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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel INDEX Part-1 (CURRENT AFFAIRS) 1. Appointment (National/ International) (Covered Jan to 30june 2019) 2. Awards (64th Filmfare Awards 2019, Pulitzer Award 2019, Bhart rattan, Padma Vibhsan, Pdma bhusan, Grammy award, Nobel price 2018, 64th Filmfare Awards 2019, Oscar award, Befta Award 3. Budget (2019) 4. India’s Ranking Index (Covered Jan to 30June 2019) 5. Web Portal/ App (Covered Jan to 30june 2019 6. Scheme (State gov/ Centre Gov) (Covered Jan to 30june 2019) 7. Important Loan (Covered Jan to 30June 2019) 8. Company Merger List (Covered Jan to 30June 2019) 9. Important Summit/Meeting (Covered Jan to 30June 2019) 10. Partnership and Agreement (Covered Jan to 30June 2019) 11. Defence News (Covered Jan to 30June 2019) 12. Important MoU (Covered Jan to 30June 2019) 13. Important Current Affairs in short (Covered Jan to 30June 2019) 14. Important Banking and finance in short (Covered Jan to 30June 2019 15. GDP FORCASTING 16. Payment Bank, Public bank, Private bank, Small Finacial bank 17. Obituary 18. Book and Author 19. Government Sponsored Socially Oriented Insurance Schemes 20 Sports Affaris (Jan to 30June) 21. Up coming Sport Event Venue 22. Important Days and Theme
Part 2 (Static GK) 1. Important Dam in India 2. Mojor Sea port 3. Lake (State –wise)
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ORGANIZATION PERSON . Ujjivan Small Finance banks as . Sachin Bansal an independent director . New brand “V-Nourish” . Shah Rukh Khan . Director General (ADG level) . V.S. Kaumudi of Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) . New Chief Justice Of Delhi High Court . Justice Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel . India Meteorological Department . Dr Mrutyunjay Mohapatra (IMD) Chief . Chairman of Axis Bank . Rakesh Makhija . Vigilance Commissioner Interim . Sharad Kumar Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) . Principal Secretary (PS) to Prime . Nripendra Misra (Re-appoint) Minister Narendra Modi with cabinet minister rank . Additional Principal Secretary (Addl . Pramod Kumar Mishra (Re-appoint) PS) to Prime Minister Narendra Modi with cabinet minister rank . 7th Commandant of Indian Naval . Dinesh K Tripathi Academy (INA).
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. Hero MotoCorp new brand . Yerry Mina ambassador
. New Lok Sabha Speaker . Om Birla . Director of Power Finance . Mr. Ravinder Singh Dhillon Corporation Ltd (PFC) . Rbi Executive Director . Rabi Mishra . India’s representative in the Council . Shefali Juneja of International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) . NITI Aayog CEO . Amitabh Kant, 2-year extension . New Chairman of Internet and Mobile . Amit Agarwal Association of India (IAMAI) . New Research and Analysis . Samant Kumar Goel Wing(RAW) chief . New IB head . Arvind Kumar . New member of the International . Narinder Batra, (President of Indian Olympic Committee (IOC) Olympic Association) (IOA) . New President of FIEO (Federation of . Sharad Kumar Saraf Indian Export Organisations ) . National Housing Bank (NHB) . Sarada Kumar Hota Managing Director . Governor of Manipur . PB Acharya . Deputy Executive Director of UN . India’s Anita Bhatia Women . President of Badminton Asia . Anton Aditya Subowo(re-elected) . Prime Minister of Thailand . Prayuth Chan-ocha . FIFA President . Gianni Infantino (re-elected) . United Nations General Assembly . Tijjani Muhammad-Bande (UNGA) President . External auditor of WHO . CAG Rajiv Mehrishi . President of El Salvador . Nayib Bukele . New Kazakhstan’s president . Kassym-Jomart Tokayev . UNEP’s (United Nations Environment . Inger Andersen, Denmark’s Economist Programme’s )Executive Director and Environmentalist . First female president of Slovakia . Zuzana Caputova . New Member of 15th Finance . Ajay Narayan Jha Commission . New Non-executive chairman of Bank . Ex-Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia of Baroda
. Senegal’s President . Macky Sall (Second term) . Chairman of National Commission for . Bhagwan Lal Sahni Backward Classes . President of Olympic Council of Asia . Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah . New Chairman of Coordination . Randhir Singh Committee for 2022 Asian Games
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. New Prime minister of Estonia . Kaja Kallas (First Female) . New Secretary-General of the Medical . Rakesh Kumar Vats Council of India . Chief Scientist at WHO . Soumya Swaminathan . New Director of Bhabha Atomic . Ajit Kumar Mohanty Research Centre
. Head committee on Comprehensive . Dr Alok Srivastava Insurance Scheme for Advocates (5 members Committee) . Citibank India New head . Ashu Khullar
. Goodwill Ambassador of UNDP . Padma Lakshmi . New Finance Secretary . Subhas Chandra Garg . New Prime Minister of Palestine . Mohammad Shtayyeh . Special directors in the Enforcement . Anup Kumar Dubey and Sushil Kumar Directorate (ED).
. OIC body’s deputy chairman . Pakistan
. New Agricultural Scientific . Aditya Kumar Misra Recruitment Board (ASRB) Chief . First Lokayukta Chairman of Mizoram . C Lalsawta sworn . Non-executive Chairman of Axis Bank . Rakesh Makhija . New chairman of LIC . M.R. Kumar
. Chief Minister of Goa . Pramod Sawant . India’s first Lokpal . Ex-Supreme Court judge Justice PC Ghose . PhonePe Brand Ambassador . Aamir Khan . Basketball Federation of India . Govindaraj re-elected (BFI) President
. President of Comoros . Azali Assoumani re-elected
. New President of Slovakia . Zuzana Caputova (First Female) . Chief Justice of Telangana HC . Justice T B N Radhakrishnan . Chairman of Railway Board . VK Yadav . Axis Bank MD & CEO . Amitabh Chaudhry . New Brazil president . Jair Bolsonaro . New LIC’s Acting Chairman . Hemant Bhargava . Competition Commission of India . P K Singh secretary (CCI) . RBL Bank chief operations officer . Pankaj Sharma . Executive Chairman of National Legal . Justice AK Sikri Services Authority (NALSA)
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. Chief Justice of Pakistan . Justice Asif Khosa . Chief Economic Advisor . Krishnamurthy V Subramanian . New JIPMER director (Jawaharlal . Dr Rakesh Aggarwal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research ) . GST panel headed . Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, Sushil Kumar Modi . RBI set up 5-member panel for boost . Nandan Nilekani digital payments head
. IMF as 1st woman and 11th Chief . India-born Gita Gopinath Economist . New Director General of the Sashastra . Rajesh Chandra Seema Bal (SSB) . Facebook India as VP and MD . Ajit Mohan
. New Venezuela President . Nicolas Maduro (2nd Term) . New Taiwan PM . Su Tseng-chang
. New chief credit officer (CCO) of Axis . Deepak Maheshwari Bank . New independent directors of ICICI . B Sriram, Rama Bijapurkar bank . New ICC’s chief executive . Manu Sawhney . New Women Team’s Coach . Mohammed Ali Qamar . Supreme Court Justice . Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Dinesh Maheshwari . Ambassador of 16th Tata Mumbai . Mary Kom Marathon . New Director General (Investigation) . Prabhat Singh in the National Human Rights Commission. . New Chief Justice of Pakistan . Asif Khosa . MD, CEO of IDFC First Bank . V Vaidyanathan . New Prime Minister of Sweden . Stefan Lofven . New President of Madagascar . Andry Rajoelina . Interim Finance & Corporate Affairs . Piyush Goyal minister . Yes bank’s MD and CEO . Ranveet Gill . new Malaysian King . Sultan Abdullah . New IndiGo CEO . Ronojoy Dutta . MD of Lakshmi Vilas Bank . Parthasarathi Mukherjeet reappointed for another two years . Brand Ambassdor for Flamingo . Hrithik Roshan . Regional Director WHO SOUTH . Dr Poonam Khetrapal EAST Asia Singh (reappointed) . Part time Chairman of Federal Bank . Dilip Sadarangani
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. BARC (Broadcast Audience Research . Punit Goenka Council) India chairman . New director of the Central Bureau of . Rishi Kumar Shukla Investigation (CBI)
. CEO of Corporation Bank . P V Bharathi
. New President of El Salvador . Former mayor Nayib Bukele
. New civil aviation secretary . Pradeep Singh Kharola . Secretary, Ministry of Minority . Shri Sailesh Affairs
. New Union Sports Secretary . Radheyshyam Julaniya . New chairman of African Union . Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El Sisi . New Election Commissioner . Sushil Chandra . Chairman and Managing Director . Ashwani Lohani (CMD) of Air India . new chairman of the Central Board of . Pramod Chandra Mody Direct Taxes (CBDT) . German sports and lifestyle . 6 times world champion woman M C brand PUMA have appointed as Mary Kom women’s training Ambassador . CEO of PayU India . Anirban Mukherjee . President of the Foundation Board for . Ajay Singh Better Boxing of AIBA (International Boxing Association) . First ombudsman for the Board of . D.K. Jain Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
. Brand ambassador of Swasth . Kareena Kapoor Khan Immunised India . President of the Wrestling Federation . Brij Bhushan Sharan of India (WFI) . Sudan’s Prime Minister . Mohamed Tahir Ayala . Amazon’s Board of Directors . PepsiCo’s former CEO Indra Nooyi
. Non-Executive Chairman of IDBI Bank . Hemand Bhargava . New Chairman of National Book Trust . Govind Prasad Sharma (NBT) . Nigeria’s President . Muhammadu Buhari
. New Managing Director of LIC . Vipin Anand
. Industry Head of Google India . Former Bollywood Actress, Mayoori kango . Indian Overseas Bank’s new MD & . Karnam Sekar
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CEO . 52nd Controller General of Defence . Rajendra Kumar Nayak Accounts (CGDA) . Twitter New India Head . Manish Maheshwari . New Chairman of Export Promotion . Ravinder Kumar Passi Council for Handicraft (EPCH) . Deutsche Bank head for India . Kaushik Shaparia . New Executive Director of Punjab . Rajesh Yaduvanshi National Bank . New brand ambassador of redBus . Mahendra Singh Dhoni
. Goodwill Ambassador of Street Child . Mithali Raj Cricket World Cup 2019 . New Secretary, Defence Finance . Gargi Kaul, . Chairman cum Managing Director . Shiv Das Meena (CMD) of National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) . First Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh . Justice Vikram Nath HC . Algeria’s first new president . Abdelkader Bensalah . Haiti’s New Prime Minister . Jean Michel Lapin . Israel’s Prime Minister . Benjamin Netanyahu (5th Term) . New President of ICC India . Vikramjit Sing Sahney . First woman CMD of Pawan Hans Ltd . Usha Padhee . president of Asian Football . Sheikh Salman Confederation . New Nasscom Chairman . Keshav Murugesh . New president of Confederation of . Vikram Kirloskar Indian Industry (CII) . World bank’s new President . David Malpass . New RBI Governor . Shaktikanta Das . New Chief Election Commissioner of . Shri Sunil Arora India [23rd Chief Election Commissioner (CEC)] . Finance Secretary . Shri A. N. Jha . New Chief Economic Advisor . Krishnamurthy Subramanian . Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh . Kamal Nath . Chief Minister of Rajasthan . Ashok Gehlot . Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh . Bhupesh Baghe . Member of UPSC . Shri Bharat Bhushan Vyas . Director, National Crime Records . Shri Ramphal Pawar Bureau [NCRB] . New Indian Ambassador to US . Harsh Vardhan Shringla . Assumes charge of secretary, National . Shri Ashok Kumar Singh Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) . New president of Film and Television . Brijendra Pal Singh
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Institute of India (FTII) Society and Chairman of Governing Council. . Technical Member in the Appellate . Shri Ravindra Kumar Verma Tribunal for Electricity. . Archery association president . B.V.P Rao . India’s chief boxing coach . CA Kuttappa . Mexico president . Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador . US Defense Secretary . Patrick Shanahan . Asia Pacific seat on the UN’s . Preeti Saran Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR). . Bombay Stock Exchange appoints first . Jayshree Vyas independent woman Director . New Vice Chief of Indian Air Force . Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria . Officer on Special Duty in office of . Dilip Kumar Lokpal . New Member of 15th Finance . Dr. Krishnamurthy Subramanian will be Commission’s Advisory Council the twelfth Member of the Council. . Thailand new King . Maha Vajiralongkorn . first brand ambassadors of Myntra. . Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma . Chief Justice Of The Chhattisgarh HC . Justice PR Ramachandra Menon . New Indian men’s volleyball team . Serbian Dragan Mihailovic coach . Committee headed by Aadhaar . Nandan Nilekani architect . New Navy Chief . Karambir Singh . Malawi's President . Peter Mutharika (2nd term) . Indian Army officer appointed the . Lieutenant General Shailesh Tinaikar commander of UN Mission in South Sudan . Arunachal Pradesh’s CM . Pema Khandu (2nd term) . New Sikkim‘s Chief Minister . P.S. Golay . Odisha CM . Naveen Patnaik (Fifth Term) . TAFE (Tractors and Farm Equipment) . Askhay Kumar brand ambassador . Supreme Court gets four new judges . Aniruddha Bose, A S Bopanna, B R Gavai and Surya Kant. . New Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh . Jagan Mohan Reddy . New Chairperson of the News . Justice A. K. Sikri Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) . New CMD of ITC . Sanjiv Puri . New CEO of LIC Mutual Fund . Dinesh Pangtey . First woman to be inducted into ICC . India’s G.S. Lakshmi match referee panel . Brand ambassador of BharatPe . Salman Khan . Japan’s new Emperor . Naruhito
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. UN Re-Elects International Narcotics . Jagjit Pavadia Board . North Macedonia’s new president . Stevo Pendarovski . Member Of Commonwealth . Former SC Judge K S Radhakrishnan Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal, London . New President of the United Nations . Professor Tijjani Mohammad Bande General Assembly. . President of Indonesia . Joko Widodo second term . Ukraine’s new president . Volodymyr Zelenskiy . South Africa’s President . Cyril Ramaphosa . Walmart chief technology officer . Suresh Kumar . Australia’s prime minister . Scott Morrison . Nigeria’s President . Muhammadu Buhari . New Papua New Guinea prime . James Marape minister . New Axis bank chairman . Rakesh Makhija
Awards Awards Persons/Organization Purpose/ Field . Mexico’s highest . Ex-President Pratibha . Former president of civilian award Patil India, Pratibha Patil was (“Orden Mexicana del honored with the highest Aguila Azteca” (Order civilian award of Mexico of the Aztec Eagle). termed “Orden Mexicana del Aguila Azteca” (Order of the Aztec Eagle). . J C Daniel award . Veteran Actress Sheela . Veteran actress Sheela was conferred with Kerala’s highest J C Daniel award for her contribution to Malayalam cinema at the Kerala state film award function at Nisagandhi auditorium in Thiruvananthapuram. The award consists of 5 lakh cash prize, a citation, and a plaque. . Women’s Prize for . Tayari Jones Novel An . US Novelist Tayari Fiction American Marriage Jones received Women’s Prize for Fiction worth $40,000 for her novel An American Marriage. The novel was praised by Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey. This is her fourth novel based on a
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middle-class black couple torn apart by injustice. She also received Aspen Words Literary Prize for the same novel in April 2019. . World Health . Rajasthan Health . Recognition of its Organization’s Department achievements in the field of (WHO) Tobacco tobacco control. It was Control Award for presented on the occasion 2019 of World No Tobacco Day(WNTD) celebrated on May 31, 2019 in an event held in New Delhi. . 2019 Global . Google’s India-born CEO . They were chosen by Leadership award Sundar Pichai business advocacy group and NASDAQ ‘s (National US-India Business Council Association of Securities (USIBC) for “catalyzing Dealers Automated growth in the US-India Quotations) commercial corridor”. President Adena Friedman . Gold Award in South . Mahindra Group . The automobile Africa Giant Mahindra Group won the Gold Award in South Africa. It clinches the top spot among 29 vehicle brands for the award. . Mahindra Group received the Gold award from National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA). . 54th Jnanpith Award, . Amitav Ghosh . Renowned English writer 2018 . Danny Kaye . Priyanka Chopra . Indian actress Priyanka Humanitarian Award Chopra was selected for “Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award” by United Nations International Children’s Fund’s (UNICEF) American chapter for her contribution to social causes and for being a voice for children’s education. She will be presented with this award at UNICEF American
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chapter’s Snowflake Ball which is to be held in December 2019 in New York. . ‘Save Water Hero . Social activist Makarand . Social activist Makarand Award’ Tilloo Tilloo was conferred with ‘Save Water Hero Award’. He received this award for his efforts to raise awareness about water conservation in the city. The award ceremony was held in Pune, Maharashtra. . BBC award . Akshay Patra’s school . The Akshaya Patra meals Foundation (TAPF), a Non- governmental organizations (NGO) based in Bangalore that runs school lunch programme across India has been awarded the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) “World Service Global Champion Award” for the mid-day meal project. The award was presented at the BBC Food and Farming Awards in Bristol in London, UK. . Miss India 2019 . Suman Rao . A 20-year-old model, Suman Rao, a resident of Rajsamand, Rajasthan was crowned Miss India 2019. The ceremony was held at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai, Maharashtra. She was crowned by Miss India 2018 Anukreethy Vas from Tamil Nadu.
. ‘Distinguished . Nirmala Sitharaman and . Jawaharlal Nehru Alumni Award’ S Jaishankar University (JNU) will honour Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar with ‘Distingui
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shed Alumni Award’. This was decided by the Executive Council of JNU. They will be awarded on the third convocation ceremony of the university, which will be held in August 2019. They will be the first recipient of this award. . ‘Innovative Research . Dr Gaurav Nigam . A well-known educationist, Excellence Award pediatrician and author, Dr 2019’ Gaurav Nigam was conferred with the ‘Innovative Research Excellence Award 2019’ by Lyonpo Ugyen Dorji, Minister for Labour and Human Resources of Bhutan at the Asian Leadership Summit held at Thimphu, Bhutan. The event was organized by Global Leaders Foundation.
. ‘Journalist of the . Rachna Khaira . The award was bestowed Year 2019’ for her expose on the functioning of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and its Aadhaar data cache in 2018. . Shanghai . Malayalam film . The 22nd Shanghai International film ‘Veyilmarangal’ International Film Festival, festival Director Bijukumar Damodaran has received the Outstanding Artistic Achievement Award for the film, Veyil Marangal (Trees Under the Sun). . Legion of Honour . French World Cup . Sport champions . World Memory . Dhruv Manoj . “names and faces” , Championships “random words (Gold) . African Football . Liverpool’s Mohamed . Sport Player of the Salah Year(2018) . ‘Exhibitor of the . Defence Research and . Defence
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel Year Award’ Development Organisation (DRDO) . Sushila Devi . Namita Gokhale . Literature (“Things to Literature Award Leave Behind)
. First-ever Philip . PM Narendra Modi . Politics Kotler Presidential award . Gandhi Peace Prize . WHO Goodwill . for 2018 ambassador Yohei Sasakawa . Gandhi Peace Prize . EkalAbhiyan Trust . Its work in the field of for 2017 education for rural and tribal children, rural empowerment and gender and social equality. . Gandhi Peace Prize . AkshayaPatra . Its work towards for 2016 Foundation providing midday meals to children across India, and Sulabh International for its contribution towards the improvement of sanitation facilities in India and the emancipation of manual scavengers. . Sheikh Saud . Bharat Ratna CNR Rao . Eminent Scientist International Prize for Materials Research . Sansad Ratna . BJP MP Anurag . Politician Award . ICC Cricketer of the . Virat Kohli . Cricketer Year . ICC Men’s Test . Virat Kohli . Cricketer Player of the Year . ICC Men’s ODI . Virat Kohli . Cricketer Player of the year . “International . Rishabh Pant . Cricketer Cricket Council’s (ICC) Emerging
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel Player of the year” . IRCTC’s Trains . Southern Railway . Cleanliness Survey Award . Best Tableau in . ICAR- Indian Council of . Republic Day Agricultural Research Parade (ICAR) for its representation of Tableau on ‘Kisan Gandhi’ with the theme: “Mishrit Kheti, Khushiyon Ki Kheti” . Tripura- best state tableau with the theme: ‘Empowering Rural Economy the Gandhian Way’whereas the second position was bagged by Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab was placed in the third spot. . Best marching . Gorkha Brigade . contingent trophy of the Republic Day parade . Australian literary . Manus Island ’s . Debut book “No Friends prize refugee Behrouz But the Mountains” Boochani . K.Veeramani Award . P.S.Krishnan . for Social Justice . “Freedom of the . The State Bank of . Contribution in City of London” India’s UK head promoting the bilateral Shri Sanjiv Chadha relations . France’s highest . Francois Laborde . Old Bengal Priest civilian honour . Aegis Graham Bell . Yes Bank . ‘Innovation in Data Award 2018 Science’ . Israel’s . Sanjay . ‘Past time dimension’ prestigious Dan Subrahmanyam for his work in macro David Prize history. . EY Entrepreneur of . Siddhartha Lal . MD & CEO of Eicher
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. Swachhata . AMRUT cities and . Excellence Awards Municipal 2019 Corporations of Raigarh(1st), Ambikapurand (2nd) Kumbakonam(3rd) . International . Eva de . Hockey Player Hockey Goede from Netherla Federation’s nds and Arthur van Players of the Year Doren of Belgium for 2018 . International . Abdul Aziz Muhamat, . Sudanese refugee human rights prize a Manus Island refugee, . Laureus Sports for . Jharkhand’s NGO . Working for girl Good Honour Yuwa empowerment
. “Football Ratna” . Sunil Chhetri . Indian Football Team Captain . Top Employers . Tata Consultancy . TCS the only firm among Institute Services (TCS) the top 10 IT services brands which has received this certification. . Gandhi Peace Prize . Vivekanand Kendra, . Kanyakumari, gets the for 2015 Kanyakumari award for 2015 for their contribution to rural development, education, development of natural resources. . Gandhi Peace Prize . Akshaya Patra . For 2016, it has been for 2016 Foundation and Sulabh jointly given to Akshaya International (jointly) Patra foundation for its contribution in providing mid-day meals to children and Sulabh International for its contribution in improving the condition of sanitation and emancipation of manual scavengers.
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel . Gandhi Peace Prize . Ekal Abhiyan Trust . Ekal Abhiyan Trust has for 2017 won the award for 2017 for their contribution in providing education for rural and tribal children in remote areas, rural empowerment, gender, and social equality. . Gandhi Peace Prize . Yohei Sasakawa . Yohei Sasakawa for for 2018 2018, who is Goodwill Ambassador of the World Health Organisation for Leprosy Elimination, for his role in leprosy eradication. . Russia’s highest . PM Narendra Modi . Russia for exceptional State Honour services in promoting . “Order of Saint bilateral ties. Andrew the Apostle” . “Global Slag . Tata Steel . For its innovative Company of the practices in the Year” development of new applications for Steel by- products (Slag). . Presidential Award . Dr. Gyanaditya . Prize money of INR of Maharshi Shakya 1,00,000 and a certificate. Badrayan Vyas He accepted award from Samman 2019 Vice- President of India M Venkaiah Naidu. . “Next Billion Edtech . Dost Education . ‘Dost Education’, which Prize 2019” is India’s education technology startup won a $25,000 (Rs 17 lakhs)tech prize for its ability to empower parents to take charge of their child’s early education. . UAE’s highest . PM Modi . For boosting the bilateral civilian award, ties between both of the Zayed Medal nations. . World Summit on . “Utkarsh Bangla” and . The schemes under the Information “Sabooj Sathi” the West Bengal
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel Society (WSIS) government, awards of namely, “Utkarsh the United Bangla” (Skill training of Nations (UN). the youth) and“Sabooj Sathi” (cycles for students) . “Best Digital Agency . Sudhanshu Kumar, . Award” the founder of Digital Sukoon . Saraswati Samman . Telugu poet K Siva . Telugu poet K Siva 2018 Reddy Reddy has been honoured with the prestigious Saraswati Samman, 2018with a cash prize of 15 lakh rupees for his collection of poetry titled ‘Pakkaki Ottigilite’. . World Press Photo . “Crying Girl on the . An image of a little girl award 2019 Border” crying, titled “Crying Girl on the Border”, as she and her mother have been taken into custody by US border officials in Texas, won the prestigious World Press Photo of the Year. . Veteran Getty photographer John Moore took the picture in the Rio Grande Valley on 12th June 2018.
. Celent Model Bank . Fincare Small . Financial Inclusion 2019 Award Finance Bank category, for ‘Redesigning Lending to Reach Small Businesses’. . UN Medal for their . 150 Indian . For serving the mission service in UN peacekeepers with extreme dedication Mission in South and sacrifice. Sudan (UNMISS)
. National . The Intellectual . Contributions in best Intellectual Property Rights cell facilitation for
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel Property Award (IPR cell) of Kerala registration of 2019 Agricultural University Geographical Indications (KAU) and promotion of registered GI in the country. . Best . Malayalam film . Malayalam cinematography “Bhayanakam” film Bhayanakam (Fear) award at Beijing which was directed International Film by Jayaraj won the best Festival cinematography award at the Beijing International Film Festival and had also won the best cinematography award at the 65th National Film Awards. . World Press . Dawn Journalist Cyril . Dawn editor and Freedom Hero in Almeida Columnist Cyril Almeida 2019 from Pakistan has won the IPI’s (International Press Institute) World Press Freedom Hero award in 2019 for his “critical” and “tenacious coverage” of the civil- military relations in Pakistan. . Deenanath . Madhur Bhandarkar, . Deenanath Mangeshkar Mangeshkar Award Salim Khan, diva Helen Smruti Pratishthan 2019 charitable trust, Pune, aims to encourage legends from the fields of music, drama, art and social work. . Rabindranath . Rana Dasgupta . For his 2010 novel “Solo”, Tagore Literary deals with a tale of Prize 2019 estrangement and the ultimate failure of material existence. The Award included a Tagore statue, a certificate for contribution to literature and a cash prize of $10,000.
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel . ‘Public Water . National Mission for . Namami Gange which is Agency of the Year’ Clean Ganga (NMCG) India’s flagship or Namami Gange programme, was presented, with the ‘Public Water Agency of the Year’ award by Global Water Intelligence at the Global Water Summit held in London on 9th April, 2019.
. National Water . Madurai district . Rejuvenations and Awards 2018 creating new water bodies . National Water . Maharashtra (State) . Resource management in Awards 2018 India . ‘Non-Life Insurer of . Bharti AXA General . the Year Award Insurance 2019’ . Best Bank Award . Indian Bank . Successfully meeting the from the state needs of women’s self- government of help groups (SHGs). Tamil Nadu . International . TVS Motor . Awarded the ‘Green Era Sustainability Award for Award Sustainability’ at Lisbon, Portugal. . Swachh . Indore bagged award . Survekhshan 2019 for cleanest city Awards . New Delhi Municipal Council area gets cleanest small city award . ASQ (Airport . Bhubaneswar’s Biju . Award for being the best Service Quality) Patnaik International airport in size and region award 2018 Airport (2-5 million passengers in Asia-Pacific) for the year 2018.
. Golden Peacock . ACKO General . For their contextual Award 2019 Insurance micro insurance product - “Ola Ride Insurance“.
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel . Chameli Devi Jain . BBC Journalist . Outstanding women Award Priyanka Dubey journalist.
. Yaswantrao Chavan . Ex-RBI Governor . Contribution towards National Award Raghuram Rajan economic development . Commonwealth . Padmanaban Gopalan . Social entrepreneur from Youth Award for Tamil Nadu, Padmanaban the Asian region Gopalan, founder of No Food Waste . SKOCH Award 2018 . Odisha State Disaster . For its remarkable Management Authority achievements in the field (OSDMA) of disaster management.
. Nari Shakti . Kathak dancer Seema . Contribution towards Puraskar Mehta women empowerment over the last 15 years . Vyas Samman 2018 . Leeladhar Jagudi . Collection of poems “Jitne Log Utne Prem” published in 2013. He also authored several poetry anthologies. . Abel Prize . American . first woman to win the professor Karen prestigious math award Uhlenbeck . Global Teacher . Peter Tabichi . Peter Tabichi, a Kenyan Prize for 2019 math and physics teacher and a member of the Franciscan religious order has been conferred with the prestigious $1 million Varkey Foundation . Oxford University’s . Amartya Sen . The highest honour Bodley award bestowed by the University of Oxford’s world-famous Bodleian Libraries for his contribution in literature, culture, science, and communication.
. Martha Farrell . Delhi government . Promoting gender quality
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. Pravasi Bharatiya . Dr. Rajendra Kumar . Samman Award Joshi
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel the infamous Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, has been awarded the 2019 McCain Institute Award for Courage and Leadership on Friday . Sasakawa Award . Dr. Pramod Kumar . P. K. Mishra from India 2019 Mishra received the 2019 Sasakawa award in recognition of his long- term dedication to improve the resilience of communities most exposed to disasters and his personal commitment to social inclusion as a critical principle to reduce inequality and poverty, enhancing the safety net of the socially and economically marginalized.
. World Book of . Kapil Sharma . Records London most viewed stand- up comedians in India . Council of . Anil Kapoor . Promoting Children’s European Rights Chambers of Commerce (CEUCC) Award . Japan’s ‘Order of . Former foreign . For his contributions to the Rising Sun’ secretary Shyam Saran strengthen the strategic award ties and enhancing mutual understanding between India and Japan. . Man Booker . Jokha Alharthi . Jokha Alharthi, the first International prize female Omani novelist to be translated into English, has won the Man Booker International prize, 2019 for her novel
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel Celestial Bodies. The author will share the prize money £50,000 (approximately Rs 45 lakh) equally with her translator Marilyn Booth. . Celestial Bodies, a compelling tale of love and heartbreak, written in Arabic, is posited in the Omani village of al-Awafi and traces the lives of sisters: Mayya, Asma and Khawla. . Nine Dots book . Indian writer Annie . Mumbai-based Zaidi, a award Zaidi freelance writer whose work includes reportage, essays, short stories, poetry and plays, won for her entry ‘Bread, Cement, Cactus’ – combining memoir and reportage to explore concepts of home and belonging rooted in her experience of contemporary life in India.
. Horticulture award . N kumar . N Kumar, Vice- for TNAU V-C Chancellor, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, has been conferred the lifetime recognition award by the Confederation of Horticulture Association of India. The award has been conferred for his outstanding contribution in the field of horticulture and academic leadership focussed on human resource development in agriculture.
