and supervising the functions of Co- No. operative banks and RRBs. 1. Ms. Teejan Art-Vocals- Chhattisgarh Bai Folk Deposits in Jan Dhan bank accounts set to cross Rs 1 2. Shri Ismail Public Affairs Djibouti lakh crore Omar The total deposits in bank accounts opened under the Guelleh Jan Dhan scheme are set to cross Rs 1 lakh crore (Foreigner) soon. Government data claimed that the cumulative 3. Shri Trade & Maharashtra balance in 35.29 crore accounts under the flagship Anilkumar Industry- programme of the Modi government reached Rs Manibhai Infrastructure 97,665.66 crore as on 03rd April 2019. Naik The total deposits in Jan Dhan accounts stood at Rs 4. Shri Balwant Art-Acting- Maharashtra 96,107.35 crore on 27th March 2019 and Rs 95,382.14 Moreshwar Theatre crore in the week before, government data showed. Rupay debit cards have been issued to a total of 27.89 PADMA BHUSHAN-(14) crore Jan Dhan account holders, as per government S. Name Field State records. No . 5. Shri John Trade & USA Padma Awardees 2019 Complete List Chambers Industry- Padma Awards - one of the highest civilian Awards of (Foreigner) Technology the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, 6. Shri Sukhdev Public Affairs Punjab Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. Singh The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of Dhindsa activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science 7. Shri Pravin Public Affairs South Africa and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, Gordhan literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. (Foreigner) ‗Padma Vibhushan‘ is awarded for exceptional and 8. Shri Trade & Delhi distinguished service; ‗Padma Bhushan‘ for Mahashay Industry-Food distinguished service of high order and „Padma Shri‘ Dharam Pal Processing for distinguished service in any field. The awards are 9. Shri Darshan Social Work Haryana announced on the occasion of Republic Day every Lal Jain year. 13 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS 2019 10. Shri Ashok Medicine- Maharashtr Shunglu Laxmanrao Affordable a 18. Shri Public Affairs Bihar Kukade Healthcare Hukumdev 11. Shri Kariya Public Affairs Jharkhand Narayan Munda Yadav 12. Shri Art-Music-Sitar West Bengal Budhaditya Mukherjee 13. Shri Art-Acting- Kerala Mohanlal Film Viswanathan Nair 14. Shri S Nambi Science & Kerala Narayan Engineering- Space 15. Shri Kuldip Literature & Delhi Nayar Education (Posthumous (Journalism) ) 16. Ms. Sports- Uttarakhan Bachendri Pal Mountaineerin d g 17. Shri V K Civil Service Delhi

Banking Current Affairs The RBI has slapped a penalty of Rs. 2 crores on JP Morgan rolled out the first US bank Kotak Mahindra Bank for the non-state lender‟s cryptocurrency. The cryptocurrency, called ―JPM failure to adhere to the regulator‟s diktat on promoter Coin.‖ shareholding. RBI withdrew the 20% limit on investments by FPIs The government has approved recapitalization of Rs in corporate bonds of an entity with a view to 48,239 crore in 12 public sector banks in this fiscal to encourage more foreign investments. help them maintain regulatory capital requirements RBI decided to treat deposits to over Rs. 2 crores as and finance growth plans. The government will infuse ‗bulk‘ as they doubled the limit for the same from the over nine thousand crore rupees in Corporation Bank earlier Rs.1crore. National Federation of Urban and six thousand 896 crore rupees in Allahabad Cooperative Banks and Credit Societies Limited Bank, 4368 crores rupees will be provided Bank of (NAFCUB) has suggested this proposal. India and 205 crore rupees to Bank of Maharashtra. RBI in the exercise of powers conferred under Section Bank of Baroda has tied up with Germany's KfW 47A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 has levied a Development Bank for funding of USD 113 million penalty of Rupees one crore on the State Bank of India to refinance solar projects. (SBI) for not monitoring the end use of funds in RBI taken off Allahabad Bank, Corporation Bank and respect of one of its borrowers. Dhanlaxmi Bank from the Prompt Corrective Action RBI raised the limit of collateral-free agricultural loans (PCA) framework allowing them to resume their to Rs. 1.6 lakh from the current Rs. 1 lakh with a view normal lending activities. to help small and marginal farmers. He also RBI & Bank of Japan have signed a Bilateral Swap announced measures to boost the farming sector in Arrangement (BSA). The BSA provides for India to addition to annual payment of Rs. 6,000 to small and access 75 billion US dollars whereas the earlier BSA marginal farmers. had provided for 50 billion dollars. Indian Banking Association issued advisory RBI announced that it will transfer an interim surplus requesting banks to waive off the processing, of 28,000 crore rupees to the central government for documentation, inspection and all other service the half-year ended 31st December 2018. With this charges for Kisan Credit Card and crop loans up to 3 interim transfer, the government will get a total of Rs lakh rupees. 68,000 crore from the central bank in the current fiscal. Fino Payments Bank (FPB) announced the launch of a sweep account facility in association with Suryoday 14 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO Mains 2019 Small Finance Bank (SSFB). This partnership will help account deposits to an external benchmark — the FPB address the issue of deposit limits that all the Reserve Bank of India‘s repo rate. By doing so, the payment banks face at the moment. bank will effectively link all loan rates to an external RBI slapped an Rs. 1-crore penalty on Syndicate benchmark either directly or indirectly. Bank and Rs. 20 lakh on Axis Bank for violating Following are the changes: norms. 1. Savings accounts with deposits above Rs 1 lakh Two regional rural banks (RRBs) - Pallavan Grama would be priced at 2.75% below the prevailing repo Bank and Pandyan Grama Bank - will be merged to rate of 6.25%. form the Tamil Nadu Grama Bank as per the Finance 2. Cash credit accounts and overdraft facilities over Rs 1 Ministry notification. The integration will be effective lakh would be priced at 2.25% over the repo rate. At from April 1. The new Tamil Nadu Grama Bank will the prevailing repo rate of 6.25%, this would mean a be under the sponsorship of Indian Bank with head floor price of 8.5%. office in Salem, Tamil Nadu. 3. For all other floating rate products, including retail ‗Kisan Suvidha loan‘ for small and marginal farmers and corporate loans, the impact of SBI‟s decision to launched by Ujjivan Small Finance Bank. It can be link savings account deposit rates to the repo rate will used by farmers for both agriculture and allied be felt indirectly. activities. 4. For savings account holders with balances up to Rs 1 Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra and Oriental lakh and borrowers with cash credit and overdraft Bank of Commerce have been allowed to exit the PCA limits up to Rs 1 lakh, interest rates will remain framework fully. The three lenders were part of 11 fixed. government-owned banks put under the framework State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) has in 2017 and 2018. sanctioned loans worth Rs 689 crore to over 1,600 IFFCO Tokio General Insurance has launched ‗bank Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises locker protector policy‘, the first stand-alone bank (MSMEs) through locker cover offered by any insurance company with a the psbloansin59minutes.com portal as part of its plan to protect the contents of a bank locker such effort to promote such industries. as jewelry, title documents, and other valuables. State Bank of India (SBI) has launched doorstep State Bank of India (SBI) and Hitachi Payment banking service for senior citizens over 70 years of age Services Pvt Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of and differently-abled customers. Eligible customers Hitachi Ltd has launched their merchant-acquiring can avail this service at a nominal fee of 100 rupees joint venture, SBI Payment Services Pvt Ltd (SBIPSPL) per transaction for financial transactions and 60 in Mumbai for establishing a digital payments rupees for non-financial transactions. Doorstep platform for India and other countries in the region. banking services are available to KYC- compliant United Bank of India has signed a bancassurance deal account holders, with a valid mobile number with private life insurer HDFC Life Insurance registered with the bank and residing within 5 Company. kilometers radius from their home branch. IRDAI and the National Health Authority As per RBI notification, IDBI Bank has (NHA) have formed a working group on been categorized as a private sector lender following the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya the acquisition of majority stake by Life Insurance Yojana (AB-PMJAY). The joint working group, to be Corporation. IDBI Bank has been under the prompt chaired by Dinesh Arora, Deputy CEO of NHA, will corrective action framework of RBI that bans it from have 10 members from both the organisations. corporate lending and branch expansions, salary hikes United Bank of India has signed a bancassurance deal and other regular activities. with private life insurer HDFC Life Insurance The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) named State Bank of Company. Through this partnership, United Bank‟s India (SBI), ICICI Bank and HDFC customers will be able to take advantage of HDFC Bank as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D- Life‟s expertise in life insurance products, distribution SIBs), which in other words mean banks that are too and customer service. big to fail. As per the norms, these banks will have to Korea Exim Bank has come forward to extend a Rs set aside more capital for their continued operation. 4,100 crore loan for Visakhapatnam (VIZAG) Metro The State Bank of India has launched a new service Rail project. The state government had earlier sent a called ‗YONO Cash‘ for its customers using which proposal in this regard to the Central government, customers can withdraw money from ATMs without which in turn forwarded it to Korea Exim Bank. using debit cards. This facility is available State Bank of India has become the first domestic over 16,500 of its ATMs through the You Only Need bank to link the interest rate it offers on savings 15 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO Mains 2019 One (YONO), mobile app platform for the first time in The board of Lakshmi Vilas Bank approved the the country. merger of the private sector lender with Indiabulls Reserve Bank of India provided no objection Housing Finance (IBH) through a share swap deal. to Bandhan Bank for the proposed acquisition The merged entity will have a net worth Rs19,472 of Gruh Finance. crore and a loan book Rs1,23,393 crore for the nine The country‘s largest lender State Bank of India has months of FY19. signed a pact with the Bank of China to boost The RBI came out with guidelines for banks to set up business opportunities. SBI has signed an MoU to new currency chests, which include a minimum area enhance business synergies between both the banks. of 1,500 square feet for strong room. The new chests Through this pact, both SBI and BoC will gain direct should have a processing a capacity of 6.6 lakh pieces access to their respective markets of operation. of banknotes per day. The Reserve Bank of India has slapped a penalty of Emirates Islamic has announced the launch of Chat Rs 2 crore on Punjab National Bank for non- Banking services for customers via compliance of regulatory directions with regard WhatsApp, marking a global first in the Islamic to SWIFT operations. SWIFT is a global messaging banking sector. The bank‟s customers will now able to software used for sharing information on inter-bank conduct daily banking activities via WhatsApp in a transactions by financial entities. seamless and hassle-free manner. Bank of Baroda has signed an MoU with agriculture RBL Bank has partnered with credit profiler services companies to develop an agriculture digital CreditVidya to improve the lender‟s customer platform, Baroda Kisan, which will provide solutions experience. Through this partnership, the private for agricultural requirements. BoB has signed the sector lender will be able to gain significant insights agreement with Skymet Weather Services, Weather into its customer base. Risk Management Services, BigHaat, Agrostar India, The Institute for Development and Research in EM3 Agri Services, and Poorti Agri Services. Banking Technology (IDRBT), an arm of RBI, has The Finance Ministry has decided to infuse Rs 5,042 launched a 5G Use Cases Lab for banking and crore into state-owned Bank of Baroda (BoB) ahead of financial sector. The 5G technology, along with the merger of two other public sector lenders Dena blockchain, will be progressively adopted by banks. Bank and Vijaya Bank with BoB. IDBI Bank has launched ‗NRI-Insta-Online‘ account State-owned lender Punjab National Bank (PNB) had opening process for NRIs residing in the Financial sold stake in its housing finance arm, PNB Housing Action Task Force (FATF) member countries. The Finance (PNBHF) to General Atlantic Group and person will not be required to furnish physical VardePartners for Rs 1,851 crore at Rs 850 per share. documents as well as KYC proofs for opening an The amalgamation of Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank into account with the bank. the BoB has come into effect and all branches of the ACI Worldwide announced that Canara Bank has former two will function as branches of BoB. The successfully rolled out major new functionality to merged entity would also receive Rs 5,042 crore fund support EMV card acquiring across its ATM network infusion from the government. and Aadhaar Authentication, leveraging ACI‟s UP RBI set the average base rate to be charged from Retail Payments solution to achieve market firsts. borrowers by non-banking financial companies Canara Bank is the first public sector bank to shift (NBFCs) and micro-finance institutions (MFIs) at to EMV chip and PIN for card present transactions 9.21% for the first quarter of the next fiscal (April- across the country‟s vast ATM network. June). Bandhan Bank has received approval from Kotak Mahindra Bank will charge customers for UPI the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for the transactions starting 1st of May 2019. For each Kotak proposed scheme of amalgamation of Gruh Finance Bank account, the first 30 UPI fund transfers will be with the bank. The approval made under sub-section free, after which a charge will be levied on all fund (1) of Section 31 of the Competition Act, 2002. transfers from the bank account. Bank of Maharashtra has partnered with M1Xchange RBI has tweaked Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) Trade Receivables Discounting System norms to provide an additional 2% window to (TReDS) platform for MSME bill discounting. lenders. This move will harmonise the liquidity Exim Bank has provided soft loans of USD requirements of banks and release additional money 266.60 million to Rwanda for various projects. for lending. State-owned Allahabad Bank stated that the Karnataka Bank entered into an MoU with Bharti government has increased its authorised capital by Rs AXA Life Insurance Company to distribute the 5,000 crore to Rs 8,000 crore. The central government latter‟s life insurance products. 16 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO Mains 2019 after consultation with the RBI increased the RBI slapped a monetary penalty on five pre-paid authorised capital of the bank. payment instrument issuers including Vodafone m- Kotak Mahindra Bank has launched the first debit pesa and Phonepe, for violating regulatory guidelines. card-based authentication solution A penalty of INR 3.05 crore imposed on Vodafone m- on NPCI‘s (National Payments Corporation of pesa and INR 1 crore each on Mobile Payments, India) e-Mandate (electronic PhonePe, and G.I. Technology Private Ltd. mandate) API (Application Program Interface) RBI decided to enhance the housing loan limits for platform. Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) and Small Finance The RBI has become the first central bank in the Asia- Banks (SFBs) for eligibility under priority sector Pacific (APAC) region to begin an explicit interest rate lending. Henceforth, housing loans given by RRBs and easing cycle. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), SFBs to individuals up to INR 35 lakh in metropolitan headed by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das, cut rates in centers (with population of 10 lakh and above) February, April and June. and INR 25 lakh in other centers, provided the overall SBI has launched India‟s first ‗Green Car cost of the dwelling unit in the metropolitan centers Loan‘ (Electric Vehicle) to encourage customers to buy and at other centres does not exceed INR 45 electric vehicles. The new scheme „Green Car Loan‟ lakh and INR 30 lakh, respectively, will be eligible for will offer the loan at 20 basis points lower than the classification under priority sector lending. interest rate on the existing car loan schemes. India Ratings downgraded the YES bank‘s long-term The RBI issued Rs20 denomination banknotes in the rating to ‗IND AA-‘ with a negative outlook, while Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series, bearing the signature reaffirming short-term rating. ICRA also downgraded of Shri Shaktikanta Das, Governor, RBI. The new the long-term ratings of the lender. denomination has the motif of Ellora Caves on the The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural reverse, depicting the country‟s cultural heritage. The Development (NABARD) announced Rs 700-crore base colour of the note is Greenish Yellow. The venture capital fund for equity investments in dimension of the banknote will be 63 mm x 129 mm. agriculture and rural-focused startups. NABARD is Canara Bank and its life insurance partner Canara contributing to other funds till now and this is the HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce Life first time that the rural development bank launched Insurance launched ‟Webassurance‟ to enable its a fund of its own. customers to purchase life insurance in a convenient Bank credit grew by 13.2% in the financial year 2018- and hassle-free way. 19 as compared to 10.3% in the previous financial National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) approved year, mainly aided by loans to services and retail the merger of private sector lender IndusInd sector. Deposit growth also gained momentum, Bank with Bharat Financial Inclusion (BFIL), a growing by 10% as compared to 6.7% a year ago. microfinance company. Earlier, IndusInd Bank had ICICI Bank announced the launch of a co-branded received ‗No Objection‘ from RBI, National Stock multi-currency card with online travel booking portal Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange. Bharat Goibibo. The card also includes benefits of up Financial will become a subsidiary of the private to Rs20,000, including gift vouchers of Rs15,000 from lender. Goibibo. Bharti AXA General Insurance tied up with financial RBI imposed a monetary penalty of Rs1 crore on marketplace Wishfin‘s insurance arm Wishpolicy, to Nainital Bank for its failure to fully automate the non- offer two-wheeler insurance to customers via performing asset (NPA)identification process, despite WhatsApp. This service option is an instant and specific directions issued in this regard. additional customer service option for policyholders. RBI released a vision document ‗Payment and SBI moved to a new interest rate regime on large Settlement Systems in India: Vision 2019 – 2021‘, savings account deposits as well as short-term with its core theme of „Empowering Exceptional E- loans. SBI linked its interest rate on savings account payment Experience‟ for ensuring a safe, secure, with a balance above Rs1 lakh and short-term loans convenient, quick and affordable e-payment system. like overdraft and cash credit facility to RBI‟s repo Small Industries Development Bank of India rate, effective 1 May 2019. (SIDBI) put together a pilot scheme to extend LIC Housing Finance (LIC HFL) launched „Udyam‟, a financial assistance of up to Rs10 crore to new- skilling center in Bengaluru. It was launched in age fintech non-banking finance companies association with Lok Bharti Education Society, the (NBFCs) engaged in financing small businesses and implementing partner. other income-generating activities.

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GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO Mains 2019 The SBI announced a strategic partnership with the charge. The fee for transfers between 8 am to 11 am is FMCG arm of The Art of Living – Sri Sri Tattva. nil, from 11 am to 1 pm is Rs 2, and from 1 pm to 6 Under this partnership, YONO users can avail a pm is Rs 5. discount of 15% on the entire range of products Corporation Bank launched ‗SMESuvidha‘ scheme to offered by Sri Sri Tattva provide loans to the GST-registered MSMEs at RBI announced that it will allow large modern affordable interest rates. The product is designed as a currency chests to increase the service charges on part of the lender‟s efforts to improve service and cash deposited by non-chest bank branches from the provide the best products to the MSME sector. existing rate of Rs5 per packet of 100 pieces to a RBI constituted a six-member committee headed by higher rate subject to a maximum of Rs8 per packet. TN Manoharan, Chairman, Canara Bank on the Corporation Bank launched ‗Corp SME Suvidha‘, a Development of Secondary Market for Corporate product for GST-registered MSMEs. The product Loans to come up with recommendations to increase designed as part of the bank‟s efforts to provide the the efficiencies of the debt market and aid in the best products to the MSME sector. resolution of stressed assets. RBI stated that all non-deposit-taking non-banking Financial Literacy Week 2019 to be observed from financial companies (NBFCs) with an asset size of Rs June 3-7 on the theme of ―Farmers‖ and how they 5,000 crore and above, and all deposit-taking NBFCs benefit by being a part of the formal banking system. irrespective of their asset size, have to maintain a liquidity buffer in terms of a Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR). Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) announced that it has launched ‗Bank on Wheels‘ facility in 14 of its lead districts in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, besides Vijayawada. The mobile van facility enable the public, especially senior citizens, conveniently get door-step banking facility available at identified locations of the lead districts. RBI extended timings for customer transactions in the Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system to 6:00 pm from 4:30 pm. The new time window for RTGS come into effect from 01st June 2019. The customer is charged a ‗time-varying charge‘ on each outward transaction in addition to the flat processing

Economy/Financial/Business Current Affairs Employees' Provident Fund Organisation has hiked properties and the affordable housing projects. The interest rate on employees' provident fund to 8.65% revised rates will be applicable from April 1, 2019 from 8.55% for the 2018-19 fiscal year. Ministry of Commerce and Industry in an attempt to The country‘s foreign exchange reserves increased by provide relief to and boost investments into start-ups USD 1.875 billion to USD 421.867 billion in the week in India decided to simplify the process for them to ending 31st May 2019. get exemptions under the Income Tax Act, 1961. It World Bank, United Nations Entity for Gender will now recognize an entity as a start-up up to 10 Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN years from the date of its incorporation or Women), and SIDBI launched new social impact registration instead of the existing duration of 7 bonds exclusively for women, called Women‘s years. It will also recognize an entity as a start-up if Livelihood Bonds (WLBs), with an initial corpus of its turnover for any of the financial years since its Rs 300 crore. It will enable individual women incorporation or registration does not exceed Rs 100 entrepreneurs in sectors like food processing, crore unlike the previous amount of Rs 25 crore. agriculture, services, and small units to borrow India with immediate effect has boosted the around Rs 50,000 to Rs 3 lakh at an annual interest Customs Duty on all the goods imported from rate of around 13% to 14% or less and have a tenure Pakistan to 200% followed by the day after India of 5 years. repealed Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status from The GST Council met for its 33rd meeting and Pakistan. slashed GST rate on under-construction residential Govt. of India gets Rs.10000 crore from Bharat-22 Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) by additional offering. 18 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO Mains 2019 The government has absorbed approximately capable of injecting around Rs. 35,000 crores into the Rs.46000 crore by way of disinvestment with the system. Minimum bid size for the auction has been successful offering of Bharat-22 ETF. Bharat-22 is an fixed at $25 millionand multiple bids submission by Exchange Traded Fund ( ETF) which will closely banks will be allowed. track the performance of Bharat-22 index. The Finance Ministry has decided to keep the National Bulk Handling Corporation (NBHC) interest rate unchanged on small savings schemes for released Kharif Crop estimation for the year 2018- the three-month period beginning April 1. The 2019. As per the report, the basmati rice production is unchanged interest rate means the NSC (5 years) and expected to decline by 9.24% to 5.18 million metric the PPF (15 years) will fetch 8% interest, while tonnes. The total oilseeds production is estimated to money deposited in KVP will double in little over be 19.87 million metric tonne which is 5.36 % lower nine years. At the same time, if one is parking money as compared to the year 2018. in a fixed deposit with a maturity of five years with HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company, India's the State Bank of India, he/she will get 6.85%. Senior third-largest non-life insurance provider in the citizens will get half a percent more: 7.35%. private sector, announced the launch of ‗Trip The Ahmedabad bench of the National Company Protector' insurance policy, a pioneering policy in Law Tribunal (NCLT) has approved the Rs 42,000- the non-life insurance segment in India. crore resolution plan submitted by ArcelorMittal for Infosys, the country‘s 2nd largest IT firm launched a the debt-ridden Essar Steel Ltd. next-generation digital platform ‗InfyTQ‘ to HDFC Bank Ltd crossed the Rs6 trillion market facilitate engineering students with best learning capitalization mark for the first time, making it only experiences by imparting technical and professional the third Indian firm—after Tata Consultancy skills. Services Ltd (TCS) and Reliance Industries Ltd Amazon launched "Amazon Pay Unified Payments (RIL)—to achieve the milestone. RIL is the most Interface (UPI)" for Android users in partnership valued company in India with a market cap of Rs8.50 with Axis Bank to issue UPI IDs to its customers in trillion, followed by TCS at Rs7.48 trillion. India. ICICI Lombard and Mobikwik announced a strategic State-owned power giant NTPC has announced that partnership to provide cyber-insurance cover. The it has signed a term loan agreement for Rs 5,000 crore relationship aims to provide protection against with State Bank of India. unauthorized and fraudulent transactions Food delivery startup Swiggy acquihired Bengaluru- online, across bank accounts, debit and credit cards based AI startup Kint.io. As part of the deal, Kint.io's and mobile wallets. founding members Pavithra Solai Jawahar and Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) and Jagannathan Veeraraghavan will join the Swiggy Ola announced a strategic partnership under which team. Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Asian Development Bank (ADB) has bought a 14% Corporation will invest a total of $ 300 million in stake in micro-financier Annapurna Finance for Rs Ola, making it their biggest combined investment to 137 crore, reinforcing the belief that India‘s date. microfinance sector is on course to attract long-term ADB has inked an agreement to invest USD 50 funds from global lenders and investors. million in solar energy project developer Avaada Paytm launched hotel bookings on its platform and Energy Pvt Ltd to help the company scale up rapidly. acquired Night Stay, which offers deals on last- The investment will come equally from ADB‘s minute bookings at luxury hotels, as the Alibaba- Ordinary Capital Resources and Leading Asia‘s backed payments and e-commerce company expands Private Infrastructure Fund (LEAP). its travel business. Apple Inc & Goldman Sachs Group Inc jointly The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation & launched the Apple Card credit card for iPhones. Development forecast in its interim outlook report The card is tied to Apple Pay, a service that allows that the world economy would grow 3.3 percent in people to load banking information and pay in store 2019 and 3.4 percent in 2020. or use it for purchases online. Markets regulator SEBI withdrew the 20% limit on Power Finance Corporation (PFC) has completed investments by Foreign Portfolio Investors in the acquisition of majority stake in REC Ltd by corporate bonds of an entity. The regulator stated transferring Rs 14,500 crore to the government. that the restriction is being withdrawn in accordance State-owned gas utility GAIL India Ltd has with a circular issued by the RBI. signed an agreement with Bharat Heavy Electricals RBI has decided to use a new tool for the first time to Ltd (BHEL) for cooperation in the development of enhance liquidity in the system using which it will solar power projects. buy $5 billion from the banks in a swap deal that is 19 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO Mains 2019 Ola has signed a Memorandum of Understanding model. The move allow the subscription-based (MoU) with the Government of Telangana to support businesses to collect payments from their the latter‘s efforts in strengthening traffic subscribers effortlessly. infrastructure in the city. Facilities management provider UDS acquired Infosys, a global leader in next-generation digital a majority stake in Matrix Business Services, which services and consulting, and Roland-Garros Grand operates in the business assurance and background Slam tennis tournament, also called the French verification segment. This acquisition includes Open, announced a three-year strategic technology buying out the entire 19.77% stake of Kotak partnership. Mahindra Investments and 2.67% of Mahindra & Wipro Limited (Bengaluru Based), a leading global Mahindra Contech. information technology, consulting and business Iraq becomes India‘s top crude oil supplier for the process services company and Indian Institute of second consecutive year, meeting more than one- Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur), signed an fifth of the country‘s oil needs in the 2018-19 fiscal MoU to collaborate on high-impact, industry-focused year. According to data collected by the Directorate applied research in the areas of 5G and AI. General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics, Netherlands emerged as the third largest foreign Iraq sold 46.61 million tonnes of crude oil to India direct investor in India during 2017-18, with during April 2018 and March 2019. investments pegged at about $2.67 billion across Huawei Technologies Co overtook Apple Inc to sectors. The Netherlands was also the second largest claim the No. 2 spot in smartphones making in the destination for foreign investment by Indian first quarter, moving a step closer to its avowed companies, after Singapore, with investments ambition of displacing Samsung at the top of the worth $12.8 billion in 2017. market. The Asia-Pacific region s expected to grow at 5.7% in Global card payments brand Mastercard announced 2019. According to the bank‘s Asian Development its plan of investing $1 billion in India operations Outlook 2019 report released in April, developing over the period of next 5 years. About $350 million of Asia which comprises 45nations ranging from China the total amount would be invested in setting up to Tuvalu is projected to grow by 5.7% in 2019. a localpayments processing center as per the RBI‘s Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation mandate to store all payments data locally. for April 2019 eased to 3.07%, from 3.62% in April Sunil Mittal led telecom major Bharti 2018. The latest WPI print was also lower than 3.18% Airtel and Hughes Communications India recorded in March this year. Build up inflation for (HCIL) have decided to combine their VSAT (Very the financial year so far was 0.75%, lower than 0.86% Small Aperture Terminal) satellite communications in the corresponding period of the previous year. operations in India. According to the Ministry of Commerce & Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) acquired British toy Industry data, India‘s overall exports, combining retailer ‗Hamleys‘ in an all cash deal. RIL acquired Merchandise and Services, in April 2019 is estimated Hamleys in 67.96 million pounds (about Rs. 620 cr). to be around 44 billion US dollars with a positive Facebook chosen London as the centre for the global growth of 1.34% over April 2018. Overall imports in roll-out of WhatsApp pay, before the social media April 2019 is estimated to be around 53 billion giant launches its digital payments service on the dollars with a positive growth of 4.5% over the mobile messaging platform in India. corresponding period of 2018. BharatPe – India‘s first Fintech start-up enabling The Trump administration removed India from its payments for merchants through interoperable UPI currency monitoring list of major trading partners, QR codes, announced its foray into merchant citing certain developments and steps being taken by services with a new app. New Delhi addressing some of its major Digital payments company Paytm, in association concerns. Switzerland is the other nation that with Citibank, launched its first credit card removed from the list. called Paytm First Card. Paytm First Card comes with Markets regulator SEBI directed National Stock unlimited cash back and will be accepted in India as Exchange to pay more than Rs625 crore in the case of well globally. misuse of its co-location facility. The amount, if Bharti Airtel and HDFC Life Insurance have tied up considered with simple interest, would come to little to offer life cover for customers who get a prepaid less than Rs1,000 crore. If it involves a compound recharge done. interest, the fine could amount to around Rs1,300 IT services firm Tech Mahindra and French digital crore. content publishing firm Rakuten Aquafadas signed Paytm launched a recurring payment service for an MoU to collaborate on building enhanced merchants that are working on a digital subscription customer experience offerings. 20 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO Mains 2019 BSNL announced that it will joined hands companies, Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) with internet major Google to expand its WiFi reported a 34 percent jump it‘s in 2018-19 fiscal net footprint across the country. The new initiative will profit to Rs 26,716 crore. help the customers to use BSNL high-speed internet Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover has joined services on WiFi. hands with BMW to develop next-generation electric Reliance Industries toppled state-owned Indian Oil drive systems. Corporation (IOC) to become the country‘s biggest India‘s largest software services company TCS has company by revenue. The Mukesh Ambani-led surpassed US technology giant IBM in terms of conglomerate, in the 2018-19 fiscal year that ended market capitalisation. As of recent closing, the March 31, reported a turnover of Rs 6.23 lakh crore. market cap of TCS stood at Rs8.37 lakh crore ($120.5 Social media giant Facebook apparently formed billion) compared to IBM‘s $119.5 billion. a new financial tech firm, Libra Networks LLC, in Geneva, Switzerland. Libra Networks was INDIA‘S GDP REPORTS registered in Geneva by Facebook Global Holdings Fitch Ratings cut India‘s economic growth forecast II LLC. for the next financial year starting April 1, to 6.8%

Ride-hailing company Ola launched Ola Money SBI from its previous estimate of 7%, on weaker than Credit Card in partnership with SBI Card, one of expected momentum in the economy. The rating India‘s largest credit card issuers. agency has also cut growth forecasts for FY20 and HDFC group overtaken the 151-year-old Tata group FY21 to 7% from 7.3% and 7.1% from 7.3%, to emerge as India‘s most valuable by way of market respectively. capitalization (m-cap). The combined market value India Ratings & Research (A Fitch Group of the five listed companies of the HDFC group – Company) lowered the country‘s growth forecast for HDFC, HDFC Bank, HDFC Life, HDFC Asset the current fiscal to 7.3%, from the earlier projection Management and Gruh Finance stood at Rs 11.66 of 7.5 %. lakh crore.

