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CURRENT AFFAIRS Major Events from October to December 2019 Amit Shah flags off Delhi-Katra Ayodhya Verdict: Entire disputed site goes to Hindus for O c t 0 3 , 2 0 1 9 : Ram Mandir, Muslims to get 5 acres of alternate land U n i o n H o m e Nov 09, 2019: The Supreme Court of finally delivered M i n i s t e r A m i t a judgement in the Ram Janambhumi-Babri Masjid Shah flagged off dispute, which is considered to be one of the most Delhi-Katra Vande c o n t r o v e r s i a l a n d Bharat Express enduring issues in the f r o m t h e N e w legal history of India. Station. The first commercial run of the T h e A p e x c o u r t will start from 5th October, 2019. Delhi-Katra Vande ordered the disputed Bharat Express is a big gift for Jammu and Kashmir’s land (2.77 acres) to be development and for promoting religious tourism. This is handed over to a trust (to be created by the Government the second Vande Bharat Express. The first one runs of India) to build the Ram temple and alternate 5 acres of between Delhi and . land to the Sunni Waqf Board for the purpose of building a Railways launches new online facilities for passengers to mosque. register complaints Lt Col Jyoti Sharma appointed as Army's first female JAG Oct 11, 2019: The has launched a website officer and mobile app that allow passengers to register their Nov 14, 2019: In what can be called a proud moment for complaints online. Union Minister Nityanand Rai launched the nation, Lieutenant Colonel Jyoti Sharma has been the website: www.railways.delhipolice.gov.in and the appointed as the Indian Army's first woman Judge mobile app ‘Sahyatri’. This will facilitate the railway police Advocate General officer to be deployed on a foreign in addressing complaints of passengers all over India and mission. Lieutenant Colonel Jyoti will be appointed as the crime detection by integrating the criminal database military legal expert with the Government of Seychelles. online. Her key role will comprise of updating the officials of the Braj Raj Sharma appointed as SSC Chairman Government of Seychelles on the matters of defence and military acts. Oct 23, 2019: The central government has appointed Braj Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde sworn in as 47th CJI, Raj Sharma as the Chairman of succeeds Gogoi the Staff Selection Commission Nov 18, 2019: Justice Sharad Arvind (SSC). He will replace Pankaj Bobde was administered oath as the K u m a r , w h o h a s b e e n 47th Chief Justice of India by appointed as the CEO of President Ram Nath Kovind. Justice Unique Identification Authority Bobde (63) has succeeded Justice o f I n d i a ( U I D A I ) . T h e Ranjan Gogoi. Justice Bobde will have appointment was approved by the Appointments a tenure of around 17 months and Committee of the Cabinet (ACC). would demit office on April 23, 2021. Sports Minister lauds CBSE for organizing Fitness Week in Uddhav Thackeray sworn in as Maharashtra Chief schools Minister Nov 08, 2019: In a step aimed to inculcate the habit of Nov 28, 2019: Shiv Sena leader Uddhav fitness among school children, the Central Board of Thackeray took oath as Maharashtra’s Secondary Education (CBSE) will be observing Fitness new Chief Minister in front of a packed Week in the second and third week of November, as part of Shivaji Park, the iconic ground where his the Fit India Movement. Lauding the initiative, Kiren Rijiju, father late Bal Thackeray was cremated. Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, said that he is Mr. Thackeray was sworn in by Governor very happy to know about the development and asserted Bhagat Singh Koshyari along with six that the Fit India Movement is the need of the hour. He Cabinet ministers — two each from the also said, "We must make every effort to inculcate fitness Sena, Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). habits in Indians from an early age.”