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64th Filmfare Awards 2019 was held at Jio Garden, BKC, Mumbai. Category Winner . Best Film . Raazi . Best Actor in a Leading Role . Ranbir Kapoor (Sanju) (Male) . Best Actor in a Leading Role . Alia Bhatt (Raazi) (Female) . Best Director . Meghna Gulzar (Raazi) . Best Actor in Supporting Role . Gajarj Rao (Badhaai Ho), Vicky (Male) Kaushal (Sanju) . Best Actor in Supporting Role . Surekha Sikhri (Badhaai Ho) (Female) . Best Music Album . Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Padmaavat)
Pulitzer Prize
Category Winner . Public service . Staff of the South Florida Sun Sentinel . Criticism . Carlos Lozada of The Washington Post . Editorial writing . Brent Staples of the New York Times . Breaking News Reporting . Staff of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Investigative Reporting . Matt Hamilton, Harriet Ryan and Paul Pringle of the Los Angeles Times . Explanatory Reporting . David Barstow, Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner of The New York Times . Local Reporting . Staff of The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La. . National Reporting . Staff of The Wall Street Journal . International Reporting . Maggie Michael, Maad al-Zikry and Nariman El-Mofty of Associated Press . Staff of Reuters, with notable contributions from Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo . Feature Writing . Hannah Dreier of ProPublica . Commentary . Tony Messenger of the St. Louis Post- Dispatch . Editorial Cartooning . Darrin Bell, freelancer . Breaking News Photography . Photography Staff of Reuters
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BOOKS, DRAMA, AND MUSIC
Category Winner . Fiction . “The Overstory” by Richard Powers . Drama . “Fairview” by Jackie Sibblies Drury . History . “Frederick Douglass” by David W. Blight . Biography or . “The New Negro” by Jeffrey C. Stewart autobiography . Poetry . “Be With” by Forrest Gander . General . “Amity and Prosperity” by Eliza Griswold nonfiction . Music . “p r i s m” by Ellen Reid . Special Citation . Aretha Franklin
Bharat Ratna
Name Filed Pranab Mukherjee former President Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Musician (posthumously) Shri Nanaji Deshmukh social activist (posthumously)
Padma Vibhushan
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Ms. Teejan (Art-Vocals- Chhattisgarh 1st female Pandvani folk singer - Bai Folk) promoting Chhatisgarh's 3,000 year old traditional art form Shri Ismail (Public Affairs) Djibouti President of Djibouti- extended Omar Guelleh support during Operation Rahat, for rescuing Indians and foreigners from war-hit Yemen Shri (Trade & Maharashtra Group Chairman of engineering Anilkumar Industry- conglomerate Larsen & Toubro Manibhai Infrastructure)
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Padma Bhushan
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1. Shri John (Trade & USA American Technology Chambers Industry- Business Leader – Technology) Formal CEO of CISCO System 2. Shri Sukhdev (Public Affairs) Punjab Formal Minister in Singh Dhindsa Central and Punjab Govt 3. Shri Pravin (Public Affairs) South Africa South African anti- Gordhan Apartheid Leader and current Minister 4. Shri Mahashay (Trade & Delhi Founder CEO and Dharam Pal Industry-Food Iconic Face of MDH Gulati Processing) Masala 5. Shri Darshan (Social Work) Haryana Social Worker Lal Jain Providing Free Education to poor student- Founder president of Saraswati Nadi shodha Santhan 6. Shri Ashok (Medicine- Maharashtra Doctor and Founder of Laxmanrao Affordable Vivekananda Hospital - Kukade Healthcare) serving the needy in the backward, drought-prone Latur region 7. Shri Kariya (Public Affairs) Jharkhand Veteran Tribal Leader Munda and 8 times MP 8. Shri (Art-Music-Sitar) West Bengal Veteran Sitar and Budhaditya Surbahar Artist Mukherjee
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Grammy Award Category Winner . Album of the Year . Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves . Record of the Year . “This is America”, Childish Gambino . Best New Artist . Dua Lipa . Best Rap Album . Invasion of Privacy by Cardi B . Song of the Year . “This is America”, Childish Gambino . Best Rock Album . From the Fires by Greta Van Fleet . Best Rock Song . “Masseducation” by St. Vincent . Dance/Electronic Album . Woman Worldwide, Justice . Producer of the Year . Blanton Alspaugh . Best Music Video . “This is America”, Childish Gambino . Best Country Song . “Space Cowboy” by Kacey Musgraves . Best Folk Song . All Ashore by Punch Brothers . Best Comedy Album . Equanimity & the Bird Revelation by Dave Chappelle
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BAFTA 2019 Winners List
Category Winner . Best Film . Roma . Best Director . Alfonso Cuaron (Roma) . Best Actress . Olivia Colman (The Favourite) . Best Actor . Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody) . Best Supporting . Rachel Weisz (The Favourite) Actress
Nobel Prize 2018
S. Field Winner Description No. “for their discovery of cancer Physiology or James P Allison (USA) and Tasaku 1. therapy by inhibition of Medicine Honjo (Japan) negative immune regulation” Arthur Ashkin (USA), Gerard "for groundbreaking inventions 2. Physics Mourou (France) in the field of laser physics" and Donna Strickland (Canada) (a) one half to Frances H. Arnold (a) "for the directed evolution of (USA) enzymes" 3. Chemistry (b) other half jointly to George P. (b) "for the phage display of Smith (USA) and Sir Gregory P. peptides and antibodies" Winter (UK) “for their efforts to end the use Denis Mukwege (Congo) and 4. Peace of sexual violence as a weapon Nadia Murad (Iraq) of war and armed conflict” (a) “for integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis” Economic (a) William D. Nordhaus (USA) (b) 5. (b) “for integrating Sciences Paul M. Romer (USA) technological innovations into long-run macroeconomic analysis.”
Oscar Awards 2019
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BUDGET
Scheme About . PM Kisaan Samman Nidhi . 75000 crs. . MGNREGA . 60,000 crs.Under PM gram sadak yojana . Rural roads under Gram . 19000 Crs. . Sadak Yojana.
. Railways . 64,587 Crs . Mudra Yojana . 7.23 Crs. . Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi . launched to provide assured monthly Mandhan pension of 3000 rupees per month, with contribution of 100 rupees per month, for workers in unorganized sector after 60 years of age. . Pradhanmantri Shramyogi . 500 Crs to be launched for poor people Mandhan yogna
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel . Gokul Scheme . 750 crs. . The “Rashtriya Gokul Mission” has been launched by the Government for . conservation and development of indigenous breeds in a focused and scientific . manner. The mission also envisages establishment of integrated cattle development . centres „Gokul Grams to develop indigenous breeds including upto 40% nondescript . breeds. . Standard deduction limit . limit increased to INR 50, 000 from INR 40,000 earlier . Food for all . 1.7 lakhs crs . Defence budget . 3 lakhs crs
Ranking Index Index Index released by India’s 1st Rank Rank Gender Equality Index UK-based Equal Measures 95 Denmark 2019 Traffic Index 2018 TomTom, an Amsterdam based 4th Delhi Mumbai company End of Childhood ‘Save the Children’, a United 113 Singapore Index 2019 Kingdom (UK) based non-profit organisation global peace index Australian think tank Institute 141 Iceland for Economics and Peace (IEP) Global Corruption Transparency International 78 Denmark Perception Index Most Powerful Henley Passport Index 79th Japan Passports EIU Democracy Economist Intelligent Unit 41st Narway Index 2018 global talent INSEAD business school in 80th Switzerland competitiveness partnership with Tata Communications and Adecco Group
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General Data CISCO 6th Italy Protection Regulation (GDPR) readiness index.
Bloomberg 2019 54th South Korea Innovative Index
Online Companies Stripe, a San Francisco-based 11th Singapore/Hongkong positioned online payment processing firm International IP US Chambers of Commerce 36th US Index ‘Inclusive Internet ‘Economist Intelligence Unit 47th Sweden Index 2019’ (EIU) for Facebook 2018 Global Go To Think Tank 1ST India Think Tank Index Report” Most live able ECA international survey Singapore (14th location for Asian consecutive year) World’s most Swiss based company IQ Air Gurugram polluted city in AirVisual and non profit 2018 organization Greenpeace Forbes World’s Forbes Mukesh Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Billionaires Ambani and family with USD ranks 13th 131 billion richest person with $50 bn Gold holding World Gold Council (WGC) 11th US
Highest number of PLOS Biology 16TH Malaysia impacted species in hotspots
Quality of Living Mercer’s Austria’s capital Survey 2019 city Vienna
World’s Most Economist Intelligence Unit Singapore, Paris and Expensive Cities (EIU) survey Hong Kong shared Survey top spot World Happiness Sustainable Development 140th Finland Report Solutions Network
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World’s busiest Airports Council International 12th Hartsfield–Jackson airports (ACI) Atlanta International Airport (US) Global Energy World Economic Forum 76th Sweden Transition index (WEF) World’s best 59th (Indira Singapore airport aviation hub Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, New Delhi) World Press International NGO, Reporters 140th Norway Freedom Index without Borders 2019 Startup Ecosystem StartupBlink. 17th United States Ranking for 2019 2019 Index of Economist Intelligence Unit 19th Australia Cancer (EIU) Preparedness (ICP) FIFA Rankings FIFA (The Federation 101st Belgium Internationale de Football Association) Targeted nation by Akamai Technologies 2nd US hackers in 2018 Passport Index UNDP human development 67th Singapore index Best airport 8th (rajiv Habad international ranking gandhi airport ,Qatar airport hyderabad Global World Economic Forum 43rd Singapore Competitiveness Index
WEB PORTAL/ APP
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel ‘Banglar Shiksha’ West Bengal West Bengal Education Government Minister, Partha Chatterjee unveiled a web portal, “Banglar Shiksha“(banglarshiksha.gov.in), to provide real-time data on state-run and aided schools.
“Bolo App” Google Help children in India with reading, comprehension skills
‘One Delhi’ App Delhi government Obtaining the estimated time of arrival for buses and metros. Providing information about their fares. Providing the best route and mode of travel between two places. List of tourist spots in Delhi.
e-Dharti App Hardeep S Puri, Allow the lessee of the property to see Minister of Housing and the basic details of property along with Urban Affairs its location on map.
“YONO Cash” SBI For its customers using which customers can withdraw money from ATMs without using debit cards.YONO – You Only Need One.
“Observer App” Election Commission Electoral Observers can submit the relevant document and material to Election Commission directly. ‘Conquer Exam, Be Indian Institute of Reduce the exam pressure a Warrior’ App Public Health ‘Mi Pay’ Xiaomi i Xiaomi launched Mi Pay, a UPI (Unified Payments Interface) Based mobile payment service in India to send money from one bank account to another or between UPI (Unified Payments Interface) accounts. The service provider of this application is ICICI Bank
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel “My Circle” Airtel collaboration women’s safety with FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) ETMONEY ETMONEY ETMONEY India’s largest app for financial services has integrated with UPI as a payment method. ET Money has clocked Rs 2,000 crore of mutual fund sales on its app Voter Turnout App Election commission of People of India to watch realtime India voter turnout.After collecting all the information from officers, it will be compiled and displayed in the app e-AUSHADHI portal Minister of State (IC) for e-AUSHADHI portal for online AYUSH, Shripad Yesso licensing of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani Naik and Homoeopathy drugs and related matters. RODRA website Army launched an online Army launched an online platform platform, Retired Officers Digital Records Archive (RODRA), https://rodra.gov.in with an aim to have a better connection with armed forces veteran officers and family pensioners. The website provides facilities such as updating records, registration, and tracking of documents and pension-related grievances and communicating regarding various issues. ‘My Protection Max Life Insurance Max Life Insurance Company launched a Quotient’ Company unique proprietary tool named ‘My Protection Quotient’ (MyPQ) to ensure financial protection in the country. Max Life Insurance Company is one of the fastest growing life insurance companies in India.
GOVERNMENT SCHEMES
SCHEME PURPOSE Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN Yojana Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN (Jaiv Indhan – Vatavaran Anukool fasal awashesh Nivaran) Yojana. It will provide financial support integrated Bioethanol projects using lignocellulosic biomass and other
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renewable feedstock. The total financial outlay is of Rs.1969.50cr for the period from 2018-19 to 2023-24.
Arun-3 Hydro Arun-3 Hydro Electric Project (Nepal portion) by Sutlej Jal Vikas Nigam (SJVN) Limited. The project is on Arun River in Sankhuwasabha district of Eastern Nepal.
Gram Samridhi Yojana The scheme is aimed at helping the cottage industry, farmer (Ministry of Food Processing producers’ organisation and individual food Industries ) processors to increase capacity, upgrade technology besides skill improvement, entrepreneurship development and strengthening the farm-to market supply chain.
Mukhyamantri Parivar It is primarily meant for farmers of the state who cultivate on Samman Nidhi Yojana land with areas upto five acres and the families with an 2019 (Haryana) income of less than Rs. 15,000 per month. The scheme would provide a sum of Rs. 6,000 yearly and each family has to nominate a member who will be provided with this amount.
‘Jal Amrutha’ (Karnataka For the purpose of inauguration of the scheme, a function was Government organized by the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj department at Dr B R Ambedkar Bhavan in Bengaluru. The scheme plans to make people aware about the importance of conserving water and to prompt them to come up with ways to avoid wastage of water. STARS scheme (HRD Ministry) i)Funds worth Rs 250 crore have been approved by the HRD ministry which will be utilised to sponsor about 500 science projects, selected on the basis of competitions. ii) The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is the coordinator of the project, to whom the interested candidates would submit their applications.
Transport and Marketing Government of India with a view to boost to export of farm Assistance (TMA) scheme commodities to certain countries in Europe and North America introduced a scheme for providing financial assistance for transport and marketing of agriculture products.
‘Mukhya Mantri Karigar The nodal department of the scheme is the Directorate of Sahayata’ (Odisha) handicrafts. i)Craftsmen with 10 years of experience and having annual income below Rs.1 lakh are eligible to get an assistance of Rs.800 per month. ii) For craftsmen above 80 years of age would get Rs.1000 per month allowance for those has the same experience and annual income as above.
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Yuvashree Arpan scheme Yuvashree Arpan under which 50,000 youths will receive (West Bengal) financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh for setting up an their own business initiatives. Mukhyamantri Anchal Amrit The scheme aims to provide 100 ml milk twice a week, free Yojana (Uttarakhand) of cost, to 2.5 lakh children at 20,000 Anganwadi kendras of Uttarakhand.
‘Atal Aahar Yojna’ The target is set to cover 20000 workers and provide them (Maharashtra) with good quality food at a nominal cost of Rs.5 in the first phase of the scheme. The government is already providing a Subsidy of Rs.4.5 lakh to labourers for house construction and is planning to provide help in education, income and health as well.
Doorstep Banking (SBI) The State Bank of India has initiated a new ‘doorstep banking’ service for senior citizens, differently-abled and infirm account holders as well as visually impaired customers.
‘Wings’ (Aviva Life Insurance) It will helps women dream about what they will become, giving them a clearer picture of their future and their growth prospects. The programme will give them an avenue to freely communicate in a safe environment, allowing them to focus on growth and improvement.
‘The Krushak Assistance for Chief Minister of Odisha,Naveen Patnaik, launched a Rs Livelihood and Income 10,180-crore scheme,for overall development of small, Augmentation (KALIA)’ marginal and landless farmers. ‘Krishi Krishak Bondhu’ (West (i)If a farmer aged between 18 to 60 years dies naturally or Bengal) unnaturally,the state government will pay his family Rs 2 lakh. (ii) Under the second initiative, farmers would get Rs 2,500 twice a year for growing a single crop on one acre of land. Atal Solar Krishi Pump Encouraging farmers to enrol farmers Yojana(Maharashtra ) The things included: two LED bulbs, a DC fan and a mobile charging socket. Mission Shakti scheme Interest-free loans of up to Rs.3 lakh for six lakh women self- (Odisha) help groups (WSHGs) benefitting about 70 lakh women in Odisha. ‘Ama Ghare LED’ (Odisha) Under which about 95 lakh families in the State will each get four LED bulbs free of cost.
‘One Family, One Job’ (Sikkim) Under which for every family one government job has been allotted ‘Jai Kisan Rin Mukti Yojana “Jai Kisan Rin Mukti Yojana” scheme was launched by (MP) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shri. Kamal Nath.It is Rs
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50,000 crore farm loan waiver scheme for farmers. The loan waiver forms could be submitted till February 5 and farmers would start getting the benefits from February 22.
UNNATI programme (ISRO) Unispace Nanosatellite Assembly and Training programme. It has been launched by ISRO as part of initiative by United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNISPACE-50).
Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced extension (Odisha) of free health services to all medical colleges and hospitals of Odisha from 1st February 2019. “Yuva Swabhiman Yojana” For youths of the weak section in urban areas of Madhya (Madhya Pradesh) Pradesh. Under this scheme, 100 days of employment will be provided. Jiban Sampark (Odisha) “Jiban Sampark” Project in partnership with UNICEF India (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) while inaugurating Tribal Fair also known as “Adivasi Mela” on Republic day. The Adivasi Mela’ is an annual event to showcase the lifestyle, artefacts, culture, tradition and music of the tribal people community of Odisha.
Kalia scholarship scheme Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income (Odisha) Augmentation (KALIA). The beneficiaries will be provided scholarships to pursue higher education in professional courses at free of cost. Children of farmers who have taken admission at Government Professional colleges on merit basis are eligible for this scheme. Shehri Samridhi Utsav Aim to extend the reach of Deendayal Antyodaya Mission – (Ministry of Housing & Urban National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM). Affairs) Mukhya Mantri Vriddha The scheme facilitates the amount of Rs. 400 monthly pension Pension for all in the state above the age of 60 years who are not Yojana (MMVPY), (Bihar) getting pension from the government. ‘Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Under this scheme, workers of unorganized sectors whose Mandhan’ (Finance Minister) monthly income is less than Rs. 15,000 may avail the benefits by contributing Rs. 100 per month to further get Rs. 3000 per month after 60 year of age. KALIA Chhatra Bruti’ (Odisha) It aims at providing financial assistance for technical and professional education to farmers’ children by incurring all expenses involved in various levels of education, such as course fee, hostel fee, mess fee by state govt.
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Khusi scheme (Odisha) Aimed at improving menstrual hygiene among adolescent girl students in the state, with an outlay of Rs 466.08 crore over a period of 5 years.
Pradhan Mantri Kisan (i)The scheme will provide Rs 6,000 per Samman Nidhi scheme year to small and marginal farmer families having combined land holding/ownership of upto 2 hectares. (ii). The amount will be given in three installments of Rs 2,000 each and will be transferred directly to the bank account of the beneficiaries through Direct Benefit Transfer, ensuring transparency in the entire process and saving time for the farmers. ‘Mukhyamantri Yuva Guarantees 100 days of employment every year to urban Swabhiman Yojana’ (MP) youth from Economically Weaker Sections(EWS). Young Scientist Programme’ To get young school children interested in space science and or ‘YUva VIgyani KAryakram’ technology (YUVIKA 2019) The ISRO Young Scientist Programme YUVIKA 2019, which received an astounding response from students across the country, will be inaugurated on 13 May 2019. The Indian Space Research Organisation, in a fresh announcement today, stated that YUVIKA 2019, which is a two week summer vacation residential programme, will be conducted from 13 to 26 May 2019.
SIDBI’s pilot scheme Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) launched a pilot scheme to extend financial assistance of up to Rs 10 crore to new-age fintech non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) engaged in financing small businesses and other income-generating activities. ‘SMESuvidha’ State-owned Corporation Bank has launched ‘SMESuvidha’ scheme to provide loans to the GST-registered MSMEs at affordable interest rates. The product is designed as a part of the lender’s efforts to improve service and provide best products to MSME sector Chief Minister Old Age Pension Under this scheme, people in the age group of 60-79 will get Scheme (Bihar) Rs 400 per month and people aged above 80 will get Rs 500 per month as pension with the total beneficiaries being 36.50 lakh. Pradhan Mantri Kisan All eligible farmer families, irrespective of the size of their Samman Nidhi Yojana landholding. Earlier, it was applicable to farmers having two hectares of land. The extension will include additional of 2.5 crore farmers which will led to rise its coverage to 14.5 crore farmers. The outlay of the revised scheme will be Rs 87,217.50 crore for 2019 Repo-linked home loan (Sbi) State Bank of India (SBI) announced to introduce repo- linked home loan product from July 1, 2019. It has become
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the first bank to offer this facility. It means any changes in the key interest rate by the central bank would be passed on directly to the customers. Krishi Kiosk (Haryana) Om Prakash Dhankar, Haryana agriculture, and farmers’ welfare minister launched ‘Krishi kiosk’ for farmers at Panchkula, Haryana. The kiosk comes under state’s ’‘Digital Kisan Suvidha’ plan, will give farmers the information about government schemes and also help them file claims under the ‘Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana’ Scheme.
Bangla Shashya Bima (West West Bengal Government launched a crop insurance Bengal) scheme, Bangla Shashya Bima (BSB) for the 2019 ‘Kharif’ season to protect farmers from losses due to natural disasters and provide a steady income in case of unstable market prices.
Loan Bank Amount Purpose ADB $350 Million Chhattisgarh Road Improvement Project ADB Rs 1,650cr The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a project submitted by the Urban Development Department (UDD) of Tripura amounting to Rs. 1650 crore for overall infrastructure development of seven districts headquarter towns of Tripura. Exim Bank $245 million loan agreement with Ghana & Mozambique for agricultural and railway projects
World Bank $147 Million To provide basic urban services to the people and help improve the management capacity of the urban local bodies (ULBs) in Jharkhand, the World Bank approved a $147 million loan agreement to the state. World Bank $31.58 mn loan for Uttarakhand Public Financial Management Strengthening Project
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World Bank $ 400M The World Bank and the Government of India signed a loan agreement of $400 Million for the Program Towards Elimination of Tuberculosis(TB), which kills approximately half a million people in India every year. The program will cover nine States of India. World Bank $328M World Bank, Government of India and State Government of Andra Pradesh signed a loan agreement worth of $328 million with the World Bank (WB) for improving health services of Andhra Pradesh. World Bank $250 million Develop Rajasthan’s Roads and Highways World Bank $250-m The Government of India, State Government of Kerala and World Bank signed a loan agreement of $250 million (Rs 1,725 crore) for the Kerala Resilient Programme. World Bank $287 Mn The Government of India, Tamil Nadu, and the World Bank signed a $287 million loan agreement for the state’s Health System Reform Programme in New Delhi. It is aimed to improve the quality of health care, reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and fill equity gaps in reproductive and child health services. Asian Infrastructure USD 455 Million Andhra Pradesh Rural Roads Investment Bank (AIIB) Project Asian Development Bank USD 926 Million Mumbai Metro Rail Project (ADB) ADB USD 26 million For improving drainage infrastructure in Dibrugarh town of Assam Asian Development Bank USD50 million Invest in India’s renewable (ADB) energy producer company Avaada Energy Private Limited (AEPL).
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World Bank USD 25.2 Million Chhattisgarh Public Financial Management and Accountability Program World Bank USD 96 Million Additional Financing for Uttarakhand Disaster Recovery Project
World Bank 250 Million For National Rural Economic Transformation Project (NRETP) World Bank Rs. 2200 crores ($328-million) For Andhra Pradesh Health Systems Strengthening Project (APHSSP) World Bank $137 Million For the Additional Financing of the Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP), Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand.
ADB $750-mn loan to fund railway track electrification in India World Bank $35 million World Bank to invest $35 million in Manapurram Finance ADB $350million State and District Roads in Chhattisgarh World Bank $287milliom Tamil Nadu Health System Reform Programme
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Merge Company About . Telecom Department sanctions merger of TTSL . The Telecom Department and Bharti Airtel has sanctioned the merger of TTSL (Tata Teleservices Limited) consumer mobility business with Bharti Airtel, subject to the condition that Sunil Mittal led firm provides bank guarantees of about Rs. 7,200 crore. . Lakshmi Vilas Bank got merge with Indiabulls . The board of Lakshmi Vilas Housing Finance Bank (LVB), has approved the merger of private sector lender with Indiabulls
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Housing Finance Ltd, mortgage financier in an all- stock deal. . IndusInd Bank and Bharat Financial Inclusion . National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) approved merger of private sector lender IndusInd Bank with Bharat Financial Inclusion (BFIL), a microfinance company. Now, BFIL become the subsidiary of IndusInd Bank. Last year, IndusInd Bank had received ‘No Objection’ from Reserve Bank of India, National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange. . Chatbot Making Startup Haptik and Reliance Jio . Reliance Jio Digital, a Digital subsidiary of Reliance Industries has acquired a chatbot making startup firm Haptik forRs.700 Crore. . Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank,with Bank of . The government has decided Baroda to infuse a capital of 5,042 crore rupees into state- owned Bank of Baroda ahead of its merger with two other public sector lenders Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank,with Bank of Baroda which would be effective from 1st April 2019. . Pallavan Grama Bank and Pandyan Grama Bank . Under the sponsorship of merged Indian Bank, two regional rural bank – Pallavan Grama Bank and Pandyan Grama Bank will be amalgamated to form a single RRB i.e. Tamil Nadu Grama Bank in Tamil Nadu. The consolidation will be effective from April 1, 2019.
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. Airtel to merge broadband satellite business . Bharti Airte has decided to with Hughes India unit merge its broadband satellite, or VSAT, business with that of market leader Hughes Communications India, to create a stronger no. 1 in the space, in a bid to increase scale, improve operational efficiencies and target new customers in areas such as in- flight connectivity. . Mukesh Ambani’s RIL buys out British toy- . Reliance Brands, a subsidiary maker Hamleys of Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL), has signed a definitive agreement with C Banner International, a Hong Kong- listed company, to acquire 100% shares of centuries-old British toy retailer Hamleys for £68 million. . Govt to merge CSO with NSSO to create new stats . The government has approved body the merger of National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) with the Central Statistics Office (CSO) under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI). . The restructuring is in line with the proposed National Policy on Official Statistics which was floated last year. The policy suggests discontinuing with the role of the Chief Statistician of India as secretary to the National Statistical Commission (NSC) and doing away with the user of the terms CSO and NSSO Instead, the two will be treated as being under a single entity called the National Statistical Organisation (NSO). . Airtel and Tata Tele merger . Telecom operator Bharti Airte is learnt to have submitted a bank guarantee of Rs 644 crore in telecom tribunal TDSAT to complete the merger of Tata Teleservices consumer business with the company.
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. Merger of Indus Towers and Bharti . Bharti and Vodafone Group Tuesday named Bimal Dayal as the CEO of the mega tower company proposed to be formed from merger of Indus Towers and Bharti Infratel and said the merger process is in “advanced stage of completion”. . Dayal will be responsible for the combined business and take forward integration of the two companies in preparation of the merger, a joint statement said. Merger of IndusInd Bank and Bharat Financial The boards of IndusInd and BFIL Inclusion Ltd (BFIL) decided that on July 4, the NCLT (National Company Law Tribunal )Order will be filed by BFIL and IFIL with the Registrar of Companies. On June 10, 2019, The NCLT sanctioned the scheme of arrangement about BFIL, IndusInd, and IFIL (Induslnd Financial Inclusion )and their respective shareholders and creditors. In October 2018, IndusInd Bank decided to merge with BFIL which was previously known as SKS Microfinance. The Business Correspondent of BFIL will operate under IFIL and the Assets and liabilities of BFIL will be merged with IndusInd’s balance sheet.
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Sundaram Finance to acquire stakes of its partner India’s leading Non-Banking BNP Paribas Financial Company(NBFC) Sundaram Finance Ltd (SFL) has announced that it set to acquire the stakes held by BNP Paribas in their two joint venture (JV) companies for a total of around Rs 1,000 Cr.
Summit/Meeting Summit/Meeting Location About . G20 Ministerial . Tsukuba city, Ibaraki . It is one of the eight Meeting Prefecture, Japan Ministerial Meetings. Trade and Economy Ministers of the Group of 20 major economies discussed the ways to reorder trade rules and finances in an era of technological change and protectionism. . 15th Finance . Meghalaya . 15th Finance Commission Commission held headed by the Chairman a meeting Shri N.K. Singh held meeting with the representatives of Autonomous Development Councils (ADCs) of Meghalaya as part of its visit to the State. There are 3 ADCs in Meghalaya namely the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council, the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council and the Jaintia Hills Autonomous District Council. . 14th OIC summit . Mecca, Saudi Arabia . 14th Islamic Summit organized by Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit was held in Mecca, Saudi
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Arabia. It was hosted by Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud. The summit, titled as “Mecca Summit: Together for the Future”, aimed at developing a unified stance on events in the Islamic world. . G20 Finance . Fukuoka, Japan . G20 Summit, to be held Ministers in Osaka, Japan, from 28-29 meeting and June 2019, a G20 Finance Central Bank Ministers and Central Bank Governors meet Governors Meet was held in Fukuoka, Japan on 8-9 June. It was one of the 8 ministerial meetings taking place in Japan before 2019 G20 summit. This is for the first time that Japan is hosting the G20 Summit & Ministerial Meetings at its eight different locations. . 2nd Global . Aires,Argentina . The 2nd Global Disability Disability Summit was held Summit at Buenos Aires, Argentina from June 6 to June 8, 2019. The objectives of the summit were to deliberate on issues across the world concerning empowerment and inclusion of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) and to work out a mechanism for enabling them to live an independent and dignified life. . Second Edition of . New Delhi . Union Minister for Food World Food India Processing Industries Smt Harsimrat Kaur Badal announced that World Food India (WFI) 2019, a biennial event, will be held at Vigyan Bhawan and Rajpath Lawns in New Delhi from 1-4 November 2019. It will be the biggest
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gathering of all global and domestic stakeholders in the Food Processing Sector. This will be the second edition of WFI, first was held in 2017. The tagline of the event will be “Forging Partnerships for Growth”. . G20 Ministerial . Karuizawa, Japan . G20 (Group of Meeting on 20) Ministerial Meeting on Energy Energy Transitions and Transitions and Global Environment for Global Sustainable Growth for the Environment for year 2019 was held Sustainable at Karuizawa Prince Growth Hotel (Karuizawa Town, Nagano), Japan on June 15- 16, 2019. . 3rd Indo-French . Paris, France . The third Indo-French cyber dialogue cyber dialogue 2019 was held in Paris, France. The meeting was co-chaired by Henri Verdier, French Ambassador for Digital Affairs, and Upender Singh Rawat, Joint Secretary in charge of e-Governance, Information Technology and Cyber Diplomacy at the Ministry of External Affairs. . Meeting of Expert . New Delhi . Meeting of Expert Working Group Working Group on Paris of Paris Pact Pact Initiative on Illicit Initiative of Financial Flows deriving UNODC from the trafficking of Opiates originating in Afghanistan was organised in New Delhi from June 27- 28, 2019. It was hosted by the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance with the support of United Nations Office on Drugs & Crimes (UNODC). It was inaugurated by the Additional Secretary, Revenue Mr. Anil Kumar Jha.
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. 17thedition of . Dead Sea,Jordan . Over 1000 representatives World Economic from more than 50 Forum on the countries participated in Middle East and the meeting.It is North the 10th meeting in Africa (MENA) Jordan . . Global Water . London . National Mission for Clean Summit Ganga (NMCG) or Namami Gange which is India’s flagship programme, was presented, with the ‘Public Water Agency of the Year’ award by Global Water Intelligence . 21st ASEAN-India . New Delhi . Improve the connectivity Senior Officials and strengthen the cooperation in the maritime sector between Indian and the ASEAN countries. . G20 summit . Saudi Arabia . . First edition of . New Delhi . The Hon’ble Defence Naval Minister Nirmala Commanders’ Sitharaman addressed Conference of Naval Commanders 2019 Conference on the opening day. . It is the apex forum within the Service for interaction between the Naval Commanders, Chief of the Naval Staff, with the Commanders-in-Chief. They will review operational, material, logistics, HR, training and administrative activities which were undertaken during the previous six months. The themes of ‘Functional Reorganization of Indian Navy towards enhancing Operational Efficiency’ and ‘Optimal Manning’ were the core of discussions in this conference.
. 5th Asia Pacific . Kathmandu, Nepal . The aim of this two day
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Broadcasting summit was to address the Union (ABU) key issue of utilizing Media Summit on media’s full potential of Climate Action accelerating climate action and Disaster and disaster preparedness Preparedness and connect different stakeholders to media professionals for collaboration and joint practical projects.
. 4th Session of . New Delhi . India and Ukraine have India-Ukraine discussed bilateral trade working group on featuring the importance of Trade and exports and imports Economic between the 2 countries. Cooperation . ‘Indian Ocean Rim . New Delhi . Collaboration of Ministry of Association’ Home Affairs with the Ministry of External Affairs and National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) solely based on Disaster Risk Management. IORA has set Disaster Risk Management its priority to enhance resilience in IORA countries according to its ‘2017-2021’ Action plan.
. 2nd ASEAN – India . Guwahati . Which was conducted to Youth Summit strengthen the mutual cooperation among ASEAN countries. It was inaugurated by Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Union Minister of State for Tourism K J Alphons. . World . Dubai . The seventh session of Government the World Government Summit’s seventh Summit began on session Sunday, 10th February 2019, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). More than 4,000 people from 140 countries participated in the event.
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. 5th International . Bhubaneshwar, Odisha . State Water Resources Dam Safety minister Niranjan Conference 2019 Pujari and Union Water Resources & Ganga Rejuvenation Secretary U.P. Singh inaugurated the 5th International Dam Safety Conference 2019 in Bhubaneshwar, O disha. . 55th Munich . Munich, Germany . 55th Munich Security Security Conference (MSC), an Conference (MSC) annual meeting that brings together leaders and security experts from across the world, was held from 15th to 17th February 2019. Deputy National Security Adviser Pankaj Saran attended the conference and participated in various events besides holding bilateral meetings with several countries. . 4th Agri . Sonipat district, Haryana . Union Minister of leadership Agriculture and Farmer’s Summit 2019 Welfare, Radha MohanSingh, inaugurated the 4th Agri Leadership Summit 2019 at the India International Horticulture Market (IIHM) in Ganaur, Sonipat district, Haryana. It was a 3-day summit which took place from 15th February 2019 to 17th February 2019. . Global Business . New Delhi . Prime Minister Narendra Summit Modi addressed the Global Business Summit in New Delhi. . i)He announced that India would be a 10 trillion- dollar economy-
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the third largest in the world. ii)He highlighted the role of his government’s policies in establishing a high growth rate and controlling inflation. iii) The government would provide conducive environment for start-ups and promote renewable sources of energy.
. 4th India-ASEAN . New Delhi . Union Minister of Expo and Summit Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, inaugurated the 4th India-ASEAN Expo and Summit, held from 21st to 23rd February, 2019, in New Delhi. . It flagship event of Department of Commerce, being organised with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) to carry forward the momentum and to further strengthen India-ASEAN relationsunder the Act- East Policy.
. 4th Global Digital . New Delhi, India . Union Minister of Health Health and Family Welfare, Shri J P Partnership Nadda, inaugurated the Summit ‘4th Global Digital Health Partnership Summit ’, the global intergovernmental meeting on digital health, hosted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in collaboration with World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Digital Health Partnership (GDHP).The summit held in New Delhi.