Overseas investors pumped more than 9,000 crore The country‟s median GDP is forecast at 7.1% for rupees into the Indian capital markets in last month Financial Year 2020 and 7.2% for Financial Year on expectations of more business-friendly measures. 2021. The industry body FICCI‟s economic outlook India‘s GST revenue collections crossed Rs 1 lakh survey stated that the minimum and maximum crore for the third straight month in May to Rs growth estimate stood at 6.80% and 7.3% for 2019-20. 1,00,289 crore, despite the slowdown in the industrial Fitch Solutions, the research arm of Fitch Group, activities. projected the government's fiscal deficit to overshoot Global efforts to impose a unified tax policy on the budgeted target by 0.2% to 3.6% of GDP in 2019- Google, Facebook and other internet giants have 20 fiscal. Accordingly, Fitch Solutions revised its cleared a major hurdle ahead of a G20 summit in forecast for the central government fiscal deficit to Japan. come in at 3.6% of GDP in FY 2019-20, from 3%. ONGC, India‘s top oil and gas producer, has toppled The World Bank retained its forecast of India‟s growth Indian Oil Corp (IOC) to regain the crown of being rate at 7.5% for the current financial Year 2019/20. In the country‘s most profitable public sector company. its Global Economic Prospects report. According to earnings statements of the listed

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Between Countries|States|Cities| Organizations an agreement to facilitate the exchange of data between the two. Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Common Service Centre‘s (CSC) e-Governance Government of India and Indian Institute of Services India Limited, a special purpose vehicle Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) signed an MoU in New under the Ministry of Electronics & IT tied up with Delhi for setting up a Centre of Excellence (CoE) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Kanpur to for Waste to Wealth Technologies for implementation upscale ‗Unnat Bharat Abhiyan‘. „Unnat Bharat of sustainable, scientific and technological solutions Abhiyan‟ is an initiative of the Ministry of HRD. for waste management. India‟s largest telecom operator Vodafone Idea To nab tax evaders and reduce black money Ltd announced a five-year multi-million-dollar IT generation, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) outsourcing deal with tech giant IBM. The company and Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) signed

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GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO Mains 2019 did not divulge the size of the deal but some reports India. It is the largest single non-sovereign loan ever pegged it at about $700 million. committed by ADB to Indian Railway Finance The National Institute of Open Schooling Ministry Corporation (IRFC) to fund the railways track of Human Resources Development (NIOS) electrification project. and National Health Mission of Public Health The Department of Biotechnology Department (NHMPH) of Government of (DBT) under Ministry of Science and Technology Maharashtra signed a Memorandum of and Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), under Understanding in Mumbai. Prime Minister of India signed an MoU for supporting Tractor-manufacturer Tractors and Farm Equipment joint collaborative research programmes in the area of (TAFE) Ltd signed an MoU with Petroleum Cancer. Conservation Research Association (PCRA) to aid The National Small Industries Corporation Limited conservation of resources. Under the MoU, the (NSIC) signed an MoU with Ministry of Micro, Small association plans to jointly conduct agricultural and Medium Enterprises (MSME) for the year 2019- workshops by involving TAFE‟s dealership network. 20. The MoU envisages provision of enhanced services Commerce Secretary, Anup Wadhawan and Vice by NSIC under its marketing, financial, technology, Minister, General Administration of Customs of and other support services schemes for MSMEs in the China (GACC), Li Guo, held a meeting in New Delhi country. to discuss trade related issues of pending Indian Sri Lanka signed a tripartite agreement with India request for clearance of agricultural products. and Japan for development of eastern terminal of Konkan Railways Corporation Ltd signed a contract Colombo port. The Memorandum of Cooperation agreement with Nepal‘s Department of Railways to (MoC) was signed in Colombo by Sri Lankan ports supply two 1600 HP DEMU train sets. These trains be minister Sagala Ratnayake, Indian high commissioner used to operationalise railway link between Jayanagar to Sri Lanka Taranjit Singh Sandhu and a Japanese in India and Kurtha in Nepal. The train sets be representative. manufactured by the Integrated Coach Factory, The United States and the United Arab Chennai. Emirates have announced that mutual defense India and the United Kingdom agreed to increase cooperation agreement had come into force, amid their collaboration in the fields of Indo-Pacific increasing tensions between Washington and Tehran. cooperation, climate change, disaster resilience, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati development in third world countries amongst other signed an MoU with The Indian Space Research areas. Organisation (ISRO) to set up an IITG-ISRO Space A tripartite MoU was signed between National Technology Cell (STC) at the institute where Assam Mission for Clean Ganga, HCL Foundation and Governor Jagdish Mukhi inaugurated a new INTACH for taking up a project of ‗Plantation of academic complex and research and development Rudraksh Trees in Uttarakhand‘ as a part of CSR building. initiative under the ‗Namami Gange‘ Programme. India and Chile signed three MoUs in the fields India signed the ‗Christchurch Call to of mining, culture and empowerment of persons Action‘ in Paris. The agreement came in the backdrop with disabilities. Chile announces it will allow visa- of the attacks on mosques in March and is aimed at free entry to Indians holding valid US Visa. President stopping the abuse of the Internet by extremists. Ram Nath Kovid participated in India-Chile Business IBM India tied-up with HDFC ERGO General Forum and interacted with young scientists at the Insurance Company, India‟s third-largest non-life University of Chile. insurance provider in the private sector, to co-create Tata Power and Indraprastha Gas Limited new Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based solutions. (IGL) signed a memorandum of understanding to set Tech Mahindra announced its biggest defence order up integrated customer services and optimize value worth over Rs 300 crore with the Indian Navy. As for customers. part of the ‗Armed Forces Secure Access Card‘ The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has inked an (AFSAC) Project, Tech Mahindra implement RFID MoU with the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (Radio Frequency Identification) based Access (IIT-D) to collaborate in the field of standardisation Control System across all naval bases and ships. and conformity assessment. The MoU was signed Multilateral funding agency Asian Development by IIT Delhi Director Professor V Ramgopal Bank (ADB) announced that it signed an agreement Rao and Director General of BIS Surina Rajan. to provide USD 750 million equivalent in Indian BSE and India International Exchange (India INX) rupee long-term financing to electrify railway tracks in have signed a memorandum of understanding

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GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO Mains 2019 with Moscow Exchange (MOEX) to connect investor 7. Approves Continuation of Phase 4 community and companies in both countries besides of Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle allowing a capital formation platform. (GSLV). The Indian Navy and Council of Scientific and 8. Apprised about MoU between India and Brazil in Industrial Research inked an MoU to undertake joint the area of Biotechnology. research and development of advanced technologies TCS has partnered with the Department of Posts in a for the Indian Navy. bid to transform it into a multi-service digital hub. State-run power giant National Thermal Power BSE has entered a MoU with Network Intelligence, a Corporation has inked a term-loan agreement with global cybersecurity services provider to Canara Bank to raise Rs 2,000 crore, which would be provide cybersecurity services to its members in line used to part finance its capital expenditure. with the cybersecurity framework set by SEBI. The BSE has signed a MoU with HDFC Bank with an The Ministry of AYUSH inked a Memorandum of objective to strengthen the BSE Startups Understanding (MoU) with Council of Scientific and platform. The MoU signed to spread more awareness Industrial Research (CSIR) for cooperation in on the benefits of the listing of startups on this BSE research and education in areas of traditional systems startup platform. of medicine and its integration with modern science. India and Sweden launched a joint programme that Indian Army signed a MOU with National will work towards addressing a range of challenges Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) Limited, to around smart cities and clean technologies among build four underground tunnels others. The programme was co-funded by Indian along China and Pakistan borders for storage of Department of Science and Technology (DST) and ammunition and other war-related equipment. Swedish agency Vinnova. NITI Aayog‟s Atal Innovation Mission PAISALO Digital Limited signed the first co- (AIM) and Adobe signed a Statement of Intent (SOI) origination loan agreement with SBI, the first to collectively drive the charter of developing creative agreement of its kind in the country that SBI has skills and spreading digital literacy across all Atal signed. Introducing a platform for the last mile Tinkering Labs (ATL) in India. customer, the loan ticket is designed at Rs 10,000 to 2 India and Brunei signed a pact for the exchange lakh. The company expects to disburse 200,000 loan of Information and Assistance in Collection with applications in FY20. respect to taxes in order to curb tax evasion and tax The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute avoidance in New Delhi. (CMFRI) and the ISRO have joined hands to map, The Centre and the Asian Development Bank validate and protect smaller wetlands in coastal (ADB) have signed a 926 million dollarloan regions. agreement to operationalize two lines of the Mumbai The Union Cabinet chaired by PM Modi has given Metro Rail System. It is the single largest the following set of approvals. The important infrastructure project loan in ADB history approved Cabinet Approvals are given as follows: by the ADB Board. The Cabinet: A loan agreement of USD 455 million was signed 1. Approves MoU between India and Bolivia on between the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Cooperation in the field of Geology and Mineral (AIIB) and the Government of India for financing Resources. the Andhra Pradesh Rural Roads Projects. These 2. Approves MoU between India and Cambodia on projects will connect 3,300 habitations with a Cooperation in the field of Communications. population of more than 250, and benefit around 2 3. Approves MoU between India and Bolivia on million people. Cooperation in the Field of Traditional Systems of The Government of India, the State Government of Medicine and Homoeopathy. Chhattisgarh and the World Bank signed a $25.2 4. Approves creation of one post of Deputy Million Loan Agreement to support the State‟s Comptroller and Auditor General in the office of Reforms in Expenditure Management. This support Comptroller and Auditor General of India. will cover Expenditure Planning, Investment 5. Approves Cooperation Agreement Management, Budget Execution, Public Procurement, between India and Denmark in the field of and Accountability. Renewable Energy with focus on Offshore Wind The World Bank will provide a $250-million loan for Energy. the National Rural Economic Transformation Project 6. Apprised about MoU between India and (NRETP) to help women in rural households develop Republic of Korea in issuing jointly Postage viable enterprises for farm and non-farm products. An Stamp. 23 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO Mains 2019 agreement in this regard was signed between education initiatives, which include many prominent the World Bank and the Government of India. programs developed by Indian Institutes of India and Paraguay have agreed to identify sectors of Technology (IITs). mutual interest to promote bilateral investment and Maldives finance ministry has signed an agreement decided to explore new areas of collaboration, with India‘s Export-Import Bank (EXIM) for line of including Information and Communication credit (LOC) of 800 million US dollars to finance the Technology and space and biotechnology. new government‟s infrastructure projects. The The Ministry of Women and Child Development agreement was signed in presence of External Affairs and the Ministry of Skill Development and Sushma Swaraj who was on a 2-day visit to Male. Entrepreneurship entered into an MoU aimed at The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) improving women livelihood and empowering them signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with through skill development. The MOU was signed in the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). the presence of Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Asian Development Bank (ADB) has inked Minister, Women and Child Development and Shri. an agreement to invest USD 50 million in solar Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister, Skill Development energy project developer Avaada Energy Pvt Ltd to and Entrepreneurship. help the company scale up rapidly. The investment The Government of India and the Asian will come equally from ADB‟s Ordinary Capital Development Bank (ADB) signed in New Delhi a $26 Resources and Leading Asia‘s Private Infrastructure Million Loan Agreement to provide additional Fund (LEAP). financing for improving drainage infrastructure in Oman has signed an agreement with the United Dibrugarh town of Assam under the ongoing Assam States of America that allow American ships and Urban Infrastructure Investment Program. warplanes to take advantage of his ports and airports. The World Bank, the Government of India and The framework agreement is aimed at bolstering representatives of 5 States of Government of India Omani-American military relations. and Implementing Agencies signed in New Delhi the India and the African Union to establish an India- Loan Agreement for Additional Financing of $137 Africa health sciences collaborative platform. The Million for the Dam Rehabilitation and MoU will pave the way for cooperation in research Improvement Project (DRIP). and development, capacity building, health services, The Union Cabinet approved a pact with Germany pharmaceutical trade and manufacturing capabilities for cooperation in the field of occupational safety and for drugs and diagnostics. health. The cabinet has approved the Memorandum of India and the US signed an agreement for exchange Understanding (MoU) between India and Germany on of country-by-country (CbC) cooperation in the field of Occupational Safety and report. The move will give huge relief to subsidiaries Health (OSH). of US-headquartered companies in the taxation-related The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India matter. The agreement was signed by PC Mody, (IBBI) has signed a Cooperation Agreement with the Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of (CBDT), and Kenneth I Juster, US Ambassador to the World Bank Group (WBG). The agreement will India. enable IFC to assist IBBI to further build the capacity India and Bolivia signed eight MoUs in the fields of of insolvency professionals, and insolvency culture, Visa waiver arrangement for diplomats, professional agencies for the purposes of the Code. exchange between diplomatic academies, mining, India and Pakistan have agreed to work space, traditional medicine, establishment of Centre of expeditiously on operationalizing the Kartapur Excellence in IT and Bi-Oceanic Railway project. corridor. The corridor will facilitate Indian pilgrims to An MoU was signed between Ministry of visit the holy shrine of Gurdwara Darbar Sahib at Environment, Forest and Climate Change Kartarpur in Pakistan. (MoEF&CC) and University of British Columbia IIT Roorkee and ISRO have signed an MoU to (UBC), Canada for next 10 years in New Delhi. The develop Space Technology Cells on the campus of MoU will help in exchange of students, researchers, the varsity. IIT Roorkee issued a statement saying the and faculty, developing research projects, livelihood premier technology school has inked an MoU with opportunities and augment income of the forest-based the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to communities. setup Space Technology Cells. India and Sri Lanka signed an MoU to establish a The Ministry of Human Resource Development has business center for ICT incubators in Jaffna (a city in signed a memorandum of understanding(MoU) with the Afghanistan government to work on digital 24 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO Mains 2019 Sri Lanka) through the grant of 25 crore Sri Lankan Indian Coast Guard and the Airport Authority of rupees from India. India (AAI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding Navratna Defence PSU, Bharat Electronics Limited at Coast Guard Regional Headquarters in Port Blair (BEL) and Hughes India have entered into a Teaming for coordination in the aeronautical and maritime Agreement for design, development, supply, search and rescue operations. installation, integration and commissioning of Satellite IndianOil, Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) Communication solutions for helicopters under the and Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) had Ministry of Defence, Government of India at Aero signed a joint venture in New Delhi for Kandla- India 2019, Bengaluru. Gorakhpur LPG Pipeline Project. Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) and AAI and aerospace major Boeing announced the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) signed an signing of a technical assistance agreement to develop MoU for jointly developing infrastructure for fuels, an air traffic management roadmap which will lubricating oil, LPG, Natural Gas and any other improve airspace utilization and help maintain related fuel and gas for meeting the requirement of efficient aircraft operations. National Waterways. The Centre, the Tamil Nadu Government and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) based international World Bank have signed a $287-million loan cooling provider, National Central Cooling Company agreement for the Tamil Nadu Health System PJSC (Tabreed) entered into a 30-year concession with Reform Programme (TNHSRP). Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development The National Center for Good Governance (NCGG), Authority (APCRDA) to build India‟s first district India‟s leading civil services training institution, has cooling system in Amaravati. entered into an MOU with the Maldives Civil Services Government of India, Government of Himachal Commission for capacity building of 1000 Maldives Pradesh (GoHP) and the World Bank signed a $40 civil servants over the next 5 years. Million Loan Agreement to help bring clean and The V.O. Chidambaranar Port Trust, Tuticorin and reliable drinking water to the citizens of the Greater Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) have Shimla area, who have been facing severe water signed an MoU for facilitating Direct Port Entry (DPE) shortages and water-borne epidemics over the last few of e-sealed factory stuffed export container to the port years. under „Ease of Doing Business‟. NITI Aayog and the Michael & Susan Dell Indian Railway Station Development Corporation Foundation (MSDF) signed a Statement of Intent (IRSDC) entered a Tripartite Agreement with French (SOI) to codify, document and share best practices to Railways (SNCF) & AFD, a French Agency which will improve learning outcomes in public school education finance up to 7,00,000 EURO, through French through systemic reforms, based on their collective National Railways (SNCF)-Hubs and Connexions as experiences of working with various state a Technical Partner to IRSDC to support the Railway governments in India. Station Development Program in India, so there will Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate be no financial liability on IRSDC or Indian Railways. Change signed a Letter of Intent establishing the India-Norway Marine Pollution Initiative together with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. An MoU was signed between Engineers India Limited (EIL) and Mongolia for Project Management Consultancy for oil refinery. EIL is a PSU under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) announced that it has signed a pact with Invest India to promote foreign investments in the country and Indian investments abroad. Government e Marketplace (GeM) and Competition Commission of India (CCI) entered into an MoU to enable a fair and competitive environment in the e- Marketplace. Chairman CCI, A.K. Gupta, CEO GeM, S. Radha Chauhan were present on the occasion.

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GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO Mains 2019 NEW APPOINTMENTS: NATIONAL

Designation/Post Who is Appointed? Constitutional & Other Posts 1. Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the office of Lokpal. Dilip Kumar 2. BSE first independent woman director Jayshree Vyas. 3. Quit the Paytm Bhushan Patil (resigned) 4. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Sanjay Ubale 5. first brand ambassadors of Myntra Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma 6. The Volleyball Federation of India Serbian Dragan Mihailovic 7. India‘s Jagjit Pavadia re-elected by the UN Economic and Social Council to a five-year term on International Narcotics Control Board (INCB). 8. Ace Special Forces operative and Sri Lanka war veteran Major General AK Dhingra appointed as the first head of country‘s first tri-services Special Operations Division comprising commandos from all three services. 9. commissioner Ajoy Mehta Maharashtra‘s new chief secretary. 10. Ambassador of India to the State of Eritrea Subh Chand 11. brand ambassador of BharatPe Salman Khan 12. Supreme Court Collegium for elevation as judges of the Justice Aniruddha Bose, Justice A S Bopanna, apex court Justice B R Gavai and Justice Surya Kant. 13. Judicial member of the National Consumer Disputes Justice VK Jain Redressal Commission (NCDRC), 14. Navy Chief of India Vice Admiral Karambir Singh 15. First Chief Justice of the newly-constituted Andhra Justice Vikram Nath Pradesh High Court.

16. Secretary in Defence Finance Gargi Kaul

17. first Indian to be appointed Chair of International Bibhu Kalyan Nayak Hockey Federation (FIH) 18. Ambassador of India to Bhutan Ruchira Kamboj 19. Mizoram Governor Kummanam Rajasekharan has stepped down from his post. Governor of Assam, Prof. Jagdish Mukhi, has been given temporary charge of Mizoram. 20. Ajit Doval has been granted cabinet status and five more years as the NSA. 21. Secretary of the Ministry of Civil Aviation Pradeep Singh Kharola 22. Ambassador of India to Argentina Dinesh Bhatia

23. Ambassador of India to Republic of Colombia Sanjiv Ranjan

24. Principal Secretary Nripendra Misra 25. Additional Principal Secretary PK Mishra 26. Chattisgarh government appointed a new advocate general, Satish Chandra Verma with immediate effect, replacing Kanak Tiwari on the post. 27. 28. Secretary to Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu. I V Subba Rao 29. Pro-tem speaker of the Lok Sabha Virendra Kumar 30. Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) Sharad Kumar 31. officer for the BCCI‟s Annual General Meeting (AGM) N Gopalaswami 32. Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court Justice Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel 33. IT Industry icon Azim Premji will retire as Executive Chairman of Wipro with effect from 30th July 2019 34. chief of India Meteorological Department (IMD) Mrutyunjay Mohapatra

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GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO Mains 2019 35. LIC Mutual Fund as the company‟s CEO Dinesh Pangtey 36. Yes Bank additional Director R Gandhi 37. ITC chairman and managing director. Sanjiv Puri 38. MD and CEO of Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Limited Nitin Chugh from 01st December 2019 39. MD and CEO of ICICI Securities Vijay Chandok 40. Managing Director of Life Insurance Corporation of India Vipin Anand 41. India‟s Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Pranay Kumar Verma 42. CS Rajan appointed Managing Director while Vineet Nayyar named as Executive Vice-Chairman of Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS).

43. R A Sankara Narayanan (former MD and CEO of Vijaya Bank) will move to Canara Bank as MD and CEO. 44. first woman vice-chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia Najma Akhtar 45. Karnam Sekar will take over as MD and CEO of Indian Overseas Bank from July 01st 2019. 46. Indian women‟s cricket team captain Mithali Raj named the goodwill ambassador of Team India at the Street Child Cricket World Cup (SCCWC). 47. Yes Bank Ltd appointed former IRDAI chief T.S. Vijayan as an additional director (Independent). 48. Twitter has appointed Manish Maheshwari as the Managing Director of its India operations. In 2018, Taranjeet Singh had stepped down 49. Uday Kumar Varma retired from the post of Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, resigned from the post of The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham) Secretary-General. 50. Deutsche Bank CEO for India to succeed Ravneet Gill, Kaushik Shaparia who left the bank to head private lender YES Bank. 51. High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Dalbir Singh Suhag Seychelles 52. Non -executive chairman of Bank of Baroda. Hasmukh Adhia

53. chairman of the newly constituted National Commission Bhagwan Lal Sahni for Backward Classes (NCBC). 54. Ajay Narayan Jha has joined as a member of the 15th Finance Commission. 55. The government has appointed MR Kumar as the Chairman of LIC and Vipin Anand and TC Suseel Kumar as the MDs. 56. Bajaj Finserv‘s Chairman and Non-Executive Director Rahul Bajaj has resigned and will take over as the Chairman Emeritus from May 2019. 57. Next ambassador of India to Saudi Arabia Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, 58. Ministry of Finance as Finance Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg, 59. Director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Ajit Kumar Mohanty 60. Axis Bank as Non-Executive Chairman Rakesh Makhija (will take over from Sanjiv Misra) 61. Country‟s first Lokpal Pinaki Chandra Ghose 62. Ambassador of India to the Republic of Uzbekistan Santosh Jha 63. as one of the 12 election ambassadors from Maharashtra transgender social activist Gauri Sawant, 64. Tata Coffee MD and CEO (replace Sanjiv Sarin) Chacko Purackal Thomas 65. President of the Boxing Federation Ajay Singh 66. First ombudsman under the new BCCI Constitution DK Jain approved by the court in a judgment. 67. IDBI Bank as non-executive, non-whole time chairman Hemant Bhargava 68. Chairman of CBDT (succeed Sushil Chandra) Pramod Chandra Mody 69. Election Commissione of India Sushil Chandra 70. Chief of CBI Rishi Kumar Shukla 71. Axis Bank Chairman Rakesh Makhija 72. Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Independent Director Sachin Bansal 73. CEO of Reckitt Benckiser Laxman Narasimhan 27 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO Mains 2019 74. J&K Bank Chairman RK Chibber 75. Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba retires in May 2019. 76. P V Bharathi assumed charge as CEO of the Corporation Bank and became the first woman CEO of the bank. 77. Yes bank Senior group President and head of retail and business banking, Pralay Mondal resigned from his post. 78. Jet Airways Founders Naresh Goyal and wife Anita Goyal have stepped down from the board of the cash- strapped airline. 79. Supreme Court-appointed BCCI Ombudsman Justice D K Jain (retd) will now serve as the Ethics Officer of the Indian cricket board on an ad-hoc basis.