2 Soma Roy Burman appointed new Controller General of Senior diplomat Harsh Vardhan Shringla appointed Accounts Foreign Secretary Dec 01, 2019: The government has appointed Soma Roy Dec 23, 2019: India’s ambassador to the US, Burman, a 1986-batch Indian Civil Accounts Service Harsh Vardhan Shringla, was named by the Officer, as the new Controller General of Accounts (CGA). government as the next foreign secretary Burman is the 24th CGA and is the seventh woman to hold and he will take over from incumbent Vijay this position. Gokhale in January. Shringla, who took over CBSE introduces Artificial Intelligence as subject in as the envoy in Washington in January, is a schools career diplomat who was a front runner for the top post for several months. Dec 05, 2019: In order to enhance multidisciplinary approach in teaching-learning and to sensitize the new PM Modi launches Atal Bhujal Yojana generation, Artificial Intelligence has been introduced as a Dec 25, 2019: Prime Minister Narendra subject in class IX from the session 2019-20 in the schools Modi flagged off the 'Atal Bhujal affiliated with Central Board of Secondary Education Yojana', a scheme aimed at improving (CBSE). A twelve hours ‘Inspire’ module on Artificial groundwater management through Intelligence has also been announced, which schools can community participation, on the take up with the students of class VIII. The study material occasion of 95th birth anniversary of for teaching Artificial Intelligence in classes VIII and IX has former prime minister Atal Bihari already been provided to schools through CBSE’s website Vajpayee. (http://cbseacademic.nic.in/ai.html). India’s first university for transgender community to Parliament passes Citizenship Amendment Bill come up in UP’s Kushinagar Dec 26, 2019: The country’s first university for transgender community will be opened in ’s Kushinagar district to facilitate its members to study right from class one to PG, and even do research and get PhD degree. The university, which will come up in Fazilnagar block of Kushinagar district, is being built by the Akhil Bhartiya Kinnar Siksha Seva Trust (All-India Transgender Education Service Trust). All railways recruits to be inducted through UPSC: Chairman Dec 26, 2019: All new recruits in railways will be inducted through the UPSC civil services exam under five specialities, Railway Board Chairman V.K. Yadav announced days after the Cabinet approved the merger of Dec 11, 2019: The Lok Sabha passed the Citizenship its eight services into one - the Indian Railway Amendment Bill (CAB) that seeks to give citizenship to Management Service (IRMS). refugees from , Christian, Buddhist, Sikh and Zoroastrian communities fleeing religious persecution General Bipin Rawat named as the country's first Chief of from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. The Bill was Defence Staff passed by 311-80 votes with zero abstentions, after the Dec 30, 2019: Army Chief General opposition put up a spirited attack against it. Bipin Rawat has been appointed as the India marks National Mathematics Day on December 22 new Chief of Defence Staff by the government. With him being the CDS, Dec 22, 2019: National Mathematics Day in India is smooth coordination among the army, celebrated on December 22 every year. It commemorates air force and navy is expected, as tri- the birth anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan, an Indian services agencies on cyber and space mathematician who made significant contributions to came up during his tenure as the Army Chief. several fields of mathematics.

3 Palestine issues commemorative stamp to honour anticipated $10 billion cloud contract for Pentagon to Gandhi on 150th birth anniversary Microsoft. Known as the Joint Enterprise Defence Oct 02, 2019: Palestine released a Infrastructure (JEDI), it will support Department of commemorative postage stamp on Defence business and mission operations. The expected , honouring his ‘legacy and completion date of the project is October 24, 2029. values’, to mark the 150th birth anniversary Scientists around the world declare climate emergency of the world leader on October 2. Nov 05, 2019: More than 11,000 scientists China unveils DF-41 intercontinental-range ballistic around the world have declared a climate missile emergency, warning of "untold suffering" Oct 02, 2019: China unveiled the without urgent action. The declaration is D o n g f e n g - 4 1 ( D F - 4 1 ) based on analysis of more than 40 years of publicly intercontinental-range ballistic available data covering a range of measures from energy missile, touted to be the most use to deforestation and carbon emissions. powerful missile on the planet at the Scientists from the University of Sydney, Australia, Oregon National Day parade, as China State University and Tufts University in the US and the observed its 70th anniversary of Communist rule. DF-41 University of Cape Town in South Africa are joined in the has a range of up to 9,320 miles (15,000 kilometers), more warning by 11,000 signatories from 153 countries than any missile on Earth. including the UK. The missile is capable of carrying 10 independently Sheikh Khalifa re-elected UAE President for another five targeted nuclear warheads and could theoretically, hit the years United States in 30 minutes, according to the Missile Nov 07, 2019: Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and Nahyan has been re-elected as the President International Studies. China has also displayed its of the United Arab Emirates by the Supreme underwater vehicles and new stealthy DR-8 drones Council of the Union. This is also the fourth thought to be able to fly up to five times the speed of time he has been elected for a term of five years to head sound. the kingdom in accordance with the constitution. The Canada Elections 2019: Trudeau's Liberal Party wins but UAE's Supreme Council expressed its 'deep confidence' in loses majority the 'wise leadership' of President Sheikh Khalifa and also Oct 22, 2019: PM Justin Trudeau's wished him luck for the next tenure. Liberal Party held onto power in Gotabaya Rajapaksa wins Sri Lankan presidential Canadian General Election but as a election with 52.25% votes weakened minority government. Justin Nov 17, 2019: Sri Lanka's former wartime Trudeau has won for a second term as defence chief Gotabaya Rajapaksa has won Canada’s PM. Trudeau will be forced to co-operate with the Sri Lankan presidential elections with smaller left-of-centre parties to govern. 52.25 per cent votes, as per the official Russian Navy discovers five new islands in Arctic release. Rajapaksa, who oversaw the military defeat of Oct 23, 2019: Russian Navy has discovered five new islands Tamil separatists under his brother and then President revealed by melting glaciers in Vize Bay off Novaya Zemlya, Mahinda Rajapaksa 10 years ago, has promised strong the remote Arctic. The expedition undertook by the leadership to secure the island of 22 million people, the Russian Navy in August and September charted the islands majority of who are Sinhalese Buddhists. which were previously hidden under glaciers. The islands Shinzo Abe becomes Japan’s longest serving prime are yet to be named. These islands were glaciers minister previously. Melting of ice, collapse of glaciers, and change Nov 20, 2019: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in temperature uncovered the islands. became Japan’s longest-serving Prime Microsoft beats Amazon to win $10 bn Pentagon cloud Minister. Abe, 65, has won relatively high computing contract marks for his diplomacy. His warm ties with US Oct 25, 2019: US government has awarded the much- President Donald Trump may have averted