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. International . Hyderabad . International Spice Spice Conference Conference is considered as 2019 platform for all business houses, the spice associations, the policy makers, the farmers and the users, to connect and interact. . The fourth edition of this conference was held in the City of Pearls and the capital city of Telangana- Hyderabad. The theme for the conference 2019 is ‘Challenges of Change, Redefining the Value Chain’. . 16th Ministerial . Qatar, Doha . The meeting is taking place Meeting of the when the world is Member States of undergoing complex the Asian changes and developments Cooperation at all political, economic and Dialogue (ACD) financial spheres, stressing the need to deepen cooperation among Asian countries to meet the challenges of the future. . G-7 . France . 7 industrialised nations (France, Japan, United States, Canada, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom) meet organised by France. . India will be attending the Group of 7 industrialised nations meet organised by France in Biarritz in August along with Australia, Chile and South Africa, in a sign of the recognition of India’s growing economic heft in the international arena. . IBSA (India, Brazil . Cochin from May 3-5, . & South Africa) 2019. Sherpas’ Meeting . the 15th Finance . Mumbai . Commission with the Reserve Bank of India
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. Central Board of . Kochi . India is hosting this meeting Indirect Taxes in its capacity as Vice Chair and Customs of the Asia Pacific region (CBIC) is that it assumed on 1st July, organising a 2018 for a two-year period. meeting of the . The meeting will take stock Regional Heads of of the progress being made Customs in carrying forward the Administration of programmes and initiatives Asia Pacific of WCO to promote, Region of the facilitate and secure the World Customs cross-border trade in the Organisation region and the capacity (WCO) building and technical assistance required to achieve this goal. . World Trade . New Delhi . The meeting is being held at Organisation, a time when the multilateral WTO, ministerial rule-based-trading system meeting is facing serious and grave challenges. . It will provide an opportunity to the Ministers to discuss various issues and the way forward. On the first day, there will be a meeting of senior officers of the participating countries. On the 2nd day, the Ministerial Meeting will be held. . UN to hold 2020 . Portugal’s Lisbon . The UNGA “decides to ocean conference convene the high-level 2020 United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development in Lisbon, from June 2 to 6, 2020,” according to a resolution adopted by the 80th plenary meeting of the UNGA 73rd session . Meeting of . Kyrgyzstan capital Bishkek . The meeting will exchange
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Council of Foreign views on issues of Ministers of international and regional Shanghai Co- importance. It will also operation review the preparations for Organization the forthcoming SCO (SCO). Summit in Bishkek which commences on the 13th of next month.
. 2019 Urban 20 . Tokyo, Japan . First U20 Summit in Buenos Mayors Summit Aires, U20 cities continue to engage with G20 and call on their national governments to work together to address the most pressing challenges our world is facing. The Summit will be two-days event that will address issues like climate action, circular economy, social inclusion, sustainable economic growth, and gender equality, as well as their linkages with the 2030 Agenda. . SWIFT India and . Mumbai . The conference saw the South Asia participation of 500 Conference delegates representing financial institutions, regulators, market infrastructure experts, multinational corporations, and other industry professionals, to discuss the most pertinent issues concerning the nation’s financial market. . The theme of the conference was “Digitisation in transition: The future of innovation and cyber security. . North Korea – United . Hanoi, Vietnam States Hanoi Summit has abruptly concluded . Inaugural Space Dialogue . New Delhi, India of India and Japan
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. Indo-Pacific Regional . Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi Dialogue – 2019 . Countries of the Indo-Pacific, namely Australia, organised Bangladesh, Canada, China, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Seychelles, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America participated in the event.
. Indo-Japan workshop on . New Delhi, India Disaster Risk Reduction . FinTech Conclave . New Delhi commenced . Langkawi International . Langkawi, Malaysia Maritime Aero Expo (LIMA-2019) . US-India Counter- . Washington, DC, US terrorism Joint Working Group Meeting
Partnership/ Agreement Partnership/ Agreement Aims . Bajaj Finserv &Motherhood . Indian financial services company Bajaj Finserv hospitals ink partnership inked partnership with Motherhood hospitals, a national network of women &child hospital to provide Lifecare finance facility. . Through this partnership, patients at all motherhood hospitals can avail Life Care Finance (LCF) from Bajaj Finserv that converts their medical bills into an EMI loan without interest.
. Ashok Leyland partnered with . Ashok Leyland, Hinduja Group flagship firm, Suryoday Small Finance Bank partnered with Suryoday Small Finance Bankto provide vehicle loans. . Under this partnership, Suryoday Small Finance Bank will provide end-to-end financial solutions to the customers of Ashok Leyland for auto loans across India. The strategic financing partnership agreement was signed for 3 years. . Agreement signed between . A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was MCA and SEBI signed between Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) and Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for automatic data exchange in order to tackle the rising instances of fraud. It was signed by Shri KVR Murty, Joint Secretary, MCA, and Smt. Madhabi Puri Buch, Whole Time Member, SEBI in the presence of
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senior officers from both the organizations. . IRSDC signed a Tripartite . Indian Railway Station Development Agreement with SNCF and AFD Corporation (IRSDC) entered into a Tripartite Agreement with French National Railways (SNCF)and French Development Agency (AFD). Under this agreement, a grant up to 7 lakh euros will be provided to boost capacity building for railway station development program in India.
. IDBI Bank and Max Bupa . Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) Bank and Max Bupa, a Standalone Health Insurer (SAHI) signed a Bancassurance corporate agency agreement. For the first time, IDBI Bank became an on-boarded corporate agent for Max Bupa under open architecture. . IDBI Bank is focused to increase the Fee Income through Third Party distribution. . The products are IDBI Max Bupa Suvidha Health Plus, IDBI Max Bupa Loan Secure and IDBI Max Bupa Sehat Suraksha. . ZestMoney in partnership with . ZestMoney, a Bengaluru based digital lending Digit Insurance startup, in partnership with Digit Insurance announced to offer EMI (Equated Monthly Installment) insurance to the company’s five million customers. The aim of the partnership is to relieve its customers of debt in case of unforeseen circumstances. . DGT partnered with Cisco & . Directorate General of Training (DGT), under Accenture the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) joined hands with Cisco and Accenture, private sector companies, to skill the youth for digital economy through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs). The implementation partner is Quest Alliance. . Edelweiss and Bank of Baroda . Bank of Baroda (BoB) and ECL Finance, the flagship non-banking financial company of Edelweiss Group, signed an agreement to form a strategic partnership to explore co-lending opportunities. . They will offer loans and expertise for the growing needs of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), self-employed and priority sector groups. . NHA and ICICI Foundation . The National Health Authority (NHA) signed a MoU to train 15,000 and ICICI Foundation for Inclusive personnel under Ayushman Growth signed a Memorandum of
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Bharat Scheme Understanding (MoU) to train 15,000 state and district personnel and Pradhan Mantri Arogya Mitras to provide the delivery of health services under Ayushman Bharat Scheme over a period of one year. It is aimed at capacity building of health personnel at state. The state personnel is assigned the responsibility to implement the scheme in their respective states and Arogya Mitras, the health service professionals, are present at each empanelled hospital. . IDBI Bank and Tata AIG . Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) has signed a bancassurance agreement with Tata AIG General Insurance Company Ltd to provide Tata AIG’s suite of P&C (Property and Casualty (insurance) products to its customers. . Maruti Suzuki inks . Automobile manufacturer in India, Maruti partnership with BOB Suzuki signed ‘Preferred Financier’ MoU(Memorandum of understanding) with public sector Bank, Bank of Baroda (BOB) to improve credit for dealership inventory financing. . NTPC and PGCIL . National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and PowerGrid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to set up a Joint Venture (JV) the National Electricity Distribution Company Limited (NEDCL). It will undertake the business for distribution of electricity in distribution circles in various states and Union Territories (UTs) and other related activities. . MobiKwik partnered with Max . MobiKwik, a mobile payments service provider, Bupa partnered with health insurer Max Bupa to launch “shampoo-sachet” concept in the insurance sector. It will offer mini medical insurance products with premiums as low as Rs 20. The partnership enables financial inclusion by making pocket size health insurance solutions available through the Mobikwik platform. . NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation . Statement of Intent (SOI) to collectively drive the Mission partners with Adobe charter of developing creative skills and spreading digital literacy across all Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) in India. . ATLs are being established in more than 5,000 schools in India where students of class 6th to class 12th acquire problem solving and innovation skills, developing innovative
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solutions leveraging Tinkering technologies like 3D printers, robotics, miniaturised electronics, IOT and programming, do it yourself kits with support from teachers.
. ICICI Lombard partnered with . Provide insurance cover to its lenders and ATL (AnyTimeLoan.in) borrowers . Bancassurance Agreement . As part of the agreement, IDBI Bank will become signed by IDBI Bank and LIC the preferred bank for LIC premium payments and also function as premium point to boost sale of LIC products, thereby gaining from fees and float income.
. Ayushman Bharat and Uber ink . A ride-hailing app to provide free healthcare partnership services to Uber drivers. . Life Insurance Corporation . Offer home buyers enhanced loan eligibility and Housing Finance Ltd easy loans and it will now be in a position to offer (LICHFL) partnered with India extended loan tenure for borrowers till the age Mortgage Guarantee of 75 years, increasing the loan quantum and Corporation (IMGC) reducing the burden of monthly EMIs for borrowers.
. SBI and Hitachi Payment . For establishing a digital payments platform Services launched SBIPSPL (SBI for India and other countries in the region, Payment Services Pvt Ltd) in Mumbai. . Bancassurance deal signed . United Bank of India aims to provide the facilities between United Bank of India of life insurance products to its customers through and HDFC Life HDFC Life. . India & Russia Deals . India entered into a deal with Russia for leasing of a nuclear – powered attack submarine for Indian Navy worth USD 3 billion for a period of 10 years.
. AU Small Finance Bank . AU Small Finance Bank is working on offering partnered with Acko General customers access to financial services and Insurance products directly through their digital channels and building a robust digital banking platform to offer best in class products in Digital Loans, Deposits, and Investment segments.
. IBBI inks cooperation deal with . The cooperation agreement provides a technical International Finance assistance by IFC to IBBI (Insolvency and Corporation (IFC) Bankruptcy Board of India ) until 30th June, 2021.It will provide training of insolvency professionals and trainers by the IFC to IBBI. IBBI provides a platform for re-organization and insolvency resolution of corporate persons,
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individuals and partnership firmsin a time bound manner for maximization of the value of assets.
. Hinduja Global Solutions . launch a centre of excellence in Bengaluru for (HGS) partnered with NASSCOM training differently-abled persons (PwDs) which Foundation will train a minimum of 100 PwDs making them industry-ready over the next 12 months with a goal to place at least 50% of them in companies already sensitised for hiring them.
. US – India . U.S.-India Strategic Security Dialogue held in Washington DC, United States. Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale led the Indian delegation and Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Andrea Thompson led the US delegation.
. Article 3 of the Agreement . The Union Cabinet approved Amendment to the Article 3 of the Agreement between India and Bhutan regarding Mandechh u Hydro Electric Project (MHEP) in order to extend the loan repayment tenure by two years extended by India to Bhutan, for implementation of the said Project in Bhutan from 15 to 17 years. . ISRO and IIT Roorkee . Aim to strengthen institutional interactions and thereby enhance the scope of the activities pursued under STC commensurate with the programmatic goals of ISRO.
. ICICI Lombard partnered with . ICICI Lombard and digital financial services MobiKwik company MobiKwik entered into a partnership to provide cyber insurance cover of Rs. 50000.
. IBBI(Insolvency and Bankruptcy . The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India Board of India) and SEBI (IBBI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (Securities and Exchange Board (MoU) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India) of India (SEBI) seeking effective implementation of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Code) and its allied rules and regulations, which have redefined the debt-equity relationship and aims to promote entrepreneurship and debt market,at Mumbai.
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. eBay joined hands with google . US-based e-commerce platform eBay has partnered with Google to offer Google Pay as a form of payment option in its new “managed payments” plan. The collaboration will enhance customer experience tailored to their personal preferences. . Ola and Telangana Govt. . Ola and the Government of Telangana to support the government’s initiative to implement smart solutions to enhance mobility experience further strengthening traffic infrastructure in Hyderabad. . 14th CII-EXIM Bank Conclave on . Three day 14th CII-EXIM Bank Conclave on India-Africa Project India-Africa Project Partnerships concluded in Partnerships New Delhi. The Conclave will enhance the partnership between India and Africa in economic as well as business terms.
. SBI signed MoU with Bank of . State Bank of India (SBI) signed a pact with the China for business opportunities third largest Bank in the world by capital size,Bank of China (BoC) to boost business opportunities. It will enhance the business cooperation between both the banks. . Apple partnered with Goldman . The Tech Giant Apple has partnered with Goldman Sachs and Mastercard Sachs and Mastercard to launch a new credit card called Apple Card. . GAIL and BHEL Sign an . GAIL India Ltd joined hand with Bharat Heavy agreement Electricals Ltd (BHEL) to cooperate in the development of solar power projects. . Canara Bank and its life . Canara Bank and its life insurance insurance partner Canara HSBC partner Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of OBC Life Commerce Life Insurance launched ’Webassurance’ to enable its customers to purchase life insurance in a convenient and hassle-free way.
. NITI Aayog , UNICEF signed a LOI . United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) India and NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to provide an open platform to promote participation, skill and empowerment among young children across different communities. . Aegon Life Insurance . Mobikwik, digital financial services company collaborated with MobiKwik collaborated with pioneer of digital insurance in India, Aegon Life Insurance to launch a Rs 20 smart digital insurance product in order to protect its wallet users from death and accident related disability cover for up to Rs 2 lakh.
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. . . Airtel Payments Bank joined . Airtel Payments Bank joined hands with Bharti hands with Bharti AXA General AXA General Insurance for a two-wheeler Insurance insurance product offering which is available on MyAirtel App and at over 40,000 Airtel Payments Bank points across India.
. Bank of Maharashtra and . State-owned Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) has M1Xchange join hands partnered with M1Xchange TReDSplatform for Micro,Small and Medium Enterprises(MSMEs) bill discounting.Trade Receivables Discounting System (TreDS) is a digital platform to assist MSMEs to get their bills financed at a competitive rate through a vendue where multiple registered financiers can participate.
. India join hands with Japan and . India joined hands with Japan and the United UAE Arab Emirates (UAE) to implement two projectsin Africa as it seeks to extend its footprint on the continent as a counter to China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). . i. India will build a cancer hospital in Kenya in collaboration with Japan and will to set up an information and communications technology (ICT) center in Ethiopia in partnership with the UAE. ii. Through this partnership, India has undertaken many projects like the ambitious Pan African e- network project on tele-education and tele- medicine which provides “integrated” satellite, fiber optics and wireless network between educational and medical institutes in Africa and India. . Tata Trusts and Microsoft . A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been India for jointly collaborating signed by Tata Trusts and Microsoft India forjointly rejuvenating the handloom clust ers in the eastern and north-eastern parts of India in order to build a digitally-inclusive society. . Google Pay partners with . Google Pay has partnered with Bullion refiner MMTC-PAMP MMTC-PAMP India to initiate buying and selling of gold through the app to make Google Pay more useful for Indian customers. MMTC-PAMP is India’s only London Bullion Market Association (LBMA)-accredited gold refinery. . RBL Bank partners with . RBL Bank has partnered with CreditVidya to CreditVidya enhance the lender’s customer experience (by offering them relevant credit products) and construct customised offerings for over 15 lakh
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. PFS in a joint venture with . PTC India Financial Services (PFS) an USICEF finances Infrastructure finance company has partnered with the US-India Clean Energy Finance (USICEF) to leverage funds for solar projects in India. PFS Managing Director and CEO Pawan Singh stated that this innovative venture can contribute to achieve India’s distributed energy target of 40 GW (gigawatt) by 2022.
. BSE signed an agreement with . Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), Asia’s oldest HDFC Bank exchange has signed an agreement with HDFC Bank to spread more awareness about the benefits of listing startups as well as to strengthen BSE startup platform. . NIIF and ROADIS on a joint . The National Investment and Infrastructure Fund venture (NIIF) and global private infrastructure operator ROADIS (owned by Public Sector Pension Investment board abbreviated as PSP investment) have jointly set up a platform for investing up to $2 billion in road projects in India. . Karnataka Bank Signs . Karnataka Bank has signed a pact with Bharti Axa agreement With Bharti AXA Life Insurance Company Ltd to distribute the latter’s life insurance products to provide insurance solutions to the customers of Karnataka Bank. . Tata Power joined hands with . Tata Power has signed an agreement Indraprastha Gas ink with Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) for green energy solutions including rooftop solar projects, setting up of commercial-scale EV charging/battery swapping stations. . India-Africa Institute of . India has signed an agreement with National Agriculture and Rural Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (IAIARD) Development Consultancy Service in Malawi, India signed an (NABCONS) for setting up India-Africa Institute agreement of Agriculture and Rural Development (IAIARD) in Malawi to enhance capacity in the areas of agro-financing and entrepreneurship development for African countries . Reliance Mutual Fund . Reliance Nippon Life Asset Management partnering with Google (RNAM) has joined hands with Google to enable the customers of Reliance Mutual Fund to carry out voice-based financial transactions. . Syndicate Bank and SBI Life . Syndicate Bank and SBI Life Insurance signed Insurance a bancassurance pact aiming to offer a
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comprehensive financial planning solution to its customers. . Through the pact, Syndicate Bank will provide penetration in the market with its 3,000 branches and SBI Life’s diverse range of protection, wealth creation and savings insurance products will be brought to the table to the customers. . ICICI Bank and Small Business . ICICI Bank, in a first-of-its-kind programme, FinCredit signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Small Business FinCredit India Pvt. Ltd. (SBFC), a systemically important Non-Banking Finance Company for entrepreneurs, to jointly provide credit worth up to Rs 1 crore to MSMEs for a tenure of 15 years.
. SBI Card & Etihad Guest . SBI Card, the country’s second largest credit card issuer and Etihad Guest, the loyalty programme of Etihad Airways have weld their hand together for a specific visa credit card to come into play for members and Indian travellers. Etihad Guest SBI Card, Etihad Guest SBI Premier Card . It has been launched in order to confront the constraints of international travel. . Bharat Heavy Electricals . For cooperation on various projects related to e- Limited (BHEL) and Automotive mobility. Research Association of India . BHEL’s scope of work in the project includes (ARAI)Sign MoU design, engineering, manufacturing, supply and installation of the EV charging stations along with a central monitoring system with a user-friendly mobile app. . Income Tax Department and the . For sharing data to prevent anomalies. Goods and Services Tax Network . States that the GSTN can ask for and be provided (GSTN) are all set to sign an MoU data relating to an assessee’s status of filing income tax returns, turnover, gross total income, financial ratios, and any other data with the I-T Department to be decided at a later date. The order also provides for the automatic exchange of such data, and not just based on requests, the modalities of which will be decided.
. NIOS has signed a Memorandum . For imparting skill education in Paramedical of Understanding with Indian Courses to the learners. Medical Association . The MoU is initially for period of three years for the paramedical courses all over the country through its Accredited Vocational Institutions (AVIs). . e-Governance Services India ties . Common Service Centre’s (CSC) e-Governance
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up with IIT-Kanpur Services India Limited, a special purpose vehicle under the Ministry of Electronics & IT, on Friday said it has tied up with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Kanpur to upscale ‘Unnat Bharat Abhiyan’. . ‘Unnat Bharat Abhiyan’ is an initiative of the Ministry of HRD. It aims to find solutions to accelerate sustainable growth in rural India. . Commerce ministry organises . Commerce Ministry and Indian High Commissions interaction to boost India-Africa and embassies of eleven African countries to trade ties strengthen the India-Africa trade ties. . The interaction was arranged over Digital Video Conference (DVC) over two days, on May 3rd and May 6th with the Indian business community in Africa. . In order to build an effective engagement with the Indian Diaspora in Africa, the interactions with Indian Diaspora were held in Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, and Mauritius, Nigeria, Mozambique, Ghana, South Africa, Botswana, and Madagascar.
. TAFE, PCRA ink pact . Tractor maker TAFE and Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA), signed an MoU to jointly conduct agriculture workshops by involving TAFE’s extensive dealership network in spreading awareness and sensitising farmers on the advantages of maintenance and upkeep of their tractors, thereby helping them maximise their productivity and profitability, according to a statement. . This joint CSR effort by TAFE and PCRA is aimed at helping the farmers to minimise costs through conservation, recycling and use of alternate energy. . Doordarshan partners with . DD Souvenir gallery was started on 21 June 2018. Amazon India The online store will sell branded articles like cups, T-shirts and water bottles. . The development makes Doordarshan India’s first broadcaster to start a souvenir store. The pubcaster believes that the online souvenir store will not only strengthen the relationship with viewers but also help in establishing Doordarshan brand value. . Agreement signed between . Taking up a project of ‘Plantation of Rudraksh National Mission for Clean Trees in Uttarakhand’ under the ‘Namami Gange’ Ganga (NMCG), HCL Foundation Programme. and INTACH . While the project aims at planting 10,000
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Rudraksh trees in the catchment area of river Ganga in Uttarakhand in association with the local community and other stakeholders, it will also help in generating income for people residing in those areas. . Housing finance major HDFC . The partnership aims to make it possible for HDFC Limited has partnered with to further penetrate home loan market and access India Mortgage Guarantee an enlarged customer base, helping them to own a Corporation (IMGC) home of their choice. . This product will help HDFC to offer more loan to a home loan customer on an enhanced eligibility. It also helps customers to avail loans beyond their retirement period. The finer details of the product are being worked out and will be known to market soon. . Ola partners with Visa, SBI to . Homegrown ride-hailing platform Ola has launch credit cards launched a credit card in partnership with SBI and Visa, the company said in a statement. Ola users will be able to apply, view and manage their credit cards directly on the Ola app and will get instant cashbacks, which can be redeemed against Ola rides, flight and hotel bookings. . BSNL Partners With Google . State-run telecom major BSNL has partnered with Google to increase access to its WiFi footprint in the country. With the launch of this service, people across the country will be able to enjoy BSNL’s free WiFi services. This initiative will allow customers use BSNL’s high speed internet services on WiFi. . Indian Hotels Co. (IHCL) and . Indian Hotels Co. (IHCL) and Singapore’s Singapore’s sovereign wealth sovereign wealth fund GIC will set up a three-year, fund GIC Rs 4,000-crore investment platform to acquire hotels in the luxury, upper-upscale and upscale segments, the company said on Friday. . National Small Industries . The MOU was signed by Ram Mohan Mishra, AS & Corporation Limited (NSIC) DC(MSME) and CMD (NSIC) with Dr. Arun Kumar signed a Memorandum of Panda, Secretary, MSME, in the presence of Alka Understanding (MOU) with Nangia Arora, Joint Secretary, SME, Mercy Epao, Ministry of Micro, Small and Director (SME), P. Udaya kumar, Director -P&M Medium Enterprises (MSME) (NSIC) and A.K. Mittal, Director-Finance (NSIC). . The MOU envisages provision of enhanced services by NSIC under its marketing, financial, technology and other support services schemes for MSMEs in the country.
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. Indian Institute of Technology . Stating the MoU was signed on May 24, an IIT-G (IIT), Guwahati has signed an press release on Wednesday said the IITG-ISRO MoU with The Indian Space STC would be first of its kind in the North-east Research Organisation (ISRO) region to augment research and capacity building processes in the field of space-technology. . The STC will constitute faculty members from IIT Guwahati, visiting scientists/ experts from ISRO, research students and technical staff, the release said.
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Military Exercise Countries Purpose . ‘Sampriti-2019’ . India and . Which aimed to increase mutual Bangladesh cooperation and camaraderie with an impressive ceremony in Tangail, Bangladesh. . “Mainamati . Border Security . The main objective of this Maitree Exercise Force exercise was to plan and 2019” (BSF) and Border conduct anti-smuggling and Guards Bangladesh anti-criminal activity related (BGB) operations with an aim to achieve better joint operational efficiency and border management in the area. . Held in Tripura
. “Foal Eagle 2019” . U.S. and South . This is being done to ease and “Key Resolve” Korea tensions with North Korea
. Al Nagah III . India and Oman . Where both the armies will be exchanging expertise in tactics, weapon handling and firing, in order to enhance inter operability in counter-terrorist operations in semi urban mountainous terrain. . Held in Jabel Al Akhdar Mountains in Oman
. US-India security . US army and NSG . The aim of these exercises is to partnership in Hyderabad enhance preparedness and tackle any crisis that affects the public health and safety.
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. AFINDEX-19 . India–Africa . Between the Indian Army and 16 African nations was commenced in Pune, Maharashtra on March 18, 2019 for training the participating contingents in Humanitarian Mine Assistance (HMA) and Peace Keeping Operations (PKO) under the United Nations Charter.
. MITRASHAKTI – . Indian and Sri . Between Indian and Sri Lanka VI Lanka Army is being held at Diyatalawa in Sri Lanka to strengthen interoperability, mutual understanding and built a better relationship between both the armies. . ‘Bold . India and . Started in Jhansi’s Babina Kurukshetra– Singapore Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh to 2019’ strengthen cooperation against terrorism, develop defence technology and boost maritime security. . ‘IN – VPN BILAT . Indo-Vietnam . The Indian Navy held the 2nd EX’ edition of the bilateral maritime exercise between the Indian Navy and Vietnam Peoples’ Navy, (IN – VPN BILAT EX) at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam during 13th to 16th April, 2019. . AFRICAN LION . Morocco –US . It was conducted from March 16 2019 to April 7,2019. The annual Military exercise materialized in the region of Agadir,Tifnit,Tan- Tan, Tata and Ben Guerir with the participation of thousands of military personnel.
. ‘Varuna’ (Naval) . India and France . The first phase of a mega naval exercise off the coast of Goa which is aimed at developing inter-operability between the the two forces in dealing with various security challenges.
. IMDEX 19 . India- Singapore . The annual bilateral exercise saw its progression from
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traditional anti-submarine exercises to more complex maritime exercises such as advanced air defence operations, anti air/ surface practice firings, tactical exercises, etc. . 8th Indo- . India-Myanmar . Navy ships from Myanmar Myanmar reached Port Blair to attend the Coordinated opening ceremony of the 8th Patrol (IMCOR) Indo-Myanmar Coordinated Patrol (IMCOR) which will be held from May 20-28. “Myanmar Navy Ship UMS King TabinShweHtee (773) and UMS Inlay (OPV-54) have arrived at Port Blair on May 20 for the ‘Opening Ceremony’ of the 8th Indo-Myanmar coordinated patrol (IMCOR), at Andaman and Nicobar Command.