NEW APPOINTMENTS: INTERNATIONAL Designation/Post Who is Appointed? President/PM/Heads of Countries/Organizations 1. Professor Tijjani Mohammad Bande appointed as the new President of the United Nations General Assembly. 2. 17 global public figures appointed by UN actress Dia Mirza and Alibaba chief Jack Ma Secretary-General Antonio Guterres 3. the United States‟ latest deputy attorney Jeffrey Rosen general by the US Senate 4. Indonesia‟s re-elected president Joko Widodo 5. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy 6. Parliamentary speaker of Maldives former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed 7. President of World Bank (Jim Yong Kim left in David Malpass January 2019) 8. International Cricket Council (ICC) CEO Manu Sawhney 9. International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) – Vikramjit Singh Sahney India. 10. New interim president of Algeria Abdelkader Bensalah 11. New PM of Haiti Jean Michel Lapin 12. New PM of Palestine Mohammed Ishtayeh 13. Deputy Executive Director in UN Anita Bhatia 14. Thailand‟s Prime Minister. Prayuth Chan-ocha a 15. Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has resigned 16. Padma Lakshmi has been appointed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as its newest Goodwill Ambassador. 17. Mali‟s PM Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga has resigned 18. Soumya Swaminathan, a Deputy Director-General of the World Health Organisation has been named Chief Scientist of the WHO. 19. Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has announced his resignation after nearly 30 years in power. 20. Egypt‘s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has been elected as the chairman of the African Union 21. external WHO auditor CAG Rajiv Mehrishi 22. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has won a fifth term in office. 23. Former Law Minister of Nepal Nilambar Acharya has been appointed as country's ambassador to India. 24. The Amateur International Boxing Federation (AIBA) President Gafur Rahimov has announced his resignation Amazon‟s board of directors. India-born former PepsiCo‘s CEO Indra Nooyi Mayors/Member of Parliament/Envoy/Judges 25. 26. Other Appointments 27. 28. Vice President for Google India and South East Asia Rajan Anandan 28 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO Mains 2019 29. Chief technology officer and chief development officer of Suresh Kumar Walmart 30. Indian Army officer, Lieutenant General Shailesh Tinaikar has been appointed as the new Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). 31. 32. Algeria‘s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has resigned from the post with immediate effect. 33. Chicago has created history by electing an African-American woman as its mayor for the first time. 34. Chandramouli Ramanathan appointed as Controller, Assistant Secretary-General for Programme Planning, Budget and Finance in the management strategy, policy and compliance department. He succeeds Bettina Tucci Bartsiotas.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Name of the Award Winner Awards for Literature/Journalism 1. GD ‗Robert‘ Govender, an Indian-origin 2019 V K Krishna Menon award for his outstanding journalist in South Africa, honoured in contribution as a pioneer of decolonised journalism. the UK 2. 2019 winner of the USD 100,000 Nine Dots Indian writer Annie Zaidi Prize, a prestigious book prize 3. UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Press Freedom Reuters journalists, Kyaw Soe Oo, and Wa Lone. Prize 2019. 4. Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant Award for his Sunil Kumar Gautam book titled ‗Samvidhan Kavya‗. 5. The second edition of Rabindranath Tagore Author Rana Dasgupta for his 2010 novel “Solo“, Literary Prize 6. Windham-Campbell prize of USD 165,000 for ‗Raghu Karnad‘ his debut book, ‗Farthest Field: An Indian story of Second World War Vyas Samman 2018 for his collection of Leeladhar Jagudi poems ―Jitne Log Utne Prem. Country‘s Highest Honour Given 7. Former ISRO chairman A S Kiran Kumar was conferred with France‟s highest civilian honour, Chevalier de l‘Ordre national de la Legion d‘Honneur, for his contribution to India-France space cooperation. 8. Israel honoured Lt. Gen. (retd) Jack Farj Rafael (JFR) Jacob, who negotiated the historic surrender of Pakistani troops in Dhaka after the 1971 Bangladesh‟s liberation 9. IPS officer Chhaya Sharma, who led the investigation team of the infamous Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, awarded the 2019 McCain Institute Award for Courage and Leadership. 10. United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) conferred Sasakawa Award 2019 for Disaster Risk Reduction to Dr. Pramod Kumar Mishra, Additional Principal Secretary to Prime Minister of India. 11. Anil Kapoor was felicitated by Council of European Chambers of Commerce in Indiaand a European Union delegation in Mumbai. 12. Former foreign secretary Shyam Saran was conferred with Japan‘s second highest national award, ‗Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star‘. 13. N Kumar, Vice-Chancellor of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University conferred the lifetime recognition award by the Confederation of Horticulture Association of India. 14. The UAE honoured PM Narendra Modi with the prestigious Zayed Medal for giving a ―big boost‘ to bilateral strategic ties. President of the UAE Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan conferred PM Modi with the award, the highest decoration awarded to kings, presidents, and heads of states 15. Vice President Venkaiah Naidu conferred President‘s Certificate of Honour and Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman Awards at New Delhi. 16. Team India captain Virat Kohli named as the Wisden Almanack‘s ‗Leading Cricketer of the Year‘ for the third straight time.

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GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO Mains 2019 17. Team India opener Smriti Mandhana named as the Wisden Almanack‘s ‗Leading Women‘s Cricketer of the Year‘. 18. The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) was awarded the distinction of ―Public Water Agency of the Year‖ by Global Water Intelligence at the Global Water Summit in London.

19. PM Modi was decorated with Order of St Andrew the Apostle – the highest state decoration of Russia, for exceptional services in promoting special and privileged strategic partnership between the two countries. This is the seventh international award that PM Modi honoured with.

20. Dr. A K Singh, director at Life Sciences, DRDO honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award 2019 21. The Intellectual Property Rights Cell (IPR Cell) of Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) selected for the National Intellectual Property Award 2019. 22. Benny Antony honoured with the National Intellectual Property Award, 2019 in the category of Top Individual for Patents and Commercialization. 23. Prime Minister Narendra Modi conferred the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes for Science and Technology for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018 in New Delhi. There were 34 prize winners. 24. Indore has bagged the cleanest city award for the third straight year under Swachh Survekshan, 2019. 25. Rajasthan government‘s Medical & Health Department or its award this year in recognition of its achievements in the field of tobacco control by WHO. 26. Maldives will confer ‗Nishan Izzuddin‘ award on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It is the highest award to honour foreign nationals.In the United States. 27. Google‘s India-born CEO Sundar Pichai and Nasdaq president Adena Friedman have been chosen for the prestigious Global Leadership Awards 2019 by business advocacy group USIBC in recognition of the two companies‘ contribution as the leading technology-driven platforms. 28. Jawaharlal Nehru University will confer the distinguished alumni award to Union Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. Film/Music Awards 29. Rapper Drake set a record with the most wins ever, taking home 12 honours at the Billboard Music Awards. 30. Oscar -winning actress Anne Hathaway Star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame in Los Angeles, US. 31. Indian filmmaker, Achyutanand Dwivedi‘s film, “Seed Mother”, won the third prize in the international section of Nespresso Talents 2019 in Cannes. This year‟s theme was ‗We Are What We Eat‘, 32. Comedian -actor Kapil Sharma acknowledged as the most viewed stand-up comedian in India and abroad by the World Book of Records London. 33. 34. The prestigious Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Award 2019 was awarded to National Award-winning filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar, popular scriptwriter Salim Khan and dancing diva Helen. 35. President Ram Nath Kovind presented the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards for the year 2017 to 42 noted artists in five categories. 36. Malayalam Actor Sheela J.C. has won the J.C. Daniel Award, the highest honour in Malayalam cinema. Other Awards Conferred 37. Six grassroots environmental activists received the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize. Known as the Green Nobel Prize, the Goldman Prize honors environmental activists from each of the six continental regions: Europe, Asia, North America, Central America and South America, Africa and islands and island nations. The winners of the award are- 1. Alfred Brownell, Liberia 2. Bayarjargal Agvaantseren, Mongolia 3. Ana Colovic Lesoska, North Macedonia 4. Jacqueline Evans, Cook Islands 5. Alberto Curamil, Chile 6. Linda Garcia, United States 38. Police Officer Jitender Kumar, an Indian peacekeeper is among the 119 military, police and civilian personnel who was honoured with a prestigious UN medal 2019 for courage and sacrifice in the line of duty. 39. Bharti AXA Life Insurance, a private life insurer conferred with the FICCI Claims Excellence Award. 30 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO Mains 2019 40. The Gairdner Foundation announced the 2019 Canada Gairdner Award laureates, recognizing Goa and Boston- based Vikram Patel, Ph.D., F. Med. Sci., for his research career raising the global profile of mental health problems. 41. Dr. Pawan Munjal, Chairman, Hero MotoCorp, the world‟s largest manufacturer of motorcycles and scooters, was felicitated by the Asian Tour with a Special Achievement Award for his contributions to Asian Golf. 42. Tata Steel named as the ‗Global Slag Company of the Year‘ at the 14th Global Slag Conference and Exhibition 2019. 43. Indonesian Eni Nuraeni was named by Asian Athletic Association (AAA) as the best athletic coach in Asia for the short-haul run category in 2019. It was announced by Indonesian athletic sports association (PB PASI). 44. India‟s education technology startup ‗Dost Education‘ won a $25,000 tech prize along with two other winners from Tanzania and Egypt. 45. Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has bagged the prestigious ‗AIMA Managing India Award 2019 for outstanding PSU of the year. 46. Telugu poet K Siva Reddy selected for the prestigious Saraswati Samman, 2018 for his collection of poetry titled Pakkaki Ottigilite. 47. Two schemes of the West Bengal government for skill development- ―Utkarsh Bangla‖ and distribution of bicycles to students ―Sabooj Sathi‖ have won the prestigious World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) awards of the United Nations. 48. An image of a little girl crying, 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 in June 2018.

49. Fincare Small Finance Bank awarded the prestigious Celent Model Bank 2019 Award in the category of Financial Inclusion, for „Redesigning Lending to Reach Small Businesses‘.

50. A total of 150 Indian peacekeepers serving with the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) have received medals of honour for their dedicated service and sacrifice. 51. Prominent scientist and businessman Yusuf Hamied is among a host of Indian-origin experts honoured in the 2019 list of new fellows of the UK‘s Royal Society.

52. Indian -American scientist and social activist Sree Sreenath inducted into the prestigious Cleveland International Hall of fame for his contribution in applications in systems biology, global issues, and sustainable development. 53. Dawn editor and Columnist Cyril Almeida from Pakistan has won the IPI‟s (International Press Institute) World Press Freedom Hero award in 2019. He won this award for his “critical” and “tenacious coverage‖ of the civil-military relations in Pakistan. 54. Ex -South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis honoured with the Order of Ikhamanga in the Silver Division. 55. Arjuna awardee and star Indian golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar won the outstanding achievement as a player award at the fourth edition of the annual India Golf Industry Association (GIA) awards at the Delhi Golf Club. 56. ASSOCHAM has conferred ‗Non-Life Insurer of the Year Award 2019′ to Bharti AXA General Insurance. 57. Satheesh Reddy, the Secretary of India‟s Department of Defence R&D and Chairman of DRDO has been chosen by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) as the co-winner of the 2019 Missile Systems Award. 58. Tata Steel has received the award as one of the 2019 World‘s Most Ethical Companies given by Ethisphere Institute, USA. 59. Indian Bank has been awarded the Best Bank Award by the Tamil Nadu government. 60. Two Nobel prizes in literature will be awarded this year, to make up for the lack of one in 2018 while the scandal-plagued Swedish Academy attempted to get its house in order. 61. Three pioneers in AI, University of Toronto faculty member and Google Brain researcher Geoffrey Hinton, Facebook chief AI scientist and NYU professor Yann LeCun, and Element AI founder and University of Montreal professor Yoshua Bengio has been honored with the Turing Award. 62. The 2019 Templeton Prize Brazilian physicist and astronomer Marcelo Gleiser 63. highest civilian award of Mexico for foreigners Former President Pratibha Patil

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66. ACKO General Insurance a new-age digital insurance company was awarded the coveted Golden Peacock Innovative Product Award – 2019 67. Swiss -based NRI scientist Dr Rajendra Joshi has been conferred with the Pravasi Bhartiya Samman Award by the President of India Ram Nath Kovind. 68. Eminent Indian playwright Mahesh Elkunchwar has been chosen for this year's META Lifetime Achievement Award. 69. Automobile major Mahindra won the Gold Award in South Africa

SUMMITS|EVENTS|FESTIVALS Held (NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL)

Name of the Summit Location/Held in SUMMITS HELD NATIONALLY 1. The IBSA (India, Brazil & South Africa) Sherpas‟ Meeting Kochin, Kerala 2. The 15th Finance Commission headed by Chairman, N.K. Singh held a detailed Mumbai meeting with the Governor and Deputy Governors of RBI 3. Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) Kochi 4. Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) held a ‗Chintan Baithak‘ chaired by Secretary, MNRE, Anand Kumar. 5. A WTO Ministerial meeting of developing countries is being hosted by India New Delhi 6. The 11th Joint Consular Committee Meeting between India and Iran New Delhi 7. The third round of Foreign Office Consultations between India and Botswana New Delhi 8. 17th Investiture Ceremony of Border Security Force, BSF in New Delhi. 9. The International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) NuGen Mobility Manesar, NCR Summit will be held 10. The Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific (RCAP) 2019 Congress New Delhi 11. International Digital Health Symposium and an exhibition on Digital Health in New Delhi. 12. NITI Aayog has organized a day-long FinTech Conclave New Delhi 13. Ministry of Commerce & Industry will be organizing the 14th CII-EXIM Bank Conclave on India-Africa Project Partnerships in New Delhi 14. The 4th IoT India Congress, an event will be held in Bengaluru 15. Regional conference on „Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS)‘ was organised in Kolkata, West Bengal. 16. Heeralal Samariya, Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment inaugurated the Conference on the VISION ZERO held in Mumbai. 17. World Corporate Social Responsibility Congress (World CSR Congress 2019 in Mumbai. 18. „4th Global Digital Health Partnership Summit‟ New Delhi 19. The 4th India-ASEAN Expo and Summit held in New Delhi. 20. Conference on ―The Future of Indian Banking‖ with the Foundation for Economic Growth and Welfare (EGROW Foundation) in New Delhi. 21. The 16th edition of BioAsia 2019 Asia‟s largest biotechnology and life-sciences forum was conducted in Hyderabad, Telangana. 22. Network -18 Rising India Summit New Delhi 23. Early Ed Asia 2019 Jaipur, Rajasthan 24. The Ministry of Civil Aviation, in association with Airports Authority of India, AAICLAS and Confederation of Indian Industry, is organizing the Aviation Conclave 2019 with an overarching theme of “Flying for All‖ in New Delhi 25. 4th Agri Leadership Summit 2019 Sonipat, Haryana 26. 5th India-Bangladesh Joint Consultative Committee Meeting held in New Delhi 27. 40th International Annual Desert Festival Jaisalme, Rajasthan 32 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO Mains 2019 28. The First Annual Conference of Media Units working under I&B Ministry in New Delhi 29. World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS) 2019 New Delhi 30. 1st LAWASIA Human Rights Conference in New Delhi 31. India and the United States held India-U.S. Commercial Dialogue and India-U.S. New Delhi CEO Forum 32. CREDAI YouthCon -19 summit in New Delhi 33. 5th International Dam Safety Conference 2019 held in Bhubaneswar, Odisha 34. Asia LPG summit in New Delhi 35. The 13th International Oil and Gas Conference – PETROTECH – 2019 in Greater Noida, UP 36. The 13th Conference of Parties (COP) of the Convention on the conservation of migratory species of wild animals in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. 37. 2nd ASEAN-India Youth Summit in Guwahati. 38. The Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan, chaired a high-level meeting to review the status of the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program (RNTCP) in New Delhi. 39. SUMMITS HELD INTERNATIONALLY 40. The 16th Ministerial Meeting of Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) was held in Doha, Qatar. The theme of the meeting was “Partners in Progress”. 41. United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to hold its 5-day long 2020 high-level conference early June in Portugal‘s Lisbon. 42. The G7‘s (Group of Seven) Environment Ministers Metz, France 43. Foreign ministers‟ meet of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic. 44. Turkmenistan -Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline meeting held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. 45. 17th MENA World Economic Forum Jordan 46. World‟s foremost Artificial Intelligence (AI) Summit Dubai, UAE 47. The second edition of Belt and Road Forum (BRF) was held in Beijing, China. 48. G20 summit in November 2020 Saudi Arabia 49. Abu Dhabi hosted the 46th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Co- operation (OIC). 50. 5th Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Media Summit Kathmandu, Nepal 51. The first BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) Sherpa meeting in Curitiba, Brazil 52. The second joint secretary level meeting to review the India-Nepal Trade Treaty Pokhara, Nepal.

53. The „2nd Global Disability Summit‟ Buenos Aires, Argentina. 54. The 14th summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Mecca, Saudi Arabia 55. Indonesia has hosted the first ever High-Level Dialogue on Indo-Pacific Cooperation (HLD-IPC) in its capital city . 56. India invited to deliver an address at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Abu Dhabi. This is the first time that a leader of the non-Muslim country has been invited to the OIC conference. 57. India has received an invitation from France to attend the outreach Session at the G-7 Summit to be held in France in August 2019. 58. G20 Ministerial meeting on Trade and Digital Economy in Tsukuba city in Japan.

COMMITTEES IN NEWS

Purpose for which Committee is formed Headed by 1. National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), which aims to reduce particulate Secretary, Union Environment matter (PM) pollution by 20%-30% in at least 102 cities by 2024. Ministry.

2. Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal to adjudicate whether or not Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal. there is sufficient cause for declaring the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) 33 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO Mains 2019 3. To adjudicate if there exists sufficient cause to ban the Jamaat-e-Islami Justice Chander Shekhar Jammu and Kashmir (JeI) and the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front- Yasin Malik (JKLF-Y) faction. 4. Central Works Public Department (CPWD) has constituted an expert M K Sharma committee to formulate a design policy for building construction and infrastructure development. 5. IRDAI has set up committee to review the regulatory framework on IRDAI Executive Director Suresh microinsurance & recommend measures to increase the demand for such Mathur products. 6. The Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case to arrive at The five-judge constitution bench a ―permanent solution‖ to the politically and religiously sensitive issue. headed by CJI Ranjan Gogoi 7. The Delhi government‘s Dialogue and Development Commission DDC vice-chairperson Jasmine (DDC), has set up a 17-member high-level committee Shah. 8. National Mission on Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage Amitabh Kant 9. To strengthen digital payments as well as to boost financial inclusion Nandan Nilekani through Financial Technology. 10. Determining the Methodology for Fixation of the National Minimum Anoop Satpathy Wage” 11. On the recommendation of Cabinet Secretary PK Sinha, the government constituted a committee under the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) to explore prepaid payments by state electricity distribution companies to power plants. 12. CBDT formed a 4-member committee to look into the matter of taxation Sanjeev Sharma related pain points and submit its final report and recommendations by mid-March. 13. National Educational Policy (NEP) Dr. Kasturirangan 14. To review the ATM interchange fee structure with a “view to increase the V G Kannan ATM deployment in the unbanked areas” 15. The Government has reconstituted eight Cabinet Committees. These are ------Appointments Committee, Committees on Accommodation, Economic Affairs, Parliamentary Affairs, Political Affairs, Security, Investment and Growth and Cabinet Committee on Employment and Skill Development.

NATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS

INDIA & WORLD Executive Board of the first UN-Habitat Assembly at India was re-elected as Observer to the Arctic the Plenary Session of the Assembly being held Council, an intergovernmental forum. The decision in Nairobi. was taken during the 11th Arctic Council ministerial Two women IAF officers from Punjab were part of meeting at Rovaniemi, Finland. the country‟s first all-women crew to fly a medium-lift India is unanimously chosen as co-chair of helicopter Mi-17 V5. Flight Lieutenant Parul the Consultative Group (CG) of Global Facility for Bhardwaj (Captain), Flying Officer Aman Nidhi (co- Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) for the pilot) and Flight Lieutenant Hina Jaiswal (Flight fiscal year 2020. The decision was taken during the CG Engineer) flew the chopper, which took off from a meeting of GFDRR held in Geneva, Switzerland, on forward air base in South Western air command. the margins of the 6th Session of the GPDRR 2019. Leaders of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi- As per Election Commission of India, the 2019 Lok Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation Sabha elections witnessed a voter turnout of 67.10% (BIMSTEC) were invited for PM Modi‟s swearing-in (interim), which is the highest ever voter turnout in ceremony held on 30th May. the history of general elections. Record 78 women candidates elected to the Lok Sabha India elected to the Executive Board of the first UN- in the recently held general elections. According to the Habitat Assembly, announced by Ministry of Election Commission, the number grown from the Housing and Urban Affairs. India elected to the previous 62 women who were elected to the 16th Lok Sabha in 2014. 34 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO Mains 2019 National Democratic Alliance leader Narendra up of a new terminal of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Modi was sworn in as Prime Minister for the second Limited (BPCL) at Krishnapatnam. consecutive term. President Ram Nath India and Bangladesh signed an MOU for training Kovind administered the oath of Office and Secrecy to 1800 Bangladesh Civil Servants at the National Centre him and a team of 57 ministers at a glittering for Good Governance (NCGG) an institute under the ceremony on the forecourts of the Rashtrapati Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Bhawan, New Delhi. Grievances (DAR&PG), Ministry of Personnel, Public Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated a new Grievances & Pensions, Govt. of India, over the next National War Memorial, situated in the India Gate 6 years. complex in New Delhi, to the nation. The National India and Germany joined hands for cooperation on War Memorial, spread over 40 acres in the India Gate Water and Waste Management. complex behind the canopy, is dedicated to soldiers Former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and killed during the Indo-China War in 1962, Indo-Pak Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari Wars in 1947, 1965 and 1971, Indian Peace Keeping flagged off Suraksha Yatra – a motor car rally from Force Operations in Sri Lanka and in the Kargil Rajghat in New Delhi to commemorate the 150th Birth Conflict in 1999, and also those in the UN Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. peacekeeping missions. PM Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone Former Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh for various development projects, worth nearly 12,000 inaugurated a new park which houses the replicas of crore rupees, at Leh. He laid the foundation stone for a seven wonders of the world at South Delhi. The park, 480 crore rupee Terminal Building at Leh Airport. Mr which is called the 'Waste to Wonder Park', was built Modi inaugurated the 9-megawatt Dah hydroelectric by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC). project. He also dedicated to the nation the 220 Union Minister for Science & Technology, Earth KiloVolt Srinagar-Alusteng-Drass-Kargil-Leh Sciences, Environment, Forest and Climate Change, transmission system & also launched the University Dr. Harsh Vardhan, inaugurated the North Karnataka of Ladakh, the first-ever in the state's region. Agromet Forecasting and Research Centre (NKAFC), DIPP has been renamed as the Department for India‘s first agromet forecast centre, at University of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade with a Agricultural Sciences (UAS) in Dharwad, Karnataka. mandate to deal with matters related to start-ups, Following the attack in Jammu & Kashmir's Pulwama facilitating ease of doing business among others. that left 44 CRPF personnel dead, India has The first session of the 17th Lok Sabha will withdrawn the MFN (Most Favoured Nation) status commence on 17th of this month. The Rajya Sabha that it had granted to Pakistan. will have its sitting from 20th onwards. Information Indian Government has signed a deal with the US and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javdekar stated the under Fast Track Procurement (FTP) to avail the session will continue till 26th of next month (July). Indian Army with 72,400 new „Sig Sauer Assault Prime Minister Narendra Modi will present its first Rifles‘ which will overhaul the army‟s inventory of Budget on 05th July 2019 by Nirmala Sitharaman, frontline rifles. who is Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate The last session of 16th Lok Sabha came to an end on Affairs. 13th of February 2019. Giving the details for the The (IAF) has removed all the tenure of 16th Lok Sabha, Parliamentary Affairs temporary restrictions on all air routes in the Indian Minister Narendra Singh Tomar informed that there air space. were a total number of 331 sittings for Lok Sabha. 205 In a first, a 25-year-old engineering graduate from bills were passed and the productivity was 85%. For Odisha has become the youngest Member of Rajya Sabha, 154 bills were passed and the Parliament to the 17th Lok Sabha. productivity was 68%. In a bid to spur investment and create new PM Modi launched a dedicated 24x7 Satellite employment opportunities, Prime Minister Narendra channel, ‗DD Arunprabha‘ for Arunachal Pradesh Modi set up two Cabinet committees to deal with the during his visit to Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, and two crucial issues. Both the panels, respectively on Tripura. Investment and Growth and on Employment and Skill PM Modi dedicated to the nation the 1.33 million Development, will be headed by the prime minister. metric ton capacity Visakhapatnam Strategic The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has Petroleum Reserve facility at Guntur in Andhra become the first ever project in the country to receive Pradesh. He also laid the foundation stone for setting power generated from a waste-to-energy plant. It has

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GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO Mains 2019 started receiving 2 MW power from a 12 MW capacity NDMA is conducting a basic training programme at waste-to-energy plant set up in Ghazipur. the Deendayal Port Trust in Kandla, Gujarat, aimed at The Ministry Of Home Affairs (MHA) has amended increasing the awareness and enhancing the the Foreigners (Tribunals) Order, 1964, and has preparedness of Seaport Emergency Handlers (SEHs) empowered district magistrates in all States and Union to respond to CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Territories to set up tribunals to decide whether a Radiological and Nuclear) threats which emanate at person staying illegally in India is a foreigner or not. seaports due to arrival, storage and transportation of a International Centre for Automotive Technology large amount of chemical, petrochemical and other (ICAT) released India‘s first Type Approval CBRN agents. Certificate (TAC) for Bharat Stage – VI (BS – VI) The Government of Japan has decided to invest an norms that are the latest emission norms as notified by amount of 205.784 billion Yen, equivalent to the Government of India for the two-wheeler segment. approximately Rs.13,000 crore, in several ongoing as The certificate was released and handed over by well as new projects in different states of India‟s Director ICAT, Dinesh Tyagi to top officials of the North- Eastern region. OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturers). The Union Cabinet has cleared the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (NDIAC) Bill, 2019.

CURRENT AFFAIRS RELATED TO STATES IN INDIA

NORTHERN STATES and others. He released commemorative postage Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh stamp on completion of 100 Years of IIT BHU. Rawat has laid the foundation stone for The Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan passed the the Dehradun-Mussoorie ropeway project which is Rajasthan Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2019 and considered to be a tourist novelty. The Rs 300-crore the Rajasthan Municipality (Amendment) Bill, 2019 to ropeway project is expected to be completed in three end the minimum education criterion for panchayat years. and civic polls candidates. Union Minister for Food Punjab government approved a rural development Processing Industries laid the foundation stone of a scheme worth Rs 384.40 crore to supplement the Mega Food Park at Chhata-Barsana road in Mathura, ongoing works to build village infrastructure and UP. provide essential amenities. It is named as 'Smart The State Government of Jammu and Kashmir issued Village Campaign'. a notification of creation of Ladakh as 3rd Division in Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh the state. announced a high-powered 5-member committee to prepare a comprehensive action plan to boost the EASTERN STATES dairy sector with the aim of supplementing the income Naveen Patnaik took oath as the Chief Minister of of farmers in a result-oriented manner. Odisha for the fifth time after a decisive victory in the In Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath state elections that were held along with national launched Scheme for Adolescent girls (SAG). The elections. The 72-year-old is the longest-serving chief scheme focuses on girls aged between 11 to 14 years minister of the coastal state. who have left studies and will take steps for proper ‗Kandhamal Haldi‘, a variety of turmeric indigenous nutrition and special care for them. to southern Odisha, has earned the Geographical Union Minister of Textiles, Smriti Zubin Irani, indication (GI) tag from Intellectual Property launched four projects in North East for the India, an organization functioning under the auspices development of silk sector through video conference of the Union ministry of commerce & industry. in New Delhi. She inaugurated Muga silk seed ‗KALIA Chhatra Bruti‘ scholarship for the children of production centre in Tura, Meghalaya, silk printing farmers benefited under the KALIA scheme was and processing unit in Agartala, Tripura, Eri spun silk launched by the Odisha Chief Minister Naveen mill in Sangaipat, Imphal and development of Patnaik in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha. sericulture in Mamit, Mizoram. Bihar has become the first state to deploy specially- PM Modi unveiled development projects worth Rs. trained dogs to check smuggling of liquor which 3350 crores for Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. These continues to take place inspite of the total ban imposed projects pertain to various sectors of Health, in the state for the last 3 years. Sanitation, Smart City, Connectivity, Power, Housing West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee inaugurated a web portal, 'Banglar Shiksha', which is 36 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO Mains 2019 set to provide real-time data on state-run and aided Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) president Prem schools. The portal, banglarshiksha.gov.in, will be up Singh Tamang, popularly known as PS Golay took and running in two months' time, the minister stated. oath as the Chief Minister of Sikkim. He was A statement issued by the school education administered the oath by Governor Ganga Prasad at department stated that the portal will store real-time Paljor Stadium in Gangtok. data of 1.5 crore students, 5 lakh teachers and 1 lakh Pema Khandu sworn-in as the Chief Minister of schools. Arunachal Pradesh for the second time. Governor Dr. Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar announced a BD Mishra administered the oath of office and secrecy Universal Old Age Pension scheme, named Mukhya to the council of ministers. Mantri Vriddha Pension Yojana (MMVPY), Rice Knowledge Bank-Assam, is an agriculture web irrespective for all caste, community, religion, except portal. It is dedicated to magnifying knowledge on for those who are retired from government rice production technologies and techniques, best organizations. The scheme facilitates the amount of Rs. production practices and state agriculture facts. It was 400 monthly pension for all in the state above the age launched under the World Bank funded project – of 60 who are not getting a pension from the Agri-business and Rural Transformation (APART). government. Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries In Bihar, Governor Lalji Tandon and Union has inaugurated Tripura‘s first mega food park Agriculture Minister jointly inaugurated the three-day named Sikaria Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd at Village Krishi Kumbh in Motihari. Over fifteen thousand Tulakona in Agartala. farmers from different states and about two hundred Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal agricultural scientists are participating in the Kumbh. launched the PRANAM Commission, which is a panel The Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari set up to look after the issues concerning a Bill brought laid the foundation stone of three major highway in for the protection of parents of state government projects with an investment worth Rs 2,345 crores in employees. The Parents Responsibility and Norms for Odisha. The three highway projects are expected to Accountability and Monitoring (PRANAM) Bill, stated considerably improve connectivity of mineral-rich to be the first-of-its-kind bill in the country, aims to Angul and Dhenkanal districts with the rest of Odisha. protect elderly parents of government employees in their times of need. Meghalaya Cabinet has decided to rename the Dikkibandi stadium in Tura town after former Lok Sabha Speaker Purno A Sangma. Assam government has waived admission fees for students taking admission up to Post Graduate level whose parental income is less than 2 lakh rupees per year.