4 worst-case scenarios in trade feuds, although little House then proceeded with a vote on the second article of progress has been made on a territorial row with Russia impeachment charging him with obstruction of Congress. and frigid relations with South Korea. The second article was passed by 229-198 vote. Mahinda Rajapaksa sworn in as Sri Lanka's new prime Cuba names Manuel Marrero Cruz as first prime minister minister since 1976 Nov 21, 2019: Mahinda Rajapaksa took oath Dec 22, 2019: Cuba has named its first as the Sri Lanka's new prime minister, days prime minister since Fidel Castro after his younger brother was elected became president in 1976. Tourism president, cementing the powerful and Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz, 56, was controversial Rajapaksa clan's grip on h a n d e d t h e t o p j o b w i t h h i s political power in the island nation. Mahinda, confirmation by the National Assembly. Marrero has been the 23rd prime minister, was administered the oath by his tourism minister for 16 years, presiding over a rise in younger sibling and newly elected President Gotabaya visitors and a hotel construction boom that has made Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat. tourism one of the most important sectors of the Cuban United States shuts down the Appellate Body WTO economy. Dec 10, 2019: The Appellate Body of the Eight West African countries rename common currency World Trade Organization that acts as trade to Eco dispute settlement body for the members, Dec 22, 2019: Eight West African countries have agreed to has been shut down by the United States. The change the name of their common currency to Eco, terms of two of the last three judges on the thereby effectively severing the CFA franc’s links to former WTO’s Appellate Body was near their end. Their departure colonial ruler France. The countries include Benin will deprive the de facto Supreme Court of world trade of Republic, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, its ability to issue rulings. Niger, Senegal and Togo. All of these African countries are Greta Thunberg named Time’s Person of the Year for 2019 former French colonies with the exception of Guinea- Bissau. Dec 11, 2019: Greta Thunberg, the Swedish schoolgirl who inspired a global UN ups 2020 budget, includes funds for war crimes movement to fight climate change, has probes been named Time magazine's Person of Dec 28, 2019: The United Nations the Year for 2019. The 16-year-old is the General Assembly adopted a USD youngest person to be chosen by the magazine in a 3.07-billion operating budget tradition that started in 1927. which for the first time includes Forbes names world’s most powerful women of 2019 funding for the investigation of war crimes in Syria and Myanmar. The Dec 13, 2019: German Chancellor Angela budget represents a slight increase from 2019's figure of Merkel has been named the world’s most USD 2.9 billion. The increase is due to additional missions powerful woman for the ninth year running assigned to the UN Secretariat, inflation and exchange rate in a wide-ranging list intended to celebrate adjustments, according to diplomats. the 100 most influential females of this year. 'World's oldest rhino' dies in Tanzania at 57 US President Donald Trump impeached Dec 30, 2019: A rhino believed to be the world's Dec 18, 2019: Donald Trump oldest, has died at the age became the third US president to o f 5 7 i n a Ta n za n i a n be impeached, as the House of c o n s e r v a t i o n a r e a , R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s f o r m a l l y authorities said. Fausta, a charged him with abuse of power female black rhino, died of i n a h i s t o r i c v o t e . T h e natural causes in captivity Democratic-led House passed the abuse of power article in the Ngorongoro Crater, the state conservation body of impeachment on a largely party-line 230-197 vote. The said. 5 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