India’s defence satellite EMISAT Naval Commands under the COMCASA pact successfully launched by ISRO at New Delhi,India. ISRO’s workhorse launch vehicle Polar i. The Indo-US military-information sharing Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV C-45), in pact, COMCASA was signed at the 2+2 its 47th mission, has successfully launched bilateral summit on 6th September, 2018. the 436 kg Electronic intelligence ii. By implementing the path-breaking satellite EMISAT and 28 co-passenger agreement, COMCASA the US has initiated the satellites into their designated orbits from Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, GPS System in some of C-130 and C-17 Andhra Pradesh. This was the 71st launch transport aircraft. vehicle mission for Sriharikota. iii. US has given assurance of not disclosing COMCASA: First secure link India’s data with another country and between India, US navies set up without prior permission US couldn’t access India and the US have structured the first it. reliable communication link between the Indian Navy & US Central as well as Pacific
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US has consented the sale of 24 Indian Navy’s warships- INS “MH-60R Seahawk” helicopters to Kolkata and INS Shakti at Busan, South India for $2.6 bn Korea to participate in ADMM-PLUS At an estimated cost of $2.6 billion, the INS Kolkata and INS Shakti arrived at Busan, United States has approved the sale of 24 South Korea to participate in ADMM-PLUS multi-mission Lockheed Martin-built MH- (ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting). 60 “Romeo'”Seahawk helicopters to India. By SIPRI report, India’s military These choppers designed for targeting ships, expenditure rises by 3.1% to reach $66.5 hunting submarines and conducting search- billion and Pakistan’s by 11% to reach and-rescue operations at sea, would replenish $11.4 billion in 2018 the age-old fleet of British-made Sea King According to the helicopters, used by India. report from the Indian Navy inked a pact with Stockholm CSIR International On 5th April, 2019, Indian Navy and Council Peace Research of Scientific and Industrial Research Institute (SIPRI), (CSIR) have signed Memorandum of a think-tank, the understanding to tackle joint research and world’s military development of advanced technologies for expenditure has the Indian Navy. risen by 2.6% to India, Sri Lanka agree to reach 1.82 $ Strengthen Bond in Security and trillion in Defence Spheres 2018. This shows that military expenditure has increased for the 2nd consecutive year to India and Sri Lanka have agreed to enhance the highest level since 1988 and is 76% collaboration in security and defence higher than it was in 1998. In this total share, spheres in several fields, including regional India, United States, China, Saudi Arabia and security, controlling drug smuggling and France altogether contributed to 60% per human trafficking. cent of the amount, with US and China being Defence Secretary of India Sanjay Mitra and the 2 biggest spenders. Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena‘s meeting in Colomboresulted in this Indian, US navies conduct Anti- agreement. Submarine Warfare drill in Indian Debrief of Indian Navy coastal Ocean defence exercise “Sea Vigil” was Recently, Indian and the US navies conducted chaired by Vice Admiral MS Pawar in joint submarine hunting exercise near Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean in which India’s New Delhi P8I Neptune Aircraft and US P-8A Poseidon The debrief of the Indian Navy exercise maritime patrol aircraft along with the USS termed as ‘Sea Vigil’ (held from January 22 Spruance have participated. The objective of to 23) was conducted. The meeting was this exercise is to lay the groundwork for chaired by Vice Admiral MS Pawar, AVSM, coordinating maritime patrol and VSM, the Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff reconnaissance. (DCNS). It was conducted at the Naval Indian Army inks MoU with NHPC headquarters, New Delhi. to build tunnels on China, Pakistan
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel borders and means to confront common threat at Recently, Indian Army signed a sea. Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Indian Army carried out the with National Hydroelectric Power annual exercise named ‘Exercise Corporation (NHPC) Limited, to build four Topchi’ underground tunnels along China and Indian army demonstrated its artillery Pakistan borders for storage of ammunition firepower, aviation and surveillance and other war-related equipment. 1)Three tunnels will be built along Chinese capacity at the annual ‘Exercise Topchi’ at border and one tunnel will be build along Deolali Camp near Nashik. the Pakistan border. i. The latest ultra-light Howitzer M-777, 2) The tunnel can store 175-200 metric self-propelled gun K-9 Vajra and tonnes of ammunition and the cost of this indigenous Swathi weapon-locating radar pilot project is around Rs 15 was demonstrated. Macedonia inked agreement ii. The aviation assets showcased were to join NATO Military Alliance the indigenous advanced light helicopter, On February 6,2019, Macedonia signed an light combat helicopter, Cheetah & Chetak accord, to become the 30th member of the helicopters NATO military alliance. IAF carried out ‘Vayu Shakti’ The historic agreement was signed exercise at Pokhran between Macedonia’s Foreign Minister On 16th February 2019, Indian Air Force Nikola Dimitrov and NATO conducted mega exercise ‘Vayu Shakti’ Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. in Pokhran, Rajasthan. The exercise was Multinational Maritime conducted two days after 40 CRPF Exercise ‘Aman 19’ commenced in personnel killed in a suicide attack in Karachi Kashmir’s Pulwama. The 5-day multinational maritime After 36 years, Indian Navy’s frontline exercise ‘AMAN-19’ in which 46 missile destroyer INS Ranjit to be nations participated from all over the decommissioned world was formally commenced at INS Ranjit, the Indian Navy’s frontline Pakistan Navy Dockyard, with a colorful missile destroyer, will be flag hosting ceremony.Pakistan’s Naval decommissioned at the naval dockyard in Chief, Admiral Zafar Mahmood Visakhapatnam on May 6 after having Abbasi welcomed the participations of served for 36 years. Exercise AMAN-19, the 6th episode of the INS Ranjit was the third of the five AMAN initiative,with motto “Together for Kashin-class destroyers built by erstwhile Peace”. USSR, and was commissioned in 1983, a Principal aim to conduct this exercise is to statement issued by the navy Thursday facilitate a forum of understanding of said. Launch of Fourth Scorpene Class each other’s maritime concepts and Submarine – VELA operation cultures and to produce ways
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel Vela, the fourth Scorpene class submarine schemes and help resolve pension related being constructed by Mazagon Dock problems. Shipbuilders Limited for the Indian Navy, The issue gains importance in light of most was launched today, on 06 May 2019, by next of kin of deceased soldiers being Mrs Veena Ajay Kumar, wife of Dr Ajay unaware of the financial benefits that are entitled to them. Incorrect and incomplete Kumar, IAS, Secretary Defence documentation is a common problem for Production, who was the Chief Guest on most of the next of kin, which aggravates the occasion. their plight. VAdm AK Saxena, CWP&A was also First Apache Helicopter formally present during the launching ceremony. handed over to The IAF This event reaffirms the steps taken by First AH-64E (I) – Apache Guardian Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL) in helicopter was formally handed over to the ongoing ‘Make In India’ programme, the Indian Air Force at Boeing production which is being actively implemented by facility in Mesa, Arizona, USA on 10 May the Department of Defence Production 19. Air Marshal AS Butola, represented (MoD). the Indian Air Force and accepted the first IN Ships Kolkata and Shakti Apache in a ceremony at Boeing undertake Group Sail with Naval Ships of production facility, representatives from Japan, Philippines and the USA US Government were also present. IN Ships Kolkata and Shakti carried out Group DRDO Successfully Conducts Flight Sail with naval ships of Japan, Philippines and Test of ABHYAS the United States of America in the South Defence Research and Development China Sea from 03 May to 09 May 19. The six- day long Group Sail had participation of six Organisation (DRDO) conducted combatants from the four participating successful flight test of ABHYAS – High- countries and included the Guided Missile speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) Destroyer INS Kolkata and Fleet Support Ship from Interim Test Range, Chandipur in INS Shakti of India, Helicopter Carrier JMSDF Odisha today. Theflight test was tracked Izumo and Guided Missile Destroyer JMSDF by various RADARS & Electro Optic Murasame of Japan; Frigate BRP Andres Systems and proved its performance in Bonifacio of Philippines and Arleigh Burke fully autonomous way point navigation Class Destroyer USS Williams P Lawrence of mode. USA. The Group Sail was aimed to deepen the Army to shift its Training existing partnership and foster mutual Command Headquarters to Meerut understanding among participating navies. In a bid to save funds and ensure better Indian Army to commemorate 2019 as ‘Year of next of kin’ connectivity with the Army headquarters, The Indian Army is commemorating this year the Indian Army is planning to shift its as the ‘Year of Next of Kin’ and plans to reach training command headquarters from out to the next of kin of battle casualties, ex- Shimla in Himachal Pradesh to Meerut, servicemen and serving soldiers to inform Uttar Pradesh in the near future. them of entitled financial benefits, welfare “The Training Command is now planned to be shifted from Shimla to Meerut to
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel save costs and man-hours spent in maritime event being held here, travelling from the headquarters to the according to an official statement. hill location,” senior Army sources said The International Maritime Defence here. Exhibition Asia (IMDEX Asia-2019) Jaisalmer gets Ready to Host commenced on May 14 and will also International Army Scout Masters witness the participation of some of Competition 2019 India’s leading engineering and ship International Army Scout Masters building firms, including Larsen & Toubro Competition as a part of International and BrahMos, which makes the state-of- Army Games will be organised under the the-art air, sea and ground launch cruise aegis of Konark Corps at Jaisalmer from missiles. 24 July to 17 August 2019. The event will “Vice-Admiral M S Pawar, Deputy Chief of witness participation of the Mechanised Naval Staff led the delegation to the Asia Infantry Scout Teams of eight countries Pacific gathering of naval and maritime including Russia who is the founding event,” the Indian High Commission here member of this format of International said in a statement . Army Games. Indian Coast Guard Ship Vigraha The Russian Delegation, Senior Military Decommissioned and Diplomatic dignitaries from Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Vigraha, a participating countries visited Jaisalmer frontline offshore patrol vessel, sailed Military Station on 14 and 15 May 2019. into history at the sunset on Wednesday. The delegates were shown and briefed on After 29 glorious years of service from the special training facilities created at 1990 to 2019, the ship was Jaisalmer and Pokhran. decommissioned at the coast guard jetty Indian Navy’s Service Selection here. Board Inaugurated At Kolkata Brief on SIMBEX-19 Admiral Sunil Lanba, the Chief of Naval On successful completion of IMDEX 19, IN Staff inaugurated Indian Navy’s first full- ships Kolkata and Shakti are continuing fledged Service Selection Board (SSB) their stay at Singapore to participate in today at Diamond Harbour, near Kolkata. the annual Singapore India Maritime The Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Bilateral Exercise SIMBEX-2019 Eastern Naval Command, Vice Admiral scheduled from 16 May to 22 May 19. Karambir Singh, was also present at the Since its inception in 1993, SIMBEX has venue. grown in tactical and operational Indian warships take part in complexity. the annual bilateral exercise international maritime defence exhibition saw its progression from traditional anti- in Singapore submarine exercises to more complex Two warships of the Indian Navy–INS maritime exercises such as advanced air Kolkata and INS Shakti–are participating defence operations, anti air/ surface in a three-day Asia Pacific naval and practice firings, tactical exercises, etc. Over the years SIMBEX has stood the test
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel of time in demonstrating the nation’s “She is the first woman fighter pilot to be commitment to enhance maritime qualified to undertake missions on a cooperation between the two navies and fighter aircraft by day. bolster bonds of friendship between the Assam Rifles and Coast Guard two countries. personnel to train together Successful Firing of Brahmos Air In a first, the Assam Rifles (AR) would be Launched Missile from Su-30 MKI Aircraft training together with the Indian Coast Today, IAF successfully fired the BrahMos Guard to enhance inter-forces air version missile from its frontline Su- cooperation and interoperability. 30 MKI fighter aircraft. The launch from The charter of affiliation, in this regard, the aircraft was smooth and the missile was signed by the Director General (DG) followed the desired trajectory before of the Indian Coast Guard, Rajendra Singh directly hitting the land target. and DG, Assam Rifles Lt Gen Sukhdeep The air launched BrahMos missile is a 2.5 Sangwan on Wednesday. ton supersonic air to surface cruise DRDO successfully test fires missile with ranges of close to 300 km, AKASH – MK -1S designed and developed by BAPL. Defence Research and Development Tech Mahindra signs Rs 300 crore Organisation (DRDO) has successfully test defence contract with Indian Navy fired AKASH-MK-1S missile from ITR , Tech Mahindra today announced its Chandipur, Odhisa on 25 and 27 May biggest defence order worth over Rs 300 2019. Akash Mk1S is an upgrade of crore with the Indian Navy. As part of the existing AKASH missile with indigenous ‘Armed Forces Secure Access Card’ Seeker. (AFSAC) Project, Tech Mahindra will AKASH Mk1S is a surface to air missile implement RFID (Radio Frequency which can neutralize advanced aerial Identification) based Access Control targets. The Akash weapon system has System across all naval bases and ships. combination of both command guidance Bhawana Kanth Is India’s First and active terminal seeker guidance. Woman Pilot to Qualify for Combat Seeker and guidance performance have Missions been consistently established in both the Flight Lieutenant Bhawana Kanth, who missions. was commissioned into the Indian Air Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa Force as one of the first women fighter receives Baton of Chairman COSC pilots in 2016, has created history by Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal becoming the first woman to qualify for Birender Singh Dhanoa received the combat missions on a fighter jet. She has baton of Chairman, Chiefs of Staff successfully completed the operational Committee from outgoing Chairman COSC syllabus for carrying out combat missions and Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Sunil on MiG-21 Bison aircraft, during the day. Lanba, here today. Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa will be the Chairman COSC with effect from May 31,
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel 2019 consequent to relinquishment of Government of India announced that it charge by Admiral Sunil Lanba upon will join hands with Portugal to set up superannuation. maritime museum near ancient Harappans civilization at Lothal Cabinet approved hike in rates in Gujarat. It will be a similar model of of scholarship under National Defence the museum which is at Lisbon, Portugal Fund administered by the Portuguese Navy. In the first meeting of Cabinet, chaired by India successfully launched new Prime Minister Narendra Modi has Technology Demonstrator Missile in approved major changes in the PM’s Odisha Scholarship Scheme under the National India successfully launched Defence Fund. The Cabinet has increased new Hypersonic Technology the rates of scholarship from Rs 2,000 per Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV) off the month to Rs 2,500 per month for boys coast of Odisha by using Agni 1 missile and Rs 2,250 per month to Rs 3,000 per platform. Defence Research and month for girls. Development Organisation (DRDO) had Flight Lieutenant Mohana carried out the trials from Dr. Abdul Singh became the first IAF woman pilot Kalam Island in the Bay of Bengal. to fly Hawk jets HSTDV will help DRDO to develop Flight Lieutenant Mohana technologies for futuristic missions. With Singh became the first IAF woman pilot this launch, India has joined to become completely operational by day the US, Russia, and Chinathat possess on Hawk advanced jet aircraft. She landed this technology. the grueling 4 aircraft combat sortie at Indian Navy executes Operation the Kalaikunda Air Force Station in Sankalp in the Gulf of Oman to West Bengal.. undertake maritime security India signed Rs 300-crore deal India Navy launched “Operation with Israel to buy more 100 Sankalp” in the Gulf of Oman. It is to SPICEbombs recheck Indian flagged vessels operating The Indian Air Force (IAF) inked Rs through the Persian Gulf and Gulf of 300-crore deal with the Israeli Oman following the maritime incidents in government to buy more than 100 SPICE the region. bombs (Balakot bombs). The newly India successfully test-fired ordered SPICE bombs are an advanced indigenously developed nuclear- version of SPICE-2000 bombs, that were capable missile Prithvi-II used to attack the Madrasa of Jaish-e- India successfully test-fired indigenously Mohammed in Balakot, Pakistan, on developed nuclear-capable February 26, 2019. missile Prithvi-II, a surface-to-surface India & Portugal to set up missile, from a test range off National Maritime Heritage Museum in the Odisha coast. Prithvi is the first Lothal missile developed by the Defence
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Important MoU MoU Between Two Countries . MoU on Health & Family Welfare . India and Kyrgyzstan . MoU on Research Work on Biology . India -Kyrgyzstan and Medicine
. MoU on Astronomy / Astrophysics / . India and Thailand Atmospheric Science . MoU on Research Designs and . India and Russia Standards Organisation, under the Ministry of Railways, India and Railway Research Institute . MoU on Bioceanic Railway . India and Bolivia Integration Corridor Project cooperation.
. MoU on cooperation in the area of . India and Finland Cyber Security . MoU on field of Biotechnology . India and Costa Rica
. MoU on Exchange of Information . India and Marshall Islands notified
. MoU on set up Centre for Inland & . Ministry of Shipping and IIT Kharagpur Coastal Maritime Technology(CICMT) . MoU on Tax info exchange . India and Brunei . MoU on field of food and agriculture . Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) . MoU on Cooperation in the field of . India and Tajikistan Renewable Energy
. MoU on Cooperation in Weather and . India and the UK Climate Sciences
. MoU on Undertaking non-intrusive . India and Norway Geological Surveys and Investigations
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. MoU on Cooperation in the field of . India and Argentina Medical Products Regulation
. MoU on reports on Missing and . India and USA Exploited Children
. MoU on Cancer Research Initiative . India and UK
. MoU on Cooperation in the field of . India and Germany Occupational Safety and Health
. MoU on Technology Cooperation in . India and Austria the Road Infrastructure Sector
. MoU on Mutual Legal Assistance . India and Belarus (MLAT) in Civil and Commercial Matters.
. MoU on Collaborate On Digital . India and Afghanistan Education Initiatives . MoU on Cooperation on youth affairs . India and Morocco
. MoU on Exchange of information and . India and Morocco technical cooperation cooperation in the field of Housing and Human Settlement. . MoU on Antarctic Cooperation . India and Argentine . MoU on Cooperation in the field of . India and Saudi Arabia Housing . MoU on Startup Cooperation . India and Republic of Korea . MoU on Combating illicit trafficking . India and Indonesia in narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and its precursors . MoU on strengthen cooperation in . India and African the healthcare sector . MoU in the field of coal mining and . signed between India and Poland clean coal technologies . Mutual Cooperation in the field of . MoU between India and Malaysia company secretaryship . MoU for cooperation in the field of . India and the Electoral Commission of electoral management and Namibia (ECN) & Electoral Tribunal of administration Panama (ETP) . Ocean Dialogue to promote . between India and Norway cooperation in the areas of mutual
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interest pertaining to the development of blue economy. . MoU on cooperation in the field of . between India and Brazil medicine and homeopathy . Establishing mutual cooperation to . between India and Maldives improve the ecosystems for agriculture . MoU on development cooperation in . between India and United Arab Africa Emirates. . Cooperation in agriculture and food . between India and Ukraine industry . MoU on field of biotechnology . between India and Finland . MoU on promoting bilateral . between India and Uzbekistan cooperation in the area of e- Governance . MoU on establishing ISRO’s TTC . Between India and Indonesia station . MoU on agreement for digital . Between Sikkim and Microsoft learning . MoU on Marine Pollution Initiative . between India and Norway . MoU on Security Protection . between India and Sweden Agreement . MoU on strategic partnership . Edelweiss and Bank of Singapore
. MoU on Reciprocal Facilitation of . Between India and Morocco procedures for issue of Business Visa . Facilitate Mutual Recognition of . between India and Morocco Academic Qualifications . MoU on Cooperation in the field of . between India and Vietnam Communications . MoU on simplification of visa . between India and South Africa requirements . MoU on combating Transnational . between South Korea and India Crime and developing Police Cooperation . MoU on establish business centre for . Between India and Sri Lanka ICT incubators in Jaffna
. MoU on Renewable Energy . India and Denmark . MoU on area of Biotechnology . between India and Brazil . MoU on field of Communications . India and Cambodia . MoU on Traditional Systems of . India and Bolivia Medicine and Homoeopathy
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. MoU on issue jointly Postage Stamp . India and Republic of Korea . MoU on Geology and Mineral . India and Bolivia Resources . MoU on smart cities, clean tech . India and Sweden . MoU on bilateral cooperation in . India and Netherlands various fields, including political, economic scientific and cultural . MoU on joint research and . Indian Navy and Council of Scientific development of advanced and Industrial Research (CSIR) technologies for the Indian Navy. . MoU to conserve smaller wetlands to . Indian Space Research combat effects of climate change Organisation (ISRO) has partnered with the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) . MoU on research and education . Ministry of Ayush and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) . MoU on Cyber Security Services . Network Intelligence and Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) . MoU on Standardisation and . Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and Conformity Assessment IIT Delhi . India-Vietnam . Observing that Indian companies were increasingly looking to invest in emerging sectors like renewable energy and energy conservation, infrastructure, agriculture, agro- products, textiles, pharma and oil and gas, Shri Naidu informed him of India’s commitment to address various issues relating to market access and trade barriers. . Konkan Railways signs agreement . Konkan Railways Corporation Ltd with Nepal (KRCL) on Friday signed an agreement with Nepal’s Department of Railways under which the former will supply two 1600 HP DEMU train sets. . The agreement was signed in Kathmandu in the presence of Indian Ambassador to Nepal, Manjeev Singh Puri, and Nepalese Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport Secretary, Madhusudan Adhikari. . The said trains will run on the 34 km long stretch between Jayanagar in India
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and Kurtha in Nepal. . India and the United States . Agreed to strengthen economic co- operation and bilateral trade by ensuring greater collaboration amongst stakeholders, including government, businesses and entrepreneurs. . A bilateral trade meeting was held between the two countries in New Delhi on Monday. Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu and US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross co-chaired the meeting.
Current Affairs in Short Delhi Metro is India’s first project Hundreds of Kashmiri Pandit devotees to receive power from waste-to-energy assembled and prayed at the famous Ragnya Delhi Metro became India’s the first ever Devi temple in Ganderbal district in J&K. It is project to receive power from a waste-to- one of the biggest religious functions of the energy plant. The Delhi Metro Rail Kashmiri Pandits. Corporation (DMRC) started receiving 2 MW Gandhi peace rally held in Saudi power from a 12 MW capacity waste-to- Arabia energy plant set up in Ghazipur, Uttar On Jue 7,2019, To mark the 150th birth Pradesh. anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Dr Harsh Vardhan reviewed the Embassy organized the ‘Gandhi Cycle Rally status of Nipah virus disease in Kerala for Peace’, in Saudi Arabia. The rally was Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health organized in association with the Diplomatic and Family Welfare(MoHWF), reviewed the Quarter Authority and Saudi Cycling status of Nipah Virus Disease (NVD) in Kerala Federation. along with Ms. Preeti Sudan, Secretary (HFW) Amazon beats Apple and Google to and the Ministry officials. As of now, 15 become the world’s most valuable brand: people are under observation in the state. Survey Rihanna named as world’s richest According to the report, “BrandZ Top 100 female musician with $600 million wealth Most Valuable Global Brand ranking Singer Rihanna of age 31 is named as the 2019”, compiled by WPP research agency world’s richest female according to Kantar states that American multinational the Forbes magazine with an estimated technology company, Amazon has fortune of $600 million. She overtook overtaken Apple and Google to become the Madonna and Beyonce who topped the list world’s most valuable brand at $315.5 billion. previously. She is from Barbados. Central India got its First Sikh Annual festival of Kheer Bhawani Museum in Raipur, Chhattisgarh Mela celebrated in J&K On June 7, 2019, Central India got its First On June 10, 2019, Annual festival of Kheer Sikh Museum in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The Bhawani Mela on Zeasht Ashtami was museum Shri Guru Teg Bahadur Sikh celebrated in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). Museum is located at Gurudwara Gurusingh
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Sabha in Guru Nanak Nagar. It was Ambassador of Thailand to India, H.E inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Chutintorn Gongsakdi. Chhattisgarh Bhupesh Bagel on the ‘Shahidi IIT-Bombay secured top position Divas’ of the fifth Sikh Guru, Arjun Dev. among Indian institutions in QS World El Salvador Legislative Assembly University Ranking 2020 Declares “Forests as Living Entities” In the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador has University Ranking 2020, The Indian recognized forests as living entities on Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT- the World Environment Day (5th June Bombay) emerged as India’s best institution. 2019). Its citizens will now be required to For the past three years, it has been securing preserve forests and respect them as more the top position among Indian institutes. It than just property. was followed by IIT Delhi and Indian PM Modi to attend the G7 Summit Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore. These in France as a special invitee are the only three universities in India that French President, Emmanuel Macron has made it to the top 200 universities in the invited Prime Minister Mr. Narendra world. Modi to attend the 45thsession of the G7 World’s largest multi-stage, multi- Summit in Biarritz in France as a special purpose scheme Kaleshwaram Lift invitee. The summit of the G7 group of Irrigation Project inaugurated in countries scheduled to take place Telangana from August 24 to August 26. The first phase of the world’s largest multi- Government reduced the ESI stage, multi-purpose scheme Kaleshwaram contribution rate to 4% from 6.5% Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP) worth Rs 80,000 On June 13, 2019, the Government reduced crore was inaugurated by the Chief Minister the Employees State Insurance of Telangana Chandrashekar Rao at (ESI) contribution rate to 4%from 6.5%. This Medigadda in Jayashankar-Bhupalpally will benefit 36 million workers and 1.28 district near the borders with Maharashtra million employers and will lead to an and Chhattisgarh. estimated annual saving of around Rs 5,000 Saudi Arabia became the first Arab crore for firms. The reduced rates will be country to get FATF membership effective from July 1, 2019. The Central Saudi Arabia became the first Arab government through the Ministry of Labour & country to get full membership of Employment decides the rate of contribution the Financial Action Task Force(FATF). under the ESI Act. With this, the number of permanent members 3rd edition of Namaste Thailand in the group accounted to 39. Festival 2019 concludes in New Delhi An Entrepreneur Viral Sudhirbhai A two-day event of Namaste Thailand Film Desai Changed Udhana railway station Festival 2019 concluded its third edition at into India’s first Green Railway Station Select Citywalk in New Delhi. It was Viral Sudhirbhai Desai, a young organized by Royal Thai Embassy with an entrepreneur from surat launched an aim to strengthen bilateral ties and increase initiative to change Udhana railway station cultural exchange between India and in Gujarat into India’s first green and clean Thailand. The festival was inaugurated by the railway station like Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus.
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Government of Bihar bans tree- in Leh felling A four-day event of 23rd Sindhu Darshan Under the Forest Conservation Act, 1980, The Festival 2019 celebrated at Sindhu Ghat State Government of Bihar recently issued an Shey in Jammu and Kashmir’s Leh from 24 to order banning felling of trees, citing 27 June 2019. increasing pollution and heatwave. AP gets separate HC from January 1 UAE’s Financial Intelligence Unit Andhra Pradesh got a separate high court launches UN-developed anti-money which will temporarily function from the laundering platform ‘goAML’ Chief Minister’s camp office in Amravati, the On June 23, 2019, The United Arab new capital of the state till a permanent Emirates’ Central Bank in Abu Dhabi building for the High Court is being set up at announced that it’s Financial Intelligence the ‘Justice City’in Amaravati. Unit (FIU) launched a new reporting U.S., Israel quit UNESCO citing bias platform ‘goAML’ (global operations Anti- The United states of America Money Laundering). It is developed by the (USA) and Israel officially quit the United United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural (UNODC) to curb organised financial crimes. Organization (UNESCO) amid concerns that Japan gifts Imphal Peace Museum the organization fosters anti-Israel bias. to Manipur, built on WWII memories UNESCO was established in 1945 after the On June 22, 2019, Japan gifted Imphal Peace end of world war II to foster peace and it is Museum to Manipur to mark the best known for its World Heritage programs 75th anniversary of the Battle of Imphal, one which designates cultural sites and aims to of the fiercest battles of the Second World preserve traditions.Both the countries filed War, at Maibam Lokpa Ching popularly the notice to withdraw from the organization known as Red Hill (about 20 km southwest in 2017. The United states, one of the of Imphal). The inauguration was attended by founding member of UNESCO has Manipur Revenue minister Karam Shyam, demanded “Fundamental Reform” in the Japanese Ambassador to India Kenji organization. Hiramatsu, High Commissioner of United Govt Releases 6-Crore LPG Kingdom Dominic Asquith and TNF Connections under PMUY Chairman Yohei Sasakawa among others. Government gave out the 6-crore free Government schools to introduce cooking gas (LPG) connection as the scheme Self Defence Training for girls under to make available cleaner fuel in every Samagra Shiksha household kitchens under the Pradhan Mantri Integrated Scheme for School Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY). Education ‘Samagra Shiksha’ was launched Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu handed by the Department of School Education and over papers for an LPG connection Literacy which comes under the Ministry of to Jasmina Khatoon from Shivpark, Khanpur Human Resource Development, effective from in New Delhi to mark the 6 crore LPG the academic year 2018-19. The activity of connections under PMUY Under the scheme, Self Defence training for girls comes under the government provides a subsidy of Rs Samagra Shiksha. 1,600 to state-owned fuel retailers for every 23rd edition of 4-day Sindhu free LPG gas connection that they give to poor Darshan Festival held at Sindhu Ghat Shey households.
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ISRO launches ‘Samwad’ with India that were considered for the students to engage them on space science ranking,While Maharashtra and Delhi came in Indian Space Research Organisation second and third place, respectively. (ISRO) launched a new platform named Cyclonic Storm ‘PABUK’ over “Samwad with Students” (SwS) as part of Andaman Sea & neighbourhood the enhanced outreach programme and to On 5th January 2019, a warning was issued engage youngsters across India to capture by The India Meteorological Department their scientific temperament in Bengaluru. (IMD) that a Cyclonic storm The first SwS event saw interaction of 40 “PABUK” over Andaman Sea and students and 10 teachers from select schools neighbourhood is moving towards west- with ISRO Chairman Dr K Sivan during which northwestwards with a speed of 21 the students were briefed about Indian space kmph.Cyclone warning for Andaman Islands programme and their benefits to the common is “ORANGE MESSAGE”. man at the Anthariksh Bhavan, Bengaluru. Cabinet approved 10 pc quota for The Q&A session that followed saw Dr Sivan economically weaker sections in general engaging students on a series of topics category ranging from rockets, satellites, Chandrayaan, On January 7, 2019, the Union Cabinet Gaganyaan and various space applications. chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Hundred percent household Modi approved 10 % quota in jobs and electrification achieved in 25 states under educational institutions for economically SAUBHAGYA scheme: Ministry of Power weaker sections in general category. On December 31, 2018, the Minister of State For the implementation of the quota, Articles (IC) for Power and New & Renewable 15 and 16 of the Constitution will have to be Energy Shri RKSingh announced that 25 amended. states have achieved 100 percent household This would be availed by those whose annual electrification unde Centre’s ‘Pradhan Mantri income is below Rs 8 lakh and have up to five Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana’ (Saubhagya). acres of land. The quota will be over and The Government with the support of State above the existing 50 per cent reservation. Power Departments and DISCOMs have Union Cabinet cleared the redrafted already connected about 2.39 Citizenship Amendment Bill Crore households since launch of scheme On January 7, 2019, the Union Cabinet Only about 10.48 Lakh households are left to chaired by Prime Minister Narendra be electrified in 4 States viz., Assam, Modi cleared the redrafted Citizenship Rajasthan, Meghalaya and Chhattisgarh. The Amendment Bill thus providing Indian highest volume of electrification was done in citizenship to non-Muslims from Bangladesh, the State of Uttar Pradesh with 74.4 Afghanistan and Pakistan. Lakh willing households being electrified in Focus: all of its 75 districts. First introduced in Parliament Andhra tops ACI’s Ease of Doing in 2016,the bill seeks to amend Business index the Citizenship Act 1955. In the latest ranking of Singapore’s Asia It enables grant of Indian nationality Competitiveness Institute’s (ACI), Ease of to people from minority communities — Doing Business (EDB) index 2018, Andhra Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Pradesh emerged on top of the 21 states of Christians— from Afghanistan, Bangladesh
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel and Pakistan after six years of residence in On 9th January 2019, World Bank projected India instead of 12 even if they don’t possess India’ GDP, expected to grow at 7.3% in the any proper document. fiscal year 2018-19, and 7.5% in the following This would, however, nullify the two years. The Bank said India will continue 1985 Assam Accord under which any to be the fastest growing major economy in foreign national, irrespective of religion, who the world. In India, the growth has had entered the state after 1971 should be accelerated, driven by an upswing in deported. consumption, and investment growth has Andaman to be First Island to firmed as the effects of temporary factors operate seaplanes under UDAN-3 wane, the World Bank said in its latest report. The Ministry of Civil Aviation has approved 352nd Prakash Utsav of Guru operations of seaplanes in the Andaman Gobind Singh celebrated on January 13 Islands under UDAN-3 (Ude Desh ka Aam On January 13, 2019, the 352nd birth Nagrik) making Andaman the first island of anniversary of the 10th Sikh Guru, Guru India to operate seaplanes. Govind Singh ji, was celebrated as Prakash The Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Suresh utsav at Patna Sahib, in Bihar, the birth Prabhu has approved operations on 13 water place of Guruji. aerodrome routes out of five are from PM released commemorative coin on Sikh Andaman islands which others are from dams Guru Gobind Singh in New Delhi in Gujarat and coastal areas in Kerala. The On January 13, 2019, Prime Minister Islands of Andaman that would be connected Narendra Modi released a commemorative through seaplanes are Campbell Bay, Car coin of 350 rupees on Guru Govind Singh Nicobar, Havelock, Hutbay, Neil, Long island ji in New Delhi on the eve of 352nd birth and Diglipur. anniversary of the 10th Sikh Guru. Indian Army and Punjab National DD Science and India Science: 2 Bank (PNB) singed MOU for updated National Level initiatives launched by DST salary packages and Prasar Bharti in field of Science On January 8, 2019, Indian Communication Army and Punjab National Bank On January 15, 2019, Union Science & (PNB) signed a Memorandum of Technology Minister, Dr. Harsh Understanding (MoU) on the Defence Salary Vardhan inaugurated 2 national level Package. initiatives in the field of Science and IRCTC tied up with Bharti AXA Communications.These initiatives are the first General insurance company to offer free step in creating a national science channel for travel insurance for air travelers the country. On 9th January 2019,IRCTC tied up with India-Myanmar bilateral army Bharti AXA General insurance company to exercise, IMBEX 2018-19 held in provide free travel insurance to the air Chandimandir travellers. This insurance is applicable to only On January 14, 2019, India-Myanmar bilateral those who book ticket in the official website army exercise, IMBEX begun at of air ticketing irctc,IRCTC Air – air.irctc.co.in. Chandimandir , headquarters of the Western India’s GDP expected to grow at Command in Chandigarh. 7.3% in 2018-19: World Bank It is the second edition of the IMBEX EXERCISE. The motive of IMBEX 2018-
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19 are: .To train the Myanmar delegation for Jugnauth was the chief Guest of Convention. participation in United Nations peace keeping The theme of this year’s Pravasi Bharatiya operations under the UN flag. Diwas (PBD) convention was “Role of Indian Indian universities move up in Diaspora in building New India”. global ranking with 49 institutions Prime Minister launches Pravasi On 15th January 2019, the London- Teerth Darshan Yojana based, Times Higher Education On 22nd January 2019, Prime Minister (THE) released the Emerging Economies Narendra Modi launched Pravasi Teerth University Rankings 2019 report which Darshan Yojana in New Delhi. Under this shows that India has improved its ranking scheme a group of Indian origin currently in and secured a higher position different nations will be taken to all religious with 49 institutions making it to the list. places in India twice a year. According to this year’s report 25 Indian Focus institutions figure in the top 200 institutes, a i. Eligibility criteria for the scheme is the rise from 17 last year. The report stated that person should be Indian origin and aged the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), between 45 to 65. The group will be selected Bangaluru retains the highest spot for India out of them with first preference given to (14th), followed by the Indian Institute of people from ‘Girmitiya Countries’ such as Technology Bombay (27th). Last year India Mauritius, Fiji, Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad had 42 institutions in the overall list. and Tobago and Jamaica. Mukesh Ambani in Top Global ii. First batch with 40 members are at Pravasi Thinkers List of Foreign Policy Bharatiya Divas and will begin their tour from Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance there. Industries, Mukesh Ambani who is also the iii. Religious places of all major religious in Richest Indian, has been featured in the India are included in the scheme and Top “Global Thinkers 2019”ranking Government will bear all the expenses released by the prestigious Foreign Policy including the airfare from their country of publishing. residence. Arunachal govt declares Pakke Nari-Shakti’ is the Oxford Paga Hornbill Festival as ‘state festival’ Dictionaries Hindi Word of the year for On 20th January 2019, Arunachal Pradesh 2018 Chief On 26th January 2019, Minister, Pema Khandu declared Pakke the Oxford Dictionaries announced that the Paga Hornbill Festival (PPHF) as the “State word ‘Nari Shakti’ which is derived from Festival” during a valedictory ceremony of Sanskrit has been chosen as the Hindi Word the fourth edition of the festival at Seijosa in of the year for 2018. East Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh. Train 18 named Vande Bharat 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas Express: Piyush Goyal Convention held in Varanasi, Uttar On 27th January 2019, Union Minister of Pradesh Railways, Piyush Goyal announced On 21st January 2019, the celebration that Train 18 which is India’s first of 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas was indigenously developed engineless semi commenced in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Prime high speed train has been named as Vande Minister of Mauritius, Mr. Pravind Bharat Express.