WESTERN STATES Gujarat Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2019 passed by Gujarat Assembly which came into force from May 1, 2019. The Act allow the shops and other businesses in the state to operate 24×7.

Goa celebrates its statehood day on 30th May. It was on this day in 1987 Goa became the 25th state of the NORTH-EASTERN STATES Indian Union.2 It was a Union Territory along with President Ram Nath Kovind greeted the people Daman and Diu from December 1961 onwards when of Sikkim on their statehood day. It was on 16th May Goa was liberated from the colonial rule. 1975 that Sikkim officially merged with the Indian union and became the 22nd state of the country. CENTRAL STATES Meghalaya government approved setting up of a commission to look into the problem faced by farmers. The Chhattisgarh police for the first The proposal was made by the Agriculture time inducted women commandos in the District Department to set up the Farmers‟ Commission in line Reserve Guard (DRG), its frontline anti-Naxal force. with the resolution passed at the „farmers‘ Comprising 30 women led by Deputy Superintendent parliament‘. 37 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO Mains 2019 of Police (DSP) Dineshwari Nand, have received Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath extensive training in jungle combat. launched the State Government‟s flagship scheme In Madhya Pradesh, ancient tribal „Mukhyamantri Yuva Swabhiman Yojana‟ that language Gondi will be taught in tribal guarantees 100 days of employment every year to districts.Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal urban youth from economically weaker sections. Nath has decided to include Gondi in the primary Under the scheme, Rs 4,000 stipend per month during education curriculum of the state‟s tribal-dominated 100 days period, would be given to the youth and they districts. will also be given skill development training in order The Madhya Pradesh government issued an to become independent. (Only those youths, whose ordinance increasing reservation quota for the Other family‟s annual income is less than Rs 2 lakh and who Backward Classes (OBC) to 27% from the current are in the age group of 21-30 years, are eligible for the 14%. The announcement was made by the state‟s Law scheme). and Legal Affairs Minister PC Sharma. SOUTHERN STATES Kerala became the first state to tap into masala headquartered in Visakhapatnam. It will be the 18th bond market by listing the Kerala Infrastructure zone in the country. Investment Fund Board (KIIFB)‘s masala bond worth Kerala become the first State to set up a Price of USD 312 million (Rs 2,150 crore) in London Stock Monitoring and Research Unit (PMRU) to track Exchange (LSE)‟s International Securities Market violation of prices of essential drugs and medical (ISM). devices under the Drugs Price Control Order (DPCO). YSR Congress party president YS Jagan Mohan Tamil Nadu became the first state in the country to Reddy taken oath as Chief Minister of Andhra get a second Coast Guard district headquarters - Pradesh. Governor ESL Narasimhan administered Thoothukudi. The first district headquarters is him the oath of office and secrecy at Indira Gandhi Chennai. Municipal Stadium in Vijayawada. Union Minister of Food Processing Industries has For the second year in succession, Telangana ranks commissioned Godavari Mega Aqua Food Park at number 1 in the e-Learning training program of the Tundurru Village in Bhimavaram Mandal, West Department of Personnel and Godavari District & Andhra Pradesh through video Training (DoPT), Government India. conferencing. It will be the first Mega Aqua Food Park Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal announced a operationalised exclusively for fish and marine new railway zone for Andhra Pradesh,that is products processing in the state of Andhra Pradesh. the Southern Coast Railway and it will be The fifth Telangana State Formation Day on 02nd June 2019.

INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS El Salvador, Nayib Bukele has been sworn-in as the blacklist him under the Security Council‟s Sanctions nation‘s President. Committee. In Russia, the first tourist train traveling through The UK parliament became the first national Russia‘s Arctic region and on to Norway set off from legislative body in the world to declare a climate St.Petersburg station with 91 passengers aboard for change emergency. The motion was approved without the inaugural trial journey. a vote and registers the views of the House of Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Commons without compelling the government to act that single-use plastics will be banned in the country on any particular policy proposal. from 2021. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a Akihito became the first Japanese Emperor to step new measure that aims to expand government control down from the throne in more than 200 years. His over the Internet. It would enable the creation of son, Crown Prince Naruhito ascend the a national network, able to operate separately from Chrysanthemum throne today, beginning a new era. the rest of the world. 30 April was the last day of the Heisei imperial era. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) launched a $5 In a huge diplomatic win for India, the United Billion Action Plan for Healthy Oceans and Nations Security Council designated Pakistan-based Sustainable Blue Economies for the Asia and Pacific Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as a global region at the 52nd Annual Meeting of ADB‟s Board of terrorist after China lifted its hold on a proposal to Governors in Fiji.

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GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO Mains 2019 A Japanese aerospace start-up Interstellar expatriates, allowing them to own real estate in the Technology Inc. successfully launched a first kingdom and reside with their families without a privately developed rocket ‗Momo-3‘ into space. The Saudi sponsor. unmanned Momo-3 was launched from its test site The World Bank and the Commonwealth Bank of in Hokkaido and reached about 110 kilometers (68 Australia (CommBank) have teamed up to enable miles) in altitude before falling into the Pacific Ocean recording of secondary market bond trading using after 10 minutes of flight time. blockchain tech. India will be attending the Group of 7 industrialised The World Health Organization nations meet organised by France in Biarritz in (WHO) declared Algeria and Argentina as malaria- August 2019 along with Australia, Chile, and South free, with no recorded cases of indigenous Africa. transmission of the disease since 2013 and 2010 Vice President of India Venkaiah Naidu embarked respectively. on a four-day official visit to Vietnam to participate British Prime Minister Theresa May announces in 16th United Nations Day of Vesak. resignation from her post. She resign on 7 June. The US Air Force Research Laboratory tested a laser US President Donald Trump got the red carpet system called Self-Protect High Energy Laser treatment at Japan‘s Imperial Palace where he made Demonstrator (SHiELD) at the US Army‟s White history, becoming the first world leader to meet with Sands Missile range in New Mexico. the new emperor of Japan Naruhito. Singapore‘s Parliament passed a law to curb the Cyril Ramaphosa, the head of the African National spread of fake news under which offenders may face Congress, was sworn in for a five-year term as South up to 10-year jail or fines of up to S$1 million (over Africa‘s president after being elected unopposed by Rs5.12 crore). Parliament following the sixth general elections. The Australian flight carrier, Qantas operated the Austrian Parliament removed Chancellor Sebastian world‟s first zero-waste commercial flight from Kurz from office as he lost the no confidence in a Sydney to Adelaide which disposed of all waste special Parliamentary session. His previous coalition through compost, reuse or recycle. ally, the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) and Ireland declared a climate emergency in their the opposition Social Democrats (SPO) backed the country, to be the second country after Britain to do no-confidence motions. so. Britain‟s parliament became the first in the world Russia launched a nuclear-powered icebreaker, part to declare a climate emergency, passing the largely of an ambitious programme to renew and expand its symbolic motion on May 1. fleet of the vessels in order to improve its ability to tap Japan started testing its fastest-ever bullet the Arctic‘s commercial potential. The ship, dubbed train capable of reaching 400 kilometers per hour (249 the Ural and which was floated out from a dockyard mph) as it continues to develop the revolutionary in St Petersburg, is one of a trio that when completed mode of travel. The ALFA-X version of the largest and most powerful icebreakers in the the Shinkansen train began three years‟ worth of test world. runs. Scott Morrison sworn in as Australia‘s Prime The UN imposed sanctions on terror group ISIS- Minister, 11 days after retaining the position in the Khorasan (ISIS-K) for its links with Al-Qaeda country‟s general election. Along with Deputy Prime and involvement in several attacks in Afghanistan Minister Michael McCormack, Morrison was sworn and Pakistan. It is now subject to the assets freeze, in by Queen Elizabeth‟s official representative in travel ban and arms embargo. Australia, Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove, in US President Donald Trump rolled out a merit-based the capital, Canberra. immigration system from which foreigners, including James Marape, a former finance minister and critic of hundreds and thousands of Indian professionals and a major global gas development deal elected skilled workers, waiting to get Green Cards or by parliament as the prime minister of Papua New permanent legal residency stand to benefit. Guinea. Taiwan approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, Muhammadu Buhari sworn in for a second term a landmark decision that makes the self-ruled island as Nigeria‘s president, following a campaign that the first place in Asia to pass gay marriage legislation. focused on tackling security threats and rooting out The successful bill includes limited adoption rights for corruption. same-sex couples. US President Donald Trump announced tariffs on all The Saudi government approved for the first time a goods coming from Mexico in a bid to curb illegal scheme that gives permanent residency to certain immigration. From 10th June 2019, a five percent

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GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO Mains 2019 tariff would be imposed and slowly raised until Canberra after getting approval from the country‟s the Illegal Immigration problem is remedied. civil aviation authority. Tesla has developed its ‗largest power storage system London is the first city in the world to implement in Asia‘ at Osaka train station in Japan to reduce a 24-hour, seven day a week Ultra Low Emission Zone energy demand and provide emergency backup (ULEZ), inside which vehicles will have to meet tough power to trains in Japan. It was Launched in emissions standards or face a charge. partnership with Kintetsu, a railway operator in The UAE has announced that India will be the Guest Japan‟s Osaka. 7 megawatt-hours (MWh) system is its of Honour country at the Abu Dhabi International largest energy storage project in Asia and the fourth Book Fair, ADIBF 2019, to be held at the end of April largest in the greater Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. 2019. Zoologists at Trinity College Dublin have discovered Hong Kong‘s equity market has overtaken Japan to two new bird species named as the Wakatobi white- be the world‘s third largest in value, behind only the eye and the Wangi-Wangi white-eye in the Wakatobi U.S. and mainland China. Hong Kong‟s market cap Archipelago of Sulawesi, Indonesia. was $5.78 trillion, compared with $5.76 trillion for The United Nations and the European Union Japan, according to data compiled by (EU) have signed a joint framework aimed at Bloomberg based on where primary securities are strengthening partnership in counter-terrorism efforts. listed. The UN Office of Counter-Terrorism announced that The world‟s first armed amphibious drone boat the framework was enacted on the occasion of the named „Marine Lizard‘ and guided by second EU-UN high-level political dialogue on China‟s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, Counter-Terrorism that was held in New York. successfully tested by China. It possesses the US President Donald Trump stated that his capability of forming a combat triad with aerial drones administration is withdrawing the U.S. signature from and other drone ships. the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty, in response to concerns Google has opened its first African artificial from gun rights activists that it could impinge on intelligence (AI) centre in Ghana‘scapital Accra, one Americans‟ right to bear arms. year after announcing the project. Anti-graft lawyer Zuzana The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Caputova won Slovakia‘s presidential election, the World Bank have together launched a private making her the country‟s first female head of state. blockchain with a pseudo-token. The new token, Japan has announced that the name of its new called ―Learning Coin‖ and only accessible within the imperial era, set to begin on 1 May, will be IMF and World Bank, has a purpose to teach relevant ‗Reiwa‘, signifying order and harmony. The country‟s individuals within the organizations about blockchain. current era, Heisei, will end in April. To boost tea trade, cultural and technical exchanges as India has signed an MoU with the National Bank for well as the global promotion of tea, the Asian Tea Agriculture and Rural Development Consultancy Alliance (ATA), a union of five tea-growing and Service (NABCONS) for setting up the India-Africa consuming countries, was launched in Institute of Agriculture and Rural Development Guizhou, China. (IAIARD) in Malawi, a landlocked country in Volodymyr Zelenskiy, an actor and comedian has southeastern Africa. won a landslide victory in Ukraine‘spresidential The joint military exercise between Morocco and the election. The incumbent, Petro Poroshenko conceded US, ―African Lion 2019,‖ kicked off in southern defeat. Morocco. The exercise marks the participation of The London School of Economics and Political thousands of military officers. Science (LSE) has announced the creation of The US designated Iran‘s Revolutionary Guard the Amartya Sen Chair in Inequality Studies, named Corps (IRGC) a foreign terrorist organisation. It is in honour of the India-born economist, philosopher, the first time that the US has designated an entity of and Nobel laureate, who was Professor of Economics another government as a terrorist organization, at LSE from 1971-82. placing a group with vast economic resources that Indonesia has released a special commemorative answer only to Iran‘s supreme leader in the same stamp on the theme of Ramayana to mark category as al-Qaida and the Islamic State. the 70th anniversary of the establishment of its Google parent Alphabet has beaten Amazon to diplomatic ties with India. launch one of the first commercial drone delivery Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that businesses. Alphabet made its first delivery in he would name a new community in the Golan Heights after US President Donald Trump, who

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GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO Mains 2019 officially recognised the disputed area as Israeli unwilling. Malaysia becomes the 124th member of territory. the court since its establishment in 2002. Russia has successfully tested the India and Costa Rica signed two documents during world‟s first floating nuclear power plant Vice President Venkaiah Naidu‘s first visit to the (NPP), Akademik Lomonosov, a subsidiary of Central American nation. The documents were signed Rosatom nuclear corporation stated. Reactors of the and exchanged following talks between Naidu floating atomic block were launched in November and Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado 2018. Quesada. The world‘s first-ever malaria vaccine was launched External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj left to the in a pilot project in Africa‟s Malawi. The country is the Maldives on a two-day visit. She is accompanied first of three in Africa in which the vaccine, known by Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale and other as RTS,S,will be made available to children up to 2 officials. years of age. Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi have been hit Kazakhstan has set up Coordinating Council for by a vicious cyclone ‗IDAI‘ that has killed nearly 150 attracting foreign investments including from India. people, left hundreds more missing and stranded tens A decision was taken to lay down the functions of thousands who are cut off from roads and of Investment Ombudsmanin order to venture for new telephones in mainly poor, rural areas. approaches to improve the investment scenario in Kazakhstan has renamed its Kazakhstan. capital Astana to Nursultan to honor outgoing Iran and Pakistan have agreed to set up a joint leader Nursultan Nazarbayev. Mr. Nazarbayev, 78, border ―reaction force‖ to combat the attacks by served nearly 30 years as president of the nation. militant groups on both sides their frontier. New Zealand has imposed an immediate ban on Russia‘s Vladimir Putin and North Korea‘s Kim Jong assault weapons following the Christchurch Un met face-to-face for the first time and vowed to massacre that claimed the lives of 50 mosque-goers. seek closer ties. The meeting was held at Russia‟s Oman has signed an agreement with the United Pacific port city of Vladivostok. States of America that allow American ships and The United States has officially shuttered its consulate warplanes to take advantage of his ports and airports. in Jerusalem, downgrading the status of its main The framework agreement is aimed at bolstering diplomatic mission to the Palestinians by folding it Omani-American military relations. into the U.S. Embassy to Israel. President Ram Nath Kovind embarked on a state Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has expressed concern visit to Croatia, Bolivia and Chile to hold talks with that the country will face a graver and more the leaders of these countries and strengthen ties in complicated environment to development, amid an trade, investment and renewable energy. ongoing trade war with the US and continued US President Donald Trump has signed a economic slowdown. The world‟s second-largest proclamation recognising Israel‘s sovereignty over economy has slashed its GDP target to 6.00 to 6.50 the Golan Heights and told the visiting Israeli Prime percent this year. Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, that Israel has an Kylie Jenner was named the youngest self-made absolute right to self-defence. billionaire of all time by Forbesmagazine. Jenner, Oslo, the capital city of Norway will become 21, the half-sister of reality television stars Kim, Khloe the world‘s first city to install wireless, induction- and Kourtney Kardashian, made it onto the annual based charging stations for its fleet of electric taxis Forbes list of billionaires after debuting her Kylie with an aim to have a zero-emission cab system by the Cosmetics online in 2015 with $29 lip kits containing year 2023 according to a report by Reuters. matching lipstick and lip liner. The world‟s largest e-waste recycling plant has been The Venezuelan government has announced to opened in Dubai Industrial Park, Dubai by expel German ambassador Daniel Kriener from the „Enviroserve‟ company with a total cost of $5 country. President Nicolas Maduro‟s embattled million. It will recycle Waste Electrical and Electronic government has declared the German ambassador Equipment (WEEE), IT asset disposition (ITAD), persona non grata and ordered him to leave the refrigerant gas and specialized waste. country within 48 hours. The UN Security Council has unanimously passed Malaysia has become a member of the International the first-ever resolution ordering members to enforce Criminal Court. The ICC is the world‟s only laws against terror financing. UNSC resolution permanent war crimes court and aims to prosecute the demands all states “ensure that their domestic laws worst abuses when national courts are unable or and regulations establish serious criminal offenses” to

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GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO Mains 2019 collect funds or financial resources to terrorist groups The country, formerly known as the Republic of or individual criminals. Macedonia officially changed its name to the Republic India-ASEAN trade and investment relations have of North Macedonia, on paper ending a decades-long been growing steadily, with ASEAN being the second dispute that should pave the way for NATO largest trading partner of India, after China, with a membership. total bilateral merchandise trade of USD 81.33 billion. Asian Development Bank (ADB) raised 5.2204 billion A month-long „Festival of India‟ held in Kathmandu, Philippine pesos ($100 million) from a new issue of Nepal to familiarise the new generation of the country local currency bonds in the international market. about the similarities between the two countries. Currency-linked bonds are denominated in the local Chinese news agency Xinhua unveiled the world‟s currency but settled in US dollars. first female AI news anchor Xin Xiaomeng. She has Abu Dhabi decided to include Hindi as the third been developed in collaboration with Sogou Inc, a official language used in its courts, alongside Arabic search engine company. and English, as part of a move designed to improve Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has declared a access to justice. year-long state of emergency, dissolving his cabinet US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced the and local governments throughout the country. names of the American private sector members of the Zimbabwe started to trade its new currency, the RTGS US-India CEO Forum among who are MasterCard dollar, two days after the central bank announced CEO Ajay Banga and Qualcomm CEO Steve measures to try and resolve a chronic monetary crisis. Mollenkopf. The first meeting of the forum will be US President Donald Trump signed Space Policy held in New Delhi. Directive-4 (SPD-4), ordering the Pentagon to establish Macedonia signed an accord to join NATO to become the Space Force as the 6th branch of the United States the 30th member of the US-led alliance. military, to go along with the Army, Navy, Air Force, The United Nations announced 2019 as the Marines, and Coast Guard, in order to secure and International Year of the Periodic Table of the extend American dominance of the space domain. Chemical Elements to highlight its first publication in Thailand and the United States hosted the annual 1869. Cobra Gold military exercise, the biggest activity of its type in the Asia-Pacific region with 29 nations taking part as participants or observers. Muhammadu Buhari was re-elected Nigeria's President, results showed, after a delayed poll that angered voters and led to claims of rigging and collusion. Saudi Arabia became the 73rd nation to sign the International Solar Alliance. ISA was unveiled by PM Modi and former French President Francois Hollande in 2015. Iran‟s President Hassan Rouhani unveiled the first Iranian made semi-heavy submarine named 'Fateh' ('Conqueror' in Persian), capable of being fitted with missiles, as per the reporting on Iran‟s state TV.

OBITUARIES (NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL) Person Died Profession/Famous In? Politician (National-International) 1. SK Shivakumar Former Director of ISRO 2. Lorraine Warren paranormal investigator 3. Dr Negasso Gidada The former Ethiopian president 4. Manohar Parrikar Goa Chief Minister 5. Alan Krueger Former White House economist,Princeton University professor 6. John Dingell the longest-serving congressman in US history 7. R V Janakiraman Puducherry Chief Minister between 1996 and 2000 8. Lennart Johansson president of European soccer‟s governing body 42 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO Mains 2019 Singer/Musician (National-International) 9. Hiralal Yadav Bhojpuri vocal artist 10. Amar Paul Eminent Bengali folk singer 11. Vinjamuri Anasuya Devi Kala Prapoorna awardee and folk artist 12. Scott Walker one of the most innovative and enduring songwriters

Actor/Director/Producer (National-International) 13. Master Hirannaiah Kannada theatre personality, satirist and TV actor 14. Peter Mayhew Actor 15. Rallapalli Venkata Narasimha Rao Veteran Telugu actor 16. Sammy Shore an actor and stand-up comedian 17. Vijaya Mulay Renowned filmmaker, film historian, researcher and educationist 18. Veeru Devgn Bollywood‟s most famous stunt and action choreographer 19. Carmine Caridi actor 31. J. Mahendran Film Director 20. Terry Rawlings A British film and sound editor 21. Mark Medoff Actor 22. John Singleton Academy Award-nominated filmmaker 23. Luke Perry American actor 24. Raj Kumar Barjatya filmmaker 25. Bruno Ganz Swiss actor 26. Mahesh Anand Noted actor in Bollywood 27. Albert Finney Oscar-nominated British actor 28. Ramesh Bhatkar Veteran Marathi actor 29. Crazy Mohan Tamil writer, comedian and actor 30. Girish Karnad Noted actor, filmmaker and playwright 31. John Rebennack Musician 32. Dinyar Contractor comedian, film and theatre actor Author/Journalist/Activist/Painter (National-International) 33. Maramraju Satyanarayana Rao Prominent writer and academician 34. Thoppil Mohamed Meeran Noted Tamil novelist and Sahitya Akademi awardee 35. I M Pei American architecture 36. S. Muthiah Chennai‟s famed chronicler, cartographer, and journalist 37. Zhores Alferov Russian physicist and Nobel Prize laureate 38. Andre Previn Legendary composer and pianist 39. Darryl D‘Monte Senior journalist and environmental activist 40. Prafulla Rajguru Veteran journalist and academician 41. Namvar Singh Noted Hindi writer 42. Andrea Levy British author 43. Ruma Guha Thakurta Actor-singer

Sportsmen/Sportswomen (National-International) 44. Derek Sippy Former Indian Cue sports Player, Coach and administrator 45. champion Niki Lauda former Formula One driver and three-time world champion 46. Con de Lange Scotland all-rounder 47. Pungam Kannan Former India footballer 48. Gordon Banks famous goalkeeper

Others (National-International) 49. Prof. Kirpal Singh first chronicler of Partition 50. Prof N.R. Madhava Menon educationist, scholar, and the pioneering spirit 51. Baidyanath Mishra economist

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GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO Mains 2019 52. YC Deveshwar The Padma Bhushan awardee and ITC‟s Non-Executive Chairman 53. Kartik Chandra Rath veteran dramatist 54. Sydney Brenner Biologist 55. Pradeep Choubey Poet 56. Jerrie Cobb America‟s first female astronaut candidate, pilot 57. Rama Sengupta Paul Veteran lady mountaineer 58. Ashita Celebrated Malayalam writer and poet 59. Valery Bykovsky Russian cosmonaut 60. William E. Butterworth III American military veteran and novelist 61. Wallace Smith Broecker Climate scientist 62. Manfred Eigen German scientist 63. Hiten Bhaya Former Planning Commission member and ex-director of IIMC

LIST/INDEXES ANNOUNCED RECENTLY Global air passengers right expert Airhelp came out India‘s asset management companies (AMCs) own with the list of world‟s best airports and Hyderabad assets under management (AUM) worth Rs24.46 Rajiv Gandhi International airport was ranked the trillion, according to data released by the Association world‘s eighth best airport. Qatar‘s Hamad of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi). HDFC Asset International Airport topped the list. Management Co. Ltd has claimed the top spot with an The Geological Survey of India (GSI) in its report average AUM of Rs3.42 trillion revealed that about 35% of India‘s total Graphite India‟s population grew at an average annual rate reserves are found in Arunachal Pradesh. This is the of 1.2% between 2010 and 2019 to 1.36 billion, more highest found in the country. than double the annual growth rate of China, India stands in a lowly 117th position out of 181 according to a report by the United Nations countries in the KidsRight Index, Iceland secured the Population Fund (UNPFA). India‟s population in 2019 top position in the index followed by Portugal. stood at 1.36 billion, growing from 942.2 million A report by OpenS ignal, which is named in 1994. as ‗OpenSignal‘s Hottest city for 4G HDFC Bank identified as number 1 bank by Availability‘ reveals the 4G Availability in India‘s 50 customers in India, as per Forbes World‘s Best Bank largest cities. Out of the 50 cities, Dhanbad, which is survey. In the first edition of this survey, Forbes also known as the coal capital of India has the highest partnered with market research firm Statista to 4G availability of 95.3%, followed by Ranchi which measure the best banks in 23 countries. HDFC Bank has 95% of 4G Availability. emerged as India‘s No 1 bank. ICICI Bank was at President Ram Nath Kovind has released the national number 2 and SBI was surprisingly ranked 11th in ranking of higher institutes by the Ministry of the list. Human Resources Development (HRD) in New The Time 100 Most Influential People 2019 list Delhi. Indian Institute of Technology Madras topped released, naming the world‟s most influential the rankings while the Indian Institute of Science, pioneers, leaders, titans, artists, and icons of the year. bagged the second rank followed by IIT Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani and Delhi. Delhi University‘s Miranda House was ranked public-interest litigators Arundhati the best among colleges across the country, while the Katju and Menaka Guruswamy, who spearheaded a varsity‟s St Stephen‟s College was ranked historic legal battle for LGBTQ rights in India, are the fourth. AIIMS ranked first among medical sciences Indian names that appeared in the list. institutes and National Law School, Bangalore has India ranked 140th out of 180 countries in the World topped law colleges. Press Freedom Index 2019, released by Reporters As per the World Bank Report, India retained its Without Borders. The index is topped by position as the world‘s top recipient of Norway. Paris-based Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF), remittances with its diaspora sending a or Reporters Without Borders. whopping USD 79 billion back home in 2018. India India was ranked 17th position among 100 countries was followed by China (USD 67 billion) and Mexico in Startup Ecosystem Ranking for 2019 released (USD 36 billion). The Report was titled as ‗World by StartupBlink. It was ranked 37th spot last year. Bank‘s Migration and Development Brief‘. The report ranks countries based on the strength of its startup ecosystem.