IIT Guwahati develops AI based tool for EV motor ISRO successfully launches CARTOSAT-3, 13 Oct 06, 2019: The Indian Institute of nanosatellites from Sriharikota Technology-Guwahati (IIT-G) unveiled Nov 27, 2019: The Indian Space the development of ‘Smart-Engineer’, Research Organisation (ISRO) an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-assisted launched advanced earth imaging engineering system design tool to and mapping satellite CARTOSAT-3 develop the motor of an Electric Vehicle (EV). Smart- along with 13 other commercial Engineer aims to address the lack of trained human nanosatellites of the US. resources in engineering design and system integration. CARTOSAT-3, which is the ninth in It is one of the primary hurdles in indigenizing the EV the series, was launched from the technology. second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre First ever spacecraft that can service satellites in (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota. This was the 74th launch space launched vehicle mission from Sriharikota. The Polar Satellite Oct 09, 2019: US-based Northrop Grumman Launch Vehicle PSLV-C47 carried the CARTOSAT-3 Corporation launched the first satellite-servicing satellite along with the other commercial nanosatellites spacecraft robotic Mission Extension Vehicle-1 (MEV-1) of the US. successfully. It was launched atop a Russian Proton Astronomers discover huge 'black hole' in Milky Way rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It Nov 28, 2019: Astronomers have was launched along with the Eutelsat 5 West B discovered a black hole in the Milky communications satellite. Mission of MEV-1: The MEV-1 Way so huge that it challenges is a satellite service spacecraft. existing models of how stars Government is to set up one lakh digital villages in evolve, researchers said. The Milky the next few years Way is estimated to contain 100 Oct 21, 2019: The government is to set up one lakh million stellar black holes but LB-1 digital villages in the country in the next few years. is twice as massive as anything scientists thought The announcement was made by the Union Minister of possible, said Liu Jifeng, a National Astronomical the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Observatory of China professor who led the research. (MeitY) Ravi Shankar Prasad at the MeitY Start-Up India emerges as world’s third largest producer of Summit 2019 in . He presented Fintech and scientific articles: US NSF Report Digital Payment Awards to banks. He also launched Dec 18, 2019: India has emerged as the world’s third MeitY Starting Hub - MSH and BHIM 2.0 and Indian largest publisher of science and engineering articles, Software Product Registry. according to a latest US report. China, which accounts DRDO successfully conducts Agni II missile’s night trial for 20.67 per cent of all global publications in scientific for first time articles, is at the top position, followed by the US at Nov 16, 2019: DRDO has successfully 16.54 per cent, as per the statistics compiled by the US conducted the first night trial of Agni- National Science Foundation (NSF). II, its versatile surface-to-surface Upgraded version of Pinaka guided rocket system medium range nuclear-capable missile successfully test-fired from base on Odisha coast from Dr. Abdul Kalam Island off Dec 19, 2019: An upgraded version of India's Odisha, defence sources said. indigenously developed Pinaka guided rocket system The missile has a strike range of 2000 km, the sources was successfully test-fired from a base on Odisha coast said soon after it blasted off from a mobile launcher at in a boost to the Army's artillery power, defence the Launch Complex-4 of the Integrated Test Range sources said. The multi-barrel rocket launch system, (ITR), the sources said. developed by Defence Research and Development Agni-II, an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM), Organisation (DRDO), was fired from the Proof and has already been inducted into the armed forces. Experimental Establishment firing test range at Chandipur.

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Ravindra Jadeja becomes quickest left arm bowler to National Open Athletics Championships in Ranchi. 200 Test wickets Kiran Uniyal sets Guinness World Record Oct 04, 2019: India's Ravindra Jadeja became the Oct 16, 2019: Making the nation proud, fastest left-arm bowler to claim 200 Test wickets. He Kiran Uniyal, wife of a serving Colonel of set the record on the third day of the first Test in Indian Army has created Individual Guinness Visakhapatnam. He smashed the previous record set by World Records for ‘The most full contact Rangana Herath, who had reached the landmark in his knee strikes in three minutes (one leg) 47th Test match, by reaching the feat in his 44th game. (female), 263 strikes’ & ‘The most full contact knee Mithali Raj becomes first woman cricketer to strikes alternate legs in one minute (female), 120 complete 20 years in ODI strikes’. Oct 09, 2019: Indian cricketer and Rohit Sharma becomes first Indian male cricketer to the former captain of the Indian play 100 T20Is women's national cricket team Nov 07, 2019: India’s stand-in T20I captain Rohit Mithali Raj completed 20 years in Sharma became the first Indian male cricketer and international cricket on October 08, second man in world cricket to complete 100 T20 2019. She became the first-ever Internationals when he walked out for the toss in the woman cricketer to achieve the second game against Bangladesh in Rajkot. milestone. IAAF changes name to World Athletics Annu Rani wins gold at 59th National Open Athletics Championships N o v 1 7 , 2 0 1 9 : T h e I nte r n at i o n a l Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Oct 10, 2019: Javelin thrower Annu Rani won a gold has been officially renamed as World medal in the women's javelin throw event at the 59th Athletics. The name change had been National Open Athletics Championships on October 10 suggested in a bid to make the sport in Ranchi, Jharkhand. She defeated Sharmila Kumari to more accessible. win the title. Unstoppable Vijender Singh claims 12th successive Mary Kom secures record eighth world medal professional win Oct 10, 2019: Six-time champion M. C. Nov 23, 2019: Indian boxing star Vijender Singh Mary Kom (51kg) won the eighth medal at demolished Ghana's former Commonwealth champion the World Women's Boxing Championship Charles Adamu to claim his 12th successive win and after advancing to the semifinals of the ensure that his four-year unbeaten streak in the event. She defeated Colombia's Valencia professional circuit remains intact. Victoria fetching a unanimous 5-0 verdict to make the last-eight stage. Messi wins record sixth men's Ballon d'Or, Rapinoe wins women's award Virat Kohli becomes first Indian to smash 40 international hundreds as Indian captain Dec 03, 2019: Lionel Messi won the Ballon d'Or, while the United States' Megan Rapinoe won the women's Oct 11, 2019: Virat Kohli became the fifth Indian prize after leading her country to World Cup glory batsman to score 250 in a Test innings after Virender earlier this year. The Barcelona forward won the men's Sehwag, Karun Nair, VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid on award, beating Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk into second the second day of the second Test match against South place. Five-time winner Cristiano Ronaldo came third at Africa at the Mumbai Cricket Association Stadium in the awards ceremony at the Chatelet Theatre in Paris. Pune. Koneru Humpy bags World Rapid Chess Championship Dutee Chand breaks national record, wins gold at National Championships Dec 30, 2019: Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy claimed the World Women's Rapid Chess Championship Oct 11, 2019: Dutee Chand won the 100- title in Moscow. The winner of Women's World Rapid meter national record with a time of 11.22 Championship was decided in a playoff that ended seconds during the semi-finals at the with Humpy beating China's Lei Tingjie.