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Civil aviation ministry launched Tourism and Civil Aviation for Sikkim Ugen T Country’s first GI store in Goa Gyatso in Zero Point, Gangtok, Sikkim. On January 29, 2019,Civil Aviation minister Pakistan Appoints Its First Ever Suresh Pabhu launched the country’s first Female Hindu Civil Judge Geographical Indication (GI) store On January 29, 2019,Suman at Dabolim International Airport in Goa. Kumari became the first Hindu woman to The GI stores will promote local products be appointed as a civil judge in Pakistan after made by the artisans and handicrafts at the passing an examination for induction of airport . judicial officers. . ii. The store is set up by Airports Authority of The first judge from the Hindu community India in partnership with The Cashew Export was Justice Rana Bhagwandas,who served Promotional Council of India.The Plan of in pakistan from 2005-2007. implementing 101 more stores are in ISRO launched Human Space Flight cards,which may extend to 201 stores in near Centre in Bengaluru future. On 30th January 2019, Indian Space World Economic Forum Annual Research Organization (ISRO) launched Meeting held in Davos the Human Space Flight Centre From 22nd January 2019, the flagship event of (HSFC) which will act as the hub of ISRO’s World Economic Forum, The World future manned missions at the headquarters Economic Forum Annual Meeting- of ISRO in Bengaluru, Karnataka. 2019 was held in Davos-Klosters, India’s first manned mission was announced Switzerland. The theme of the event was on 15th August 2018 and it is set to happen “Globalization 4.0: Shaping a Global by 2022 which is going to be the 75th year of Architecture in the Age of the Fourth Independence. Former ISRO chairman K. Industrial Revolution”. The event concluded Kasturirangan unveiled the full scale model of on 25th January 2019. Gaganyaan’s crew module in the presence of The International Monetary Fund (IMF) ISRO’s chairman K. Sivan. released its World Economic Outlook Kala ghoda festival 2019 was held Update in Davos, Switzerland. The report in Mumbai stated that India’s gross domestic product On 2nd February 2019, the Kala ghoda (GDP) is poised to grow by 7.5% in the 2019- festival-KAGF, India’s largest multi-cultural 20 fiscal and 7.7% in 2020-2021. street festival begins in Mumbai to celebrate Dubai Airport retains top position it’s 20 years of art and culture through as world’s Busiest Airport cinema, theatre, dance, literature and On 28th January 2019,Dubai International sculpture. (DXB) airport became the world’s busiest World heritage centre to be set up airport for international passengers for the at Mayapur in West Bengal fifth consecutive year in 2018. International Society for Krishna K J Alphons Inaugurated first Consciousness (ISKCON) has decided to set Swadesh Darshan Project in Sikkim up a “World Heritage Centre” housing On 28th January 2019, Union Tourism “spiritual camps” of 45 countries, at its Minister K J Alphons Inaugurated first headquarter, Mayapur in Nadia district of Swadesh Darshan Project in Sikkim. It was West Bengal. The camp of each country would inaugurated in the presence of Minister of
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel reflect its culture, dress, lifestyle, food and Intelligence(AI) capabilities, Facebook has ambiance. acquired US-based virtual search start- Words Count Festival 2019 was up, GrokStyle, at an undisclosed amount. held in Pune GrokStyle was founded in 2015 and is based On February 4, 2019, second edition of World in San Francisco, USA. Count festival 2019 was held in Pune, Meghalaya government to rename Maharashtra, with an aim to bring together Dikki Bandi stadium after P A Sangma speakers from several socio-political spheres On February 9,2019,The Meghalaya Cabinet and share their insights on various issues. decided to rename the Dikki Bandi India’s 40th Communication stadium in Tura town after former Lok Satellite, GSAT-31 has been successfully Sabha Speaker Purno A Sangma. launched from French Guiana Purno Agitok Sangma served as the Chief On 6th February 2019, Indian Space Research Minister of Meghalaya from 1988 to Organization (ISRO) successfully launched its 1990.Conrad K Sangma and James K Sangma 40th communication satellite “GSAT-31” from are sons of Purno A Sangma. French Guiana by Arianespace launch vehicle. `Exercise Rahat´ concluded in It will replace the InSAT satellite. Jaipur on 12th February Boori Boot Yollo festival celebrated On 12th February 2019, Joint Humanitarian Nyishi tribe in Arunachal Pradesh Assistance and Disaster Relief Exercise Nyishi tribe celebrated ’52nd Boori Boot `Exercise Rahat´ concluded in Jaipur, Yollo festival’ with great enthusiasm to Rajasthan. It was demonstrated in Jaipur, welcome spring and a successful harvest.It is Kota and Alwar in Rajasthan. celebrated in the month of feb. Indian Army was represented by Jaipur based Nyishi is the largest community Sapta Shakti Command. Representatives from in Arunachal Pradesh,found in Daporijo, Armed Forces, National Disaster Upper Subansiri Locale and Raga and Management Response Mechanism Dollungmukh ranges of Lower Subansiri (NDMRM), SDMA Rajasthan and DLMAs Region of Arunachal Pradesh. participated in the exercise. With a view to Hindi becomes the third high court cooperate efforts for humanitarian assistance language in Abu Dhabi and Disaster Relief operations NDMA Hindi is included as the third official coordinated the exercise. language in the Abu Dhabi court Nation’s first Aqua Mega Food Park system with a motive to improve access to commissioned in AP by Harsimrat Kaur justice for foreign workers . Godavari Mega Aqua Food Park, first aqua Authorities have created bilingual language mega food park was commissioned guides to explain complex legal terms in an by Secretary of Ministry of Food effort to help people understand court Processing Industries (MoFPI), Pushpa process. The other two official languages are Subrahmanyam on behalf of Food Arabic and English. Processing Industries Minister Harsimrat Facebook acquires GrokStyle Kaur Badal via video conferencing in virtual search start-up to boost AI Bhimavaram of West Godavari District capabilities ,Andhra Pradesh. In an attempt to enable users shop better The park is set up on 57.81 acre of land and using Artificial the facilities at its Central Processing Centre
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(CPC) includes pre-processing line, freezing worship the presiding deity of Attukal and cold storage of fish and shrimp, an ice Bhagavathy temple. plant and food testing laboratory.. Tele-law mobile app, Nyaya 13th edition of International Oil & Bandhu launched by Department of Justice Gas Conference & Exhibition ‘PETROTECH- On 19th February 2019, a tele-law mobile 2019’ held in New Delhi application ‘Nyaya Bandhu’ was launched by The 13th edition of PETROTECH-2019 was the Union Minister for Law and Justice and held at India Expo Mart in Greater IT Ravi Shankar Prasad. Noida,National Capital Region,New Union Minister of State Sadhvi Delhi from 10th to 12th February 2019. It Niranjan Jyoti inaugurated first Mega Food was organised by Oil and Natural Gas Park of Tripura Corporation Ltd. (ONGC) in association with Union Minister of State for Food Processing the Federation of Indian Petroleum Industries Industries,Sadhvi Niranjan under the aegis of the Ministry of Petroleum Jyoti,inaugurated Tripura’s first mega food and Natural Gas. The theme of PROTECH- park named Sikaria Mega Food Park Pvt 2019 was “Shaping the New Energy World Ltd at Village Tulakona in Agartala. through Innovation & Collaboration”. National War Memorial to the $40 million loan agreement signed nation dedicated to the nation by PM Modi between Centre, Himachal Pradesh and Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to World Bank for Shimla water supply the nation the National War A loan agreement of $40 million (4 crore INR) Memorial(NWM) near India Gate in New was signed between the Government of India, Delhi which commemorates the soldiers who Government of Himachal Pradesh and World participated and made the supreme sacrifice Bank, for bringing clean and reliable drinking in Peacekeeping Missions and Counter water to the citizens of Greater Shimla area, Insurgency Operations. who have been facing severe shortages of The complex includes a central obelisk, water and water-borne epidemics in the last an eternal flame and six bronze few years. murals depicting famous battles fought Shimla Water Supply and Sewerage by Indian Army, Indian Air Service Delivery Reform Programmatic Force and Indian Navy. Busts of Development Policy Loan 1 is expected to the 21 awardees of Param Veer Chakra have improve Water Supply & Sanitation been installed at Param Yoddha Sthal. (WSS) services in and around Shimla. Piyush Goyal initiated Rail Drishti Thiruvananthapuram to host Dashboard for passengers to promote Attukal Pongala festival, world’s largest transparency religious congregation of women Union Minister Piyush Goyal launched Rail Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala shall host Drishti Dashboard, an online portal the AttaukalPonkala festival-one of the containing information related to passenger largest religious gathering of women on a and freight trains and links to live feeds single day. of IRCTC kitchens.It has been developed by The festival involves preparation the Centre for Railway Information System of ‘Pongala’- a mixture of rice, jaggery and (CRIS). scraped coconut cooked in fresh earthen or The URL of the dashboard metal pots,by lakhs of women, in order to is raildrishti.cris.org.in and it is very well
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel optimized and user friendly so that those in Prayagraj Kumbha Mela 2019 remote villages can also access and know makes it to the Guinness World Records everything about railways. It can be accessed Prayagraj Kumbh Mela 2019 organised using desktop/laptop or a mobile from 15th January 2019- 4th March 2019 device such as phone or tablet. in Prayagraj (formerly Allahabad), Uttar Southern Coast Railway: Piyush Pradesh has made it to the Guinness World Goyal Announces New Railway Zone For Records in three sectors. Andhra Pradesh These sectors are: Union Railway Minister Piyush The largest traffic and crowd Goyal announced a new railway zone management plan. for Andhra Pradesh, that is the Southern The biggest painting exercise of public Coast Railway and it will be headquartered sites under “Paint My City” scheme. in Visakhapatnam. The biggest sanitation and waste it will be the 18th zone in the country. The disposal mechanism. new zone will comprise the Piyush Goyal dedicated NTPL’s existing Guntakal, Guntur and Vijayawada d 1,000-MW thermal power project to the ivisions that currently fall under the South country Central Railway. The cost of creating Coal Minister Piyush Goyal dedicated to the infrastructure for a new zone is around Rs. nation a 1,000-megawatt (MW) thermal 205 crore. power project of Neyveli Tamil Nadu Commemorative notes to be Power Ltd (NTPL) at Thoothukudi and released to mark Gandhi’s 150th birth a 150-MW solar power projects of Neyveli anniversary Lignite Corporation India On 27th February 2019, a UAE based Limited (NLCIL) at Ramanathapuram and V company will release 12 bank notes of irudhunagar districts in Tamil Nadu. zero value which is the first ever limited Malaysia joined the International edition commemorative series to mark the Criminal Court 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Malaysia became a member of Gandhi. the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Mukesh Ambani becomes first world’s only permanent war crimes court Indian to join top 10 richest list of Hurun which aims to prosecute the worst abuses Research when national courts are unable or unwilling. Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Malaysia is the 124th member of the court Director Mukesh Ambani became the first since its establishment in 2002. Indian and the only Asian to enter A series of visually impaired the Global top 10 richest billionaire list friendly Re 1, Rs 2, Rs 5, Rs 10, Rs 20 coins compiled by Hurun Research, China after unveiled by PM Modi a USD 9 billion or 20% surge in his wealth Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the to USD 54 billion. new series of visually impaired India is at 5th spot with 104 billionaires. friendly coins of in the denominations of Re Last year, the country had added 32 1, Rs 2, Rs 5, Rs 10 and Rs 20 at an event billionaires, but this year it lost 28. held in New Delhi where visually impaired Mumbai and New Delhi are the billionaire children were specially invited. All the new capitals of the country. series coins will be issued for circulation only
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel through the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in Jomart Tokayev sworn in as president of terms of the RBI Act. The exact date of Kazakhstan.The new president will serve issuance of new series coins is yet to be till April 2020. announced. India becomes the 4th country to Saudi Arabia became the world’s conduct A-SAT missile test “Mission largest importer of weapons, the position Shakti” successfully held by India for a decade: SIPRI On 27 March 2019, India has proved its India lost its position as the world’s largest capability of defending its outer space assets importer of weapons, which it held for over a after Defence Research and Development decade, with Saudi Arabia topping the global Organisation (DRDO) has conducted a share of arms imports successful Anti-Satellite (ASAT) missile between 2014 and 2018, as per the data test “Mission Shakti” from the Dr APJ Abdul published by the Stockholm International Kalam Island (earlier, Wheeler island) in Peace Research Institute (Sipri), the Odisha. It took just 3 minute.This is India’s leading Stockholm-based think tank that first successful Anti-Satellite (ASAT) missile measures weapons imports over five- test. year periods. The target was hit by the DRDO India provides financial support of developed Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) USD 250 million to Nepal for Interceptor Missile, in Low Earth Orbit reconstruction of infrastructures after (LEO) in a “Hit to Kill” mode at a height of 300 earthquake km from the earth’s surface. The satellite India has provided a financial support worth used as target in the mission was one of USD 250 million to Nepal, to reconstruct India’s existing satellites. infrastructure in fields of housing, education, Mission Shakti is a joint programme of DRDO health and cultural heritage, which had been and the Indian Space Research ruined by the earthquake that took place on Organisation (ISRO). There are many April 2015. countries which have A-SAT capability but it Brazil hosted first BRICS Sherpa has been demonstrated by only 4 countries: Meeting United States, Russia, China and India. On 15th March 2019, the first BRICS (Brazil, South Korea unveils 5G networks Russia, India, China and South Africa) early to secure world first Sherpa meeting held in Curitiba, South Korea has unveiled the world’s first Brazil under the Presidency of Brazil. Indian nationwide 5G mobile networks. This has delegation was led by Secretary in the made South Korea to be the first providers of Ministry of External Affairs T S Tirumurti. the super-fast wireless technology. Kazakhstan renames its capital NITI Aayog & Rocky Mountain Astana as Nursultan after ex-president Institute (RMI) ensures success of the On 20th March 2019,Kazakhstan has FAME II Scheme renamed its capital as Nursultan from its Under the Faster Adoption and previous name Astana in order to recognize Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles II (FAME its outgoing leader Nursultan II) scheme, the NITI Aayog and Rocky Nazarbayev(78), who has served nearly 30 Mountain Institute (RMI) have released a years as president of Kazakhstan. report titled ‘India’s Electric Mobility The name was changed after Kassym- Transformation: Progress to Date and
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Future Opportunities’. The report is based Dhabi International Book Fair, ADIBF 2019, on opportunities for the automobile sector to attract a significant increase in the number and government. of visitors with various events and activities. Around 5000 Konyak women Union Territories and Twenty dance to set a Guinness World Record at states join pan-India Single Emergency Mon, Nagaland helpline Number ‘112’ On 8th April 2019, in the programme On 19th April 2019, To get immediate organized at Mon (Nagaland) during assistance to the people who are in trouble, the Aoleang Monyu festival (usually held Union territories and Twenty states have between 1st April to 3rd April every year) joined in a pan-India network of single around 5000 Konyak Naga women in their emergency helpline number ‘112’, which is traditional attire attempted to set a Guinness implemented by central government’s World Record for the ‘Largest Traditional Nirbhaya Fund( 2012 Delhi gangrape case). Konyak Dance’. Police (100), women(1090) and fire(101) Guwahati Railway station becomes helpline numbers are amalgamated in this the first to get ISO certification in India and is similar to ‘911’ in the US. The Guwahati Railway Station has become Kerala, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar the first ever railway station in the Indian Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Himachal Railways to get an ISO (International Pradesh, Rajasthan, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Organisation for Nagaland, Gujarat, Telangana, Lakshadweep, Standardisation) certification from Andaman, and Nicobar Islands, Dadar and the National Green Tribunal (NGT). Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Jammu and London becomes first city to Kashmir are the joined states and UTs. implement 24×7 pollution charge zone Indonesia releases Ramayana On 8th April, 2019, London became the first stamp city in the world to implement a Ultra Low On 23 April 2019, Indonesia released a Emission Zone (ULEZ) for 24×7 hours a special stamp on the theme of Ramayana at week, inside which vehicles will have to meet the 70th anniversary of the establishment of tough emissions standards. diplomatic ties between India and Indonesia This zone aims to reduce toxic air pollution event in the presence of India’ Ambassador and protect public health. Pradeep Kumar Rawat and Indonesia’s Between 2010-’19, India’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abdurrahman population grew at 1.2% average annual Mohammad Fachir. rate: UN report First Global Conference on According to the United Nations Population Synergies between the 2030 Agenda and Fund, India’s population grew to 1.36 Paris Agreement in Copenhagen, Denmark billion at an average annual rate of 1.2% The first global multi-stakeholder conference between 2010 and 2019 which stands more on synergies is summoned by (UN DESA) than double the annual growth rate of China. the UN Department of Economic and Social India to be Guest of Honour Affairs and the (UN FCCC) United Nations Country at Abu Dhabi International Book Framework Convention on Climate Fair (ADIBF) 2019 Changebetween the 2030 Agenda for On 12th April 2019, UAE selected India as Sustainable Development and the Paris the Guest of Honour country at the Abu Agreement on climate change, was held
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Banking and Financial RBI Fined on banks and Organization list Banks/Organization Penalty Amount Reasons Penalty Date . Citibank . Rs 3 crore . For non- . January compliance in 11, 2019 criteria for directors of the bank.
. Bank of . Rs 1cr. . For non- . January Maharashtra compliance of 16, 2019 Know Your Customer (KYC) guidelines and fraud- classification norms. . Axis Bank, UCO . Total of . Axis Bank and . 5th Bank and Rs.5.2 UCO Bank has February Syndicate Bank Crore been imposed with 2019 a Penalty of Rs.2 Crore each for their not commiting with the norms related to payment through cheques. . Further Axis Bank has also imposed a Penalty of 20 Lakhs for the detection and impounding of counterfeit notes. . SBI . Rs 1cr. . For not . 7th
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monitoring the February end use of 2019 funds in respect of one of its borrowers. . Allahabad Bank . Rs 1.5 crs. . For not . 8th monitor February ing end 2019 use of funds, delay in classific ation and reporti ng of fraud and non- adhere nce with RBI guidelin es during restruct uring of account s in respect of one of its borrow ers. . PNB, OBC and . Rs 3.5 . Due to deficiencies . 14th Bank of India crore in regulatory February compliance with 2019 the directions issued by RBI on monitoring end use of funds, information
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exchange with other banks and on restructuring of accounts. . OBC- 1.5Crs . PNB-1cr. . Bank of India- 1cr. . Union Bank,Dena . Rs.11crs . Banks for non- . 20 March Bank strengthening of 2019 . IDBI Bank, ‘SWIFT’ related Karnataka Bank controls . PNB . Rs.2crs . For violation of . 25 March SWIFT norms 2019 . Nanital Bank . Rs. 2crs . Reason behind this . June monetary penalty was because of Nanital Bank’s failure to fully automate the non- performing asset (NPA) identification process, despite specific directions issued in this regard. . Kotak Mahindra . Rs 2 crore . For not furnishing . 10 June Bank details about the 2019 shareholding of its promoter and its plans for complying with stake dilution norms. . ‘Yes Bank’ and . Rs.11.25 . For violating PPI . On 12 Online lakh (prepaid payment June Wallet Service, ’Zi instrument) norms 2019. pCash Card pertaining to Services’ issuance and operation of PPIs. . United India . 5lakhs . For violating . 4th jan Insurance Co motor settlement 2019 norms
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RBI BI-Monthly List 6th Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Released By Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) On 7th February 2019,Reserve Bank of India(RBI)’s six-member monetary policy committee chaired by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das released its 6th Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy.This is the First Bi-Monthly Policy for Shaktikanta Das after he took charge as the RBI Governor. RBI had reduced 0.25 basis points in the Policy Rates with immediate effect.The Change in Policy rates are as follows: Policy Rates 6th Bi-Monthly Monetary 5th Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy(Feb 2019) Policy(Dec 2018) Repo Rate 6.25% 6.50% Reverse Repo Rate 6.00% 6.25% Marginal Standing Facility 6.50% 6.75% Rate Bank Rate 6.50% 6.75% Reserve Ratios 6th Bi-Monthly Monetary 5th Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy(Feb 2019) Policy(Dec 2018) Cash Reserve Ratio(CRR) 4% 4% Statutory Liquidity 19.25% 19.5% Ratio(SLR)
First Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement for 2019-20-RBI cuts repo rate by 25 basis points On 6th April 2019, Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s six-member monetary policy committee chaired by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das released its 1st Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy for 2019- 20 Policy Rates 1st Bi-Monthly Monetary 6th Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy 2019-2020(Apr- Policy(Feb 2019) 2019) Repo Rate 6.00 % 6.25% Reverse Repo Rate 5.75 % 6.00%
Marginal Standing 6.25 % 6.50% Facility Rate Bank Rate 6.25 % 6.50%
Reserve Ratios 1st Bi-Monthly Monetary 6th Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy 2019-2020(Apr 2019) Policy(Feb 2019)
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Cash Reserve 4% 4% Ratio(CRR) Statutory Liquidity 19.25% 19.25% Ratio(SLR)
Second Bi-Monthly Monetary The interest rate on small-saving Policy Of RBI 2019-20 schemes are kept unchanged by the The Reserve Bank of Government India (RBI) announced its second Bi- The interest rates on small-saving schemes Monthly Monetary Policy Rates for including Public Provident Fund (PPF) and National Savings Certificate (NSC) have been 2019-20 in Mumbai on June 6, 2019. kept unchanged by the Government for the The three-day policy review meeting by April-June quarter of the financial year 2019- the six members of Monetary Policy 20. Committee (MPC) was headed by RBI The interest rate for Public Provident Fund Governor Shaktikanta Das with (PPF) and National Savings Certificate (NSC) the members Dr Chetan Ghate, Dr Pami will continue at 8 percent, while the interest Dua, Dr Ravindra H. Dholakia, Dr Michael rate of Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) will be at 7.7 Debabrata Patra, Dr Viral V Acharya. The percent as against 7.3% earlier and mature next monetary policy statement is in 112 months. scheduled from August 5-7, 2019. Average base rate to be charged by In a rare 6-0 majority, Repo rate was NBFC and MFI is set at 9.21% by RBI Reserve Bank of India set the average base reduced by 25 bps under the liquidity rate to be charged by Non- Banking Financial adjustment facility (LAF) to 5.75 per cent Companies (NBFC) and Micro Finance for third time in a row. It fell below 6% institutions (MFI) at9.21% for the first for the first time in 9 years since quarter (April to June). September 2010. Reserve Bank of India received a huge response for introducing a $5-billion Repo Rate 5.75% swap facilityfor the banks to facilitate Reserve Repo Rate 5.50 permanent liquidity To ease the liquidity crunch, Reserve Bank Marginal Standing Facility(MSF) 6.0% of India will buy dollars from banks for three Rate years and offer them rupees in return, which Bank Rate 6.0% will bulk up the central bank’s foreign- exchange reserves while injecting cash into Cash reserve Ratio(CRR) 4% the banking system. Statutory Liquidity Ratio(SLR) 19% Banks offered $16.31 billion at the auction Manappuram Finance withdrew a against the notified amount of $5 billion for release which had issued earlier regarding the rupee-dollar swaps and out of this $16.31 securing debt funding from NABARD billion received via 240 offers by market Manappuram Finance, a Non-banking participants, the RBI accepted $5.02 billion finance company withdrew a release which via 89 offers. had issued earlier regarding securing Rs 695 crore debt funding from NABARD.
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Govt decides to infuse Rs 5042 Cr appointment of LIC as a corporate agent into Bank Of Baroda ahead of the merger under bancassurance channel. The government has decided to infuse a iii) The appointment of MR Kumar as the capital of 5,042 crore rupees into state- Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of owned Bank of Baroda ahead of its merger India (LIC), Hemant with two other public sector lenders Dena Bhargava ceases to be the Non-Executive Bank and Vijaya Bank,with Bank of Baroda chairman of IDBI Bank as he no longer heads which would be effective from 1st April the parent company LIC. 2019. SBI, ICICI and HDFC named as Bank of Baroda inked MoU with 6 Systemically Important Banks by RBI firms to develop “Baroda Kisan” Reserve Bank of India named State Bank of Bank of Baroda has signed memorandum of India, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank as understanding (MoU) with six firms namely Domestic Systemically Important Banks Skymet Weather Services, Weather Risk (D-SIBs). The banks which are too big to fail Management Services, BigHaat, Agrostar are named by the RBI annually since 2015. India, EM3 Agri Services and Poorti Agri SBI introduced “YONO Cash” for Services to develop “Baroda Kisan”. It will cardless ATM withdrawal provide solutions for all major agricultural The State Bank of India has launched a new requirements through its holistic approach. service called ‘YONO Cash’ for its customers RBI notifies 2% interest subsidy using which customers can withdraw money through “Interest subvention scheme” for from ATMs without using debit cards.YONO – short-term crop loans You Only Need One. The Reserve Bank of India notified a 2% PNB ranks highest in interest subvention or Subsidy for short- implementation of ‘Reforms agenda’ term crop loans during 2018-19 and 2019- According to BCG-IBA Report on EASE 20. Reforms index released by Union Minister IDBI Bank categorized as Private of Finance & Corporate Affairs, Punjab Sector Lender by RBI National Bank (PNB) which is fraud hit The Reserve Bank of India categorized IDBI bank, secured the top spot among all public Bank as a Private Sector Bank with effect sector banks in the implementation of from January 21, 2019 following Life ‘Reforms agenda’. Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is Commemorative notes to be acquiring 51 per cent of the total paid-up released to mark Gandhi’s 150th birth equity share capital of the bank. anniversary Important Point: UAE based company will release 12 bank i)IDBI Bank has been under the Prompt notes of zero value which is the first ever Corrective Action (PCA) framework of RBI limited edition commemorative series to which bans it from corporate lending, branch mark the 150th birth anniversary of expansions, salary hikes and other regular Mahatma Gandhi. activities. DCB Bank launches Open Banking ii) IDBI has charted out a revival strategy to Platform for next generation banking bring banking and insurance under one roof solutions along with LIC. The bank also informed about As part of efforts towards creating a collaborative ecosystem with enterprises,
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel fintechs and app developers, and enhancing boost the trade between India and Iran customer-service delivery, Development amidst US sanctions on Iran. Credit Bank (DCB) Bank announced the National Housing Bank proposes launch on its Open Banking Platform. stricter regulations for Housing Finance India’s first policy to protect bank Companies locker launched by IFFCO Tokio General National Housing Bank (NHB), a mortgage Insurance sector regulator and a fully owned subsidiary IFFCO Tokio General Insurance launched of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has ‘bank locker protector policy’, the first decided to impose stricter regulations on the stand-alone bank locker cover offered by Housing Finance Companies (HFCs) to any insurance company with a plan to protect prevent them from falling prey to liquidity the contents of a bank locker such as jewelry, and credit risks. title documents, and other valuables. SBI and Hitachi Payment PSBloansin59minutes.com Services launched SBIPSPL to emerged as the largest fintech establish digital payments platform lending platform in India PSBloansin59minutes.com has State Bank of India (SBI) and Hitachi become the largest fintech online Payment Services Pvt Ltd, a wholly-owned lending platform, as quoted by a subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd, launched their report from Credit Suisse. The portal merchant-acquiring joint venture, SBI Payment Services Pvt Ltd (SBIPSPL), for was launched in November 2018 by establishing a digital payments platform for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. India and other countries in the region, in It provides loans amounting up to Rs 1 crore Mumbai. to micro, small and medium enterprises Rise in Banks’ reliance on bulk (MSMEs) in just 59 minutes. deposits predicted by India Ratings and Lowering of fees for Brokers, Research exchanges approved by SEBI board India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) SEBI board with a view to making more predicted that the dependence of Scheduled cost-effective trade in Indian stock market commercial banks on bulk deposits shall approved lowering of fees charged from witness an increase if credit growth is higher brokers, stock exchange and the companies than deposit growth. seeking to get listed. The system level credit growth of 12.9% The fees payable to brokers is reduced by year-on-year continues to be greater than 33.33% from Rs.15 per crore of 9.3% deposit growth and thus banks are keen transactions to Rs.10. In case of agri- on harnessing more deposits. commodity derivative transactions, the fee Bank of Baroda becomes one of the would be reduced sharply by 93.33% from first PSBs to launch creche/day-care Rs.15 to just Re.1 facility for employees’ children IDBI Bank gets govt nod to handle Bank of Baroda has become one of the first import and export transactions with Iran public sector banks to launch a crèche/child The government has given a nod to the IDBI day-care facility for children of its employees. Bank to handle import and export The day-care facility has been launched at its transactions with Iran. This has been done to Mumbai corporate office in Bandra Kurla
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Complex and is being mulled further on The State Bank of India has initiated a new being implemented at the head office in ‘doorstep banking’ service for senior Vadodara, Gujarat. citizens, differently-abled and infirm account 114th Foundation Day celebrated holders as well as visually impaired by Corporation Bank customers. Corporation Bank celebrated its 114th Cost for availing these services would be Rs Foundation Day at various centres of the bank 100 for each financial transaction and Rs across the nation and undertook 114 60 for each non- financial transaction. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Those aged above 70 years would be treated activities to mark the day. as senior citizens for the facility. HDFC just becomes the third Indian SBI signed MoU with Bank of China company to achieve a market value of for business opportunities more than Rs.6 trillion State Bank of India (SBI) signed a pact with HDFC Bank became the third Indian the third largest Bank in the world by capital company after Reliance Industries (Rs. size,Bank of China (BoC) to boost business 8.52trillion) and TCS (Rs. 7.49 trillion) to opportunities. It will enhance the business achieve a market value of Rs. 6 trillion, owing cooperation between both the banks. to a sudden upsurge in its share prices. Note A new 50p ‘black hole’ coin in i)It will facilitate the two major banks to honour of Stephen Hawking’s work provide its clients access to banking unveiled by Royal Mint products and services of each other. It will The Royal Mint has honoured Stephen be mutually beneficial for both the banks and Hawking’s legacy by issuing a new 50 the two largest and fastest growing pence piece. economies. The coin has drawn its inspiration from ii)India’s largest lender SBI already has a Hawking’s work on black holes discussed in branch in Shanghai and Bank of China, one his bestselling book- A Brief History of of the major players in the Chinese banking Time. The coin has his name engraved along sector is planning to open its branch in with an illustration of concentric circles that Mumbai. represent a black hole. ICICI Prudential Bharat India provides financial support of Consumption Scheme was launched by USD 250 million to Nepal for ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund reconstruction of infrastructures after ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund launched earthquake ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption India has provided a financial support worth eScheme to get advantage from the Indian USD 250 million to Nepal, to reconstruct consumption market, which is considered as infrastructure in fields of housing, education, one of the fastest growing consumption health and cultural heritage, which had been markets globally. ruined by the earthquake that took place on Bank of Baroda inked MoU with 6 April 2015. firms to develop “Baroda Kisan” Doorstep Banking for Senior Bank of Baroda has signed memorandum of Citizens, Differently-Abled And Infirm understanding (MoU) with six firms namely Persons introduced by SBI Skymet Weather Services, Weather Risk Management Services, BigHaat, Agrostar
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India, EM3 Agri Services and Poorti Agri of Swift transaction logs with effect from Services to develop “Baroda Kisan”. It will February 20, 2018 at 226 “low intensity provide solutions for all major agricultural branches” of the bank. requirements through its holistic approach. India’s Unemployment Rate RBI will infuse Rs. 37,500 shot up to 7.2% in Feb’19: CMIE Crore into the system through OMO On 26th February 2019, The Reserve Bank of The unemployment rate in India rose India announced that in order to increase to 7.2% in February 2019, the highest liquidity, it will infuse Rs. 37,500 crore into since September 2016, and up the system through purchase of government from 5.9% in February 2018, according to securities under Open Market Operations data compiled by the Centre for Monitoring (OMOs) in February. Indian Economy (CMIE). The infusion will be made through three The number of employed persons in India auctions of Rs 125 billion each during the was estimated at 400 million in February 2nd, 3rd and 4th week. The aggregate amount 2019 compared with 406 million last year. will be Rs 375 billion. HDFC becomes the third Indian Cabinet approvedRs.1450 company to achieve a market value of crore for share capital of RBI in more than Rs.6 trillion, NHB HDFC Bank became The third Indian company after Reliance Industries (Rs. 8.52 trillion) and TCS (Rs. 7.49 trillion) to Cabinet approved Rs.1450crfor the share achieve a market value of Rs. 6 trillion, owing capital of RBI in National Housing Bank to a sudden upsurge in its share prices. (NHB), which operate as the principal agency RBI has given its approval to to promote housing finance institutions in Bandhan Bank to acquire Gruh Finance India. The decision is the resultant of the Reserve Bank of India provided a no objection amendments made to the NHB Act, 1987 in to Kolkata headquartered Bandhan Bank for 2018.. the proposed acquisition of Gruh Finance. RBI constituted a panel under Gruh Finance Limited,a Ahmedabad Usha Thorat on Offshore Rupee headquartered Subsidiary of HDFC markets Limited, is a Housing Finance Company Reserve Bank of India has constituted a (HFC) recognized by the National Housing task force which will be headed by its former Bank (NHB) and it was taken over in January deputy governor, Usha Thorat to examine by Kolkata-based Bandhan Bank in a share- issues related to offshore rupee swap deal. markets and recommend policy measures. Exim Bank agreed to grant $83 The 8-member task force will aim to ensure million line of credit to Congo for stability of the external value of the domestic financing 3 solar power projects currency. Export-Import Bank of India (Exim The motive behind this is to develop deep and Bank) signed a loan agreement on behalf of liquid on-shore financial markets that will act the government of USD 83.11 as a price setter of the Rupee globally. million (approx Rs.5,72,08,76,850) to Congo State Bank of India- Rs. 1 crore for delaying for financing three solar power projectsin the implementation of the daily reconciliation the central African country.