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GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO Mains 2019 India was ranked 19th out of 28 countries in the Index Environment Outlook (2019) titled ‗Healthy Planet, of Cancer Preparedness (ICP) released by Healthy People‘. the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Top 3 Tata, Reliance, and Airtel emerged as the top three countries are Australia (1st), Netherlands (2nd) and Indian brands of 2019, according to a report published Germany (3rd). by Interbrand, part of the Omnicom Media India was the world‘s fourth biggest military Group. Tata continued to hold the top position in the spender in 2018 behind the United States, China, and best Indian Brands ranking as its brand value grew by Saudi Arabia, according to new data think 6%, mainly due to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). tank Stockholm International Peace Research Reliance Industries CMD Mukesh Institute (SIPRI). Ambani leads Forbes‘ list of richest sports team According to BCG-IBA Report – EASE Reforms for owners with a net worth of around $50 billion. Public Sector Banks, released by Union Minister of The World Happiness Report was released by the Finance & Corporate Affairs, Punjab National Bank Sustainable Development Solutions Network for the (PNB) secured the top spot among all public sector United Nations on March 20, the International Day of banks in the implementation of ‗Reforms agenda‘. Happiness. India is ranked 140th out of 156 nations. PNB which topped the list with a score of 78.4 out of India shows a 7 spot decline. For the second 100 in the EASE-index was followed by BoB (77.8), consecutive year, Finland topped the list. SBI (74.6), and Oriental Bank of Commerce (69). The ―100 Most Influential People in Climate According to the Delta ranking report released Policy‖ list is comprised of seven Indian by NITI Aayog, Assam‟s Hailakandi has become the names including Union Ministers Piyush Goyal top aspirational district among the 112 aspirational and Dr Harsh Vardhan, who took important measures districts of the country. Hailakandi in Assam has to combat climate change. The list is prepared by made a giant leap from 52nd position to no. 1 position Apolitical, a peer to peer learning platform for on the basis of its performance during November- governments. The list has been topped by Alexandria December 2018 and January 2019. Ocasio-Cortez (Congresswoman, US Congress). India is the second largest importer of weapons in In accordance with the preliminary world airport the world, as per the annual report ‗Trends in traffic rankings for 2018 released by Airports Council International Arms Transfers-2018‘ released by the International (ACI), Indira Gandhi International think tank Stockholm International Peace Research Airport (IGIA) of New Delhi has elevated 4 ranks to Institute (SIPRI). Saudi Arabia is now the world‘s reach at 12th spot in terms of the busiest airport as largest weapons importer. compared to 2017‟s 16th spot. The list of world‟s India, which is the world‘s largest consumer of gold, busiest airports by passenger traffic ranking has been has the 11th largest gold reserve, with the current topped by Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International holding pegged at 607 tonnes, as per the latest report Airport (US). by the World Gold Council (WGC). The top spot is India has moved up 2 places to rank 76th on a global occupied by the US with gold reserves energy transition index. The annual list, compiled of 8,133.5 tonnes, followed by Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF), has by Germany with 3,369.7tonnes. ranked 115economies on how well they are able to A recent study published in PLOS Biology found that balance energy security and access with human impacts on species occur across 84% of the environmental sustainability and affordability. earth‟s surface and India ranks 16th in such impacts, Sweden remains on the top and is followed with 35 speciesimpacted on an by Switzerland and Norway in the top three. average. Malaysia ranks 1st among the countries with Singapore‘s Changi Airport has been crowned the the highest number of impacted species (125). world‘s best aviation hub for the seventh time in a The human resource consulting firm, Mercer‘s annual row, while New Delhi‘s Indira Gandhi International Quality of Living Survey 2019has placed Austria‟s (IGI) Airport featured at number 59, according to capital city Vienna at the number 1 spot, making it the Skytrax World Airport Awards. New Delhi‟s the 10th year in a row. The only cities outside of Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport is India‟s Europe to make the top 10 list are Vancouver, Canada, best Airport. and Auckland, New Zealand. Hyderabad and Pune, at India ranked 47th in the „Inclusive Internet Index a rank of 143, continue to be the most liveable cities 2019‟ which is prepared by the „Economist Intelligence in India for expatriates. Unit (EIU) for Facebook. Sweden topped the index The United Nation Environment Program whereas Singapore ranked 2nd and the USA ranked (UNEP) has released the sixth edition of the Global 3rd.

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GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO Mains 2019 With a net worth of $54 billion, Reliance Industries According to global market research agency Kantar in Chairman Mukesh Ambani has broken into the global its 2019‘s ‗100 Top BrandZ Report‘, US retail giant top 10 richest billionaire list compiled by Hurun Amazon has moved past hi-tech titans Apple and Research. The Hurun Global Rich List 2019 is topped Google to become the world‟s most valuable brand. by Amazon chief Jeff Bezos & Ambani is placed 8th. An analysis of traffic congestion in more than 400 The International Labour Organization released cities across six continents has found that commuters World Employment and Social Outlook Trends 2019 in Mumbai spent the most time on the road in 2018. report. As per the report, unemployment rates will fall Mumbai ranked first in the study, „Traffic Index-2018‟, to 4.9% in 2019 and remains steady in 2020. Serbia‘s Novak Djokovic has topped in the recently India has jumped eight places to 36th position on the released ATP Rankings. Rafael Nadal who has International Intellectual Property (IP) Index, which recently won the 12th Roland Garros title is at 2nd analyses the IP climate in 50 global economies, this position. year. The US, the UK, Sweden, France and Germany India ranked 95th out of 129 countries in a new index remained the top five economies on the intellectual that measures global gender equality looking at property index in 2019 retaining their spots from the aspects such as poverty, health, education, literacy, last year. political representation and equality at the workplace. Assam occupied the top slot in the ranking of best The list was topped by Denmark. Chad was placed at practices followed by states in the Budget bottom most position (129th). formulation, followed by Andhra Pradesh and The report on „Benchmarking India‘s Payment Odisha, as per a survey by Transparency Systems‘ which was released mentions that the International. country is “strong” in areas like having necessary laws and cash in circulation per capita.

IMPORTANT DAYS OBSERVED RECENTLY Date Day Theme 1st June World Milk Day- Theme- Drink Milk: Today & Everyday 03rd June World Bicycle Day- 04th June The International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression 5th June World Enviroment Day –Theme- ‗Beat Air Pollution‘. 5th June International Day For The Fight Against Illegal, Unreported And Unregulated Fishing 7th June World Food Safety Day- Theme- Food Safety, Everyone‘s Business 12th June World Day Against Child Labour- Theme- Children shouldn‘t work in fields, but on dreams! 1st May International Labour Day (also known as May Day or International Workers‟ Day): Theme: ―Sustainable Pension for all: The Role of Social Partners‖. 1st May ‗Maharashtra Day‘ and ‗Gujarat Day‘. 2nd May World Tuna Day 3rd May World Press Freedom Day (WPFD): ―Media for Democracy: Journalism and Elections in Times of Disinformation‖. 5th May (first World Laughter Day Sunday of May) 7th May (first World Asthma Day. The theme of World Asthma Day 2019 was ‗STOP for Asthma‘. Tuesday in May) 8th May World Red Cross Day. The 2019 theme chosen by them is, ‗#Love‘. 11th May National Technology Day ------12th May International Nurses Day ―Nurses – A Voice to Lead – Health for All‖. 11th May World Migratory Bird Day ‗Protect Birds: Be the Solution to Plastic Pollution.‘ 15th May International Day of Families. ―Families and Climate Action: Focus on SDG 13″. 16th May International Day of Light ------17th May World Telecommunication & Information Society Day ‗Bridging the Standardization Gap‘. 46 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO Mains 2019 20th May World Bee Day ------20th May World Metrology Day ------21st May UAE celebrated World Day for Cultural Diversity ------21st May Anti-terrorism day ------22nd May International Day for Biological Diversity ‗Our Biodiversity, Our Food, Our Health‘. 29th May 12th Republic Day of Nepal ------29th May International Everest Day ------29th May International Day Of UN Peacekeepers Protecting Civilians, Protecting Peace 31st May - World No Tobacco Day (WNTD- Theme- tobacco and lung health.‖ 2nd April World Autism Awareness Day Assistive Technologies, Active Participation 4th April International Mine Awareness Day United Nations Promotes SDGs – Safe Ground – Safe Home 5th April National Maritime Day Indian Ocean-An Ocean of opportunity 7th April World Health Day ‗Universal health coverage (UHC): Everyone, Everywhere‘ 10th April- The World Homoeopathy Day------12th April International Day of Human Space Flight ------18th April International Day for Monuments and Sites. Rural Landscapes‘ 22nd April World Earth Day ------21st April World Creativity and Innovation Day ------23rd April World Book Day ------24th April National Panchayati Raj Day ------25th April World Malaria Day Zero malaria starts with me 26th April World Intellectual Property Day Reach Gold-Intellectual Property (IP) And Sports“. 29th April International Dance Day ------‗ World Allergy Week 2019 globally from 7-13 April 2019. The theme for World Allergy Week 2019 is ―The Global Problem of Food Allergy‖. The last week of April every year is observed as World Immunisation Week in order to promote the use of vaccines for the protection of people of all age-groups against disease. The WIW 2019 observed from 24-30th April, carrying the theme ―Protected Together: Vaccines Work‖. It was observed for the very first time in 2012. 3rd March World Wildlife Day - : ‗Life below water: for people and planet‘. 7th March Janaushadhi Diwas ----- 8th March International Women‘s Day – Theme- ―Think equal, build smart, innovate for change‖, campaign theme: #BalanceforBetter. 15th March World Consumer Rights Day : ―Trusted Smart Products 20th March International Day of Happiness ‗Happier Together‘. 21st March International Day of Forests Forests and Education. 22nd March International World Water Leaving no one behind‘. World Kidney Day (WKD) is observed annually on the second Thursday in March (14th March in 2019) to create awareness on the importance of the kidneys and reducing the frequency and impact of kidney disease. 2019 Theme: Kidney Health for Everyone Everywhere. Shaheed Diwas or Martyr‟s Day on 23rd March. Each year, March 23, homage is paid to the great revolutionary fighters Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev who sacrificed their lives for the country. 22nd March Bihar Diwas or Bihar Day ----- 24th March World Tuberculosis (TB) Day ‗It‘s time‘. ‘ 23rd March World Meteorological Day The Sun, the Earth and the Weather 21st February International Mother Language Day ----- 28th February National Science Day 'Science for people and people for science'. 20th February World Day of Social Justice If You Want Peace & Development, Work

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11th February International Day of Women and Girls in Science ----- 2nd February World Wetlands Day 'Wetlands and Climate Change'. World Cancer Day is being observed observed globally on 4th February. The theme was ―I Am and I Will.‖

BOOKS & AUTHORS Pakistan‟s former captain and star all-rounder Shahid Acclaimed Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta Afridi released his autobiography, titled ‗Game will be given the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Changer‘. The book is co-authored by Afridi and Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Mehta journalist Wajahat S Khan. Afridi stated that he was is best known for her Elements Trilogy - 'Fire', 'Earth' born in 1975 and not 1980 as stated in the official and 'Water'. records. Cricket World Cup: The Indian Challenge‖ – a book The Indian Publishing company, Garuda on the history of the tournament from an Indian Prakashan Private Limited, launched its book „Saffron perspective by veteran broadcaster and writer Ashis Swords- Centuries of Indic Resistance to Invaders‟. Ray. Written by Manoshi Sinha Rawal, it is a book on 52 unsung warriors of India from the last 1300 years. DEFENCE CURRENT AFFAIRS A book containing English translation of the 100-year- The first part of the Indo-French joint naval exercise, old classic Punjabi poem about Jallianwala Bagh Varuna 19.1 was kicked off the Goa coast. The second massacre, ‗Khooni Vaisakhi‘ released in Abu Dhabi. part, Varuna 19.2 was held at the end of May in India‟s Ambassador to the UAE Navdeep Singh Djibouti. Suri commended the launch of the book. Defence ministry approved the procurement of 10 A book titled, ‗Mann Ki Baat- A Social Revolution on Kamov Ka-31 Airborne Early Warning and Radio‘ was released by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Control helicopters for the Indian Navy. The cost of in New Delhi. The book is a compendium the deal would be around Rs 3,600 crore. encompassing 50 editions of the „Mann Ki Baat‟ INS Ranjit, an Indian navy destroyer built by programme by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on All erstwhile USSR, is set to be decommissioned. The India Radio. third of the five Kashin-class destroyers, it was Former Vice-President Hamid Ansari launched the commissioned in 1983 and rendered service to the book titled ‗Every Vote Counts-The Story of India‘s Navy for over 36 years. Elections‘. The author of this book is former Chief The fourth of Indian Navy‟s stealth Scorpene class Election Commissioner Navin Chawla. Submarines of Project 75, INS Vela was launched at

The Chairman of 15th Finance Commission of India, the Kanhoji Angre Wet Basin of Mazagon Dock N.K. Singh launched the book ―Indian Fiscal Limited at Mumbai in Maharashtra. Federalism‖. The book has been written by Dr. Y. V. The Indian Army is commemorating this year as Reddy, former Governor of RBI and Chairman of the the ‗Year of Next of Kin‘ and plans to reach out to the 14th Finance Commission of India along with Dr. G. next of kin of battle casualties, ex-servicemen and R. Reddy, Advisor (Finance) to the Government of serving soldiers to inform them of entitled financial Telangana. benefits, welfare schemes and help resolve pension- 'Quality, Accreditation, and Ranking The book titled related problems. - A Silent Revolution in the Offing in Indian Higher First AH-64E (I) – Apache Guardian helicopter was Education' edited by Education Promotion Society for formally handed over to the Indian Air Force at India's (EPSI) Alternate President Dr. H Chaturvedi in Boeing production facility in Arizona, USA. Air New Delhi. Marshal AS Butola, represented the Indian Air Force A book ‗Simplicity & Wisdom‘ written by Dinesh and accepted the first Apache. IAF had signed a Shahra was launched at Parmarth Ashram in Kumbh contract with US Government and M/s Boeing Ltd in Mela. Sep 2015 for 22 Apache helicopters. Former Vice President Hamid Ansari launched the India successfully conducted the flight test of new book of former Finance Minister P Chidambaram ABHYAS – High-speed Expendable Aerial Target named ―Undaunted: Saving the Idea of India‖ at (HEAT) from a test range in Odisha. The trial, carried Nehru Memorial Museum, New Delhi. 48 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | IBPS CLERK MAINS 2019 out by the Defence Research and Development of 40 days „Maitri Bridge‟ is longest Suspension Bridge Organisation (DRDO) from the Integrated Test Range over Indus River. (ITR) at Chandipur in Balasore, was tracked by The joint military exercise between Morocco and the various radars and electro-optic systems. US, ―African Lion 2019,‖ kicked off in southern Indian Navy‘s first full-fledged Services Selection Morocco. The exercise marks the participation of Board (SSB) was inaugurated by Navy Chief Admiral thousands of military officers. Sunil Lanba at Diamond Harbour near Kolkata, West India‟s first indigenously designed and developed Bengal. Spread over 27 acres on the banks of Hooghly, Dhanush artillery gun was inducted in the Indian the SSB (Kolkata) has the capacity to screen 5,000 Army during a ceremony held at Ordnance Factory in officer-candidates annually. This is the fifth SSB of Jabalpur, MP. Dhanush 155mm/45 calibre towed the Indian Navy. gun system can be deployed in all types of terrains. The Indian Coast Guard ship (ICGS) Vigraha was The sixth edition of the joint military training exercise decommissioned at Visakhapatnam, Andhra between the Indian Army and the Sri Lankan Army, Pradesh. It is a frontline offshore patrol vessel (OPV). Exercise Mitra Shakti concluded in Sri Lanka. It was commissioned into service on April 12, 1990. Military forces of India and Singapore got together to The Indian Navy successfully test-fired a Medium participate in a joint exercise in Babina Cantonment Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM), achieving a in Jhansi. The three-day exercise, ‗Bold Kurukshetra– significant milestone to enhance its anti-air warfare 2019‘, is being conducted to develop military capability. technology, boost maritime security and bolster the The 26th Edition of Singapore India Maritime nations‟ fight against terrorism. Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX)-19 commenced in India has successfully test-fired first indigenously the South China Sea. In addition to IN designed and developed long-range sub-sonic cruise Ships Kolkata and Shakti, Long Range Maritime missile ‗Nirbhay‘ from a test range in Odisha. The all- Patrol Aircraft P8I also participate in the exercise. weather missile, has a 1,000-kilometre strike range. Indian Air Force successfully fired the BrahMos air Chief of Army Staff General Bipin version missile from its frontline Su-30 MKI Rawat commissioned the Indian Coast Guard fighter aircraft. The launch from the aircraft was Ship Veera at a ceremony held at Naval Jetty at the smooth and the missile followed the desired trajectory dockyard at Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. before directly hitting the land target. The Indian Navy undertook the second edition of the Flight Lieutenant Bhawana Kanth became the first bilateral maritime exercise between the Indian Navy woman pilot of the Indian Air Force to qualify to and Vietnam Peoples‟ Navy, (IN – VPN BILAT undertake missions by day on a fighter aircraft. She EX) at/ off Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. completed the Day Operational syllabus on MiG-21 The Indian Navy will participate in International Bison. Fleet Review (IFR) that is scheduled to take place U.S. Navy ships conducted joint drills with warships in Qingdao, China as part of 70th Anniversary from allies Japan, Australia and South Korea in their celebrations of People‟s Liberation Army Navy (PLA first combined exercise in the Western Pacific. Navy). DRDO successfully test-fired the new version of India and France will conduct their largest ever naval the Akash surface-to-air defence missile system with exercise ‗Varuna‗ in May 2019. It will witness the a new indigenously-developed seeker in Balasore off participation of aircraft carriers, destroyers, the Odisha coast. The medium range multi-target submarines, and fighters. India will deploy its aircraft engagement capable missile was developed as part of carrier, INS Vikramaditya with its MiG-29K fighters. the Integrated Guided-Missile Development Indigenously designed ‗INS Imphal‟ a guided missile Programme (IGMDP) other than Nag, Agni, Trishul, destroyer was launched by Navy Chief Sunil Lanba at and Prithvi missiles. Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) arden Reach Ship Builders and Engineers Ltd in Mumbai. This ship is designed by the Indian Navy‟s (GRSE) became the 'first Indian shipyard' to build Directorate of Naval Designs, New Delhi. and deliver 100 warships. GRSE Chairman and The United States and South Korea decided to call off Managing Director, Rear Admiral (Retd) V K Saxena, their joint exercise ―Foal Eagle‖ and ―Key formally handed over the 100th warship 'IN LCU L-56' Resolve‖ and instead bifurcate them into smaller to the Indian Navy. exercises. This is being done to ease tensions The Indian Army has successfully built the longest with North Korea. ―Key Resolve‖ will be replaced by suspension bridge ‗Matiri Bridge‘ over the Indus “Dongmaeng” which is also known as alliance in River in the Leh-Ladakh region. Built in a record time

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GA POWER CAPSULE | IBPS CLERK MAINS 2019 English, Foal Eagle drills will be replaced by a smaller The Indian Navy‟s state of the art Nuclear, Biological, battalion-sized exercise. and Chemical Training Facility (NBCTF) was Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guards inaugurated by Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Bangladesh (BGB) took part in the 3-day ‗Mainamati Lanba at INS Shivaji, Lonavala. The training facility Maitree Exercise 2019‘ as a part of ‗Confidence has been named ABHEDYA, which means Building Measures‘ between India and impenetrable in Sanskrit. Bangladesh held in Agartala, Tripura. Indian Navy‟s frontline ASW corvette, INS The third edition of the bilateral joint exercise Kadmatt arrived at Langkawi, Malaysia on a 7 days between India and Oman, Al Nagah 2019will begin official visit. The ship is scheduled to participate in the from 12th of this month (March) at Jabel Al Akhdar 15th edition of Langkawi International Maritime and Mountains in Oman. Aerospace Exhibition, LIMA-19 during the visit. INS Defence Research and Development Organization Kadmatt was commissioned into the Indian Navy (DRDO) successfully test fired the PINAKA guided in January 2016. WEAPON rocket system from Pokhran range in First Indian Army Mountaineering Expedition to Mt Rajasthan. The weapon system is equipped with state- Makalu (8485m) comprising five Officers, two JCOs of-the-art guidance kit comprising of an advanced and eleven OR was flagged off by Director General navigation and control system. Military Training. In furtherance of the objective of Indo Oman Joint Exercise Al Nagah III 2019, a joint summiting all challenging peaks above 8000M, Indian military exercise between Indian and Royal Army of Army is launching its maiden expedition to Mt Oman (RAO), commenced this morning at HQ Jabel Makalu in Mar-May 2019. Regiment, Nizwa, Oman. The third edition of the biennial, bilateral exercise The United States Special Forces Group stationed in AUSINDEX 19 between India and Australia will be Japan is involved in a joint exercise with India‘s held in Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The National Security Guard in Hyderabad, aimed at upcoming exercise will focus on anti-submarine enhancing the capabilities of the armed forces of the warfare and will see Australia‟s largest defence force two countries. deployment in India. Exercise Sampriti-VIII, a joint Indo-Bangladesh India has signed a deal with a Russian firm to military exercise which witnessed participation of a manufacture 7.5 lakh AK-203 rifles. These are the company group of 9th Battalion the Rajputana latest derivative of the AK-47 rifles. Rifles from the Indian Army and the Company of 36 Indian Air Force conducted mega exercise ‗Vayu East Bengal Battalion, Bangladesh Army concluded Shakti‘ in Pokhran, Rajasthan. at Tangail, Bangladesh. Flight Lieutenant Hina Jaiswal from Chandigarh, Highlighting the close maritime proximity between became the First Indian Woman Flight Engineer of the India and Indonesia, Indian Coast Guard Ship ‗Vijit‘ Indian Air Force (IAF). became the first-ever Coast Guard ship to visit Indian Army showcased its artillery firepower by Sabang, Indonesia. using ultralight Howitzers and indigenous Swathi The inaugural Africa-India Field Training Exercise- weapon-locating radar at the annual ―Exercise 2019 for India and African nations called AFINDEX- Topchi‖. The exercise was held at Deolali Camp near 19 started with a grand opening ceremony at Aundh Nashik. Military Station, Pune. Joint Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Exercise MITRA SHAKTI is conducted annually as Exercise `Exercise Rahat´ concluded in Jaipur, part of military diplomacy and interaction between Rajasthan. It was demonstrated in Jaipur, Kota, and armies of India & Sri Lanka. The joint exercise for the Alwar in Rajasthan. year 2018-19 will be conducted in Sri Lanka. INS Trikand, the frontline warship of the Indian The joint training exercise MITRASHAKTI – Navy, participated in a multi-national training VI between Indian and Sri Lanka Armykick-started exercise „CUTCLASS EXPRESS 2019‘. The annual at Diyatalawa in Sri Lanka. MITRASHAKTI is one of Exercise Cutlass Express is sponsored by U.S. Africa the largest bilateral armies to army exercises Command (USAFRICOM) and conducted by Naval conducted in the region. Forces Africa (NAVAF). It was held in the vicinity of The Indian Air Force formally inducted the CH 47 Djibouti, Mozambique and Seychelles. F(I)- Chinook heavy-lift helicoptersinto its inventory The 5-day multinational maritime exercise ‗AMAN- at Air Force Station Chandigarh. IAF had signed a 19‘ in which 46 nations participated from all over the contract with M/s Boeing Ltd in September 2015 for world was formally commenced at Pakistan Navy 15 Chinook helicopters. Dockyard, with a colorful flag hoisting ceremony.

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GA POWER CAPSULE | IBPS CLERK MAINS 2019 Defence Acquisitions Council, DAC chaired by Defence Minister approved indigenous construction of six submarines worth 40 thousand crore rupees. It also approved the acquisition of about five thousand MILAN Anti-Tank Guided Missiles for the Army. As part of the ongoing India Bangladesh defence cooperation, a joint military exercise Sampriti-2019 will be conducted at Tangail, Bangladesh from 02 March to 15 March 2019. In a major boost for the Navy's firepower, the Defence Ministry has approved the acquisition of more than 100 heavyweight torpedoes which will be equipped on the force's six Scorpene-class submarines being built at Mazagon Dockyards in Mumbai. India has successfully test fired Brahmos Supersonic Cruise Missile from Chandipur in Odisha.