7 Sachin Tendulkar gets most effective Swachhata body in India for the formulation, coordination and Ambassador award promotion of biomedical research. The award was given Oct 02, 2019: President Ram Nath by Bill Gates, co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation at Kovind presented the most effective an event to mark the celebration of 108th Foundation Swachhata Ambassador award to Day of ICMR. cricketer Sachin Tendulkar on the World Economic Forum announces 2020 Crystal Award occasion of 150th birth anniversary of Winners Mahatma Gandhi. Dec 13, 2019: Artist Theaster Gates, choreographer and Five Indian students win Oxford Big Read Asia Prize media personality Jin Xing, actor Deepika Padukone and Nov 16, 2019: Marking a strong presence in the field of artist Lynette Wallworth are the recipients of the 26th excellence, five students from India bagged prizes at Annual Crystal Award. The award celebrates the Oxford Big Read Asia Prize at the Asia level. Out of these achievements of artists and cultural figures whose five students, four were from Nagpur while one was from leadership inspires inclusive and sustainable change. Madurai. There were around 6000 submissions from Jamaica's Toni-Ann Singh crowned Miss W o r l d schools of China, Malaysia, Pakistan and India in the 2019 competition. Dec 14, 2019: Miss Jamaica Toni-Ann Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik receives Italian Sand Art Singh was crowned Miss World 2019 at Award the beauty pageant which was held in Nov 16, 2019: Acclaimed Indian sand London. Miss France Opelie Mejino artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has been finished second and, in a proud conferred the Italian Golden Sand Art moment,Miss India Suman Rao Award, 2019 at a ceremony in Rome, bagged the third spot. Jamaica, becoming the first Indian to win the France, India, Nigeria and Brazil prestigious award for his contribution made it to the top 5 of the to sand art. prestigious beauty contest. Representing India at the International Scorrano Sand Sahitya Akademi announces annual Sahitya Akademi Nativity event held in Lecce from November 13 to 17, Mr. Awards in 23 languages Pattnaik created a 10-foot high sand sculpture of Dec 18, 2019: Sahitya Akademi announced its annual Mahatma Gandhi along with Russian artist Pavel Sahitya Akademi Awards in 23 languages. Seven books of Minilkov. poetry, four of novel, six of short stories, three of essays Bajrang Punia conferred with Indian Personality of the and one each of non-fiction, autobiography and Year award biography have won the Sahitya Akademi Awards 2019. Nov 16, 2019: Ace Indian wrestler For poetry, awards were given to Dr. Phukan Ch. Bajrang Punia has been conferred the Basumatary (Bodo), Dr. Nand Kishore Acharya (Hindi), Sri Indian Personality of the Year Award Nilba A. Khandekar (Konkani), Sri Kumar Manish Arvind (Sports) at the Indo Arab Leaders (Maithili), Sri V. Madhusoodanan Nair (), Smt. Summit & Awards 2019 in Dubai. The Anuradha Patil (Marathi) and Prof. Penna Madhusudan award aims to provide recognition to (Sanskrit). c o m p a n i e s a n d i n d i v i d u a l s For novels, awards were given to Dr. Joysree Goswami implementing outstanding initiatives across Asia. Mahanta (Assamese), Sri L. Birmangol Singh (Beryl Thanga) (Manipuri), Sri Cho. Dharman (Tamil) and Sri Kiran Mazumdar Shaw conferred with Lifetime Bandi Narayana Swamy (Telugu). Achievement Award by ICMR For short stories, awards were given to Sri Abdul Ahad Nov 18, 2019: Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Hajini (Kashmiri), Sri Tarun Kanti Mishra (Odia), Sri Kirpal chairperson and managing director of Kazak (Punjabi), Sri Ram Sawroop Kisan (Rajasthani), Sri Biocon, has been conferred with Lifetime Kali Charan Hembram (Santali) and Sri Ishwar Moorjani Achievement Award by the Indian Council (Sindhi). of Medical Research (ICMR), the apex