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It aims to provide support for financing three report of banks under the Right to solar photovoltaic power projects with a total Information (RTI) Act until and unless they capacity of 35 megawatts in the three are exempted under law. The bench has also provinces — Karawa, Mbandaka, and directed the RBI to review its policy to Lusambo.. disclose information relating to banks under India extends Rs. 35.5 million RTI. financial grant to Nepal IRDAI set up Suresh Mathur India extended a financial grant of 35.5 Committee comprising of 13 members to million Nepalese rupees to Nepal for the review regulatory framework on micro- construction of an educational campus to insurance boost the learning environment of the The Insurance Regulatory and students. The educational campus was jointly Development Authority of India (IRDAI) inaugurated by District Coordination set up a 13-member committee in order to Committee and Campus management review regulatory framework on micro committee on 22nd March 2019. insurance, and suggest the steps to be taken Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has to raise demand for such products in India by appointed a five-member committee recommending product designs with under the chairmanship of Nandan customer-friendly underwriting, example, Nilekhani to strengthen digital payments easy premium payment methods and simple Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed claims settlement procedures. 5-member committee under the Note- chairmanship of Nandan i)The committee was formed because of less Nilekani to strengthen digital payments as than desired offtake of microinsurance well as to boost financial inclusion through products in spite of their immense benefits in Financial Technology.It will provide India. recommendations in 3 months. ii)It will also give recommendations about an i. The decision regarding the formation of alteration in distribution structure, that is, committee was taken during the first event of creating effective awareness programmes Financial Technology (Fintech) Conclave, and making web-based technology-driven which was organized by NITI Aayog in New solutions. Delhi. State Bank of India (SBI) launched ii. The purpose of the event was to shape India’s first ‘Green Car Loan’ (Electric India’s predominance in FinTech, build the Vehicle) to encourage customers to buy future strategy and policy to uplift the electric vehicles financial inclusion. On World Earth Day- April 22, 2019 the State iii. With the revolution in the FinTech sector Bank of India (SBI) has launched India’s first India’s aim is to emerge as a 10 trillion ‘Green Car Loan’ (Electric Vehicle) to dollar economy. encourage customers to buy electric vehicles. SC gave ultimatum to RBI to The new scheme ‘Green Car Loan’ will offer disclose information under RTI Act loan at 20 basis points lower than the Recently, Supreme Court bench headed by interest rate on the existing car loan schemes. Justice L Nageswara Rao has directed the Bank of Baroda becomes the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to disclose 3rd largest bank after its merger information related to its annual inspection
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel with Dena Bank & Vijaya Bank After the Capital infusion, the shareholding of government in Bank of Maharashtra has On April 1, 2019, the merger of Dena Bank increased to 87.74 % from 87.01%. and Vijaya Bank into Bank of Baroda has World Bank estimates India’s GDP come into effect. With this grow to 7.5% in Fiscal Year 2019-20 amalgamation, Bank of Baroda becomes The World Bank notified that India’s the India’s second largest public sector consistent hold in investment sector, bank and third largest commercial mainly private-improved export bank after State Bank of India performance and resilient consumption, (SBI) and HDFC Bank. has led its GDP growth forecast to mount Consulting arm of Infosys will to 7.5 per cent for fiscal year 2019-20. India’s growth rate to increase buy 75% stake in Dutch Bank from 7.3% in 2019 to 7.5% in 2020 Subsidiary According to the World Economic Outlook (WEO) report released by International Consulting arm of Global IT Services Monetary Fund (IMF), India’s growth rate is major, Infosys will buy 75% stake in Starter estimated to rise from 7.3% in 2019 to NV which is a subsidiary of Dutch based ABN 7.5% in 2020 provided it receives impetus AMRO Bank for $144 million (approx. Rs from the fiscal policy and is backed by the 999 crore) in an all-cash deal. ongoing recovery of investment and This move is aimed at strategic partnership in consumption within expanded approach Netherlands. ABN Amro which is the third of monetary policy. largest bank of Netherland will hold the HDFC Bank ranked No. 1 in India by remaining 25 per cent stake in Starter NV. the survey of Forbes One97 Communications- On 12th April 2019, as per the first edition owned Paytm Money Gets SEBI of Forbes World’s Best Bank survey, HDFC Bank has been recognized as number 1 Approval for Stock Broking bank by customers in India. One97 Communications-owned Paytm DBI Bank launches NRI-Insta Money, the wealth management arm of Online, A paperless account opening Paytm, has got approval from the Securities facility for NRIs and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to start IDBI Bank has launched ‘NRI-Insta Online’ offering a stock broking service such as the account opening process for NRIs residing in ability to trade in equities and cash segments, Financial Action Task Force (FATF) member derivatives, and exchange-traded funds countries to open an account in the Bank (ETFs) among other exchange-traded without visiting the branch or submitting products. paper documents such as physical documents Government infused Rs 205 as well as KYC proofs. This online facility is crore into Bank of Maharashtra available in IDBI Bank’s website. Bandhan Bank got the approval Government infused a capital of Rs. 205 from CCI to acquire Gruh Finance crore into the state owned Bank of On 16th April 2019, Kolkata- Maharashtra in lieu of preferential allotment based Bandhan Bank has received the of shares. approval of the Competition Commission
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel of India (CCI) for the acquisition of Gruh the first co-origination loan agreement Finance which is the affordable housing (designed at Rs.10,000 to 2 lakh) with State finance arm of HDFC Ltd in a share-swap Bank of India (SBI). The company expects to deal. The approval has been given under the pay out 200,000 loan applications in FY20. sub-section (1) of Section 31 of NTPC Inked Term-Loan Agreement the Competition Act, 2002. of Rs.2,000 crore with Canara Bank BSE, India INX- the first ever Indian On 5th April 2019, National Thermal Power exchanges to sign MoU with MOEX Corporation(NPTC) has signed a term- loan BSE (earlier called Bombay Stock Pact of Rs.2,000 crore with Canara Bank. Exchange) and INX (India International The Loan facility prolonged at an interest rate Exchange) are the first Indian exchanges to linked to 3-Month MCLR of Bank. The lent sign MoU (Memorandum of amount would be utilized to part finance Understanding) with MOEX (Moscow Exch company’s capital expenditure. ange) in order to allow capital formation ADB agreed to grant highest-ever platform and connect investor community USD 3 billion in sovereign loans to India and companies in both India and Russia. On 16th April 2019, Asian Development RBI is going to issue new Rs 20 Bank (ADB) agreed to provide a total of USD denomination banknote with greenish- 3.88 billion in sovereign loans to India in yellow colour 2018, which is the highest ever loan amount The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will issue since sovereign operations began in the new Rs 20 denomination banknotes having a country in 1986. base colour of greenish -yellow with size of 1) With this total USD 21.6 billion in loans, 63 X 129 mm. The first Rs 20 notes were granted from ADB’s own resources, which issued in the Mahatma Gandhi Series in exceeded the target of USD 19.71 billion and August 2001. up 10 percent from 2017. Kotak Mahindra Bank becomes the 2) ADB committed several projects like a USD first Destination Bank to launch debit card 100-million loan to Ostro Kutch Wind, based e-mandates On NPCI’s E-Mandate which is a renewable energy company for API Platform constructing and operating a 250-megawatt Kotak Mahindra Bank (Kotak) has launched wind power project in Gujarat, also the first debit card-based authentication provided USD 30 million in equity and USD solution on NPCI’s (National Payments 20 millionin debt security to Annapurna Corporation of India) e-Mandate (electronic Finance, a microfinance company. mandate) API (Application Program 3) In 2018, ADB signed an arrangement with Interface) platform, thus being the first ever the International Solar Alliance for Destination Bank to go live with both Net promoting solar energy deployment across Banking and Debit Card-based e-mandate Asia, the Pacific, and South Asia. authentication. 4). ADB continued to deliver climate SBI signs its first ever co- financing to USD 3.6 billion in 2018 and has origination loan agreement with PAISALO a target to double its annual climate Digital Limited financing to USD 6 billion in approvals by With the profound vision of empowering the 2020. ‘Agri’, ‘MSME segment’ and small Exim Bank gives loans worth 267$ businesses, PAISALO Digital Limited signed million for projects in Rwanda
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) notified existing plans, namely, Health Guard policy that Exim Bank has proffered soft loans by Bajaj Allianz General Insurance and worth 266.6$ million to Rwanda for various iSecure policy by Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance. projects. SBI General launched cyber for supporting agricultural projects defence insurance for the development of Special SBI General Insurance has launched its new Economic Zones (SEZs) product – cyber defence insurance to for financing road projects in Rwanda. protect businesses from financial and Wirecard joined hands with RBL reputational losses due to cyber attacks. Bank to drive financial inclusion Indiabulls General gets preliminary Germany-based global provider of digital nod to foray into non-life business payments and commerce solutions Indiabulls General Insurance has received R1 Wirecardentered into a partnership with approval to its proposed general insurance RBL Bank to promote financial inclusion in business and preliminary to approval foray India. into the non-life business from the Insurance i)The move will make digital payment and Regulatory and Development Authority of banking transactions easily accessible to all India (IRDAI) respectively. Indian citizens. Bank of Maharashtra and ii)With this partnership with RBL, Wirecard’s M1Xchange join hands for MSME bill customer service representatives will be able discounting to access basic payment and banking services State-owned Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) has which include cash withdrawals and deposits partnered with M1Xchange TReDSplatform as well as balance inquiries. They also can for Micro,Small and Medium offer an even broader range of digital Enterprises(MSMEs) bill discounting.Trade financial services. Receivables Discounting System (TreDS) is a BEML joined hands with Syndicate digital platform to assist MSMEs to get their Bank for financing Earth Moving and bills financed at a competitive rate through a Construction Equipment vendue where multiple registered financiers Syndicate Bank and BEML Limited (Bharat can participate. Earth Movers Limited) have signed an Canara Bank: India’s First Public agreement for financing Earth Moving and Sector Bank To Meet RBI’s EMV Mandate Construction Equipment which is Global provider of real-time electronic manufactured by BEML. Also, it will facilitate payment and banking solutions, ACI the availability of loans and address the Worldwide, notified that India’s public growing demand for higher capacity sector bank, Canara Bank has successfully equipment in the Mining Industry. rolled out new functionality that supports Bajaj Allianz General Insurance in a EMV (Europay, MasterCard and Visa) card partnership with Bajaj Allianz Life acquiring across its ATM (Automated Teller Insurance launched their 1st product: Machine) network and Aadhaar ‘Total Health Secure Goal’ Authentication, thus becoming the 1st in the Bajaj Allianz General Insurance collaborated market to leverage ACI’s UP Retail Payments with Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance to launch solution and the 1st public sector bank to their 1st product titled ‘Total Health Secure shift to EMV chip and PIN for card based Goal’.The product is a combination of 2 transactions across the country’s vast ATM
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel network. ii)After 12 years LIC has to decrease stake in RBI sets WMA Limit for IDBI Bank by 10 per cent to 40 per cent. Government at Rs 75000 crore for the first The RBI issued Rs. 50 half of the FY 2019-20 denomination bank notes in Mahatma The Reserve Bank of India has set the limits Gandhi (New) Series bearing the for Ways and Means Advances (WMA) to Rs. Governor’s signature 75000 crore for the first half of the financial The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued Rs. 50 year 2019-20 (April 2019 to September denomination banknotes in Mahatma Gandhi 2019). As and when the government of India (New) Series that bore Shri Shaktikanta Das’ utilises 75% of the WMA limit, the central (Governor of RBI) signature. bank would activate fresh floatation of i)The design of these notes is exactly similar market loans. to the ‘Rs 50 banknotes’ in Mahatma Gandhi The rate of interest issued on the Ways and (New) Series. Means Advances (WMA) will be Repo Rate ii)The RBI notified that all bank notes in the while the overdraft will exceed the Repo Rate denomination of Rs. 50 issued by the Central by flat 2%. The WMA needs to be vacated Bank in the past will continue to be legal after 90 days. tender. Fitch kept India’s rating unchanged RBI gives HDFC’s proposal for at BBB- with Stable outlook holding 9.9% stake in Bandhan Bank Fitch Rating affirms India’s sovereign rating The RBI (Reserve Bank of India) has at the lowest investment grade of BBB-with a granted approval to HDFC Ltd for holding stable outlook. The growth rate of India up to 9.9% stake in Bandhan Bank forecasted by Fitch is 6.8% in financial year following the Gruh Finance deal. 2019-20 and 7.1% in FY 2020-21. Gruh Finance is the housing finance arm of RBI grants 12 years to LIC for HDFC Ltd and was taken over in January by reducing stake in IDBI Bank Bandhan Bank in a share-swap deal. Life Insurance Corporation(LIC), the largest RBI becomes the first APAC (Asia- insurance company in India, got 12 years Pacific) central bank to begin interest rate from RBI for cut down stake in IDBI Bank.LIC easing cycle is the lender’s major shareholder, and it has a The Fitch ratings notified that the Reserve 51 per cent stake in the Bank. It means that Bank of India (RBI) becomes the first central no obligation to sell its stake in the following bank in the Asia-Pacific region (APAC) to years or would probably spend higher money begin an interest rate easing cycle floated by to keep its stake in any future fund raising by benign food inflation and easier global the bank. financial condition. Note- RBI gives approval for e-mandates i)Insurance Regulatory and Development to facilitate Internet Banking, Debit Cards Authority (IRDAI) claimed that LIC can take to NPCI up to 15 percent stake in any bank,which can The National Payments Corporation of India stretch up to 30 percent as per the board (NPCI) has received approval from the approval.But the insurance regulator has Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to implement e- authorised LIC to hold up to 51 percent in mandates (electronic mandates) for internet IDBI Bank in 2018. banking and debit cards, which will allow the users to automatically deal with their
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel recurring payments. Kotak Mahindra Bank becomes the The limit for each mandate is set at Rs 1 Lakh, first Destination Bank to launch debit card and depending on the usage, the organisation based e-mandates On NPCI’s E-Mandate will review the limit from time to time. API Platform RBI extends the previous Kotak Mahindra Bank (Kotak) has launched ombudsman scheme to non-deposit taking the first debit card-based authentication NBFCs having asset size of Rs.100 crore or solution higher on NPCI’s (National Payments Corporation of The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) extended India) e-Mandate (electronic mandate) API the ombudsman scheme coverage to non- (Application Program Interface) platform, deposit taking (NBFCs) Non-banking thus being the first ever Destination Bank to Financial Companies having an asset size of go live with both Net Banking and Debit Card- Rs.100 crore or higher. based e-mandate authentication. This was notified in the Statement of Emirates Islamic, a bank in Dubai, Developmental and Regulatory Policies under becomes the world’s first Islamic bank to the Monetary Policy statement. launch banking via WhatsApp The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Emirates Islamic bank launched a chat has proposed strict rules on opening and banking facility for its customer via running of current accounts of corporate Whatsapp and become the world’s 1st bank borrowers in order to tackle fund in the Islamic banking sector to give such diversion. facility. India’s Central Bank, the Reserve Bank of Indian Overseas Bank India (RBI) would tighten rules on opening introduced “Bank on Wheels” for door- and operating current accounts of corporate step banking facility borrowers to prevent the diversion of funds. Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) has launched a RBI had notified that the banks with mobile van facility named “Bank on Wheels” collection accounts will have to transfer funds in 14 districts of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and the to the current account and the current Vijayawada region of Andhra Pradesh to accounts could be opened only with the lead provide door-step banking facility, especially bank of a lending association. for senior citizens. A quasi-cryptocurrency called as Srei Equipment Finance ties up “Learning Coin,” launched by The World Bank and the International Monetary with Oriental Bank of Commerce to Fund (IMF) offer loans for purchase of equipment Two international financial institutions the under a co-lending arrangement World Bank and the International Srei Equipment Finance tied up with Monetary Fund (IMF) have launched a Oriental Bank of Commerce to offer loans private blockchain and quasi-crypto currency for the purchase of equipment under a co- called as “Learning Coin” for better lending arrangement. Srei Equipment Finance understanding of blockchain technology and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Srei the function of crypto assets. Infrastructure Finance. Standard Chartered launched Trade AI Engine in partnership with IBM Standard Chartered in partnership with IBM has launched the Trade AI Engine which will
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel automate the high- risk process of trade SBI has joined hands with FMCG documentation. It will enhance client Arm of The Art of Living — Sri Sri Tattva experience through increased operational State Bank of India (SBI) has tied up with the efficiency and strengthened operational FMCG arm of The Art of Living, Sri Sri Tattva control. This newly launched Trade AI Engine under which SBI’s YONO users can avail a will replace the Traditional documentary discount of 15% on the entire range of trade consisting of millions of data elements products offered by Sri Sri Tattva such as in paper-based that are reviewed through a food, personal care, healthcare, homecare, largely manual process. BYOGI apparels and Shankara skincare SEBI constituted panel suggested products. YONO is an integrated digital significant changes to FPI Regulations banking platform of SBI. Securities and Exchange Board of India Karnataka Bank introduced (SEBI) constituted panel suggested Savings Bank product named “KBL SB significant changes to Foreign Portfolio Salary” for salaried class Investors (FPI) Regulations including Karnataka Bank has launched a customized simplified registration requirements for product for the salaried class. The new certain categories and barring entities that savings bank product, KBL SB Salary has fail to furnish beneficial ownership details. It been designed with three variants namely SB has sought the comments from the public on Salary Executive, SB Salary Prime, and SB this regard till June 14, 2019. Salary Classic to cater the financial needs of Corporation Bank launches ‘Corp the ‘employer-employee ecosystem’. SME Suvidha’ for GST- registered MSMEs Mutual funds get SEBI nod to invest Corporation Bank has launched a new in exchange-traded commodity product named ‘Corp SME Suvidha’ for GST- derivatives registered Micro, Small and Medium The Securities and Exchange Board of India Enterprises (MSME). It was launched by PV (SEBI) has given its consent for the Bharathi, Managing Director and Chief participation of mutual funds Executive Officer of Corporation Bank in (MF) in Exchange-Traded Commodity Mangaluru in the presence of Gopal Murli Derivatives (ETCD) except sensitive Bhagat, Executive Director and general commodities. The participation of MFs is managers. allowed through hybrid schemes, which SEBI & IRDAI to introduce include the multi-asset scheme and gold ETFs Regulatory Sandbox Framework for (Exchange-traded fund). Fintech Startups On the lines of the initiative taken by Reserve Bank of India (RBI), regarding the setting up of the regulatory sandbox (RS) in its draft “Enabling Framework for Regulatory Sandbox” in April for fintech innovations; the market watchdog Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and insurance watchdog Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) have also introduced the similar RS.
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World Bank and CBA joined hands RBI directs banks to enhance for World’s first Blockchain Bond housing loan limits for eligibility under Transaction priority sector lending International Bank for Reconstruction and To include the RRBs (Regional Rural Banks) Development (IBRD, World Bank) in and SFBs (Small Finance Banks) in the same partnership with Commonwealth Bank of level as the Australia (CBA) enabled recording of other Scheduled Commercial Banks, (RBI) secondary market bond trading using Reserve Bank of India has notified them to blockchain technology. With this, Bond-i enhance housing loan limitsto individuals become the first bond whose issuance and up to Rs 35 lakh in metropolitan centres trading is recorded on a blockchain platform. (which would have a population of over 10 lakhs) and Rs 25 lakh in other centres, Ola launches Ola Money SBI Credit under Priority sector Lending (PSL). Card RBI has published ‘Payment and Transport Company, Ola Cabs has launched Settlement Systems in India: Vision 2019 – Ola Money SBI Credit Card in partnership 2021’ to promote innovation, cyber- with SBI Card to provide a flexible and security, financial inclusion convenient payment system to its customers. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released its The credit card is powered by Visa. statement on ‘Payment and Settlement Tripura Gramin Bank among top Systems in India: Vision 2019–2021’, which RRB performer in the country notifies the steps that RBI will take to Tripura Gramin Bank is among India’s top promote innovation, cyber-security, three Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) out of financial inclusion, customer protection, 45 Regional Rural Bank in terms of profit, and competition through which the vision business, and growth. Tripura Gramin Bank looks forward to achieve a ‘highly digital’ has emerged as one of the top performers in and ‘cash-lite’ society. the banking sector in the 2018-19 financial The report consists of 36 specific action year across the country, investing heavily to points with 12 specific outcomes, based on promote entrepreneurship. different inputs from stakeholders and HDFC Capital Advisors launched an guidance of the Board for Regulation and initiative termed as HDFC Affordable Real Supervision of Payment and Settlement Estate and Technology Programme Systems. (HeART) Nandan Nilekani-led panel HDFC Capital Advisors, (a wholly-owned submitted report to RBI regarding the subsidiary of HDFC Ltd) launched an promotion of digital payments initiative termed as HDFC Affordable Real The Central Bank notified that the (Reserve Estate and Technology Programme Bank of India) RBI-appointed committee (HeART), the objective of which is to mentor, chaired by Nandan Nilekani, Aadhaar partner and invest in real estate technology architect, submitted the panel’s suggestions companies which produce innovative on promoting digital payments to products that aim at lowering costs and Shaktikanta Das, the Governor of RBI. creating efficiencies in every stage of the Bank credit has increased by development cycle of the affordable housing 18.5% to infrastructure sector in FY19 system. In accordance with the data compiled by
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Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the bank credit RBI formed two separate 6 has been mounted member panels to strengthen the sale of by 18.5% to Rs 10.55 lakh crore for stressed corporate assets and housing infrastructure in financial year 2018-19. It is loan portfolios highest since 2012-13 fiscal. Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has formed two RBI publicized draft circular on separate 6 member panels to strengthen the “liquidity risk management for NBFCs “ sale of stressed corporate assets and housing The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has loan portfolios. The six-member task force on introduced the “Liquidity Risk Management the development of the secondary market is Framework for Non- Banking Financial headed by its chairperson, T. N. Manoharan, Companies and Core Investment Chairman of Canara Bank and will submit its Companies” for public comments by June 14, report by the end of August 2019. Panel for 2019. The eligible entities for this draft housing loan securitization is headed by framework are all deposit-taking NBFCs; non- Bains and Co. advisor, Harsh Vardhan. deposit taking non-banking financial ICICI Bank along with online travel companies (NBFCs) with an asset size of over booking portal Goibibo launched co- Rs 100 crore and all core investment branded multi-currency card companies (CICs) registered with RBI. Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation RBI modified the norms on VRR of India (ICICI) Bank along with online travel investment by FPIs booking portal Goibibo launched co-branded Reserve Bank of India has modified the multi-currency card- Goibibo ICICI Bank norms on Voluntary Retention Route (VRR) Travel Card. Customers can use one card for investment by Foreign Portfolio Investors multiple currencies and enjoy discounts on (FPIs) by fixing the investment limit at Rs. flights and hotel bookings. 54,606.55 crores. Now FPIs can invest up to Paytm collaborated with Citibank Rs 54,606.55 crore under the VRR, which to launch its 1st credit card called ‘Paytm allows parking funds in both government First Card’ securities as well as corporate debt. The digital payments company Paytm has RBI has increased the transfer collaborated with Citibank and launched its timings of RTGS from 4.30 pm to 6 pm 1st credit card called ‘Paytm First Card‘. This The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended is the first card of its kind launched in India the time window of Real Time Gross by the American card company, which has Settlement (RTGS) for customer transactions similar exclusive partnerships across sectors from 4.30 pm to 6 pm. The move has been in the US. taken due to the increase in the number of ADB (Asian Development Bank) transactions by 8% to Rs 1,335 crore in launched $5 Billion Healthy Oceans Action March 2019. There has been 12% rise in an Plan at its 52nd Annual Meeting aggregate amount of transactions, year-on- Asian Development Bank (ADB) launched 5$ year, which amounted to Rs 1,255.51 crore. billion Action Plan for Healthy Oceans and It will come into effect from June 1. Sustainable Blue Economies for the Asia and Pacific region. This will support ADB’s developing member countries’ efforts for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
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(SDGs), inclusive of the SDG 14: Life Below HDFC ERGO and IBM to jointly setup Water. data lab in India to improve business efficiency Bank Credit up by 13.24% and and profitability HDFC ERGO, General Insurance Deposit up by 10.03% in FY19 Company and IBM, technology giant, announced According to Reserve Bank of India data, the to jointly setup data lab in India to improve business efficiency and profitability. It will analyze bank credit grew by 13.24 percent in the customer data and develop customized financial year 2019 (FY19) to Rs 97.67 lakh solutions. crore as compared to 10.3 percent in FY18 Rs 70,000 crore NPA recovered via and the deposits up by 10.03 percent in IBC in FY19 FY19 to Rs125.72 lakh crore as compare to According to Crisil Ratings (formerly Credit 6.7 percent in FY18. Rating Information Services of India Limited) Bharti Airtel and HDFC Life tied up report, in the year 2018-19, Rs 70,000 crore to offer insurance for prepaid customers bad loans were recovered through the Bharti Airtel and the Housing Development Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) with a Finance Cooperation (HDFC) Life had tied recovery rate of 43 percent in 94 cases. The up to offer life cover for customers at a IBC has recovered bad loans two times the Rs prepaid recharge of Rs 249. This new Rs 35,500 crore through previous resolution 249 prepaid recharge will include 2 GB data, mechanisms like Debt Recovery Tribunal and unlimited calls across all the networks and Lok Adalat. 100 SMS per day with an insurance cover of Repo-linked home loan (Sbi) the worth of Rs 4 lakh from HDFC Life. The State Bank of India (SBI) announced to recharge validity is for only 28 days. introduce repo-linked home loan HDFC collaborated with IMGC product from July 1, 2019. It has become the (India Mortgage Guarantee Corporation) first bank to offer this facility. It means any for a mortgage guarantee-backed home changes in the key interest rate by the central loan bank would be passed on directly to the Mortgage guarantee is a financial product customers. which compensates lending institutions for Government Met The Fiscal the losses that may occur when a home Deficit Target Of 3.4% For FY 2018-19 owner defaults on a mortgage loan. Government has met the fiscal deficit SIDBI’s pilot scheme for fintech NBFCs to give financial assistance up to Rs. target of 3.4% for the Financial Year 10 crore to boost digital lending 2018-19. The fiscal deficit stood Small Industries Development Bank of at 3.39% against the estimated rate of India (SIDBI) has launched a pilot scheme 3.4%. The data was released by the for fintech Non Banking Financing Controller General of Accounts (CGA). It Companies (NBFCs) to give financial was met through a reduction in assistance up to Rs. 10 crore in order to government spending, which also boost digital lending. contributed to GDP growth slowing to SIDBI has set the credit exposure limit to a 5.8% in the fourth quarter of FY19. new fintech NBFC to 30% of the Net-Owned Fund(NOF) of the new fintech NBFC, with the maximum capital of Rs. 10 crores.
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel ONGC overtakes IOC to become a RBI formed panel led by Nandan most profitable PSU Nilekani recommended to rope in local India’s top oil and gas producer, ONGC retailers to act as cash points (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation) has The Reserve bank of India(RBI) formed become India’s most profitable Public panel led by Nandan Nilekani has sector Undertaking after surpassing recommended to rope in local retailers Indian Oil Corp (IOC). and business correspondents to act as For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019, cash points in semi-urban centers. These ONGC reported a 34 percent jump its net will act as the primary source of cash in profit to Rs 26,716 crore. This profit is semi-urban centers and will replace ATMs much higher than IOC’s (Indian (Automated Teller Machines). Oil Corporation) reported a profit of RBI removed charges for RTGS Rs 17,274 crore. and NEFT transactions IOCL, BPCL and HPCL to form a The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has Joint Venture for Kandla-Gorakhpur removed the charges levied on Real Time LPG pipeline project Gross Settlement (RTGS)and National On June 3, 2019, Indian Oil Corporation Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) Limited(IOCL), Bharat Petroleum transactions to boost digital payments. Corporation Limited (BPCL) RBI to create foreign exchange and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation trading platform for retail participants Limited(HPCL) signed an agreement to On June 6, 2019, the Reserve Bank of form a Joint Venture(JV) in New Delhi for India (RBI) announced to set up laying the world’s longest Liquefied a foreign exchange trading platform petroleum gas(LPG) for retail participants. This is to create a pipeline from Kandla, Gujarat to market infrastructure that ensures fair Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. and transparent pricing for users of AAI (Airports Authority of India) foreign exchange like Small and Medium signs technical assistance pact with Enterprises (SME) exporters & importers Boeing and individuals. The National Airports body Airports RBI relaxed leverage ratio for Authority of India (AAI) signed technical banks to 3.5% assistance agreement with American On June 6, 2019, The Reserve Bank of multinational corporate, Boeing to India (RBI) relaxed the Leverage jointly develop a 10-year Ratio (LR) for banks to 3.5%. This is roadmap which will improve flexible use done to help them in order to expand of airspace, enhance communication, their lending activities. The LR is reduced surveillance and help to maintain efficient to 4% for Domestic Systemically aircraft operations. Important Banks (D-SIBs). LR is defined under Basel-III norms, Tier 1 Capital as a percentage of the bank’s exposure. It was introduced for banks
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel post-financial crisis of 2008. The Kazakh-Indian Investment minimum requirement for LR set by the Forum held in Ahmedabad Basel Committee on Banking Supervision Kazakh-Indian Investment Forum was (BCBS) is 3%. Banks have been required held in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on June 7, to publicly disclose their Basel III leverage 2019, to attract investments. It was ratio on a consolidated basis from 1 April organized by the Embassy of Kazakhstan 2015 quarterly. LR is one of the 4 in India with the support of the Honorary indicators under the RBI’s Prompt Consulate of Kazakhstan in the state of Corrective Action (PCA) framework and Gujarat Dilip Chandan, the National an important supplement to the risk- Company- Kazakh Invest and Jain based capital requirements. International Trade Organization. RBI eased regulations for BSBD RBI formed a committee headed Accounts by VG Kannan, IBA Chief to review ATM Nation’s apex bank Reserve Bank of India pricing (RBI) has relaxed the regulations The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for Basic Savings Bank Deposit constituted 6-member (BSBD) Accounts aka “no-frills” accounts committee headed by VG Kannan, Chief as a part of the financial inclusion drive. Executive of Indian Banks’ Association Now, the BSBD account holders will get a (IBA) to review ATM pricing. cheque book and certain minimum i. It will review the existing interchange facilities, free of charge by the bank. fee and pricing structures to reduce Also, there will be no requirement of prices for customers on Automated Teller maintaining a minimum balance in lieu of Machines (ATM) transactions with a such additional facilities. Previously broader objective to improve rural additional facilities for these accounts penetration of teller machines. attract the requirement of maintaining a Japan will invest Rs 13,000 minimum balance and other charges. crore in North-East in infrastructure Kotak Mahindra Bank was penalized projects with Rs 2 crore by Reserve Bank of India On June 12, 019, The Government of for not meeting ownership rules Japan has decided to invest an amount Reserve Bank of India has penalized Kotak of 205.784 billion Yen, nearly Rs 13,000 Mahindra Bank with Rs. 2 crores for crore in several ongoing as well as new not furnishing details about the infrastructure projects in the North-East shareholding of its promoter and its plans Region. This was announced after a for complying with stake dilution norms. meeting of Development of North-East Region (DoNER) Minister Dr Jitendra Singh with the Japanese delegation led by Ambassador Mr Kenji Hiramatsu.
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel A penalty of Rs.11.25 lakh (RBI) in January 2019, headed by the imposed on ZipCash, Yes Bank by RBI former Securities and Exchange Board of On June 12, 2019, The Reserve Bank of India (SEBI) Chairman U K India slapped a monetary Sinha submitted its report to RBI penalty Rs. 11.25 lakh each on Private Governor Shaktikanta Das on June 17, sector lender ‘Yes Bank’ and Online 2019. The panel was formed to suggest Wallet Service, ’ZipCash Card long-term measures for the economic and Services’ for violating PPI (prepaid financial sustainability of the MSME payment instrument) norms pertaining to sector. issuance and operation of PPIs. The Committee suggested doubling The fine imposed in exercise of powers collateral-free loans for MSMEs to Rs 20 vested under Section 30 of the Payment lakh from Rs 10 lakh. This is also and Settlement Systems Act, 2007, for applicable to Micro Units Development non-compliance of regulatory guidelines. and Refinance Agency (Mudra) and Self- Dell tops the list of most trusted Help Groups (SHGs). brand in India, while Amazon is most BDC under EAC-PM headed by trusted Internet Brand: TRA Research Professor Bibek Debroy submitted its 2019 report According to the report “Brand Trust Beekeeping Development Report, 2019”, by Trust Research Committee (BDC) under the Economic Advisory (TRA), Dell tops the list as the Advisory Council to the Prime most trusted brand for 2019 in India. It is Minister(EAC-PM) headed by Professor followed by automobile Bibek Debroy submitted its report to the brand Jeep, and LIC (Life Insurance Prime Minister on June 26, 2019. It was Corporation of India). framed with the objective to identify ways Facebook confirmed the launch of advancing beekeeping in India. of cryptocurrency ‘Libra’ in 2020 To recognize honeybees as inputs to On June 8, 2019, Facebook confirmed agriculture and consider landless that it will launch a blockchain-powered Beekeepers as farmers. stable-coin ‘Libra’ in 2020 through the RBI panel led by U.K. Sinha release of white paper. It will be a form of suggests Rs.5,000 crore stressed asset digital money backed by a reserve of fund for MSMEs assets. It will be governed by the On June 25, 2019, The Reserve Bank independent Libra Association, released the report of the expert headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. committee under former SEBI (Securities RBI panel on MSMEs headed by and Exchange Board of India) chairman U U K Sinha recommended to double K Sinha on measures for the economic collateral-free loans limit to Rs 20 lakh and financial sustainability of the MSMEs The 8 member panel on Micro, Small and (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises). Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), RBI recommends Commercial constituted by the Reserve Bank of India Banks to adopt Education Loan Scheme
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel On June 24, 2019, India’s central banking High-Level Group headed by Dr. institution, The Reserve Bank of Surjit S. Bhalla recommendations for India (RBI) has advised all Scheduled Trade and Policy Commercial Banks to adopt Education The Union ministry of commerce had Loan Scheme which is formulated constituted a high-level advisory group by Indian Banks’ Association (IBA). headed by economist Dr. Surjit S. Bhalla, Model Education Loan Scheme: The IBA member of the Prime Minister’s Economic scheme circulated to all member Banks Advisory Council on Foreign trade policy including State Bank of India (SBI) for for ways to boost India’s share and providing financial support to importance in global merchandise and meritorious students for pursuing higher services trade. education in India and abroad. RBI relaxed the leverage ratio Note (LR) for banks to help i) Loan up to Rs 10 lakh for study in India banks expand lending and upto Rs 20 lakh for study abroad. The RBI (Reserve Bank of India) relaxed ii) Collateral free loans upto Rs 7.5 Lakh the leverage ratio (LR) for banks in a bid under the Credit Guarantee Fund Scheme to help them expand their lending for Education Loans (CGFSEL). activities. The leverage ratio (LR) reduced iii) No Margin for a loan up to Rs 7.50 to 4% for Domestic Systemically Lakh. Important Banks (DSIBs) and 3.5% for iv) Repayment period of 15 years. other banks with effective from October 1, 2019.
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GOVERNMENT SPONSORED SOCIALLY ORIENTED INSURANCE SCHEMES Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) Life Cover under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY) Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS
Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha The PMJJBY is available to people in the age Bima Yojana (PMSBY) group of 18 to 50 years having a bank account The Scheme is available to people in the age who give their consent to join / enable auto- group 18 to 70 years with a bank account debit. Aadhar would be the primary KYC for who give their consent to join / enable auto- the bank account. The life cover of Rs. 2 lakhs debit on or before 31st May for the coverage shall be for the one year period stretching period 1st June to 31st May on an annual from 1st June to 31st May and will be renewal basis. Aadhar would be the primary renewable. Risk coverage under this scheme KYC for the bank account. The risk coverage is for Rs. 2 Lakh in case of death of the under the scheme isRs.2 lakh for accidental insured, due to any reason. The premium is death and full disability and Rs. 1 lakh for Rs. 330 per annum which is to be auto- partial disability. The premium of Rs. 12 per debited in one installment f rom the annum is to be deducted from the account subscriber’s bank account as per the option holder’s bank account through ‘auto-debit’ given by him on or before 31st May of each facility in one installment. The scheme is annual coverage period under the scheme. being offered by Public Sector General The scheme is being offered by Life Insurance Insurance Companies or any other General Corporation and all other life insurers who Insurance Company who are willing to offer are willing to offer the product on similar the product on similar terms with necessary terms with necessary approvals and tie up approvals and tie up with banks for this with banks for this purpose. purpose.