SPORTS CURRENT AFFAIRS

Cricket {National Game of: Australia, Bermuda, England, Jamaica No. of Players: 11 Football {National Game of: Brazil, Italy, Germany, Important Terms associated: Arm ball, Beamer, Bottom Israel, Mauritius, Poland No. of Players: 11 hand, Bouncer, Cameo, Carrom ball, Chinaman, Flick, Important Terms Associated: Back Pass, Corner Kick, Free hit, Glance, Googly, Hat-trick, Hit wicket, Leg bye, Free Kick, Dribble, Futsal, Header, Kick off, Banana Nelson, Night watchman, Pinch hitter, Sweep, Upper Kick, Toe Poke, Throw-in, Bicycle Kick} Cut.} Spain and Barcelona legend Xavi Amul announced as the principal sponsor of Hernandez announced that he will retire from the Afghanistan cricket team for the upcoming World professional football at the end of the current season. Cup, slated to be held in England and Xavi Hernandez spent 14 years in Barcelona, where he Wales from May 30. won 35 trophies, including 8 La Liga titles, before Pakistan off-spinner Sana Mir becomes the most moving to Qatari club Al-Sadd. successful women‘s ODI spinner in history after she Former Manchester City and Barcelona midfielder took her 147th wicket, highest ever by any spinner in Yaya Toure officially announced his retirement from One-day International (ODI) cricket. football. India‘s GS Lakshmi become the first ever woman to Manchester City clinched their fourth Premier be appointed to the ICC International Panel of Match League title (football) after winning the 2018-19 Referees and will be eligible to referee international season. Manchester City registered a 4-1 victory games with immediate effect. against Brighton to accumulate 98 points, Ten million US Dollars or a little more than 70 crore while Liverpool, who were also in the title race, rupees are on offer in the upcoming ICC men‘s cricket finished second with 97 points. World Cup 2019. Sethu FC turned around a first-half deficit to clinch The ICC launched the criiio campaign on the eve of their first ever Indian Women‘s League the men‘s World Cup, bringing together 460 million trophy after defeating Manipur Police at the Guru people playing cricket globally to celebrate the Nanak Stadium, in Ludhiana, Punjab. magnificent diversity of cricket. Chelsea got the better of its English Premier West Indies opener Chris Gayle has become the first League rivals to win the Europa League final, beating batsman ever to smash 500 or more sixes in Arsenal 4-1 in the Baku Olympic Stadium, international cricket. In the 4th ODI Azerbaijan. against England in Grenada, Gayle scored 162 runs. Praful Patel, president of All India Football The Supreme Court appointed senior advocate PS Federation (AIFF), has become the first Indian to be Narasimha as a mediator for resolving various elected as a member of FIFA Executive Council. disputes related to cricket administration within the In Football, Liverpool breezed past Tottenham at cricket body, the Board of Control for Cricket in Madrid to win the Champions League for the sixth India (BCCI). time. 51 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS 2019 In motor racing, Lewis Hamilton won the Chinese Hockey {National Game of: India, Pakistan No. of Grand Prix for a record sixth time. Players: 11 Mercedes Driver Lewis Hamilton secures a record- Important Terms Associated: Advancing, Bully, Center breaking seventh win at the 2019 Canadian Grand Prix Pass, Dribble, Drive, Flagrant Foul, Flick, Free Hit, after Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) was penalised for Striker, Tackle, Undercutting, Dodge, Drag Flick, Grip, dangerous driving. Hacking, Penalty Corner, Wall Pass} South Korea defeated India in the penalty shootout in Badminton the final of Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2019. The world body governing Badminton, BFA The Indian junior women‘s hockey team clinched the launched two new formats of the game AirBadminton Cantor Fitzgerald U21 International 4-Nations title and Triples with new dimensions of the court and an after beating Ireland 1-0 in the final at Dublin, Ireland. innovative shuttlecock called Airshuttle. Traditional In the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Men‟s competitive badminton an indoor game. Hockey Series Finals match played at Kalinga Stadium China won the badminton world mixed-team in Bhubaneswar, Japan defeated Mexico by a goal championship, 2019 in Nanning, margin of 3-1. China. Former junior national champion Harsheel Current Affairs related to Tennis Dani rallied from a game down against Mads The All India Tennis Association (AITA) has signed Christophersen of Denmark to clinch the Dutch an MoU with Serbian Tennis Federation (STF) to International badminton titlein The Hague, train Indian junior players under world-renowned Netherlands. Serbian coaches. Fabio Fognini became the first Italian to win an ATP Boxing/ Wrestling/Weightlifting Masters 1000 title at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters. World number one Bajrang Punia becomes the first He defeated Dusan Lajovic. Indian to win gold at the Ali Aliev wrestling Dominic Thiem (Austria) won the Barcelona Open tournament after defeating Viktor Rassadin 2019 after defeating Daniil Medvedev (Russia). of Russia in the 65 kg freestyle in Kapiisk. He had also Roger Federer has claimed the 100th ATP title of his won a gold at the Asian Championships in Xi‘an, career after beating 20-year-old Greek Stefanos China. Tsitsipas in the final of the Dubai Tennis Indian boxers finished with a rich haul of six medals, Championships. including two gold at the 36th Feliks Stamm In French Open Tennis, Australian Ashleigh Barty International Boxing Tournament in Warsaw, won her first Grand Slam singles title after easing past Poland. Gaurav Solanki and Manish Kaushik Czech teenager Marketa Vondrousova in straight sets bagged one gold each. Indian boxers also clinched a in the women‟s final. silver and three bronze. Third seed Sidharth Rawat defeated Rio Noguchi of India bagged a Gold and two Silver medals at Japan to clinch his maiden title in the $25,000 ITF the Boxing World Cup at Cologne in Germany. men‘s Futures tennis tournament. India‟s Bajrang Punia has regained the world In Tennis, world number two Rafael Nadal has lifted number one spot in the men‟s 65-kilogram freestyle the French Open Men‘s Singles title for the 12th category rankings. time. World number one Bajrang Punia won gold at Asian Wrestling Championship in China‘s Xian. Current Affairs related to Grand Prixes India won gold each in 10 metres Air Rifle Mercedes‘ Lewis Hamilton won the Spanish Grand Mixed Team and 10 metres Air Pistol Mixed team Prix in Barcelona, Spain and rose to the top of the events in the ISSF World Cup in Beijing. Formula One world championship. Young Mumbai sailor Upamanyu Dutta bagged Lewis Hamilton won the Monaco Grand Prix to the bronze medal in the Laser Standard race for extend his championship lead over Mercedes men in the Laser Asian Sailing Championship which teammate Valtteri Bottas. concluded in Singapore. Five times world champion Lewis Hamilton won Bahrain Grand Prix 2019 title by Sports Events|Tournaments Current Affairs beating Valtteri Bottas of Finland who secured the Jaipur host the 8th Asian Youth Women Handball second position. Championship in which 10 teams will be participating. It will be played in August 2019. 52 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS 2019 Earlier Delhi had hosted it in 2015 where the hosts India‘s Rahil Gangjee finished tied 39th while Viraj India had finished 7th. Madappa ended tied 53rd at the Asia-Pacific China becomes the sole contender to host Asian Cup Diamond Cup held in Japan. Japan‘s Yosuke Football tournament in 2023 after South Korea Asaji won the Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup 2019 at the announced to withdraw its bid to host the game. Sobu Country Club. 2nd India Open International Boxing Germany‘s double Olympic biathlon champion Tournament started in Guwahati. Laura Dahlmeier announced her retirement at the age India bags a total of 57 medals including 12 Gold, 18 of just 25 after struggling with health issues. Silver and 27 Bronze at India Open International Brooks Koepka (of USA) returned to the top of the Boxing tournament in Guwahati. world rankings after his nerve-jangling second Asian Athletics Championships 2019 held straight US PGA Championship victory at Bethpage at Doha in Qatar. Black. Special Olympics World Games 2019 which is Indians had a good day at the year‟s being held from March 14 to March 21 in the third International Shooting Sport Federation UAE has made history by welcoming a record- (ISSF) World Cup Rifle and Pistol tournament in breaking 200 nations ahead of the Games. Munich, Germany. The 2019 FIFA Women‘s World Cup is the 8th edition Indian shooters continued their dominance claiming of the FIFA Women‘s World Cup, the quadrennial five gold medals on the final day of the Asian Airgun international football championship contested by the Championships to sign off with a total of 25 medals women‘s national teams between 7 June and 7 July in Taoyuan, Taipei. India finished with 16 gold, 5 2019. silver, and 4 bronze medals. Saurav Ghosal became the first Indian male squash Other Sports Current Affairs player to enter the top 10 in latest Professional ndian shooting ace Apurvi Chandela ranked the Squash Association (PSA) world rankings. world number one in the women‘s 10 metres air rifle Ethiopian athletes Gelete Burka (women‟s race) event while compatriot Anjum Moudgil rose to and Abrha Milaw (men‟s race) won the 43rd edition number two after consistent performances. of the Paris Marathon. Ace Indian squash players Saurav Famous Golfer Tiger Woods completed one of the Ghoshal and Joshna Chinappa won their respective sport‟s great all-time comebacks to end an 11-year Asian Individual Squash Championship titles in Kuala major title drought at the Masters by claiming a fifth Lumpur, Malaysia. Saurav Ghoshal defeated Leo Au Green Jacket. Chun Ming of Hong Kong. Sunil Chhetri became the most capped India player Former Croatia international and manager Igor by surpassing Bhaichung Bhutia‘s 107 international Stimac appointed as the Indian men‘s team matches. coach after the All India Football Federation‘s Yuvraj Singh announced retirement from (AIFF) technical committee recommended him for the international cricket. post.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (NASA, ISRO & OTHERS)

ISRO unveiled its Human Space Flight Centre universe. It‟s called the Spectro-Photometer for the (HSFC) at ISRO Headquarter campus in Bengaluru, History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Karnataka for its maiden manned space mission Ices Explorer or SPHEREx, for short. The space agency ‗Gaganyaan‘. is aiming for a 2023 launch. India‘s 40th communication satellite GSAT-31 has Infosys, the country‘s 2nd largest IT firm has been launched successfully from French Guiana. The launched a next-generation digital platform „InfyTQ‟ Ariane-5 rocket lifted off with it from Kourou Launch to facilitate engineering students with best learning Base, and in 42-minutes, placed it in the intended experiences by imparting technical and professional Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit. skills. NASA announced that its Opportunity Rover mission Israel is to launch its first moon mission, sending an is complete after the rover failed to respond despite unmanned spacecraft to collect data to be shared with repeated trials since August 2018. NASA. According to a report, the 585-kilogram NASA has announced a new space telescope mission Beresheet (Genesis) spacecraft is to lift off atop a dedicated to understanding the origins of life and the 53 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS 2019 Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Mission energy demand and provide emergency backup control will be in Yehud, near Tel Aviv. power to trains in Japan. It was Launched in AntBot is the first walking robot to have partnership with Kintetsu, a railway operator in navigational capabilities without GPS or mapping. Japan‟s Osaka. Bandicoot, a drainage-cleaning robot, has been South Korea launches the world‘s first fully-fledged introduced for the first time in India at the 5G mobile networks. The system will bring Kumbakonam city corporation as part of efforts to rid smartphones near-instantaneous connectivity 20 times of manual scavenging at the cost of Rs 18 lakh in faster than the existing 4G allowing users to download Chennai, Tamil Nadu. entire movies in less than a second. Cyber Prevention Awareness and Detection Astronomers have taken the first-ever image of a (CyPAD) Centre and the National Cyber Forensic Lab black hole, which is located in a distant galaxy known (NCFL) were inaugurated by Union Home Minister as „Messier 87‟ (M87). Rajnath Singh and LG Anil Baijal in Dwarka, New Google launched Anthos, a new open platform from Delhi. Google Cloud, that lets users run applications from Kerala Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan, inaugurated anywhere. India‟s first Humanoid Police Robot named KP-BOT, The most powerful operational rocket in the world, ranked as Sub-Inspector (SI), at the Police SpaceX‟s Falcon Heavy, launched its first commercial Headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. mission from Florida in a key demonstration for Chinese news agency Xinhua unveiled the world‟s billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk‟s space company first female AI news anchor Xin Xiaomeng. She has in the race to grasp lucrative military launch contracts. been developed in collaboration with Sogou Inc, a Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (Space X) search engine company. launched its 17th commercial resupply mission to the Bengaluru-based Signalchip has unveiled International Space Station (ISS) by using Falcon 9 semiconductor chips for 4G, LTE and 5G modems. rocket with Dragon Spacecraft. These are first such chips developed in India. All Microsoft has unveiled fully-managed Azure devices and infrastructure in India whether imported Blockchain Service that would simplify the formation, or domestically manufactured, currently use imported management, and governance so that businesses can silicon chips. focus on workflow logic and application development. ISRO has launched ‗Yuva VIgyani Karyakram‘, a After decades of ground-breaking laboratory works, ‗Young Scientist Programme‘ for the School Children the world‟s scientific and technical community, in a to be studying in the 9th standard. landmark and historic decision has unanimously Just in time for International Women‟s Day, NASA adopted the resolution to redefine four of the seven announced that it will be conducting the first-ever, all- base units, the kilogram (SI unit of weight), Kelvin (SI female spacewalk. unit of temperature), mole (SI unit of amount of National space agency ISRO and its French substance), and ampere (SI unit of current). counterpart CNES sealed an agreement to set up a ISRO has successfully launched the ‗RISAT-2B‘ joint maritime surveillance system in the country in Satellite from the Sriharikota‟s, Satish Dhawan Space May. K.Sivan, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Centre, SHAR. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle Organisation, and Jean-Yves Le Gall, President of (PSLV-C46) lifted-off from the First Launch Pad and CNES of France, signed the agreement in Bengaluru. injected RISAT-2B into an orbit of 556 km, about 15 ISRO has launched a special programme for minutes and 25 seconds after lift-off. schoolchildren called Young Scientist Programme or NASA unveiled the calendar for the ―Artemis‖ Yuva Vigyani Karyakram (YUVIKA), in tune with the program that will return astronauts to the Moon for the government‟s vision “Jai Vigyan, Jai Anusandhan”. first time in half a century, including eight scheduled ISRO has launched a Defence Intelligence Satellite, launches and a mini-station in lunar orbit by 2024. The EMISAT in its 47th Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle original lunar missions were named for Apollo – (PSLV) mission, along with 28 other customer Artemis was his twin sister in Greek mythology, and satellites, onboard the advanced PSLV-C45 Rocket. the goddess of hunting, wilderness, and the Moon. Tesla has developed its ‗largest power storage system in Asia‟ at Osaka train station in Japan to reduce

SCHEMES Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Jual Oram launched named Van Dhan. The scheme is for Minimum the ambitious scheme of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs Support Price (MSP) for Minor Forest Produce

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GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS 2019 (MFP) and Development of Value Chain of MFPs at a The government has introduced a scheme for National Workshop organized by TRIFED. The providing financial assistance for transport and Scheme will offer remunerative Minimum Support marketing of agriculture products with a view to Price for 50 commercially viable items to the Tribals. boosting export of farm commodities to certain irs Union Minister of Textiles, Smriti Zubin countries in Europe and North America. Under Irani launched a comprehensive scheme for the the Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA) development of knitting and knitwear scheme, the government would reimburse a certain sector under PowerTex India in New Delhi.Apart portion of freight charges and provide assistance for from financial incentives, the two key elements marketing of agricultural produce. are Yarn Bank and financial assistance for the solar IRCTC launched its own digital payment aggregator energy scheme. called ‗IRCTC iPay‘. With iPay, passengers will not The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired need any third-party platforms as it will provide by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved payment options like credit card, debit card, unified the ‗Pradhan Mantri Jaiv Indhan- Vatavaran payment interface and international card. This will Anukool fasal awashesh Nivaran (JI-VAN) help reduce the gap between IRCTC and banks which Yojana‘ for providing financial support to the will eventually lead to a substantial reduction in Integrated Bioethanol Projects. The scheme aims to payment failures. incentivise the Second Generation (2G) Ethanol Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), a defence public sector and support the industry by creating a suitable sector undertaking, presented SWAGAT – the ecosystem for setting up commercial projects and Automatic Fare Collection Gating System. PM increasing R&D in this area. Narendra Modi launched the system as part of the Gram Samridhi Yojana, a Rs 3,000 crore scheme inaugural of Phase-I of the Ahmedabad Metro. funded by the World Bank and the Government of Tech giant Google has unveiled a new app ‗Bolo‘ that India, is being worked upon by the Ministry of Food aims to help children in primary school learn to read Processing Industries in order to strengthen in Hindi and English. The free app, which is being the unorganised food processing sector concentrated launched in India first, uses Google‘s in rural areas. NITI Aayog has given its approval to speech recognition and text-to-speech technology. The the scheme. World Bank will be giving Rs 1,500 crore, app features an animated character ‗Diya‘, who Rs 1,000 crore will be borne by the Centre while state encourages children to read stories aloud and helps if governments will put in Rs 500 crore. The scheme will the child is unable to pronounce a word. be run in Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Aviva Life Insurance announced the launch of Maharashtra and Punjab. „Wings‟, a specially designed mentorship program to ‗Mukhyamantri Parivar Samman Nidhi‘ scheme was empower the female workforce. Wings program is an launched by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal initiative of the SHE division of Aviva Life Insurance Khattar in Chandigarh. It is primarily meant for for mentoring all the women employees in Aviva. farmers of the state who cultivate on land with areas The ‗i-help‘ initiative to promote digital electoral up to 5 acres and the families with an income of less literacy in Assam has been launched in view of the than Rs. 15,000 per month. The scheme would provide forthcoming Lok Sabha polls. It is a joint initiative of a sum of Rs. 6,000 yearly and each family has to the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) and nominate a member who will be provided with this Common Service Centres (CSC) in Assam. amount. Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar, A water conservation scheme ‗Jal Amrutha‘ was (IIPHG) in collaboration with National Mental Health launched by Karnataka chief minister H D Program, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Kumaraswamy, in Bengaluru. A function was Government of Gujarat has developed a mobile organized by the Rural Development and Panchayat application called as ‗Conquer Exam, Be a Raj department at Dr. B R Ambedkar Bhavan Warrior‘ for students to reduce the exam pressure. in Bengaluru. The state government has The Central Board of Secondary Education declared 2019 as the Year of Water. (CBSE) launched a new podcast app ‗Shiksha The government of Tripura announced ‗Notun Disha‘ Vani‘ that will disseminate crucial information to (New Direction) for assessing the academic level of students and parents in a timely manner. students in classes III-VIII and then improving their The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry current level. It was launched by state Education launched Operation Digital Board on the lines of Minister Ratan Lal Nath. Operation Blackboard to provide better digital education in school.

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GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS 2019 Odisha Cabinet approved the 'Khushi' scheme to Start-ups registered with Start-up India to access the provide free sanitary napkins to school girls across the public procurement market and sell innovative state. The scheme will benefit nearly 17.25 lakh school products and services to government buyers. girls from Class VI to XII studying in government and Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister for government-aided schools. Union minister Prakash Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi Javadekar launched 'Scheme for Higher Education launched a range of citizen safety initiatives in New Youth in Apprenticeship and Skills' (SHREYAS) for Delhi. Persons in distress can dial a pan-India number: providing industry apprenticeship opportunities to 112. Under this system, all the states have to set up a fresh graduates. This scheme is a programme basket dedicated Emergency Response Centre, ERC. comprising the initiatives of three central ministries, Minister of State (IC) for AYUSH, Shripad Yesso including the HRD, Ministry of Skill Development and Naik launched the e-AUSHADHI portal, for online Entrepreneurship, and the Ministry of Labour and licensing of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Employment. Homoeopathy drugs and related matters at New A tele-law mobile application ‗Nyaya Bandhu‘ was Delhi. launched by the Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. Actor Vijay Sethupathi launched the mobile App The application will benefit 73,000 paralegal ‗DigiCop‘ of the Chennai police department at the volunteers (PLVs) of National Legal Service Authority Commissioner‟s office. Using the App, people can and State Legal Services Authorities (SLSA) in the track the status of stolen two-wheelers and cell country who will be associated under Tele-Law phones. service. 'Darwaza Band- Part 2' campaign launched by The Union Minister of Human Resource Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen focuses on Development launched the „Operation Digital Board‟ sustaining the open defecation free status of villages to boost quality education in the country. An expert across the country. Earlier Darwaza Band campaign committee has worked out optimum configuration of was launched in 2017. the Digital Class Rooms under the Operation Digital Shehri Samridhi Utsav, an initiative of Ministry of Board. Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA), aims to extend Union Minister for Tourism inaugurated the project the outreach of Deendayal Antyodaya Mission – ‗Development of Eco Circuit: Pathanamthitta – Gavi – National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM), to Vagamon – Thekkady‟ under the Swadesh Darshan the most vulnerable, showcase its initiatives and scheme of Ministry of Tourism at Vagamon, Kerala. facilitate access of Self-Help Group (SHG) members to Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil the other government schemes. Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, launched SWAYATT in Arjun Munda, Union Minister for Tribal Affairs New Delhi. SWAYATT is an initiative to promote launched the ―e-governance initiatives for ST Start-ups, Women and Youth Advantage Through Welfare schemes‖ at a function organized by Ministry eTransactions on Government e Marketplace (GeM). of Tribal Affairs. A power point presentation on these He also dedicated GeM Start-up Runway- an initiative new e-governance initiatives was made on the of GeM in association with Start-up India to facilitate occasion.

MISCELLANEOUS CURRENT AFFAIRS The Central government asked the state transport Mangaluru, who fought the Portuguese in the 16th departments to make it mandatory for all EVs to use century. the green number plates, irrespective of the year in Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu released a postage which they were bought. stamp to commemorate the 750th birth anniversary of State-owned telecom firm BSNL become Sri Vedanta Desikan in New Delhi. The stamp the first operator to start optical fiber-based high- released by Indian postal department. speed broadband service in Pulwama with the launch Stockholm International Peace Research of ‗Bharat Fibre‘. This is the first such FTTH (fiber-to- Institute (SIPRI) launched new initiative the-home) service deployment in the (Kashmir) named Global Registry of Violent Deaths Valley. (GReVD) to count deaths caused by all forms of Mangaluru City Police launched an all-women police violence across the world and display these in open- patrol unit ‗Rani Abbakka Force‘. All-women police source database. patrol force named after the 16th-century warrior of 18-year-old Nepali girl, Bandana danced continuously coastal Karnataka, Queen Abbakka of Ullal near for 126 hours to set a Guinness World Records on

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GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS 2019 „Longest Dancing Marathon by an Individual‘, a feat proposal to create an institutional framework for previously held by an Indian. artificial intelligence (AI) in the country. The 5th United Nations Global Road Safety Week is Taiwan Expo 2019 began in Pragati Maidan, New being observed from May 6 to 12, 2019. It is celebrated Delhi. The representative of Taipei Economic and once in two years. The theme of the Road Safety Week Cultural Centre Tien Chung-Kwang and Chairman is „Leadership for Road Safety‟. of Taiwan External Trade Development Council, Pune-based Indian Institute of Science Education TAITRA James CF Huang inaugurated the three-day and Research (IISER) team found a new species of event in the presence of Joint Secretary Praveen reddish-brown pit viper snake with a unique heat- Bonigala and ITPO Chairman LC Goyal. sensing system, the first in past 70 years in India. The South African Saray Khumalo reached the highest species is named ‗Trimeresurus arunachalensis‘ after point on the planet becoming the first black African Arunachal Pradesh, where it was discovered. woman to scale Mount Everest. This was her fourth Inaugural issue of world‘s first exclusive women‘s attempt at climbing Mount Everest. cricket magazine „Criczone‟ was released with Indian The 5th Smart Cities India 2019 expo, including team vice-captain Smriti Mandhana featuring as the Transport India, Solar India, Buildings India and cover story. Water India expos, was inaugurated by Durga One of the most prestigious international events from Shanker Mishra, Secretary, Ministry of Housing and the world of cinema, the Cannes Film Festival Urban Affairs (MoUHUA) at the Pragati Maidan, begun in France. Information and Broadcasting New Delhi. Secretary Amit Khare is leading the Indian delegation After the RBI released a draft framework for setting at Cannes and inaugurate India Pavilion. up a regulatory sandbox (RS) for fintech players in Doordarshan launched an online souvenir store for the counter, the market and insurance regulators SEBI its viewers on Amazon India so that one can easily and IRDAI have also launched similar initiatives. access it. A. Surya Prakash Chairman, Prasar Bharati The Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh also called launched DD souvenir store on Amazon India. as Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen India or Jamaat-ul- The Home Ministry cancelled the registration of Mujahideen Hindustan declared as a banned terrorist Bengaluru-based NGO Infosys Foundation for alleged organization by the government of India. violation of norms in receiving foreign grants. All Facebook is planning to launch its non-government organizations (NGOs) are own cryptocurrency in early 2020, allowing users to mandatorily required to be registered under make digital payments in a dozen countries. The the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) currency, dubbed GlobalCoin, would Act or FCRA to receive foreign funding. enable Facebook‘s 2.4 billion monthly users to Nepalese Sherpa climber Kami Rita scaled Mount change dollars and other international currencies into Everest for a 23rd time, breaking his own record for its digital coins. the most successful ascents of the world‟s highest Swatantryaveer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar‘s birth peak. He first scaled Everest in 1994. anniversary is being celebrated on 28th May. Born on Captain Aarohi Pandit, a 23-year-old pilot from 28th May in 1883 near Nasik in Mumbai became the world‘s first woman to cross the Maharashtra, Savarkar was popularly called Veer Atlantic Ocean solo in a Light Sports Aircraft (LSA). Savarkar. Commandos of the premier counter-terror Orchha town in Madhya Pradesh has a plethora of force National Security Guard (NSG) created history historical sites with the Bundela dynasty architectural as they scaled the Mount Everest (world‘s highest style. The Archaeological Survey of India included peak) in their maiden attempt. that heritage town of Orchha in a tentative list HDFC Capital Advisors, a wholly-owned subsidiary of UNESCO world heritage sites. It was included in of HDFC Ltd, launched a new initiative called „HDFC the proposal sent by the ASI to the UN body in April Affordable Real Estate and Technology 2019. Program (HeART). Kerala‘s fruits and vegetable exporters have heaved a Leading stock exchange BSE launched ‗BSE StAR sigh of relief following the lifting of the export ban by MF‘ app to enable more participation and help mutual Saudi Arabia after the Nipah virus attack last fund distributors process transactions faster. year. With the lifting of the embargo, he said Niti Aayog circulated a cabinet note to provide Rs Kozhikode airport was alone handling 20 tonnes of 7,500 crore for the establishment of AIRAWAT, a fruits and vegetables per day valued at $50,000 to cloud computing platform along with research various destinations in Saudi. institutes. This is part of the policy think tank‟s A 41-year-old orangutan at Odisha‘s Nandankanan Zoological Park died following a prolonged 57 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS 2019 illness. ‖Binny‖, the country‟s lone orangutan passed the India-China border, the polling station covers two away around 9:40 pm due to old-age related ailments villages, Tashigang and Gate. followed by respiratory tract infection. The 3rd edition of Namaste Thailand festival, As the World Environment Day is organised by the Royal Thai Embassy with an aim to approaching, Ministry of Environment, Forest and strengthen bilateral ties and increase cultural exchange Climate Change launched a theme song ‗Hawa Aane between India and Thailand, began at Select Citywalk De‘ on air pollution. The song was launched in the in New Delhi. national capital. The aim is to spread awareness The Registrar of Geographical Indications, regarding protecting the environment. Government of India, accorded a GI tag, ‗Sirsi Assam‘s festival – the Rongali Bihu, also known Supari‘, to arecanut grown in Sirsi, Siddpaur and as ‗Bohaag Bihu‘ which marks the beginning of the Yellapur taluks of Uttara Kannadadistrict new Assamese calendar year started. Assam celebrates in Karnataka. major agricultural events as the festival of Bihu. After an eight-year-long process, Erode turmeric (of State-owned telecom service provider Bharatiya Tamil Nadu) finally got a Geographical Indication Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has received a licence (GI) tag from the Geographical Indication Registry. from the Department of Telecommunications to Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar was selected as provide Internet and mobile services on flights. Barbie role model & was presented with a one-of-a- Phayeng Village in Imphal West district of kind doll by Barbie as the company celebrates its Manipur has become India‘s first carbon-positive 60th anniversary. She was part of the „Shero‟ program settlement. A village is given carbon-positive tag if it launched in 2015 by the company. sequesters more carbon than it emits, slowing A 116-year-old Japanese woman who loves playing accumulation of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and the board game Othello is being honored as mitigating effects of climate change. the world‘s oldest living person by Guinness World India‘s first-of-its-kind ‗Voter Park‘ was inaugurated Records. in Gurugram, Haryana, aimed at increasing voter Idukki‘s The Marayoor Jaggery, the traditional and awareness and educating people about the electoral handmade product from Idukki district of Kerala process. Haryana Chief Electoral Officer Rajeev received the Geographical Indication (GI) tag from Ranjan inaugurated the park. the Central Government. The 8th edition of Home Expo India 2019 opened at The National Green Tribunal has slapped a fine of Rs India Expo Centre and Mart, Greater Noida. The 500 crore on German auto major Volkswagen for three-day exhibition organized by the Export damaging the environment through the use of “cheat Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH). device” in its diesel cars in India. A bench headed Etihad Airways, UAE based flag carrier, has become by NGT chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar the first major airline in the Gulf region to operate a Goel directed the carmaker to deposit the amount flight without any single-use plastics on board. The within two months. objective is to raise awareness about pollution. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) created Cyclone Fani intensified into a severe cyclonic storm the Guinness World Record for ‗longest single line and has now become an „extremely severe cyclonic bicycle parade (moving)‘ at the Yamuna storm‟ according to an Indian Meteorological Expressway, Noida. CISF personnel Department (IMD) report. rode 1,327 bicycles non-stop in a single line, The Department for Promotion of Industry and maintaining a uniform distance between the bicycles. Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, A National Conference on ―Deendayal Disabled Government of India has recently awarded Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS)‖ was inaugurated by Geographical Indication (GI) to five varieties of the Union Minister of Social Justice & Indian coffee.They are: Empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot. Mr. Gehlot 1. Coorg Arabica coffee, stated that the ―7th Guinness Book of World 2. Wayanaad Robusta coffee, Record‖ has been created by the Department of 3. Chikmagalur Arabica coffee, Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), 4. Araku Valley Arabica coffee, at Bharuch, Gujarat. 5. Bababudangiris Arabica coffee. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal launched Rail Drishti Tashigang, a Himachal Pradesh village at an altitude Dashboard in New Delhi. The dashboard has been of 15,256 feet has now become the highest polling launched to keep people informed about the work station in the world. Situated about 29 km from going on in the Railways across the country.