8 For essays, awards were given to Dr. Chinmoy Guha (Bengali), Sri Om Sharma Jandriari (Dogri) and Sri Ratilal Indrakshi Pattanaik, Gaurang Shah Best Costume Designer Borisagar (Gujarati). & Archana Rao for Mahanati Dr. Shashi Tharoor (English), Dr. Vijaya (Kannada) and Prof. Best Production Design Kammara Sambhavam Shafey Kidwai (Urdu) have won for their works on creative Best Editing Nathicharami (Kannada) non-fiction, autobiography and biography respectively. Best Lyrics Nathicharami (Kannada) Best Dialogue Tarikh (Bengali) Best Urdu Film Hamid National Film Awards 2019: Full list of awardees Best Malayalam Film Sundani from Nigeria Dec 23, 2019: The National Awards ceremony finally took Best Telugu Film Mahanati place in New Delhi's Vigyan Bhawan, with Vice-President Best Tamil Film Baaram Venkaiah Naidu handing out the awards to the awardees. Best Assamese Film Bulbul Can Sing Here is a look at the National Film Awards 2019 Best Punjabi Film Harjeeta awardees: Best Marathi Film Bhonga

Best Garo Film Ma•Ama Best Rajasthani Film Turtle Feature Film Most Film-Friendly State Uttarakhand AWARD Category Awards AWARDEE Dadasaheb Phalke Award Amitabh Bachchan Best Feature Film Hellaro (Gujarati) Non-Feature Film Aditya Dhar (Uri) Best Direction AWARD Category Awards AWARDEE Best Hindi Film Andhadhun Best Non-Feature Film Son Rise, The Secret Life of Frogs Ayushmann Khurrana Best Actor Best Direction Gautam Vaze (Aai Shappath) (Andhadhun), Vicky Kaushal (Uri) Mahaan Hutatma, Glow Worm in Special Mention Award Best Actress Keerthy Suresh (Mahanati) a Jungle, Laddoo Best Film on Social Issues Padman Best Short Fiction Film Kharvas Best Film on Environment Conservation Paani (Marathi) Best Film on Family Values Chalo Jeete Hain Best Popular Film Providing Badhaai Ho The Secret Life of Frogs Wholesome Entertainment Best Cinematography (Ajay Bedi and Vijay Bedi) Best Supporting Actor Swanand Kirkire for Chumbak Best On-location Sound Recordist The Secret Life of Frogs (Ajay Bedi) Best Supporting Actress Surekha Sikri for Badhaai Ho Children of the Soil (Bishwadeep Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Best Audiography Ondalla Eradalla (Kannada) Chatterjee) Film on National Integration Best Editing Son Rise (Hemanti Sarkar) Indira Gandhi Award for Naal by Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti Best Debut Film of a Director Best Music Direction Jyoti (Kedar Divekar) Best Adapted Screenplay Andhadhun Best Narration Madhubani: The Station of Colours Best Original Screenplay Chi La Sow Best Film on Social Issues Taala Te Kunji Bindhu Malini for Nathicharami Best Female Playback Singer Special Jury Award Why Me?, Ekaant song "Maayavi Manave" Arijit Singh for Padmaavat Best Male Playback Singer Best Educational Film Sarala Virala song "Binte Dil" Best Environment Film The World's Most Famous Tiger Best Music Direction Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Padmaavat Best Debut Non-Feature Film of Sagnik Chatterjee for Feluda: Best Sound Designer Shashwat Sachdev for Uri a Director 50 Years of Ray’s Detective PV Rohith, Sameep Singh, Talha Best Child Artist Bunkar: The Last of the Arshad Reshi and Shrinivas Pokale Best Arts and Cultural Film Varanasi Weavers Best Action Direction KGF Best Investigative Film Amoli Kruti Mahesh and Jyothi Best Choreography D Tommaar for Padmaavat song Best Sports Film Swimming Through the Darkness "Ghoomar" Best Promotional Film Rediscovering Jajam Best Special Effects Telugu film Awe, Kannada film KGF Best Makeup Artist Ranjith (Awe) Best Film on Science and Technology G.D. Naidu: The Edison of India

9 Excellence in School Education Awards 2019 at the British Parliament

bout 60 stalwarts from the field of education gathered in the House of Commons, British Parliament, London on ANovember 20, 2019 to be felicitated at the glittering ‘Excellence In School Education Awards Ceremony 2019’. The awards were instituted by IMT (Intelligent Minds Trust), an organization which honours and appreciates educators from India, Gulf and other countries for their exemplary contribution in various areas of school education. The institutional awards were presented to schools for categories like Outstanding Technology, Infrastructure, Inclusive Education, etc. and to individual educators for their outstanding contribution in Teachers’ Empowerment, School Leadership, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship. This was the first award ceremony, but it is proposed to be an annual event in order to become a driving force for the academicians working tirelessly to transform children’s lives and make them better citizens of the country, value-driven human beings and 21st century professionals the country can be proud of! The awards were meant to be the ultimate token of recognition for the purest of talents and the highest of achievements. The Chief Guest of the Awards Ceremony were Guruji Sri Gaur Gopal Das, the famous spiritual leader, Ms. Seema Malhotra, ex-MP, British Parliament and Dr. Sanyam Bhardwaj, Controller of Examinations, CBSE. Also present on the occasion were the Regional Officer of CBSE, Mr. Manish Aggarwal and veteran educationist Dr. Bharti Gandhi, the Founder Director of CMS Group of Schools who was awarded with the Lifetime Achievement Award for her life of commitment, vision and dedication towards education. Mr. Rajesh Bajaj, Trustee of IMT, the force behind Excellence in School Education Awards said, “The realization of these awards is like a dream come true for me, as our sincere endeavour is to embellish these awards to the educators who strive to excel higher and aim for even bigger accomplishments in life.” In order to make the visit to London even more enriching, the delegates visited two schools - Tollgate Primary School and St. Stephen’s Primary School and Children’s Centre.