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senior citizens. Under the scheme a total no. Life Cover under Pradhan of 3.16 lakh annuitants are being benefited Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana and the corpus amounts to Rs. 6,095 crore. For the benefit of citizens aged 60 years and (PMJDY) above, the Hon'ble Finance Minister in his The Hon’ble Prime Minister in his Budget Speech for the year 2014-15 proposed Independence Day Speech announced a to revive the scheme for a limited period from comprehensive program of Financial 15 August, 2014 to 14 August, 2015. Inclusion targeting a large number of Accordingly, the revived Varishtha Pension people who are currently deprived of BimaYojana (VPBY) was formally launched by even rudimentary financial services. In the Finance Minister on 14.08.2014 and has this direction, the Pradhan Mantri Jan been opened during the window stretching from 15th August, 2014 to 14th August, 2015. DhanYojana (PMJDY) sets out to provide a Thus all those who subscribe to the VPBY basic Bank account to every family who during this period will receive an assured till now had no account. The bank account guaranteed return of 9% under the policy. comes with a RuPay debit card with a The scheme is administered through Life built-in accidental insurance cover of Rs. Insurance Corporation of India (LIC). Under 1 lakh. During the launch on 28.08.14 in the Scheme the subscribers on payment of a New Delhi, Hon’ble Prime Minister also lump sum amount get pension at a announced a life cover of Rs. 30,000/- for guaranteed rate of 9% per annum (payable those subscribing to a bank account with monthly). Any gap in the guaranteed return a RuPay debit card before 26th January, over the return generated by the LIC on the 2015 to complement the Rs. 1 lakh fund is compensated by Government of India by way of subsidy payment in the scheme. accident insurance cover. This life The scheme allows withdrawals of deposit insurance cover of Rs. 30,000/- under amount by the annuitant after fifteen years of Pradhan Mantri Jan DhanYojana, gives life purchase of the policy. insurance cover on death of the life assured, due to any reason, to the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima deceased’s family. The scheme aims to Yojana (PMFBY) provide security to families from The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna was economically weaker sections who cannot launched on 18th February 2016 by afford direct purchase of such insurance. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. 21 The premium subscription for the life states implemented the scheme in Kharif cover under PMJDY is borne by the 2016 whereas 23 states and 2 UTs have Government of India. implemented the scheme in Rabi 2016-
17. Approximately 3.7 Crores farmers Varishtha Pension Bima have been insured in the Kharif 2016 for Yojana 3.7 crore ha of land at premium of Rs The NDA Government during its last term in 16212 crore for a sum insured of Rs office had introduced the Varishtha Pension 128568.94 crore as per figures available BimaYojana (VPBY) as a pension scheme for on 31.03.2017.
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel PMFBY provides a comprehensive month to a maximum purchase price of Rs. 7, insurance cover against failure of the crop 50,000/- for maximum pension of Rs. 5,000/- thus helping in stabilising the income of per month, subscribers will get an assured the farmers. The Scheme covers all Food pension based on a guaranteed rate of return & Oilseeds crops and Annual of 8% per annum, payable monthly. Commercial/Horticultural Crops for Restructured Weather Based which past yield data is available and for Crop Insurance Scheme which requisite number of Crop Cutting (RWBCIS) Experiments (CCEs) are conductedbeing The RWBCIS was launched on 18th February under General Crop Estimation Survey 2016 by Hon’ble Prime Minister 12 states (GCES). The scheme is implemented by implemented the scheme in Kharif 2016 empanelled general insurance companies. whereas 9 states have implemented the Selection of Implementing Agency (IA) is scheme in Rabi 2016-17. Approximately 15 done by the concerned State Government lakhs farmers have been insured in the Kharif 2016 for 16.95 lakh ha of land at premium of through bidding. The scheme is Rs983.96 crore for a sum insured of compulsory for loanee farmers availing Rs8536.53 crore as per figures available on Crop Loan /KCC account for notified 31.03.2017. crops and voluntary for other others. The Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme scheme is being administered by Ministry (WBCIS) aims to mitigate the hardship of the of Agriculture. insured farmers against the likelihood of Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana financial loss on account of anticipated crop Yojana (PMVVY) loss resulting from adverse weather conditions relating to rainfall, temperature, Based on the success and popularity of wind, humidity etc. WBCIS uses weather Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana 2003 (VPBY- parameters as “proxy‟ for crop yields in 2003), Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana 2014 compensating the cultivators for deemed (VPBY-2014) schemes, and to protect elderly crop losses. Pay-out structures are developed persons aged 60 years and above against a to the extent of losses deemed to have been future fall in their interest income due to the suffered using the weather triggers. uncertain market conditions, as also to Weather Station (RWS) or Backup Weather provide social security during old age, it is Station (BWS) as the case may be, and the decided to launch a simplified scheme of claims process shall commence once the assured pension of 8% called the weather data is received. Claims processing ‘प्रधानमंत्रीवयवन्दनायोजना’. are strictly as per the insurance term sheets, ‘प्रधानमंत्रीवयवन्दनायोजना’ is being implemented payout structure and the Scheme provisions. through Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of All standard Claims are processed and paid India. As per the scheme, on payment of an within 45 days from the end of the risk initial lump sum amount ranging from a period. The scheme is being administered by minimum purchase price of Rs. 1, 50,000/- Ministry of Agriculture. for a minimum pension of Rs 1000/- per
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel About Pradhan Mantri Jan (UHC) and Sustainable Development Goal - 3 Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) (SDG3).
India has achieved significant public health Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM- gains and improvements in health care access JAY) will provide financial protection and quality over the last three decades. The (Swasthya Suraksha) to 10.74 crore poor, health sector is amongst the largest and deprived rural families and identified fasting growing sectors, expected to reach occupational categories of urban workers’ US$ 280 billion by 2020. At the same time, families as per the latest Socio-Economic India’s health sector faces immense Caste Census (SECC) data (approx. 50 crore challenges. It continues to be characterized beneficiaries). It will have offer a benefit by high out-of-pocket expenditure, low cover of Rs. 500,000 per family per year (on a financial protection, low health insurance family floater basis). coverage amongst both rural and urban population. It is a matter of grave concern PM-JAY will cover medical and hospitalization that we incur a high out-of-pocket expenses for almost all secondary care and expenditure on account of health and medical most of tertiary care procedures. PM-JAY has costs. 62.58% of our population has to pay for defined 1,350 medical packages covering their own health and hospitalization expenses surgery, medical and day care treatments and are not covered through any form of including medicines, diagnostics and health protection. Besides using their income transport. and savings, people borrow money or sell their assets to meet their healthcare needs, To ensure that nobody is left out (especially thereby pushing 4.6% of the population girl child, women, children and elderly), there below the poverty line. The Government of will be no cap on family size and age in the India is committed to ensuring that its Mission. The scheme will be cashless & population has universal access to good paperless at public hospitals and empanelled quality health care services without private hospitals. The beneficiaries will not be anyone having to face financial hardship required to pay any charges for the as a consequence. hospitalization expenses. The benefit also
includes pre and post-hospitalization Under the ambit of Ayushman expenses. The scheme is an entitlement Bharat, a Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya based, the beneficiary is decided on the basis Yojana (PM-JAY) to reduce the financial of family being figured in SECC burden on poor and vulnerable groups database. When fully implemented, the PM- arising out of catastrophic hospital episodes JAY will become the world’s largest and ensure their access to quality health government funded health protection services was conceived. PM-JAY seeks to mission. accelerate India’s progress towards achievement of Universal Health Coverage
Benefits of PM-JAY Beneficiary Level Government provides health insurance cover of up to Rs. 5,00,000 per family per year.
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More than 10.74 crore poor and 1,350 medical packages covering vulnerable families (approximately 50 crore surgery, medical and day care treatments, beneficiaries) covered across the country. cost of medicines and diagnostics. All families listed in the SECC All pre-existing diseases covered. database as per defined criteria will be Hospitals cannot deny treatment. covered. No cap on family size and age of Cashless and paperless access to members. quality health care services. Priority to girl child, women and and Hospitals will not be allowed to senior citizens. charge any additional money from Free treatment available at all public beneficiaries for the treatment. and empaneled private hospitals in times of Eligible beneificiares can avail need. services across India, offering benefit of Covers secondary and tertiary care national portability. Can reach out for hospitalization. information, assistance, complaints and grievances to a 24X7 helpline number - 14555
Health System Help India progressively achieve Enhanced used to of evidence based Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and health care and cost control for improved Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). health outcomes. Ensure improved access and Strengthen public health care systems affordability, of quality secondary and through infusion of insurance revenues. tertiary care services through a combination Enable creation of new health of public hospitals and well measured infrastructure in rural, remote and under- strategic purchasing of services in health care served areas. deficit areas, from private care providers, Increase health expenditure by especially the not-for profit providers. Government as a percentage of GDP. Significantly reduce out of pocket Enhanced patient satisfaction. expenditure for hospitalization. Mitigate Improved health outcomes. financial risk arising out of catastrophic Improvement in population-level health episodes and consequent productivity and efficiency impoverishment for poor and vulnerable Improved quality of life for the families. population Acting as a steward, align the growth of private sector with public health goals. SPORTS
Indian junior women Hockey team Hockey team clinched Cantor clinched Cantor Fitzgerald U21 by Fitzgerald U21 International 4- beating Ireland Nationstitle by beating Ireland 1-0 in On June 4, 2019, Indian Junior Women the final.
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The match was held at Dublin, Ireland. Kingdom won 2019 Canadian Grand China to host 2023 Asian Cup Prix officially named as theFormula 1 confirmed by Asian Football Pirelli Grand Prix du Canada 2019. It Confederation (AFC) was held in Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Asian Football Confederation Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (AFC), confirmed that China will host the French Open 2019 2023 Asia Cup. This will be the second The 123rd Edition of French Open 2019, time China is hosting the quadrennial a Grand Slam Tennis Tournament was continental tournament, after the 2004 held from May 26- June 9, 2019, at the edition. Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The Lewis Hamilton won 2019 Canadian prize money of the tournament was Grand Prix €42,661,000 and comprised singles, Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) of United doubles and mixed doubles play.
Event Winners Runners Men’s Singles Rafael Nadal (Spain) Dominic Thiem (Austria) Women’s Ashleigh Barty (Australia) Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Singles Republic) Men’s Doubles Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies Fabrice Martin and Jeremy Chardy (Germany) (France) Women’s Kristina Mladenovic (France) Duan Yingying and Zheng Saisai Doubles Timea Babos (Hungary) (China) Mixed Doubles Latisha Chan (Taiwan) Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada) Ivan Dodig (Croatia) Mate Pavic (Croatia)
Sourav Kothari wins 2019 Pacific Joshna claims her 17th national title at International Snooker Championship the 76th Senior National Squash Indian billiards player Sourav Championship, 2019 Kothari won the 2019 Pacific Indian professional squash player, Joshna International Snooker Championship, Chinappa won the national squash title held in the Reventon for the record 17th time at the 76th Classic, in Melbourne, Australia. He Senior National Squash Championship, defeated Tyson Crinis of Australia to win 2019 held in Pune, Maharastra. the title. Chinappa overcame her Tamilnadu rival, India beats South Africa to win FIH Sunayna Kuruvilla in the final with 11-5, Series Finals 2019 11-4, 7-11, 11-5 scores. In the FIH (Federation Internationale de PU Chitra and Sreeshankar strikes Hockey) Men’s Series Finals hockey Gold & Johnson wins silver at Folksam tournament 2019, India thrashed South Grand Prix 2019 Africa with 5-1 in a summit clash at Asian champion PU Chitra (Palakkeezhil the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Unnikrishnan Chithra) of India won a gold Odisha. The goals were scored in the 2nd, medal in women’s 1500m at Folksam 11th, 25th, 36th and 50th minutes. Grand Prix 2019 held in Sollentuna, Sweden. She ran her season best by
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clocking 4 minutes 12.65 seconds Association (AIBA) and took over the (4:12.65s). responsibilities of the qualifying and final India’s ace cueist Pankaj Advani tournaments for the 2020 Tokyo Games. clinched the 35th men’s Asian Snooker In May 2019, IOC members had voted to Championship in Doha support the executive board’s India’s ace cueist Pankaj Advani won recommendation to suspend AIBA’s the 35th men’s Asian snooker Olympic status. championship in Doha, Qatar.He defeated Italy to host 2026 Winter Olympics Thai’s Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon. In the final round of voting at Indian women’s Rugby team scripted the 134th session of the International history in Manila Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, The 26-member squad of Indian women’s Switzerland, Italy’s Milan and Cortina Rugby team created a historic first d’Ampezzo won the right to host international 15s rugby match win at the 2026 Winter Olympics, defeating Southern Plains Sports Field Sweden’s capital Stockholm. Milan and in Manila, Philippines. The victory came Cortina d’Ampezzo received 47 votes against Singapore to finish third in from the IOC members and Stockholm the Asia Rugby Women’s Division 1 secured 34 votes. Rugby XVs Championship 2019 as India Hopman Cup: Roger Federer & won 21-19 scores. Belinda Bencic retain title for Switzerland Lewis Hamilton won French Grand From 29 December 2018, the Hopman Prix 2019 Cup which is an annual international eight- Five-time Formula one (F1) world team indoor hard court tennis champion, Lewis Hamilton of tournament was held Mercedes won the French Grand Prix in Perth, Western Australia. It is a mixed 2019 held in Circuit Paul Ricard, Le competition in which male and female players Castellet, France with 187 points. Hailing are on combined teams and represent their from England, the United Kingdom, this countries. The Event was concluded on was his sixth win from eight Grand Prix of 5th January 2019. the season 2019 and 79th of his career. Maharashtra to host Khelo India Indian women’s hockey team won FIH Youth Games 2019 Series 2019 by beating Japan From 9th January 2019, Maharashtra is going Indian Women’s Hockey team won the to host the second edition of the Khelo India FIH ( Fédération Internationale de Youth Games which includes completions in Hockey) Women’s Series Finals 18 different disciplines at Balewadi Sports Hiroshima 2019 after defeating the Complex in Pune. The event will conclude on host Japan by 3-1 in the finals held at the 20th January 2019. Hiroshima Hockey Stadium, Japan. Egypt to host 2019 Africa Cup of IOC suspends Olympic status from Nations AIBA On 08th January 2019, Confederation of International Olympic African Football’s (CAF) Executive Committee (IOC) suspended Committee announced that Egypt will the Olympic status from host African Cup for the fifth time in 2019. the International Boxing
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South Africa was the other country who made number one Kento Momota of Japan a bid to host the event. On 27th January 2019,Anders Mary Kom attained number one Antonsen of Denmark won his maiden position in AIBA rankings Indonesia Masters title by On 10th January 2019, 36 years old boxer, M C defeating Japanese top-seeded Kento Mary Kom attained the first position in the Momota in men’s single final in Jakarta, latest women ranking released by Indonesia. the International Boxing Association ICC roped in Coca-Cola as official (AIBA) in the Light Fly 45-48 sponsor kilograms category with 1700 points. On January 31, 2019,The International 80th National Table Tennis Cricket Council (ICC) signed a five-year Championship begins in Cuttack global partnership deal with beverage On 4th January 2019, 80th National Table manufacturer Coca-Cola Company.ICC and Tennis Championship organized by Odisha Coco-cola’s partnership will be continue State Table Tennis Association till 2023 (OSTTA) began at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Mithali becomes first female to Stadium in Cuttack, Odisha. The event play 200 ODIs concluded on 9th January 2019. On 1st February 2019, 36 years old India’s Khelo India Youth Games: Hosts Women Cricket team captain, Mithali Maharashtra finish top with 228 medals Raj became the first female player to On 20th January 2019, the Khelo India Youth play 200 ODIs during the 3rd and Final ODI Games concluded at the Shiv Chhatrapati against New Zealand. Sports Complex, Balewadi in Pune with the Qatar won their First-ever Asian host Maharashtra leading the medals table Cup Title In Football by defeating Japan by winning a mammoth 85 gold, 62 On 2nd February 2019,Qatar won its first silver and 81 bronze for a total of 228 major soccer title by beating four-time medals in the Games. champion Japan 3-1 in the 17th edition of the India’s Saina Nehwal AFC Asian Cup held in United Arab Won Indonesia Masters Title 2019 Emirates(UAE). against Spain’s Carolina Marin Smriti Mandhana topped in 2019 Indonesia Masters,officially known Women’s ODI cricket batswomen ranking as DAIHATSU Indonesia Masters 2019, On February 3,2019,India’s Smriti held in Istora Gelora Bung Mandhana topped in the ICC ODI Karno,Indonesia batswomen rankings ,she grabbed the first From 22nd January 2019, the Indonesia position after the match against New Masters 2019 Title,a badminton Zealand,whereas Ellyse Perry followed her in tournament which is officially known the second position and Indian ODI skipper as DAIHATSU Indonesia Masters 2019,took Mithali Raj in fifth position. place at the Istora Senayan in Jakarta, Vidarbha clinched second Indonesia. The event concluded on successive Ranji Title defeating 27th January 2019. Saurashtra (Men’s Single) Danish player On 7th February 2019,Defending champions Anders Antonsen won his first ever Vidarbha won the Ranji Trophy 2018- Indonesia Masters after defeating world 19,which is 85th season of the Ranji Trophy
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel by defeating Saurashtra.This victory is their Norway, England, France, Malaysia, Successive victory since they won the Trophy Singapore, Japan, Vietnam, Bahrain, and India. last year.The Ranji Trophy is played from the month of November,2018 to 7th February Manu Bhaker, Saurabh Chaudhary 2019, in which 37 Teams won gold in 10m Air Pistol Mixed Category Participated.Vidarbha won Rs.5 Crore Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Rupees. Bhaker claimed gold medal in 10m Air Railways win Senior National Men’s Pistol Mixed team event on ISSF World Cup Hockey Title by defeating Punjab in New Delhi. The Railway Sports Promotion Board i. The duo finished top in the 10m Air Pistol (RSPB)won the 9th Hockey India Senior Men Mixed Team Final with 483.4 points on the National Championship 2019 (A final day of the World Cup. Div),defeating Punjab by 3-2 at Gwalior, ii. Both of them had earlier equaled Madhya Pradesh. Qualification World Record and also set a new Vidarbha clinches the Irani Cup qualification world record junior by shooting title 778 points. On 16th February, 2019, Vidarbha became Saurabh Chaudhary won gold in the only 3rd team Bombay and 10m Air Pistol Karnataka in Indian Domestic Cricket history Saurabh Chaudhary finished top of the to defend their Irani cup titles at Jamtha 10m Air Pistol category and brought Stadium in Nagpur by defeating Rest of an Olympic quota for Tokyo 2020 in the India(RoI). category. 83rd edition of the Senior National i.He secured Olympic Quota with a world Badminton Championship begins in record score of 245.0 after some Guwahati phenomenal shooting. The 83rd Yonex Sunrise Senior Badminton ii.He is the 1st Indian shooter to win gold at Nationals was held at Guwahati, Assam. the youth Olympic, Asian Games, Junior ISSF Saina Nehwal retained her women’s singles World Championship and Asian Air gun crown after defeating PV Sindhu. championship Sorabh Verma defeated Lakshya Sen to win Apurvi Chandela bags gold in the men’s singles crown for the third time women’s 10m Air Rifle (after 2011 and 2017). Indian shooter won women’s 10m Air India Win Team Event At Rifle and bagged India’s first gold medal by Mallakhamb World Championship in breaking the world record in the Shooting Mumbai World Cup 2019. She was the only Indian First Mallakhamb World Championship was shooter to qualify for the final round. held in Shivaji Park in central Mumbai in i. Apurvi secured a total score of 252.9 to which India became the winner. finish on the top of podium in the women’s This sport involves athletes performing 10m Air Rifle event. She was at the fourth various yogic and gymnastic poses while spot in the qualification round. hanging from a rope or on a pole. 15 ii. Apurvi Chandela had won a bronze medal countries participated in the event- Spain, along shooter Ravi Kumar in the 2018 Asian Germany, Czech Republic,Italy, USA, Iran, Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia in the 10m Mixed Rifle event.
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Oceania Nations will participate in Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas wins 2022 Asian Games Australian F1 Grand Prix 2019 Olympic Council of Asia decided to Mercedes Formula One (F1) driver Valtteri invite Oceania Nations to compete in 2022 Bottas has clinched his first championship in Asian Games for the first time after a the Australian Grand Prix held in Melbourne. meeting held in Bangkok. He was followed by Lewis Hamilton of 38th GeeBee Boxing Tournament at Mercedes and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. Helsinki in Finland Asian Youth Athletes 38th GeeBee Boxing Tournament was Championship: India finishes second in organized by European Boxing medal tally Confederation from March 7, 2019 to March India finishes second in Asian Youth 10, 2019 in Helsinki, Finland.The Athletes Championship held in Hong tournament title has been clinched Kong with a gold added to the medal tally on by England after claiming 6 gold medals. the final day of the championship. Argentina and Colombia will co- India secured second position in the overall host Copa America 2020 medals tally with 26 medals including 8 On 14th March 2019, After South America’s gold, 9 silver and 9 bronze medals. ruling body CONMEBOL once again ruled out China topped the championship with 31 a US proposal to host the medals including 12 gold, 11 silver and 8 tournament, Argentina and Colombia are bronze. Japan ranked third in the poised to co-host the 2020 Copa America. Championship with 20 medals. Japan got 6 Special Olympics World Games gold, 8 silver and 6 bronze medals. 2019 kick off at Abu Dhabi India defeated Nepal, won SAFF Special Olympics World Games 2019 began Women’s championship at Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) on On 22nd March 2019, India clinched South 14th Match 2019 and made history by Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Women’s welcoming a record-breaking 200 nations at Championship 2019 by defeating the Games comprising 195 participating and Nepal for 3-1 in Biratnagar, Nepal. It was 5 observing. for the fifth time in a row that India won the Karnataka defeated Maharashtra championship. to clinch their first Syed Mushtaq Ali Saina Nehwal named as TSJA sports Trophy person of the year Karnataka cricket team On 20th March 2019,Telangana Sports defeated Maharashtra to win their Journalist Association (TSJA) named maiden Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at the London Olympics Bronze medalist Saina Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore. Nehwal as sportsperson of the year, Pullella K T Irfan named as first Indian Gopichand as Coach of the Year and PV athlete to be chosen for Tokyo Olympics Sindhu as Outstanding Performer in women’s 2020 section. Badminton Association of 29-year-old Indian athlete from Kerala, K.T. Telangana received Association of the Irfan has qualified for the Tokyo Year award at the Annual Telangana Sports Olympics as he finished fourth in the men’s Journalist Association Awards 2018 held at 20 kilometer category at the Asian Race Hyderabad. Walking Championships in Nomi, Japan.
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South Korea won Azlan Shah Virat Kohli and Smriti Mandhana Hockey Cup by defeating India named Wisden’sleading cricketers of the On 30th March, India was defeated by year 2019 the South Korea in the penalty shootout of On 10th April 2019, Wisden Cricketers’ the final 28th edition of Sultan Azlan Shah Almanack 2019 has named Virat Cup 2019. 17th Ranked South Korea defeated Kohli and Smriti Mandhana as the Leading World number 5, India to won the Sultan male and female cricketer of the year Azlan Shah Cup which was held at Azlan Shah 2019 respectively. Stadium in Ipoh, Malaysia. Lewis Hamilton clinched Formula Lewis Hamilton grabs Bahrain One’s 1000th race title Grand Prix 2019 British racing driver, Lewis Hamilton has Five times world champion Lewis achieved his 75th career victory in Formula Hamilton of Mercedes captured Bahrain One’s 1000th race at the Chinese Grand Prix Grand Prix 2019 title by beating Mercedes on 14th April, 2019. He has delivered a Valtteri Bottas of Finland who secured crushing performance to win this title. second position. Charles Leclerc was ICC partners with UNICEF to deliver finished with third position and became ‘#OneDay4Children’ at Men’s Cricket Ferrari’s youngest ever race winner at the age World Cup 2019 of 21. On 16th April 2019, International cricket India Clinches 25 Medals In 12th council (ICC) cricket for good in partnership Asian Airgun Championship 2019 Held In with UNICEF (United Nations International Chinese Taipei Children’s Emergency Fund), India topped the medal tally by winning 25 launched #OneDay4Children, a tournament- medals viz, 16 gold, 5 silver and 4 wide campaign to help construct a better bronze medals. Republic of Korea followed world for all children, at the ICC Men’s the India by winning 16 medals while Chinese Cricket World Cup 2019. Taipei won 11 medals and attained 3rd spot. Services bags the 6th Santosh India wins ICC Test Championship Trophy Football Tournament title against Mace for 3rd straight year Punjab at Guru Nanak Stadium India has retained ICC Test Championship With a second-half strike by Bikash Thapa at mace for the third year in a row after the Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana, finishing at the top of ICC Test team rankings Services won their 6th Santosh Trophy on the cut-off date of April 1. It has also won Football Tournament title with a 1-0 victory the purse of USD 1 million. over Punjab. The Services football team Australian Olympian,Graham Reid represents the Indian defense services in the Appointed as Indian Men’s Hockey Team Santosh Trophy. Chief Coach USA secure ODI status for the first On 8th April 2019, former Australia time Coach, Graham Reid was appointed as On 24th April 2019, United States Cricket the Chief Coach of Indian men’s hockey Team won their first one-day international team. Reid’s occupancy as the coach of Indian status with a third straight victory at the men’s hockey team is till the end of 2020.He, World Cricket League Division Two event in 54, is succeeding Harendra Singh,former Namibia. The Americans defeated Hong Kong Indian Hockey player. by 84 runs.
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Pankaj Advani, India’s cueist Bajrang Punia became First Indian defeated Ehsan Heydari Nezhad of Iran to Wrestler to fight at New York’s Iconic clinch Asian Snooker Tour title Madison Square Garden India’s Pankaj Advani, the 21-time world On 27th April 2019, 25 years old Indian snooker and billiards champion has defeated wrestler Bajrang Punia became the first Ehsan Heydari Nezhad of Iran by 6-4 to clinch Indian wrestler to fight at New York’s iconic the inaugural Asian Snooker Tour title, Madison Square Garden. in Bengaluru. Valtteri Bottas grabs Azerbaijan Australia’s Claire Polosak became Grand Prix 2019 first female umpire to stand in men’s ODI On 28th April 2019, Valtteri Viktor The 31-year-old, Australia’s Claire Polosak Bottas (Finland) of Mercedes became the first womanumpire to stand in captured Formula 1 State Oil Company of a men’s ODI in the final match of ICC World Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) Azerbaijan Cricket League 2 on April 27. Previously, she Grand Prix 2019 by beating Mercedes team- stood in 15 women’s ODI matches, the first mate Lewis Hamilton at the Baku City Circuit one played between Australia and South in Baku, Azerbaijan. Bottas finished the race Africa in November 2016. 1.5 seconds ahead of Hamilton.
Up-comping Sport Event 8th FIFA women's World Cup [2019] France (AFC) Asian Football Cup [2019] UAE IWF World championship [2019] Pattaya (Thailand) 30th Southeast Asian Games [2019)] Philippines (Manila) 13th SAG Games (South Asian Games) [2019] Nepal (Kathmandu) 12th Cricket World Cup (Men) (2019] England 18th Fina World Aquatics (Swimming) Championship [2019] South Korea (Gwangiu) 18th FIBA Basket Ball World Cup [2019] China
Japan (Tokyo) 32 Olympic games [2020] Motto -Discover Tomorrow
16th Summer Paralympic [2020] Japan (Tokyo) 3rd Winter Youth Olympic [2020] Switzerland (Lausanne) 7th T-20 women World Cup [2020] Australia 13th Under-19 Cricket World Cup [2020] South Africa 4th Youth Asian Games (2021] Indonesia (Surabaya)
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31th Southeast Asian Games [2021] Vietnam (Hanoi) 12th Cricket World Cup (Women) [2021] New Zealand 19th Fina World Aquatics (Swimming) Championship [2021] Japan (Fukuoka) 22th FIFA (Men) World Cup football [2022] Qatar (Doha) 34 Winter Olympics [2022] (China, Bejing) Note: Beijing is the only city to host both winter and Summer Motto -A pure passion for Ice & Olympic games Snow 19th Asian games [2022] China (Hangzhou) 22nd Commonwealth games [2022] [Motto of commonwealth games: Humanity Equality Destiny] Head Quarter of Common Wealth GamesEngland (London) Note: South Africa (Durban) Paralympics game is for athletes with a range of Physical Disabilities IVth Asian Para Games [2022] China (Hangzhou) 8th T-20 women World Cup [2022] South Africa 14th Under-19 Cricket World Cup [2022] West Indies
32th Southeast Asian Games [2023] Cambodia (Phnom Penh)
13th Cricket World Cup (Men) [2023] India 20th Fina World Aquatics (Swimming) Championship [2023] Qatar (Doha) 1st Asian games [1951] New Delhi 11th Winter Paralympic [2014] Russia (Sochi) 1st Youth Asian Games [2009] Singapore
Important Date and Theme Dates Day Theme 1st January Defence Research and Development Organisation(DRDO) Day 4th January World Braille Day 9th January Bharatiya Pravasi Day or Non Resident 'role of Indian diaspora Day in building new India'
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10th January World Hindi Day 10th January 26th Army Air Defence Day 12th January National Youth Day Be The Voice of New India” 14th January Armed Forces Veterans Day 15th January 71st Army Day 24th January National Girl Child Day “Empowering Girls for a Brighter Tomorrow”. 24th January International Day of Education 25th January National Voters Day ‘No voter to be left behind’ 26th January 70th Republic Day Chief Guest South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa 26th January International Customs Day “SMART borders for seamless Trade, Travel and Transport.” 30th January National Martyr’s Day or Sarvodaya Day 2nd February World Wetlands Day Wetlands and Climate Change 4th February World Cancer Day “I Am and I Will.” 6 February International Day of Zero Tolerance for #EndGFM. Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) 10th February, World Pulses Day 11th February International Day of Women and Girls in Science 13th February “World Radio Day” “Dialogue, Tolerance and Peace”.
20TH February World Day of Social Justice ‘If you want Peace and Development, Work for Social Justice’
21st February International Mother Language day “Indigenous languages matter for development, peace building and reconciliation”.
28th February National Science day 1st March World civil defence day “Children’s safety, our responsibility”. 1st March Zero Discrimination day “Act to change laws that
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Discriminate”.
3rd March World Hearing Day “Check your Hearing” 3rd March World Wildlife Day ‘Life below water: for people and planet’,
4th March National Safety Day – “Cultivate and Sustain a safety culture for building nation”.
8th March International Women’s Day Think equal, build smart, innovate for change.
14th March World Kidney Day Kidney Health for Everyone Everywhere. 15th March World Consumer Rights Day “Trusted Smart Products”
18th March Global Recycling Day “Recycling into the Future”.
20th March World Sparrow day “I love sparrows”. 20th March International Day of Happiness International Day of Happiness 2019 is ‘Happier Together’.
21st March World Poetry Day 21st March International Day of Forests observed “Forests and Education – Learn to Love Forests”.
22nd March World Water Day (WWD) “Leaving no one behind”. 23rd March World Meteorological Day “The Sun, the Earth and the Weather”. 24th March World Tuberculosis Day ‘Its time’ 26th March World Purple day 27th March World Theatre Day 2nd April World Autism Awareness Day “Assistive Technologies, Active Participation”. 5th April National Maritime Day “Indian Ocean- An Ocean of Opportunity”. 7th April World Health Day “Universal health
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Coverage: Everyone, Everywhere” 10th April World Homoeopathy Day “Linking Education and Clinical Practice with Research: Advancing Scientific Collaborations”. 11th April “National Safe Motherhood Day” ‘Midwives for Mothers’ 12th April World Aviation and Cosmonautics Day 17th April World Haemophilia Day Outreach and Identification’ 18th April World Heritage Day “Rural Landscapes” 19th April World Liver day 21st April National Civil Service Day 22nd April Earth Day ‘Protecting Our Species’ 22nd April International Mother Earth Day 23rd April World Book and Copyright Day 25th April World Malaria Day “Zero malaria starts with me”. 24th April National Panchayati Raj Day 26th April World Intellectual Property Day “Reach for Gold: IP and Sports” 28th April World Day for Safety and Health “Safety and Health and the Future of Work” 29th April International Dance Day “Dance and Spirituality”. 1 May Labour Day/May day (Sustainable partner for all: The Role of social partner) 1 May Maharashtra/Gujarat day 2 May World Password Day 3 May World Press Freedom Day Theme 2019- “Media for Democracy: Journalism and Elections in Times for Disinformation.” 7 May World Athletics Day 8 May World Red Cross Day Theme 2019- #Love 8 May World Thalassemia Day “Universal access to quality Thalassemia healthcare services: Building bridge with and for patient”.