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GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS 2019 A small brown rat of bramble cay melomys species world through the perspective of its energy and lived on a tiny island off northern Australia becomes environmental implications. the world‟s first mammal to have become extinct due Centre has approved the extension of Pradhan Mantri to “human-induced climate change”. Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) to all the farmers Wallace‟s giant bee (Wallace Bee), the largest bee in the country. Earlier the benefit of the scheme was known on the Earth which was considered to be applicable to farmers having two hectares of land. extinct since 1981 was re-spotted in an Indonesian Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar stated forest. that nearly 14 crores 50 lakh farmers will be now Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani inaugurated the covered under the revised scheme. Total burden on ‗Titanwala Museum‘ that showcases the hand block the exchequer will be over 87,000 crore rupees for the printing of the Chhipa community in Bagru. Bagru year 2019-20. printing is one of the traditional techniques of printing Union cabinet approved the Pradhan Mantri Kisan with natural color followed by the chippas of Pension Yojana (PM-KPY) under which small and Rajasthan. marginal farmers will get a minimum fixed pension of Under „Make in India‟ initiative, Indian Railways 3,000 rupees per month on attaining the age of 60 created history by converting a diesel locomotive into years. PM-KPY scheme aims to initially cover 5 crore electric locomotive for the first time in the world. This farmers in the first 3 years. all new converted energy-efficient electric locomotive Narendra Modi has approved changes to the Prime has been flagged off by PM Modi in Varanasi. As per Minister‘s Scholarship Scheme for wards of deceased the Indian Railways, the entire project is an Indian defense personnel under the National Defence Fund. R&D innovation for the entire world. The quota of new scholarships for children of state Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma inaugurated police officials will be 500 in a year. The rates of India‟s very first „Fulldome 3D Digital Theatre‟ at the scholarship have also been increased from Rs. 2000 per Science City in Kolkata, West Bengal. month to Rs. 2500 per month for boys and from Rs. Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) launched 2250 per month to Rs. 3000 per month for girls. a new portal Least Available Depth Information The Telangana Government has issued a notification System (LADIS) for real-time data on available depth to extend the Rythu Bandhu scheme for 2019-20 while on stretches of National Waterways. enhancing the amount from Rs 4000 to Rs 5000. A Himalayan Cloud Observatory is set up in Tehri Rajasthan government has increased the financial district of Uttarakhand with a motive to forecast and assistance given to school girls under the „Aapki Beti‘ monitor cloudburst incidents in the Himalayan region scheme and ex-gratia payment to the families of and help to minimize the damage. polling personnel who die during election duty. The Union Minister of Textiles Smriti Irani launched the amount has been increased to Rs 2,100 from Rs 1,100 India Size project in Mumbai. A first-of-its-kind for the girls studying in class 1 to 8 and for the girls project in the history of the country, India Size aims to in class 9 to 12, the financial aid has been increased to arrive at a standard Indian Size for the ready-to-wear Rs 2,500 from Rs 1,500. Similarly, the government has clothing industry, on the lines of the standardized also increased ex-gratia payment to the next of kin of sizes available in countries such as the USA and the an officer killed on election duty to Rs 20 lakh from UK. Rs 15 lakh. Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) App UAE‘s Federal Authority for Identity and launched on Google play store. Ayushman Bharat Citizenship (ICA) has issued the first Golden Yojana or Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM- Residence Permit in Abu Dhabi, as part of the JAY) is a centrally sponsored scheme; which was Investors Permanent Residence System aimed to launched in the year 2018, under the Ayushman attract investors, entrepreneurs and qualified Bharat Mission of MoHFW in the country. individuals who meet its criteria. Abu Dhabi-based Ministry of Coal of India entered into an MoU with Indian retail tycoon MA Yusuff Ali has become the the Ministry of Energy, Republic of Poland. The first expat to get the UAE's first gold card permanent objective is to foster relations in the field of coal residency. mining and clean coal technologies. Jay-Z has been named the world's first billionaire Minister of Railways the ―The Future of Rail‖ report rapper by Forbes. of the International Energy Agency (IEA). The Future US ends special trade treatment for India amid tariff of Rail is the first-of-a-kind report that analyses the dispute. current and future importance of rail around the Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa has left for Sweden on a four-day official visit.

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GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS 2019 The U.S. Embassy organised its fifth annual ‗Student Mumbai (Maharashtra) and 340 km nearly south of Visa Day‘ and launched „EducationUSA India‟. It is a Veraval (Gujarat). mobile application to provide Indian students with L&T Financial Services‘ (LTFS) ‗Digital Sakhi‘, an “current, comprehensive and accurate information educational programme aimed at digital financial about studying in the U.S.”.It was launched by the inclusion of rural women, was launched in two Embassy in collaboration with the United States-India villages of Villupuram district in Tamil Nadu. Educational Foundation. In an effort to raise awareness about science and The Very Severe Cyclonic Storm „VAYU‟ over East- environment through films, the 10th National Science central Arabian Sea moved nearly northwards with a Film Festival of India (NSFFI) will be organised in speed of about 13 kmph in last six hours and lay Tripura in January and February 2020. centred over East-central Arabian Sea, about 470 km Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has launched west-northwest of Goa, 280 km south-southwest of a Fiscal Performance Index (FPI) to assess state and central budgets.

STATIC TAKEWAYS FROM THE CURRENT AFFAIRS 1. Centre also approved the Pradhan Mantri Kisan 26. The Ujjivan Small Finance Bank commenced its Pension Yojana under which small and marginal banking operations from 01st February 2017. farmers will get a minimum fixed pension of 3,000 27. Ittira Davis is MD and CEO of Ujjivan Small Finance rupees per month on attaining the age of 60 years. Bank. 2. Pradhan Mantri Kisan Pension Yojana scheme aims to 28. Head Office of Ujjivan Small Finance Bank is initially cover 5 crore farmers in the first 3 years. in Bengaluru. 3. PM-KISAN scheme was launched in Uttar Pradesh's 29. Dr Harsh Vardhan is the present Minister of Earth Gorakhpur on 24th February 2019 by transferring the Sciences. first installment of ₹2,000 each to over one crore 30. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a farmers specialized agency of the United Nations that leads 4. San Salvador is the capital of El Salvador. international efforts to defeat hunger. 5. United States Dollar is the currency of el salvador 31. FAO Founded in: October 1945, Headquarters: 6. Stockholm is the capital of Sweden. Rome, Italy, Current Director-General: José Graziano 7. The krona is the official currency of Sweden. da Silva 8. The current PM of Sweden is Stefan Lofven. 32. World Bank Headquarters in: Washington DC, 9. K Chandrashekhar Rao is the first and present CM of USA, Established in: 1944, President: David Malpass Telangana. 33. The organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is the 10. Hyderabad is the capital of Telangana. second largest inter-governmental organization after 11. The current governor of Telangana is ESL the United Nations with a membership of 57 states. Narasimhan. 34. The Organization was established upon a decision of 12. Bhupesh Baghel is the current CM of Chhattisgarh. the historical summit which took place in Rabat, the 13. Anandiben Patel is the current Governor of Madhya Kingdom of Morocco on 25 September 1969. Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. 35. Secretary-General of Organization of Islamic 14. Raipur is the capital of Chhattisgarh. Cooperation is Yousef Bin Ahmad Bin Abdul 15. The headquarters of ONGC is in New Delhi. Rahman Al-Othaimeen. 16. Shashi Shankar is Chairman and Managing Director 36. The „1st Global Disability Summit‟ was held in of ONGC. London in July 2018. 17. OECD was founded in 1961. 37. Mr Vikram Kirloskar is the President of 18. Jose Angel Gurria is Secretary-General of the OECD Confederation of Indian Industries 19. Ashok Gehlot is the CM of Rajasthan. 38. Male is the capital of Maldives. 20. Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan. 39. The Maldivian rufiyaa is the currency of the 21. Kalyan Singh is the current Governor of Rajasthan Maldives. 22. NEFT is a nation-wide payment system. 40. Ibrahim Mohamed Solih is the current President of 23. RTGS (Real Time Gross Settlement) is the fastest the Maldives. possible money transfer system through the banking 41. Thailand Capital: , Currency: Baht channel. 42. Union Home Minister: Amit Shah 24. The minimum amount of transfer required for RTGS 43. Kalaimamani Award: It is given by Tamil Nadu Iyal is Rs. 2 lakh. Isai Nataka Mandram for excellence in the field 25. RTGS enables transmission on a real-time basis of art and literature. 60 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

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GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS 2019 133. Chairman HDFC Ltd: Deepak Parekh 158. The Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) was founded 134. SCO Shanghai Cooperation Organization in 2013. (SCO) Headquarters in Beijing, China. 159. The PK Chamling government was ousted by the 135. UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. Director- SKM after over 24 years. General of UNESCO Audrey Azoulay. 160. R Subramaniakumar is MD & CEO of IOB. 136. Ambassador of India to Indonesia: Pradeep Kumar 161. The headquarters of IOB is in Chennai. Rawat. 162. Vladimir Putin is President of Russia. 137. FMCG stands for Fast Moving Consumer Goods 163. Moscow is the capital city of Russia. 138. Mr. Rajiv Gandhi was the youngest Prime Minister of 164. The Russian ruble is the currency Russia. India. 165. Dmitry Medvedev is PM of Russia. 139. India's Permanent Representative to the UN 166. NSIC Limited is established by the Government of Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin. India in 1955. 2. NSIC falls under Ministry of Micro, 140. India is the fourth largest contributor of uniformed Small & Medium Enterprises of personnel to the UN peacekeeping. India.3. Headquarters of NSIC is in New Delhi 141. United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA. It 167. Headquarters of Corporation Bank is in Mangaluru. was founded on 24 October 1945. Mr Antonio PV Bharathi is Managing Director and CEO of Guterres of Portugal is the Secretary-General of the Corporation Bank. United Nations. 168. Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan is President of the 142. Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain at its UAE. official elevation of 8848m above sea level. Sir 169. Washington, D.C. is Capital of the USA. Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer 170. Abu Dhabi is the Capital of the UAE. Tenzing Norgay were the first people to reach the 171. The United Arab Emirates dirham is the currency of mountain's summit on May 29, 1953 the UAE. 143. Hardayal Prasad is the MD & CEO of SBI Card. SBI 172. Mount Everest, known in Nepali as Sagarmatha and Card is headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana in Tibetan as Chomolungma, is Earth's highest 144. SBI Card was launched in October 1998 by the State mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. Bank of India and GE Capital. 173. The international border between Nepal and 145. Sunil Arora is the Chief Election Commissioner of China runs across its summit point. India. 174. Pramod Sawant is the 13th and current Chief 146. Ashok Lavasa and Sushil Chandra are 2 Election Minister of Goa. Commissioner of India. 175. Panaji is the state capital of Goa. 147. The Order of the Rising Sun' is a Japanese 176. Mridula Sinha is present Governor of Goa. government honour established in 1875 by Emperor 177. The kina is the currency of Papua New Guinea. Meij 178. Port Moresby is the capital of Papua New Guinea. 148. Malaria parasite was first discovered in Algeria by 179. The NCDRCNational Consumer Disputes Redressal French physician Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran in Commission (NCDRC) is a quasi-judicial 1880. commission in India which was set up in 1988 under

149. Algeria Capital: Algiers, Currency: Algerian dinar. the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.

150. CJ Ranjan Gogoi is the present Chief Justice of India. 180. The head office of NCDRC is in New Delhi. 151. Ukraine Capital: Kyiv, Currency: Ukrainian hryvnia. 181. After Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi, Narendra 152. IRDAI Chairman- Subhash Chandra Khuntia, Modi is the third prime minister of the country who Headquarters in- Hyderabad has been able to retain power for a second term with 153. The SCO was founded at a summit in Shanghai in full majority in Lok Sabha. 2001 by the presidents of Russia, China, Kyrgyz 182. FICCI stands for Federation of Indian Chambers of Republic, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Commerce and Industry. India became a full member of the China-dominated 183. Headquarters of FICCI is in New Delhi. grouping in 2017. Along with India, Pakistan was also 184. FICCI established in 1927. granted the SCO membership in 2017. 185. President of Mexico is Andres Manuel Lopez 154. Utkal Divas or Odisha Day falls every year on 01st Obrador. April. 186. Capital of Mexico is Mexico City.

155. Capitals of South Africa: Cape Town, Pretoria, 187. The Mexican peso is the currency of Mexico Bloemfontein. 188. Japan Capital: Tokyo, Currency: Japanese yen, PM: The rand is the official currency of South Africa 156. Shinzo Abe. 157. Gangtok is the capital of Sikkim.

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294. ISRO Director: K. Sivan, Headquarters: 311. Oman Capital: Muscat, Currency: Omani rial Bengaluru, Established in: 1969. 312. National Security Guard (NSG) formally came into 295. MD and CEO of United Bank Of India: A.K. being in September 1986. Pradhan, Headquarters in: Kolkata, West Bengal. 313. Now total government sector banks are 20 in number. 296. HDFC Life MD and CEO: Vibha Padalkar, Head After 1 Apr 2019 merger of 2 more Government Office in: Mumbai, Maharashtra. Banks Dena and Vijaya Bank in Government-owned 297. BARC Headquarters in: Mumbai, Founder: Homi J. bank of Baroda, the number of Government Sector Bhabha, Founded: 3 January 1954. Banks will be reduced to 18. 298. A geographical indication (GI) is a name or sign used 314. BCCI President: C.K. on products which correspond to a specific Khanna, Headquarters:Mumbai. geographical location or origin (e.g. a town, region, or 315. UNEP Headquarters: Nairobi, Kenya, Head: Joyce country). Msuya. 299. Costa Rica Capital: San José, Currency: Costa Rican 316. Aviva Life Insurance Headquarters: Gurgaon, colón. Haryana, MD and CEO: Trevor Bull. 300. Finland Capital: Helsinki, Currency: Euro. 317. BRICS Headquarters: Shanghai, China; President: K 301. Korea Exim Bank Headquarters in: Seoul, Founded V Kamath. in: 1976, Chairman and President: Sung-soo Eun. 318. Guinea Capital: Conakry, Currency: Guinean franc. 302. M. S. Sahoo is the Chairperson of Insolvency and 319. Bandhan Bank headquarters: Kolkata. Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI 320. Mumbai Indians lifted the IPL crown in 2013, 2015 303. SBI Chairperson: Rajnish and 2017. Kumar, Headquarters:Mumbai, Founded: 1 July 1955. 321. Indonesian President: Joko Widodo. 304. Acko‟s General Insurance Company was Founded in 322. The United Nations General Assembly designated 22 2016 by Varun Dua. Its Head office is in Mumbai. March 1993 as the first World Water Day. 305. The CII-EXIM Bank Annual Conclave was held for 323. New Zealand Capital: Wellington, Currency: New the first time in 2005. Zealand dollar. 306. Madhya Pradesh CM: Kamal 324. The next Special Olympic Games are set to take place Nath, Governor: Anandiben Patel. in Sweden in 2021. 307. Dr. Homi Jehangir Bhabha established the Atomic 325. CBSE Chairperson- Anita Karwal, Headquarters- Energy Establishment, Trombay (AEET) in January New Delhi. 1954. After the sad demise of Bhabha in 1966, AEET 326. Governor of Bihar- Lalji Tandon, Chief Minister- was renamed Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Nitish Kumar. (BARC) 327. India has clinched all five editions of SAFF 308. Dipa Karmakar was the 1st Indian female gymnast in championship. the Olympics. 328. NITI Aayog: National Institution for Transforming 309. Ravi Shankar Prasad is the Minister of India. Communications and Information Technology

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GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS 2019 5. Padma Shri: It is awarded to citizens of India for their 13. Vir Chakra: It is the third in the order of awards for distinguished contribution in several fields including acts of gallantry in the face of the enemy on land, sea Education, Literature, Arts, Science, Industry, Social or air. Service, Medicine, Sports&Public Affairs. 14. Ashok Chakra: Awarded for the most conspicuous 6. Dronacharya Award: For brilliance in sports coaching. bravery or some daring act of valour or self-sacrifice 7. Dhyan Chand Award: Highest lifetime achievement on land, at sea or in the air. award in sports&games in India 15. Academy (Oscar) Awards: Film (From 1929) 8. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna: Highest honor given for 16. Grammy Award: Music (From 1958) accomplishment in sports. 17. Ramon Magasaysay Award: Govt. (Public) Service, 9. Vyas Samman: For literary in the Hindi language. Social Service, Journalism, Literature, 10. Saraswati Samman: For outstanding prose or poetry Communication&International Understanding literary works in any Indian language listed in Bourlog Award: Agriculture (From 1992) Schedule VIII of the Constitution of India. 18. Grammy: Music 11. Param Vir Chakra: Highest decoration Awarded for 19. Pulitzer: Journalism&Literature the most conspicuous bravery or some daring or 20. Arjun: Sports prominent act of valour or self-sacrifice in the presence 21. Bowelay: Agriculture of the enemy on land, sea or air. 22. Kalinga: Science 12. Maha Vir Chakra: Second highest decoration. It is 23. Dhanwantri: Medical Science awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the 24. Nobel Prize: Peace, Literature, Economics, Physics, presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea or in Chemistry, Medical Science the air. 25. Abel: Maths 26. Man Booker: Literature 27. Vachspati Samman: Sanskrit Literature

Topic 1: CM/Governors/Wildlife Santuaries/National Parks / Power Plants in India States National Parks(NP) Wild Life Sanctuaries Power Plants J&K Dachigam National Park Gulmarg WLS - Satya Pal Malik Hemis National Park Limber WLS Capital: Jammu(Winter) Kishtwar National Park Nandini WLS Srinagar(Summer) Salim Ali National Park Himachal Pradesh Pin Valley National Park Bandli WLS Girinagar Hydel Great Himalayan Daranghati WLS Project CM: Jairam Thakur National Park Dhauladhar WLS Binwa Hydel Project Governor: Acharya Dev Inderkilla National Park Nargu WLS Rangtong Hydel Vrat Khirganga National Park Pong Dam Lake WLS Project Capital: Shimla Simbalbara National Park Shilli WLS Baner&Neugal Project Talra WLS Punjab Abohar WLS Guru Gobind Singh CM: Captain Amarinder Singh Harike Lake WLS Super Thermal Power Governor: V P Singh Badnore Jhajjar Bacholi WLS Plant Capital: Chandigarh Haryana Kalesar National Park Bhindawas WLS Gorakhpur Atomic Sultanpur National Park Kalesar WLS Power Station CM: Manohar Lal Khattar Khaparwas WLS Deenbandhu Chhotu Governor: Satya Dev Ram TPS Narayan Rajiv Gandhi TPS Capital: Chandigarh Uttar Pradeshsss Dudhwa National Park Hastinapur WLS Narora Atomic Power Ranipur WLS Station CM: Yogi Adityanath Sohagibarwa WLS Rihand Thermal Governor: Ram Naik Sur Sarovar WLS Power Station Capital: Lucknow Chandraprabha WLS Anpara Thermal National Chambal Power Station WLS 69 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS 2019 Bihar Valmiki National Park Gautam Budha WLS Kahalgaon Super CM: Nitish Kumar Kaimur WLS Thermal Power Station Governor: Lalji Tandon Pant (Rajgir) WLS Barauni TPS Capital: Patna Valmiki WLS Chhattisgarh Indravati National Park Badalkhol WLS Sipat Thermal Power Kanger Valley National Bhairamgarh WLS Plant CM: Bhupesh Baghel Park Bhoramdev WLS Hasdeo TPS Governor: Anandiben Patel Guru Ghasi Das (Sanjay) Udanti Wild Buffalo Bhilai Expansion Capital: Naya Raipur WLS Power Plant Jharkhand Betla National Park Lawalong WLS Chandrapura TPS CM: Raghuvar Das Palkot WLS Koderma Thermal Governor: Draupadi Parasnath WLS Power Station Murmu Bokaro TPS Capital: Ranchi Andhra Pradesh Sri Venkateswara Coringa WLS Simhadri Super National Park Kolleru WLS Thermal Power Plant CM: Jaganmohan Reddy Nellapattu WLS Sri Damodaram Governor: E.S.L Pulicat Lake WLS Sanjeevaiah Thermal Narasimhan Rajiv Gandhi Power Station Capital: Amravathi (Nagarjuna Sagar- [*Hyderabad initially] Srisailam) WLS Rollapadu WLS Telangana Mrugavani National Park Kawal WLS CM: K. Chandrashekar Rao Governor: E. S. L. Narasimhan Capital: Hyderabad Assam Dibru-Saikhowa NP Amchang WLS Bongaigaon Thermal CM: Sarbananda Sonowal Kaziranga National Park Chakrashila WLS Power Plant Governor: Jagdish Mukhi Manas National Park Dihing Patkai WLS Capital: Dispur Nameri National Park East Karbi Anglong Rajiv Gandhi Orang WLS National Park North Karbi Anglong WLS Nambor WLS Goa Bhagwan Mahavir Bondla WLS - (Mollem) National Park Madei WLS CM: Pramod Sawants Bhagwan Mahavir Governor: Mridula Sinha (Mollem) WLS Capital: Panaji Netravali WLS Gujarats Blackbuck National Park, Jambugodha WLS Mundra Thermal CM: Vijay Rupani Velavadar Jessore WLS Power Station Governor: O.P.Kohli Gir Forest National Park Kutch Desert WLS Ukai Thermal Power Capital: Gandhinagar Marine National Park, Mitiyala WLS Station Gulf of Kutch Porbandar Lake WLS Akrimota Thermal Bansda National Park Rampara Vidi WLS Power Station Ratanmahal WLS Kakrapar Nuclear Shoolpaneswar Power Plant (Dhumkhal) WLS Thol Lake WLS Wild Ass WLS Karnataka Bandipur National Park Arabithittu WLS Raichur Thermal Bannerghatta National Attiveri WLS Power Station CM: H.D. Kumaraswamy Park Bhadra WLS Udupi Thermal Power 70 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS 2019 Governor: Vajubhai R. Vala Kudremukh National Bhimgad WLS Plant Capital: Bangaluruss Park Brahmagiri WLS Bellary Thermal Nagarhole National Park Cauvery WLS Power Station Anshi national park Nugu WLS Pushpagiri WLS Ranganathittu Bird WLS Sharavathi Valley WLS Someshwara WLS Kerala Eravikulam National Aralam WLS Brahmapuram Power Park Chimmony WLS Station Mathikettan Shola Idukki WLS Kayamkulam Power CM: Pinarayi Vijayan National Park Malabar WLS Station Governor: P. Sathashivam Periyar National Park Mangalavanam Bird Capital: Silent Valley National WLS Thiruvananthapuram Park Neyyar WLS (or Trivandrum) Anamudi Shola National Periyar WLS Park Thattekad Bird WLS Pampadum Shola NP Madhya Pradeshs Kanha National Park Bori WLS Vindhyachal Super Madhav National Park Gandhi Sagar WLS Thermal Power Station Mandla Plant Fossils Ghatigaon WLS Sant Singaji Thermal CM: Kamal Nath National Park Ken Gharial WLS Power Plant Governor: Anandiben Patel Panna National Park Narsighgarh WLS Satpura Thermal Capital: Bhopal Pench National Park National Chambal Power Station Sanjay National Park WLS Amarkantak TPS Satpura National Park Orcha WLS Sasan Ultra Mega Van Vihar National park Kuno WLS Power Project Sardarpur WLS Son Gharial WLS Maharashtra Chandoli National Park Aner Dam WLS Tarapur Atomic Navegaon National Park Bhamragarh WLS Power Station Tadoba National Park Bhimashankar WLS Tirora Thermal Power CM: Devendra Fadnavis Gugamal national park Great Indian Bustard Station Governor: C. Vidyasagar WLS Amravati Thermal Rao Jaikwadi WLS Power Plant Capital: Mumbai Koyana WLS Nagzira WLS Painganga WLS Radhanagari WLS Sagareshwar WLS Tipeshwar WLS Tungareshwar WLS Manipur Keibul Lamjao National Yangoupokpi- - CM: N Biren Singh Park Lokchao WLS Governor: Najma A Heptulla Capital: Imphal Mseghalaya Balphakram National Baghmara Pitcher - CM: Conrad Sangma Park Plant WLS Governor: Tathagata Roy Nokrek National Park Nongkhyllem WLS Capital: Shillong Siju WLS Mizoram Murlen National Park Dampa WLS (TR) -

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GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS 2019 CM: Zoramthanga Phawngpui Blue National Ngengpui WLS Governor: Jagdish Mukhis Park Pualreng WLS Capital: Aizawl Mountain National Park Tokalo WLS Nagaland Intanki National Park Fakim WLS Dikhu Hydro Electric CM: Neiphiu Rio Puliebadze WLS Power Plant Governor: P.B.Acharya Rangapahar WLS Capital: Kohima Odisha Bhitarkanika National Badrama WLS Talcher Super Thermal CM: Naveen Patnaik Park Baisipalli WLS Power Station Governor: Ganeshi Lal Simlipal National Park Chilika (Nalaban) Capital: Bhubaneswer WLS Hadgarh WLS Khalasuni WLS Satkosia Gorge WLS Rajasthan Sariska National Park Bundh Baratha WLS Chhabra Thermal Ranthambore National Darrah WLS Power Station CM: Ashok Gehlot Park Jawahar Sagar WLS Suratgarh Power Governor: Kalyan Singh Darrah National Park Kailadevi WLS Station Capital: Jaipur Desert National Park Mount Abu WLS Keoladeo National Park Ramsagar WLS Sariska WLS Sawai Man Singh WLS Shergarh WLS Sitamata WLS Sikkim Khangchendzonga Fambong Lho WLS Rangit Hydro Electric CM: PS Golay National Park Kitam WLS (Bird) Power Prject Governor: Ganga Prasad Maenam WLS Capital: Gangtok Pangolakha WLS Tamil Nadus Mudumalai National Indira Gandhi Kudankulam Nuclear Park (Annamalai) WLS Power Plant CM: Edapaddi Palaniswami Mukurthi National Park Kalakad WLS Neyveli Thermal Governor: Banwaril Lal Indira Gandhi Karaivetti WLS Tuticorin Thermal Purohit (Annamalai) National Karikili WLS Power Station Capital: Chennai Park Mudumalai WLS Guindy National Park Pulicat Lake WLS Gulf of Mannar Marine Vaduvoor WLS National Park Vedanthangal WLS Vettangudi WLS Tripura Bison( Rajbari ) National Gumti WLS Palatana Thermal CM: Biplab Deb Park Rowa WLS Power Plant Governor: Kaptan Solanki Clouded Leopard Sepahijala WLS Capital: Agartala National Park Trishna WLS UK Gangotri National Park Askot Musk Deer Chibro Power Plant CM: Trivendra Singh Jim Corbett National Park WLS Khodri Power Plant Rawat Valley of Flowers Binsar WLS Chilla Power Plant Governor: Baby Rani National Park Govind Pashu Vihar Maurya WLS Capital: Dehradun Kedarnath WLS Sonanadi WLS West Bengals Buxa National Park Ballavpur WLS Mejia Thermal Power Neora Valley Chintamani Kar Bird Station NationalPark Sanctuary Farakka Super CM: Mamata Banerjee Singalila National Park Haliday Island WLS Thermal Power Station 72 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS 2019 Governor: Keshari Nath Sundarbans National Lothian Island WLS Kolaghat Thermal Tripathi Park Mahananda WLS Power Station Capital: Kolkata Bakreshwar Thermal Power Station Durgapur Steel Thermal Power Station Arunachal Pradesh Namdapha National Park Capital: Itanagar Mouling National Park CM: Pema Khandu Governor: BD Mishra

Topic 2: Upcoming Important Sport Events

Summer Olympics Japan (2020); Paris (2024), Los FIFA (Football) World Cup venue: Angles (2028) 2018: Russia|2022: Qatar Winer Olympics Pyeong Chang, South Korea Commonwealth Games venues: 2018 – Gold Coast (2018); Beijing China (2022) (Australia).| 2022: Birmingham (England) Common Wealth Queensland, Australia (2018); Games London (2022) Olympics Games venues: Asian Games Indonesia (2018); Hangzohu, 2016 Summer: Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) China (2022) 2018 winter: Pyeongchang (South Korea) FIFA Russia (2018); Qatar (2022) 2020 summer: Tokyo (Japan) Common Wealth Brahmas (2017); Belfast (2021) 2022 Winter: Beijing (China) Youth Games 2024 Summer: Paris (France) Common Wealth Lima, Peru (2018) Asian Games host cities: Weightlifting 1. 2014: Incheon (South Korea) Championship 2. 2018: Jakarta, Indonesia

3. 2022: Hangzhou, China Men Hockey World 2018 (India) Cup Women Hockey 2018 (London) World Cup ICC Women Cricket 2021 (New Zealand) World Cup ICC Men Cricket 2019 (England); 2023 (India) World Cup FIFA (Women) 2019 (France) → Dare to Shine World Cup ITTF Table Tennis 2018 (London) World Cup

ICC World Cup Cricket Venue: ODI: (One day International): 1. England – 2019|2. India – 2023 T20 World Cup: Australia - 2020.