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Mr. Ainsley Edgar Mr. Ajay Arora Dr. Amit Kumar Mr. Anirudh Sachdeva Dr. Anis Ahmad Principal Chairman Chairman Director Director Barnes School & Jr. College, Holy Group of Schools, Delhi St. Joseph's School, Holy Child Public School, Salmiya Indian Model School, Devlali, Nashik, Maharashtra Sitamarhi, Bihar Rewari, Haryana Kuwait

Ms. Anita Mohindra Ms. Anju Mehta Mr. Anshul Pathania Fr. Antony Madassery Mr. Anurag Soni Mr. Ashish Arya Head Teacher Director Managing Director Social Worker Chairman Chairman Harmony Montessori Nursery Cambridge Colours Pathania Public School, Navjeevan Charitable British Fort Foundation, Little Angels Sr. Sec. School, Wembley, London Pre-School, Delhi Rohtak, Haryana Society, Jalandhar, Punjab Jabalpur, M.P. School, Sonipat, Haryana

Dr. Ashok Kumar Thakur Mr. Ashwani Kumar Bakshi Dr. (Mrs.) Bharti Gandhi Mr. Bhupendra Singh Rajawat Mr. Chunibhai H. Gajera Founder Director Academics Founder Director Principal Managing Trustee Muni International Mother Divine Public City Montessori School, My Own School, Smt. S.H.Gajera Charitable Trust, School, Delhi School, Delhi Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Jaipur, Rajasthan Surat, Gujarat

Mr. Davinder Singh Ms. Emma O'Connor Mr. Geoff Lyonel Jonathan Fr. George Skylark Mr. Hari Parkash Sharma Chairman Head Teacher CEO Principal Director Angel Public School, Tollgate Primary School, Apex Public School, Infant Jesus Sr. Sec. School, Nehru Group of Institutions, Chandigarh London Delhi Jammu & Kashmir Sirsa, Haryana

Mr. Jacob K M Mr. Jitendraa Siingh Fr. Joby Poulose Mr. K. Narsimha Reddy Ms. K. Surya Kala Reddy Principal CEO Manager Chairman Principal Olive International School, Priyadarshani Group of Sacred Heart Convent School, New Little Scholars High New Little Scholars High School, Doha, Qatar Schools, Pune, Maharashtra Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan School, Hyderabad, Telangana Hyderabad, Telangana

Ms. Kamaljeet Yadav Dr. Kulbhushan Sharma Ms. Laurel Lee Sluth Mr. M. J. Martin Kennedy Dr. Mahima Malik Principal National President Coordinator Chairman Principal Subodh Public School, National Independent Rocky Mountain School St. Mary's Matric Hr. Sec. School, The Baptist Convent Jaipur, Rajasthan Schools Alliance, Delhi District # 6, BC, Canada , Sr. Sec. School, Delhi

11 The Awardees...

Mr. Manan Budhraja Mr. MJF Lion S John Dr. Mohammed Anwar Ms. Nalini Arora Dr. Neelam Kaur Vice Principal Xavier Thangaraj Chairman Founder Principal Advisor Education and Health Mother Divine Public School, Chairman M A Ideal Chain of Schools, Shirdi Sai Public School, Akal Academy, Baru Sahib, Delhi Little Flower Group of Institutions, Hyderabad, Telangana , Uttar Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Chennai & Vandavasi, Tamil Nadu

Ms. Neena Lall Dr. Pavan Kumar Samba Mr. Pramod Mahajan Mr. Rabindra Rama Nahak Dr. Rishikesh P. Head Teacher Head Academics Principal Administrator Principal St. Stephen's Nursery School & Narayana Group of Schools, Sharjah Indian School, Sanskar Bharti Vidhyalaya, Bright Riders School, Children's Centre, London Hyderabad, Telangana Sharjah, U.A.E. Surat, Gujarat Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

Ms. Rita P Taneja Fr. Saju T. Joseph C.S.T. Mr. Sanjay Sachdeva Mr. Sanjay Tomar Mr. Satish Kumar Fogaat Principal Director Vice Chairman Chairman Director S V Public School, St. Mary's Convent School, Queen's Valley School, New Delhi Holy Public School, Fogaat Public Sr. Sec. School, Jaipur, Rajasthan Faridkot, Punjab Agra, Uttar Pradesh Faridabad, Haryana