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6-12 May Fifth United Nations Global Road Safety ‘Leadership for Road Week Safety’ 8 May World Thalassemia Day Theme2019- “Universal access to quality Thalassemia healthcare services: Building bridge with and for patient”. 11 May National Technology Day 11 May World Migratory Bird Day ‘Protect Birds: Be the Solution to Plastic Pollution.’ 15 May International Day of Families International Day of Families is “Families and Climate Action: Focus on SDG 13″. 18 May International Museum Day Theme- “Museums as Cultural Hubs: The Future of Tradition”
18 May World AIDS Vaccine Day 20 May World Metrology Day Theme 2019- The International System of Units – Fundamentally better. 21 May Anti-Terrorism Day Death anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi 29 May International Everest Day Theme 2019- “Save the Himalayas”
31 May Anti-Tobacco Day / No Tobacco Day "Tobacco and lung health."
1 June World milk day “Drink Milk: Today & Everyday”. 3 June World Bicycle Day 5 June World Environment Day ‘Beat Air Pollution’ 7 June World Food Safety Day “Food Safety, everyone’s business”. 8 June World oceans day ‘Gender and the Ocean’. 12 June World Day against Child Labour “Children shouldn’t work in fields, but on
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dreams!” 14 June World Blood Donor Day 20 June World Refugee Day Observed #Step With Refugees — Take A Step on World Refugee Day. 21 June International Day of Yoga “Yoga for Climate Action” 21 June World Music Day “Music at the intersections”. 23 June International Widows Day 23 June United Nations Public Service Day ‘Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals through effective Delivery of Services, Innovative Transformation, and Accountable Institutions’. 23 June International Olympic Day 29 June National Statistics Day Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) July 1 National Doctors’ Day July 1 Goods And Services Tax Day July 2 World Sports Journalists Day July 6 World Zoonosis Day July 7 International Day of Cooperatives July 11 World Population Day July 12 International Malala Day July 15 World Youth Skills Day July 17 International Justice Day July 18 International Nelson Mandela Day July 26 Kargil Vijay Diwas July 28 World Hepatitis Day July 29 International Tiger Day July 30 World day against trafficking in persons August 6 73rd Hiroshima day August 7 National Handloom Day August 9 International Day Of The World’s Indigenous Peoples August 12 18th International Youth Day
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December 4 Indian Navy Day December 10 Human Rights Day December 11 International Mountain Day December 14 World Energy Conservation Day December 16 Vijay Diwas December 22 National Mathematics Day December 23 Kisan Divas December 24 National Consumers Day
PART -2 STATIC AWARENESS Dam
Dam River State Idukki Dam Periyar Kerala Tehri Dam Bhagirathi Uttarakhand Sardar Sarovar Dam Narmada Gujarat Nagarjun Sagar Dam Krishna Telangana Bhakra Dam Satluj Himachal Pradesh Lakhwar Dam Yamuna Uttarakhand Srisailam Dam Krishna Telangana Pakal Dul Dam Marusudar J&K Salal Dam Chenab J&K Madupetty Dam Palar Kerala Indira Sagar Dam Narmada Madhya Pradesh Rihand Dam Rihand Uttar Pradesh Pong Dam Beas Himachal Pradesh Ranjit Sagar Dam Ravi Punjab Baglihar Dam Chenab J&K Supa Dam Kali Nadi Karnataka Koteshwar Dam Bhagi Rathi Nadi Uttra Khand Pillur Dam Bhavani Tamil Nadu Parbati Dam Parbati himachal Pradesh ukai Dam Tapi Nadi Gujarat
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Chakra Dam Chakra Karnataka
MAJOR SEA PORTS Major Sea Ports Location Kandla Port Gujarat Nhava Sheva Port Maharashtra Marmugao Port Goa Mangalore Port Karnataka Madras Port Tamil Nadu Cochin Port Kerala Visakhapatnam Port Andhra Pradesh Paradip Port Odisha Haldia Port West Bengal Mumbai Port West Mumbai Port Blair Andaman Islands Tuticorin Port Tamil Nadu Mundra Port Gujarat Ennore Port Chennai
LAKES
Name of the State Name of the Lake . Andhra Pradesh . Kolleru Lake . Pulicat Lake . Assam . Chandubi Lake . Chapanala Lake . Haflong Lake . Son Beel Lake . Bihar . Kanwar Lake . Gujarat . Hamirsar Lake
. Kankaria Lake . Lakhota Lake . Sursagar Lake . Thol Lake . Vastrapur Lake
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. Himachal Pradesh . Brighu Lake . Dashair and Dhankar Lake . Kareri and Kumarwah lake . Khajjiar Lake . Macchial Lake . Manimahesh Lake . Nako Lake . Pandoh Lake . Prashar Lake . Renuka Lake . Rewalsar Lake . Seruvalsar and Manimahesh Lake . Haryana . Badkhal Lake . Beauty lake . Blue Bird Lake . Brahma Sarovar . Current lake . Karna Lake . Sannihit Sarovar . Surajkund . Tilyar Lake . Jammu and Kashmir . Dal Lake . Manasbal Lake . Mansar Lake . Pangong Tso . Sheshnag Lake . Tso Moriri . Wular Lake . Karnataka . Agara Lake . Bellandur Lake . Byrasandra Lake . Hebbal Lake . Kempambudhi Lake . Lalbagh Lake . Madiwala Lake . Puttenahalli Lake . Sankey Lake . Ulsoor Lake . Dalavai Lake . Devanoor Lake . Karanji lake . Kukkarahalli lake . Lingambudhi Lake
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. Honnamana Kere . Pampa Sarovar . Kerala . Ashtamudi Lake . Kuttanad Lake . Maanaanchira, Kozhikode . Manakody Kayal . Padinjarechira, Thrissur city . Paravur Kayal . Punnamada Lake . Shasthamkotta lake . Vadakkechira, Thrissur city . Vanchikulam, Thrissur . Vellayani Lake . Vembanad Lake . Madhya Pradesh . Bhoj Wetland . Lower Lake . Moti lake . Sarang pani lake . Shahpura lake . Tawa Reservoir . Upper Lake . Maharashtra . Gorewada Lake . Khindsi Lake . Lonar Lake . Mehrun Lake . Pashan Lake . Powai Lake . Rankala Lake . Salim Ali Lake . Shivasagar lake . Talao Pali . Upvan Lake . Venna Lake . Meghalaya . Umiam Lake . Manipur . Loktak Lake . Mizoram . Palak dïl . Tam Dil . Odisha . Anshupa Lake . Chilika Lake . Kanjia lake . Punjab . Harike Lake . Kanjli Lake . Ropar Lake
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. Rajasthan . Ana Sagar Lake . Balsamand lake . Dhebar Lake . Jaisamand Lake
. Jal Mahal, Man Sagar lake . Kaylana Lake . Nakki Lake . Pushkar Lake . Rajsamand Lake . Ramgarh Lake . Talwara Lake . Sambhar Salt Lake . Fateh Sagar Lake . Rangsagar lake . Uday sagar Lake . Sikkim . Gurudongmar Lake . Khecheopalri Lake . Lake Tsongmo . Lake Cholamu . Telangana . Alwal Cheruvu Lake . Durgam Cheruvu (Secret Lake) . Himayat Sagar . Hussain Sagar . Osman Sagar . Safilguda Lake . Saroornagar Lake . Shamirpet Lake . Tamil Nadu . Berijam Lake . Chembarambakkam Lake . Kaliveli Lake . Kaveripakkam Lake . Kodaikanal Lake . Ooty Lake . Perumal Eri . Red Hills Lake . Sholavaram Lake . Singanallur Lake . Veeranam Lake . Uttar Pradesh . Amakhera Lake . Barua Sagar Tal . Belasagar Lake
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. Bhadi Tal . Chando Tal Lake . Keetham Lake . Nachan Tal . Ramgarh Tal Lake . Sheikha Jheel . Uttarakhand . Skeleton Lake (Roopkund Lake) . Bhimtal Lake . Dodital . Nainital Lake . Naukuchiatal . Sat Tal . West Bengal . Debar Lake . East Calcutta Wetlands . Jore Pokhri . Mirik Lake . Rabindra Sarobar . Rasikbil . Santragachhi Lake . Senchal Lake
NATIONAL PARK
Name State 1. Bandhavgarh National Park Madhya Pradesh 2. Kanha National Park Madhya Pradesh 3. Panna National Park Madhya Pradesh 4. Pench National Park Madhya Pradesh 5. Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary Kerala 6. Idukki Wildlife Sanctuary Kerala 7. Eravikulam National Park Kerala 8. Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary Kerala 9. Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary Kerala 10. Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary Rajasthan 11. Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary Rajasthan 12. Keoladeo National Park Rajasthan 13. Nagarhole National Park Rajasthan 14. Ranthambore National Park Rajasthan 15. Sambhar Wildlife Sanctuary Rajasthan 16. Rajaji National Park Uttarakhand
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17. Corbett National Park Uttarakhand 18. Manas National Park Assam 19. Kaziranga National Park Assam 20. Sanjay Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary Maharashtra 21. Mahim Nature Park Maharashtra 22. Dachigam National Park J&K 23. Hemis High Altitude Park J&K 24. Chilka Lake Bird Sanctuary Odisha 25. Nandankanan Zoo Odisha 26. Similipal National Park Odisha 27. Bandipur National Park Karnataka 28. Dandeli National Park Karnataka 29. Dudhwa National Park Uttar Pradesh 30. Gir National Park Gujarat 31. Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary Tamilnadu 32. Nagarjunasagar Wildlife Sanctuary Telangana 33. Renuka Wildlife Sanctuary Himachal Pradesh 34. Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary Haryana (Gurgoan) 35. Sunderbans Tiger Reserve West Bengal
STADIUM
Stadium Name Location Associated Sport Game . Wankhede Stadium . Mumbai, Maharashtra Cricket . HPCA Stadium . Dharamshala, Himachal Cricket Pradesh . Feroz Shah Kotla Ground . Delhi Cricket . M.A. Chidambaram . Chennai , Tamil Nadu Cricket Stadium . Eden Gardens . Kolkata , West Bengal Cricket . Gymkhana Ground . Mumbai , Maharashtra Cricket . Jsca Stadium . Ranchi, Jharkhand Cricket . Khanderi Cricket Stadium . Rajkot , Gujarat Cricket . Subrata Roy Sahara . Pune , Maharashtra Cricket Stadium . Dr. D.Y. Patil Stadium . Navi Mumbai , Football & Maharashtra Cricket
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel . New Vca Stadium . Nagpur, Maharashtra Cricket . Maharani Usharaje Trust . Indore, Madhya Pradesh Cricket Cricket Ground . Rajiv Gandhi . Hyderabad , Andhra Cricket International Stadium Pradesh . Apca-Vdca Stadium . Visakhapatnam , Andhra Cricket Pradesh . Indira Gandhi Stadium . Vijayawada, Andhra Cricket Pradesh . Barkatullah Khan . Jodhpur, Rajasthan Cricket Stadium . Jawahar Lal Nehru . Kochi, Kerala Multipurpose Stadium . IPCL Sport Complex . Vadodara, Gujarat Cricket . K.D. Singh Babu Stadium . Lucknow , Uttar Pradesh Multipurpose . Fatorda Stadium . Margao, Goa Football & Cricket . Maulana Azad Stadium . Jammu , Jammu & Cricket Kashmir . Indira Priyadarshini . Visakhapatnam , Andhra Cricket Stadium Pradesh . Roop Singh Stadium . Gwalior , Madhya Cricket Pradesh . Nahar Singh Stadium . Faridabad, Haryana Cricket . Madhav Rao SC India . Rajkot, Gujarat Cricket Ground . Sector 16 Stadium . Chandigarh Cricket . Nehru Stadium . Pune, Maharashtra Cricket (Multipurpose) . University Stadium . Thiruvananthapuram, Football Kerala (Multipurpose) . Jawahar Lal Nehru . Delhi Multipurpose Stadium . Keenan Stadium . Jamshedpur , Jharkhand Cricket And Football . Sardar Patel Stadium . Ahmedabad , Gujarat Cricket . Moti Bagh Stadium . Vadodara , Gujarat Cricket . Sher-I-Kashmir Stadium . Srinagar, Jammu & Cricket Kashmir
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel . Sawai Mani Singh Stadium . Jaipur , Rajasthan Cricket . Gandhi Sports Complex . Amritsar , Punjab Cricket Ground . Barabati Stadium . Cuttack, Orissa Cricket . M. Chinnasawami . Bangalore , Karnataka Cricket Stadium . Vca Ground . Nagpur , Maharashtra Cricket . Lal Bahadur Shastri . Hyderabad , Andhra Cricket Stadium Pradesh . Green Park Stadium . Kanpur , Uttar Pradesh Cricket . Brabourne Stadium . Mumbai , Maharashtra Cricket . Guru Gobind Singh . Nanded, Maharashtra Cricket Stadium . Fort Maidan . Palakkad, Kerala Football . Dilip Tirkey Stadium . Ranchi, Jharkhand Hockey . Birsa Munda Stadium . Ranchi, Jharkhand Hockey . Kalinga Stadium . Bhuvaneshwar, Odisha Hockey . Mahindra Stadium . Mumbai, Maharashtra Hockey . Dhyan Chand Astroturf . Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Hockey . Dadaji Kondadev Stadium . Thane, Maharashtra Football . Guru Nanak Stadium . Ludhiana, Punjab Football
TEMPLE
S. No. Temples States 1. . Kamakhya Temple . Guwahati, Assam 2. . Sukresvara temple . Assam 3. . Mahabalipuram Temple . Tamil nadu 4. . Meenakshi temple . Madurai, Tamil Nadu 5. . Brihadeeswarar Temple . Tamil Nadu 6. . Kanchipuram Temple . Tamil Nadu 7. . Srisailam Temple . Andhra Pradesh 8. . Tirupathi Temple . Andhra Pradesh 9. . Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple . Kerala 10. . Shabarimala ayyappa temple . Kerala
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11. . Gomateshwra Temple . Karnataka 12. . Virupaksha Temple . Bangalore (Karnataka) 13. . Golden temple – . Amritsar, Punjab 14. . Somnath temple . Gujarat 15. . Siddhivinayak Temple . Maharashtra 16. . Mahabodhi Temple . Gaya, Bihar 17. . Amarnath Temple . Jammu & Kashmir 18. . Markandeshwar Temple . Haryana 19. . Konark Sun Temple . Odisha 20. . Birla Mandir . Jaipur
WEBSITES FOUNDER
Websites Name Founders Blogger Evan Willam Belli Email Shiva Ayyadurai Ebay Pierre Omidyar Facebook Mark Zuckerberg Flipkart Sachin and Binny Bansal Google Larry Page & Sergey Brin Gtalk Richard Wah kan Hi5 Ramu Yalamanchi Hotmail Sabeer Bhatia Ibibo Ashish Kashyap Internet Tim Berners Lee Kosmix Venky Harinarayan and Anand Rajaraman Linkdin Reid Hoffman, Allen Blue& Koonstantin Guericke Mozilla Firefox Dave Hyatt & Blake Ross Myspace Chris Dewolfe & Tom Anderson Nimbuzz Martin Smink & Evert Jaap Lugt OLX Alec Oxenford & Fabrice Grinda Orkut Buyukkokten Opera Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner & Geir lvarsoy
Paypal Max Levchin and Peter Thiel
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LIST OF COUNTRIES, CAPITALS, CURRENCIES
List of Countries having Rupee/Rupiah as their Currency
Country Capital Currency India New Delhi Rupee Indonesia Jakarta Rupiah Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese Rupee Sri Lanka Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte Sri Lankan Rupee Seychelles Victoria Seychellois Rupee Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani Rupee Maldives Male Maldivian Rufiyaa Mauritius Port Louis Mauritian Rupee
List of Countries having Dinar/Dirham as their Currency
Country Capital Currency Algeria Algiers Algerian Dinar Bahrain Manama Bahraini Dinar Iraq Baghdad Iraqi Dinar Jordan Amman Jordanian Dinar
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Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwaiti Dinar Libya Tripoli Libyan Dinar Macedonia Skopje Macedonian Denar Serbia Belgrade Serbian Dinar Tunisia Tunis Tunisian Dinar UAE Abu Dhabi UAE Dirham
List of Countries having Euro as their Currency
Country Capital Country Capital Andorra Andorra la Vella Latvia Riga Austria Vienna Luxembourg Luxembourg Belgium Brussels Malta Valletta Cyprus Nicosia Monaco Monaco Estonia Tallinn Montenegro Podgorica Finland Helsinki Netherlands Amsterdam France Paris Portugal Lisbon Germany Berlin San Marino San Marino Greece Athens Slovakia Bratislava Ireland Reykjavik Slovenia Ljubljana Italy Rome Spain Madrid Lithuania Vilnius Vatican City Vatican City
List of Countries having Dollar as their Currency
Country Capital Currency Antigua and Saint John’s Eastern Caribbean Dollar Barbuda Australia Canberra Australian Dollar Bahamas Nassau Bahamian Dollar Barbados Bridgetown Barbadian Dollar Belize Belmopan Belize Dollar Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei Dollar Bermuda Hamilton Bermudian Dollar
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Canada Ottawa Canadian Dollar Dominica Roseau Eastern Caribbean Dollar Fiji Suva Fijian Dollar Grenada Saint George's Eastern Caribbean Dollar Guyana Georgetown Guyanese Dollar Jamaica Kingston Jamaican dollar Kiribati Tarawa Kiribati dollar Liberia Monrovia Liberian dollar Namibia Windhoek Namibian Dollar Nauru Yaren District Australian Dollar New Zealand Wellington New Zealand Dollar Palau Ngerulmud United States Dollar Panama Panama City United States Dollar Singapore Singapore Singapore Dollar Taiwan Taipei New Taiwan Dollar Trinidad and Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago Dollar Tobago Tuvalu Funafuti Australian dollar, Tuvaluan dollar United States Washington, D.C. United States Dollar Zimbabwe Harare Zimbabwe Dollar
Countries having Peso as their Currency
Country Capital Currency Argentina Buenos Aires Argentine peso Chile Santiago Chilean peso Colombia Bogotá Colombian peso Cuba Havana Cuban convertible peso Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Dominican peso Mexico Mexico City Mexican peso Philippines Manila Philippine peso Uruguay Montevideo Uruguayan peso
Countries having Rial/Riyal as their Currency
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Countries having Pound as their Currency
Country Capital Currency United Currency Pound sterling Kingdom Egypt Cairo Egyptian pound Lebanon Beirut Lebanese pound South Sudan Juba South Sudanese pound Sudan Khartoum Sudanese pound Syria Damascus Syrian pound
Countries having Currency same as their Country name
Country Capital Currency Afghanistan Kabul Afghan Afghani Bangladesh Dhaka Bangladeshi taka Georgia Tbilisi Georgian lari Israel Jerusalem Israeli new shekel Japan Tokyo Japanese yen Kazakhstan Astana Kazakhstani Tenge Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Kyrgyzstani Som Laos Vientiane Lao kip Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Malaysian ringgit Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Mongolian Togrog Myanmar (Burma) Naypyidaw Burmese kyat North Korea Pyongyang North Korean won South Korea Seoul South Korean won Tajikistan Dushanbe Tajikistani Somoni
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Thailand Bangkok Thai baht Turkey Ankara Turkish lira Turkmenistan Ashgabat Turkmenistan Manat Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistani Som Nicaragua Managua Nicaraguan Cordoba Bolivia Sucre La Paz Bolivian boliviano Paraguay Asunción Paraguayan Guarani Venezuela Caracas Venezuelan bolivar Albania Tirana Albanian Lek Belarus Minsk Belarusian Ruble Bulgaria Sofia Bulgarian lev Croatia Zagreb Croatian Kuna Czech Republic Prague Czech koruna Denmark Copenhagen Danish krone Hungary Budapest Hungarian forint Iceland Reykjavik Icelandic krona Norway Oslo Norwegian krone Poland Warsaw Polish zloty Romania Bucharest Romanian Leu Russia Moscow Russian Ruble Sierra Leone Freetown Sierra Leonean Leone Rwanda Kigali Rwandan Franc Madagascar Antananarivo Malagasy Ariary Kenya Nairobi Kenyan shilling Ghana Accra Ghanaian cedi Gambia Banjul Gambian dalasi Ethiopia Addis Ababa Ethiopian birr Angola Luanda Angolan kwanza
Countries having Different Currencies
Country Capital Currency China Beijing Renminbi Peru Lima Sol Mozambique Maputo Metical
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Mali Bamako West African CFA franc Bhutan Thimphu Bhutanese ngultrum
IMPORTANT STOKE EXCHANGES IN WORLD
Stoke Exchange Country . New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) . New York City, US . NASDAQ OMX . New York City, US . Tokyo Stock Exchange . Tokyo, Japan . London Stock Exchange . London, UK . Shanghai Stock Exchange . Shanghai, China . BM&F Bovespa . Sao Paul, Brazil . Deutsche Börse . Frankfurt, Germany . JSE Limited . Johannesburg, South Africa. . Borsa Italia . Milan, Italy . Montreal Exchange (MSE) . Montreal, Canada . Nordic: Baltic market (OMX) . Stockholm, Sweden . Bolsa de Madrid (Madrid Stock . Madrid, Spain Exchange) . Royal Securities Exchange of . Bhutan Bhutan . NIKKEI . Japan . National Stoke Exchange . India
CENSUS 2011
1) The population of the country as per the provisional figures of Census 2011 is 1210.19 million of which 623.7 million (51.54%) are males&586.46 million (48.46%) are females. The major highlights of the Census 2011 (Provisional figures) are as under: *The population of India has increased by more than 181 million during the decade 2001- 2011. 2) %age growth in 2001-2011 is 17.64; males 17.19&females 18.12. 3) *Uttar Pradesh (199.5 million) is the most populous State in the country followed by Maharashtra with 112 million.
Slogan Our census, Our Future
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel . India's 1st Census . 1872 . 2011 Census is . 15th Census . Total Population . 1,21,01,93,422 . India's Rank in population . 2nd with 17.5% (1st China with 19%) . Most Populous State . Uttar Pradesh . Least Populous State . Sikkim . Most Literate State . Kerala (93.9%) . Least Literate State . Bihar (63.82%) . National Sex Ratio . Female : Male (940 : 1000) . Highest Sex Ratio (State) . Kerala (1084 : 1000) . Lowest Sex Ratio (State) . Haryana . Highest Sex Ratio (UT) . Puducherry . Least Sex Ratio (UT) . Damn & Dayyu (61 : 1000) . Literacy of Male . 82.14% . Literacy of Female . 65.46% . Population Growth Rate . 17.64% . Highest fertility Rate . Meghalaya . Most literate union territory . Lakshadweep (92.2%) . Least literate Union Territory . Dadra Nagar & Haweli . Least literate Union Territory . Dadra Nagar & Haweli . Highest Density of Population . Bihar (1102 sq.km) . Lowest Density of Population . Arunachal Pradesh (17) . Total number of districts . 640 . Density of Population in India . 382 sq. km . Increase in population (during . 181 million 2001-2011)
REVOLUTIONS IN THE FIELD OF AGRICULTURE IN INDIA
Black Revolution Petroleum Production Blue Revolution Fish Production Brown Revolution Leather/Non-conventional (India)/Cocoa production
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel Golden Fiber Revolution Jute Production Golden Revolution Fruits/Overall Horticulture development/Honey Production Green Revolution Food grains Grey Revolution Fertilizer Pink Revolution Onion production/Pharmaceutical (India)/ Prawn production Red Revolution Meat & Tomato Production Round Revolution Potato Silver Fiber Revolution Cotton Silver Revolution Egg/Poultry Production White Revolution (In India: Operation Milk/Dairy production Flood) Yellow Revolution Oil Seeds production Evergreen Revolution Overall development of Agriculture
INTERNATIONAL BORDERS/BOUNDARY LINES
Borders/Boundary Lines Between two Countries . Durand Line . Afghanistan & Pakistan . Hindenburg Line . Germany & Poland. . Mason-dixon Line . Line of demarcation between four states in the United States.
. Mannerheim Line . Russia-Finland border. . Macmahon Line . India & China . Medicine Line . Canada & the United States . Order-neisse Line . Poland & Germany . Radcliffe Line . India & Pakistan. . Siegfried Line . Germany on its border with France. . 17th Parallel . North Vietnam & South Vietnam
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel . 26th Parallel south . Africa, Australia & South America . 30TH PARALLEL . Equator & the North Pole . 38th Parallel . Separates North Korea&South Korea. . 42nd Parallel north . New York - Pennsylania Border. . 49th Parallel . USA&Canada
STATE CHIEF MINISTERS AND GOVERNORS
S. State and U.T. Chief Minister Governor NO Jagan Reddy 1 Andhra Pradesh Shri E.S Lakshmi Narasimhan 2 Andaman & Nicobar U.T Admiral (Retd) Devendra (UT) Kumar Joshi 3 Arunachal Pradesh Shri Pema Khandu Retired Brigadier BD Mishra
Shri Sarbananda Sonowal 4 Assam Shri Jagdish Mukhi 5 Bihar Shri Nitish Kumar Shri Lalji Tandon
6 Chandigarh (UT) U.T Shri V.P. Singh Badnore 7 Chhatisgarh Shri Bhupesh Baghel Anandi Ben Patel
Dadra and Nagar 8 Haveli (UT) U.T Shri Vikram Dev Dutt, IAS 9 Daman and Diu (UT) U.T Shri Vikram Dev Dutt, IAS
10 Delhi (NCT) Shri Arvind Kejriwal Anil Baijal 11 Goa Shri Pramod Sawant Smt. Mridula Sinha
12 Gujarat Shri Vijaybhai Shri Om Prakash Kohli R. Rupani 13 Haryana Shri Manohar Lal Satyadev Narayan Arya
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel 14 Himachal Pradesh Shri Jairam Thakur Shri Acharya Dev Vrat
15 Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed Shri Satya Pal Malik
16 Jharkhand Shri Raghubar Das Smt. Draupadi Murmu
17 Kerala Shri Pinarayi Vijayan Shri Justice (Retd.) Palaniswamy Sathasivam 18 Lakshadweep (UT) U.T Shri Vijay Kumar IAS
19 Madhya Pradesh Shri Kamal Nath Anandi Ben Patel
20 Maharashtra Shri Devendra Fadnavis Shri Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao Shri Nongthombam Biren 21 Manipur Singh PB Acharya 22. Jharkhad Shri Raghubar Das Smt. Draupadi Murmu
23 Meghalya Conrad Sangma Shri Tathgata Roy
24. Mizoram Zoramthanga Shri Kummanam Rajasekharan 25. Nagaland Shri. Neiphiu Rio Shri Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya 26. Odisha Shri Naveen Patnaik Shri Ganeshi Lal
27. Puducherry (UT) Shri. V. Narayanasamy Dr. Kiran Bedi
28. Punjab Capt. Amrinder Singh Shri V.P. Singh Badnore
29 Rajasthan Shri Ashok Gehlot Shri Kalyan Singh
Shri P S GOLAY 30 Sikkim Shri Ganga Prasad 31 Tamil Nadu Edappadi K Palaniswami Shri. Barnwarilal Purohit
32. Telangana Shri K Chandrasekhar Rao Shri E.S Lakshmi Narasimhan (Add. Charge) 33. Tripura Biplab Kumar Deb Shri Kaptan Singh Solanki
34 Uttar Pradesh Shri Yogi Aadityanath Shri Ram Naik
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel 35 Uttarakhand Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat Baby Rani Maurya
36 West Bengal Km. Mamata Banerjee Shri Keshari Nath Tripathi
STATES FESTIVELS
State Festival Andhra Pradesh Brahmotsavam, Ugadi or the Telugu New Year, Dasara, Sri Rama Navami, Deccan festival, Durga festival. Arunachal Pradesh Solung, Losar Festival, Murung, Reh, Mopin, Boori Boot, Monpa festval. Assam Ambubasi festival, Bohag Bihu, Baishagu festival, Majuli festival, Dehing Patkai festival, Pragjyothi dance festival. Bihar Bihula, Chhath Puja, Madhushravani, Rajgir Dance festival. Goa Fontainhas Festival of Art, sunburn festival, Ladainha, Mando Festival, Ghumot fest, Chikalkalo. Gujarat Kite Festival, Holi, Modhera Dance Festival, Saptak Music Festival. Haryana Baisakhi festival. Jammu and Kashmir Dosmuchey festival, Matho Narang, Gemis Festival, Galdan Namchot.
Jharkhand Sarhul, Dansi, Karma, Hal Punhya, Rohin, Bandna. Karnataka Pattadakal Dance festival, Gudi Padwa. Kerala Onam, Nishagandhi festival, vaikathashtami festival. Madhya Pradesh Tejaji Fair, Khajuraho festival. Maharashtra Kalidas festival, Chikoo Utsav. Manipur Yaoshang, Chavang Kut. Nongkrem Dance Festival, Meghalaya Wangala Festival, Bob Dylan festival, Ahaia festival.
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel Mizoram ChapcharKut Festival Nagaland Hornbill Festival, Moatsu festival, Hornbill festival. Odisha Konark festival, International sand art festival. Punjab Lohri. Gangaur Festival, Bundi Utsav, Desert festival, Rajasthan Braj festival, Shekhawati festival, Matasya festival. Sikkim Saga Dawa Pongal, Thaipoosam, Jallikattu festival, Tamil Nadu Natyanjali festival.
Telangana Bonalu Tripura Kharchi Puja Uttar Pradesh Kumbh Mela, Ram Leela. Uttarakhand Ganga Dusshera West Bengal Durga Puja, Nandikar National Theatre festival.
International Organizations & Headquater
International Organizations Headquarter
. United Nations Organization . New York, US . (UN) . United Nations Children’s . New York, US . Fund (UNICEF) . United Nations Populations . New York, US . Fund (UNFPA) . United Nations Conference on Trade & . Development . Geneva, Switzerland . (UNCTAD) . World Health Organization . Geneva, Switzerland . (WHO)
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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel . World Economic Forum . Geneva, Switzerland
. International . Geneva, Switzerland . LabourOrganisation (ILO) . World Trade Organisation . Geneva, Switzerland
. World Meteorological . Geneva, Switzerland . Organisation . World Intellectual Property . Geneva, Switzerland . Organisation . International Committee of . Geneva, Switzerland . the Red Cross . United Nations Education Scientific & . Cultural . Paris, France . Organisation (UNESCO) . Organisation for Economic Cooperation . & Development . Paris, France . (OECD) . United Nations Industrial Development . Organisation . Vienna, Austria . (UNIDO) . International Atomic Agency . Vienna, Austria
. Organisation of Petroleum . Vienna, Austria . Exporting Countries (OPEC) . Amnesty International . London, UK
. International Maritime . London, UK . Organisation . .
. Commonwealth of Nations . London, UK . South Asian Association for . Kathmandu, Nepal . Regional Cooperation (SAARC) . Association of South East . Jakarta, Indonesia . Nations (ASEAN) . Asia Pacific Economic . Singapore . Cooperation (APEC) . North Atlantic Treaty Organisation . Brussels, Belgium (NATO)
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States/UT Folk Dance . Jharkhand . Chhanu, Sarahul, Jat-Jatin, Karma, Danga, Bidesia, Sohrai. . Uttarakhand . Gadhwali, Kumayuni, Kajari, Jhora, Raslila, Chappeli. . Andra Pradesh . Kuchipudi (Classical), Ghantamardala, (Ottam Thedal, Mohiniattam, Kummi, Siddhi, Madhuri, Chhadi. . Chhattisgarh . Goudi, Karma, Jhumar, Dagla, Pali, Tapali, Navrani, Diwari, Mundari. . Arunachal . Mask dance (Mukhauta Nritya), War dance. Pradesh . Himachal . Jhora, Jhali, Chharhi, Dhaman, Chhapeli, Mahasu, Nati, Dangi, Pradesh Chamba, Thali, Jhainta, Daf, Stick dance etc. . Goa . Mandi, Jhagor, Khol, Dakni etc. . Assam . Bihu, Bichhua, Natpuja, Maharas, Kaligopal, Bagurumba, Naga dance, Khel Gopal, Tabal Chongli, Canoe, Jhumura Hobjanai etc. . West Bengal . Kathi, Gambhira, Dhali, Jatra, Baul, Marasia, Mahal, Keertan etc. . Kerala . Kathakali (Classical), Ottam Thulal, Mohini-attam, Kaikottikali, Tappatikali, Kali Auttam. . Meghalaya . Laho, Baala etc. . Manipur . Manipuri (Classical), Rakhal, Nat Rash, Maha Rash, Raukhat etc. . Nagaland . Chong, Khaiva, Lim, Nuralim etc. . Orissa . Odissi (Classical), Savari, Ghumara, Painka, Munari, Chhau, Chadya Dandanata etc. . Maharashtra . Lavani, Nakata, Koli, Lezim, Gafa, Dahikala Dasavtar or Bohada, Tamasha, Mauni, Powara, Gouricha etc. . Karnataka . Yakshagan, huttar, Suggi, Kunitha, Karga, Lambi . Gujarat . Garba, Dandiya Ras, Tippani Juriun, Bhavai. . Punjab . Bhagra, Giddha, Daff, Dhaman etc. . Rajasthan . Ghumar, Chakri, Ganagor, Jhulan Leela, Jhuma, Suisini, Ghapal, Panihari, Ginad etc. . Mizoram . Khanatm, Pakhupila, Cherokan etc. . Jammu & . Rauf, Hikat, Mandjas, kud Dandi nach, Damali. Kashmir . Tamil Nadu . Bharatnatyam, Kumi, Kolattam, Kavadi, . Uttar Pradesh . Nautanki, Raslila, Kajri, Jhora, Chappeli, Jaita. . Bihar . Jata-Jatin, Bakho-Bakhain, Panwariya, Sama-Chakwa, Bidesia, Jatra etc.
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