Topic 3: The Headquarters of the UN Organizations International Organizations HQ: WHO (World Health Org) Geneva UNO (United Nations Org) New York ILO (International Labour Org) Geneva UNICEF New York WMO (World Meteorological Org) Geneva UNCTAD Geneva World Intellectual Property Org Geneva 73 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS 2019 International Standards Org. Geneva International Maritime London IMF Washington DC Organization World Bank Washington DC ICJ (International Court of Justice) The Hague UNESCO Paris Food & Agricultural Organization Rome OECD Paris NATO Brussels UNIDO (United Nations Vienna Transparency International Berlin Industrial Dev. Org) SAARC Kathmandu IAEA (International Atomic Energy Vienna ASEAN Jakarta Agency) APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Singapore OPEC Vienna Forum) Amnesty International London Organization of Islamic Jeddah Commonwealth of Nations London Cooperation

Topic 4: A Brief on the Census 2011 1) The population of the country as per the provisional Least Literate State - Bihar (63.82%) figures of Census 2011 is 1210.19 million of which 623.7 National Sex Ratio - Female : Male (940 : 1000) million (51.54%) are males&586.46 million (48.46%) are Highest Sex Ratio (State) - Kerala (1084 : 1000) females. Lowest Sex Ratio (State) - Haryana Major highlights of the Census 2011 (Provisional Highest Sex Ratio (UT) - Puducherry figures) are as under: Least Sex Ratio (UT) – Daman & Diu (618 : 1000) *The population of India has increased by more than Literacy of Male - 82.14% 181 million during the decade 2001-2011. Literacy of Female - 65.46% 2) %age growth in 2001-2011 is 17.64; males Population Growth Rate - 17.64% 17.19&females 18.12. Highest fertility Rate - Meghalaya 3) *Uttar Pradesh (199.5 million) is the most populous Most literate union territory - Lakshadweep (92.2%) State in the country followed by Maharashtra with 112 Least literate Union Territory - Dadra Nagar & Haweli million. Most Literate District - Serechhip (Mizoram) Least Literate District - Dadra Naga & Haveli Some of the highlights Highest Density of Population - Bihar (1102 sq.km) Slogan - Our census, Our Future Lowest Density of Population - Arunachal Pradesh (17) India's 1st Census - 1872 Total number of districts - 640 2011 Census is - 15th Census Highest Populous District - Thane (Mumbai) Total Population - 1,21,01,93,422 100% Literacy District - Palakkad (Kerala) India's Rank in population - 2nd with 17.5% (1st China 100% Banking State - Kerala with 19%) 100% Banking District - Palakkad (Kerala) Most Populous State - Uttar Pradesh Density of Population in India - 382 sq. km Least Populous State - Sikkim Increase in population (during 2001-2011) - 181 million Most Literate State - Kerala (93.9%)

Topic 5: Current Office Holders List

Important National Officials Director General, National PP Malhotra Designation Name Cadet Corps Chairperson, CBDT Pramod Chandra Mody Chairperson, Central Anita Karwal Chairperson, National Nand Kumar Sai Board of Secondary Commission for Education Scheduled Tribes Chairperson, IRDAI Subhash Chandra Khuntia Chairperson, UGC Dhirendra Pal Singh Chairperson, Press CK Prasad Chairman, ISRO K Sivan Council of India Chairman, Atomic Energy Kamlesh Nilkanth Vyas Director General, BSF Rajni Kant Mishra Commission Director General, SSB S. S. Deswal Chairperson, TRAI Ram Sevak Sharma Director General, CRPF Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar Chairperson, NHAI Nagendra Nath Sinha Director General, ITBP S. S. Deswal 74 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS 2019 Solicitor General Tushar Mehta Attorney General KK Venugopal Designation Name Chairperson, National Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel Secretary-General, United Antonio Guterres Green Tribunal Nations Organisation Director, NCERT Hrushikesh Senapaty Managing Director, Christine Lagarde President, ASSOCHAM Sandeep Jajodia International Monetary Fund Chairperson, NASSCOM Rishad Premji President, World Bank David R. Malpass Chairman, Press Trust of Vivek Goenka Director-General, World Roberto Azevedo India Trade Organisation DRDO Chairman G Satheesh Reddy DG, UNESCO Audrey Azoulay LIC Chairman MR Kumar President, UN General Maria Fernanda Designation Name Assembly Espinosa National Security Advisor Ajit Kumar Doval Director-General, WHO Tedros Adhanom Chairman, Railway Board Vinod Yadav Ghebreyesus Chief, Intelligence Bureau Rajiv Jain President, International Court Abdulqawi Ahmed (IB) of Justice Yusuf Chief, Research & Anil Dhasmana President, Asian Takehiko Nakao Analysis Wing (RAW) Development Bank Director General, NIA Sharad Kumar President, International Thomas Bach Olympic Committee Post Name Director-General, Yukiya Amano Chief Justice, Supreme Court Ranjan Gogoi (46th) International Atomic Energy Speaker, Lok Sabha Virendra Kumar Agency (Protem) Secretary-General, NATO Jens Stoltenberg Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha NA Secretary-General, ASEAN Lim Jock Hoi Comptroller & Auditor Rajiv Mehrishi Secretary-General, SAARC Amjad Hussain B Sial General of India Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora Commonwealth Chairman, Union Public Sh. Arvind Saxena President, FIFA Gianni Infantino Service Commission Chairman, International Shashank Manohar Deputy Chairman, Rajya Harivansh Narayan Cricket Council Sabha Singh

Topic 6: Important Ports in India

Port State Cochin Kerala Kolkata West Bengal New Mangalore Karnataka Paradip Orissa Mormugao Goa Vishakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh Jawaharlal Nehru Maharashtra Chennai Tamil Nadu Mumbai Maharashtra Ennore Tamil Nadu Kandla Gujarat Tuticorin Tamil Nadu

Topic 7: The Most Famous Temples in India Badrinath Temple: Chamoli district, Uttarakhand Siddhivinayak Temple: Prabha Devi, Mumbai The Konark Sun Temple: Puri district of Odisha Gangotri Temple: Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand Brihadeeswara Temple: Thanjavur city of Tamil Nadu Golden Temple or Sri Harmandir Sahib: Amritsar Somnath Temple: Saurashtra (Gujarat) Kashi Vishwanath Temple: Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) Kedarnath Temple: Garhwal area (Uttarakhand) Lord Jagannath Temple: Puri (Orissa) Sanchi Stupa: Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh Yamunotri Temple: Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand Ramanathaswamy Temple: Tamil Nadu Meenakshi Temple: Madurai (Tamil Nadu) Vaishno Devi Mandir: J&K, near Katra. Amarnath Cave Temple: State of J&K

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GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS 2019 Lingaraja Temple: Orissa Gomateshwara Temple: Shravanabelagola town of Tirupati Balaji: Tirumala (Andhra Pradesh) Karnataka Kanchipuram Temples: Tamil Nadu Ranakpur Temple: Pali district of Rajasthan Khajuraho Temple: Madhya Pradesh Shirdi Sai Baba Temple: Shirdi town of Maharashtra Virupaksha Temple: Hampi, Bellary, Karnataka Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple : Akshardham Temple: Delhi Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala Shri Digambar Jain Lal Mandir: Oldest Jain temple in Dwarkadhish Temple: Dwarka city (Gujarat) Delhi Laxminarayan Temple: In Delhi

Topic 8: List of the Important Airports in India

Airport City State/UT Sri Guru Ram Dass Amritsar Punjab Kempegowda Bangalore Karnataka Jee International International Airport Airport Swami Raipur Chhattisgarh Netaji Subhash Kolkata West Bengal Vivekananda Chandra Bose Airport Intl.Airport Bagdogra Airport Bagdogra West Bengal Rajiv Gandhi Hyderabad Telangana Veer Savarkar Port Blair andaman&Nicobar International International Islands Airport Airport Sardar Vallabhbhai Ahmedabad Gujarat Birsa Munda Ranchi Jharkhand Patel International Airport Airport Maharana Pratap Udaipur Rajasthan Chaudhary Charan Lucknow Uttar Pradesh Airport Singh Intl. Airport Raja Bhoj Bhopal Madhya Pradesh Lokpriya Gopinath Guwahati Assam International Bordoloi Intl. Airport Airport Jolly Grant Airport Dehradun Uttrakhand Srinagar Airport Srinagar J&K Rajahmundry Rajahmundry Andhra Pradesh Biju Patnaik Bhubaneswar Odisha Airport International Silchar Airport Silchar Assam Airport Lengpui Airport Aizwal Mizoram Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh Zaruki Shillong Meghalaya Airport International Devi Ahilyabai Indore Madhya Pradesh Airport Holkar Airport Daporijo Airport Daporijo Arunachal Pradesh Dr. Babasaheb Nagpur Maharashtra Tezu Airport Tezu Arunachal Pradesh Ambedkar Intl. Kandla Airport Kandla Gujarat Airport Sonari Airport Jamshedpur Jharkhand Lok Nayak Patna Bihar Birsa Munda Ranchi Jharkhand Jayaprakash Airport Airport Agatti Aerodrome Agatti Lakshadweep

Topic 9: What are the names of the Borders/Boundary Lines? Durand Line: Afghanistan & Pakistan Radcliffe Line: India & Pakistan. Hindenburg Line: Germany & Poland. Siegfried Line: Germany on its border with France. Mason-dixon Line: Line of demarcation between four 17th Parallel: North Vietnam & South Vietnam states in the United States. 26th Parallel south: Africa, Australia & South America. Mannerheim Line: Russia-Finland border. 30TH PARALLEL Equator & the North Pole. Macmahon Line: India & China 38th Parallel: Separates North Korea&South Korea. Medicine Line: Canada & the United States. 39th Parallel north is an imaginary circle of latitude Order-neisse Line: Poland & Germany that is 39 degrees north of the Earth‟s equatorial plane. 76 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected]

GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS 2019 40th Parallel north: formed the original northern 45th Parallel north is often called the halfway point boundary of the British Colony of Maryland. between the Equator&the North Pole. 42nd Parallel north: New York - Pennsylania Border. 45th parallel makes up most of the boundary between The Parallel 440 north is an imaginary circle of latitude Montana&Wyoming. that is 44 degrees north of the Earth‟s equatorial plane. 49th Parallel is the boundary between USA&Canada

Topic 10: Stock Exchanges around the World New York Stock Exchange (NYSE): HQ in New York Chittagong Stock Exchange HQ in Chittagong City Royal Securities Exchange of Bhutan HQ inThimphu NASDAQ OMX: HQ in New York City. Maldives Stock Exchange HQ in Malé Tokyo Stock Exchange: HQ in Tokyo Nepal Stock Exchange HQ in Kathmandu London Stock Exchange: HQ in London. Sialkot Stock Exchange HQ in Sialkot Shanghai Stock Exchange: HQ in Shanghai. Colombo Stock Exchange HQ in Colombo Hong Kong Stock Exchange: HQ in Hong Kong. Toronto Stock Exchange: HQ in Toronto. BM&F Bovespa: HQ in Sao Paul Australian Securities Exchange: HQ in Sydney Deutsche Börse: HQ in Frankfurt. Taiwan Stock Exchange – HQ in the city of Taipei JSE Limited HQ in Johannesburg, South Africa. American Stock Exchange (AMEX) HQ in New York, USA Borsa Italia HQ in Milan, Italy London International Financial Futures&Options Exchange (LIFFE) HQ in London, Great Britain Montreal Exchange (MSE) HQ in Montreal, Canada Nordic: Baltic market (OMX) HQ in Stockholm, Sweden Bolsa de Madrid (Madrid Stock Exchange) HQ in Madrid, Spain Afghanistan Stock Exchange HQ in Kabul

Topic 11: Dams in India

Dam River State Dam Tehri Dam Bhagirathi Uttarakhand Salal (Rockfill& Chenab J&K Concrete) Dam Lakhwar Dam Yamuna Uttarakhand Supa Dam Kali Nadi Karnataka Idukki (Eb)/Idukki Periyar Kerala Arch Dam Koteshwar Dam Bhagirathi Uttarakhand Bhakra Dam Satluj Himachal Rihand Dam Rihand Uttar Pradesh Pradesh Indira Sagar Narmada Madhya Pradesh Pakal Dul Dam Marusudar J&K (NHDC) Dam Sardar Sarover Narmada Gujarat Pillur Dam Bhavani Tamil Nadu Gujarat Dam Madupetty (Eb) Palar Kerala Srisailam (N.S.R.S.P) Krishna Andhra Pradesh Dam Dam Parbati II Dam Parbati Himachal Ranjit Sagar Dam Ravi Punjab Pradesh Baglihar Dam CHENAB J&K Chakra Dam Chakra Karnataka Pong Dam Beas Himachal Ukai Dam Tapi Gujarat Pradesh Nagarjuna Sagar Krishna Telangana

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GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS 2019 Topic 12: CLASSICAL DANCES & FOLK DANCES IN INDIA Indian Classical Dances Dalkhai: Odisha. Gotipua: Odisha Bharatnatyam: Tamil Nadu & Karnataka Bihar: Jadur, Kathaputli, Bhako, Jhijiya Kathak: North India Kathakali: Kerala. North East India Kuchipudi: Andhra Pradesh. Hojagiri: Tripura Manipuri: Manipur Nongkram Dance: Meghalaya Mohiniattam: Kerala. Bagurumba: Assam Odissi: Orissa state. Bhortal Dance: Assam Gaudiya Nritya: West Bengal Cheraw Dance: Mizoram Sattriya: Assam Chang Lo: Nagaland Ghoomar: Rajasthan Bardo Chham: Arunachal Pradesh Thang Ta: Manipur Bihu: Assam

North India South India Dumhal: Rauf tribe of Jammu & Kashmir Padayani: Kerala HurkaBaul: Uttarakhand Kolannalu: Andhra Pradesh Chholiya: Kumaon region, Uttarakhand Parai Attam: Tamil Nadu Bhangra: Punjab Karagattam: Tamil Nadu Dhamyal - „Dhamyal‟ or „Dhuph‟: Haryana Paampu Attam: Tamil Nadu. Mayur Nritya: Uttar Pradesh Poikal Kudirai Attam: Tamil Nadu Charkula: Braj region of Uttar Pradesh. Theyyam: Kerala Giddha: State of Punjab Andhra Pradesh: Veethi Natakam, Burrakatha, Haryana: Swang, Naqqal, Dhamal Lambadi, Koya. Himachal Pradesh: Nati, Kariyala, Bhagat Telangana: Bathukamma Dollu Kunitha: Karnataka Central India Ghodemodni: Goa

Gaur Dance: Chhattisgarh Lava Dance: Lakshadweep

Muria Dance: Bastar district of Chhattisgarh Fugdi: Goan dance performed in the Konkan region

Saila Dance: Bastar district in the state of Chhattisgarh Veeragase: Karnataka

Kaksar Dance: Bastar district in the state of Chhattisgarh Koli: Maharashtra Jawara Dance: Madhya Pradesh Bhagoria Dance: Madhya Pradesh West India Suwa Dance: Chhattisgarh Dandiya: Gujarat & Rajasthan Grida Dance: Madhya Pradesh Garba: Gujarat Padhar Dance: Gujarat East India Rajasthan: Khyal, Rasdhari, Rammat, Gauri, Ghoomar Brita Dance: „Brita‟ or „Vrita‟ dance: West Bengal

Topic 13: The Headquarters of the important Public-Sector Undertakings Agriculture Insurance Company of India: New Delhi Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited: Noida, Uttar Air India Limited: New Delhi Pradesh Airports Authority of India: New Delhi Food Corporation of India: New Delhi Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam: Kolkata, West Bengal General Insurance Corporation of India Limited (GIC): Bharat Earth Movers (BEML): Bangalore, Karnataka Mumbai, Maharashtra Bharat Electronics Limited: Bangalore, Karnataka Hindustan Aeronautics Limited: Bangalore, Karnataka Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited(BHEL): New Delhi Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited: Mumbai, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited: Mumbai, Maharashtra Maharashtra India Infrastructure Finance Company: New Delhi Coal India Limited: Kolkata, West Bengal Indian Oil Corporation: New Delhi Damodar Valley Corporation: Kolkata, West Bengal The Jute Corporation of India Limited: Kolkata, West Electronics Corporation of India: Hyderabad, Bengal Telangana Mahanadi Coalfields Limited: Sambalpur, Odisha

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GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS 2019 Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited: Nagpur, North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Maharashtra Corporation: Assam NHPC Limited: Faridabad, Haryana Numaligarh Refinery Limited: Assam National Aluminium Co Ltd: Bhubaneshwar, Orissa Oil & Natural Gas Corporation: Dehradun, National Aviation Company of India: New Delhi Uttarakhand National Buildings Construction Corporation: New Oil India Limited: New Delhi Delhi Oriental Insurance Company: New Delhi National Fertilizers Limited: Noida, Uttar Pradesh Pawan Hans Limited: New Delhi National Handloom Development Corporation Shipping Corporation of India Limited: Mumbai, Limited: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Maharashtra National Insurance Co Ltd: Kolkata, West Bengal United India Insurance Company: Chennai, Tamil National Textile Corporation: New Delhi Nadu New India Assurance Company: Mumbai, Maharashtra Uranium Corporation of India: Jaduguda, Jharkhan. Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited: Tamil Nadu

Topic 14: Nick Names of Important Indian Places

Nick Names City Sorrow Of Bengal Damodar River Golden City Amritsar Sorrow Of Bihar Kosi River Manchester Of India Ahmedabad Blue Mountains Nilgiri City Of Seven Islands Mumbai Queen Of The Mountains Mussoorie (Uttarakhand) Queen Of Arabian Sea Cochin Sacred River Ganga Space City Bangalore Hollywood Of India Mumbai Garden City Of India Bangalore City Of Castles Kolkata Silicon Valley Of India Bangalore State Of Five Rivers Punjab Electronic City Of India Bangalore City Of Weavers Panipat Pink City Jaipur City Of Lakes Srinagar Gateway Of India Mumbai Steel City Of India Jamshedpur (Called Twin City: Hyderabad, Secunderabad Tatanagar) City Of Festivals Madurai City Of Temples Varanasi Deccan Queen Pune Manchester Of The North Kanpur City Of Buildings Kolkata City Of Rallies New Delhi Dakshin Ganga Godavari Heaven Of India J&K Old Ganga Godavari Boston Of India Ahmedabad Egg Bowls Of Asia Andhra Pradesh Garden Of Spices Of India Kerala Soya Region Madhya Pradesh Switzerland Of India Kashmir Manchester Of The South Coimbatore Abode Of The God Prayag(Allahabad) City Of Nawabs Lucknow Pittsburg Of India Jamshedpur Venice Of The East Cochin

Topic 15: Important Defence Exercise Conducted in the World Garuda: India-France Simbex: Indian Navy With Republic Of Singapore HAND-HAND: India-China Navy Indra: India-Russia Ibsamar: India with Brazil&South African Navy Jimex: India-Japan Konkan: Indian Navy&Royal Navy Of Britain Malbar: Us-India-Japan Ausindex: Indian&Australian Navy Shade: Naval Forces Of India, Japan&China Indradhanush Or Rainbow: India-Uk Air Exercises Surya Kiran: India&Nepal Nomadic Elephant: Indian Army Exercises with Varuna: France&India Mongolia Ekuverin: Maldives&India

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GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS 2019 Garuda Shakti: India&Indonesia Malabar: India&US Mitra Shakti: India-Sri Lanka Yudh Abhyas: India&US Naseem Al-Bahr: India-Oman Red flag: India&US SLINEX: Joint exercise in Navy between India&Sri Cope: India&US Lanka SAMPRITI – India&Bangladesh Sahyog-Kaijin -Joint exercise of Coast Guards of India&Japan

Topic 16: Stadiums Around the World

Stadiums in Australia Sardar Vallabhai Patel Motera Stadium -Ahmedabad Adelaide Oval- Adelaide Sawai Mansingh Stadium -Jaipur Bundaberg Rum Stadium- Cairns Vidarbha CA Ground -Nagpur Telstra Dome- Melbourne Wankhede Stadium –Mumbai Manuka Oval- Canberra Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium: Kochi (Kerala) Marrara Cricket Ground- Darwin Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Cricket Stadium: Guwahati Melbourne Cricket Ground- Melbourne (Assam) Sydney Cricket Ground- Sydney Dhyan Chand National Stadium: Delhi W.A.C.A. Ground- Perth Stadiums in New Zealand Stadiums in Bangladesh Basin Reserve-Wellington Bangabandhu National Stadium- Dhaka Eden Park-Auckland Chittagong Stadium- Chittagong Jade Stadium-Christchurch John Davies Oval-Queenstown Stadiums in England McLean Park-Napier Edgbaston- Birmingham Headingley- Leeds Stadiums in Pakistan Lord's- London Arbab Niaz Stadium-Peshawar Old Trafford- Manchester Ayub National Stadium-Quetta Sophia Gardens- Cardiff Gaddafi Stadium-Lahore St Lawrence Ground- Canterbury The Brit Oval- London Stadiums in South Africa Trent Bridge- Nottingham Kingsmead-Durban New Wanderers Stadium-Johannesburg Stadiums in India Newlands-Cape Town Barabati Stadium -Cuttack St George's Park-Port Elizabeth Barkatullah Khan Stadium -Jodhpur Centurion Super Sport Park-Pretoria Barsapara Cricket Stadium: Guwahati Greenfield International Stadium: Stadium in Sri Lanka Thiruvananthapuram Colombo Cricket Club Ground-Colombo Brabourne Stadium -Mumbai Galle International Stadium-Galle Eden Gardens -Kolkata P.Saravanamuttu Stadium-Colombo Feroz Shah Kotla -Delhi R.Premadasa Stadium-Colombo Gandhi Stadium -Jalandhar Sinhalese Sports Club Ground-Colombo Green Park -Kanpur Indira Gandhi Stadium -Vijayawada Stadiums in West Indies Rajiv Gandhi Port Silver Jubilee Stadium - Sabina Park Kingston-Jamaica Visakhapatnam Antigua Recreation Ground St John's-Antigua Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium -New Delhi Guyana Cricket Stadium Georgetown-Guyana Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium -Hyderabad Kensington Oval Bridgetown-Barbados M.Chinnaswamy Stadium -Bangalore Mindoo Phillip Park Castries-St Lucia MA Chidambaram Stadium -Chennai Albion Sports Complex Berbice-Guyana Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground -Rajkot Moin-ul-Haq Stadium -Patna Stadiums in Zimbabwe

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GA POWER CAPSULE | LIC AAO MAINS 2019 Bulawayo Athletic Club-Bulawayo Harare Sports Club-Harare Stadiums in United Arab Emirates Kwekwe Sports Club-Kwekwe Sheikh Zayed Stadium-Abu Dhabi Queens Sports Club-Bulawayo Sharjah Cricket Stadium-Sharjah Topic 17: List of Indian Cities on Rivers Banks

City River State 39. Mangalore Netravati, Karnataka 1. Agra Yamuna Uttar Pradesh Gurupura 2. Ahmedabad Sabarmati Gujarat 40. Shimoga Tunga River Karnataka 3. Allahabad At the confluence Uttar Pradesh 41. Bhadravathi Bhadra Karnataka of Ganga, 42. Hospet Tungabhadra Karnataka Yamuna & 43. Karwar Kali Karnataka Saraswati 44. Bagalkot Ghataprabha Karnataka 4. Ayodhya Saryu Uttar Pradesh 45. Honnavar Sharavathi Karnataka 5. Badrinath Alaknanda Uttarakhand 46. Gwalior Chambal Madhya 6. Banki Mahanadi Odisha Pradesh 7. Brahmapur Rushikulya Odisha 47. Gorakhpur Rapti Uttar Pradesh 8. Chhatrapur Rushikulya Odisha 48. Lucknow Gomti Uttar Pradesh 9. Bhagalpur Ganga Bihar 49. Kanpur Ganga Uttar Pradesh 10. Kolkata Hugli West Bengal 50. Shuklaganj Ganga Uttar Pradesh 11. Cuttack Mahanadi Odisha 51. Chakeri Ganga Uttar Pradesh 12. New Delhi Yamuna Delhi 52. Malegaon Girna River Maharashtra 13. Dibrugarh Brahmaputra Assam 53. Sambalpur Mahanadi Odisha 14. Ferozpur Sutlej Punjab 54. Rourkela Brahmani Odisha 15. Guwahati Brahmaputra Assam 55. Pune Mula, Mutha Maharashtra 16. Haridwar Ganga Uttarakhand 56. Daman Daman Ganga Daman 17. Hyderabad Musi Telangana River 18. Jabalpur Narmada Madhya 57. Madurai Vaigai Tamil Nadu Pradesh 58. Thiruchirapal Kaveri Tamil Nadu 19. Kanpur Ganga Uttar Pradesh li 20. Kota Chambal Rajasthan 59. Chennai Cooum, Adyar Tamil Nadu 21. Kottayam Meenachil Kerala 60. Coimbatore Noyyal Tamil Nadu 22. Jaunpur Gomti Uttar Pradesh 61. Erode Kaveri Tamil Nadu 23. Patna Ganga Bihar 62. Tirunelveli Thamirabarani Tamil Nadu 24. Rajahmundry Godavari Andhra 63. Bharuch Narmada Gujarat Pradesh 64. Karjat Ulhas Maharashtra 25. Srinagar Jhelum Jammu & 65. Nashik Godavari Maharashtra Kashmir 66. Mahad Savitri Maharashtra 26. Surat Tapi Gujarat 67. Nanded Godavari Maharashtra 27. Tiruchirapalli Kaveri Tamil Nadu 68. Kolhapur Panchaganga Maharashtra 28. Varanasi Ganga Uttar Pradesh 69. Nellore Pennar Andhra 29. Vijayawada Krishna Andhra Pradesh Pradesh 70. Nizamabad Godavari Telangana 30. Vadodara Vishwamitri Gujarat 71. Sangli Krishna Maharashtra 72. Karad Krishna, Koyna Maharashtra 31. Mathura Yamuna Uttar Pradesh 73. Hajipur Ganga Bihar 32. Mirzapur Ganga Uttar Pradesh 74. Ujjain Shipra Madhya 33. Auraiya Yamuna Uttar Pradesh Pradesh 34. Etawah Yamuna Uttar Pradesh 35. Bangalore Vrishabhavathi Karnataka 36. Farrukhabad Ganga Uttar Pradesh 37. Fatehgarh Ganga Uttar Pradesh 38. Kannauj Ganga Uttar Pradesh

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