Ms. Satyasri Kedarisetty Ms. Seema Dewan Dr. Shahnaz Ahmed Mr. Shameer Pookaprath Mr. Shammi Tomar Academic Head Operations Principal Chairperson Convener Director Sri Chaitanya Educational Rainbow School, Jaipur, Springdale High School, Indian School Muscat Management Holy Public School, Institutions, India Rajasthan Jorhat, Assam Committee, Muscat, Oman Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh

Mr. Hassan Dr. Sivakumar Manickam Ms. Sukhvarsha Dewan Mr. Sukhwinder Dhillon Mr. Surjit Singh Grover President Chairman Director Head Teacher Chairman School Management Committee Academic Subcommittee-SMC Spring Meadows Public School, Oak Heights Independent School, Delhi Public School, Indian School, Al Muladha Indian School, Delhi London Rudrapur, Uttarakhand Sultanate of Oman Muscat, Oman

Mr. Sushil Dhankar Br. Tomy Varghese Ms. Veer Kaur Prof. Dr. Vinod Kumar Dr. (Mrs.) G. Kumar Mr. Vivek Yadav Chairman Principal Principal Chairman Vice Chairperson Chairman Hari Vidya Bhawan, St. George's College, GGS Convent School, RSD Academy, Moradabad, RSD Academy, Moradabad, Delhi Public School, Etawah, New Delhi Mussoorie, Uttarakhand Fatehabad, Haryana Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh

12 Captured Memories

With Young Minds...

School visit was one of the major attractions of the trip to London. Our delegates visited two schools - Tollgate Primary School and St. Stephen’s Primary School and Children’s Centre. There was a beautiful exchange of ideas and methods between our esteemed educators and the teachers there. A discussion was initiated about how the teachers deliver education, how they cater to multilingual and ethnical diversity, and how they give global exposure to the students through personalized teaching and value education. The education system in United Kingdom is designed keeping in mind the ethnical and linguistic background of the students, and teachers are trained to handle this diversity with affection. An enriched collaboration and mutual sharing of methodologies and teaching pedagogy were the keynotes of the school visits. Our delegates were enriched manifold with these visits and sharing.

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EDUCATIONAL ODYSSEY – VI in association with To Canada Rocky Mountain Schools to be Visited During the trip, a number of school visits will be conducted and a University Campus tour will be organized for the delegates.

REVELSTOKE SECONDARY SCHOOL- Revelstoke Secondary School (RSS) is a Grade 8-12 high school with approximately 400 students. RSS usually hosts between 20-25 international students. The school is located in a new building (built in 2011) with a 250-seat theatre and a huge gymnasium. RSS is well-known for its extracurricular activities.

GOLDEN SECONDARY SCHOOL- Golden Secondary School (GSS) is a medium-sized school with approximately 325 students in Grades 8-12. GSS hosts between 20-30 international students. The school offers a wide variety of elective courses including its well-known and highly- regarded Outdoor Education class and an ice hockey skills development class. French Immersion is available at GSS.

DAVID THOMPSON SECONDARY SCHOOL- David Thompson Secondary School (DTSS) is located in Invermere and has about 425 students in Grades 8-12. DTSS usually hosts between 15-20 international students. The campus is modern and spacious, and includes a greenhouse, commercial kitchen, and restaurant-like cafeteria linked to its well-known chef training and culinary arts classes. Outdoor Education is available at DTSS.

SELKIRK SECONDARY SCHOOL- Selkirk Secondary School in Kimberley has one of the oldest and most highly-regarded international student programs in Canada. Students from around the world have been attending Selkirk since the 1980s. Selkirk has a population of about 450 students in Grades 8-12 and hosts between 30-40 international students. Unique elective courses include Outdoor Education and an ice hockey skills development class.

MOUNT BAKER SECONDARY SCHOOL- Mount Baker Secondary School (MBSS) is located in Cranbrook. It has a population of about 900 students in Grades 10-12. MBSS is RMISP’s largest high school and hosts between 30-40 international students. The school offers a wide variety of academic and elective courses including popular Fine Arts classes like Music Composition & Technology, Theatre Performance, Drama Film & Television, and Visual Arts & Media Technology. French Immersion and Spanish are available at MBSS.

15 “The joy of empowerment is addictive. An effective workshop increases this joy manifold.”

esponding to the need of the day to reskill and upskill the educators, PM Publishers organized six consecutive workshops on RArtificial Intelligence and Classroom Management. The workshops were conducted by Ms. Gurpreet Kaur, a very energetic resource person who guided the audience of learned educators and revered Principals on the topic. She discussed how Artificial Intelligence can be effectively used in the process of education. In the next module of Classroom Management, the resource person Ms. Teesha Roy shared tips on managing the classroom in the most appropriate way through games and other interactive activities that teachers can use to keep students organized, focused and academically productive during a class. The workshops opened new avenues and helped the educators to explore new horizons.

Jaipur Workshop November 9, 2019 Chandigarh Workshop November 13, 2019 Workshop December 7, 2019

Rohtak Workshop December 18, 2019 Karnal Workshop December 19, 2019 Sirsa Workshop December 23, 2019

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